Newland CL-M10, User Manual

Page 1: ...CL M10 Portable Data Collector User Guide ...

Page 2: ...nual may include software copyrighted by Fujian Newland Auto ID Tech Co Ltd or third party The user corporation or individual shall not duplicate in whole or in part distribute modify decompile disassemble decode reverse engineer rent transfer or sublicense such software without prior written consent from the copyright holders This manual is copyrighted No part of this publication may be reproduce...

Page 3: ...Revision History Version Description Date V1 0 0 Initial release 2019 05 20 ...

Page 4: ... Basics 9 Introduction 9 Switching On Rebooting Switching Off the CL M10 9 Locking Unlocking the CL M10 10 Home Screen 11 Status Icons 13 Installing App 14 Uninstalling App 14 Display 15 Ringtones 16 Restoring Factory Settings 17 Language Input Method 17 Floating Button Settings 18 Shortcuts to Apps 19 Widgets 19 Chapter 4 Scanning Barcodes 20 Introduction 20 Scanning 1D Barcode 20 Scanning 2D Bar...

Page 5: ...35 Introduction 35 Admin Mode Setting 35 Switching between User Mode and Admin Mode 37 Chapter 9 Whitelist Manager 38 Introduction 38 Logging in to Whitelist Manager 38 Chapter 10 Others 39 Camera 39 GPS 40 NFC optional 41 Memory Cleanup 41 Chapter 11 System Update 43 Online Update 43 Local Update 43 Chapter 12 App Development Guide 47 Development Environment 47 Use of Non standard Interfaces 47 C...

Page 6: ...it 48 External Power Supply 48 Abnormal Situation 48 Drop Damage 48 LCD Screen 48 Stacking Heavy Objects 48 Mounting Location 48 Wireless Functionalities 49 Use Maintenance 49 Battery Safety Guidelines 49 Troubleshooting 50 ...

Page 7: ...arted Provides information on getting the CL M10 up and running for the first time Chapter 3 Basics Describes how to program the CL M10 for the use of its basic features Chapter 4 Scanning Barcodes Provides the instructions as to how to scan 1D 2D barcodes and how to program the scanner Chapter 5 Bluetooth Explains how to use Bluetooth functionality Chapter 6 Wi Fi Explains how to use Wi Fi functi...

Page 8: ...ent and the use of non standard interfaces Chapter 13 Maintenance Troubleshooting Provides troubleshooting solutions for issues that might occur when using the CL M10 More Information For more product and support information please visit our web site http www newlandaidc com ...

Page 9: ...duction This chapter lists the parts for the CL M10 and explains how to charge the battery and power on the CL M10 for the first time Getting Started The CL M10 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Power Key 4 Right Scan Key 5 USB Port 6 Left Scan Key ...

Page 10: ...4 7 SIM TF Card Slot 8 Scanning Window 9 Front Camera 10 LEDs 11 Light Proximity Sensors 12 Rear Camera 13 Flashlight 14 Fingerprint Recognition 15 NFC Detection Area 16 Charging contact ...

Page 11: ...nal is shut down or in sleep mode When charging the CL M10 with AC adapter or USB cable the user is notified the charging statuses by the LEDs on the terminal LEDs on the CL M10 Green LED on Fully charged Red LED on Charging in progress Red LED flashes constantly Low battery alert Note If CL M10 battery is completely drained please press the power key to turn on after 15 minutes of being charged ...

Page 12: ... buttons include Back Button Home Button and Overview Button Back Button Tap it to go back to the previous screen Home Button Tap it to go back to home screen Overview Button Tap it to display a list of thumbnail images of apps you ve worked with recently To open an app tap it To remove a thumbnail from the list swipe it left or right 1 2 3 ...

Page 13: ...he home screen swipe from top to open the notification bar as shown below Step 3 Tap Tap for more options Step 4 Select Transfer Files Navigate to the My Computer section of your computer and look for the newly added drive Double click it and you will be connected to the CL M10 Then you may handle the files on the terminal through your computer ...

Page 14: ...card TF card Step 1 Pull the SIM TF card tray out from the slot on the left side of the terminal Step 2 Place the SIM TF card into the tray and then gently push the tray all the way into the slot until it locks in place ...

Page 15: ...on Hold down the Power key on the right side of the terminal until the Android logo is displayed Note that the initialization is going to take some time before the CL M10 displays the Home screen Reboot the CL M10 Hold down the Power key on the right side of the terminal until the window below pops up then tap Restart Switch the CL M10 off Hold down the Power key on the right side of the terminal ...

Page 16: ... how long it takes for the CL M10 to lock Unlock the CL M10 Briefly press the Power key on the right side of the terminal and swipe up from the bottom of the screen to unlock Tap the app icon and then Security location Screen lock and set the unlock sequence per your needs Unlock with Fingerprint Tap the app icon and then Security location Fingerprint and follow the fingerprint instructions on the...

Page 17: ...11 Home Screen View another Home screen Swipe left or right Go to the Home screen Tap the Home key Open an app Tap it View all apps Open apps list Tap ...

Page 18: ...en and then drag it into a blank area Delete an app icon on the Home screen Tap and hold your desired app on the Home screen until X Remove appears then drag the app into it Note that this operation only removes the icon from the Home screen To remove the app from the CL M10 see the Uninstalling App section View the App list ...

Page 19: ...screen give information about the CL M10 Status Icon Description Status Icon Description WLAN on Signal strength Bluetooth on Airplane mode USB Connected USB debugging Missed calls Battery charging in progress New messages Battery fully charged Silent mode Vibrate mode ...

Page 20: ...hen install it with File Manager 3 Install a new app using a mobile assistant such as Baidu Mobile Assistant installed on the PC Uninstalling App Follow the procedure below to remove an app from the CL M10 Tap on the home screen to view all apps Tap and hold your desired app until App info appears then tap App info and uninstall it Or tap and hold your desired app and drag it to the Uninstall sect...

Page 21: ...d then System Date time and set the date and time on the screen shown below as per your needs Display Tap the app icon and then Display and set the brightness wallpaper sleep timer front size and other parameters on the screen shown below as per your needs ...

Page 22: ...16 Ringtones Tap the app icon Sound Then set the ringtones and other notification sounds as per your needs ...

Page 23: ...HONE ERASE EVERYTHING After this operation the terminal will be reset to factory defaults and all the personal data on the internal storage such as music and photos will be deleted Language Input Method Tap the app icon Languages input Then set the language and input method as per your needs ...

Page 24: ... scanning barcode Scan turning on off flashlight Flashlight taking a screenshot Screen snapshot turning off screen Screen off or going to the Home screen Home Show Hide the floating button Tap the app icon Extend Settings Screen floating point settings select unselect Show float box ...

Page 25: ...ur desired app and then drag it into the Home screen Widgets View all widgets Tap and hold on a blank area of the Home screen and then tap Open a widget Tap it Add a widget icon to the Home screen Tap and hold the Home screen and then tap Tap and hold your desired widget and then drag it into the Home screen ...

Page 26: ...canning tips and instructions for setting up the scanner Scanning 1D Barcode Adjust the scan angle or the distance between the CL M10 and the target barcode to ensure the length of laser beam is roughly 8mm greater than that of the barcode as shown below Correct Wrong ...

Page 27: ...M10 and the target barcode to make them fall into the following ranges 1 Point the CL M10 s focus lamp at the center of the barcode 2 Move the CL M10 until you find the appropriate scan distance 3 Optimum scan angles Skew α 45 0 preferably Pitch γ 45 5 20 preferably Roll β 0 360 ...

Page 28: ...Extend Settings Scan Settings or tap the app icon on the Home screen then Then configure the scanner parameters as per your actual needs Enable Scan Check or uncheck the Enable scan item to enable or disable the scanning feature of the CL M10 ...

Page 29: ...xt Overwrite output Clear the text input box before sending the barcode currently scanned to make sure only most recently scanned data is present in the text input box This feature is available only when Simulate keystroke or Fill in EditText directly is selected Output enter event Send an Enter Key after each barcode scanned Scan Mode The CL M10 provides the following four scan modes 1 Level mode...

Page 30: ...are placed closely together Decode session timeout ms This parameter sets the maximum time decode session continues during a scan attempt Masked repeat interval ms This parameter sets the time interval between two successive reads on same barcode Scan Trigger The three scan keys on the terminal and the trigger on the pistol grip can all serve as scan trigger Enable or disable them as per your actu...

Page 31: ...er the hexadecimal value of a desired prefix suffix and then tap OK For example if you want to add a Line Feed character after each barcode set the suffix to 0A if you want to add a Carriage Return character after each barcode set the suffix to 0D ...

Page 32: ...ng to interpret barcode data 1 AUTO The terminal determines automatically if target barcode uses UTF 8 GBK or ISO 8859 1 encoding If the terminal produces wrong output you may need to choose or enter a specific character encoding 2 UTF 8 Dominant Unicode encoding 3 GBK A character encoding for Chinese characters 4 ISO 8859 1 A common character encoding which covers Western European languages 5 Oth...

Page 33: ...ture allows you to edit barcode data with a script Tap load script and then select the desired script file on the terminal or scan the 2D barcode that contains a script to load the script Then select exec script and tap OK ...

Page 34: ... to insure that only the desired barcodes are read if multiple barcodes are placed closely together 2 Other Tap DETAIL to access the following parameter settings Noise reduction This feature is designed to reduce noise in images produced by the terminal However the terminal shows a slight decrease in scanning speed when using this feature It is recommended to enable it only when necessary Power pl...

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Page 36: ...rst pair them 1 Make the Bluetooth device visible to the CL M10 2 Tap the app icon then Connected devices Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on to search for available Bluetooth devices 3 Select the device from the search results to pair 4 If prompted input the pairing code and then tap OK or if the pairing code is given automatically then tap PAIR Unpair rename a paired Bluetooth device Tap the app ico...

Page 37: ... Wi Fi Settings Join a Wi Fi network 1 Tap the app icon then Network Internet Wi Fi and turn Wi Fi on to find available Wi Fi networks If Wi Fi is already ON then the terminal will automatically scan for available networks 2 Tap a network and then enter the password 3 Tap CONNECT Enter Wi Fi password ...

Page 38: ...32 IP Settings To set the IP follow the first two steps of joining a Wi Fi network tap Advanced options then DHCP and select the desired option ...

Page 39: ...orks are available or if you have turned Wi Fi off then the CL M10 connects to the Internet via your cellular data network when available Turn on cellular network Tap and then turn Cellular data on APN Settings If you cannot connect to the internet when using your terminal s cellular data you may need to change your APN settings on the CL M10 to fix it 1 Go to Settings Network Internet Mobile netw...

Page 40: ...y enter the APN settings You can contact your carrier or visit their website to get the correct APN settings or check the APN settings on a mobile device that can access the internet using the SIM card 3 Press the Return key on the CL M10 to go back to the previous screen and then select the APN you just added ...

Page 41: ...run on the CL M10 Admin Mode Setting Tap on the Home screen then to launch the admin tool and enter the Admin mode Enter the password default 112233 When in the Admin mode you may set the following parameters as per your actual needs 1 App Manager Select or deselect the apps available to normal users ...

Page 42: ...36 2 Reset Password Change the Admin password ...

Page 43: ...en User Mode and Admin Mode Enter User Mode To switch from the Admin mode to the User mode tap in the top right corner of the screen Exit User Mode Press the Return key on the CL M10 and enter Admin Mode password to exit ...

Page 44: ...p is used to specify the apps that users can install on the CL M10 Logging in to Whitelist Manager Tap the app icon on the Home screen then enter the password default 112233 and tap Login to log in to the whitelist manager Then set up your whitelist as per actual needs ...

Page 45: ...veal the parameters such as GPS location info face beauty exposure scene mode and white balance and set those parameters as per your needs Tap it to take a photo Tap it to start stop a video recording Tap the thumbnail image in the bottom right corner of the screen to view the photo or video saved You can also download a camera app from the Internet or develop an app for the camera feature Setting...

Page 46: ...S Tap the app icon then Security Location and then 1 Turn Location on 2 Tap Mode and then choose a location mode as per actual need 3 Use a third party map app or other GPS app to obtain location information ...

Page 47: ... the NFC feature tap the app icon Connected devices NFC and then turn on NFC Then you can install an NFC writer on the CL M10 to read and write NFC tags Memory Cleanup Tap to unfold the App list then tap to clean up the memory ...

Page 48: ...42 Note When your terminal becomes less efficiently after having run for extended periods of time you may perform a memory cleanup or reboot the terminal to fix the problem ...

Page 49: ... Update Update the system online Tap on the Home screen CHECK FOR UPDATES Local Update Zip File to the CL M10 Drive 1 Connect the terminal to PC with the included USB cable Swipe from top to bottom with one finger in one smooth motion to open the notification bar Tap USB for file transfer Then Select Transfer files Current version CL M10_V2 00 003 ...

Page 50: ...e CL M10 drive 3 Tap on the CL M10 s Home screen then to access the System Update screen 4 Tap in the top right corner of the System Update screen and then select Local Update 5 Select the update zip file Then select NEXTREBOOT or UPDATE ...

Page 51: ... file to SD Card 2 Insert the SD card to the CL M10 and then power on the terminal 3 Tap on the Home screen to access the System Update screen 4 Tap in the top right corner of the System Update screen and then select Local Update External Storage ...

Page 52: ...46 5 Select the update zip file Then select NEXTREBOOT or UPDATE ...

Page 53: ...ent Guide Development Environment The CL M10 runs on Android 8 1 operating system so you should use Android SDK 8 1 or lower when developing apps for the CL M10 Use of Non standard Interfaces See Newland Android PDA API Handbook ...

Page 54: ...he AC adapter and contact your dealer or Newland customer service center Continued use in this case may result in fire or electric shock Drop Damage If the terminal is damaged due to a drop from high place immediately cut off the power and contact your dealer or Newland customer service center LCD Screen Do not press against or strike the LCD screen Otherwise it may damage the screen When handling...

Page 55: ...eaning it with wet cloth or benzene thinner other volatile chemicals may deform and shorten the service life of the keypad and shell of the terminal Do not place the terminal face down on any surface or there might be misoperations Sudden temperature drops may cause condensation on the shell which could cause malfunction Care should be taken to avoid condensation If condensation occurs dry the ter...

Page 56: ... problem still remains please contact the after sales service center LCD Screen No display 1 Ensure the terminal is switched on 2 If the terminal is in sleep mode press the Power key to wake it up 3 Check the battery level If the battery is depleted recharge it 4 Ensure that the battery is properly installed 5 Replace the battery if it is faulty 6 If the problem still remains please contact the af...

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