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problems that may relate to range or interference.
•
Press
NO
to loop back to the SIGN ON? prompt.
You can back-out of any mode or prompt by pressing the F1 key. For
example, if you press YES at the SETUP MODE? prompt but really meant
to press NO, press the F1 key to take you back to the menu. The F1 key on
the R/F Terminal keypad works like the ESC key on the PC – it will usually
get you out and back to the previous step. You can use the F1 key to exit
and SIGN OUT when using a Two-Way communication program running
on the host computer.
The entire mode menu can be skipped (see
Chapter 2
;
RF System Setup
),
causing the R/F Terminal to automatically SIGN-ON or go to ONE-WAY
mode on power up.
Installing the R/F Terminal Utilities Software
The R/F Terminal system ships with a CD of programs for use with the R/F
Terminal and Base station. The CD contains programs for the TriCoder and
the RF Terminal. Click on the RF Terminal button.
Next you have the choice of installing the following:
Windows Demo Programs and RF DLL Programmers Library
•
Demo Programs in VB, Access, and Delphi
•
16 bit and 32 bit DLLs
•
VB DLL-based QL3 printer demo program
Windows 700 RF Base Serial Configuration Utility
ActiveX Tools
•
Serial Interface (
includes Excel and VB demos
)
•
TCP/IP (
includes VB/Access and Delphi demos)
Windows 700 RF Terminal Firmware Loader Program
DOS/BASIC source demo programs
(requires GWBasic or QBasic)
Click on the set of programs you wish to install.
To install any of the programs found on the Utilities CD, simply insert the CD
into your CDROM drive. The install program should start automatically. If it
does not, simply run the SETUP.EXE program found on the CD.
Running the demo programs…
The demo programs are all programs provided to help you test your R/F
Terminal with a two-way communication program.
Using the Windows 700 RF Terminal Loader Utility
The R/F Terminal Loader program is a Windows application that allows
