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16. Before calling service 

 

This unit is designed and manufactured carefully for trouble-free operation.  However, if 

you think the unit is faulty, first perform the following checks.  If the checks can not solve 
your problem, call the vendor of this unit for service.  

 
 

 DANGER 

 

Never disassemble this unit or touch internal electronics.

 

 
 

Symptoms & Checks 

Symptom 

Check 

Did you press the [ON] key firmly? 

(In order to prevent unintended power-ON, this unit ignores a 
momentary pressing of the [ON] key.  You have to press the key 
firmly until the unit is powered.) 

Is Li-ion battery pack installed in the unit?  

Is Li-ion battery pack charged sufficiently?  

Unit does not work at 
all. 
(No display/sound) 

Is application program loaded in the unit? 

Is screen contrast adjusted properly? 

Isn’t the LCD screen viewed in extremely squint angle?  

Nothing displayed, 
or poorly displayed. 
 

If you are using the unit in dark place, is the LCD backlight turned 
ON? 

(Cont’d) 

Summary of Contents for finpad 500f

Page 1: ...Publication No OME R06601 D Date Jul 2006 PRINTED IN JAPAN FURUNO SYSTEMS CO LTD USER S MANUAL MODEL finpad 500f ...

Page 2: ...p Battery 13 7 Replacing Li ion Battery Pack 14 8 Power ON OFF 16 9 Setup Utility 17 10 Adjusting Screen Contrast 21 11 LCD Backlight ON OFF 22 12 Using Laser Scanner 23 13 Bluetooth Communication 25 14 Attaching Handstrap 26 15 Daily Maintenance 27 16 Before calling service 29 17 Functional Block Diagram 31 18 Specifications of finpad 500f 32 19 Battery Life Calculation 43 20 Specifications of Li...

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Page 4: ...tery pack contains recyclable Li ion battery cells Please reserve natural resource by recycling wasted battery packs Return wasted battery packs to the vendor of your terminal unit When shipping a battery pack insulate its electrodes sufficiently with vinyl tape to prevent overheating burning by short circuit It is always a good practice to contain it in plastic bag Feel free to contact the vendor...

Page 5: ...S When any failure is suspected call the vendor of this unit immediately Security on using wireless LAN IMPORTANT This concerns your privacy protection Wireless LAN uses radio signal rather than wired one for communication between equipment like PC and a wireless access point This is great advantage in that you may LAN connect to any station so long as you are within the wireless communication ran...

Page 6: ...expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Part 15 Subpart B Class B Statement NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential ins...

Page 7: ...ss devices are absolutely safe Low power Wireless devices emit low levels of radio frequency energy RF in the microwave range while being used Whereas high levels of RF can produce health effects by heating tissue exposure to low level RF that does not produce heating effects causes no known adverse health effects Many studies of low level RF exposures have not found any biological effects Some st...

Page 8: ... Disobedience to the instructions in this column may result in serious injury or death CAUTION Disobedience to the instructions in this column may result in injury or damage of this unit NOTE Notes or tips in using this unit fully The following marks clearly indicate if you must do something or if you must not do something You must do something indicated by this mark Action indicated by this mark ...

Page 9: ...e handled as explained in its instruction manual WARNING Never use the unit near flammable material such as gas gunpowder etc The material may explode and the unit may burst or burn Never use the unit in the environment where strong shock or vibration is anticipated The unit may burst or burn When the liquid from the LCD display splashes into your eyes wash the eyes with clean water then rush to a...

Page 10: ...ceeds these limitations To use the unit in such environment specific countermeasures must be taken Never leave the unit in dusty environment like desert or in the atmosphere of corrosive gas such as exhaust gas Metallic parts such as connector pins or electrodes may deteriorate resulting in poor charging communication errors etc Keep the terminals connector pins electrodes clean Stain may cause po...

Page 11: ... may be interfered from them Also communication by this unit may be interfered from adjacent electric electronic equipment emiting radio wave or generating magnetic field office equipment or home electric appliances like TV This unit is provided with privacy protection capability by means of SS system However this does not always mean that privacy is protected perfectly Because radio wave is used ...

Page 12: ...rything contained in this document including all text images graphics photographs design elements etc is the intellectual property of FURUNO SYSTEMS Full copyrights over all of this material are retained by FURUNO SYSTEMS No material from this document may be reproduced by any means in any form whatsoever without written permission from FURUNO SYSTEMS ...

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Page 14: ...ed or normal reverse handed operations Flexible key assignment for various services Function keys F1 F2 F3 F4 Quick keys Q1 Q2 Page up down keys LCD screen designed with service environment in mind 160x160 dot large LCD screen 16 grayscale graphic presentation All 16 gradations are not always visible depending on environmental lighting condition etc 4 grayscale text presentation 4 grayscale presen...

Page 15: ...802 11b 2 4 GHz band spectrum spread communication system offers Long communication range up to 100 m indoor or 200 m outdoor High transmission speed up to 11 Mbps per channel and multi channel concurrent communication Auto switchover of wireless LAN access point according to movement of terminals This unit is classified as specified low power radio equipment which does not require license Easy to...

Page 16: ... a wide variety of services Typical configuration is shown below COMPUTER finpad 500f Li ion BATTERY PACK BP 12000 W Spare OPTIONAL BATTERY CHARGER BC 12000 W OPTIONAL ACCESS POINT WN 701 W OPTIONAL Li ion BATTERY PACK BP 12000 W HANDSTRAP STANDARD Bluetooth compliant Devices Printer OPTIONAL finpad 500f HUB ETHERNET LAN PoE ...

Page 17: ...ation is built in 2 TX RX LED Wireless reception Lit GREEN Wireless transmission Lit ORANGE 3 Power LED LCD screen OFF Blinks GREEN Low battery power Blinks RED Rewriting ROM Blinks ORANGE 4 LCD Screen with backlight Displays text and graphics images 5 Laser Trigger Press to start barcode reading Three triggers are available on the top left and right sides of the unit respectively Press either Con...

Page 18: ... 3 repeatedly to adjust the backlight through 4 steps including OFF 7 Bluetooth Antenna Antenna for Bluetooth communication is built in DANGER Never short circuit connector pins Short can cause burst or burning CAUTION While ROM is rewritten the power LED blinks in orange color never remove the Li ion battery pack from the unit If so done program will be lost and your unit may not be started any m...

Page 19: ... BatteryCover 8 Laser Scanner NO NAME FUNCTION 8 Laser Scanner Laser scanner for the barcode reader BCR is built in 9 Battery Cover Li ion battery pack is stored under this cover When removing the battery pack unlock the knob then open the cover ...

Page 20: ... best to carry it stored in the terminal unit or plastic bag Electrodes Electrodes DANGER Never short circuit the electrodes of the battery pack Short can cause burst or burning If the battery pack is replaced with wrong type it may explode Used battery pack must be handled as explained in its instruction manual ...

Page 21: ...t sunlight etc If internal plastic separator is damaged by heat the battery pack is short circuited internally resulting in overheating burning burst etc Never put the battery pack in water or wet environment If so done the internal protection may be damaged resulting in overheating burning burst etc Never sting the battery pack with a sharp object like a pin or nail Never hit or press it strongly...

Page 22: ...is added overcurrent may flow or the battery pack will be damaged resulting in overheating burning burst etc Never use the battery pack for devices other than this unit If so done performance of the battery pack may deteriorate life is shorten and in bad case abnormal current may cause damage resulting in overheating burning burst etc For charging of the battery pack always use the genuine battery...

Page 23: ...g burst explosion etc If any abnormality is found with the battery pack insulate its and electrodes with vinyl tape etc Do not use it any more CAUTION Do not leave the terminal unit for a long time with the battery pack removed If so done the backup battery within the unit will be used up resulting that date time setting may be lost etc When handling the battery pack never short circuit its electr...

Page 24: ...electrodes reversed Never short circuit across the and electrodes To avoid electric shock never handle the battery charger when it is wet or splashed Never attempt to disassemble or modify the battery charger Take care so that foreign objects conductive material dust etc may not enter inside CAUTION Do not drop the battery charger Do not add strong shock to it Do charging in ambient temperature ra...

Page 25: ...e battery pack in the battery charger and the pilot lamp on the battery charger will illuminate in red color 5 When charging completes the color of the pilot lamp turns green Now remove the battery pack from the battery charger 6 Unplug the input cord of the battery charger from the AC outlet Li ion Battery Pack BP 12000 W Pilot Lamp Stand by Not lit Charging RED Charging completed GREEN Charging ...

Page 26: ...ged ready to use Li ion battery pack into the unit In normal room temperature of 25 C the backup battery is charged up to 70 in 24 hours and 100 in 72 hours NOTE The backup battery could be charged even if the voltage of the Li ion battery pack in use is lower than the normal operating voltage Nevertheless make it a rule to use well charged Li ion battery pack Typical Backup Period by Backup Batte...

Page 27: ...tructed below If you feel that the battery pack discharges extremely soon it should be wasted or deteriorated Replace it with new one BEFORE HANDLING THE BATTERY PACK READ 4 Li Ion Battery Pack Handling Precautions CAREFULLY Replacement Procedure 1 Shut down the power of the unit 2 Unlock the knob as illustrated below Knob 3 Remove the battery cover ...

Page 28: ...set it in the unit with its name plate faced upward visible and electrodes mated to the receptacles within the unit If necessary charge the removed battery pack as explained in 5 Charging Li ion Battery Pack CAUTION When handling the battery pack do not touch its electrodes or do not add strong force to it Stain flaw or deform of the electrodes cause poor contact Also be careful about reverse pola...

Page 29: ...ram may start in another way It is up to application program TX RX LED Power LED OFF Key ON Key To turn the unit OFF press the OFF key NOTE Depending on the application program OFF key is disabled and another key or key combination is assigned to power shut down Also power may be shut down automatically if the unit is left without operation Everything is up to application program For exact informa...

Page 30: ...ding both 7 and ENT keys down keep on pressing the ON key for a few seconds until the following main menu displays To terminate the setup utility press the OFF key SetupUtility 1 View param settings 2 Set date time Keep on pressing 7 ENT ON MAIN MENU Screen Among various setup items only 1 View param settings and 2 Set date time intended for users are explained here The other setting items are cov...

Page 31: ...y to select 1 View param settings Soon you will see the View param settings sub menu displayed as shown below View param settings 1 Comm Parameter 2 Other parameters F4 Ret NOTE If you want to return to the higher hierarchy level menu e g the Setup Utility main menu press the F4 key ...

Page 32: ...w param settings Host Name Not set Server Primary IP Not set Server Secondary IP Not set F1 Next F2 Prev F4 Ret Press F1 F2 to go to the succeeding preceding page View param settings Reserved Device 0 0 No BT Addr Port Categ F2 Prev F4 Ret View param settings BT Addr Not set Secu Level 2 Encrypt No D UpID Not set D UpPwd Not set D UpTel Not set F1 Next F2 Prev F4 Ret 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 Abbreviated 3 ...

Page 33: ... the View param settings sub menu Pressing F4 on the View param settings sub menu recalls the Setup Utility main menu 2 Set date time With the Setup Utility main menu displayed press the 2 key to select 2 Set date time You will see the Set date time screen displayed like this Set date time Current Time 1999 09 20 01 35 53 Date Time ENT Set F4 Ret Enter date and time by pressing numeral keys 0 to 9...

Page 34: ...e 1 Turn the unit ON 2 While holding the ON key down tap the 1 2 key The contrast will get stronger weaker Too thin ON 2 Appropriate Too dark ON 1 NOTE The LCD screen is visible clearly when viewed within the angle illustrated below If viewed out of these ranges the contrast adjustment may not help visibility Left Right Forward Backward In dark places the LCD screen is difficult to read Adjust the...

Page 35: ... the LCD backlight OFF to save battery power Procedure 1 Turn the unit ON 2 While holding the ON key down tap the 3 key The backlight brightness will change in the following cycle High Medium Low Off NOTE In some cases the LCD backlight is controlled by application program to light up a certain time after key pressing This function works when the LCD backlight is set to the positions other than Of...

Page 36: ... laser scanner is a precision device When strong mechanical shock is added by mistake dropped hit etc stop using it and call the vendor of this unit for checking repair Such a scanner may cause frequent read errors or may become completely inoperative while you are using it Do not scan barcodes with labels laid on striped pattern such as paper on which stripes are printed or grained wood because t...

Page 37: ... Barcode ﾞ If you do not scan a barcode for a long time scanner power is shut down automatically The key assigned for laser trigger and or alarm by buzzer may differ depending on application program in use NOTE The scanner may not read barcodes in direct sunlight or in extremely bright environment The scanner will read barcodes without problem if the labels are oriented upside down The scanner may...

Page 38: ...by FURUNO SYSTEMS only For information of specific Bluetooth compliant equipment refer to the vendor of this unit Bluetooth compliant Equipment Printer Optional CAUTION Place this unit within 5 meter away from Bluetooth compliant equipment Make sure that there is no obstacle such as wall between the two Communicating capability subjects to the distance or angle between them ...

Page 39: ...he unit It can be attached to the unit as follows 1 Pass the lead of the handstrap through the strap holder of the unit as illustrated below Handstrap Strap Holder 2 Pass the strap through the lead loop as illustrated below Strap CAUTION Do not swing the unit by handstrap ...

Page 40: ...contact may deteriorate When wiping the body with damp cloth squeeze out water well If not metallic parts such as connector pins or switch contacts may deteriorate resulting in poor contact Maintenance Directions Gently wipe off dirt or stain from the body by using soft cloth damped with a bit of water To clean the surface of laser scanner aperture or keyboard use soft cloth damped with a bit neut...

Page 41: ...ntenance Directions If the terminals or electrodes on this unit or battery pack are stained wipe the stain off by using dry cloth cotton swab etc If stain is too stubborn to remove damp the cloth or swab with slight alcohol In this case take care so that plastic parts may not wet with alcohol Do not use force when cleaning the terminals or electrodes or they may be deformed Wipe them repeatedly by...

Page 42: ... you press the ON key firmly In order to prevent unintended power ON this unit ignores a momentary pressing of the ON key You have to press the key firmly until the unit is powered Is Li ion battery pack installed in the unit Is Li ion battery pack charged sufficiently Unit does not work at all No display sound Is application program loaded in the unit Is screen contrast adjusted properly Isn t th...

Page 43: ...ained The barcode in question is the type that the application program accepts Cannot read barcode Isn t barcode label stained Is barcode printed clearly Power can not be shut down OFF key does not work Is power shut down allowed now by the application program Some application intentionally disables power shut down in some situation Is Li ion battery pack charged sufficiently Power shuts down by i...

Page 44: ...ot White LED Backlight Backlight Brightness Control 32 bit CPU TX RX LED Realtime Clock ROM 10MB for system Keyboard 26 keys Power Control Backup Battery Rechargeable Li Battery Main Battery Li ion Battery Pack Power Switch ON OFF Buzzer Flash ROM Disk 6MB for user Power LED Bluetooth Ver1 1 Wireless Module ANT Vibrator RAM 32MB ...

Page 45: ...disk data may be lost if power fails due to abnormal shock like drop of the unit When designing your system make it a rule to save important data in the host machine Realtime Clock Setting Reading By setup utility or application software Items to set read Year Month Day Hour Minute Second Day of Week 24 hour format automatic Christian calendar Accuracy 50 ppm Daily Rate about 5 sec day Other featu...

Page 46: ...ilt in Communication Control CSMA CA Communicating Direction Simplex Transmission Speed 1 Mbps 2 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 11 Mbps complies with IEEE 802 11b Security WEP 64 128bit Bluetooth Compliance Bluetooth Ver1 1 Spectrum Spreading FH Frequency Hopping Baseband Modulation BT 0 5 GFSK Radio Frequency 2402 to 2480 MHz Communication Range Max 5 m Antenna Built in Communication System Time sharing Transmiss...

Page 47: ...merals Symbols Proprietary codes of FURUNO SYSTEMS are used User definable Fonts Line Column Numbers KANJI 13 columns 13 lines 12 12 dots char 10 columns 10 lines 16 16 dots char NOTE Number of columns and coexistence of different font sizes subject to middleware specification Keyboard Number of Keys 28 keys total 2 Power OF OFF Keys 23 Numeral Edit Keys 3 Laser Trigger Keys Key Contact Tact Key R...

Page 48: ...Low set by software LED Indicators Wireless Communication Indicator Green Receiving Orange Transmitting Located on left side Battery Power Indicator Green Blinks when display is OFF for power saving Red Blinks when battery power is low Orange Blinks when rewriting ROM Located on right side ...

Page 49: ...g code set C you may cover 2 numerals with one digit In this case up to 76 digits are readable if all digits are numeral CODABAR NW 7 ITF DTF Reading of both code types may be enabled simultaneously For both code types number of digits is not variable but must be fixed to some digit number between 0 and 50 Exactly the specified number of digits are decoded If number of digits is set to zero for bo...

Page 50: ...ction illustrated below Skew Angle 50 A barcode must be placed within 50 from the right angle in the vertical section illustrated below Blind Angle 8 Due to regular reflection a barcode can not be read if it is placed within 8 from the right angle in both horizontal and vertical sections Cont d ...

Page 51: ...bar width becomes fine RESOLUTION mm STANDARD BARCODE USED FOR DECODE ZONE MEASUREMENT The barcode images below are illustrated ones DECODE ZONE mm 0 127 CODE39 4 digits 40 to 70 0 15 CODE39 10 digits 30 to 80 0 25 CODE39 8 digits 30 to 170 0 5 CODE39 4 digits 30 to 280 1 0 CODE39 1 digit 50 to 430 Decode Zone PCS 0 9 ...

Page 52: ...attery Life About 12 hours Typical Operational Pattern NOTE Typical Operational Pattern is repetitions of the following functional pattern 20 sec with the LCD backlight turned OFF 1 Laser scanning 1 0 sec 2 Wireless LAN TX RX 0 5 sec 3 Wireless LAN RX 1 0 sec 4 Idle 17 5 sec Waiting with all devices except for LCD turned off For details see 20 Battery Life Calculation on later page Backup Battery ...

Page 53: ...n Scanner Aperture Material Acryl Color Red Lifetime of Contacts Li ion Battery Pack 5000 times of plugging Rubber Keys 1500000 times of pressings These data are referred from the test reports from the manufacturers of the components Keyboard Keys Size of Keytop Ten Keys 0 9 5 8 V x 8 H mm Function Keys ENT 9 V x 8 H mm 4 8 V x 8 H mm BS 5 8 V x 8 H mm Fn Keys F1 F4 5 V x 6 H mm Quick Keys Q1 Q2 4...

Page 54: ...continually for the time being Static Discharge 20 kV Connector pins are excluded Air Discharge 10 kV Connector pins are excluded Contact Discharge Complies with IEC 1000 4 2 Dusts General shops or warehouses for logistics Corrosive Gas General shops or warehouses for logistics Flammability Similar to UL94 HB Outer housing only Flammability similar to UL94 HB is expected when considering the mater...

Page 55: ...nal finpad 500f TITLE DWG No REMARKS THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION MASS SCALE Q TY NAME ITEM MATERIAL DWG No UNIT mm LASER TRIGGER BATTERY COVER LASER SCANNER TX RX LED POWER LED LASER PLATE LASER PLATE RATING PLATE LASER TRIGGER CAUTION PLATE CAUTION PLATE 42 ...

Page 56: ...Vibrator off Bluetooth off Wireless LAN off NOTE The wireless LAN SS transceiver can take three states transception TX RX reception RX and intermittent reception off When the wireless LAN has no data to transmit or receive it repeats reception intermittently for power saving Wireless LAN off means this condition ADDITIONAL CURRENT CONSUMPTION ADDITIONALLY DRIVEN DEVICE ADDITIONAL CURRENT CONSUMPTI...

Page 57: ...omatically as noted in the ADDITIONAL CURRENT CONSUMPTION table Idle No device is driven additionally 17 5 sec 1 0 sec 0 5 sec 1 0 sec A Battery life can be calculated as follows Bear in mind that the calculated battery life is not always guaranteed but it is estimation only Capacity of Battery Pack 1620 mAh milliampere hour Basic Current Consumption 100 mA Additional Current Consumption 30x1 0 44...

Page 58: ...eaction etc resulting in overheating burning burst etc General Type Rechargeable Li ion Battery Voltage 3 7 VDC Nominal Capacity 1800 mAh Nominal Battery Charger Use BC 12000 W only Protections Over current Protection Operated when load current exceeds 3A approx Reset when the load is removed Over discharge Protection Operated when internal cell voltage drops below 2 40 0 10 V Reset when the batte...

Page 59: ...2 W 11 D mm Weight About 43 g Outline See the Outline Drawing on later page Environment Ambient Temperature 0 to 40 C Charging 10 to 60 C Discharging Vibration 22 m s 16 7 Hz 4 0 mm Mechanical Shock Withstands free fall from 100 cm height No hazard ...

Page 60: ...tery Pack BP 12000 W TITLE DWG No REMARKS THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION MASS SCALE Q TY NAME ITEM MATERIAL DWG No 43g approx Outline Drawing Li ion Battery Pack BP 12000 W TITLE DWG No REMARKS MATERIAL ITEM NAME Q TY DWG No SCALE MASS THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION UNIT mm ...

Page 61: ...h BP 1200 battery pack set Charging is terminated automatically when abnormal charging condition or completion of normal charging is detected Charging Time 3 to 3 5 hours approx Pilot Lamp Stand by Not lit Charging RED Charging completed GREEN Charging abnormal Not lit Physical Specifications Dimensions 65 H 80 W 25 D mm Weight About 75 g Outline See the Outline Drawing on later page ...

Page 62: ...echanical Shock Withstands one time of free fall from 75 cm height No hazard Dusts General shops or warehouses for logistics Corrosive Gas General shops or warehouses for logistics Insulation Resistance 10 M ohms or more 500 VDC Dielectric Strength 1500 VAC 1 minute Compliance IEC60950 NOTE The above listed data are not guaranteed values but the ones obtained by factory test The above listed data ...

Page 63: ...AC Cable 130 approx 75g approx Outline Drawing Battery Charger BC 12000 W TITLE DWG No REMARKS MATERIAL ITEM NAME Q TY DWG No MASS SCALE UNIT mm THIRD ANGLE PROJECTION 50 ...

Page 64: ... AC cord Printer Cable 46S0524 1 For connection to Petit Lapin Data transfer Cable 46S0358 1 Between two terminal units Access Point WN 701 W 1 Hand strap N 02 Black L 185 1 Spare Optional Neck strap 1 Replacement Parts ITEM MODEL NOTE Li ion Battery Pack BP 12000 W Max times of recharging 500 times reference only IMPORTANT If any abnormality is found with the battery pack insulate its and or elec...

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Page 66: ...NO SYSTEMS CO LTD Ryougoku Dai ichi Seimei Bldg 3 25 5 Ryougoku Sumida ku Tokyo 130 0026 JAPAN Phone 81 3 5600 5111 Fax 81 3 5600 5120 The contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice ...

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