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Step 2 —

 

Set Up Hardware (RS-232)

Hardware for RS-232

Installation Steps for RS-232

1. Power-off the host.

2. Attach the RS-232 cable to the 

Mobile Hawk. 

3. Connect the RS-232 cable to 

the power supply cable.

4. Plug in the power supply and 

power-on the host.

5. Open a terminal program 

(HyperTerminal, for example) 

and set 

57.6K

 baud rate, 

8

 

data bits, 

none

 parity, and 

2

 stop bits.

6. Read the 

Reset to RS-232 Factory Defaults

 symbol 

below.

7. Read the 

Save Settings

 symbol below.

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3

RS-232 Interface Kit (USA)

98-000074-04

RS-232 Interface Kit (Europe)

98-000074-05

RS-232 Interface Kit (UK)

98-000074-06

RS-232 Hardware 

Reset to RS-232 

Factory Defaults

Save 

Settings

Test Symbol

Quick Start Guide

Mobile Hawk             

Handheld DPM Imager

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Step 2 — Set Up Hardware (USB)

Note:

 The USB interface draws its power from the host.

Hardware for USB

Installation Steps for USB

1. Connect the USB cable (

2

) to 

the Mobile Hawk (

1

).

2. Connect the USB cable (

2

) to 

the host. You do not need to 

power off your host computer.

3. Open any program in your 

host computer that can receive 

keyboard text. 

4. Read the 

Reset to USB Factory 

Defaults

 symbol below.         

Note: 

If you want symbol data 

to be entered as keyboard text, read the 

USB Keyboard 

Mode

 symbol below.

5. Read the 

Save Settings

 symbol below.

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2

USB Cable

Included

USB Hardware 

Reset to USB 

Factory 

Defaults

Save 

Settings

Test Symbol

USB Keyboard 

Mode

Step 1 — Check Required Hardware

Mobile Hawk USB Hardware

1. One Mobile Hawk Handheld DPM Imager
2. One 12 ft. USB cable (pre-installed)

Mobile Hawk RS-232 Hardware

The RS-232 cable is affixed to the handle with two screws, a spacer, 

and a cable clip, which can be removed.

1. One Mobile Hawk Handheld DPM Imager
2. Cable clip attachment
3. Spacer
4. Two threaded screws
5. RS-232 Interface Kit (Optional Accessory)

• 8 ft. coiled RS-232 cable
• Power supply (U.S. Euro, or UK)

Refer to the 

Mobile Hawk Handheld DPM Imager User’s Manual 

for 

information about changing or adding cables.

Step 3 — Install ESP

ESP Software

 can be found on the Microscan Tools CD that is packaged 

with the Mobile Hawk. 

1. Follow the prompts to install ESP from the CD.
2. Click on the ESP icon to run the program.

Note: 

ESP can also be installed from the 

Download Center

 at  

www.microscan.com

.

Minimum System Requirements

• 166 MHz Pentium processor (Pentium II processor recommended)
• Windows Vista, XP, or 2000 operating system
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
• 64 MB minimum RAM (128+ MB RAM recommended)
• 80 MB hard drive space
• 800 x 600 minimum 256 color display (1024 x 768 32-bit color   

recommended)

Important: 

The imager must be in USB or RS-232 Mode to connect 

to 

ESP

. Read the symbol below that corresponds with your communication 

interface.

USB 

Mode

RS-232 

Mode

Step 4 — Select Model

When you start 

ESP

, the following menu will appear:

1. Click the Mobile Hawk button and then click 

OK

. If you do 

not want to make this selection every time you start 

ESP

uncheck “Show this dialog at startup”.

2. Select the default imager name (

Mobile Hawk-1

), or type a 

name of your choice in the 

Description

 text field and click 

OK

.

3. Click 

Yes

 when this dialog appears:

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