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GENERAL INFORMATION 

 

 

1 GENERAL 

INFORMATION 

 
 

1.1 VIPER™CE 

CRADLE 

 
The Viper™CE cradle paired with one Viper™CE terminal builds a Reading System 
for the collection, decoding and transmission of barcoded data. 
The communication between terminal and host PC through the Viper™CE cradle 
may occur also by using the standard ActiveSync connection. 
 
 

 

 

Figure 1 – Viper™CE Cradle General View 

 
 
Key: 

A)  LEDs and discharge button 

B)  IrDA optical interface 

C) Terminal 

contacts 

D) Battery 

slot 

E)  USB type B connector 

F) RS232 

connector 

G) Power 

jack 

 
 

Summary of Contents for Viper CE Cradle

Page 1: ...Viper CE Cradle User s Manual ...

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Page 3: ...Viper CE Cradle USER S MANUAL ...

Page 4: ...s without prior notification Datalogic shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this material Product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies Datalogic S p A 2003 822000350 Rev B ...

Page 5: ... Mounting the Cradle 3 2 1 1 Portable Desktop Use 3 2 1 2 Fixed Desktop Use 4 2 2 Installing Device Drivers on PC 5 2 2 1 RS232 Device Driver Installation 5 2 2 2 USB Device Driver Installation 8 3 CONNECTIONS 9 3 1 RS232 Connection 9 3 2 USB Connection 11 4 TECHNICAL FEATURES 12 ...

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Page 7: ...ing and transmission of barcoded data The communication between terminal and host PC through the Viper CE cradle may occur also by using the standard ActiveSync connection Figure 1 Viper CE Cradle General View Key A LEDs and discharge button B IrDA optical interface C Terminal contacts D Battery slot E USB type B connector F RS232 connector G Power jack A B C D E F G ...

Page 8: ...wn in the following figure Figure 2 Viper CE Cradle Complete Functioning The LEDs positioned on the front part of the Viper CE cradle see figure below indicate the cradle status Figure 3 LED Indicators LED STATUS Charger Green pulse it is on for a few seconds when the external supply or the battery supply has been recognized Green blinking slow charge Red constant charging Green constant charge co...

Page 9: ...r feet This User s Manual 2 screws CD ROM 1 CAB 417 RS232 cable 2 1 1 Portable Desktop Use Rubber foot seat 4 Figure 4 Rubber Foot Placement For desktop use proceed as follows 1 Referring to Figure 4 carefully clean the rubber feet seat of the base to remove any impurities that could reduce adhesion 2 Remove the protective plastic from the rubber feet and stick them onto the bottom surface of the ...

Page 10: ...wing operation it is necessary to detach the cradle from its base by holding the base and pushing the cradle upwards For fixed desktop installation proceed as follows 1 Position the base on the desired surface 2 Fix it on the surface by means of the two screws shown in the figure above 3 Insert the cradle into the base ...

Page 11: ...ve at least the following PC with a Pentium processor One of the following operating systems Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP NOTE Once the RS232 USB driver has been installed the communication between PC and cradle will be performed through a virtual Infrared port 2 2 1 RS232 Device Driver Installation The following procedure allows installing the RS232 driver on the PC In particular...

Page 12: ... 2 2 Select Yes I have already connected the hardware 3 Select the Add a new hardware device option from the list below to add the new driver 4 Choose the option allowing to manually select the hardware to be installed ...

Page 13: ...e as hardware type 6 Select Vishay Telefunken as Infrared device to be installed Then a further window will appear to confirm the selection of the infrared device 7 Select the COM port to which you are installing the selected infrared device ...

Page 14: ...r installation path is user definable NOTE If installing the driver in Windows XP operating system a warning message about software testing problems appears before completing the installation Ignore this message by pressing the Continue button and complete the installation Once the driver has been installed on the PC connect the Viper CE cradle to the PC by means of the USB cable see par 3 2 for U...

Page 15: ...1 RS232 CONNECTION A single Viper CE cradle can be connected to the host by means of a CAB 417 cable The RJ45 connector must be connected to the RS232 port of the cradle Then it is necessary to insert the power supply plug into the jack on the cradle and attach the power supply to a power outlet Once the host has been turned on ensure that the Vishay Telefunken driver has been activated by checkin...

Page 16: ... listed below A Host computer B CAB 417 RS232 cable C Viper CE cradle D 94ACC4595 FPS18 power supply without cord Pinout The CAB 417 allowing the RS232 connection has the following pinout 1 2 3 Cradle side RJ45 2 8 5 Host PC side 9 pin D sub female 4 7 TX RTS GND CTS 5 3 RX 4 6 6 7 DSR DTR 1 8 CD Figure 8 CAB 417 Pinout A B C D ...

Page 17: ...he power supply plug into the jack on the cradle and attach the power supply to a power outlet Once the host has been turned on insert the Viper CE terminal into the cradle Figure 9 USB Connection The following cable and power supply are listed with their order number A Host computer B 94A051550 CAB 381 USB Type A B straight cable C Viper CE cradle D 94ACC4595 FPS18 power supply without cord A B C...

Page 18: ...o 115200 b sec USB up to 12 Mb sec Environmental Features Working temperature 0 to 50 C 32 to 140 F Storage temperature 20 to 70 C 4 to 158 F Humidity 90 non condensing Degree of protection IP40 Mechanical Features Dimensions with base 15 8 x 16 4 x 18 7 cm 6 22 x 6 46 x 7 36 in Weight with base 375 g 13 oz cradle 1175 g 41 oz base Recommended DL power supply FPS18 Batteries must be charged at a t...

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