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USER MANUAL

Nordic ID PL3000

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Page 2: ...npacking the unit 11 2 2 Preparing the device 12 2 2 1 Installing SD MMC memory card 12 2 2 2 Installing battery 13 2 2 3 Handstrap 14 2 2 4 Installing the charger 16 2 2 5 Charging the unit 16 2 3 Switching on the power 18 2 4 Testing the device 18 3 User interface 19 3 1 Main parts of the device 19 3 2 Keyboard 19 3 3 Indicator lights and connections 20 3 4 PL3000 casing 20 3 4 1 Stylus holder 2...

Page 3: ... 26 5 Handling the device 27 5 1 Cleaning the device 27 5 2 Using the keyboard 27 5 3 Using stylus and touch screen 27 5 4 Resetting the device 28 5 4 1 Software resets 28 5 4 2 Managing battery power 30 5 4 3 Changing the battery pack 30 5 4 4 File System Backup 31 5 4 5 Saving the registry 32 5 4 6 Setting time and date 33 5 4 7 Reading codes 34 5 4 8 Utilising virtual keyboard 34 6 Applications...

Page 4: ...nnections 61 6 5 13 NID Backlight 62 6 5 14 NID Indicators 62 6 5 15 NID Keymap 62 6 5 16 NID Power Button 63 6 5 17 NID Scanner 63 6 5 18 NID Tilt Switch 64 6 5 19 NID Touch Screen 65 6 5 20 NID Trigger Button 65 6 5 21 Owner 65 6 5 22 Password 65 6 5 23 PC Connection 65 6 5 24 Power 66 6 5 25 Regional Settings 67 6 5 26 Remove Programs 67 6 5 27 Storage Manager 67 6 5 28 Stylus 68 6 5 29 System ...

Page 5: ...echnical support 74 8 4 Type label 75 8 5 Recycling 75 Appendix A Technical speciﬁcations 76 Appendix B Code reading distances and requirements 77 Appendix C Keyboard key mappings 83 Appendix D Activesync 84 Appendix E Creating Cisco WLAN connection 86 Appendix F Creating Option GPRS connection 87 Appendix G Application development 88 Appendix H Conﬁguring the Linksys WCF54G card 90 ...

Page 6: ...c optical manual or other methods or devices is forbidden Nordic ID reserves the right to change the technical speciﬁcations or functions of its products or to discontinue manufacturing of any of its products without any written announcement and urges customers to ensure that the information at their disposal is valid Disclaimer Nordic ID products have not been designed intended nor inspected to b...

Page 7: ...uracy of this information Use of a term in this User Manual should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or copyright Company Owner of the Trademark Microsoft Company ARM Limited CompactFlash Assosiation Bluetooth SIG Wi Fi Alliance Trademark Microsoft Windows CE Windows CE Visual Studio NET 2003 Embedded Visual C C 4 0 ActiveSync ARM CompactFlash Bluetooth Wi Fi Table 1 Ident...

Page 8: ... 2005 Nordic ID Oy Nordic ID PL3000 user manual v 2 4 March 2006 8 ...

Page 9: ...r a full sized VGA screen with or without an integrated keyboard Furthermore they usually contain a standard package of integrated applications both wireless and wired connectivity network options and typically also some Windows application interfaces for developers of complete systems 1 3 Nordic ID PL3000 The Nordic ID PL3000 is a conﬁgurable computer that can be equipped with various functionali...

Page 10: ...roviders who will be always introducing new IT applications compatible with the Nordic ID PL3000 The PL3000 platform can be used with web based native software applications or with terminal emulation solutions 1 5 PL3000 conﬁgurations The Nordic ID PL3000 handheld computer can be provided with or without Identiﬁcation and communication functionalities For detailed information about the different c...

Page 11: ...d Make also sure that they are intact no shipping damage Should shipping damage be suspected please contact your local dealer or Nordic ID Do not take the equipment in the use The box containing the PL3000 includes PL3000 handheld computer and stylus Lithium ion battery pack Quick guide User manual cd The additional PL3000 equipment will also include some or all of the following Desktop charger Po...

Page 12: ... The SD card cannot be installed when battery is in place Open the SD MMC card slot cover by lifting up the cover and removing the battery Insert the SD MMC card so that the copper connectors of the card face down towards the front of the unit Ensure that the cut corner of the SD MMC card is facing the upper right corner Press the card into the slot until it clicks and the card locks into place Yo...

Page 13: ... depicted in ﬁgure 8 Push it against the battery support foam so that the connectors in the battery face the connectors in the device Push the top end of the battery into the compartment If you are using handstrap note that it is easier to slip the strap under the holding bar when the battery cover is not closed Close the battery cover and tighten the screw If the battery cover is not properly clo...

Page 14: ...to install the handstrap to the PL3000 Pull the handstrap until the metal stick sets up to its holes 1 2 Soft part of the handstrap up 1 Thread the metal stick through the loop of the handstrap 2 Pull the strap through the hole on the upper part of the cover so that the soft part of the hand strap is up Fig 10 11 Installing the handstrap to the PL3000 Fig 9 Remove the back cover ...

Page 15: ...strap to the suitable size Fig 12 13 Installing the handstrap to the PL3000 1 Thread the handstrap under the metal stick on the lower part of the PL3000 body 2 Close the cover The handstrap has a sticker on it This way it is possible to change the size of the handstrap more than once ...

Page 16: ... less than 90 capacity the light is red when there is 90 100 capacity the light is orange When the battery is full the light changes to green The minimum charging time for the initial charging is approximately 8 hours Normal charging time is about 2 hours to 90 of the capacity and about 5 hours to full capacity Remove the PL3000 from the charger by pressing the release buttons on the side of the c...

Page 17: ...anual v 2 4 March 2006 17 Red indicator light Green indicator light Fig 16 Red indicator light shows that battery has less than 90 of the capacity Fig 17 Green indicator light shows that battery is full Fig 15 Placing the PL3000 to the charger ...

Page 18: ...power is switched on and Windows has started you can test the different functions by following the instructions in this User Manual Power key Fig 19 Switching on the power 2 3 Switching on the power Switch on the unit by pressing the power key on the bottom row of the device s keyboard When the device is turned on the display shows the Nordic ID start up screen containing the text loading Windows ...

Page 19: ...rger indicator light Delete Escape Navigation keys Programmable key Keypad mode selection keys Power key Character numeric function keys Fig 22 3 User interface 3 1 Main parts of the device The main parts of the Nordic ID PL3000 are shown in the ﬁgures 20 and 21 Imager optional Fingerprint reader optional Stylus holder Fig 20 Top cover Headset connector Loudspeaker Handstrap attachment point Hands...

Page 20: ...y day use The PL3000 has been drop tested from a height of 1 5 m onto concrete and has resist against dust and drop water IP rating of 54 3 3 Indicator lights and connections The following picture shows the indicator lights and connectors of the Nordic ID PL3000 Fig 23 24 Indicator lights and connections Charger connector Charger indicator light Light level sensor Headset connector covered with ru...

Page 21: ... loosing the stylus you may wish to connect the stylus with a length of string to the PL3000 body 1 Press the stylus to the way of the top cover 2 Lift the stylus from the holder Fig 25 Removing stylus from the holder 4 PL3000 Features The PL3000 is a conﬁgurable platform The speciﬁc features depend on the chosen conﬁguration In these chapters different features are introduced 4 1 Equipment featur...

Page 22: ...vailable to user applications 32 MB of FLASH memory in which the operating system is stored The 32 MB version gives the application developer and end user 8 MB of non volatile storage space and a non volatile registry 4 1 4 Display 3 5 320 x 240 pixel VGA colour transﬂective TFT display 4 1 5 Touch screen High precision resistive ﬁlm based touch screen Mouse like experience for users used to the W...

Page 23: ... for the imager 1D decoder is used for reading barcodes and PDF matrixes Limited decoder is used for reading 1D and 2D codes Full decoder is used for taking photos Lightning conditions The imager is designed to be used under lighting conditions ranging from complete darkness to 100 000 lux Below 540 lux the reading distance may be reduced Typical indoor light varies from 1000 to 2000 lux and brigh...

Page 24: ...l instead of or alongside the audio alarm For example to indicate a successful scan 4 1 10 Automatic wakeup motion sensor The automatic wakeup motion sensor can be used to prolong operational time by conﬁguring it to keep the unit in operational mode while motion is detected or to wake up the device from sleep mode when motion has been detected 4 1 11 Battery 2200 mAh 7 4V 4 to 28 hours of continu...

Page 25: ...rging the PL3000 without removing the battery The charger is supplied with desktop or wall mount version There is also a vehicle version available The charger can be mounted on a desk a wall a vehicle a trolley or other locations by using the swivel mount The desktop charger also contains a USB port See chapters on USB and ActiveSync to learn more about the USB connection Fig 26 Charger of the PL3...

Page 26: ... connected to the PL3000 through the headset jack Nordic ID does not supply headsets a standard headset with a 2 5 mm connector can be used The volume might need to be adjusted because the load impedance of headsets varies between models and manufacturers 4 2 5 Spare battery pack One or more spare batteries may be purchased for your PL3000 If you intend to use PL3000 handsets continuously without ...

Page 27: ... harm the casing and is therefore not recommended Any moisture inside the battery compartment or in the headset jack may be harmful for the device 5 2 Using the keyboard Nordic ID recommends the use of the keyboard The user friendly keyboard of the PL3000 has 29 large size keys which are easily operated with a thumb The keyboard has also a backlight and individual key light activation which will g...

Page 28: ...lection window there are Suspend Warm reset Cold reset and Windows CE reload Select the type of reset required The description of the reset type is shown in dialogue box of the shutdown window In the suspend mode the display is switched off When restarted Windows will continue from where it was Use suspend mode when you want to save the battery life but wish to continue the use of the device from ...

Page 29: ...aded from FLASH memory All unsaved data and registry modiﬁcations will be lost Reloading Windows CE is mostly used by software developers when a device image is updated Reset with reset switch The reset switch is located on the left side inside the battery compartment By pressing the reset switch the device starts the reloading of Windows CE Unnecessary reset with the reset switch is not recommend...

Page 30: ...ol Grip accessory a second battery pack can be taken into use to prolong the battery life When longer than normal operating time is required the use of spare batteries is recommended The PL3000 requires a constant supply of power in order to be operational Fig 31 Power properties windows 5 4 3 Changing the battery pack When the power of the PL3000 battery has decreased to 5 of the full charge a po...

Page 31: ...nnectors in the device Push the top end of the battery into the compartment If you are using a hand strap note that it is easier to slip it under the holding bar when battery cover is not closed Close the battery cover and tighten the screw If the battery cover is not properly closed the PL3000 IP rating may be lost 5 4 4 File System Backup The File System Backup application allows you to backup a...

Page 32: ...up copies of the RAM ﬁles are contained in a single ﬁle in the FLASH folder FLASH RamBackup RamBackup pak 5 4 5 Saving the registry Saving the registry saves the PL3000 s settings permanently Save the Windows registry by choosing the program RegBackup from the Nordic ID folder under programs in the start up menu Select yes for saving the registry When saving the registry the dialogue window in ﬁgu...

Page 33: ...nual v 2 4 March 2006 33 Fig 33 Saving registry window 5 4 6 Setting time and date Double click the time icon on the bar menu Set the date and time from the display and select Apply Start using the settings by pressing the OK key on the keyboard ...

Page 34: ...code is not read check the reader settings from your system integrator Reading is fastest when the code is read at right angle to the reader Start code reading with scan button Fig 34 Reading codes 5 4 8 Utilising virtual keyboard Open the virtual keyboard menu from the control bar s keyboard icon Select Keyboard from the menu The keyboard appears at the bottom of the display The virtual keyboard ...

Page 35: ... characters can be chosen by selecting the SHIFT key Scandic letters and other special characters can be used by selecting the áü key You can close the virtual keyboard by opening the keyboard menu from the control bar and by selecting Hide input panel Fig 35 Virtual keyboard ...

Page 36: ...irCard 7XX Watcher Command prompt Inbox Internet Explorer Microsoft WordPad Remote Desktop Connection Transcriber WCF54G Wireless Network Monitor Windows explorer 6 1 1 Cisco See the Appendix E for instructions to creating WLAN connection for Cisco software 6 1 2 Demo This item contains 2 demo software Imagestream_Demo and QBusting_Demo The Imagestream demo uses the imager of the PL3000 as a video...

Page 37: ...P settings If the ﬁelds are empty it means there is no connection present that implement an IP stack or that the existing connections are not operational If you believe that you have a working network link yet the IP information is incorrect you can request new information Please keep in mind that this works only if you have a DHCP server working on the network where the PL3000 is connected to Sel...

Page 38: ...r saving the Windows registry When you install a program onto the PL3000 you are installing more than just ﬁles Most Windows programs also make modiﬁcations and additions to the Windows Registry The registry is kind of a catalogue of settings for all programs including the operating system So in order for your installed programs to work correctly even after a power loss the registry needs to be st...

Page 39: ...s a backup of the registry immediately Version This tool shows the ﬁrmware version of the PL3000 and when it was created In addition it shows if you have a custom ﬁrmware If the ﬁrmware is a custom version then the name of the version is stated below the ﬁrmware version line In addition to these facts some of the included software components are listed in the Included components tab To start the t...

Page 40: ...w to left to reveal Yes button and click it The User Proﬁle window should appear to the screen Move it right to get access to Proﬁle tab The user proﬁle screen can be accessed also from TOOLS Connections Proﬁles Tap the arrow and select the desired proﬁle If no desired proﬁle is found you have to name and conﬁgure the proﬁle settings with the information provided by your network administrator Afte...

Page 41: ...HTML ﬁles These can either be stored in the PL3000 or they may be accessed through a network connection This browser works very much like its desktop counterpart so any user familiar with other Internet Explorer versions should feel right at home Please note that some form of connection to the Internet is needed in order to browse any web pages from the Internet If your PC has an Internet connecti...

Page 42: ...he picture The toolbar is usually placed beside the menu and moving it down under the menu like in the screenshot will make it easier to use If you have a standard production release of the PL3000 ﬁrmware this software is present 6 1 8 Transcriber With the transcriber most of the keyboard and mouse functionalities can be executed with the stylus and touch screen When you start the Transcriber soft...

Page 43: ...From the selections and options and Letter Shape Selector you can change the visual vocal and their settings in the transcriber Close the transcriber completely by choosing close transcriber from the transcriber menu Transcriber cannot be used while display is rotated Fig 43 Transcriber window Fig 44 Transcriber menu Fig 45 Transcriber icons ...

Page 44: ...less Information tab The WLAGS46F1 application pops up when powering up the PL3000 for the ﬁrst time with a Linksys WCF54G card By default this application also pops up if a new network is detected Active networks are displayed below the Add New To prevent this behavior uncheck the Notify when new networks are available checkbox To conﬁgure the network settings choose the network from the networks...

Page 45: ...can open it by tapping the bottom of display with the stylus The hidden task bar can be opened also with the keyboard Fig 48 The Task bar Close all the windows Press esc for removing all selections Press tab for selecting taskbar Press OK for opening the task bar Task bar items Startup icon Single click opens the Windows start menu Alphabetic icon The A icon shows when the capital letters mode is ...

Page 46: ...for example see the properties of the selected item 6 4 Shutdown menu A short press of the power key opens shutdown window A shutdown window appears in the display of the PL3000 In the shutdown window there are Suspend Warm reset Cold reset and Windows CE reload Select the type of reset from menu The description of the selected reset type is shown in dialogue box within the shutdown window See cha...

Page 47: ... starting the program and clicking the About button this will bring up a dialogue showing the version of the driver If the ﬁrmware of your card is too old to work with the installed version of the driver an error message will appear upon inserting the card In this case you need to acquire a compatible ﬁrmware image ﬁle for the card from Cisco and update your card You can also contact your Nordic I...

Page 48: ... most likely be using AdHoc Conﬁgure the Infrastructure Mode setting accordingly After this you will need to conﬁgure at least the SSID value Most networks today are encrypted In this case you will need to conﬁgure the encryption before the link will work When running AdHoc with some access points static WEP keys are used Conﬁgure the WEP key as necessary All other settings on this page should be ...

Page 49: ...nd save several proﬁles for use with different networks You can choose the active proﬁle with Select Active Proﬁle menu Options From options you can chose whether the signal strength is displayed in percentage or as dBm About About displays the version of the Aironet Client Utility that is installed on the PL3000 ...

Page 50: ...matically once this is done Do not upgrade the ﬁrmware unless you know it is necessary If everything is working as it should never upgrade Fig 52 ACU Firmware window Status The status page gives you the signal strength and quality information as well as information of the driver and ﬁrmware versions If the strength and quality bars are empty it means there is no 802 11b network to connect to or th...

Page 51: ...version of the PL3000 in order to use this tool The Nordic ID Bluetooth manager is an application that improves the usability and brings some new features to the standard Windows CE Bluetooth manager The application consist of 4 tab pages General Scan Services and Hardware General The General tab page contains the information about the BT identiﬁcation such as device name and type The device name ...

Page 52: ...nges are taken into use by pressing the apply button Scan The Scan tab page contains the tools for discovering the devices and services in it The Scan devices in range button scans the discoverable devices into range of the PL3000 The scanning may take a while and the devices within the range are shown at the Devices window The devices are shown by their type and their friendly name The informatio...

Page 53: ...ever most devices use PIN sizes of 4 decimal digits By selecting the service by tapping it the PL3000 opens the conﬁguration window for that service The service conﬁguration window includes the checkboxes for automatic startup after power up secure connection and authentication The additional settings of the Service conﬁguration window includes the Com port mapping to the service The serial port p...

Page 54: ...ice for the local device The serial port service can be mapped to a virtual COM port which can be used for applications that support the COM port communication Hardware The hardware tab page contains information about the Bluetooth HW status chip manufacturer and the 48 bit Bluetooth address in hexadecimal form Fig 58 Services on a local machine Fig 59 Hardware properties of the BT chip ...

Page 55: ...ses certiﬁcates such as a secure WWW site The certiﬁcates dialogue allows you to import a new certiﬁcate from a certiﬁcate ﬁle view existing certiﬁcates and remove unwanted ones There are three available certiﬁcate stores one containing trusted authorities one containing your personal digital certiﬁcates and one containing other authorities You access these stores by selecting the one you want fro...

Page 56: ...ble these settings have no effect If you are using an Option Globetrotter GPRS or Combo card supplied by Nordic ID you should not need to change any settings in this dialogue as the factory default settings are correct for those cards 6 5 7 Display The display settings dialogue allows you to set the background image of the desktop change the appearance of the operating system and set the backlight...

Page 57: ...s accessible in Internet Explorer by selecting View and Internet Options from the menu Page 1 General Options Here you can set the default start and search page addresses The start page is the ﬁrst page that is loaded when Internet Explorer starts the default is to load no page The cache size is also conﬁgurable on this page The cache is used to store pages you have accessed previously Thus speedi...

Page 58: ...the Autodial name control If your service provider or local network topology requires or recommends use of proxy server check the Use a proxy server box and enter the address and port of the server A proxy server performs a similar task as the cache mentioned on the General Options page But instead of storing pages that you have accessed locally a proxy server stores pages for all the users of tha...

Page 59: ...beyond the scope of this manual and also depend on the host you are going to use Page 4 Advanced options The advanced options allow you to control what elements of a page to load When browsing the Internet this can improve performance quite a bit as most pages made for desktop PC s can be quite heavy to handle for the browser of the PL3000 When developing your own browser based solution it can hel...

Page 60: ...ernet Explorer when the device starts and to start it in locked mode Locked mode means that Internet Explorer covers the entire screen and there is no way for the user to get out of this mode except for pressing the unlock key and entering the unlock code When the automatic start option is in use Internet Explorer starts by ensuring that the network link is up and running before loading the start ...

Page 61: ... 6 5 21 6 5 12 Network and Dial up Connections This dialogue contains all active network and potential dialup connections that have been conﬁgured To activate a connection doubletap it To conﬁgure a connection either tap the connection once and select properties from the Connection menu or hold down the alt key and tap the connection and select properties from the menu that appears You can create ...

Page 62: ... active window 6 5 15 NID Keymap This tool opens the Keyboard conﬁguration program With this program it is able to create and save the custom keyboard mappings for the PL3000 Any key of the keyboard can be set to launch a program or be mapped to function as key of the standard qwerty keyboard Also the combination of shift alt or function with any key can be mapped on any key of the PL3000 keyboard...

Page 63: ...s to open the shutdown menu but it can be mapped to execute any program After the holding the power key for a hold time in milliseconds the PL3000 goes to suspend mode The power key can also be mapped to function as any virtual key The conﬁgured power key behavior can be saved as a proﬁle or to system default 6 5 17 NID Scanner The scanner conﬁguration program is for conﬁguring the scanner functio...

Page 64: ...deo reverse checkbox on off Scan tab can be used as a test area for code decoding After scanning the symbolism the decoded info is displayed on Result string textbox The information about decoding is shown in the Result info textbox Also the AIMSI information is shown below the result textboxes In the Proﬁles tab the selected changes can be saved as proﬁles or system defaults 6 5 18 NID Tilt Switc...

Page 65: ... Do not forget the password once you have entered one there is no way to retrieve it The unit will have to be reset to factory defaults to clear the password if you forget it and this will destroy all user information and programs in the unit If you enter a password you can also choose when the password will be asked for The options are at power on and when a screensaver terminates the password wi...

Page 66: ...rs the display is switched off and the suspend timeout starts counting down If it reaches its goal the device enters hibernate mode This conserves a lot of power yet preserves all programs states Any PC Card in the device is powered down at this point which means the 802 11b Bluetooth or GPRS connection will need to be re established when the device wakes up Once in hibernate mode only three thing...

Page 67: ...rol panel application how much to shift the Greenwich Mean Time value that is provided by the time server 6 5 26 Remove Programs The remove program dialogue allows you to uninstall programs you have previously installed Please note that if you have used the File Backup System tool the removing of programs will not remove the backup copies of them So next time the device is reset the programs will ...

Page 68: ...e chapter 6 5 24 Touch screen for the sensitivity setting 6 5 29 System The system dialogue allows you to view system details such as operating system version processor type and amount of memory installed You can also set the name of the device The name is used among other programs by ActiveSync to recognise the device The most important setting in this dialogue is the memory division dialogue Of ...

Page 69: ...ing The factory default setting is intended for normal tap double tap and dragging operation and it is tuned so that accidental taps or double taps are not easily recognised This setting makes the touch screen too insensitive for signature capture Modify as needed but it is not recommended to modify these settings unless you are experienced in sensitivity problems while using the stylus 6 5 32 Vol...

Page 70: ...ay contain hazardous chemicals that may have an adverse effect on the environment and human health The user should avoid extreme bending and reaching the arm and the wrist when using the PL3000 Radio transmitters may cause interference 7 2 Regulatory and safety agency approvals The following table contains information about the different regulatory and safety agency approvals required of handheld ...

Page 71: ... ovens operate at the same frequency Therefore in environments containing such products performance degradation may be noticed In most cases all effected equipment will continue to operate normally excluding data transfer speed which may be slower than normal due to the increased need for error correction 7 2 3 LED safety Some conﬁgurations of Nordic ID PL3000 include an LED sighting device in the...

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Page 73: ...ectrical safety Before using the PL3000 charger check that all the cords and connections covers of charger and PL3000 are undamaged Any damages may risk the safe use of the device 8 Warranty Please read these warranty and safety related warnings carefully before taking the product into use Warranty will be void if the product is used in any way which is in contradiction with the instructions given...

Page 74: ... dealer must supply proof of sale for the unit in question Only Nordic ID has the qualiﬁed service maintenance facilities and know how for the servicing of the PL3000 NOTE Service attempts by unauthorised personnel will void warranty 8 2 Returning the unit for service RMA The PL3000 shall be returned to the manufacturer for repair in case of the system integrator or the local Nordic ID dealer cann...

Page 75: ...serial_number PL3000 Hand terminal conﬁguration code Hand terminal Item code Hand terminal serial number 8 5 Recycling When removing the device from use in EU area the device must be returned to local Nordic ID ofﬁce or to the Nordic ID service centre Please see www nordicid com or your supplier to ﬁnd nearest Nordic ID ofﬁce or Service centre Returning the device to Nordic ID enables reuse of the...

Page 76: ...th brightness control Individually quided backlight L 230 mm H 45 mm W 90 mm 10 C to 50 C 20 C to 60C 802 11b g SD MMC card slot 2 5 mm connector Loudspeaker Vibrating alarm Wakeup motion sensor Desktop wall mounted and vehicle charger USB 2 0 full speed client User mountable accessory Barcode reading trigger Extra battery optional 2200 mAh 7 2V 4 28 hours continuous use Supports common 1D and 2D ...

Page 77: ...est element bar or space in the bar code For 2D matrix symbologies X dimension refers to the nominal dimension of the smallest data cell The X dimension density of the barcode largely decides how many characters can be encoded in one inch The resolution of an imager is also measured by the x dimension density that the imager can recognize The decode zone The decode zone is a function of various sy...

Page 78: ... symbology is one where individual characters in the bar code cannot be interpreted individually Most barcode readers have a feature called auto discrimination which allows them to be conﬁgured to automatically recognize and read different barcode symbologies much the same way a human reader can interpret and read different font types However the 1D one dimensional barcodes can encode only very li...

Page 79: ...ld be well deﬁned Their edges should not be rough or fuzzy so that the bars and spaces have the proper widths intended for the bar code symbology used Also the printer resolution has to be considered when printing the codes The printer must be able to print the narrowest element the x dimension of the code See table for printer resolution versus to the x dimension Resolution dpi Dot size mil Narro...

Page 80: ...ve program The successful decoding of the ID symbology requires that all the following conditions have met 1 The ID symbology barcode or 2D code is printed with good quality 2 ID symbology is supported by the imager 3 ID symbology is in Depth of Field see table and the size of the ID symbology doesn t exceed the Width of View 4 Lightning and contrast conditions are in met The imager performs best ...

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Page 83: ... Right Select right Down Down Down Select down Down Down tab Tab Tab Open Task Tab Tab Open Task Tab Tab Open Task esc Escape Escape Escape Escape Escape Escape Escape Escape Escape O Open Close Input panel Open Close Input panel Open Close Input panel Open Close Input panel 123 F abc 1 1 1 F1 F1 1 1 2 2 2 F2 F2 abc2 ABC 3 3 3 F3 F3 def3 DEF3 4 4 4 F4 F4 ghi4 GHI 5 5 5 F5 F5 jkl5 JKL 6 6 6 F6 F6 m...

Page 84: ...wnload Setting up the connection After you have installed ActiveSync you are ready to set up the connection There are currently two ways to establish an ActiveSync connection between the handheld unit and the PC Of these the USB cable is the fastest and most convenient once set up correctly but it requires installing a driver ActiveSync over USB The USB is the fastest and most ﬂexible way to commu...

Page 85: ...en the ActiveSync connection is established ActiveSync will ask you on your PC if you wish to set up a new partnership If you answer No you will still be able to transfer ﬁles to and from the PL3000 and you can also install programs Answering Yes will enable you to keep data automatically synchronised between your PC and PL3000 Creating an ActiveSync connection to a PC Through ActiveSync ﬁle folde...

Page 86: ...ing the Wireless Login Module under Start up menu within programs within Cisco Exemplary Ad Hoc network installation Add a network by using the Aironet Client Utility Write the SSID code of the network you have selected Choose the Infrastructure Mode value No Conﬁrm the setting by clicking OK Select active proﬁle AdHoc and conﬁrm the setting by clicking OK After setting set ﬁxed IP addresses to th...

Page 87: ...e API to Internet from the API software in the control panel When starting the browser or otherwise establishing the connection a dial up window appears in the display If needed the password and username are supplied by the network operator Depending on the actual SIM card and network provider you may need to manually change the settings For the correct settings consult your network provider If th...

Page 88: ... Windows CE NET 4 2 The second thing you need to take into account is the processor architecture The brand name or manufacturer of the processor is not important If the programs are wanted to run on the PL3000 they need to be compiled for the PL3000 processor The last thing to remember is the display orientation and size Almost all programs and drivers that work for the PL3000 have dialogues made ...

Page 89: ... application development ActiveSync 3 7 or later installed on your host PC Microsoft Visual Studio NET 2003 or later with the Compact Framework package installed The PL3000 Windows CE 4 2 SDK installed ht_NET dll version 2 1 present on your host PC HTML J Script VBScript Application development As this type of solution uses the Internet Explorer 6 0 application on the PL3000 no third party develop...

Page 90: ... The password also initiates the encryption process which in WPA is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol A protocol that provides an authentication Framework for both wireless and wired Ethernet enterprise networks Required information from the network administrator Network SSID name Type of network AdHock or Network Encryption used Authentication method used...

Page 91: ...s choose the network to be connected from the listbox and tap the connect button The PL3000 tries to connect the selected network and indicates the connection status at the window below the Available networks listbox Also the signal strength of the selected network is shown Network Monitor window The Network monitor application can be opened from Programs WCF54G Wireless Network Monitor This appli...

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