Hand Held Products Dolphin 7200 manual Deep-Cycling the Battery, Communications

Charging an Additional NiMH Battery Pack

1. Insert an NiMH battery pack with the battery contacts pointing upward into the Dolphin HomeBase auxiliary battery well.

Battery contacts on the HomeBase

After the battery is inserted into the auxiliary battery well of the Dolphin HomeBase you can use the CHARGING AUXBATT LED to monitor the charging progress.

Deep-Cycling the Battery

For maximum battery life, Hand Held Products recommends that you deep- cycle (service) the battery twice before initial use and then, once a month thereafter. To deep-cycle, insert the battery into the HomeBase auxiliary battery well. Then, push and hold the Service Aux Batt button for at least 4 seconds. The deep-cycling process takes approximately 6.5 hours.

The CHARGING AUXBATT LED is red while the battery is discharging and changes to blinking red when the charging cycle begins and orange when charging at the maximum rate. The battery is ready to use when the light turns green.

Communications

The Dolphin terminal and Dolphin HomeBase support RS-232 communications through the RS-232 Main Communications Port (page 8-4)located on the side of the Dolphin 7200 HomeBase. This port translates the RS-232 signals from the host computer into infrared signals to communicate with the Dolphin terminal.

The HomeBase RS-232 interface allows the Dolphin terminal to communicate to a personal computer, modem, or any standard RS-232 device using a standard serial cable and communications software.

1.Setup the Dolphin HomeBase (see Setting up the Dolphin HomeBase on page 8-7).

2.Insert the Dolphin terminal.

3.Follow the data transfer sequence as described by your application.

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