Intermec CN51, User Manual

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Page 3: ... 12 2011 Updated to add information on Focus Mode and the 70 Series Mobile Computers 005 10 2011 Revised to correct focus mode settings 004 5 2011 Revised to correct capture and manual focus instructions Also added information on messages shown during document capture 003 1 2011 Revised to include the following Added support for the 70 Series Mobile Computers Added new configuration settings 002 7...

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Page 5: ...e with the Camera 10 Capture a Document Image With the Imager 12 Transfer Document Images to the Desktop PC 14 Transfer Document Images with ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center 14 Transfer Document Images with SmartSystems 14 Configure eMDI 15 Configure Settings Through the eMDI Application 16 Configure eMDI Through Intermec Settings 16 Configure File Index Settings 17 About eMDI Settings 1...

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Page 7: ...rds These mobile computers support eMDI CN4 Series Mobile Computers using the EA21 imager CN50 Mobile Computer using the EA21 imager CN51 Mobile Computer using the camera 70 Series Mobile Computers using the camera Download eMDI Some Intermec computers have the eMDI application installed If it is not download the demo version from the Intermec website at www intermec com 1 Open a web browser and g...

Page 8: ... To install eMDI with ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center you need a desktop PC with ActiveSync or Mobile Device Center installed a communications dock a USB cable connecting your desktop PC to the communications dock 1 Download and install eMDI onto your desktop PC 2 Connect your mobile computer to your desktop PC using the communications dock and USB cable 3 On your desktop PC find the eM...

Page 9: ...0 Series and CN51 mobile computer you can use eMDI for 30 days before a watermark is added to new document images To remove the watermark you need to purchase an Intermec Software license P N 454 025 001 For more information contact your local Intermec representative Load the eMDI Software License Load an eMDI software license to prevent watermarks from appearing when you create a new document ima...

Page 10: ...etween the document and surface 2 Tap Start Document Imaging 3 Point and hold the camera at a 90º angle and a few inches away from the document 4 Press the Scan button The video preview and viewfinder frame appears The viewfinder frame pulses as it tries to detect the document edges 5 Align the viewfinder frame with the document edges by moving the camera When the viewfinder frame detects the docu...

Page 11: ...appear to help you capture the document image Move the camera closer to document Hold the camera steady When the computer is ready to take a document image the icons dissappear and the red target turns white and the image is captured 6 Optional Tap to zoom in or tap to zoom out ...

Page 12: ... Options Gallery Capture a Document Image With the Imager Use the EA21 imager to easily capture a document image with the CN4 or CN50 mobile computers 1 Place your document on a flat surface Make sure that there is good contrast between the document and surface 2 If you have Windows Mobile 6 1 tap Start Programs Document Imaging If you have Windows Mobile 6 5 or Windows Embedded Handheld 6 5 tap S...

Page 13: ...gle too sharp When the focus and distance are correct the laser frame disappears and the image is captured 6 Optional Tap to zoom in or tap to zoom out 7 Save or discard the image Tap OK to save the image and return to the Document Imaging main screen Tap to save the image and view the image gallery Tap to discard the image 8 To view all saved images tap Options Gallery Scan button ...

Page 14: ...information see your computer user manual 2 In the Microsoft ActiveSync window click Explore The File Explorer screen appears 3 Open the My Windows Mobile Device My Documents MDI folder 4 Drag and drop the document images you want to transfer to a folder on your desktop PC Transfer Document Images with SmartSystems Use SmartSystems to transfer document images to your desktop PC 1 Make sure that yo...

Page 15: ...your desktop PC The images transfer to the directory specified from Intermec Settings Configure eMDI You can configure many eMDI parameters such as the file format or the compression quality The values you set for these parameters determines how eMDI operates There are a couple of ways to configure eMDI Through the eMDI application Through Intermec Settings Note If no directory is specified from I...

Page 16: ...stom application you can only configure eMDI using Intermec Settings or with the Intermec Developer Library IDL APIs 1 For Windows Mobile 6 1 tap Start Settings System tab Intermec Settings For Windows Mobile 6 5 or Windows Embedded Handheld 6 5 tap Start Settings System Intermec Settings 2 On a CN4 or CN50 mobile computer tap Data Collection Internal Scanner Imager Settings Document Imaging On a ...

Page 17: ...nished tap Options Save Changes and Exit About eMDI Settings The following settings can be configured from the eMDI application or from Intermec Settings Note You can change or add up to five different File Index settings through Intermec Settings Note Some settings may not be available on all computers General eMDI Settings Setting Description Movement Check Adjusts the focus level when you captu...

Page 18: ...The file format the document image is saved in Default is jpg For the CN51 and 70 Series mobile computers document images that are saved in bmp format can be up to 15 MB each If you want to continue to save document images in bmp format you must increase the memory limit Compression Quality Adjusts the compression quality of document images that are saved as a jpg or tiff The lower the setting the...

Page 19: ... mobile computers eMDI Conditioning Settings Setting Description Contrast Enhancement Adjusts the contrast settings of the document image Default is black text on a white background Text Enhancement Enhances the text in a document image Increasing Text Enhancement between black text and a white background can make text more readable but a high contrast level can induce visual noise Default is low ...

Page 20: ...onds to the indexing field number Snapshot File Name The file name used for snapshot images You can use the Document File Name variables here Snapshot File Name is only available on the CN51 and 70 Series mobile computers Memory Limit The amount of storage space in megabytes allowed for images in the Image Location folder Once the limit is reached eMDI warns you that you need to increase the memor...

Page 21: ...cumentCapture exe default is Program Files Intermec DocumentCapture DocumentCapture exe second parameter is the path and name of the xml file the calling application would like the eMDI application to use If it is blank it will use defaults or if xml exists in local directory eMDI will use that try ProcessStartInfo startInfo new ProcessStartInfo fileName arguments working directory is the director...

Page 22: ...out Default is 15 seconds fileWriteMode Append overwrite or discard Allows the transferred files to be appended overwritten or discarded If this section is left blank file transfer is not allowed and you must manually transfer files to your desktop PC For more information see Transfer Document Images to the Desktop PC on page 14 destinationFilePath Character string representing a file path Path wh...

Page 23: ...ge frame before a document image is captured Default is no value Output Compression allowChanges True or false Allows or restricts the user from changing the Output Compression Default is false fileFormat BMP JPEG or TIFF If no value is provided for this field the application does not change the File Format setting BMP corresponds to none JPEG corresponds to JPEG TIFF and TIFFG4 formats Default is...

Page 24: ...Changes Yes or no Allows or restricts the user to set the location data Default is no recordLocation Yes or no Saves location data to jpg files Default is no Record Location is only available on 70 Series mobile computers Conditioning Settings allowChanges True or false Allows or restricts the user from changing the Conditioning settings Default is true Contrast Enhancement allowChanges True or fa...

Page 25: ... images where the edges are darker than the middle Enable this to correct non uniform lighting conditions Default is true Noise Reduction allowChanges True or false Allows or restricts the user from changing the Video Noise Reduction setting Default is true noiseReduction 0 9 Reduces the noise in a document image The higher the setting the higher the filtering Use this setting carefully as it may ...

Page 26: ...er from changing the File Name Template setting Default is false nameTemplate Character string up to 200 characters num increments a counter num is a timestamp snapshotNameTemplate Character string up to 200 characters location adds the last known GPS location field adds a file indexing value where corresponds to the indexing field number Advanced Settings allowChanges True or false Allows or rest...

Page 27: ...er information set up as required includeTextFile True or false If this is set to true a text file with the same name as the image is created In the text file is the index information fieldn where n is 1 5 Character string up to 50 characters If no fields are set allowIndexInformationChanges should be set to disabled This is used in the FileNameTemplate in the fieldn Users can also include fields ...

Page 28: ... value It is also used in the txt file eMDI creates if includeTextFile is set to true defaultValue Should follow the minLength maxLength and fieldType that are set If one defaultValue is included the application displays a text or date entry field with the defaultValue displayed Users are allowed to change it and if more than one defaultValue is included the user is able to pick from a list of inc...

Page 29: ...e BMP fileFormat compressionQuality allowChanges false 75 compressionQuality colorConversion allowChanges false None colorConversion General Conditioning allowChanges true contrastEnhancement allowChanges true true contrast Enhancement textEnhancement allowChanges true true textEnhancement perspectiveCorrection allowChanges true true perspectiveCorrection lightingCorrection allowChanges true true ...

Page 30: ...h eMDI Problems While Using eMDI Problem Possible Solution Problems capturing full sized documents 8 5 x 11 and A4 or half sized documents 8 5 x 5 5 and A5 Set your saved images to JPEG grayscale at 75 compression quality Make sure the document and background have high contrast and good lighting Image appears grainy Decrease text enhancement or increase noise reduction Images are no longer recogni...

Page 31: ... document Laser frame is obscured Clean the imager window For more information see your computer user manual Cannot capture document Reduce the image capture ratio and movement settings and then try to capture the document again Continue to reduce settings until you successfully capture an image and then increase the settings gradually until the image quality is acceptable Problems While Using eMD...

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