Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto PTC-860IM del fabbricante Symbol Technologies
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PTC-860IM User's Guide.
2 On December 1, 2000 Symbol T echnologies, I nc. completed the pur chase of T elxon Corp oration. Ref erences made thr oughout this document to "T elxon" or "T elxon Cor poration" are be replaced with "Symbol" or "Symbol T echnologies, Inc.
GUIDE TO THE PTC-860 Optical Models.
G uide to the PTC-860 Optical Models Part Number: 14767-701-03 Release Date: 10/20/94.
T elxon and TCAL (T elxon Comm on Appli cation La nguage) are regist er ed tr adema rks o f T e lxo n Corpora tion. MS-DOS is a regist er ed trad ema rk o f Micro s of t Corp or at ion. IBM is a regist ered tradema rk of In ter natio nal Bu siness Machi n es , I n c .
C ontents F C C stat eme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PTC-860NI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Responsibilit y for use .
ENTER/YES key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ON/OFF key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SHIFT key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Keyboard overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Optical coup ler .
Handling the PTC- 860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Storing the PTC-860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Cleaning the PTC- 860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Servicing t he PTC-860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Figures 1 . Backup battery switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 2 . Parts of the PTC- 860 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3 . Accessory fastene rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4 . Using the acce ssory lockin g latch .
F CC statement This equipme nt has been t est ed and found t o com p ly wi th t he limi t s for a Cla s s A digital device p u rs ua nt to Part 15 of Federal Co mmunicatio ns Commission (FCC) rul es.
S afety information © PTC-860NI Responsi bili ty for use The standar ds use d b y T elxon for evalua tion o f the PTC- 86 0NI (Non -Inc endiv e) equi pment’s suitab ilit y for us e in t he Hazard ous Loca tions spec if ie d here in a r e appl icab le in the Unit ed St ates a nd may not be appl icab le out sid e of t he Un ited States.
In hazardous locations , the PTC-860NI ’ s onl y u s er interfa c e i s its ke y board; the a c ce ssor y ports ar e not suitable for use i n h azardous lo c ation s. W ARNING! Remove t he P TC - 860NI f r om t he p o t en t iall y haz a r dous a r ea if th e un it is d amag ed or suspec t ed of being d a m ag e d.
Class II Combustible dusts Divi si on 2 • Not normally in the air • Accumulations normally sufficient to interfere with normal opera tion of elec tr ic a l eq uipment or ot h er app a r at u s •.
Note: The pr evio us in for mat ion pr ovi des on ly general guideline s on t he envir onm e n ts i n w hic h a PTC-86 0N I is approve d f or us e. E ach hazar dous locati on i n wh ich a PTC-860NI wi.
O ver view of the PTC-860 The T elxo n PTC-860 is a ba ttery-p owere d hand-held com pute r used to coll ec t, st ore, a nd transm it data . The PTC-860 automate s your da ta coll ection proce dures a nd is custom p ro gram med to efficiently ha ndle your orga nizati on’ s unique data c ol le ctio n job s .
Through t he keyboard Enteri ng data through the key bo ard i s s im i lar to opera ting a calculator . As you press a key on the PTC’ s keyboard, the corres p onding numb er or letter ap pear s on t h e d is p lay . Pressing the ENTER key sto res data in the PTC’s memory .
Once the host comput er receives the data from t he PTC, it use s that d at a to up da te its ma s t er fi le s and re cords. I n s o m e cases, the host co mputer may e v en t rans m it data ba ck to the PTC, asking you, as the PTC’s operator , to perfo rm a new task.
G etting started © PTC-860 optical model s (P TC -860, PTC-860ES, an d PT C-860NI) This manual co llecti vel y refers t o a ll three PTC-860 optical models a s PTC-860 . Instances in whic h PTC-860 refe rs specif ical ly t o the PT C-860 u nit wi ll be ob viou s (for instan ce, in a compari son bet ween mod els).
1. Remove the PTC from the box. 2. Remove all pac king mate rial fr om the PTC. S ave the packi ng mat er ia l in case t he PTC i s ever s t ored or shippe d to T elxon for ser v ic e. 3. Check the conte n ts o f the pac kage to m ake s ure you hav e rece iv e d ever y thi ng ordered.
Interior side view PEN OR P ENCIL BOTTOM OF PTC BACKUP BATTERY COMPARTMENT BATTERY COMPARTMENT PUSH DOW N PEN OR PENCIL FIGURE 1 Backup batter y switch BACKUP BATTERY S WITCH Interior vi ew 18.
5. If the AF A T batter y pac k or the p lastic case c ontai ning batteri es is in t he PTC-860’s battery co mpartmen t, remove it. Refer to the “Re m ovi ng the ba tt er ies” se ction on page 4 4 for the co rrec t pro cedu re.
Eq u ipme nt r eq u ir ed: • One batt ery cha rger f or ea ch PTC • An e l ectric a l outl e t w i th i n 6 fe e t ( 1 . 8 m et ers) p r o v iding 1 1 0 volts AC in the U. S . or Can a d a or 2 2 0 vo lts AC e ls e wher e Note: If you are c hargin g th e PTC ’ s batter y pack ou tside the U.
4. Plug the char ger int o t he wa ll outlet. The green char ging indi cator a bove th e disp lay ligh ts. 5. Charge the PTC’ s batt er y pa ck for 14 hour s. © Checkin g the PTC-860 1. Press the ON/OFF key to turn on the PTC. 2. Lo ok at th e PTC’s display .
P ar t s Figure 2 shows the parts of the PTC-8 60. © 25-pin connector On th e top of the PTC is a female RS -232-t ype 25 -pin c onne ctor for ac ce ssories a nd comm unic atio n. A cabl e or t he connector o n the bott om o f so me accesso ries p lug s i nto thi s co nnector to comm unic at e wi th t he PTC.
© Backup ba ttery All mo dels of the P TC- 860 hav e a bui lt-i n ba ckup ba tter y . The backup ba ttery provide s eno ugh power to pr ot ect da t a s tored in the PTC’ s memory when the ma in batteri es a re be ing changed or if t hey r un ou t of power .
DISPLAY BATTERY COMPARTMENT KEYB OARD FIGURE 2 Part s of the PTC -860 WAND PORT 25-PIN CONNECT OR OPTICAL COUPLER ELASTI C STRAP BATT ERY R ECH ARGE POST 24.
CAUTION! Do not use a bar-code reader with a PTC-860NI in a hazardous loca ti on. Accessori es are ap prove d for use with the PTC-860NI o nly i n non-haza rdous l ocatio ns. The bar -code re ad er le ts yo u enter da ta int o y o ur P T C b y passing the rea de r a cross b ar -code labels (sca nning).
© Battery recharge posts The batt ery re charge po sts, one o n each si de of the op tical coupl er , m ake c ontac t w i th sp ri ng-loa ded posts on an op tica l comm unic at io n cr ad le and are use d t o r echar ge the PTC’ s nicke l-cadmi um batt ery pa ck.
Data keys ar e the letter and numb er ke ys, A-Z and 0-9. Y ou use them to type data i nto the PTC. Functio n keys i nclude the F1-F5, CLEAR, ENTER/YES, and SEND keys. These keys may have diff er ent labe ls o n your PTC. They a re used to pe rform a specia l pro cedur e or f unct ion.
© Keyboard ov erlay The keybo a r d o verla y is a s m al l she et of plast ic cut out to fi t over the PTC’ s keyb oa rd . Lab e ls fo r t he s p ec ia l function keys used by y o ur orga niza tion’ s data coll ection progra m are printe d on the ov er lay .
F eatures © Automatic off T o conse rve batter y power , the PTC- 86 0 turns itself of f auto matic al ly aft er ap pr oximat ely 1 min ute of ina ct ivity .
© Beep er The PTC-860’ s internal beep er is use d by the PTC and your data col lection progr am to warn you of pr oblems or to promp t you to ta ke an ac tion. Fo r examp le, if you r progr am has tempor aril y tur ned of f a key , the P TC bee ps if yo u press i t.
C onnecting accessories Many acce ssor ie s are a vai labl e for the PTC-8 60 . These includ e prin ters, adapt ors, modems, a nd bar-code r eaders. All accessorie s co nnec t to t he PTC-86 0ES and PTC-8 60 NI t hro ugh the 2 5-pin conn ector . Bar-code read ers can be con necte d to t he PTC-860 thr ough a wand po rt on the uni t’ s side.
3. If the accesso ry use s a l ocking lat ch, find the la tch plate on the top o f the PTC. The latch pl ate ha s a ke yhol e-shaped open ing in it. No te whic h sid e the wi der par t of t he ope ning is on.
6. If you are conne ct ing a n accessory direct ly t o the PTC, tighten the PTC’s locking screw and slide the accessory’ s locking latch as far to the right as it will go to lock the accessory onto the PTC. If you are conne ct ing a cabl e, c onne ct the other end to the accessory u sing th e same pr ocedu re.
© Removing a n access ory From the 25- pin connect or 1. T urn off the PTC-86 0. 2. T o rem ove a n acce s sory tha t connects di re ctly t o t he PTC, slide t he acc essory’s lockin g latc h as far to the left as it will go and loosen the PTC’ s locking screw .
S c anning bar -co d e labels Foll ow this p roce dure i f you are sc anni ng labe ls with a pencil-wand ba r-code r ea der . If you are usi ng ano the r ty pe of reader , s e e t he ins tr u ct io ns ship ped wi th the r ea der . 1. Pla ce the ti p o f the b a r -code re ad er to the le ft or righ t o f the bars on the b ar-code la bel.
C o mmunicating data The PTC- 86 0 is able to com m unic ate wi th othe r c om pute rs a nd PTCs. How it communi ca tes and how i t is co nnec te d dep ends on your data co llecti on pro gram and how you r PTC-860 is equippe d. The PTC-860 can be set up for either one- way or two-way commun icati on.
Communi c a ting through t he o ptical co upler re quires the use of an o p ti cal c ommuni cation c radle. S ee the Guide to the CS-860 Optical Communica tion Station or th e Guide to the MCO-860 Four-Bay Cradle for in struct ions. CAUTION! Do not use a PTC-86 0N I with a CS-860 or an MCO-8 6 0 in a haz a rdous loc a tion.
6. T urn o n the PTC an d the n tur n on t he device it is conn ected to. 7. T o co mmunicat e, follow the inst ruc tions for your da ta coll ec ti on program . Disconnecting a cable CAUTION ! When re m ovi ng the ca ble fro m the PTC or other d evice, gra sp the c able con nector h ead to remove th e cable.
1. Perform a ny pr ep ar ations for c loning. 2. Connect a c lone cab le to the 25-p in c onne ct or on the prima ry PTC a nd to the 25-pi n connec to r on the s ec ondar y PTC. 3. Follow your applic at io n’ s cloning p ro ce dure. 4. When the dat a or program has been clone d successfully , discon nect the clone cable f rom bo th PTCs.
M aintaining the PTC-860 © Operating cond iti ons Each of th e P T C - 8 6 0 op t i c a l m o d e ls can b e o p e r a t e d a t temperatur es b et wee n –20 degree s F (–29 de gre es C) and 12 0 degrees F (49 degrees C).
CAUTION! Do not op erate a PTC-860NI with any attache d ac ces sor ies in a hazar do us lo cati on. A cce ss orie s are ap prove d for use with the P TC- 860NI onl y in non-hazardous locations. © Handling the PT C-860 The follo w ing i nfo rmation can help to ensur e yo u rece ive reliab le, trouble-fre e servi ce from yo ur PTC- 8 6 0.
© Storing the PTC-860 CAUTION! Do not stor e a PTC- 860 for o ver two m ont hs without ch a rg i ng th e b a tt ery p a ck o r r ep l a c i ng th e a l ka l ine b a tteri e s .
Do not use a paper to wel on a ny part of the PTC-8 60, including the di s pl ay . If the PTC-86 0 b ecome s ext re mely di rty or if li quids, d ir t, o r other fo reign m a terials g et inside the ca s e, cont ac t your T elxon service represe ntative.
R e placing the batteries The PTC-860’ s AF A T nickel-cadmium battery pack or AA alkaline batteries may be replaced when necessary . CAUTI ON! Do n ot remov e or in stal l a PTC-8 60NI’s batter y pack i n a hazardous lo cati on. T he se procedures are ap prove d for use with the P TC- 860NI onl y in non-hazardous locations.
5. Lay the batter y door face down on yo ur work sur face. The gasket on th e insid e of t he doo r shou ld be fa cing up. CAUTION! Kee p the gas k et and the insi de of the ba ttery door clean and free of d ust and dirt. Dust or dirt on the gasket c oul d keep it fr om se al ing prope rl y .
3. Mak e s ur e the + s ign on the battery pa ck i s on the s am e side a s the + s i gn on t h e PTC a nd t he stra ight edge o f the batt er y pa ck is faci ng up (see Figure 5 ); then inse rt the battery p ack dire ctly in to the bottom o f the PTC.
3. Hold the bat tery case in one hand wi th t he o pening up and the po la rity mark s f acing y o u. 4. Inse rt the batter y case, ope n end fi rst, in to th e battery comp artmen t. CAUTIO N ! Do not f or ce the ba ttery ca se into the ba ttery compa rtm ent.
Backup battery Under avera g e c ondit io ns, the ba ckup ba tt er y wil l l ast a number of ye ar s. Whe n the backup ba ttery fail s, a wa rning message displ ays on the PTC’s screen. Because the ba ckup battery is a t tached to one of the internal circuit bo ar ds, i t can be rep la ced only b y a t ra ined T e lxo n servic e e n gine er .
T roubleshooting © The PTC doe s not turn on • Charge or repl ace t he ni ckel-ca dmium ba tter y pack or replac e th e alkalin e batte ries. © The bar-code reader fails to read a la be l • T ry scan nin g acro ss the to p or bot tom of the ba rs on th e label.
A p pendix A © Specif ication s Electrical Data commu nicatio ns via 25 -pin conne ctor: Full d upl ex, 3 0 0 to 19 . 2 K b its pe r seco nd Power: Four -cel l AF A T nickel-cadmium b at tery pack, 8.
W eight: (w/ AF A T battery pack) 25.5 oz/.7 kg (w/ AA batteries) 24 oz/.68 kg 51.
A ppendix B © Hardware p art numbe rs The fo llowin g table c ontai ns pa rt nu mbers f or orde ring accesso ry hard ware f or the PTC-860 op tica l models.
Item Part number Printers IP-24 Microprinter MP-830 Microprinter 24-column version 24-column version kit 42-column version 42-column version kit RM-80 Printer 16603-102 16489-000 16489-700 16489-003 1.
Item Part number Cable s PTC-to-IBM PC/A T cable*** PTC-to-IBM PC/XT cable**** Clone cable PTC-to-1/2 duplex mo dem cable*** PTC-to- full du plex mode m cable*** PTC-to-hos t (DTE) cable*** 13656-3X0 .
A ppendix C © Communication connections Figures 7 through 12 pr ovide inf ormat ion on th e conn ect ion s used to est ab l ish and m ai ntain c om m uni cation betw ee n the PTC-860 and ot her de vic es.
FIGURE 8 PTC-to-IBM PC/XT cable, P/N 10582-XX0 PTC-86 0 Male IBM PC/XT Fem ale (0 00)/ Male (110) TXD 2 3 RXD RXD 3 2 T XD RTS 4 6 DSR CTS 5 20 D TR DSR 6 4 RTS GND 7 7 G ND DTR 20 5 CTS –5 10 OUT 1.
FIGURE 9 Clone cable, P/N 09944-001 PTC-860 A PTC-860 B DTR 20 20 DTR DSR 6 6 DSR RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS TXD 2 3 RXD RXD 3 2 T XD O U T – 11 11 O U T – BA T– 7 7 BA T– GND 1 1 G ND 57.
FIGURE 1 0 PTC-to-1/2 duplex m odem cable, P/N 10124-0X1 PTC-86 0 MOD 20 2/T ype I (1/2 Duplex ) TXD 2 2 T XD RCV 3 3 RCV DSR 6 6 DSR DTR 20 20 DTR RTS 4 4 RTS CTS 5 5 CTS RI 22 22 RI CD 8 8 CD SG 7 7.
FIGURE 1 1 PTC-to-full duplex modem cable, P/N 10124- 0X2 PTC-86 0 MOD 21 2/T ype II (Full Duplex) TXD 2 2 T XD RCV 3 3 RCV DTR 20 20 DTR DSR 6 6 DSR RI 22 22 RI CD 8 8 CD SG 7 7 SG RTS 4 CTS 5 –5 1.
FIGURE 1 2 PTC-to-host (DTE) cable, P/N 10124-0X3 PTC-86 0 Host/T ype III (Full or 1/2 Duple x) RXD 3 2 T XD TXD 2 3 RXD DTR 20 6 D SR DSR 6 20 D T R RTS 4 CTS 5 8 CD 4R T S CD 8 5 CTS SG 7 7 SG OUT 1.
G lossar y alph anum eric D escribes a character set that contains letters, numbers , and symbols su ch as punctu ation marks. applicat ion A PTC program that is designed to p erform a specific task for the user . Examples include route accounting, payroll, p rice lookup, shipping, and inventory control.
display The LCD scr een on the front o f the PTC. It shows d ata entere d into the PTC and warning prompts. DSR Data set ready s ignal. The mode m sends DSR to the attached device to indicate that the mode m is co nnected, o n, an d ready . DTE Data termin al equipmen t.
optical co up ler A device that converts electronic sig nals inside the PTC into pulses of light that can be dete cted by an optical communication station. prompt Messages shown by the PT C that guide the oper ator through the steps of a data co llection prog ram.
I ndex 25-pin connector, 22 communicating data, 37- 38 connecting an accessory, 31-33 removing an accessory, 34 A Accessories, 15, 41 connecting, 31-33 removing , 34 used with PTC-860NI, 15 Acc e s s .
inserting the battery case, 47 joining connectors, 20, 32, 37 keeping battery door clean, 45 PTC-860ES accesso ries, 40 reprogramming a PT C-860NI’s flash EPROM, 22 storing a PTC-860, 23, 25, 42 usi.
M Maintaining the PTC-860, 40-43 Manuals part numbers , 54 MCO-860, 20, 36-37 part numbers , 53 Memory, 30 M essages, 13 backup battery, 21, 48, 49 low battery, 21, 25 Models of PT C-860s, 15, 16 Mode.
R RS-232 connector, 28, 36 S Safety information, 9-12 disposing of battery packs, 12 PTC-860NI, 9-12 Scanning, 25, 35 failures, 35, 49 Screwdriver, 28 Servicing the PTC-860, 43 Shipping damage, 17 Spe.
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