Zebex Z-107X Portable Data Terminal User Manual 1390020

Zebex Industries Inc Portable Data Terminal 1390020

User Manual

iCopyright © 2006. All rights reserved. No warranty of any kind is made in regard to this material, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Although every effort is made to assure accuracy and completeness, we can not be held liable for any errors contained herein nor incidental or consequential damages in connection with furnishing, performance or use of this material. We shall be under no liability in respect of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, willful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the instructions and warnings, or misuse or alteration or repair of the products without written approval. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, transcribed, or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without express written consent and authorization. We reserve the right to make changes in product design without reservation and without notification. The material in this guide is for information only and is subject to change without notice. All trademarks mentioned herein, registered or otherwise, are the properties of their various respective owners.
iiLaser Safety The portable data terminal complies with safety standard IEC 60825 for a Class I laser product. It also complies with CDRH as applicable to a Class IIa laser product. Avoid long term staring into direct laser light. Radiant Energy: The advanced portable data terminal uses two low-power visible laser diodes operating at 650nm in an opto-mechanical scanner resulting in less than 3.9µW radiated power as observed through a 7mm aperture and averaged over 10 seconds. Do not attempt to remove the protective housing of the scanner, as unscanned laser light with a peak output up to 0.8mW would be accessible inside. Laser Light Viewing: The scan window is the only aperture through which laser light may be observed from this product. A failure of the scanner motor, while the laser diode continues to emit a laser beam, may cause emission levels to exceed those for safe operation. The scanner has safeguards to prevent this occurrence. If, however, a stationary laser beam is emitted, the failing scanner should be disconnected from its power source immediately. Adjustments: Do not attempt any adjustments or alteration of this product. Do not remove the protective housing of the scanner. There are no
iiiuser-serviceable parts inside. Caution: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous laser light exposure. Optical: The use of optical instruments with this product will increase the eye hazard. Optical instruments include binoculars, magnifying glasses, and microscopes but do not include normal eye glasses worn by the user.
ivTable of Contents Unpacking ………………………………….. 1 Finding Your Way Around………………………….. 2 Battery Care ………………………………….. 3 Installing Batteries………………………………. 5 Charging Batteries………………………………. 6 Getting Started ………………………………….. 8 Scanning and Storing Data………………………… 8 Uploading Data to a PC…………………………… 11 Uploading Data with WinTaskGen……………….. 13 Uploading Data with HyperTerminal……………...15 Setup ………………………………… 16 LCD Contrast ………………………………… 17 Beep Volume ………………………………… 17 System Timer ………………………………....18 Barcode Setup ………………………………... 20 Specifications ………………………………… 21 Specifications ………………………………... 21 Dimensions ………………………………... 23
vTable of Figures Figure 1: Pocket-Sized Personal Data Collector... 2 Figure 2: Inserting Batteries……………………….. 5 Figure 3: Connecting the Power Adapter………… 7 Figure 4: Turning On……………………………….. 8 Figure 5: Bootup Screen…………………………… 9 Figure 6: Main Menu……………………………….. 9 Figure 7: Communication Cable…………………. 11 Figure 8: Bootup Screen………………………….. 13 Figure 9: Main Menu………………………………. 16 Figure 10: Main Menu……………………………... 16 Figure 11: PDC Dimensions……………………… 23
viCongratulations on your purchase of the Personal Data Collector (PDC) with LCD display. Along with superior portability and visually safe scanning LEDs, the PDC features a real-time clock, a buzzer, a dual-color status LED, and a UART port for direct connection to external equipment. The on-board 32K EEPROM provides a robust, stable, programmable memory space. Some of this non-volatile memory is dedicated to storing scanned data. The PDC can retain more than 1000 records. The Personal Data Collector comes already pro-grammed with a basic data collection program, called FREETASK, that can scan and store barcodes, and do simple edits on the stored data. Data can be uploaded to a PC through the RS-232 / USB cable. WinTaskGen, a program on the included CD-ROM, can be used to create data collection programs (Tasks) for download and use with the PDC. A Task can have up to four data forms with up to 16 separate data fields per form. For more advanced requirements, there are available libraries for developing programs under the Keil C environment. Contact your agent if you are interested in this approach.
1Unpacking The PDC package should contain: - 1 ea. Pocket-Sized Personal Data Collector - 1 ea. DB-9(F) serial communication cable - 1 ea. USB cable (Optional) - 3 ea. AA NiMH rechargeable batteries - 1 ea Power Adapter - 1 ea. CD-ROM support disk - 1 ea. User’s Manual If any package contents are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.
2Finding Your Way Around Figure 1: Pocket-Sized Personal Data Collector Scan WindowLCD Display Up Key LED LampFunction keyDown Key Scan Key RS-232 port
3Battery Care In the interests of providing the best product performance possible, the Personal Data Collector comes with high quality, rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries and a Power Adapter. After NiMH batteries are installed, connect the Power Adapter cable and the batteries charge right in the unit. Before you use new NiMH batteries for the first time you should charge them fully. Please note that new NiMH batteries need to go through three to five charge-dis-charge cycles before they reach peak performance and capacity. The first several times that you use new NiMH batteries you may find that they discharge fairly quickly during use. This is normal until the batteries mature. It is highly recommended that NiMH batteries always be operated until fully discharged before recharging. If you recharge NiMH batteries before they are fully discharged, they may develop a pattern of inhibited output. Under favorable conditions, NiMH batteries can last through hundreds of recharges. You will get better performance if you keep battery teams together. Don’t mix new and old batteries.
4Note: 1. If the PDC will remain unused for an extended period (two months or more) the batteries should be removed. Even when the PDC is turned off, there is a very small amount of power consumed, which can, over time, have a bad effect on batteries. 2. When the first time use Personal Data Collector after NiMH batteries already loaded, please keep press v and ^ keys for 30 sec. to turn on the PDC 3. 3 pcs AA 700mAH NiMH rechargeable batteries (Use ZEBEX supplied rechargeable batteries only)
5Installing Batteries Figure 2: Inserting Batteries 1. Loosen the battery cover screw and remove the cover. 2. Insert three batteries according to the orientation in the picture 3. Replace the cover and tighten the screw. Battery Cover Screw
6Charging Batteries Warning! Use the Power Adapter with NiMH batteries ONLY! Connecting the Power Adapter with any other type of batteries in the PDC voids the warranty, ruins batteries, can burn up the Personal Data Collector, and could possibly cause harm to persons or property! You may use regular disposable alkaline cells to operate the PDC, but never mix NiMH with alkaline batteries, and never, never connect the Power Adapter when there are disposable (alkaline) batteries in the unit. To charge NiMH batteries: 1. With NiMH rechargeable batteries (ONLY!) in the PDC unit, plug the Power Adapter connector into the socket on the side of the large end connector of the Communication Cable. 2. Plug the Power Adapter into an outlet. While charging, the LED on the PDC lights up red. The LED turns off when the batteries are fully charged. Charging takes 3 to 5 hours.
7 Figure 3: Connecting the Power Adapter It is normal for the Power Adapter and the NiMH battery cells themselves to become warm during charging. Note: If needed when NiMH batteries are low, the PDC may be operated with the Power Adapter con-nected. Never use the Power Adapter with any other type of batteries in the PDC unit!
8Getting Started The Personal Data Collector comes already pro-grammed with a basic data collection program, FREETASK, that can read and store barcodes, do simple edits, and upload data to a PC through the Communication Cable. Scanning and Storing Data 1. Turn on the Personal Data Collector by pressing the v and ^ keys together. Figure 4: Turning On
92. The bootup (power on) screen appears. Figure 5: Bootup Screen 3. Press the scan key to go to the Main Menu. Figure 6: Main Menu 4. With Run Task selected, press the scan key. Display shows <REC>, for record number, and is ready to scan a barcode. 5. Hold the Personal Data Collector in front of the barcode to be scanned, press the scan key, and sweep the red light vertically across the barcode. correct wrong
10When the scan is successful, a short beep is emitted and the LED indicator flashes green. While the scan key is still depressed, the display shows the alphanumeric data scanned. When the scan key is released, the display reverts to <REC>, ready for the next scan. If the scan fails, the PDC remains silent, the LED gives a red flash, and the display reverts to <REC> for the next try. 6. Continue adding scanned data by repeating step 4. The PDC can retain more than 1000 records. 7. To review stored data, press the ^ key. 8. To end review of stored data, press the FN key. 9. To exit scanning mode, press the FN key. 10. To turn off the Personal Data Collector, press and hold FN. The screen goes blank; data is retained. * Depending on the Beep Volume setting (page 17).
11Uploading Data to a PC The PDC can communicate data to a PC using either WinTaskGen, the supplied software interface, or another RS-232 / USB communications interface, such as HyperTerminal, which comes with Windows. Communications settings are: - baud rate: 9600 bps - data bits: 8 - parity: none - stop bits: 1 - flow control: none To upload data: 1. If not on already, turn on the computer. 2. Connect the PDC with a PC COM port using the supplied communication cable. Figure 7: Communication Cable To COM port on the PC To COM port on PC
123. Turn on the Personal Data Collector by pressing the v and ^ keys together. (Actually, steps 1 thorough 3 may done in any order.) 4. Run the desired communications software and upload data. See the following two sections for more detailed software instructions.
13Uploading Data with WinTaskGen WinTaskGen is provided on the CD that came with your PDC. With it you can upload data from the PDC to the computer, edit or create programs (tasks) for use with the PDC, download these tasks to the PDC, adjust the barcode filter for the PDC, setup the computer COM port, and adjust PDC settings such as the clock, beep volume, etc. Install WinTaskGen into your Windows environment from the supplied CD. To upload data from the PDC to the computer: 1. Run WinTaskGen. 2. Use the supplied Communications Cable to connect the PDC to the computer. 3. Turn on the Personal Data Collector by pressing the v and ^ keys together. The boot up screen appears. Figure 8: Bootup Screen 4. On the WinTaskGen toolbar, press the upload icon. The upload workspace appears.
145. Press the Connect button near the lower left corner. The PDC beeps twice. 6. Press the Upload button. The PDC beeps once, and the data appears in the WinTaskGen workspace. 7. Save the data to file by pressing the Save button.
15Uploading Data with HyperTerminal HyperTerminal is an RS-232 communications program that comes with Windows. This example for uploading data is from Windows XP: 1. Use the supplied cable to connect the PDC to the PC COM port (e.g.: COM 1). 2. In Windows, go to StartÆProgramsÆAcce- ssoriesÆCommunicationsÆHyperTerminal. 3. Set up a Connection Description name; pick an icon. 4. Make port settings as per Upload Data to a PC, above. When port settings are done, the HyperTerminal interface appears. 5. Turn on the PDC by pressing the v and ^ keys together. 6. Press the s key to go to the Main Menu. 7. Use v and ^ keys to select Upload Data, and press the s key. <Upload> shows on the screen. 8. Press the scan key again. <Ready to upload!> appears. 9. Press the scan key. The data uploads and appears in the HyperTerminal workspace. 10. To turn off the PDC, press and hold FN. The screen goes blank; data is retained.
16Setup It is very easy to set the clock and other PDC parameters by connecting the PDC to a PC and running Win-TaskGenÆRemote Device Setting. But for those times when a PC connection is not readily available, all parameters can be set directly, using the PDC keypad. Here’s how: 1. Turn the PDC on by pressing the v and ^ keys together. 2. Press the scan key to go to the Main Menu. Figure 9: Main Menu 3. Press v a couple times till <Setup> is selected, then press the scan key. The Setup Menu appears: Figure 10: Setup Menu
17LCD Contrast 1. From the Setup menu, make sure that LCD Contrast is selected, then press the s key. 2. Contrast may be adjusted from high contrast (1) to very low contrast (30) by pressing the v and ^ keys. Settings “wrap around” if you go lower than 1 or higher than 30. Default is medium contrast at 14. 3. When contrast is properly adjusted, hit the s key to save the setting and automatically return to the Setup Menu. Or hit f to return without saving a new setting. The PDC remembers your settings, and will use them each time the PDC is turned on until they are modified. Beep Volume You can set beep “volume” on the PDC in four settings: Low, Medium, Loud, and Quiet. Low means a low, quiet tone (C#7). Medium means a medium tone (F#7). High means a higher tone (A#7). Note: “Quiet” means silent, no tone at all. 1. From the Setup Menu (page 16), pressing the v to select Beep Volume, then press scan. You enter Beep Volume setup and see the current
18Beep Volume setting. 2. Adjust the setting with the v and ^ keys, then press s to actually set the beep “volume” and return to the Setup Menu. (Or press f to exit without changing the setting.) The PDC remembers your settings, and will use them each time the PDC is turned on until they are modified. System Timer The PDC has an onboard clock that keeps track of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second, allowing two digits for each. The PDC system timer keeps track of time and date even for brief intervals when there are no batteries in the unit. If batteries are removed for an extended period though, the system timer must be reset. 1. From the Setup Menu (page 16), press v till System Timer is selected, then press the s key. The PDC date shows on the left of the screen as 6 digits, with the last selected. Note MMDDYY format. 2. To delete the selected digit, use the ^ or v key to navigate to the < (backspace) character in the right menu. The right menu consists of these characters: 1234567890.<v The backspace (<),
19when selected and scan pressed, deletes whatever character is selected in the left, or edit, field. You can use the backspace to delete a row of digits by pressing scan repeatedly. The v character, when selected and scan pressed acts as <escape> to the next menu. 3. Press scan to delete the target digit. The digit is deleted and its now-blank position is selected. To move the selector one position to the left, press s again. The digit in the next position to the left is selected. 4. To write (or overwrite) a digit, position left selector in the required position (by deleting and writing digits), then use the v and ^ keys to select the desired new digit from the right-hand menu. 5. Press the scan key to enter. The digit appears on the left in the previously selected position and the cursor advances right to the next position (except when writing the rightmost digit, in which case the cursor stays there). 6. When MMDDYY is set, press the f key to jump to HHMMSS setup. Following 24 hour format, the procedure is similar to setting MMDDYY. 7. When finished, press the FN key to escape.
20Barcode Setup Use this parameter to assign which types of barcodes the PDC will read, and which not. 1. From the Setup Menu (page 16), press ^ or v till Barcode Setup is selected, then press the s key. The screen shows a page for (example) EAN/UPC with the designation On or Off below the code type. On means that the PDC will read this type of code. 2. Change the setting if needed with the trusty v and ^ keys, then press s to actually make the setting and proceed to the next code type page. 3. To flip through the pages rapidly, just press s repeatedly. A typical list of code type pages might be: EAN/UPC, Code 39, Codabar, ITF 25, Code 128, Code 93. 4. When finished, press FN to exit. The PDC remembers your settings, and will use them each time the PDC is turned on until they are modified. Note: FREETASK includes the ability to read the most popular types of barcodes. To set up the PDC for reading barcodes beyond this limited list, use the PC setup program, WinTaskGen, to adjust settings.
21Specifications Specifications* SYSTEM CPU 8-bit Processor Memory 32KB non-volatile memory LCD Display FSTN, 96 x 32 dots graphic (16 x 4 characters) POWER Main Battery 3 ea. 1.5V AA alkaline batteries, or 3 ea. NiMH rechargeable batteries Battery Life Min. 24 hours at 6 scans per minute SCANNER Light Source 630 nm LED (CCD); 650 nm visible diode (laser) Optical System 1,024 pixels C-MOS image sensor (CCD); Laser engine (laser) Depth of Field 15 – 40 mm (CCD); 45 – 600 mm (Laser) Width of Field 44 mm (CCD) Scan Rate 100 scans per sec. Print Contrast 45% @ UPC/EAN 100% (CCD); 30% @ UPC/EAN 100% (Laser) System Interfaces C-MOS serial interface (RS-232) USB cable - optional
22INTERFACES Bluetooth Class 1 (100m range) optional RS-232 Programmable up to 115,200 bps PHYSICAL Length 108.0 mm Width 44.4 mm Height 25.5 mm Weight Approx. 93 g (batteries included) ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temp. 0°C – 50°C (32°F – 122°F) Storage Temp. -10°C – 60°C (14°F – 140°F) Humidity 5% – 95% RH (non-condensing) SOFTWARE & DEVELOPMENT (a) Built-in Free Task; (b) Support the Task Gen Software; (c) Hardware library for customized application * Product availability & specifications depend on territory market strategy; all are subjects to change without prior notice.
2315.105(b) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in the accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
24This device may not cause interference; This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operated in conjuction with any other antenna or transmitter. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. (1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Per FCC 15.21, you are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
25Dimensions Figure 11: PDC Dimensions

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