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Rhino-NET

User’s Manual

www.mobile.datalogic.com

Datalogic Mobile S.r.l.

Via S. Vitalino, 13
40012 Lippo di Calderara di Reno
Bologna - Italy
Telephone: (+39) 051-3147011
Fax: (+39) 051-3147561

World wide Sales Network

available from: www.mobile.datalogic.com/contacts

822000494 (Rev. E)

07/08

Summary of Contents for Rhino-NET

Page 1: ...atalogic Mobile S r l Via S Vitalino 13 40012 Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna Italy Telephone 39 051 3147011 Fax 39 051 3147561 World wide Sales Network available from www mobile datalogic com contacts 2008 Datalogic Mobile S r l 822000494 Rev E 07 08 ...

Page 2: ...p A All other brand and product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Datalogic reserves the right to make modifications and improvements without prior notification Datalogic shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein nor for incidental or consequential damages r...

Page 3: ...1 7 Power Supply 3 1 7 1 Backup Batteries 3 1 8 Bluetooth Module 4 1 9 Connectors 4 2 INSTALLATION 5 2 1 Required Mounting Material 5 2 2 Mounting to Forklift Roof 5 2 3 Mounting to Forklift Floor 7 2 4 Positioning 8 2 5 Connecting Power 10 2 6 Connecting a Serial Barcode Scanner 13 2 6 1 Laser Barcode Scanner Warnings 14 2 7 Connecting a Serial Mouse 14 2 8 Connecting a Serial Device 15 3 USE AND...

Page 4: ...lay 26 3 8 Microsoft ActiveSync 27 3 8 1 ActiveSync Automatic Connection 27 3 8 2 Terminal Services Client 28 3 9 Backup Directory File Management 28 4 MAINTENANCE 30 4 1 Cleaning Rhino NET 30 4 2 Cleaning the Display 30 4 3 Rhino NET Fuse Replacement 30 5 TROUBLESHOOTING 31 6 TECHNICAL FEATURES 33 GLOSSARY 35 INDEX 37 iv ...

Page 5: ... further details refer to the SDK on CD ROM SERVICES AND SUPPORT Datalogic provides several services as well as technical support through its website Log on to www mobile datalogic com and click on the links indicated for further information including PRODUCTS Search through the links to arrive at your product page where you can download specific Manuals and Software Utilities SERVICES SUPPORT Dat...

Page 6: ...y with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interferen...

Page 7: ...S Contactez l autorité compétente en la gestion des appareils à radio fréquence de votre pays pour vérifier la nécessité du permis d usage Pour tout renseignement vous pouvez vous adresser au site web http europa eu int comm enterprise rtte spectr htm DEUTSCH Um die Notwendigkeit der Verwendungslizenz zu prüfen wenden Sie sich an die Behörde die auf der Radiofrequenzgerätsführung Ihres Lands bewan...

Page 8: ...stallare un fusibile ad azione lenta da 5 A nel conduttore positivo a meno di 5 in 12 7 cm dal terminale positivo della batteria FRANÇAIS Raccordement de l alimentation du véhicule Si l alimentation est raccordée directement à la batterie un fusible à action retardée de 5A doit être installé sur le câble positif à moins de 12 7 cm de la borne positive de la batterie DEUTSCH Anschluss an Fahrzeugba...

Page 9: ...o d alimentazione per attrezzature informatiche ITE la cui tensione in uscita sia pari a 11 60 Vdc 3 5 A FRANÇAIS Alimentation c a optionnelle Ce produit est conçue pour être utilisée avec une alimentation ITE de sortie nominale 11 60 Vdc 3 5 A DEUTSCH Optionales Netzteil Wechselstrom Dieses Gerät muß mit einem ITE Netzteil gespeist werden und zwar mit einer Ausspeisung zwischen 11 60 Vdc 3 5 A ES...

Page 10: ...tact the supplier that provided you with the product in question or consult the dedicated section at the website www mobile datalogic com Information aux utilisateurs concernant la Directive Européenne 2002 96 EC Au terme de sa vie utile le produit qui porte le symbole d un caisson à ordures barré ne doit pas être éliminé avec les déchets urbains Éliminer ce produit selon cette Directive permet de...

Page 11: ... erforderlich Beseitigung des Produkts entsprechend der Richtlinie verhindert negative Auswirkungen für die Umwelt und die Gesundheit der Menschen ermöglicht die Wiederverwendung der Materialien und spart somit Energie und Resourcen Weitere Informationen zu dieser Richtlinie erhalten sie von ihrem Lieferanten über den sie das Produkt erworben haben oder besuchen sie unsere Hompage unter www mobile...

Page 12: ...Figure A Rhino NET Components B A F G D I H E C B A PC Card Slots B Speaker Beeper C CapsLock Indicator D Power Status Indicator E COM1 Connector F COM2 SCANNER Connector G Power Connector H Fuse I Power Switch xii ...

Page 13: ...hen you need more information about a particular subject This guide takes you through installation and operation of the Rhino NET terminal In general the sequence of events is 1 Install Mounting Bracket on vehicle see par 2 2 or 2 3 2 Secure Rhino NET in Mounting Bracket Assembly see par 2 4 3 Connect power cable to the vehicle and Rhino NET see par 2 5 4 Install accessories on Rhino NET e g scann...

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Page 15: ...CMCIA slots that allow support of the Radio Ready concept Integration management to the legacy systems takes advantage of the new software product line that includes terminal emulation connectivity through DL TCL for CE In addition Rhino NET can be used in combination with the Dragon laser gun to allow barcode data entry in both directly powered cable and cordless versions All Rhino NET features c...

Page 16: ...RD The Rhino NET terminal has an integrated custom 57 key keyboard with ABCD layout and universal overlay The keyboard has 101 keyboard functions including a numeric keypad Please refer to par 3 2 for a complete description of keypress combinations 1 6 PCMCIA SLOTS The Rhino NET has two PCMCIA slots They support the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PCMCIA 2 1 standards Slot ...

Page 17: ... the backup battery is 3 years A larger Lithium Li rechargeable backup battery maintains data stored in volatile memory RAM when the power supply is removed A fully charged backup battery can maintain data for approximately 5 7 days under normal ambient temperatures Since the battery is not charged at the factory when using Rhino NET for the first time it is suggested to connect the power source t...

Page 18: ...ort has been designed to connect and power a scanner with 5V power supply on pin 9 This port can also be used to connect RS232 devices that are not influenced by the 5V provided on pin 9 of the COM2 Scanner connector The maximum current draw allowed is 0 5 A 5 VDC therefore do not attach scanners or other devices that exceed this value The following tables illustrate the pinout for COM1 and COM2 S...

Page 19: ... on the forklift roof to mount Rhino NET it should be as protected as possible against water and dust and it should not be an obstacle to the operator s movements 2 The slots on the bracket will help obtain the best positioning When working in environments characterized by strong vibrations set the screws as close as possible to the bracket edges see Figure 3 3 Tighten the ST 222 bracket to the fo...

Page 20: ...itioning holes located on the terminal bracket See par 2 4 6 Place a locking washer and then a flat washer onto each knob Tighten Rhino NET to its bracket by screwing the knobs into their holes one on each side Lock washer Flat washer Knob Figure 4 Mounting Rhino NET to the Bracket 7 After connecting the power supply cable to the forklift battery as described in par 2 5 insert the power supply cab...

Page 21: ...wo brackets The threaded hole for the set pin at the top of the ST 222 should be at user s left hand side when facing in front of the terminal see Figure 6 and Figure 7 Figure 6 ST222 Bracket Screw Positioning for Floor Mounting 4 Position Rhino NET at the top of the bracket make sure the two large round openings coincide to the ones located at the edges of Rhino NET 5 While supporting the Rhino N...

Page 22: ...p to 90 with respect to the mounting bracket position See figure below for suggested positions 90 90 Figure 8 Suggested Mounting Positions A specially punched steel ring has been designed to obtain the most precise rotation possible in terms of angle calibration steadiness and consequent absence of torque between both sides of device 8 ...

Page 23: ...INSTALLATION 2 Set pin screw Figure 9 Rhino NET Side View with Punched Steel Ring and Relative Set Pin Screw 9 ...

Page 24: ...eating arcs and sparks at battery terminals A B C D E Figure 10 Direct Vehicle Power Connection Cable Fuse Not Shown A To Vehicle Battery B To Vehicle Mounted Device C Green Yellow GND D Blue DC E Brown DC NOTE Correct electrical polarity is required for safe and proper installation Connecting the cable to the Rhino NET with the polarity reversed will cause the Rhino NET s fuse to be blown See the...

Page 25: ...chanical fastening means for terminating the cable Properly sized crimp type electrical terminals are an accepted method of termination Please select electrical connectors sized for use with 20AWG 0 75 mm Ø conductors The following table gives the wiring color codes for the DC input power cabling Vehicle Supply Wire Color 11 60VDC DC Blue Return DC Brown Vehicle Chassis GND Green Yellow NOTE Rhino...

Page 26: ...RHINO NET 2 Figure 11 Connect Power Cable to Rhino NET 6 Turn the Rhino NET on 12 ...

Page 27: ...ore attaching the serial cable 2 Seat the connector firmly over the pins and turn the thumbscrews in a clockwise direction Do not overtighten 3 Turn Rhino NET on Figure 13 Rhino NET with Tethered Barcode Scanner It is possible to select and configure the port for connection to a scanner reader via the Scanner Setup applet in the Control Panel see par 3 5 3 Any Datalogic reader with serial interfac...

Page 28: ...anual of the connected scanner Avoid exposure Laser light is emitted from the scanner s aperture Use of controls adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous visible laser light 2 7 CONNECTING A SERIAL MOUSE To take advantage of the Windows environment a serial mouse can be connected to the Rhino NET COM2 port to make configuration and selectio...

Page 29: ... documentation received with the serial device for complete instructions Figure 14 Connect Serial Cable to COM1 1 Turn the Rhino NET power switch off before attaching the serial cable 2 Seat the connector firmly over the pins and turn the thumbscrews in a clockwise direction Do not overtighten 3 Use strain relief cable clamps to secure the cable to Rhino NET 4 Turn Rhino NET on 15 ...

Page 30: ...itch the terminal off prior to connecting or disconnecting any power source Figure 15 The Rhino NET Power Switch CAUTION Powering off the Rhino NET before a write to disk function has completed may result in the corruption of data on the hard drive Switch on the terminal you are now ready to use Rhino NET After the boot sequence the Windows CE NET desktop appears on the Rhino NET display Figure 16...

Page 31: ...ey sequence increases the brightness of the display Press the FUNC key once and then press and hold the C key until the desired brightness is reached Brightness FUNC D This key sequence decreases the brightness of the display Press the FUNC key once and then press and hold the D key until the desired brightness is reached FUNC O This key sequence increases the speaker volume Press the FUNC key onc...

Page 32: ...ff Press FUNC then SHIFT to activate Caps Lock The default value of Caps Lock is Off The Caps Lock LED flashes during the startup sequence Power LED When Rhino NET is powered but switched off the Power LED is ON When Rhino NET is switched ON the Power LED is OFF 3 3 RESET REBOOT The Rhino NET terminal can be reset either hardware or software without turning the computer off CAUTION Rebooting the R...

Page 33: ...re Reset A software reset can be performed on the Rhino NET terminal as follows 1 Turn off the Rhino NET power switch 2 Press and hold the CTRL key while turning on the power switch All data in the volatile memory will be preserved 3 Release the CTRL key 3 4 BATTERY WARNING MESSAGES Whenever the Power Switch is turned on Rhino NET performs a check on the backup and RTC Clocks and if any anomaly or...

Page 34: ...he Registry Administration Main window appears Two functions are available Save Registry allows permanently saving the Windows configuration example custom configuration of screen desktop background color or network adapter configuration to non volatile memory SAVE button Restore Default Registry allows restoring the initial factory default configuration Restore Default button After restoring the ...

Page 35: ...grams will be saved to non volatile memory Backup directory Before doing this the Backup directory will be checked to see if there is enough space to save the files If there is not enough space in the directory an error message will be shown and the program will exit the Safe Setup function Two activating procedures are available Select an installation file for example a CAB cabinet file from the ...

Page 36: ...ws directly on the item field or from the menu Parameters have their corresponding current values in the right column You can edit parameter values using the keyboard arrows directly on the item field or from the menu To change a value for example select the line of the value to be changed choose Edit from the Parameter Menu then choose a new value from the values listed in the dialog box that app...

Page 37: ... communication port data bits setting Stop Bits defines the communication port stop bits setting Parity defines the communication port parity setting Read Timeout defines the delay in milliseconds for data reception which determines the end of code Characters received within this timeout are part of the same code When the timeout expires the code is completed and any further data is attributed to ...

Page 38: ...gger when enabled gives control of Rhino NET data reception to the application software Scan Always On enables the Rhino NET data reception independently from the application software Default Settings The following tables contain the default values for the major scanner setup parameters according to the type of scan engine mounted on the peripheral device connected to the terminal For a complete l...

Page 39: ... NET terminal 10 meters 2 From the Rhino NET Control Panel select and run the Bluetooth Device Properties applet 3 Run the Discovery procedure Scan Device The following window will appear 4 5 Move the discovered device the one with the Activesync icon see figure to the Trusted list 6 Activate the device as shown below 7 8 Close the Bluetooth Manager by selecting OK The Bluetooth connection will be...

Page 40: ... open Word from the desktop open your own application created by SDK for more details refer to the SDK help on line on the CD ROM 4 Now you can start to read barcodes using the scanner The availability of scanning functions is evidenced by the presence of the Barcode Reader icon in the Taskbar Status area at the bottom of the screen see figure below Figure 28 Barcode Reader Application 3 7 REMOTE ...

Page 41: ...ze all types of information Use ActiveSync options to turn synchronization on and off for specific information types For example Synchronize Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel files between the Rhino NET terminal and the desktop computer The files will automatically be converted to the correct format You can establish a connection using a serial cable to the Rhino NET COM1 port NOTE Visit the foll...

Page 42: ...ws Server can be obtained by running the terminal Client in the Window Desktop folder This type of connection makes it possible to see one s own desktop computer on the terminal screen as well as to work as if one were at a desktop computer screen This kind of connection is possible only if the Windows desktop computer supports Windows Terminal Services For more information about these services vi...

Page 43: ...reated The application programs will be run after any type of reset both software and hardware reset As an alternative to the Safe Setup function it is possible to copy the cab files to the directory Backup Cabfiles the Cabfiles sub directory doesn t exists originally and must therefore be created and perform a terminal hardware reset to have the application installed Once these files are copied t...

Page 44: ... REPLACEMENT Rhino NET uses a 125V 4A time delay slow blow high current interrupt rated fuse that is externally accessible and user replaceable Should it need replacement replace with same size rating and type of fuse Figure 30 Fuse Replacement 1 Turn the Rhino NET power switch off and disconnect the power cable from the Rhino NET terminal 2 While holding the Rhino NET over a level surface push th...

Page 45: ...lly takes 2 minutes If problem persists perform a software reset If problem still persists perform a hardware reset Rhino NET does not switch on the red LED on the keyboard is off Ensure that Rhino NET is correctly powered Check fuse s integrity Rhino NET does not switch on the red LED on the keyboard is on Contact the nearest Datalogic distributor for technical assistance The boot seems to be cor...

Page 46: ...owering from external devices check the right cable is being used and that the reader receives external power check also power source correctness refer to reader user s manual The barcode reader does not read some code symbologies The type of barcode readers that can be used with Rhino NET are Decoded readers therefore they require a dedicated configuration Refer to reader user s manual for config...

Page 47: ...d with illumination and audible key beep Speaker 2 piezoelectric buzzers LED 2 keyboard LEDs Environmental Features Operating Temperature 30 to 50 C 22 to 122 F Storage Temperature 30 to 70 C 22 to 158 F Environmental sealing IP65 Operating Humidity Up to 90 non condensing Random Vibration EN 60068 2 64 Frequency Range 5 1000 Hz acceleration RMS 3 1 g initial slope 26 dB oct 5 10 Hz final slope 3 ...

Page 48: ... mounting bracket Included in this package Power cable Included in this package Serial cable for configuration activities though pc direct connection Included in this package User s Manual Included in this package Windows CE SDK CD ROM Included in this package Serial Mouse Not included Part number 94ACC1289 34 ...

Page 49: ...consecutive bits compose one byte of data The pattern of 0 and 1 values within the byte determines its meaning Bits per Second bps Number of bits transmitted or received per second Bluetooth A standard radio technology using a proprietary protocol The onboard Bluetooth module in the terminal is compatible with the 1 1 protocol Byte On an addressable boundary eight adjacent binary digits 0 and 1 co...

Page 50: ... RAM Random Access Memory Data in RAM can be accessed in random order and quickly written and read RF Radio Frequency RTC Real Time Clock Terminal A Datalogic portable computer product Terminal IP Address The terminal s network address Networks use IP addresses to determine where to send data that is being transmitted over a network An IP address is a 32 bit number referred to as a series of 8 bit...

Page 51: ...eyboard 2 Control Keys 17 Keyboard LEDs 18 Reset Key Sequence Reboot 18 M Maintenance 30 Cleaning Rhino NET 30 Microsoft ActiveSync 27 Automatic Connection 27 Terminal Services Client 28 Mounting Required Material 5 To Forklift Floor 7 To Forklift Roof 5 P Package Contents 1 PCMCIA Slots 2 Power Supply 3 Backup Batteries 3 Powering ON OFF 16 Q Quick Start xiii R Reader Parameters 22 Reference Docu...

Page 52: ...the following standards Cette déclaration repose sur la conformité des produits aux normes suivantes Diese Erklärung basiert darauf daß das Produkt den folgenden Normen entspricht Esta declaración se basa en el cumplimiento de los productos con las siguientes normas ETSI EN 301 489 17 V 1 2 1 AUGUST 2002 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILTY AND RADIO SPECTRUM MATTERS ERM ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY EMC ...

Page 53: ...atalogic Mobile S r l Via S Vitalino 13 40012 Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna Italy Telephone 39 051 3147011 Fax 39 051 3147561 World wide Sales Network available from www mobile datalogic com contacts 2008 Datalogic Mobile S r l 822000494 Rev E 07 08 ...

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