Worth Data 701 RF manual Operator Errors

•If a Base Station has a hardware failure, neither the Terminal nor the host computer will be able to communicate with it. When the Base Station comes back on-line, it sends a “Base Station Initialized” message back to the host, letting the host know that it must re-initialize all Terminals and pick up any incomplete transactions.

Operator Errors

•Plan on your operator walking out of range and going to lunch in the middle of a transaction. What do you do with the data you do have, and where are you going to start up again?

•Let’s say your operator is SIGNED ON and decides it’s time to take a break. Instead of pressing the F1 key to SIGN OUT, he presses the OFF key. Pressing the OFF key is OK (it will SIGN him OUT) but there is a delay until the SIGN OUT is acknowledged. Because of the delay, the operator might think he didn’t press the key hard enough and press it again - this time actually powering down the Terminal before the SIGN OUT was complete. If this happens, you need to plan to re-sendthe last prompt to the Terminal when he SIGNs ON again.

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