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Plug the wall charger into the Field PC power jack located

at the top of the case. The Charge Settings screen opens

requesting you set the charge percentage. Select

Enter

percentage and capacity,

set the battery charge to 10%, and

leave the battery capacity at 4000.

Charge the battery pack at room temperature for at least

6 hours.

Ch 1 Getting Started

Summary of Contents for FIELD PC

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Page 2: ...Juniper Systems Inc is under license Acrobat and Reader are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries The names of actual companies and products...

Page 3: ...nicating with a Desktop Computer 20 4 Using the Hardware Using the Hardware 24 Powering Off Suspending Resetting and Restoring Factory Defaults 26 Using the stylus 28 Using the Touchscreen 29 PC Card...

Page 4: ...es 56 7 Wi Fi Connections Wi Fi Connections 64 8 Care and Maintenance Caring for Your Field PC 68 Disposing of the Field PC and Battery Pack 73 9 Service Information Repairing the Field PC 76 Preparin...

Page 5: ...1 Getting Started 6 The Anatomy of the Field PC 7 Getting Started...

Page 6: ...The Anatomy of the Field PC The picture below shows some of the important features of the Field PC 8 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 CAUTION Tampering with the jack screws will break the waterproof seal of the u...

Page 7: ...p on the sliding latches on the sides of the Field PC to open the battery compartment door 2 Place the NiMH battery pack in the left side of the battery compartment push down and slide it all the way...

Page 8: ...click into place If the latches are not securely in place the unit is no longer water tight Note Do not turn on the Field PC yet 4 Plug the AC wall charger that came with the Field PC into the wall so...

Page 9: ...the case The Charge Settings screen opens requesting you set the charge percentage Select Enter percentage and capacity set the battery charge to 10 and leave the battery capacity at 4000 7 Charge the...

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Page 11: ...2 Battery and Power 12 Battery Settings Screen 14 Charging the Battery Pack 16 USB Power Dock 18 Using Vehicle Power...

Page 12: ...never The battery pack is removed and re installed The Power Off option is selected from the Power Button menu which appears after holding the Power Button for 8 seconds and then the Field PC is power...

Page 13: ...recharged this option uses the information the unit already has for the battery setting Use Full Battery if the battery is fully charged Use Charge Unknown if you do not know the charge of the battery...

Page 14: ...tery can supply in milliamp hours mAh The battery capacity of the factory Field PC battery pack is 4000 so the default setting for the battery capacity is 4000 If you are using a different battery pac...

Page 15: ...ly use the alkaline battery holder complete the following steps 1 Open the alkaline battery holder by pressing the tabs simultaneously on either side and pulling 2 Insert three unused AA alkaline batt...

Page 16: ...ack and have a lower performance rate The display heater cannot be enabled and the backlight is disabled when the battery power level is low Please recycle used alkaline batteries in a responsible way...

Page 17: ...ck and the Field PC automatically turns on and begins charging the amber LED is on When the amber LED turns off the Field PC is finished charging The charging time is the same whether the Field PC is...

Page 18: ...d PC is connected to a vehicle power supply By using Vehicle Mode the battery does not charge if the charge level is above 90 This restriction makes sure the battery is not overcharged To turn Vehicle...

Page 19: ...3 Communicating with a Desktop Computer 20 Communicating with a Desktop Computer...

Page 20: ...Center Insert the Getting Started Disc into your desktop computer A window appears on the display Select your language Follow the directions on the screen to install Windows ActiveSync 4 5 Note Insta...

Page 21: ...rogram from its current location and click OK 4 Follow the instructions on the screen Creating Windows Mobile Device Center Connection Once Windows Mobile Device Center has been installed create a con...

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Page 23: ...sing the Hardware 24 Using the Hardware 26 PoweringOff Suspending Resetting andRestoringFactoryDefaults 28 Using the Stylus 29 Using the Touchscreen 30 PC Card Installation 30 Micro SD Card Installati...

Page 24: ...ouchscreen Using the PC card slot Using the Micro SD card slot Using the Hardware Keyboard Features Pictured below is a diagram of the Field PC keyboard 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Home Left soft...

Page 25: ...e functional unless an ORANGE or BLUE shift key is pressed Shift Key Usage Note Follow the same steps with the ORANGE shift key to access the orange printed keyboard characters To access a single blue...

Page 26: ...re instructions for each action Powering Off the Device When the device is powered off it closes all programs and powers down all system components except for the real time clock Unlike suspend mode t...

Page 27: ...pending your device if you plan to turn it off for less than two weeks as long as the Field PC is attached to wall charger every night and weekend To suspend your device press the Power button briefly...

Page 28: ...ge clean which cleans the storage folder select Reset from the Power Button menu and immediately press and hold down Ctrl Alt 2 Perform both a clean boot and a storage clean for a complete reset of fa...

Page 29: ...reen is not responding accurately to stylus taps try calibrating the touchscreen manually using the following steps 1 Tap Start Settings System tab 2 Scroll down and tap on the Screen icon 3 When the...

Page 30: ...oor to the card slot and reattach the back compartment door Note Be careful when inserting and removing cards Excess force could damage the card and the card drive To remove a card from the slot push...

Page 31: ...acing down and outward CAUTION Do not place Micro SD card directly into board connector or the card reader and the card may be damaged 5 Gently shut door and slide it to the left to lock it in place 6...

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Page 33: ...ay screen 35 Entering Information 37 Recognizing Status Icons 38 Recognizing Soft Keys 40 Performing Common Tasks on the Field PC 43 Using On Device Help 44 Backing up Data 48 Connecting to a Desktop...

Page 34: ...you see when your device powers on From the Today screen you can view or select Today s date Owner information Messages Tasks Upcoming appointments The Today screen also allows you to lock or unlock y...

Page 35: ...utton on the keypad The Start menu appears giving you links to programs settings and menus Entering Information At the bottom of the display is a data entry icon Tapping on the icon allows you to ente...

Page 36: ...Settings Input and choose the input method from the Input window When you are ready to enter text you can switch from the default input method keyboard by following these steps 1 On the bottom center...

Page 37: ...when the device is charging Speaker Tap to control volume Battery capacity Tap to see charge settings screen Touchscreen disabled Touchscreen is disabled For an additional list of icons and their func...

Page 38: ...screen Dimming or Turning Off the Backlight Dimming or turning off the display backlight saves battery power when the device is running on a battery pack To dim or turn off the backlight follow these...

Page 39: ...nal power tap the External Power tab 2 Select or deselect the two options 3 If you selected the first checkbox choose the length of time before the backlight turns off Adjusting the Contrast and Brigh...

Page 40: ...ike desktop computers or devices that use Bluetooth wireless technology can differentiate between devices The Field PC is shipped with a name FieldPCxxxxxxx with xxxxxxx being the serial number To cre...

Page 41: ...drive you want does not already appear tap on the drop down menu in the top left to select it 3 Navigate the file directory by tapping on the folders and files you want If you want to go up a level t...

Page 42: ...steps 1 Go to Start Programs Task Manager 2 Select the program s you want to close 3 Tap End Task Switching Between Running Programs To switch between programs running on your Field PC follow these s...

Page 43: ...te If the topic you want is not listed try one of these options Option 1 Choose Contents at the bottom of the screen A table of contents appears Tap on the item you want Option 2 Choose Search at the...

Page 44: ...sktop computer or to a micro SD or PC card Backing Up to a Desktop Computer To copy files from your Field PC to a desktop computer follow these steps Using ActiveSync Windows 2000 and Windows XP 1 Re...

Page 45: ...Paste the files onto the desktop computer Using Windows Mobile Device Center Windows Vista 1 If you have WindowsVista re establish a Windows Mobile Device Center connection 2 In the window on your de...

Page 46: ...and choosing Copy 6 Paste the files onto the desktop computer Copying Data To copy data from one directory to another this includes to and from cards follow these steps 1 Select Start Programs File Ex...

Page 47: ...the lower right 4 Tap the stylus on the Edit option 5 Choose Copy from the sub menu 6 Select the file directory you wish to copy to 7 To paste tap the Menu soft key and choose Edit Paste 8 The files...

Page 48: ...sktop computer screen Note Microsoft ActiveSync version 4 5 or later is required to connect to the Field PC Re establishing Windows Mobile Device Center Connection Complete the following steps to rees...

Page 49: ...6 Bluetooth Wireless Communications 50 Bluetooth Drivers and Profiles 56 Supported Bluetooth Profiles...

Page 50: ...ibution Identify the Power Status of Bluetooth using Wireless Manager By default Bluetooth is turned off If you turn Bluetooth on and then suspend the device Bluetooth turns off while the Field PC is...

Page 51: ...he Field PC and another device that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to help exchange information securely Follow the steps below to create a partnership 1 Make sure the two devices are turned on di...

Page 52: ...unsure whether your device requires a passkey and whether one has already been assigned to your Bluetooth device see the user documentation that came with the Bluetooth device Important If the Blueto...

Page 53: ...al COM port for programs that connect to a GPS receiver When setting up a virtual COM port you must specify if the COM port is an outgoing COM port or an incoming COM port An outgoing COM port means t...

Page 54: ...e Follow the steps below to set up an outgoing Bluetooth COM port 1 Make sure you have paired with the serial port device you want to communicate with To do this follow the steps in the section called...

Page 55: ...luetooth COM port specify the COM port assignment within your application as explained in the user documentation for the application An example follows Suppose you are using a Bluetooth enabled GPS re...

Page 56: ...ion ensures that the device disconnects its Bluetooth connection only when you tell it to and prevents the device setup from being deleted after one connection Supported Bluetooth Profiles This sectio...

Page 57: ...ters and or desktop computers Audio Video Control This profile is the control for the audio player such as start stop play previous play next and volume Serial Port Profile SPP This section explains h...

Page 58: ...tap Next Select a COM port that is available 8 Important Deselect clear the Secure Connection checkbox Deselecting this option ensures that the device disconnects the Bluetooth connection only when yo...

Page 59: ...do so follow these steps 1 On the Field PC make sure Bluetooth is on and that the Field PC is discoverable 2 In the Wireless Manager tap Menu then Bluetooth Settings 3 From the Devices tab select New...

Page 60: ...hone from the list of devices and tap Next 7 Enter any passkey on the Field PC 8 Enter the same passkey and any other requested information on your cell phone 9 On the Field PC select Dialup Networkin...

Page 61: ...passkey screen 5 If appropriate enter the same passkey on the HID to establish a partnership 6 Select Input Device 7 Tap Finish You now have a partnership with the HID Note If no partnership appears...

Page 62: ...evice 2 On the Field PC make sure Bluetooth is on 3 In File Explorer tap and hold on the name of the file you want to transfer then choose Beam File from the menu that appears 4 When the name of the d...

Page 63: ...7 Wi Fi Connections 64 Wi Fi Connections...

Page 64: ...ol bar Connecting to Wi Fi Network When entering an access point a window pops up on your screen asking if the network connects to the internet or a private or corporate network Choose the correct net...

Page 65: ...le networks 3 When the Field PC has completed the scan a list of available networks and their strengths appears in Start Settings Connections tab Wi Fi Note Click on this icon when you need help Note...

Page 66: ...network to connect Note If the network is password protected a window appears for the password to be inserted Managing Connections To adjust the Wi Fi settings access the Managing Connections window g...

Page 67: ...8 Care and Maintenance 68 Caring for your Field PC 73 Disposing of the Field PC Battery Pack...

Page 68: ...s charge level occurs The Field PC resets when the battery is recharged and turned on Data and programs are secure as long as they have been saved even if the battery pack becomes discharged The Field...

Page 69: ...d PC out of Extended Storage While storing the battery pack it naturally discharges slightly while inactive When you are ready to use your Field PC after storing it for an extended period of time comp...

Page 70: ...signed for protection from mechanical shock It can be dropped from up to four feet 1 219 m onto plywood Shock protection is guaranteed only when the optional expansion pods and latches are securely fa...

Page 71: ...underneath the keyboard bezel To clean use a coin do not use a screwdriver to pry the bezel up at the recess located at the bottom of the keyboard We recommend that you use warm water mild detergent...

Page 72: ...a key is caught underneath the bezel you may not be able to turn the Field PC on or you may hear a continuous string of beeps Cleaning the Touchscreen To clean the touchscreen of the Field PC complet...

Page 73: ...ment If you cannot find a location contact the manufacturer for information about disposal The Nickel Metal Hydride battery pack for your Field PC is recyclable Avoid placing it in the trash or munici...

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Page 75: ...9 Service Information 76 Repairing the Field PC 76 Preparing for a Service Center Call...

Page 76: ...attempt to service the device yourself This action voids the warranty Preparing for a Service Center Call When you contact a service center you are asked to identify your device Your device serial num...

Page 77: ...A Product Specifications and Warnings 78 Product Specifications 79 Battery Warnings 80 Equipment Warnings...

Page 78: ...D PCMCIA 3 3 5 volts of Type I or Type II Keyboard All printable ASCII characters 12 function keys Operating Temperature 4 to 131 F 20 to 55 C Storage Temperature 31 to 140 F 35 to 60 C Battery Chargi...

Page 79: ...xcess of 140 F 60 C Do not try to open the battery pack Do not carry a battery pack in your pocket purse or other container where metal objects such as car keys or paper clips could short circuit the...

Page 80: ...e may accidentally step on or trip over them Do not pull on a cord or cable When unplugging the wall charger from the electrical outlet pull on the plug not the cord Use only wall chargers intended fo...

Page 81: ...B Certifications and Regulatory Information 82 Regulatory Information 83 Limited Product Warranty...

Page 82: ...user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FC...

Page 83: ...st follow instructions provided in the user documentation to satisfy compliance with FCC RF exposure requirements This device has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with th...

Page 84: ...The telecommunication functions of this device may be used in the following EU and EFTA countries Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary...

Page 85: ...puter programs user documentation and accessories Extended warranties apply only to the Field PC not battery packs media containing the Field PC programs desktop computer programs user documentation a...

Page 86: ...n infringement or any warranties arising from the course of performance dealing or usage of trade JS specifically makes no warranties as to the suitability of its products for any particular applicati...

Page 87: ...with a warranted product be limited in the maximum amount to the original purchase price Warranty Repairs To obtain repair or service on the Field PC contact your authorized repair center within the a...

Page 88: ...ty Analysis of problem by service technician Labor and materials required to fix defective parts Functional analysis performed after repair Repair turnaround within 10 working days of receipt unless s...

Page 89: ...Index...

Page 90: ...r 39 Battery Pack See also Alkaline Battery Holder Battery Settings Screen 12 Capacity 14 Charging Temperature 15 78 Disposing of 73 Install 7 Percentage and Capacity 13 Recharging 14 Warnings 79 Batt...

Page 91: ...reless Manager 50 Bluetooth Profiles Profiles 56 C Care and Maintenance 68 Cleaning 70 Protecting Against Mechanical Shock 70 Protecting the touchscreen 70 Storage 68 Less Than Two Months 68 More Than...

Page 92: ...riber 36 Display Product Specifications 78 E Equipment Warnings 80 Exploring Files 41 G Getting Started Disc 20 K Keyboard 24 Cleaning 71 Diagram 24 Shift Keys 25 Blue 24 Orange 24 M Memory 78 Micro S...

Page 93: ...6 Return Materials Authorization RMA 76 Return Materials Authorization See Repairing S SD Card See PC Card Soft Keys 38 Left 24 Right 24 Software Developers Kit 48 Start Menu 35 Windows Button 24 Stat...

Page 94: ...n 24 29 Calibrating 29 Cleaning 72 Disabling 29 Protecting 29 70 U USB Power Dock 16 Charging 17 LED Indicators 16 Power Supply 17 USB Communication 18 V Vehicle Power 18 Vehicle Mode 18 W Wi Fi 64 Co...

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