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Base Station mounted on the wall with the antenna parallel to the
floor is the worst position.
To accurately determine the hardware required to cover a particular
area, you should use the Site Test mode built in-to the RF Terminal.
I can't communicate with the RS-232 port on my host CPU...
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This is one of the biggest problems called in. If you are not using our
cables, check your cables first. If you have an extension cable, remove
it for testing. If you have an extension cable of 80 feet or more
attached to a Windows host, you need to be sure certain pins are not
attached in the DB9 or DB25. See
Appendix C
;
RF Serial Pin-outs.
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If you are using the PICK or UNIX operating systems, be sure you
have set the Base Station to be "XON/XOFF Sensitive". You need to
do this to prevent the XOFF code being sent as a "Base
Initialization" message.
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Windows 95,98,2000,ME, NT; COM port setup should also be
changed to turn off XON/XOFF. XON/XOFF is the default for
Windows. You set these through the control panel,
System, Device
Manager, Ports (COM & LPT), COM Port, Port Settings, Flow
Control.
Set
Flow Control
to None.
RF Terminal Problems
When laser is triggered, it cycles power by itself – 1
st
screen
When a voice message plays, it cycles power by itself –1
st
screen
I get black bars on the display when I turn it on
When I turn it on, it just beeps continually.
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If the batteries are way low, when turned on, the Terminal will just
keep beeping; it is cycling power, over and over because the batteries
are too low.
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If the batteries are at a specific low point, the laser triggering or
playing a voice message will be just enough extra power draw to
force the terminal to cycle power.
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Change to known good batteries, preferably out of a working unit
and try again. Some "new" batteries are not good.
The unit won’t power up with batteries (good batteries) but it
will power using the Base Station power supply
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Your battery terminals inside the case may be corroded with battery
acid or just contamination. Open up the case and clean the battery
terminal s with alcohol soaked cloth. Battery acid leaks are not
covered by the Worth Data warranty.
