8 - 2 Dolphin® 7200 User’s Guide

Dolphin 7200 HomeBase Parts and Functions

Front Panel

Dolphin Terminal Well You put the Dolphin in this well to communicate with a host device and to charge the Dolphin's
batteries.
LEDs There are three LEDs that you can use to monitor the status of battery charging and communications
status:
1. Charging Main Batt Turns solid green when the Dolphin terminal is properly seated into the Dolphin HomeBase. The
Charging Main Batt LED does not indicate the battery status of the Dolphin terminal.
2. COMM Indicates the status of data transfer between the Host Device and the Dolphin terminal as described
below:
3. Charging Aux Batt Indicates the status of the auxiliary battery pack in the Dolphin HomeBase as described in the table
below:
Comm LED Description
Red LED Data is being sent from the Host Device to the Dolphin HomeBase.
Green LED Data is being sent from the Dolphin HomeBase to the Host Device.
Orange LED Data is being sent at high data rates.
Charging Aux Batt LED Description
OFF Battery pack not properly inserted into the auxiliary battery well, or
the HomeBase has no power
Red Battery discharging
Blinking red LED Charge cycle initializing
Dolphin Terminal Well
Main Serial PortMulti-Serial Port
Charging Main
Battery LED COMM
LED Charging Aux
Battery LED