HandHeld ALGIZ RT7, Manual

Page 1: ...ALGIZ RT7 MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... of measurement known as the Specific Absorption Rate or SAR The SAR limit set by the FCC is 1 6W kg Tests for SAR are conducted using standard operating positions accepted by the FCC with the Rugged Tablet PC transmitting at its highest certified power level in all tested frequency bands Although the SAR is determined at the highest certified power level the actual SAR level of the Rugged Tablet ...

Page 3: ...ions Screen 19 4 6 Lock Screen 20 4 7 Quick Settings 21 4 7 1 Adjusting Screen Brightness 21 4 7 2 Control Wi Fi 21 4 7 3 Control Bluetooth 21 4 7 4 Invert Screen Colors 21 4 7 5 Airplane Mode 21 4 7 6 Screen Auto Rotate 21 4 7 7 Location 21 4 8 Make a Phone Call SMS 22 4 8 1 Pair a Bluetooth headset 22 4 9 Connect to a Network 22 4 10 Configure Google Account 22 4 11 Useful Applications 22 4 11 1...

Page 4: ...5 3 4 Language input 43 5 3 5 Backup Reset 43 5 4 System 44 5 4 1 Date time 44 5 4 2 Printing 44 5 4 3 Accessibility 45 5 4 4 About tablet 45 5 5 User Configurable Hotkeys 46 5 6 Applications 48 6 Storage 49 6 1 Internal Storage 49 6 2 SD card 49 6 3 USB Storage 49 7 Input 50 7 1 Touch Screen 50 7 2 USB Input devices 50 7 3 Bluetooth Input devices 50 8 Communication 51 8 1 Ethernet 51 8 2 Wireless...

Page 5: ...5 Ver 1 2 10 2 Arcontia RFID Module eTicket version only 56 11 Barcode Scanner 58 12 USB 59 ...

Page 6: ...sonnel in demanding conditions It integrates best in class connectivity with efficient computing and multimedia features The tablet runs Android Lollipop 5 1 1 operating system and comes pre installed with many Google applications including Google Play NOTE The images in this guide may slightly differ from the actual screens that you see in the device ...

Page 7: ... customized antenna are available in the above section 2 Further this requirement does not apply to intentional radiators that must be professionally installed such as perimeter protection systems and some field disturbance sensors or to other intentional radiators which in accordance with 15 31 d must be measured at the installation site However the installer shall be responsible for ensuring tha...

Page 8: ...y 7 WSVGA 1024x600 high brightness 600 nits display supporting 16 million colors Touch panel 5 point capacitive touch panel chemically strengthened glass Rear Camera 8MP rear camera with Autofocus and high brightness flash capable of 1080p video recording Front Camera 2MP fixed focus front camera suitable for conferencing WWAN Quad band GSM 3G LTE Voice calling support Data connectivity over 2G 2 ...

Page 9: ...with a single FAT partition USB 1x B type micro USB OTG port 1x USB A type host port Sensors Accelerometer e Compass Gyroscope Ambient Light Sensor Proximity SAR sensors NFC Yes Miscellaneous FM player Battery 6000 mAh lithium polymer rechargeable battery with Fuel Gauge Battery Charging Fast charging via dedicated DC jack ALGIZRT7 EU This model supports the LTE bands prevalent in the European Uni...

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Page 11: ...s Skew Tolerance 60 degrees Pitch Tolerance 60 degrees Roll Tolerance 360 degrees Focal Distance From front of engine 7 64 in Aiming LED 610nm LED Illumination LED 610nm LED Regulatory LED classification Exempt Risk Group LED product per IEC EN 62471 Near Far 4 mil Code 39 5 mil code 128 5 mil code 39 5 mil PDF 417 3 3 in 8 4 cm 2 8 in 7 1 cm 2 0 in 5 08 cm 3 1 in 7 9 cm 8 8 in 22 4 cm 8 2 in 20 8...

Page 12: ...d at the extreme ends of the working range FIGURE 2 1 DECODING SKEW 2 2 Accessories The Algiz RT7 comes with the following accessories 5Vdc 2A USB Wall charger USB cable and DC cable Stereo headset with MIC and button Battery pack Quick Start Guide For best performance we strongly recommend that you use only the supplied charger and headset with this tablet ...

Page 13: ...out consists of 1 Front Camera 2 Light Proximity Sensor 3 RGB LED 4 Earpiece 5 Display and Touch panel 6 4x Hotkeys FIGURE 2 2 FRONT PANEL 1 Flash LED 2 Rear Camera 3 Speaker 4 Battery Pack 5 Kensington Lock FIGURE 2 3 BACK PANEL ...

Page 14: ...hen that can be seen on the left panel as FIGURE 2 4 LEFT SIDE PANEL ports 1 Ethernet port 2 USB A port 3 Micro USB port 4 Audio port 5 DC charger port FIGURE 2 5 RIGHT SIDE PANEL 1 Power button 2 Volume up down button FIGURE 2 6 TOP PANEL 2 3 1 Bottom Panel FIGURE 2 7 BOTTOM PANEL ...

Page 15: ...y configuration Both the SIM cards can be used However only one of them can used for phone calls at any time To insert a SIM card 1 Power OFF the tablet 2 Place the tablet on flat surface with the screen facing down 3 Remove the battery pack 4 Insert the SIM card FIGURE 3 1 SIM CARD SLOTS You can see more details about inserted SIM cards in Device Setup Settings Wireless networks SIM cards ...

Page 16: ... indicator of the state of charge During low battery conditions 15 charge the LED will blink red when the device is in use without a charger being connected In rare cases during use the battery may discharge to a very weak state In such a state when a user attempts to turn on the device using the power button the device may not respond To recover from this connect the charger to the device The LED...

Page 17: ...e power button for 3 seconds The power button can also be used for other functions When the tablet is ON tap the power button to wake up the device or send it to sleep The tablet uses minimum power when it is asleep When the tablet is ON press and hold the power button to bring a menu of actions In rare cases if the tablet stops responding to any input for a long time you can press and hold the po...

Page 18: ...Doing this is highly recommended A Google account is required for using many pre installed Google applications like Gmail A Google account is required for installing applications from the Google Play Store Once you are through the setup process then the device is ready to use 4 4 Home Screen The tablet boots to the home screen after initial startup You can start various applications by touching th...

Page 19: ...han can be shown on the screen swipe the screen left and right to navigate Touch any app icon to start it FIGURE 4 3 ALL APPLICATIONS If you are using an app frequently then you may place it on home screen for quicker access To move an app to the home screen 1 Touch and hold the application icon 2 Select the screen by sliding the finger 3 Lift the finger to drop the application icon If you want to...

Page 20: ...20 Ver 1 2 4 6 Lock Screen The default lock screen of the device sleep this screen becomes visible FIGURE 4 4 LOCK SCREEN For ready reference the lock screen shows the status of the SIM cards on the top ...

Page 21: ...In very brightly lit environments you may have trouble reading the contents of the screen The Invert colors option reverses the colors i e black becomes white and vice versa This may help readability This mode is most effective for reading text on the screen Due to the color inversion it is not recommended if you are looking at images 4 7 5 Airplane Mode Airplane mode disables all radios One touch...

Page 22: ...store Note that a Google account is required for this 4 12 Configure Hotkeys The Algiz RT7 has four user configurable hot keys Each of the keys may be independently mapped to various functions Please see Section 5 5 4 13 Notifications Android applications use notifications to indicate to the user that some action is required In general two types of notifications are supported Notifications in the ...

Page 23: ...hly recommended that you remove the google account before issuing the factory reset 5 SETTINGS The Settings application can be used to connect to various networks as well as configure the wide variety of options available The Settings applications may be accessed from the applications screen Swiping down the screen and touching on the settings icon is a faster way to reach there Many applications ...

Page 24: ...sword as shown in If the device is successfully able to connect to the network then the network status is shown as in in Figure 5 6 Touching the connected Wi Fi network pops up all the properties of the network IP address Status Signal strength Link speed Frequency and Security You may perform operations like add network view saved networks refresh by using menu icon on top right corner You can ch...

Page 25: ...luetooth option under Wireless network settings group as shown Prior to using a Bluetooth device you need to pair the device with the tablet as follows 1 Turn on Bluetooth 2 3 Now you can You can do additional operations like renaming the device Refresh View all received files by touching menu icon on top right corner see Figure 5 12 ...

Page 26: ...26 Ver 1 2 FIGURE 5 7 BLUETOOTH SETTINGS FIGURE 5 8 BLUETOOTH OFF FIGURE 5 9 AVAILABLE DEVICE LIST FIGURE 5 10 PAIR REQUEST ...

Page 27: ...27 Ver 1 2 Figure 5 11 Paired devices list FIGURE 5 12 BLUETOOTH SETTINGS MENU ...

Page 28: ...This is a high power mode providing a longer range of operation To make effective use of the higher power both devices must operate in Class 1 To change the power class select the Bluetooth Power menu option from Bluetooth configuration as shown in disabled when Bluetooth is on The user can then select the required power class as shown in Figure 5 14 d as shown in Figure FIGURE 5 13 SELECT BLUETOO...

Page 29: ...29 Ver 1 2 FIGURE 5 14 SELECT POWER CLASS FIGURE 5 15 BLUETOOTH STATUS ...

Page 30: ...N or turn OFF the Ethernet connection as needed The Ethernet IP Assignment option provides two methods of configuring the Ethernet port Automatic IP address configuration using DHCP This is on by default Static IP address You may directly assign the properties of the Ethernet port using Static IP option To do this you needs to have the following information handy The IP address you wish to assign ...

Page 31: ...he values in Static IP configuration dialog as shown You can see the information about the Ethernet port by selecting properties option in menu at the top right corner A dialog pops up with information This dialog shows the MAC address of the Ethernet port as shown in FIGURE 5 17 ETHERNET OPTIONS FIGURE 5 18 ETHERNET IP ASSIGNMENT METHODS ...

Page 32: ...32 Ver 1 2 FIGURE 5 19 STATIC IP CONFIGURATION DIALOG FIGURE 5 20 ETHERNET PROPERTIES ...

Page 33: ...ty is available then the lower priority networks are disabled automatically As an example when Wi Fi is enabled it takes priority over 2G 3G 4G networks Similarly when an Ethernet connection is established it takes precedence over all other networks 5 1 6 Tethering Explain Wi Fi Hotspot Bluetooth tethering here 5 2 Device You can use device settings to set device properties such as display sound b...

Page 34: ...hen you do not want the screen to go to sleep automatically This is typically used for benchmarking the device Using this option can drain the battery faster than normal If very long operation times are required then we recommend that you keep the charger connected 5 Daydream to control what happens when the phone is docked and or sleeping You can set clock colors and photo frame or photo table as...

Page 35: ...u can set Always interrupt interrupt or priority interruption by specifying the time interval You can set the priority interruptions for Events reminders calls and messages f Phone ringtone to set phone ringtone from list of ringtones available g Default notification ringtone to set ringtone for notification h Other sounds to set enable sound for dial pad screen locking and touch You can also enab...

Page 36: ...ays total space allowed to store under internal storage currently available space and list of all applications using internal storage with space used as shown in FIGURE 5 26 INTERNAL STORAGE SETTINGS It displays total space allowed to use currently available space in SD card ...

Page 37: ...e data stored in the SD card FIGURE 5 27 SDCARD STORAGE SETTINGS It displays total space allowed to use currently available space in USB storage Unmount USB storage to unmount the USB device before removing it to avoid data loss Erase USB storage to remove all the data stored in the USB FIGURE 5 28 USB STORAGE SETTINGS ...

Page 38: ...ery saver option in menu Using Turn on automatically option you can specify when battery saver should turn on automatically at 5 battery at 15 battery or never To improve battery life battery saver reduces your tablet performance Battery saver turns off automatically when your tablet is charging FIGURE 5 29 BATTERY SETTINGS 5 2 5 USB Host This setting option allows you to enable the USB host mode ...

Page 39: ...ABLE USB PORT 5 2 6 Barcode The barcode settings option allows you to enable disable list of symbologies supported by barcode scanner These may be individually enabled as shown All supported symbologies are enabled by default FIGURE 5 32 BARCODE SYMBOLOGIES ...

Page 40: ... as shown in Uninstall the application Stop the application forcefully Enable notifications Move application to SD card View permissions assigned for application Using the menu on top right corner you can sort the application by size reset app preferences and specify the install location Internal storage or SD card as shown You can also see the RAM used by running application under Running applica...

Page 41: ...own in FIGURE 5 36 PERSONAL SETTINGS 5 3 1 Location When Location is turned ON you can select the following option in location mode as shown in Figure 5 37 High accuracy mode uses GPS Wi Fi and cellular networks to determine the location Battery saving mode uses Wi Fi and cellular networks to determine the location Device only mode uses GPS to determine your location ...

Page 42: ...ion and select uBlox Go to Location mode then select the u Blox platform model under Enhanced location as shown in Selecting uBlox platform model gives uBlox module a hint about the mobility of the user Appropriate value can enable the module to generate better location FIGURE 5 38 U BLOX PLATFORM MODEL ...

Page 43: ...associate a google account with the tablet Any added account remains effective till it is removed To prevent data loss you may sync the added account data automatically by checking Auto sync data option in menu Manual sync is also possible 5 3 4 Language input The below options allows you to manage and control the language and input to your tablet Language select the language to use in your tablet...

Page 44: ... FIGURE 5 39 SYSTEM SETTINGS 5 4 1 Date time You can do following operations as shown in Set date and time manually Select the time zone Enable 24 hour time format Enable automatic date time update Enable automatic time zone selection FIGURE 5 40 DATE TIME SETTINGS 5 4 2 Printing You can install the printer service to access it ...

Page 45: ... the following information about your tablet in this option as shown in System updates shows when last updated and you can check for the updates Status shows battery and network related information such as charging status remaining battery IP address Wi Fi MAC address Bluetooth address Unit serial number Serial number Up time Legal information shows open source licenses Google legal information an...

Page 46: ... hotkeys Each hotkey can be configured for the following functions Android Back Key Android Home Key Scan barcode using the barcode scanner Launch an Application Deactivated Hotkey configurations is access from the Settings application under Accessibility Each of the four keys can be configured independently as ...

Page 47: ...GURATION If you select to launch an application then another dialog will be presented where you will need to select the application to launch Once selected the change is effective immediately FIGURE 5 43 CHOOSE THE APPLICATION TO LAUNCH ...

Page 48: ...our email provided Gmail for email via your google account File Explorer to navigate around the storage on the device Keep for taking notes Maps for navigation Phone for making phone calls Hangouts for messaging Play Store to install apps from the Google Play Store YouTube for movies FM Radio to listen to radio The device uses a headset connected to the 3 5mm audio socket as the antenna so that ne...

Page 49: ...t folders contains the categorized data 6 2 SD card This tablet supports SD card up to 32 GB Once SD card mounted you can view the files in SD card using File Explorer application When you connect the tablet to computer you can see a drive named SD card If you click the drive it displays different folders contains the categorized data You can remove the content in SD card and unmount by using opti...

Page 50: ...gs 3 Turn ON the Enable USB port option Now the connected input device is ready to use If you connected a keyboard then the on screen soft keyboard will get disabled automatically If you connected a mouse then you will see a pointer on the screen Moving the mouse will move the pointer Most applications treat the left click as a touch at the pointer location When you do not want to continue using c...

Page 51: ...ected to Ethernet cable the connection status is shown on the status bar A white Ethernet icon means that the tablet is connected to the Ethernet network A green Ethernet icon means that the Ethernet network link is UP The device is attempting to connect to the Ethernet network at this time A red Ethernet icon means that Ethernet is enabled but the Ethernet network link is down To achieve a connec...

Page 52: ...52 Ver 1 2 8 2 Wireless Communication 8 2 1 Bluetooth This tablet supports Bluetooth communication 10m and 100m To do Bluetooth communication with other device you need to pair it with this tablet ...

Page 53: ...is an incoming file from paired Bluetooth device the tablet pops up a message as shown in Figure shows the details such as sending device name file name and size You can either accept or decline the incoming file Touch ACCEPT on Accept incoming file message to receive the file The received file will be listed under inbound transfers Received file stores in internal storage Bluetooth folder You can...

Page 54: ...IGURE 8 8 BLUETOOTH FILES 8 2 2 Wi Fi This tablet supports Wi Fi 802 11 b g n To use any available Wi Fi network setup Wi Fi as shown in Section Sometimes you may want to know the MAC address of the Wi Fi interface This is available from Settings About Tablet Status Wi Fi MAC address ...

Page 55: ...mm iZat GPS by default The currently enabled GPS can be checked using the GPS Device option under Settings Location shows the currently enabled GPS module 9 2 u Blox GPS Module The u Blox GPS module can be enabled when needed as mentioned in FIGURE 9 1 CHOOSE GPS DEV ...

Page 56: ... NFC option in Wireless networks settings as shown To exchange data using NFC Turn ON NFC and Android beam on both devices Go to screen which contains information to exchange Move your tablet towards back of other device One a connection is established you will hear a sound Touch screen to transfer the data FIGURE 10 1 ENABLING NFC ...

Page 57: ... RFID Module eTicket version only The eTicket version of Algiz RT7 is equipped with an Arcontia RFID reader This can be tested using the included RFID test application as shown in Figure 10 2 FIGURE 10 2 RFID TEST APPLICATION ...

Page 58: ...hotkey in that time This allows quick scanning of barcodes by a quick push of the hotkey If the scan is successful then the scanned barcode is sent as text to the running application To properly capture the barcode it is recommended that the user selects a text control prior to scanning a barcode The barcode scanner supports a variety of symbologies 1D 2D and Postal codes User may restrict the bar...

Page 59: ... to enable the USB host mode to use USB peripherals as mentioned While using the USB device you cannot turn OFF USB mode If you try to turn OFF device will pop up a message as shown FIGURE 12 2 USB TURN OFF MESSAGE It is also possible to connect a second USB device to the OTG port using a host type cable When this is done the connected device will get power immediately However it will not be usabl...

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