RF Terminal Users Guide Worth Data Inc 11/05
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 Introduction
 Table of Contents
 Appendix D
 Optional rechargeable batteries and a 9v power supply
Installation
Installation Sequence
Components
 Connecting the Base station…
Connecting the Base Station to a serial port
How it works…
 Configuring the Base station…
Base station channel…
 Using the RF Terminal keypad…
Terminal Operation
 Finish, Sign Off Change Batteries Hit Any Key
Battery Life Indicator
To change the AA batteries
Mm/dd/yy hhmm
 Checking Batteries Please Wait………
Terminal Menu Functions
Recharging the batteries
Charging Batteries Please Wait………
 Sign ON? KEY YES/NO?
 Using the Windows 700 RF Terminal Loader Utility
Installing the R/F Terminal Utilities Software
Running the demo programs…
 Installing the Windows Terminal Loader Utility
Terminal Eprom Loader Help Uninstall
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 RF Terminal Setup
RF System Setup
RF Terminal Default Settings
 Default RF Terminal Configuration
Using the bar code RF Terminal Setup Menu
 RF Setup Batteries--4 BarCodes
Using the keypad to setup the RF Terminal
Terminal Base Setup Voice Operations-3
RS232
 Date/Time Battery Speaker Other
Group you will find the parameter
 RF Terminal ID
RF Terminal Setup Parameters
RF Terminal Channel
 Security Code
Control Keys Only
 LCD Display Mode
LCD Backlight Display Mode
 Skip Opening Screens
Backlight Duration
UC31003A IDx CHn RLx 6/6 SC=N RF=NN C=N
 Automatic Check Back
Speaker and Headphone Volume Controls
Enter 0-9 for Volume Control Current Value is
Key Current Value
 Code 3 of 9 Code
 UPC/EAN
 Code
ID character is transmitted in front of the bar code data
 Codabar
5 Code
 MSI and Plessey
5 Length
RSS-14
 Preamble
 Postamble
Nnmm
 Characters
Where b is the Bar Code ID character see the Code 128 setup
Scan Characters
 Batteries
Beep Tone
Date Format
 Display of Year
Set Date
Set Time
Voice Message Partitions
 Aiming Dot Duration
Shut Down Time
Laser Scanner Options
Scan Shut Down Time
 Parity
Reset
Baud Rate
Data Bits
 Base and Relay Setup
Using the RF 700 Configuration Utility
 Testing the RF link between base station and host
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 DataaaaaaaaCR
 How the Two-Way RF System works
Operational Theory
Basic RF System communications…
 Little more in depth…
Here is how it works
 Can I change a prompt after it has been sent?
Waiting for Host Prompt
 How the One-Way RF System works
Data Received Was Enter Data?
 How Site Testing works
Data Received Was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Enter Data?
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 Performance Issues
Evaluating your area of planned operation
 Nn% Good Press Enter When Ready, F1 to Exit
Press Enter When Ready, F1 to Exit
Site Testing Progress, Please Wait…………
Performing a Site Test
 Relay Stations
How Relay Stations work…
 Relay n Cannot be
Heard by the Base Notify Supervisor Press ANY KEY
 Determining coverage areas for Base Stations and Relays
 Is radio traffic contention likely?
Relay Installation
 Before you begin programming…
 Failure Planning
Hardware Failures
 Operator Errors
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 Planning
Programming for the RF Terminal
LOW Level Ascii sequences directly
Host to Terminal Programming
 @n,m,o, data
Where
 These are valid entries for the third position character
 @1,1,1,ITEM@2,1,1,QTY
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 Line
 Serial Reply
Base Station to Host Formats
2123+CR
 Sign on
 Base Shut Down Due to Host Logic Error
Base Station Error Feedback
System Setup for details
Addressing a Terminal not SIGNed on
 ?CR
Sequence Error Message
Illegal Command
@1,1,1,Scan Serial Number
 Automatic Check Back
Base Station Initialized Message
 Control Keys for Possible Programming
Are as follows
 Setup
LOW Level Ascii Sequences using a DLL
PromptCOM/ActiveX
 Multiple Base Stations
Programming Considerations for Serial COM
Test For Good Communication Serial COM
Terminal Tracking
 Concepts Serial COM
Properties Serial COM
 57600
300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
None, Even, Odd
 Ignore methods you see that are not listed here
Methods Serial COM
True, False
Line, position, prompt, shifted, timestamped
 Entry while scanning with the integrated laser
Line, position, prompt
Line, position, prompt, shifted
 Line
Data
Count
 Events Serial COM
Msgnum
 Terminal
Prevent most logic errors, they are still possible so
Commands but software is not always perfect
Terminal, data
 OnTermUpArrow
 PromptNET TCP/IP Active X Controls
Network Setup
Programming Considerations
 Server Communications
Client Utility
Test For Good Communication
 Concepts TCP/IP COM
Properties TCP/IP COM
 Basename, channel, terminal, line, position
Methods TCP/IP COM
Blank or a valid file name
Prompt, shifted, timestamped
 Prompt, allowbreakout, timestamped
Prompt, shifted
 Basename, channel, terminal
Basename, channel, terminal, data
Basename, channel, terminal, line
 Reinitialized... to indicate a single terminal re
Basename, channel, terminal, count
Basename, channel, terminal, msgnum
Initialization
 Events TCP/IP COM
 PromptNET/ActiveX is designed to prevent illegal
Commands but we may not have imagined all
While PromptNET/ActiveX will intercept
Ways in which our customers will want to use it
 OnTermRightArrow
 Cameo and QL 3 Common Information
Portable Printers
Zebra Cameo Printer
 Track
Zebra QL 3 Printer
Track 1&2
 Part Number Description Price/Roll
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 Tips for Using Voice Prompts
Why Use Voice Messages and Prompts?
Voice Message Operations
 Programming Voice Messages
Terminal Setup-1 Base Setup------2 Voice Operations----3
RF Terminal’s Voice Message Mapping
00 ½ second message
 Recording and Playback of Voice Messages
Assign Errors Cloning Master Cloning Receiver
KEY R/P?
 Assigning Error Messages
 Xmit Setup/Voice Please Wait
Default Voice Messages
Recv Setup/Voice Please Wait
End of Cloning Hit Any Key
 Data Xmit Error Cycle Power
 Site Test
Troubleshooting
General Considerations
Changing Batteries
 Problems with a new installation
 Message
Terminal Error Messages
Meaning Action Required
 Two bases on the same channel are big trouble
 My response time is poor
Troubleshooting specific problems
Can’t communicate at all
Im not getting the distance I need
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 Reader wont beep when I try to read bar codes
Problems reading Bar Codes
Get 6 beeps when the RF Terminal powers up
Have very poor read rates when scanning bar codes
 If you have a problem…
Worth Data Inc Swift St Santa Cruz, CA 95060
 Opening a Base
Channel and Jumper Changes
Changing a Base to a Relay
 RS-422 Termination Jumpers
Setting the Relay ID
Channel Changes
Changing the Channel on a Base/Relay
 Connecting a Relay Station
Adding Relays
 Routing the Wiring
Correct Routing for Wiring
 Relay Test Plan and Failures
Incorrect Routing for Wiring
Relay Station RS422 Pin-outs
Relay Failure
 Testing the Relay
Relay ID and Channel…
 Changing the Channel on a Relay
Changing a Relay back to a Base
RS-422 Termination
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 F34 DB25 Null Modem Cable
Serial Pin-outs
Base Station to Host Pin-outs
F36 DB9 Straight Cable
 Relay Station RS422 Pin-outs
 Remember
Zebra Cameo/QL 3 Printers
Laser and CCD
Zebra Cameo/ QL 3 to RF Terminal Pin-outs
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 Normal Firmware Download for a Terminal
Firmware Upgrades
Terminal Firmware Upgrades
Failsafe Firmware Download for a Terminal
 Base Station Firmware upgrades
 Code 39 Specifications
C39
 + 2 + 3 + 33 + 34 + 35 =
Code 39 Advanced Features and Functions
Mod 43 Check Character
108/43 = 2 with a Remainder
 Full Ascii Extension to Code
 Start/Stop Character only
Accumulate Mode
Clear Enter
 Code 93 Specifications
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 Codabar Specifications
Codabar start/stop transmission
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 Code 128 Specifications
UCC-128/ EAN-128
 UCC-128 Shipping Container Code
 Even Odd
Interleaved 2 of 5 Code Specifications
Interleaved 2 of 5 Mod 10 check digit calculation
+ 1 =
 60 57 =
+ 9 x 3 =
+ 48 =
019873
 UPC / EAN Specifications
 Isbn Specifications
Supplemental codes
 UPC/EAN checksum character
Checksum calculation for UPC-A, EAN-13 and EAN-8
 130 125 =
UPC-E Checksum Calculation
183145899385
 + 6 + 7 + 0 =
MSI/Plessey Specifications
835 x 2 =
+ 4 + 14 =
 + 12 + 32 + 35 + 30 + 28 + 6 + 12 + 36 =
943457842
4,5,6,7,2,3,4,5,6,7
195/11 = 17 remainder
 How to scan a bar code
Laser and CCD Scanners
 Laser Options
Scan Start Setup Scan Laser Options
Scan End Setup
Aiming the Laser Dot
 Scan Start Setup Scan 2 of 5 Code
Difficult Code 39 Reading
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 Using the Scan Stand
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 Laser Scanners
Optional Features
CCD Scanners
LI50 Linear Imager Scanner
 LZ400 Laser Scanner
Laser Accessories
LZ300 Laser Scanner
PSC Long Range Laser
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 F41 Leather RF Terminal Carrying Case
Rubber Boot for RF Terminal
RF Terminal Cases and Holsters
T46 Holster for RF Terminal
 Ascii Code Equivalent Table
BEL
 Index
Aiag
 XON/XOFF
 EDI
 Logmars
 ONE-WAY Setup Mode Sign on Site Testing
 Speaker Volume
 Waiting on Host Prompt