Hand Held Products 7400/7450 Servicing the Battery Pack, Using the Battery Conditioning Utility

5.Use the Cursor keys to navigate to Power and then press Enter to open Power Properties.

6.Use the Cursor and Tab keys to navigate between the Battery and Power Off tabs and to select your preferences.

7.Press Enter to return to the Control Panel.

8.Press ALT to open the File menu and use the Cursor key to navigate to Close.

9.Press Enter to close the Control Panel.

Servicing the Battery Pack

For maximum battery life, you must service, or deep cycle, the battery twice before initial use. It is also recommended that you service the battery once per month. To deep cycle, insert the battery into the auxiliary well of the Dolphin Intellibase+ charging/ communication cradle, Dolphin QuadCharger or use the Battery Conditioning Utility. See Chapter 6 for more information on using the IntelliBase+ and Chapter 7 for information on using the QuadCharger.

Using the Battery Conditioning Utility

The Battery Conditioning Utility is used to condition or deep cycle a battery in the Dolphin 7400/7450 terminal. The discharge/ charge cycle minimizes battery memory effects and ensures the battery data is correct. A complete discharge/charge cycle may take up to 15 hours for a fully charged battery. The actual cycle time will vary depending on the battery state when the cycle was initiated.

Follow these instructions to use the Battery Conditioning Utility to deep cycle the battery before initial use:

1.Put the battery pack in the Dolphin terminal.

2.Connect the Dolphin 7400/7450 terminal to external power or place the terminal in the HomeBase or IntelliBase. After starting the Battery Conditioning Utility, the Dolphin will beep and then indicate an error if the terminal is not on AC power.

3.Select Start>Programs>HHP>Battery Conditioning to start the Battery Conditioning Utility.

4.Touch the ‘Start’ button (or the ‘S’ key on non-touchscreen terminals) to start the battery conditioning process. The terminal will beep and the process will begin in approximately 60 seconds.

5.Touch the ‘Abort’ button (or the ‘A’ key on non-touchscreen terminals). The terminal will beep and the battery conditioning process will be aborted.

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