Unitech PT630D, User Reference Manual

Page 1: ...PT630D User Reference Guide unitech Electronic CO LTD Unitech Part Number 400412 1 Unitech PT630D User Reference Guide Version 1 1 ...

Page 2: ...c CO LTD Unitech Part Number 400412 2 NOTICE This unit is equipped with a Li ion battery pack Battery power might be low due to storage Recharge the battery when required For procedures on how to charge the battery please refer to 1 5 Quick Start ...

Page 3: ...ironment 9 Chapter 2 Power System 12 2 1 Power System 12 2 2 Power Low Indication 12 2 3 Battery Replacement 13 2 4 Recharging the Battery Pack 13 2 5 Storage and Safety Precautions 14 Chapter 3 Operation 15 3 1 Ready Mode 15 3 2 User Mode and System Commands 16 3 3 Configure the Terminal in SET command 17 3 4 Upload Download by ESC Command 18 Chapter 4 Built in Application FormCaching 19 4 1 Spec...

Page 4: ...ese attributes we believe PT630D is going to satisfy your needs totally Depending on the model you had purchased your terminal might be equipped with 3 different memory RAM configuration range from 512K 2 5MB and 4 5MB PT630D also has offer 3 different optional communication charging cradles These are RS232 RS485 daisy chain data transmission cradle and telephone modem cradles 1 2 Support Over her...

Page 5: ...y 5 to 95 RH not condensed Electrostatic Discharge ESD 4 KV for contact discharge 8 KV for air discharge Back Lit Display Yes Keypads 26 alphanumeric keys one scan trigger phosphorescent material Performance Characteristics CPU NEC V25 16 bit 80XX compatible Operating System DOS compatible Memory 512KB 2 5MB 4 5MB Flash ROM 256KB Application Development C language Turbo C Visual C JobGen plus a wi...

Page 6: ...e functions please refer to further chapters for detail explanation PT 630 Illustrations Figure 0 1 PT630D front view Figure 0 2 PT630D head view Figure 0 3 PT630D tail view Figure 0 4 PT630D side view Figure 0 5 PT630D back view Figure 0 6 PT630D charging communication cradle features 3 types RS232 modem and Ethernet communication Figure 0 7 Modem or Ethernet cradle back view Figure 0 8 RS232 Cra...

Page 7: ...arge the main battery 1 Mount the unit on the cradle connect power adaptor from the back of the cradle to any power outlet During charging LED above power icon will be displayed red Once it is fully charged LED will be turned to green 2 Or use the standard charging cable which is packed with one of unitech PT630D packages or you can order them separately together with the power adaptor Connect the...

Page 8: ...the back of the unit You can connect the unit via the communication cable to PC RS232 jack for data transfer or connect through cradle for communication 1 7 Using the Keyboard The keypad of PT630D consists of 27 rubber keys the keyboard is configured into three different modes numeric mode command mode and alphabetic mode All keys except key make sound tone when pressed Keys of upper four rows hav...

Page 9: ...ss ALPHA to switch the system to alpha mode the cursor type will be changed from block to underscore To enter A press the key A once To get B press the same key twice To get C press the same key 3 times 1 8 Triggering Scanner Module PT630D can be used with a built in integrated laser scanner module to input data The built in decoder reads most barcode labels Users should keep laser window clean to...

Page 10: ...PT630D User Reference Guide unitech Electronic CO LTD Unitech Part Number 400412 10 ...

Page 11: ...e and comprehensive terminal application development environment Through use of JobGen Plus user can design an application program for data collection terminal by simply drawing the data collection sequence on paper and thus requires minimum programming skills For more detailed programming information please refer to PT630D Programming Reference Manual JobGen Pro User s Manual ...

Page 12: ... Lithium battery can supply the power for up to 3 years before consuming all its capacity up It is important to know that once the power in the backup battery used up all data within the terminal will be lost So it is very important to backup all data when replacing backup battery 2 2 Power Low Indication Main Battery When the main power source reaches the battery low condition a warning message a...

Page 13: ...ta in terminal before making the replacement the lithium back up battery 2 4 Recharging the Battery Pack When the terminal shows Main battery low message the battery needs to be recharged Plug in the power adaptor into a power outlet and connect the other end to the power outlet of PT063D mount the terminal into the cradle LED light on the cradle will be in red meaning charging has begun When the ...

Page 14: ... be prevented by avoiding overcharging for long period of time or always using PT063D to charge the batteries of terminal The PT063D starts the charging process in quick charging rate and switches to trickle charging rate when it detects the battery is fully charged 2 5 Storage and Safety Precautions Batteries should be stored in an open environment condition and placed where there is no risk of a...

Page 15: ...chnical Binder It is likely that your unit came pre configure by your software vender or system developer In this case please be caution when changing these settings 3 1 Ready Mode The terminal performs a Power On Test and Warm Start when it is switched on After the Warm Start the system enters Ready mode and shows the Ready mode prompt The first line indicates the model code and version number e ...

Page 16: ... displayed on the LCD screen Communication parameters such as baud rate data bits parity stop bits and flow control must be set to be compatible with the destination in order to send data properly COM This command puts the terminal in Kermit server mode The following indicates the available Kermit commands at the Host PC side Command Description Send filename Send a file from the Host PC to termin...

Page 17: ...r When selects 1 DATE TIME in SET command menu the screen as right will be shown on the terminal LCD and let you set the system date and time of Real Time Clock chip RTC The system date and time can be retrieved in application and used as time stamp for data collection The second line shows the current date in the format YYYY MM DD year month day If you want to reset the system date to January 1 1...

Page 18: ...an be woken up turned on by input from the serial port Besides the terminal can also be instructed to process data communication by remote ESC commands through built in MULTI communication protocol Please refer to PT630D Technical Binder for detail information After linking the terminal to a PC host through RS232 interface a communication program running on host first sends a few of dummy bytes to...

Page 19: ... 1 32 set minimum field length and maximum field length 3 DATA TYPE 1 NUMERIC 2 ALPHANUM numeric data 0 9 or alphanumeric data 20H FCH 4 DEVICE TYPE 1 KEY ONLY 2 SCAN ONLY 3 BOTH input by keyboard only bar code scanning only or both DATA RECORD DEFINITION Category Range Description 5 BETWEEN FIELD 1 Append screen 2 Clear screen specify to clear or append screen between two fields 6 FIELD DELIMITER...

Page 20: ...essary to delete the FORM DAT in order to change the configuration of FormCaching 4 3 How to Run FormCaching When FormCaching is enabled the built in application can be run by selecting 2 TER command in User mode and then select 2 FORMCACHING The FormCaching application will follow the setting as defined to display prompting get input and store data in the file named FORM DAT Hit CMD then ALPHA ke...