Unitech PT600 Stereo System User Manual
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1. 3 RXD Input Receive date z 4 N C 5 GND Reference Ground 6 NC 1 10 7 CTS Input Clear to send 8 RTS Output Request to send 9 NC 10 N C The diagram below shows the way to connect input output devices to the PDT D RS232 cable lt gt woren TELEPHONE LINE _ N COMPUTER oos SYSTEM 1 3 Using the Keyboard The keypad of PT600 consists of 27 rubber keys the key is used to switch on off the unit and other 26 keys are used to control the unit and key in data The use of keyboard is categorized to three modes normal mode command mode and alpha betic mode All keys except key may produce a sound tone when pressed Keys of upper four rows have larger size for easier key pressing to input numbers EI CMD ESC When the unit is off pressing the key will turn on the unit On the other hand when the unit is on it is needed to press and hold down the key for about one second in order to turn the unit off Pressing the CMD key sets the keyboard to Command mode However pressing and holding down the CMD key for two seconds in Ready mode will enter the User mode In User mode users can invoke system commands by menu selection In User mode or Supervisor mode pressing the CMD key and then pressing ALPHA key will exit from the current operation to the previous operation COMMAND mode press CMD NOBMAE press ALPH2. APPLICATION mode SUPERVISOR mode RUN command USER mode System configurations are categorized in two groups users can select 8 SET command in User mode to set general system configurations or enter Supervisor mode to set advanced system configurations The Supervisor mode is also protected with password checking to prevent unauthorized personnel from changing the system configuration for PT600 detail information please refer to PT600 Technical Binder 3 1 Ready Mode The PDT 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 19 Ready mode prompt The first line indicates the model code and version gt size of the total installed RAM i e 4608 KB number e g V1 00 The second line shows the The third line prompts a gt which indicates that the terminal passed the Power on test and is ready to be used 3 2 User Mode and System Commands There are eight system commands RUN TER COM DIR ERA TYP CPY and SET Each command can be invoked through menu selection in User mode User can press CMD key for two seconds in Ready mode to enter User mode User mode prompt Select the corresponding number 1 8 or press 1 RUN 2 TER and gt to highlight a command then hit z ERE RE ENT to select a system command Pressing the 7 8 SE
3. 2 YYYYMMDD specify format of Date FIELD 3 MMDD 4 MMDDYYYY 5 DDMM 6 DDMMYYYY TIME STAMP L NONE 2 HHMM specify format of Time poe eee specify time delay between each record input in second 25 1 3 4 a 4 2 How to Create a FormCaching You will need to enter Supervisor mode and CACHING select 4 FORM category in order to set the YES configuration of FormCaching refer to the 2 NO PT600 Programming Reference Manual for OTHER EXIT how to enter the Supervisor mode After selecting the 4 FORM in Supervisor mode the screen will show as above The system will first ask user to specify four categories of the field specification including field prompt data length data type and device type of each data field After completion to define all data fields the user should hit CMD then ALPHA keys to end the setup of field specification This step also determines the number of fields in each record and you may continue to set the rest six categories of record specification including between field field delimiter record delimiter date stamp field time stamp field and field delay When the FormCaching application is executed a data file named FORM DAT will be created to store data The system will not allow the user to redefine FormCaching if the FORM DAT is existed It is necessary to delete the FORM DAT in order to change the configuration of FormCaching 4 3 How to Run F
4. Main Power The PDT is operated by a rechargeable NiMH battery pack with two AA size 1 2 1500mAH capacity or two AA alkaline batteries for the main power source Back up Power An onboard 190mAH Lithium battery CR2032 is used as the secondary power source to back up the data in RTC real time clock chip and RAM memory to provide users a data loss free environment Normally the PT600 gets power from main power source to back up RTC and RAM and puts the Lithium battery in standby state When the main power source is removed or below the level to back up the RAM and RTC properly the power circuit of the PT600 automatically switches to the Lithium battery for back up It is recommended that the main battery be always placed inside the unit with enough capacity for back up purpose in which case the Lithium battery can supply the power for up to 5 years before consuming all its capacity up 2 2 Power Low Indication Main Battery When the main power source reaches the WARNING battery low condition a warning message as MAIN BATTERY right will be shown on the LCD when PT600 is VOLTAGE LOW powered on or a battery low icon sign will emerge on the right sidebar of LCD 14 When the main battery low condition occurs the main battery can continue to supply power for about 10 30 minutes however the unit may reach the system power cutoff point and automatically turn itself off Meanwhile the unit continues to back up th
5. by defining the data fields of a transaction and then download an executable program generated by JobGen Pro to the PT600 After data collected and processed on the PT600 the data can be uploaded to the PC for further processing For more detailed information please refer to PT600 Programming Reference Manual JobGen Plus User s Manual and JobGen Pro User s Manual respectively a12 1 6 Optional Charging Communication Cradle An optional charging communication cradle docking station PT016 gives users a convenient accessory for daily use of the PT600 The cradle has been incorporated a quick charge circuit that the NiMH battery pack installed in the unit along with an extra spare pack can be fully charged in about 2 5 hours Regular charging time of the battery pack through DC power adapter is about 14 16 hours The cradle also allows users to link the PT600 to host computer through point to point RS 232 or multi point RS 422 connection for data communication The cradle with internal modem will be available in the future POINT TO POINT RS232 Connection Spare Battery pack f E DC 12V Charging and Communication Cradle RS232 cable a COMPUTER SYSTEM MULTI POINT RS422 Connection E DC 12V DC 12V a 5422 interface WS 3 1 COMPUTER SYSTEM 13 Chapter 2 Power System 21 Power Supply
6. 00 mini second to remote wake up the unit if it is off Then the program can send out a data pack of a remote ESC command that matches the MULTI protocol to the PDT and instruct the terminal for certain process For instance the terminal will automatically execute the system routine to upload a file after receiving the valid File upload ESC command Meanwhile the program running on the host should follow the control flow of MULTI protocol and process to receive the data For detailed description of each ESC command and protocol please see the PT600 Programming Reference Manual 24 Chapter 4 Built in Application FormCaching The system of PDT includes a built in application FormCaching that allows user to create a data entry application by specifying field prompt type length input method and delimiter etc without writing program and loading to the terminal 4 1 Specification of FormCaching DATA FIELD DEFINITION maximum field number 8 Category Description FIELD PROMPT set field prompting MIN MAX 1 32 set minimum field length DATA LENGTH and maximum field length DATA TYPE 1 NUMERIC numeric data 0 9 or 2 ALPHANUM alphanumeric data 20H FCH DEVICE TYPE 1 KEY ONLY input by keyboard only 2 SCAN ONLY bar code scanning only or 3 BOTH both ATA RECORD DEFINITION Description FIELD 2 Clear screen screen between two fields DELIMITER 3 Space 4 Tab 7 2LF assign record delimiter DELIMITER 3 CRLF
7. 9 Code 128 Codabar Code 93 I25 EAN UPC China Post code etc Use the gt key to toggle among selection in each category then press ENT to confirm SCANNER Enable disable bar code decoding PEN SCAN KEY When pen scanner is used on PT600 user can setup whether pressing trigger key to enable pen scanner If ENABLE is selected user must press and hold down trigger to scan barcode label If DISABLE is selected user can directly scan barcode label without pressing trigger key Enable Disable 3 DISPLAY Enable disable power on logo display ENABLE Show system logo when power on DISABLE Do not show system logo when power on 23 3 4 Upload Download by ESC Command The way to make file upload download by Kermit server described in section 3 2 will need the operator to set the PDT to Kermit server mode by invoking user command 3 COM in User mode or calling system function in application program The hardware and software of PDT is designed that the unit can be waken up turned on by input from serial port Besides the previous method to upload download file the PDT can also be instructed to process the data communication by remote ESC commands through built in MULTI communication protocol please refer to PT600 Technical Binder for detail information After linking the PDT to a PC host through RS232 interface a communication program running on host first sends a few of dummy bytes to the PDT and delay for about 5
8. A M mode press ALPHA press CMD press ALPHA NORMAL mode Keyboard of the PT600 is initialized to normal mode after powered on In normal mode the cursor is a block sign and the keyboard is mainly used to input numeric data and use F1 F4 four function keys The keypad layout of available keys in normal mode is shown on right picture D key for next data Sea CD key for last data sear COMMAND mode Press CMD Key sets the keyboard to command mode In command mode the cursor type keeps same and the keyboard is mainly used to input special characters make hot key function and use F5 F8 four function keys The keypad layout of available keys on command mode is shown on right picture There are three hot key functions and the usage of each function is described below 10 ALPHA mode Press ALPHA key to toggle between normal mode and alpha mode of keyboard In alpha mode the cursor is an underscore sign and the keyboard is available to input upper case letters In alpha mode every numeric key contains 3 characters individually Pressing the key and to choose among three available characters For example First press ALPHA to switch the system to alpha mode the cursor type will be changed from block to underscore To enter A hit then 7 To enter B 7 To enter C hit then 7 1 4 Triggering Scanner Module
9. Munitech USER S GUIDE PORTABLE DATA COLLECTION TERMINAL PT600 DOCUMENT NUMBER 350600 0010 NOTICE The unit is equipped with a NiMH battery pack however it may not be powered on due to discharging of the battery by putting in storage for a period of time In the case of above situation happened plug in an 9V AC DC adapter and recharge the NiMH battery pack about 14 16 hours or put into cradle about 2 5 hours with 12V AC DC adapter before using the unit please refer to chapter 2 4 for charging reference Table of Content Chapter 1 ll Chapter 2 Chapter 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 Chapter 4 Introduction 1 Technical Specification 2 Interface Ports edet teretes 8 Using the Keyboard 9 Triggering Scanner Module 11 Application Development Environment 12 Optional Charging Communication Cradle 13 Power 1 14 Power SUDDIV ies err E e te REL eem s 14 Power Low 14 Battery 15 Recharging the Battery Pack 17 Storage and Safety Precautions 18 i c ds 19 Ready MOd co raten riae 19 User Mode and System Com
10. T EXIT key hit CMD then ALPHA returns to Ready mode RUN When invokes the RUN command the _ RUN PROGRAM gt system shows a screen as right and you may press the gt key to toggle the NULL loaded program and hit ENT to run the program The program may also be executed on the PDT by entering the program name directly in Ready mode TER This command puts the PDT in either terminal emulation mode or FormCaching application mode depending on which function you select Please see chapter 4 for detail on how to configure and use FormCaching In terminal emulation mode the PDT serves as a dumb terminal to transmit data to or receive data 20 DIR from a Host computer In this mode data input from bar code reader or keyboard is displayed on screen and output to RS 232 port Data received from the serial port is 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 This command puts the PDT 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 PDT and store it in the PDT s RAM disk get filename Get a file from the PDT to the Host PC disk remote dir List files of the PDT s RAM disk remote del filename Delete a data file stored in the PDT s M disk Make sure
11. The PT600 can be used with a built in integrated laser scanner module or clip on pen scanner module The built in decoder reads barcode labels of all major bar code labels The user should keep laser window or tip of pen clean to prevent low reading rate of distorted bar code input signal 11 1 5 Application Development Environment The system of PT600 provides DOS functions and device drivers for application development including bar code decoding keypad input display output serial input output communication real time clock access and power management control The PT600 can be programmed by the high level Windows based JobGen Plus and DOS based JobGen Pro program generation software It can also be programmed by commonly used C compilers including Microsoft C Borland C and Turbo C An executable program generated by JobGen Pro JobGen Plus or created by a compiler is downloaded to the unit and run on the unit JobGen Plus JobGen Plus is a Windows based program generator that gives the user an ease of use and comprehensive terminal application developing environment Through the use of JobGen Plus user can design an application program for a data collection terminal by simply drawing the data collection sequence on paper and thus requires minimum programming skills JobGen Pro The Job Generator Pro is a DOS based program generator software of the PDT With the Job Generator Pro users can easily create the applications
12. ctly to its DC jack for too long they can sustain a temporary reduction of capacity due to overcharging A battery left to charge for several weeks may appear to have minimal capacity This type of failure can be remedied by temporarily depleting the battery of its power and recharging it to rejuvenate it This condition can be prevented by avoiding overcharging for long periods of time or always using PTO16 to charge the batteries of PDT The PTOI16 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 circuit condition and placed where there is no risk of accidental shorting or other damage Although charged NiMH batteries may be left unused for several months their capacity may be reduced due to back up and internal resistance If this happens they will require recharging prior to use NiMH batteries may be stored at temperatures between 4 F and 158 F 20 C to 70 C however they may be depleted more rapidly at the high end of this range 18 Chapter 3 Operation The system of PDT may operate in various modes for different purposes The figure below shows the operating flow of the PDT press and hold down and keys then press PT600 V1 00 lt lt START MENU gt gt enter MEM 512KB 1 SUPERVISOR 2 WARM START me 3 COLD START name then press press for two Seconds
13. e data contents in RTC and RAM but it cannot be powered up until the batteries have been recharged or replaced Lithium Backup Battery When the Lithium backup battery doesn t have WARNING enough capacity to back up the system the BATTERY message as right will be shown on LCD when Low the unit is powered on In this situation you should upload your data from the PDT immediately and replace a new Lithium battery 2 3 Battery Replacement Main Battery 1 Make sure the unit is turned off Turn over the unit Slide tab from right to left see illustrations in next page 3 Slide the main battery pack from battery compartment 4 Insert the new main battery packet 15 Remove battery pack Remove backup battery Use nipper to pick up cover from screw holes for battery change 7 Before change Lithium battery Note backup Your data first Lithium Back up Battery 1 Refer to the procedure in previous paragraph un screw the backup battery cover and as illustration above to remove the lithium battery 2 Insert a new battery into the holder with correct orientation 3 Putthe battery cover back Make sure to back up your data in PDT before making the replacement the lithium back up battery 16 2 4 Recharging the Battery Pack When the PDT shows Main battery low message or sign the battery pack in PDT needs to be recharged There are two ways to charge the battery
14. i Oln 5 In 12 7 cm 10 In 25 4 cm 14 1 In 38 9 cm 5 Mil am 7 5 Mil e 10 Mil x 15 Mil 4 20 Mil H 40 Mil H 55 Mil Oln 5 n 10ln 151n 20In 251n 30In 35ln 41 In 127 254 381 508 63 5 762 889 104 2cm Typical Depth of Field in Inches Centimeters High Density Model e 100 UPC e Carer jd Oln lin 2 3ln 4ln 51 6 n 71 8 5 In 2 5 51 76 10 16 127 152 178 21 6cm Typical Depth of Field in Inches Centimeters Wide Angle Model 40 Mil amp amp 55 Mil e Oln 51 10 1n 151n 201n 23 In 12 7 25 4 38 1 50 8 58 4 cm Typical Depth of Field in Inches Centimeters Width of field in Inches Centimeters 2 9 in 7 4 cm 21 S lem lin 2 5cm 01 1 In 2 5 cm 21 5 1 em 2 9 In 74cm Width of field in Inches Centimeters 103 In 262 cm 5 0 In 12 7 cm Oln 5 0 In 12 7 cm 10 3 In 26 2cm Diaqram shown with a clip on pen scanner O 45 45 O sa 1 2 Interface Ports The PT600 has a RS232C serial port with miniature RJ10 connector Communication by Infrared LED which on the left side of lower cabinet and charging pads locate on the bottom Pin Signal Direction Description 1 DC9V Input External power input 2 TXD Output Transmit date
15. mands 20 Configure the Terminal in SET command 22 Upload Download by ESC command 24 Built in Application FormCaching 25 Specification of FormCaching 25 How to Create a FormCaching 26 How to Run FormCaching 26 Default Settings of FormCaching 27 Chapter 1 Introduction The PT600 Portable Data Terminal referred as PDT hereafter with integrated laser scanner or pen scanner is a rugged compact and lightweight hand held data collection terminal with good reliability flexibility and maintainability Its compact size and form makes it even fits in your packet The PDT incorporates a DOS based system and provides users a PC compatible environment to develop and use the device This terminal is well suited for transportation warehouse distribution retail management asset tracking and many other data collection applications Top View Right side View Back View Bottom View B ess 1 1 Technical Specification SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING TOOLS Language Assembly C language MSC Turbo C Visual C JobGen Plus A Windows based transaction program generator JobGen Pro A Dos based transaction program generator FormCaching A built in program generator CPU MEMORY CPU 16 bit 8088 compatible microprocessor CPU Memory 512KB to up of 4 5MB SRAM Flash ROM 256K with DOS based system Keyboard 26 alphanumeric rubber keys
16. oint communication to host computer Power charging Soft contact charging pads to main unit and spare battery Quick charging for typical 2 5 hours Power input AC DC adapter 12VDC 1A Operation System MS DOS compatible system e Reads all major bar code symbologies auto discriminated Menu driven user configuration interface e Software adjustable beeper volume and LCD contrast e System resumes from the last turn off point Built in power on self test and diagnostic program Host command remote control Integrated Laser Diode Scanner Scan rate 36 scans sec e Skew Tolerance 65 from normal e Pitch Angle 55 of normal Power consumption 60mA typ 5V Integrated clip on Pen Scanner Resolution 0 12mm 5mil Dept of field 0 1mm 0 04inch e Scan rate 5 200 cm sec Reading Angle 45 135 e Print Contrast Ratio 0 5 min Diagram shown with a Built in Integrated Laser scanner Skew Tolerance Pitch Angle Scan Beam Scan Beam oY d Sg Barcode x a 3 PR Barcode 3 M F Top view of PDT Depth of Field diagram Width of field in Inches Centimeters Symbol Density Model __ 13 818 35 1 cm 10 0 In 25 4 cm 5 01 12 7 cm 0 In 5 0 In 12 7 cm 10 0 In 25 4 cm 13 8 In 35 1 Width of field in Inches Centimeters High Visibility Model __ llin 38 9 cm 10 In 25 4 cm 5 In 12 7 cm
17. ormCaching When FormCaching is enabled the built in application can be run by selecting 2 TER command in User mode and then select 2 FORM CACHING 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 keys to end FormCaching and return to system Ready mode User may use lt key to browse previous data record gt key to step to next record press C key to clear the record and then input new values of every field of this record 196 3 After collecting data the FORM DAT file can be uploaded to host either by invoking kermit server in User mode described in section 3 2 or remote ESC command described in 3 4 4 4 Default Setting of FormCaching In default the FormCaching is initialized with settings as shown in the table below Setting ITEM 32 ALPHANUM BOTH QTY 4 NUMERIC KEY ONLY 1998 10 9 edited E CET C Warning This is a Class A product in a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures 28
18. put SET This command allows users to set system date and time assign laser or pen scanning feature and enable to display power on logo see next section 3 8 Configure the Terminal in SET command There are three categories of general system ZSYSTEM SETUP configuration available in SET command Select 1 DATE amp TIME the corresponded number 1 3 to set system date time assign scanning feature and enable power on Logo display Hit CMD then ALPHA keys to return to User mode prompt 2 SCANNER 3 DISPLAY 22 1 DATE amp TIME set system clock calendar When selects 1 DATE amp TIME in SET DATETIME SETUP command menu the screen as right will be 1998 01 01 shown on PDT s 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 08 00 00 The second line shows the current date in the format YY YY MM DD year month day If you want to reset the system date to January 1 1997 then enter 1 9 9 7 0 1 0 1 Or press ENT key to skip the system date setting The third line shows the current time The way to set system time is similar to set system date described above The format of system time is expressed in 24 hour of HH MM SS hour minute second 2 SCANNER set reading mode of built in The system software of PDT decodes all major bar code symboloies including Code 3
19. regular and quick charging as shown below Regular Charging Outer shell Inner shell Negative Positive Plug one end of an AC 9VDC power adapter into the DC jack of RS232 cable and the other end into a wall outlet The battery pack will be fully recharged after 14 16 hours AC to 9V DC Transformer uick Charging with PTO16 Charge Battery AC to 12V DC Outershell Inner shell Transformer Negative Positive Connect power adapter to PTO16 and insert PDT into the chamber of PTO016 The battery of PDT can be fully charged in about 2 5 hours and the status of battery charging is indicated by the LED on the front panel of PT016 please refer to PT016 manual for detail information 17 Charging Considerations It is important to consider the surrounding temperature whenever you are charging the NiMH battery pack The process is most efficient at normal room temperature or slightly cooler It is essential that you charge batteries within the stated range of 32 F to 113 F O C to 45 C Charging batteries outside of the specified range could damage the batteries and shorten their life cycle Effects Of Overcharging Batteries Overcharging may occur when a NiMH rechargeable battery is charged in regular or quick charging rate after it has been fully charged but there is no risk of overcharging while charged in trickle charging rate If NiMH batteries of PDT are charged by a power adapter plugged dire
20. set the PDT communication parameters to match the host PC system before proceeding data communication Hit CMD then ALPHA keys to return to the Ready mode This command shows the files in the RAM disk with the following information E The list of file names stored in the RAM DISK E The size of program execution area E The amount of free RAM DISK space left This command deletes file from RAM lt ERASE FILE gt disk of PDT After the file has been deleted it can not be recovered SCAN EXE e TYP This command dumps the content of a file on the PDT s LCD The content of the file will be displayed 128 16 SCAN DAT character x 8 line characters at a time Press any key to show the next page or hit CMD then ALPHA keys to return to User mode prompt If you try to display a program or binary file you may only see unintelligible characters lt TYPE FILE gt CPY This command allows users to make copy of data from a source device to a destination device The source device may be a file COM serial input CON keyboard and the destination device may be a file COM serial output CON LCD display Source Dest Function filel file2 copy filel to file2 filel COM output content of filel to serial port filel CON output content of filel to LCD COM file2 input data from serial port and store in file2 CON file2 input data from keyboard and store in file2 press CMD and then ALPHA key to end the data in
21. with one laser trigger switch Buzzer Volume adjustable by software Real time clock System date and time Display 100x65 pixel graphic backlit LCD with selection between 12 column by 4 line in 8x16 font and 16 column by 8 line in 6x8 font by menu setup or system call BARCODE SYMBOLOGY Barcode reading UPC A E EAN 8 13 Codabar 128 Code39 Code39 with full ASCII ITF China postal code Interleave 2 of 5 EAN128 PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENT Dimensions 176mm L x 52mm 62mm W x 27mm 35mm H Weight Approximately 240g with battery pack Temperature Operation 0 C 50 C 32 F 122 F Storage 20 C 70 C 4 F 158 F Humidity 4 95 RH non condensing COMMUNICATION Interface One EIA RS232C with miniature DIN 9p male connector Support TX RX CTS RTS GND up to 57 6Kbps default value is 19 2 Kbps One IR port Support TX RX from 19 2 to 57 6 Kbps Handshaking Xon Xoff or CTS RTS Protocol None or Multi protocol File Transfer Build in Kermit server or Multi protocol POWER SUPPLY Operation 2AA size NiMH 1 2V 1500mah Both of them are store in detachable battery pack Backup One lithium CR2032 backup battery Power manager Low power consumption and warning on power low for operating backup battery Power input AC DC adapter 9VDC 500mA DOCKING STATION Interface One serial infrared interface for data communication via PT600 One RS485 port for RS485 multiple stations networking One RS232 port for point to p
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