SmarTerminal AT870, User'S Manual Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual Guide AT870 Windows CE NET Ruggedized PDA ...

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Page 3: ...y 12 2 3 2 Installing the battery 12 2 4 Battery discharging 12 2 5 Recharging the battery 12 2 5 1 Using the adapter 12 2 5 2 Using the Dock 12 2 6 Backup Battery 12 2 7 Disposal of the spent battery 13 3 Setting up the AT870 13 3 1 Power On 13 3 2 Power Off 13 3 3 Adjusting the Brightness 14 3 4 Calibrating the screen 14 3 5 Adjusting the Volume 14 3 6 Setting up the Date and Time 15 3 7 Power C...

Page 4: ...r desktop 25 5 3 Setting up a Partnership 26 5 4 Transferring Files 26 6 Microsoft WordPad 26 7 Window Media Player 27 8 Internet Explorer 27 9 Context Sensitive Help 28 Chap 3 Optional Module Version 1 1 28 1 1D barcode Scanner AT870 option facts 28 1 1 1DScanner Demo program 28 1 2 Setting up the AT1DEmulator 30 2 2D barcode Scanner AT870 option facts 32 2 1 Reading 2D barcode Symbology Setting ...

Page 5: ...ting the GPS 46 5 3 Checking the GPS status 47 6 Using Camera AT870 option facts 48 6 1 To use your Camera 48 7 13 56MHz ATRF Multi R W Reader AT870 option facts 49 7 1 Leader type 49 7 2 MultiReader Read Write Possibility Diagnostics Execute 49 8 UHF 900MHz Read Write Program AT870 option facts 51 8 1 UHF 900MHz Read Write Program 51 ...

Page 6: ...ing alerts you to an operating procedure practice condition or statement that must be strictly observed to avoid serious injury to the person who working on the equipment CAUTION A caution alerts you to an operating procedure practice condition or statement that must be strictly observed to prevent equipment damage or destruction or corruption or loss of data NOTICE A notice makes you have more in...

Page 7: ...e illustrated features Figure2 Front View 1 AT870 PDA Body 2 Power Adaptor 3 Lithium Polymer Battery Pack 4 Synchronization Cable 5 Stylus 6 Hand strap 7 Protect Film 1 LCD Touch screen Display 10 Speaker 11 Power Key 6 Power LED Alarm Indicator 13 Key Pad 12 KBD Key 9 Reset Key 4 LAN ON OFF Alarm 19 Low Battery LED 6 1 2 5 3 18 MIC 4 ...

Page 8: ...ure 3 Side view 1 3 View of the PDA 2 Figure 4 Top view Figure5 Bottom view 3 Scan Window 2 Scan key Right 21 Camera 14 Ear Jack 8 USB Serial Synchronization Port 7 DC Power Jack 22 Flash 5 Volume key Left With Fn Key 20 Antenna ...

Page 9: ...elease the scan button or after 10 seconds which ever comes first 3 Scan Window The scanning beam is emitted from this aperture Aim the scanning beam at the bar code you wish to scan Refer to Scanning Bar Codes on page 23 for more information 4 19 WLAN ON OFF display light It makes you know that the WLAN is on or off 5 Volume Key Volume up down with FN key 6 Power LED Alarm Indicator When the batt...

Page 10: ...t panel SIP Press again input panel SIP disappears 13 Keypad Use the alpha numeric function and navigation keys on the keypad to enter numbers letters symbols and navigate For details on each key in the keypad please refer to the section 7 Using the Keypad 14 Ear Port Connect the Ear Microphone to listen to audio files using the media player or communicate with others using an application such as ...

Page 11: ...ther method Tap start Suspend 2 1 3 What is idle mode It is the period that computer goes on without any activity for a long time but it doesn t have influence on data You can set up the idle mode and the PDA will go into the idle mode automatically after the interval that you set goes to the end It helps you prolong your battery life If you want to restart your AT870 while the PDA goes into idle ...

Page 12: ... above until the battery is installed completely 2 4 Battery discharging Several factors determine the life of your battery such as extreme temperatures input devices and your usage but generally you can use AT870 for 6 12hours If the AT870 is not on external power and battery pack is removed it will enter suspend mode 2 5 Recharging the battery Use the adapter provided from SMARTERMINAL to rechar...

Page 13: ...attery reaches the end of its useful life the spent battery must be disposed by a qualified recycler or material handler Warning Do not mix the spent battery with the solid waste stream and keep away from children 3 Setting up the AT870 This section describes the basic information for setting your AT870 3 1 Power On Press the Power key briefly to turn on the PDA The Backlight comes on automaticall...

Page 14: ...creen Thought the screen is already calibrated but if you have feeling that your screen isn t responding properly to your tap you can recalibrate it again To recalibrate the screen Tap start Settings Control panel Stylus Calibration Recalibration Press and briefly hold stylus on the center of target and repeat 5 times as the target moves around the screen The screen counts 30 seconds after calibra...

Page 15: ...et the correct local time easily by changing the location into where you are 3 7 Power Configuration To adjust power management settings Tap Start Settings Control Panel Power Use this control panel to check the charge on the battery or to change the Power settings Battery Tab Battery tap It shows the power remained in the main battery and the backup battery To exit press OK from the command bar o...

Page 16: ...ke paper clip to press the reset button Use the stylus for that purpose Sharp object like paper clip could puncture the seal of the reset key 4 1 Warm Reset When you should perform the warm reset When you cannot turn on or off a program or execute other programs because of hang the system error that stops responding The warm reset for recovering the AT870 is to press R S button on the front of AT8...

Page 17: ...ortcuts on the screen The custom settings in the registry are persistent The RF Network PC Card if present connects to the network system The application saved in Flash Disk will not be deleted after cold reset refer to section 5 Flash Disk 5 Flash Disk In addition to the RAM based storage standard on Windows CE NET terminals the AT870 is also equipped with a Flash Disk and all the application and...

Page 18: ... in the Flash Disk after the hard reset is performed press the Fn key during the hard reset 5 2 Warm reset 1 At first copy an execute file you want to execute after warm reset 2 Double tap My Device Flash Disk Open Start folder Open Reset folder 3 Paste the copied file in the Reset folder Figure 5 Open Reset Folder Figure 6 An application in theReset folder ...

Page 19: ...d is also very useful to configure your system without any action after the hard Reset To make files get replaced Copy files you want to replace after the hard reset Double tap My Device Flash Disk Open CopyFile Figure 7 Click Copy File Figure 8 Copy files you want to replace To make your files return back to the background screen Windows Background after Hard Reset paste your Files into the Deskt...

Page 20: ...rform the hard reset and even if it is discharged completely The main function of registry 1 Makes connection between WLAN and AP 2 Execute RegistryBackUp program and save registry 3 Restores the connection between WLAN and AP after hard or soft reset To save registry Tap My device Windows Double tap Registry Backup Figure 1 Registry BackUp Figure 2 Save or delete registry Figure 3 Registry Save ...

Page 21: ...owing steps Numeric Lowercase Uppercase Special Figure4 Changing Current Character 7 2 Inputting the data Numeric Mode After making your choice to the Numeric Mode through the key key and just press from 1 to 10 numeric keys Alpha Mode In alphabetical order there are 2 3 letters per key To input the first letter press the key you want input one time and to input the second and third letter press t...

Page 22: ...ght rear of the PDA The stylus on the PDA is the equivalent of the mouse on a PC Warning Never use a pen pencil or other sharp object on the AT870 s touch screen display Use only the supplied stylus or plastic tipped pens intended for use with a touch screen sensitive display Use the stylus to Navigate the touch screen display Select characters in the soft input panel SIP Select applications from ...

Page 23: ...enus Use pop up menus to quickly perform an action on an item For example you can use a pop up menu to delete or copy of an item To access a pop up menu tap and hold the item on which you want to perform the action When the menu appears tap the action you want to perform or tap anywhere outside the menu to close the menu without doing the action 2 Executing a Program When you turn on the AT870 for...

Page 24: ...ng onscreen keyboard or write using transcriber Figure 3 1 Selecting SIP menu Figure 3 2 Popping up SIP To make pop up menu appears double tap the keypad icon on the taskbar To make soft input panel SIP popped up tap the keypad icon on the taskbar or press KBD key on the keypad To see Soft Keyboard Option Tap Start Settings Control Panel Input panel select keyboard from the current Input method dr...

Page 25: ...on NOTICE You must have Microsoft ActiveSync 4 2 or greater on your desktop before you can synchronize information with your AT870 With ActiveSync You can also do 1 Back up and restore your AT870 data 2 Copy rather than synchronize files between your AT870 and desktop 3 Control when synchronization occurs by selecting a synchronization mode For example you can synchronize continually while connect...

Page 26: ... ActiveSync connection all files in the Synchronization folder will be synchronized to the My Documents directory on the AT870 5 4 Transferring Files To transfer files complete the following steps on the host PC 1 Select Start Programs Microsoft ActiveSync 2 Double click on the ActiveSync icon in the System Tool Tray 3 After you have established a connection with your PDA tap the Explore button at...

Page 27: ...Programs Media Player Figure 1 Media Player 7 Internet Explorer The PDA comes with Internet Explorer for Windows CE Net installed 1 Open Internet Explorer by selecting Start Programs Internet Explorer 2 To set a default home page navigate to the desired default web page 3 Select View Internet Options from the command bar 4 Enter the desired URL in the Start Page field 5 Press the OK button Figure ...

Page 28: ...computer The AT870 can also be supported with the optional modules for the needs of users This section provides you with the information of the Optional Modules and sources for additional product information You need to confirm the follow information before you get the device that you want to use The Optional modules supported from SMARTERMINAL Note According to user s purpose or Upgrading for dev...

Page 29: ... scan barcode You can also tap the Start on the screen to scan a barcode when the lager beam is aimed to a barcode 2 Make sure that your AT870 scans barcode exactly on the demo program The scanned data will be displayed on the screen if your AT870 reads a tag exactly Figure 3 1D Scanner Program Figure 4 Select barcodes that you are using Figure 5 Detailed function ...

Page 30: ...n an application program see the following figure Fiture8 Barcode value in the WordPad Program 1 Using the AT1DEmulator Because the AT1DEmulator can apply to all application programs that have a cursor such like Web program Wordpad and others you can input the scanned data directly without coding any application program Figure 6 Load factory default Optional Function Decides to format or not the r...

Page 31: ...r Tap Start Program Scanner AT1DTCEmulator Figure 9 AT1DTCEmulator exe Tap this AT1DTCEmulator Icon 3 Setting the Emulator Figure 11 Setting Menu 1 Result Type There are 2 kinds of method to print the scanned barcode data where a curser is pointing ...

Page 32: ...eft Key Right Key key Same with the F1 F8 Key 4 Sound set the sound On Off after Scanning Barcode 5 Vibrator set the Vibrator On Off after Scanning Barcode 6 Setting NO use 7 Close Make Emulator Program closed 2 2D barcode Scanner AT870 option facts 2 1 Reading 2D barcode Symbology Setting You can execute AT2DScanner to make sure that your AT870 scans barcodes exactly 1 Executing Scanner Diagnosti...

Page 33: ...rogram that has a cursor after setting the AT1Demulator Like an input device the AT1Demulator makes data displayed in an application program see the following figure After Scanning barcode the value you scanned will be displayed on the screen Start H W button is for only checking H W You can set up the selected Symbology Value with detail Setting all Symbology Default All makes all Symbologis set ...

Page 34: ...Emulator can apply to all application programs that have a cursor such like Web program Wordpad and others you can input the scanned data directly without coding any application program 2 To executing Emulator Tap Start Program Scanner AT2DTCEmulator Figure 6 AT2DEmulator exe Figure 7 Tap this AT2DEmulator Icon ...

Page 35: ...ode C Space Input Space code D Tab Input Tab key code 3 Key Setup You can make Hardware keys set to aim the lager beam A F1 F8 Key press those keys on the keypad to read barcode after setting B Gun1 Gun2 Set for the gun typed AT870 C KBD 1 KBD 2 key Same with the F1 F8 Key D Left Key Right Key key Same with the F1 F8 Key 4 Sound set the sound On Off after Scanning Barcode 5 Vibrator set the Vibrat...

Page 36: ... scanner stops scanning after you release the key or after five 5 seconds Figure 2 Scanning Beam Positions Correct Scanning Position 1D 2D Incorrect Scanning Position 1D 2D Wrong ways to san barcode 4 Press the Right or Left Scan key The scanner scans as long as you hold the key or for five 5 seconds 5 Upon reading a bar code the device beeps and the vibrates until the trigger is released or after...

Page 37: ...uter directly using TCP IP The access point acts a bridge to allow communications in wireless networks 3 1 Power on Wireless LAN The default of Wireless LAN was set with WLan off when your AT870 was manufactured at the factory To make wireless LAN on Select Start Programs AT570Wlan Figure 1 Wireless icon Figure 2 Select AP After selecting WLan On the LAN icon appears on the control bar Connecting ...

Page 38: ...n and tap IP Information tap Figure 4 IP Information 3 3 Setting manually You can also connect your AT870 to a network with manual method in the Wireless Properties To set wireless LAN in Wireless Properties Double tap WLAN icon tap WLAN Tap Input data Tap OK Figure 5 Wireless Properties ...

Page 39: ...le if Bluetooth was enabled before a clean boot Your AT870 boots up with the Bluetooth state enabled and Bluetooth virtual COM ports registered Reactivate the connections manually as the system does not do them If Bluetooth was disabled before a clean boot was performed the AT870 boots up with disabled To turn on Bluetooth Double tap My Device Windows Tap Bluetooth icon 4 2 Bluetooth Manager Bluet...

Page 40: ...AT870 User Reference 40 Figure 1 Executing BT_Manager Figure 2 Step 1 COM3 9600 Mode 1 Open Click Figure 3 Step 2 Blutooth Device Information ...

Page 41: ...r scanning device Connecting to a Bluetooth printer Figure 5 Step 4 Selecting the Device After the BT_Manager Scans Bluetooth SSP device the information of scanned devise will be displayed on the screen From while SPP equipping which are searched must select the equipment which will use certainly Selection specified equipment information of equipment rises to hour cotton down lower part text boxes...

Page 42: ...ich is searched under using boil must select the equipment certainly 1 If your PDA is connected to a printer you can see the connection massage CONNECT xxxxxxxxx 2 To test printing click the Test Printing button 3 Click the Apply Exit button to close BT_manager 2 Connect where when has become the equipment selection consecutively does a connection with SSP equipments ...

Page 43: ...ation Developer Check up the connection of AT870 to a Bluetooth Printer after the step7 To control Bluetooth Printer with the user s application you should set your AT870 as COM3 and 9600bps rate Application developer if they need to make the program to control the Bluetooth printer they must follow the below steps 1 Make your AT870 connected to a Bluetooth Printer through the BT_Manager the BT_Ma...

Page 44: ...he Bluetooth printer and the demo program Try to type data with keyboard in the program that is displayed on the screen Figure 18 or the demo program will transmit your data to the Bluetooth printer than the printer will print the data It is no matter to try this test even after turning on your AT870 when its power is off 4 5 Disconnecting Bluetooth Printer SPP from AT870 Use the BT_Manager to dis...

Page 45: ...isconnect Note you can connect your AT870 to another printer after tapping the Disconnect button Figure 12 Step 3 Power off Click Note You should close the program after tapping the Power Off button therefore you can use the program again anytime 5 To save more power press the Power Off button ...

Page 46: ... GPS s power on For that please double click the GPS_Power_Init the EXE file that in the Flash Disk And then tap the GPS EXE icon the following GPS screen appears Figure 4 Executed GPS screen Figure 5 Comm Setting If you tap the Agree tap in the figure 5 the Comm Setting screen appears For executing the GPS you need to configure the port and baud at first Select the connect on the command bar and ...

Page 47: ...etting 5 3 Checking the GPS status After tapping OK if the program is operated normally you can see the red lamp see the 1 in the figure 26 glittering The data received appears in the part of the 2 but according to the reception status it takes more or less time to access data Figure 9 GPS Reception Status 1 2 ...

Page 48: ...ata once it is more fast to receive GPS data than the first attempt 6 Using Camera AT870 option facts 6 1 To use your Camera Tap start Program Camera Figure 1 Executing Camera Camera Screen Preview Window Capturing button The number of stored files Delete File Button Adjusting Brightness Zooming button Resolution Setting Button Re rotation Button Preview Stop Button Setting Viewing Effect Preview ...

Page 49: ...blishments there is a type of two kind The internal organs style RF13 56 is a type where modules are established with the internal organs Figure 1 RF13 56 Module The internal organs style 7 2 MultiReader Read Write Possibility Diagnostics Execute Start Program ATRFMultiReader Execute the program Figure 3 RFID Program execution 1 RF13 56 Module ...

Page 50: ...ion height which uses in the leader the lighter registration MF_UID Mifare Tag ID Read Block Read Block Data Read Block Write Block Data Write Keyload Increment Price in block data Decrement Reduce productions a price in block data ISO 15693 Tag Window Ultra MF Ultra Light Mifare The open does the tag window UID 15693 Tag ID Read R Block 15693 Block Data Read W Block 15693 Block Data Write Clear E...

Page 51: ...s reads RFID tags of EPC Gen2 protocols and is a program which supports a writing Gun Type Figure 2 Gun Type RFID Reader Figure 3 Gun Type RFID Reader Ultra Light Mifare Tag Window UID Ultra Light Mifare Tag ID Reading R Block Ultra Light Mifare Block Data Read W Block Ultra Light Mifare Block Data Write Clear Erases a display screen coat data 3 Antenna 1 Gun Connector 2 Gun Locker ...

Page 52: ...gram icon which is by the character screen 2 Wait a second after the message box which is appears the Maine menu appears 3 or program AT870 UHF_NET double click and UHF Maine screen appears 2 Each person menu explanation Multi Tag Read Anti Collision When reading the distant mote tag uses One Tag Read Reads one tag UID Block Read Write From the memory bank reads the memory at block unit Lock Kill ...

Page 53: ...Fn4 Key and F7 F8 Left ScanKey presses but like pressing Start buttons and operates 8 Save presses the button and UID where is indicated in the screen Flash Disk Currently stores at time txt Ex 20071005102239 txt 1 Selects Gen2 protocols 2 Start the button with the push button Stop is exchanged and attempts a reading 3 Stop Presses the button and discontinues a reading Start With is exchanged 4 In...

Page 54: ...ects Start at 0 3 Inputs 8 letters which are composed of 16 antilogarithms which in Data will use with KillPassword 4 Block Write Push Button 5 Success is indicated if succeeded 6 BankType Start after at 0 selecting Length at 2 Block Read confirms Kill Password where is input consecutively with RESERVED Changes Access in order Password from Access Password territories must be becoming UnLock Acces...

Page 55: ...rrect Not Detect are indicated 1 Protocol Ver With OS versions of firmware version PDA of RFID modules is unrelated 2 Hopping_Mode To be right will become setting in Hopping Mode country of uses of RFID modules and will be come out and the nil which with S W will be able to change 3 Scan Time Recognizes the tag of RFID the timely basic price which modules is 0 0 when the user stands still until co...