Alien ALH-9010, User Manual

Page 1: ...ALIEN TECHNOLOGY ALH 9010 9011 Handheld User s Guide Windows Mobile September 2012 ALH 9010 ALH 9011 ALH 9010 EMA ALH 9011 EMA...

Page 2: ...ted in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with instruction manual may cause harmful interference...

Page 3: ...arging 6 Connecting Adapter 6 Power On and Off 7 Power On and Off With Power Button 7 Locking the Screen 7 Power Off Automatically 8 Battery Discharging 8 Checking the Battery Gauge 9 Checking Battery...

Page 4: ...arcode Demo 34 Setting Barcode Symbology 35 Barcode Scanning Beam Position 35 Correct Scanning Beam Position 35 Incorrect Scanning Beam Position 35 CHAPTER 5 WIRELESS LAN 36 Powering Up the WLAN Radio...

Page 5: ...om temperature Depending on the age of the battery and the operating time while using it the charge capacity can be reduced You must charge the device with only the provided adaptor Caution when using...

Page 6: ...After opening the product packaging box check the items listed as below If there are missing or defective items please contact the Alien customer support or your place of purchase Protective Film Adap...

Page 7: ...code Scanner Camera ALH 9011 RFID Reader Handstrap Hole Speaker Main Battery Battery Latch F7 F8 F9 Volume Buttons Microphone DC Power Jack Earphone Jack Cradle Connector USB Sync Connector WLAN LED P...

Page 8: ...erform common actions like scan for an RFID tag Speaker Built in speaker emits various sound effects USB Sync Connector Allows you to connect and send data to a PC via a USB sync cable Earphone Jack A...

Page 9: ...x and then install the main battery and charge it completely Switch On Backup Battery The image below shows the battery compartment after the main battery has already been removed Slide the lever to t...

Page 10: ...h the battery firmly Charging You must charge the battery only with the provided adapter or cradle The Power LED illuminates red while charging and green when charging is complete Connecting Adapter 1...

Page 11: ...ischarged the RAM data will disappear and the system will be start up as if from a cold reboot Locking the Screen You can lock the screen on the unit but still be able to see the clock and status bar...

Page 12: ...f the battery Start Settings Power Advanced Battery Discharging If the main battery discharges completely while the system is turned on the device will go into low power sleep mode automatically and e...

Page 13: ...reen You will need to press the Power button to turn off the power and charge the battery as soon as possible Backup Battery The backup battery can safely maintain the RAM data even when the main batt...

Page 14: ...metimes called a Cold Reset initializes the hardware completely The user s installed programs files and registry values will be retained but the real time data and date time will be reset You need to...

Page 15: ...memory card icon in the File Explorer after inserting the MicroSD card Carefully slide the metal cover to the right along the direction of the arrow to open it Lift the cover up along arrow direction...

Page 16: ...creen Contrast The screen brightness contrast is one of the biggest parts of your power consumption so you may need to adjust it to suit your actual needs Start Settings System Contrast A lighter cont...

Page 17: ...to perform the screen calibration Start Settings System Screen Align Screen Press and hold the stylus pen briefly on the center of the cross symbol and repeat five times as it moves around the screen...

Page 18: ...special symbols You can also execute other preset functions with the Fun button If you d like to change the current input mode press the 1 ALP button on the keypad as it steps through the following se...

Page 19: ...button and other buttons simultaneously can activate various functions as below Fun Button Descriptions Esc Cancels the selected command or the program s current task Volume button Up Down Increases o...

Page 20: ...data etc Installing Microsoft ActiveSync Program Download the latest version of the ActiveSync program from the Microsoft website and install it to your PC http www microsoft com downloads Caution You...

Page 21: ...t it to a factory default state Any data or programs you may have loaded may be removed and you will have to reconfigure the unit afterwards Currently the only way to install new firmware is to copy t...

Page 22: ...3 Factory Reset 0 Exit Selection Boot Menu 1 SD Image Update 2 Format Disabled 3 Factory Reset 0 Exit Selection 1 Connected to Media Searching BOOT_WM65204356ALI_0509_S0 BOOT_WM65204356ALI_0510_S0 Up...

Page 23: ...key to enable the Format option 1 to enable 2 to cancel The reset is actually performed when you press 0 to exit the boot menu Formatting the unit with this method returns it to the factory default c...

Page 24: ...djusted for different regions Starting the ALH 901x RFID Demo Software The Alien RFID demo software is accessible from the Alien Demos folder in the Start menu It provides an example of what you can a...

Page 25: ...ow Mask button at the top of the Inventory screen takes you to a page where you can specify a subset of tags to read see the Tag Mask section This powerful feature causes the reader to only read the t...

Page 26: ...es to read tags until you release the trigger or click the Stop button Click the red Close box at the top right corner to return to the main screen The Geiger will show the tag s signal strength Use t...

Page 27: ...me other information related to the EPC The TID bank is generally read only and contains information about the tag s manufacturer model and basic capabilities Alien Higgs tags contain bits in the TID...

Page 28: ...the access operation in order for it to succeed You use the violet Pwd button at the top right corner to do this Pressing one of the small green buttons labeling each memory field will cause the reade...

Page 29: ...ation also requires you to specify the length of the data to read Both the offset and length parameters are measured in words 1 word 2 bytes 16 bits Three main areas in Advanced Access Read Write and...

Page 30: ...ermanent so use caution Locking a field doesn t immediately protect it until you also write a non zero Access Password to the tag and you should probably lock that field as well Please refer to the EP...

Page 31: ...Mask button that brings up the Tag Mask whenever it is clicked At its heart a tag mask defines a piece of data that must match exactly a specific portion of the tag s memory This includes the memory b...

Page 32: ...EPC Prefix the only thing you have to provide is the hex data representing the initial part of the EPC code for your tags the other controls are disabled If you select Arbitrary you choose the bank a...

Page 33: ...ng an arbitrary mask requires you to specify the bank and offset along with the data This TID mask example selects all Alien Higgs3 tags Using the Verify Mask feature you can make sure you ve entered...

Page 34: ...at asset s EPC code and then use the Geiger utility to go look for that tag When the tag is detected the item s photo is shown on the screen for verification and you can also see the associated barcod...

Page 35: ...button text changes color to indicate if the unit is ready yellow working scanning red or done green with that activity To perform the action pull the gun trigger tap the button again or use one of th...

Page 36: ...r takes lower quality images but is much faster and the preview image while pointing the camera appears right in the Asset screen itself rather than in a separate window After taking the color snapsho...

Page 37: ...der s network interface and some common Alien features such as a Heartbeat and TagStream functionality To commit any changes made on the Reader Settings pages you must click the Save menu button at th...

Page 38: ...with a 2D barcode scanner Both models are designed to recognize all known 1D and 2D barcodes Barcode Demo The Barcode demo application is accessible from the Start menu Start Alien Demos Barcode Star...

Page 39: ...in the device APIs supplied with the Alien Handheld SDK There are other features of the barcode scanner not exposed in the demonstration application such has bi directional redundancy checks and up to...

Page 40: ...nd can communicate with a host computer directly Powering Up the WLAN Radio Start Settings System WiFi Power Configuring the WLAN Connection Use the Windows Wireless Manager to manage your WLAN connec...

Page 41: ...contextual menu When connecting to a network for the first time you may have to specify the proper authentication encryption modes a security key and possibly other config uration information If no k...

Page 42: ...By default the Bluetooth service is turned off Turning on Bluetooth The Bluetooth radio is turned off by default To use Bluetooth turn it on first with the Bluetooth control panel Start Settings Bluet...

Page 43: ...pear as a virtual Com port Start at the Devices page of the Bluetooth control panel In the Bluetooth Devices screen click the Add New Device button The handheld will look for available Bluetooth devic...

Page 44: ...to open the Partnership Settings page Select one of the services the device offers and click the Save menu button Click the Connect button to finish the connection Switch to the COM Ports page and cl...

Page 45: ...tself and is accessible either directly through its COM port COM6 9600 baud or by using Microsoft s GPS Intermediate Driver You can configure many of the low level connection settings for the GPS rece...

Page 46: ...tion picture quality etc Using the Camera The camera is accessible as a standard Windows camera device so custom applications would generally use the Windows APIs to access it A convenient way to use...

Page 47: ...A 43 The Windows Camera Dialog Aim the camera and press the Enter button on the keypad to take the snapshot Then press the OK button to close the Camera Dialog The control panel saves the image in My...

Page 48: ...M Card A SIM card can be easily inserted and pulled out along the arrow direction Note the location of the dog eared corner of the SIM card top left Turning on the 3G Phone Before you can configure yo...

Page 49: ...3G phone on and off and it will automatically connect to the cellular network as needed Use the Connections control panel to do this Start Connections Connections Enter a name for this network connect...

Page 50: ...et username password combinations This username is WAP CINGULARGPRS COM and the password is CINGULAR1 Click the Finish button when you re done In the Connections control panel s Tasks page click the M...

Page 51: ...unication Port RS 232 serial port USB 1 1 Expansion Slot 1 MicroSD Slot SDHC 1 SIM Slot Keypad 29 key Notifications Vibrator Speaker LEDs Power Supply Main Battery Lithium ion 3 7V 3 000mAh Optional 4...