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The M7100 Cradle’s Communication Ports The M7100 handheld terminal has 2 different styles of communications ports, RS-232 (RJ-45) and
USB (Type II). The M7100 Cradle also has 2 communications ports, RS-232 (DB-9) and USB
(Type II). The M7100 Communications Cradle uses a standard RS-232 (DB-9 Male – DB-9
Female) cable.
Both communication connectors on the back of the M7100 cradle are wired “straight through”.
This means that the communications settings on the M7100 handheld terminal will determine the
settings on the communication cradle. The M7100 Cradle has no internal or external settings that
can be changed.
The slower RS-232 communication port is primarily used for uploading and downloading of data
files to the M7100 Batch handheld terminal. File transfers for the M7100 RF handheld terminal
can be done using FTP. For more information on FTP see the “FTP” section of this manual.
The high speed USB data port is used to load a new or updated operating system into the M7100
handheld terminal only. Use the AML USB Flash utility software to load the operating system.
DB-9 Pin out (RS-232)
1 – DCD (Data Carrier Detect) 6 – DSR (Data Set Ready)
2 – RXD (Receive Data) 7 – RTS (Request To Send)
3 – TXD (Transmit Data) 8 –CTS (Clear To Send)
4 – DTR (Data Terminal Ready) 9 – NC (No Connection)
5 - GND (Signal Ground)