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R/F Terminal Operation
Using the RF Terminal keypad…
The R/F Terminal is turned on by pressing the green
ON/OFF button located in the upper left-hand corner
of the R/F Terminal keypad.
The R/F Terminal has a
Shut Down Time
feature that allows you to
determine the length of time the R/F Terminal must be inactive before
automatically shutting down to conserve battery power. When the R/F
Terminal shuts down, simply press the ON/OFF button to resume operation.
The keypad is custom designed for the R/F Terminal operations. It has
numeric and control keys in the non-shifted state, and alpha characters in its
shifted state. You can readily determine if the SHIFT is on by the cursor on
the display. When SHIFT is on, the cursor is a large black rectangle. When
SHIFT is off, the cursor is a narrow underline character. For all prompts
which ask for a YES or NO response, the ENTER key, is the YES reply,
and the 0 (zero) key is the NO reply. As you key data, you will see each
character displayed on the screen. If you make a mistake, you can delete the
last character by pressing the DELETE key, or you can clear all characters
displayed on the screen by pressing the CLEAR key.
You can order NIMH batteries (L01) from Worth Data along with a 9v
recharging Power Supply that recharges the batteries completely within 2
hours. When recharging options are ordered with the Terminals, the
Terminal's
Batteries Setup
parameter is set for recharging "1" which allows
the batteries to be recharged under program control. Otherwise, the batteries
shipped are alkalines with no recharging options set in the Terminal.
However these are changeable by the customer. Using NIMH or alkaline
batteries, you should get 24 hours of operation (assuming 1 transaction
every 8 seconds).
If you did not order the rechargeable batteries and you change to
rechargeables, you must change the Terminal's
Setup
to
Batteries
1
to allow
recharging. If you want to charge the batteries without having to remove
them from the Terminal, you must use the
Worth Data 9v power supply
.
You can safely use alkaline batteries in a terminal set for recharging,
providing
you don’t plug a power supply into the terminal.
Recharging
Alkaline batteries may cause the batteries to explode and leak battery acid
throughout the RF Terminal.
Battery acid damage is not covered by the
Worth Data warranty because it not deemed to be “normal use”.
If you are using alkaline batteries (either
regular
or
rechargeables
) and
have selected the
Rechargeables
setting in the
Battery
setup parameter (See
Chapter 2
;
RF System Setup
), the RF Terminal will generate the following
error message:
