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X5 User Reference Manual

102-1050M

Date: 5 July 2010

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Page 1: ...stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior written permission of Infostream This document is classified Commercial in Confidence It is subject to a confidentiality agreement between Infostream and its customers and partners Its contents must not be divulged to third parties Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 1 of 60 ...

Page 2: ...g the Home Screen 16 1 12 Elements of the Home Screen 16 1 13 Inbox Page 17 1 14 Folders Page 21 1 15 Trash View 23 1 16 Clock Page 24 1 17 About Page 27 1 18 User Profiles 29 1 19 Service functions 30 Games 33 1 20 Puzzle 33 1 21 Quadris 33 1 22 Serpents 34 Main Menu 35 1 23 Off 35 1 24 Screen Settings 36 1 25 Alert Type 36 1 26 Alert Duration 37 1 27 Button Sound 37 1 28 Holster Lock 37 1 29 Adv...

Page 3: ...42 Other Features 44 1 37 Managing Capcodes 44 1 38 Blocked Actions 45 1 39 Features Settings and Options 46 Pager Care 53 Appendix X5 Menu Structure 54 Appendix Default Settings 57 Appendix Technical Specifications 58 Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 3 of 60 ...

Page 4: ...lder Tools 23 Figure 20 Trash pop up menu 24 Figure 21 Clock page 24 Figure 22 Setting Alarm Time Dialogue 25 Figure 23 Setting the Clock 26 Figure 24 About Page 27 Figure 25 About Page Menu 27 Figure 26 Battery Chart 28 Figure 27 X5 home page with Profiles enabled and shown 29 Figure 28 Profile selection menu on the pager 30 Figure 29 Signal Strength indicator RSSI 30 Figure 30 Oscilloscope 31 Fi...

Page 5: ... Figure 43 Low Battery Alert 42 Figure 44 Capcodes with Check Boxes 45 Figure 45 Blocked Menu Items 46 Figure 46 Home Screen menu 54 Figure 47 Main menu 55 Figure 48 About Menu 56 Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 5 of 60 ...

Page 6: ...uide for the X5 pager It is aimed at supervisors or group leaders It can however be used by the general end user of the pager in conjunction with the X5 Getting Started Guide 1 3 Important Information The X5 I device complies with the regulation of the R TTE European Directive 99 05 EU For explosive prevention reasons no anti scratch plastic film may be placed on the display WARNING Changes or mod...

Page 7: ... cable for the charging unit an AC Adaptor with an appropriate AC connector for the country of shipment a holster the X5 Getting Started Guide and the X5 pager The programming software can be accessed through the following link http login infostream com au The on board lithium ion re chargeable battery has a memory back up shelf life span of approximately 125 days if the pager is turned off After ...

Page 8: ...It is therefore recommended that the pager not be stored for long periods of time without use Figure 1 X5 Deliverables Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 8 of 60 ...

Page 9: ... for more than 2 seconds the pager will turn on Figure 2 Charging screen If the pager is turned on placed on the charger and no button activity or alert activity occurs and after the screen time out period the X5 will display the charging screen for two minutes before turning its display off If any button is pressed or a new message arrives while the pager s screen is turned off the X5 will turn t...

Page 10: ...fter being placed on the charger Note If an alarm time or auto on time has been set and the pager is turned off and placed on the charger the pager will automatically turn on when the alarm time or auto on time is due 1 6 Charger Clip The charger can operate horizontally on a flat surface or vertically mounted on the wall When the charger is wall mounted the lock switch in the centre of the charge...

Page 11: ...buttons and there is a raised red dot above the button It shall be referred to as the red button henceforth Figure 4 The Buttons on the X5 1 7 MENU Button Green The MENU button is used in any situation where more information is required on a selected object or an action is performed For example pressing the MENU button in the Inbox Folder or Trash view shows a pop up menu with specific menu items ...

Page 12: ... or DOWN button will move the menu selector bar to the requested option the RIGHT button will select the menu while the LEFT button will exit the selected menu or sub menu When a directional button is held down in one direction for more than one second the button auto repeats at a rate of approximately one press every second to enable quick scrolling through lists and options All subsequent refere...

Page 13: ...pager turns on If the PIN was entered incorrectly the pager will turn off and the PIN Lock error count will be incremented If a PIN has been entered incorrectly for 10 times the pager will permanently lock and can only be unlocked by reprogramming the pager using the programming software Press the MENU button to put the pager into reprogramming mode A successful login will reset the PIN lock count...

Page 14: ... the main menu view press the green MENU button to pop up the system menu Select the Off menu function by moving the selection bar with the UP or DOWN button until the word Off is highlighted and then press the RIGHT button You have the option to either turn the pager off or place the pager into Flight mode Select Turn off and press the RIGHT button The Turn off Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference ...

Page 15: ...se the pager s clock or alarm functionality or simply to play one of the games available on the pager if made accessible The battery live of the pager is also extended in Flight mode however the pager will not receive any messages while set to Flight mode So make sure to deactivate Flight mode when disembarking the plane From the main page press the MENU button to pop up the system menu Select the...

Page 16: ...ain menu with scrollbar and selector 1 12 1 Status Icons and Battery Level Indicator The status icons show the current state of the receiver status alerting setup alarm clock or charger status The battery level shows the remaining capacity of the re chargeable battery POCSAG FLEX Signal present indicator Sound Alert enabled Vibrating Alert enabled Alarm clock enabled Pager is placed on charger Fli...

Page 17: ... item is selected by using the UP and DOWN buttons of the pager The selected item is activated by pressing the RIGHT button 1 13 Inbox Page Entering the Inbox view by selecting the Inbox item and pressing the RIGHT button will enter the message view of the Inbox folder The Inbox folder is a special folder and all messages that have not been assigned a specific folder by their capcode will appear h...

Page 18: ...re 13 Message Sub menu Move to will move the currently selected message to a different folder Delete will move the currently selected message to the Trash folder Protect This option will protect the current message from accidental deletion A protected message cannot be deleted or moved to another folder A tick in the Protect box will show that the current message is protected Furthermore a protect...

Page 19: ...one of the keywords in the Keywords list Note The Alert on all option must be disabled unticked for this For details on how to enter keywords with the X5 On Screen keyboard see 1 13 1 Using the X5 On Screen Keyboard Tone menu The Tone menu selects the alert tune that is played when a message for the Inbox folder is received To select a tune highlight the requested tune using the UP and DOWN button...

Page 20: ...d The X5 incorporate a powerful On Screen Keyboard to enter text into the pager This keyboard is used to edit folder names keywords etc The top line of the display shows the created word with a red cursor Using the UP DOWN LEFT and RIGHT buttons select the character to be entered then press the green MENU SELECT button to enter the desired character The Shift key will toggle between upper and lowe...

Page 21: ...ds Alert on all etc Messages can also manually be moved between folders by the user even though the message was originally received on a different capcode The folders menu is structured into a tree like hierarchy First the desired folder must be selected from the list of folders if the Flat folders feature is not enabled Folders can also be placed into the home page by enabling the Flat Folders fe...

Page 22: ... pushing the RIGHT button The folder message menu is activated by pressing the green MENU button while in the folder message view Figure 18 Folder Message Menu The folder message menu has the same options and functionality as the Inbox message menu except for an additional Folder tools menu option see 1 13 Inbox Page for details Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 22 of 60 ...

Page 23: ... a new folder the currently selected folder name will appear in the X5 On Screen Keyboard control and can be edited Figure 19 Folder Tools Folders can be pre programmed on the pager These folders are locked and cannot be deleted or renamed 1 15 Trash View The Trash view contains all previously deleted messages Accidentally deleted messages can be recovered to the Inbox folder or if desired the del...

Page 24: ...1 16 Clock Page The Clock page shows the current time in either 24h or 12h format and a calendar of the current month in which the current day is highlighted Figure 21 Clock page Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 24 of 60 ...

Page 25: ... or the red CANCEL button to discard the settings If the alarm time is set to a value less than the current time the alarm will occur the next day The alarm will repeat every day until the Alarm is reset The alarm will sound even if the pager is turned off Choosing Tone from the Set Alarm menu allows to select assign a specific alert tune to the alarm clock Note The pager will automatically turn i...

Page 26: ...o On time 1 16 4 Stopwatch tool The pager contains a handy stop watch with up to 8 lap times and a time measurement resolution of 200ms To activate the stopwatch function enter the Clock page and press the MENU button to show the clock pop up menu Select the Stopwatch function Press the CANCEL button to start or stop the stopwatch To get a lap time while the stopwatch is running press the UP butto...

Page 27: ...Battery Status Battery chart Watchdog history and Hardware tests The Advanced menu can optionally be moved from the main menu of the home page to the About menu Note Some of the About menu options may be disabled and thus not be visible in the menu Figure 25 About Page Menu The Databases menu option allows to specifically initialise the X5 databases these include Messages Watchdog etc Doc No 102 1...

Page 28: ...he remaining capacity of the battery and the percentage the battery was at as well as how many hours and minutes ago the pager was taken off the charger and finally the current battery temperature The Battery Chart page will show the battery level over the last 12 5 days The chart curve will be displayed green to indicate when the battery was being charged The chart curve will be red when the batt...

Page 29: ...r 1 33 OTA OAP Over The Air Over Air Programming Messages Note The display of the currently active profile can be suppressed by disabling the Show Profile feature in the feature settings To change the currently selected profile activate the main menu from the home page by pressing the MENU button Select Profiles from the menu and press the right button select the desired profile from the list of p...

Page 30: ...on the pager 1 19 Service functions The Signal strength option will show the current Received Signal Strength Index RSSI value of the receiver Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 30 of 60 Figure 29 Signal Strength indicator RSSI ...

Page 31: ...he sample rate is adjustable from POCSAG 512 POCSAG 1200 POCSAG 2400 and FLEX with the right and left buttons The Receiver status page shows the current receiver status utilising several LEDs to indicate receiver activity and receiving protocol state Figure 31 Receiver Status Page Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 31 of 60 Figure 30 Oscilloscope ...

Page 32: ...EX diagnostics FLEX diagnostics FLEX error information on FLEX enabled pagers only The FLEX error information display shows the bit errors received in a FLEX block in red and correctly received code words in white Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 32 of 60 Figure 32 Flex block info Figure 33 Flex error display ...

Page 33: ...display the Puzzle pop up menu The only two options available are New game and Solve 1 21 Quadris The objective of Quadris is to keep the blocks falling from above from building up to the bottom of the screen by aligning each block such that it builds a closed row of blocks at the bottom of the screen If a row is entirely closed the row of blocks disappears and the remaining blocks drop down givin...

Page 34: ...abyrinth game in which the objective is to keep the blue snake controlled by the user from being eaten by the red snakes Try to eat frogs or the red snakes from behind on the way Figure 36 Serpents Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 34 of 60 ...

Page 35: ...ls When you press RIGHT button while the Turn off menu item is selected a confirmation pop up will appear asking you to confirm that you want to turn the pager off Use the green MENU button to select OK and turn the pager off Select the red CANCEL button to cancel and return to the Home Screen When you press RIGHT button while the Flight mode menu item is selected only the receiver is turned off T...

Page 36: ...the option and press the RIGHT button 1 25 Alert Type Alert Type controls volume or vibration options when the pager issues an alert There are 3 items that can be controlled pager vibrate level of the audible alert and whether a reminder alert should sound Vibrate controls whether the pager vibrates with every alert Toggle between vibrate ON and OFF by navigating to the item and pressing RIGHT The...

Page 37: ...user interface is available Note The pager is automatically released from Key Lock mode whenever there is an incoming message or alert of any kind Sound effects controls whether the pager beeps as the pager is placed into or removed from the holster and the keys are locked or unlocked The setting is ignored if Holster Key Lock is set to Disabled 1 29 Advanced The Advanced menu may contain addition...

Page 38: ...er message memory is retained Note Only use this option when instructed by your support engineer to do so Do not move the pager away from the IrDA window of your PC or press any buttons on the pager The pager will not receive messages while in PC link mode During the update which may take several minutes there may be moments when it appears as if nothing is happening Do not move the pager or press...

Page 39: ...ncated if the length of the received message text plus the length of the fixed message text exceeds 512 characters A useful feature for fixed message texts could be a text of Please call for numeric capcodes 1 32 Repeat Messages The X5 pager has a special feature to cater for repeat message reception Some paging networks transmit each message multiple times within a set time period to ensure that ...

Page 40: ...k like this YXfedPoEVI and a numeric OTA message would appear like 545364636243752851341 For further information on OTA programming refer to the OTA Programming guide or the document OAP Specification Version 7 Rev 2 1 28 02 02 1 34 Reading Messages When a message arrives and an alert appears you have the option of immediately reading the message or dismissing it for later reading To read the mess...

Page 41: ... message has been acknowledged the new message alert is displayed on the screen and the older message is pushed into the background Similarly if the pager issues an alert for example for a flat battery it is displayed on the screen and the message alert placed into background Multiple messages alerts are structured in a queue arrangement when more alerts arrive the existing queue of alerts gets pu...

Page 42: ...s a level where it can no longer receive messages reliably the alert shown in Figure 7 3 Low battery alert is displayed Figure 43 Low Battery Alert The Low Battery alert has a unique tone that cannot be altered The alert is repeated after 4 hours if the battery has still not been replaced and again after 2 hours then every hour until either the battery is re charged or dead When the battery is dea...

Page 43: ...other alerts like Low Battery The alert for a new message is turned off as soon as the pager is removed from the holster or the pager If the pager is in the holster when a message is received taking it out of the holster stops the alert sound vibration backlight flash and LED flash The pager still shows the Message Alert on the screen and you may then dismiss the alert or read the message Doc No 1...

Page 44: ...ges are transmitted to the pager using special OTA messages See 1 33 OTA OAP Over The Air Over Air Programming Messages Dynamic capcodes can be removed or modified by the central administrator Dynamic capcodes can be turned on and off by the user via the Administration menu see Capcodes They cannot be created or deleted by the user Express Alarm EA Capcodes Express alarm capcodes are specific EA T...

Page 45: ...presented by the character m in the list of capcodes If the capcode is linked to a different folder a different character will appear in front of the capcode 1 37 4 Linking Capcodes to fixed messages Capcodes may have a fixed message text of up to 64 characters associated This is done with the programming software at the time of programming the pager The fixed message text will always be displayed...

Page 46: ...me of these settings can be changed from the menus on the pager 1 39 1 Features Features can be distinguished in two categories The X5 pager uses a feature mask that defines which features are enabled or disabled this is defined in the feature mask category The feature mask configuration cannot be changed on the pager unless the Expert mode option has been enabled Tthe other category are feature v...

Page 47: ...ery alert will be activated every hour once the pager s battery has less than 15 charge If disabled the battery alert will progressively alert first after 16 hours then after 8 hours 4 hours 2 hours 1 hours down to 5 minute intervals Show reminder beep if enabled shows the Reminder beep menu option Keyword alerting if enabled shows the Keyword alert menu option Here keywords can be defined that wi...

Page 48: ... alert on all if enabled Keyword alerting is disabled and the Alert on all feature is turned on the Alert on all tick box is no longer accessible on the pager Show language if enabled a language menu of currently five languages is displayed in the main menu If English UK is selected any characters in a message are replaced with the symbol Disable turn off if enabled the Off menu option is hidden a...

Page 49: ... and vibrating alerts are enabled Screen saver enables the holster screen saver feature When the pager is placed into a holster the About page logo is displayed Sound effects enables sound effects when the pager is placed in or out of the holster Wall charger when the pager is put on the charger when this feature is enabled the screen is inverted Note that this feature menu is only available if th...

Page 50: ...nguage of the user interface on the pager English UK English German Dutch Swedish or French Code type defines the receiver protocol POCSAG 512 POCSAG 1200 POCSAG 2400 FLEX POCSAG 512 relaxed preamble POCSAG 1200 relaxed preamble and POCSAG 2400 relaxed preamble Relaxed preamble means that the correaltion of the received signal during the hunt for preamble is not strict I e an inverted preamble wil...

Page 51: ...n Description Screen timeout defines the timeout in seconds before the screen turns off if no button is pressed or alerts are generated 30s 45s 60s 75s 90s Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 51 of 60 ...

Page 52: ... treated as individual messages even if the messages are identical to already received messages The repeat message timeout can be set in 15 second intervals only and will be rounded down to the nearest 15 second interval A value of 0 will disable repeat message processing About page background colour defines the RGB colour component value for the background colour of the About image This is a 16 b...

Page 53: ... pager or holster DO NOT attempt to open the pager case as this will permanently damage the casing on the pager and will not guarantee that the pager remains waterproof DO NOT drop the pager as this can damage the components DO wear pagers in their holster because this aligns the antenna correctly DO clean the pager with a water dampened cloth only as required Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Ma...

Page 54: ...Appendix X5 Menu Structure Figure 46 Home Screen menu Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 54 of 60 ...

Page 55: ...Figure 47 Main menu Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 55 of 60 ...

Page 56: ...Figure 48 About Menu Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 56 of 60 ...

Page 57: ...r are controlled by the X3 and X5 Programming web site at http programming infostream com au and are specific to each customer Please refer to Doc 148 1001 X3 and X5 Programming User guide for further details Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 57 of 60 ...

Page 58: ... xxx A102 3155 xxx Frequency range 151 1159 MHz P N A102 2147 Frequency range 147 5 151 MHz P N A102 1163 xxx A102 3163 xxx Frequency range 1159 167 MHz P N A102 1171 xxx A102 3171 xxx Frequency range 167 175 MHz P N A102 1448 xxx A102 3448 xxx Frequency range 446 450MHz P N A102 1458 xxx A102 3458 xxx Frequency range 456 460 MHz P N A102 1466 xxx A102 3466 xxx Frequency range 464 468 MHz Channel ...

Page 59: ...ization 95 dBuV m 80 dB ETSI EN 300 390 1 V1 2 1 2000 09 9 7 Baud rate 512 1200 2400 1600 3200 Baud Signal format POCSAG CCIR RPC No 1 FLEX G1 9b IP protection grade N A IP 67 P N A102 3xxx xxx Climatic conditions ETS 300 019 1 7 class 7 3 100 C to 600 C Single charge operating time 10 days typical 12 days typical Battery type Rechargeable Li ion Polymer Fast charge 4 hours Charging temperature 00...

Page 60: ...er X5 synthesized X5 crystal Test Method Battery fuel gauge Battery low indication and alert Battery end of life indication More than 2500 hours of RAM backup Doc No 102 1050M X5 User Reference Manual 60 of 60 ...

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