P4T/RP4T User Guide

Manual Introduction

RP4T Printers 35

pg.

pg.

4

 

 

P4T Overview- pg. 5

Maintenance pg. 36

Printer Preparation pg. 7

38

Troubleshooting pg.

Connecting the Printer pg. 27

43

Specifications pg.

Radio Regulatory Information pg. 31

Appendices pg. 46

 

Index pg. 52

Charging the P4T Series Battery with the AT18488-2 DC Adapter (Customer ordering p/n AK18913-015)

Figure 4C: Charging the P4T Series Battery with the DC Adapter (Vehicle Cradle)

DC Power Cord (open wires)

P4T Vehicle Cradle

DC Adapter

p/n AT18488-2

Access the charger receptacle located on the bottom

of the vehicle cradle as

indicated..

Locate the charger receptacle on the bottom of the P4T vehicle cradle.

Plug the Molex connector of the AT18488-2 DC adapter into the charger receptacle.

Connect the black cable ground (-) terminal to vehicle ground (preferably at the vehicle fuse box).

Connect the white cable power (+) terminal to the vehicle power source (preferably at the vehicle fuse box). The following table details how the DC Adapter and P4T Series printers interact:

Printer

Charging

Printer LCD

Power Button Operation

Status

Status

 

 

Off

Off

Off

Pressing turns printer On

On

Off

Normal display operation

Pressing turns printer Off

 

 

Normal display operation, plus

Pressingswitchesprintertolimited

On

On

battery icon will cycle through

operation:onlybatterycharging&

levelbars.Chargingwillcontinue

LCD functional

 

 

 

 

as required..

 

 

 

Battery icon will cycle through

Pressing turns printer On. Printer

Off

On

level bars. Printer turns off at

will run normally

 

 

end of charge cycle.

 

Note: If the battery is out of its safe charging temperature range (either too hot or too cold) the printer will display the following: “Charging will resume when battery is in the range 0-40 degrees C (32-104 degrees F)” and the battery icon will alternately

flash and . Once the battery reaches a safe charging temperature, normal charging will automatically resume.

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Zebra Technologies manual P4T Vehicle Cradle DC Adapter, Vehicle cradle as Indicated

P4T specifications

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