Newland NLS-N7L, User Manual

Page 1: ...NLS N7L Android 9 Portable Data Collector User Guide...

Page 2: ...this manual may include software copyrighted by 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 disass...

Page 3: ...Revision History Version Description Date V1 0 0 Initial Release N7LL 2020 10 30_20 19 10 N7LL X_V5 00 003 2020 12 8...

Page 4: ...tery 8 LEDs on the N7L 8 Installing the TF Card SIM Card Not for Wi Fi Version 9 Removing the TF Card SIM Card Not for Wi Fi Version 9 Chapter 3 Basics 10 Introduction 10 Power Key 10 Home Screen 11 S...

Page 5: ...38 Introduction 38 Programming Scanner 38 Enable Scan 39 Output Mode 40 Scan Mode 41 Scan Trigger 42 Prefix Suffix 43 Good Read Indicator 44 Encoding 45 Data Edit 46 Symbologies 47 NFC Optional 49 Ch...

Page 6: ...plosives 54 Traffic Safety 54 Storage Environment 55 Operating Environment 55 Cleaning and Maintenance 55 Battery Safety Guidelines 56 Repair 56 Troubleshooting 57 Chapter 10 System Customization and...

Page 7: ...es the instructions as to how to scan 1D 2D barcodes Chapter 5 Settings Provides Explain how to set the functionalities like Wi Fi Bluetooth Network Display GPS etc Chapter 6 System Security Explains...

Page 8: ...ing Carefully remove all protective material from the pack and verify that the followings were received 1 x NLS N7L main unit 1 x USB cable 1 x AC adapter for the N7L 1 x Li polymer battery 1 x Hand s...

Page 9: ...nal near medical apparatus Do not put the terminal in a high temperature place or use it in a place with flammable gas such as a gas station Switch off the terminal before boarding an aircraft as it m...

Page 10: ...t Right Key 2 Scan Key 3 Home Key 4 Delete Key 5 Numeric Keys 6 Function Switch Key 7 Input Method Switch Key 8 Cradle Connector 9 Virtual Keyboard Screen Lock Key 10 Power Key 11 USB Port 12 Left Sca...

Page 11: ...5 15 Return Key 16 Right Scan Key 17 SIM TF Card 18 Charging LED 19 Earpiece 20 Scan Window 21 Speaker 22 Battery Cover Latch 23 Flashlight...

Page 12: ...k position and remove the cover Step 2 Insert the battery as indicated into the battery compartment with its metal contacts facing down and lining up with the metal contacts on the inside of the termi...

Page 13: ...Battery Remove Battery Step 1 Hold down the Power key for 2 seconds and then tap Power off to turn off the terminal Slide the battery cover latch to the unlock position and remove the cover Step 2 Rem...

Page 14: ...shing when it goes down to 5 the terminal emits beeping sounds and displays a prompt when the battery is running out the terminal beeps and then shuts down automatically 2 If the N7L battery is comple...

Page 15: ...e Finally close the cover Note 1 N7L is equipped with dual card slots card slot 1 and card slot 2 which can support Nano SIM Nano SIM or Nano SIM TF card Nano SIM Size 12 3mm 8 8mm 0 7mm TF card is ma...

Page 16: ...hen tap Restart Switch the N7L off Hold down the Power key until the window below pops up then tap Power off Screenshot the N7L Hold down the Power key until the window below pops up then tap Screensh...

Page 17: ...con to the Home screen swipe home screen from bottom to top with one finger in one smooth motion to show all app Tap and hold your desired app until it appears on the Home screen and then drags it int...

Page 18: ...about the N7L Status Icon Description Status Icon Description Signal strength Turn on Mobile Network Battery Status Call in the progress Data Transfer Mode Airplane Mode on Bluetooth on Uploading Sen...

Page 19: ...er in one smooth motion to display the notification bar It is combined by shortcut list and USB options USB options Tap to turn on off USB debugging or set USB preference here Shortcut list Tap to tur...

Page 20: ...your computer and look for the newly added drive Double click it and you will be connected to the N7L Then you may handle the files on the terminal through your computer If you cannot find the drive...

Page 21: ...Browse my computer for device software then Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer Select MTP USB Device from the list and then click on Next Wait for the installation to complete Th...

Page 22: ...card or PC and copy it to your terminal Then install it with File Manager 3 Install a new app using a mobile assistant such as Baidu Mobile Assistant installed on the PC Note If receiving the For secu...

Page 23: ...mobile assistant such as Baidu Mobile Assistant installed on the PC Method 2 Swipe Home screen from bottom to top with one finger in one smooth motion to view all the app Tap and hold your desired ap...

Page 24: ...scanning tips and instructions for setting up the scanner Scanning 1D Barcode Adjust the scan angle or the distance between the N7L and the target barcode to ensure the length of laser beam is roughly...

Page 25: ...he N7L and the target barcode to make them fall into the following ranges 1 Point the N7L s focus lamp at the center of the barcode 2 Move the N7L until you find the appropriate scan distance 3 Optimu...

Page 26: ...Chapter 5 Settings Introduction This chapter provides introductions about how to set the functionalities like Wi Fi Bluetooth Time Language Display Apps Reset and System Upgrade etc in the settings a...

Page 27: ...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 en...

Page 28: ...22 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 29: ...visible to the N7L 2 Tap the app icon then Connected devices Connection Preferences Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on to search for available Bluetooth devices 3 Select the device from the search resul...

Page 30: ...networks When two SIM cards are installed you will be asked to select which SIM card to use for data connection SIM cards you can check the operator information or activate the SIM cards inserted in t...

Page 31: ...llular network 1 Swipe from top to bottom on the home screen and it will display the drop down mean Find and tap it to turn Cellular data on 2 Or Go to Settings Network Internet Mobile network turn on...

Page 32: ...int Names 2 Tap in the top right corner of the screen or tap the carrier of your SIM card on the screen Then manually enter the APN settings You can contact your carrier or visit their website to get...

Page 33: ...27 Display Tap the app icon and then Display and set the brightness level night light wallpaper and other parameters on the screen shown below as per your needs...

Page 34: ...28 Apps Notifications Tap the app icon and then Apps notifications and set the force stop uninstall clear storage clear cache and other parameters on the screen shown below as per your needs...

Page 35: ...eep mode and use battery backup if you remove back cover and you can change main battery safely without worrying about losing data After you finish change battery and close the back cover system retur...

Page 36: ...30 GPS Tap the app icon then Security location Location and then turn Location on Then you can use a third party app to obtain location information...

Page 37: ...31 Screen lock Tap the app icon then Security Screen Lock and choose none swipe pattern pin password for screen lock per your needs...

Page 38: ...32 Language Input Method Tap the app icon System Languages input Then set the language and input method as per your needs...

Page 39: ...ate and time Tap the app icon and then System Date time and set the date and time on the screen shown below as per your needs Note If need manually set the date time you should turn off the Use networ...

Page 40: ...ry reset erase all data 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 About phone Tap t...

Page 41: ...icon on the Home screen Remap a key to another key or app After starting the Key map app select the key you want to remap and then tap keys and select enter the key or tap apps and select the app to w...

Page 42: ...Aa Enable etc It is advised that only administrators should be allowed to modify these settings Open System Security Settings On the home screen tap the app icon Tap SPEED DIAL and then use the on sc...

Page 43: ...activate the function of keys in orange font 4 Fn Enable When enabled you can activate the function of keys in blue font 5 Touch Enable The setting is used to enable or disable three virtual keys on...

Page 44: ...NFC Introduction This chapter provides introductions about how to programming scanner Programming Scanner Tap the quick setting app icon on the Home screen then Then configure the scanner parameters...

Page 45: ...39 Enable Scan Check or uncheck the Enable scan item to enable or disable the scanning feature of the N7L...

Page 46: ...data by receiving system broadcasts 3 Fill in EditText directly Output scanned data at the current cursor position in EditText Overwrite output Clear the text input box before sending the barcode cur...

Page 47: ...continues until the decode session timeout expires 4 Delay mode Scan on release key Press and hold the scan trigger to aim at barcode then release it to start a decode session which continues until t...

Page 48: ...n the pistol grip can all serve as scan trigger Enable or disable them as per your actual needs 1 SCAN key Use the Scan key on the front panel of the terminal as scan trigger 2 Left Right SCAN key Use...

Page 49: ...r 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 cha...

Page 50: ...LED to indicate a good read Choose one or more options as per your actual needs 1 Sound The N7L issues a short beep to indicate a good read 2 Vibrating The N7L vibrates to indicate a good read 3 LED T...

Page 51: ...8 Dominant Unicode encoding 3 GBK A character encoding for Chinese characters 4 ISO 8859 1 A common character encoding that covers Western European languages 5 windows 1251 A character encoding desig...

Page 52: ...ript You can take the barcodeEdit js script as a reference to make your version Tap load script and then select the desired script file on the terminal or scan the 2D barcode that contains a script to...

Page 53: ...d to select it to ensure 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 fea...

Page 54: ...48 OCR Enable Select this checkbox when reading passports compliant with ICAODoc9303 standards TD1 TD2 TD3 supported...

Page 55: ...ap the app icon Connected devices Connection preferences turn on NFC Then you can install an NFC writer on the N7L to read and write NFC tags Note The best NFC reading area of N7L is on the back of it...

Page 56: ...s chapter introduces two methods to update the system software of the terminal Online update and local update Online Update Update the system online Tap system updates icon CHECK FOR UPDATES Note The...

Page 57: ...open the notification bar Tap USB for file transfer Then Select Transfer files 2 Copy the update zip file to the N7L drive 3 Tap to access the System Update screen 4 Tap in the top right corner of th...

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Page 59: ...fire or heat sources If there is unusual odor overheating or smoke during charging immediately cut off the power and disconnect the AC adapter and contact your dealer or Newland customer service cent...

Page 60: ...xplosives turn off the terminal and do not take out install or charge the battery to avoid explosion and fire Areas with inflammables and explosives include but are not limited to Gas stations Area fo...

Page 61: ...nal in the back pocket of your trousers or skirt to avoid terminal damage while seated Operating Environment Do not use the terminal in dusty damp and dirty places or places with magnetic fields Other...

Page 62: ...d and discharged over 500 times If the battery life is unreasonably short please replace the battery with a new one Use only the included battery and AC adapter Do not continue to charge a battery tha...

Page 63: ...roperly installed Will not charge 1 Check if AC adapter and or the USB port on the terminal are damaged 2 Replace the battery if it is faulty Shorter battery life between charges 1 Replace the battery...

Page 64: ...roblem is due to a slow system that is caused by third party app s 2 Touch panel may be damaged Please contact the after sales service center to arrange a repair System Will not turn on 1 Check if thi...

Page 65: ...s 3 Preinstall business apps 4 Disable notification bar pull down 5 Restrict phone messaging functionalities 6 Third party app installation uninstallation privilege management 7 Business app exiting p...

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