Over view of the PTC-710
The PTC-710 (see Fig ure 4) is a bat tery-powered, hand-held
com puter that you use to col lect, store, and send data. PTC
ac ces so ries are avail able for scan ning bar codes, print ing
data, and send ing data to a main com puter.
The PTC runs a pro gram spe cif i cally de signed to col lect data
for your or ga ni za tion. This pro gram leads you through the
data col lec tion pro ce dure with a se ries of prompts, beeps,
and mes sages. Prompts are words and sym bols that tell you
when to en ter data and what type of data to en ter. Mes sages
and beeps tell you when you make er rors or com plete cer tain
op er a tions. They can also pro vide in for ma tion on the sta tus
of the PTC and its pro gram.
You can en ter data into the PTC by typ ing in for ma tion on the
key board or by scan ning bar-code la bels.
Af ter you en ter the data, the PTC must ei ther send the data to
a main com puter for pro cess ing, or send it to a printer for a
printed copy, or both, to make the data use ful to you and
your or ga ni za tion.
The PTC-710 / 5
Fig ure 4. The PTC-710