Partner MF-2350, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE 1 75 MF 2350 User Guide Version 1 0 July 27th 2010 ...

Page 2: ...Multilingual Language Interface 9 Backlight 10 Keypad lighting 10 Button configuration 10 Printer 11 Printer language support 11 Printer firmware update 11 Paper roll 11 Test utility 12 Printer settings 16 WiFi 802 11 b g 17 Turn WiFi on off 17 Connection settings 18 IP Information MAC address 21 Setup IP address manually 23 Bluetooth 24 Turn Bluetooth on off 24 Search and connect Bluetooth device...

Page 3: ...View GPS data 52 Camera 54 Turn Camera on off 54 Using Camera utility 55 Fingerprint scanner 59 Enroll Fingerprint 59 Delete Fingerprint 63 Register Password 65 Accessories 68 Cradle 68 Testing COM port on cradle 68 Connect external scanner 68 Interface information of cradle 69 Upgrading the OS 70 Upgrade using microSD Card 70 Upgrade by PC through USB cable 70 Install device driver onto your PC 7...

Page 4: ...USER GUIDE 4 75 BOX CONTENTS MF 2350 device AC adaptor and power cord Battery Stylus Hand strap Device to PC USB cable Screen protection film Paper roll ...

Page 5: ...USER GUIDE 5 75 OVERVIEW List of features ...

Page 6: ... Integrated microphone IC card reader Quad band GSM GPRS RFID 13 56MHz reader Barcode scanner 1D GPS Camera Fingerprint scanner COM port sharing Some functions share COM ports and therefore cannot be used simultaneously Module COM port Comment Barcode scanner 1D COM1 MSR IC card Printer COM5 Shared Bluetooth RFID COM9 Shared Cradle RS232 GPS COM6 Shared GSM GPRS COM8 ...

Page 7: ...reset Press Power key and Reset pinhole at the same time Factory default Press and hold Power key and press Reset pinhole Keep holding down Power key until message appears on screen to press the FUN key Press the FUN key to do Factory Default or press Reset to cancel Enabling backup battery Backup battery is used to store Standby mode data when main battery is empty or is removed Backup battery ca...

Page 8: ... swap main battery When Backup battery is enabled hot swap of the main battery is possible 3 Press Power key to enter Standby mode 4 Remove main battery and replace with another battery 5 Press Power key to wake up device ...

Page 9: ...he pull down list This will change the display of certain information as shown at the bottom of the window 3 You can also customize settings for display of Numbers Currency Time and Date To do this click on the Customize button Multilingual Language Interface Device supports a multilingual user interface which allows changing the user interface language very easily Simple change the setting below ...

Page 10: ...ailable o Turn on keypad lighting when user presses any key and lighting stays on o Turn on keypad lighting when user presses any key but lighting stays on only for a defined period of time 3 Default setting is to turn on keypad lighting for 60 seconds when user presses button Button configuration 1 Start Settings Control Panel Button_Configuration 2 Click on a key in the list to select it 3 Click...

Page 11: ... Printer_Update 7 Click on the button to locate the printer firmware file There are three types of file firmware file boot file and font file Depending on the file you load please select one of the three radio boxes Boot F W or Font 8 Click on the Auto Update button Upgrading starts you should see the progress displayed underneath 9 After upgrade is finished the version number displayed should cha...

Page 12: ...USER GUIDE 12 75 Test utility 1 Start Programs Utilities Printer A test utility will appear right 2 Test Print button predefined test data will be printed ...

Page 13: ...USER GUIDE 13 75 3 BarCode button sample barcodes will be printed 4 You can also enter text to print manually left Click Print button to print right ...

Page 14: ...USER GUIDE 14 75 5 Click on the Clear button to erase the text field 6 Load Image button load the image that you want to print ...

Page 15: ...Print Image button the image loaded will be printed 8 To line feed the paper enter a value in the text area on the left side of LineFeed button Then click on LineFeed button Printer will blank print 0 125cm for each line ...

Page 16: ...y will appear right 2 Printing speed and density can be customized 3 Speed values between 1 slowest and 32 fastest Default is 22 4 Density values between 1 darkest and 4 lightest Default is 4 5 Click on Set button to apply Note changing these settings will affect battery performance ...

Page 17: ...USER GUIDE 17 75 WiFi 802 11 b g Turn WiFi on off 1 Start Settings Control Panel Then double click on WiFi_Power icon 2 Select WLan On right pic to turn WiFi on or WLan Off left pic to turn off WiFi ...

Page 18: ...econds Select a wireless network in the list and click on Connect or click Add New to add new network 2 Select the encryption and authentication type If required please enter the network key of the wireless network Please consult your wireless network administrator for the network key Click OK when finished ...

Page 19: ...dicates connection was successful Icon in the taskbar also shows connected You can also view signal strength for connected wireless network The strength of the signal will vary depending on the distance between device and the wireless access point 4 Press Advanced button to set the preferred network ...

Page 20: ...USER GUIDE 20 75 5 Press Log button to check the connection log details ...

Page 21: ...Information tab Press Details button to obtain more information such as the MAC address of your WiFi hardware 2 Press Renew button to reinitialize IP information Device will request new IP address from the wireless access point It may take a few moments for the new information to appear ...

Page 22: ...USER GUIDE 22 75 3 For IPv6 information select the IPv6 Information tab ...

Page 23: ... 23 75 Setup IP address manually 1 Start Settings Network and Dial up Connections 2 Select Specify an IP address and enter your IP address subnet mask and gateway information Click on OK button to apply settings ...

Page 24: ...ble click on Bluetooth_Power icon 2 Tray icon appears in taskbar as disabled status left This is normal After about 10 seconds tray icon will change to show Bluetooth is enabled right Please note that RFID needs to be disabled for Bluetooth to activate because they share the same COM port ...

Page 25: ...USER GUIDE 25 75 3 To turn off Bluetooth right click on the taskbar icon Select Bluetooth OFF as shown below The taskbar icon will disappear ...

Page 26: ...on and select Bluetooth Manager Or you can also double click on Bluetooth Device Manager icon in the Control Panel 2 Click on Scan Device button Bluetooth devices will appear in the list during the search 3 Right click on one of the devices to see possible actions example connect ...

Page 27: ... Start Programs Utilities MSR A test utility will appear right 2 Physically swipe a magnetic card in device and the track data will display onscreen 3 To close utility click on the OK button or X button on the top right side of the window ...

Page 28: ...g the microphone 1 Start Programs Utilities Microphone_Test A test utility will appear right 2 Select your recording settings sample rate bits channel and recording time left A summary of your selection will be shown under Info right ...

Page 29: ...9 75 3 Press REC button to start recording Speak normally Please note that recording volume and quality will depend on how far you are from the device 4 When recording is finished the Status will be shown as below ...

Page 30: ...n also be found in WAV format in My Device root directory If you wish to keep the WAV file please copy to another location or it will be overwritten the next time you record 6 To close utility click on the Exit button or the OK button or the X button on the top right side of the window ...

Page 31: ...E 31 75 OPTIONAL FEATURES IC card Using the IC card reader 1 Start Programs Utilities IC_Card A test utility will appear right 2 Physically insert IC card into device Click on On button to enable IC card reader ...

Page 32: ...ice or is not a proper IC card read will fail left If IC card is detected correctly card information will be shown right 4 APDU Select will show applied protocol control information and user data information You can choose ISO EMV for card standard ...

Page 33: ...USER GUIDE 33 75 5 Click on Status button to display current status 6 To obtain some version and firmware information on the IC card reader click on the Ver button ...

Page 34: ...USER GUIDE 34 75 7 To turn off the IC card module click on the Off button 8 To close utility click on the OK button or X button on the top right side of the window ...

Page 35: ...insert SIM card into device Push SIM card firmly into the slot with IC chip facing down 2 Put battery back and lock battery Turn GSM GPRS on off 1 Start Settings Control Panel Then double click on GSM GPRS Power icon 2 Select Modem On to turn GSM GPRS on or Modem Off to turn GSM GPRS off ...

Page 36: ...u will need to enter the ten digit PUK number instead You will have ten attempts to enter correct PUK number if you fail the SIM card will be locked and you will need to contact your phone provider to unlock it 3 Once PIN code is entered correctly you will see the interface below You can dial using the numbers on screen or using the physical keypad Note Long press of 0 button will become space Lon...

Page 37: ...r Missed calls by clicking on the different tabs on top You can also Call or Delete numbers in the list by selecting the number and clicking on Call or Delete buttons on the bottom Click on Exit to return to main phone interface 6 You can also click and hold button to see only the Dialed list ...

Page 38: ...n 8 You can Edit Call Delete or Send SMS to a contact after selecting the contact in the list 9 To add a contact click on the New button Fill in the information in the window that appears and click OK You can save as many contacts as allowed by your SIM card ...

Page 39: ...USER GUIDE 39 75 10 To obtain some detailed information click on button ...

Page 40: ...e button on the keypad 2 Click on button The SMS manager will appear as below You can view Unread Read Unsent and Sent message by clicking through the different tabs on top 3 Click on New button to compose a message Enter your SMS message and click Send ...

Page 41: ...sing GPRS functionality 1 Press the green phone button on the keypad 2 Click on GPRS button In the list that appears select your SIM card operator and click OK A status window will appear showing connection status right ...

Page 42: ...rt Programs Utilities RFID A test utility will appear right 2 Click on Open button to enable RFID The status area right shows current status Please note that Bluetooth needs to be disabled for RFID to activate because they share the same COM port ...

Page 43: ...GUIDE 43 75 3 To deactivate the RFID reader press the Close button To simply disable the antenna click on AntennaOff button 4 To close utility click on the OK or X button on the top right side of the window ...

Page 44: ...t a RFID tag on the top back side of device and press MF_UID button Tag ID will be displayed in status area 2 Press BlockRead button to read and write block You can increment and decrement block data by using the buttons at the bottom of the utility ...

Page 45: ... Press Ver button to display Firmware version of the RFID module Reading writing ISO 15693 RFID card 1 Click on the ISO button to open the ISO 15693 tag window You can read ISO 15693 tag ID and read and write block data ...

Page 46: ...ograms Utilities Barcode_Scanner A test utility will appear right 2 Click on the Start button left the laser will activate Scan a barcode If read was successful you should hear a beep and data will be displayed right The barcode type is shown as well as the barcode data ...

Page 47: ...USER GUIDE 47 75 3 To clear the data in the list click on the Clear button 4 To close utility click on the OK button or X button on the top right side of the window ...

Page 48: ... 75 Continuous scanning mode 1 To initiate continuous scanning click on the Auto button In this mode the laser will be on off continuously to read barcodes one after another 2 Press the Stop button to stop scanning ...

Page 49: ...ant the scanner to decode by clicking on the checkbox next to each type Click on the Apply button to apply settings 2 Click on the Detail tab Here you can change settings for each barcode type Select the barcode type by clicking on the pull down list Click on the Apply button to apply settings ...

Page 50: ... GUIDE 50 75 3 Click on the Default tab Here you can reset the scanner settings to factory default settings by clicking on Load factory default left A pop up window will appear asking for confirmation right ...

Page 51: ...Turn GPS on off 1 Start Settings Control Panel Then double click on GPS Power icon 2 Select GPS On right pic to turn GPS on or GPS Off left pic to turn off GPS Click on the OK button in the top right corner to apply setting ...

Page 52: ...you only need to enable GPS in the Control Panel and set your software to receive data on COM6 2 Start Programs Utilities GPS A test utility will appear right 3 To view GPS data using the test utility click GPS Read Start button GPS data starts appearing very quickly ...

Page 53: ...USER GUIDE 53 75 4 Click on GPS Read Stop button to stop displaying the GPS data ...

Page 54: ...USER GUIDE 54 75 Camera Turn Camera on off 1 Start Programs Utilities Camera A test utility will appear right 2 Click on Open button to enable camera Click on Close button to disable camera ...

Page 55: ...on the Setting button left Select screenshot capture resolution image format and save location Click on the OK button to save settings right 2 Click on the Preview Start button to activate camera Click on the Preview Stop button to stop the camera ...

Page 56: ... GUIDE 56 75 3 Use the slider bar to adjust display resolution zoom in and zoom out 4 Click on the Flash On button to turn on the LED flash left Click on the Flash Off button to turn off the LED flash right ...

Page 57: ...utton The image file resolution format and save directory are defined in Settings 6 You can select an image filter by selecting from the Effect pull down list Preview of the effect is displayed immediately example Sepia effect is selected in right image below ...

Page 58: ... exposure To avoid accidental change in exposure you can check the Lock checkbox to lock current setting 8 To flip the image vertically check the Vertical checkbox To flip the image horizontally check the Horizontal checkbox 9 Click on the Close button to deactivate camera module Then click on the OK button or X button to quit test utility ...

Page 59: ...UIDE 59 75 Fingerprint scanner Enroll Fingerprint 1 Start Programs Utilities Fingerprint_Utility A test utility will appear right 2 Click on Run and select FingerPrint left The main utility page appears right ...

Page 60: ... a new window Click on the Enroll button on this screen right 4 Swipe the finger you want to register on the fingerprint scanner on back of device To swipe correctly please swipe finger downwards A good swipe will display your fingerprint with a message on top of screen right Four good swipes are required ...

Page 61: ...61 75 5 If swipe is bad display will show messages as below 6 Four good swipes are required Enrollment is finished when you see pop up window with Success message right Click on the OK button in the pop up window ...

Page 62: ...ou will need it each time you start the device To complete the fingerprint enrollment process click on the Save Exit button left You will be back to the first interface right If you wish to enroll more fingerprints before Save Exit click on Enroll button instead Otherwise you will need to swipe the saved fingerprint next time before you can enroll another fingerprint or delete a fingerprint ...

Page 63: ...utton left Since a fingerprint is already enrolled you need to swipe it before you can enroll another fingerprint or delete existing fingerprint 2 Click on the Delete button left Select which fingerprint you want to delete then click on the Delete button right ...

Page 64: ...USER GUIDE 64 75 3 A pop up window appears Click the Yes button to confirm fingerprint delete 4 Click on the Save Exit button to finish ...

Page 65: ...You can choose to password protect device instead of using fingerprint At the bottom of window under Active LAP select lap_pw Click on the Set button A pop up window will confirm setting right 2 Click on Enroll button to register password ...

Page 66: ... your password in New Password and Confirm password fields To save click on the OK button on top right of window or press the Enter key on the physical keypad 4 You can also set password protection in Start Settings Control Panel Password 5 To delete password simply change password to blank ...

Page 67: ...USER GUIDE 67 75 6 To quit utility click on the OK button on top right of screen left Then click on the X button right ...

Page 68: ...window 5 The Windows folder should have appeared in the Explorer window Double click on it 6 Find and run the program Serialtest 7 Select the COM port the baud rate the click on the Connect button You can test simple operations such as Open Read Write Connect external scanner 1 Connect a scanner to the DSUB 9 connector on the cradle 2 In your own software call function BSDK_SetSelExtUart12PortActi...

Page 69: ... PowerSupply for external application 24 pin IO connector Pin Pin name Description 2 USBHP USB Host pin data 3 USBHN USB Host pin data 4 5VDC 5Vdc 0 5A output of CRADLE PowerSupply for external application 6 USBH_PWR USB Host pin power output from DOTH 100 10 USBCN USB Device client pin data 12 19 GND Ground terminal 13 RXD_2 ext uart ch 2 input to DOTH 100 RS 232C level 14 TXD_2 ext uart ch 2 out...

Page 70: ...le button 4 Release the Power button only when you see the first screen with flowers 5 At the bottom of the screen a message should appear Waiting for Downloading 6 Then Reading Image In Card This step will take around two minutes 7 Then Writing OS Image This step will take around one minute 8 Upgrade process is complete when you see message Image Update Complete 9 Do a cold reset to reboot device...

Page 71: ...screen with flowers 5 At the bottom of the screen a message should appear Waiting for Downloading 6 On your computer an alert will appear Found New Hardware 7 Found New Hardware Wizard 8 Choose Install from a list or specific location Advanced then click on the Next button ...

Page 72: ...USER GUIDE 72 75 9 Click on the Browse button to locate your driver file s 10 Pass the Windows Logo Test by clicking on Continue Anyway button 11 Click on the Finish button ...

Page 73: ...een a message should appear Waiting for Downloading 7 Using the provided USB cable connect the device to your PC 8 On your PC run the utility USBDownLoad exe 9 Click on File Open and select the OS file on your PC Or you can also drag and drop the OS file onto the Filename area 10 Click on the Download button to start the OS upgrade A progress bar will appear on the PC utility At the same time devi...

Page 74: ... ID 1 full size card slot 3 ID 000 SAM slots Barcode scanner optional 1D Laser 2D Imager RFID optional Mifare 13 56MHz GPS optional SIRFstar III Camera optional 2 Megapixel with LED Flash Fingerprint sensor optional Swipe electric field sensor 128x8 pixels at 500ppi Extension slot microSD card supports SDHC Interface USB 1 1 Host and Client Other Earphone Microphone jack Speaker Integrated Microph...

Page 75: ...eration temp 10 50 C Storage temp 20 60 C Humidity 25 C 50 R H 40 C 30 R H 60 C 95 R H 25 C 50 R H Supported Bluetooth profiles Bluetooth HS HF and Audio Gateway Service Supports the Headset Profile HSP and the Hands Free Profile HFP by using the Audio Gateway Service Bluetooth LAP LAN Access Profile and Configuration Utility Bluetooth PAN Personal Area Network SPP Serial Port Profile Supported RF...