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