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Copyright and Agreement Chapter1. Caution when using 1. How to use the battery correctly 2. Caution when using Chapter2. Products compositions 1. Package components 2. Name of Each Part 3. Function of Each Part Chapter3. Basic Functions 1. Power and Battery 1.1 Switch On Backup Battery 1.2 Detaching and Attaching Main Battery 1.3 Charging 1.4 Power On and Off 1.5 Checking Battery Gauge 1.6 Backup Battery 1.7 Dispose of Battery 2. System Reset 2.1 Soft Reset 2.2 Hard Reset 2.3 Initializing System 3. Using Micro SD, SIM, SAM Card 3.1 Installing Micro SD 3.2 Installing SIM Card and SAM Card 4. System Settings 4.1 Setting Brightness 4.2 Screen Calibration 4.3 Setting Volume and Sounds 4.4 Setting Data and Time 5. Using keypad 5.1 Using keypad 5.2 Inputting Data 5.3 Using <Fun> Button 6. Using stylus 7. Using ActiveSync Program 7.1 Installing Microsoft ActiveSync Program 7.2 Connecting PC to PDA 7.3 Transmitting Data 8. Firmware Upgrade Chapter4. Optional Module 1. Using 1D or 2D Barcode Scanner 1.1 Scanning Barcode 1.2 Setting Barcode Emulator 1.3 Setting Barcode Symbology 1.4 Barcode Scanning Beam Position Users Guide
2. Using Wireless LAN 2.1 Connecting to Wlan 2.2 Setting Wlan Manually 2.3 Checking WLAN Information
. Using GPS
.1 Executing GPS Demo Program
. Using Camera
.1 Using Camera Chapter5. Appendix Configuration
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Copyright and Agreement
This manual is subject to copyright protection along with all relevant rights.
No part of this document or the procedures described therein can be copied, reproduced, changed, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Alien Technology Corporation. or its wholly owned subsidiaries.
Alien Technology Corporation reserves the right to change any contents of this manual at anytime without prior notice.
There are maybe some differences between the contents of this manual and the actual behavior of product. This manual is written for the person who is responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining the PDA. Read and follow all warnings and cautions in this document before you handle and operate Alien equipment
Safety Information Read and follow all warnings and cautions in this manual before you handle and operate Alien equipment. If you do not follow the safety warnings and cautions, you might be seriously injured, and the equipment and data are also might be damaged.
A warning requires you must pay attention to the operating procedures, practices, conditions, and statements strictly, or might be injured seriously.
A caution alerts you that you must be observe strictly when you operating procedure, practicing, configuring, for preventing from damage and destruction of equipment, and loss of data.
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Chapter2. Products compositions mobile computer is a small, ergonomically designed PDA, which built on the Microsoft window CE 5.0 Operating System. The PDA could equip with Barcode Scanner, RFID Tag Reader, MSR Card Reader, Printer, Smart Card Reader, Wireless Modem, Camera and so on devices as optional items. Its various function applied to Industry, Enterprise, Logistics and so on, can be used extensively in many fields.
1. Package components
*If there is missing or defective products on the above, please contact the customer support center or your place of purchase.
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2. Name of Each Part
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3. Function of Each Part
Chapter3. Basic Functions 1. Power and Battery
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1.1 Switch On Backup Battery
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1.2 Detaching and Attaching Main Battery
Detaching Battery
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Attaching Battery
1.3 Charging
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Connecting Adapter
1.4 Power On and Off
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Power On and Off via <Power> Button
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Power off automatically
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Battery Discharging
1.5 Checking Battery Gauge
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Checking Battery Gauge
Low Power Warning
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1.6 Backup Battery
1.7 Dispose of Battery
You need to purchase a new one if the battery damaged or reached its end of life. Warning!
Please dispose the used batteries in a designated place.
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2. System Reset
2.1 Soft Reset
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2.2 Hard Reset
When do you need to perform Hard Reset?
Hard Reset, which is also called Cold Reset, enables to initialize hardware completely. Users installed programs, copied files and registry values will keep remained even performed Hard Reset, but the real time and date will be initialized. So you need to reset the time and date after performed Hard Reset. You need perform Hard Reset when the Soft Reset cannot restore the system.
[Hard Reset Procedure]
Using stylus pen to Press <Power> Button and <Reset> Button simultaneously, the system will restarting again after the screen turns off shortly.
[Hard Reset Result]
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2.3 Initializing System Enter [Boot Menu] and do what you want, when in the situations as below:
1. When you need to restore the original registry information, which has been changed. 2. When you need to initialize My device storage spaces. 3. When you need to initialize Flash Disk storage spaces. 4. When you need to initialize system to factory default settings. You can also press <Power> button and <Fun> button simultaneously, and then press <Reset> button to perform Hard Reset.
[Boot Menu] window would appear in a couple of seconds. Warning!
Except for [Clean System], please do not use other functions. The system might be work not properly if you use other functions on the [Boot Menu].
[Boot Menu]
[System Information]
[Firmware Upgrade]
[Clean System]
[Configuration Setting]
[Exit Boot Menu]
Move : 2(Up)/8(Down) Select : Enter
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[Boot Menu]
[System Information]
[Firmware Upgrade]
[Clean System]
[Configuration Setting]
[Exit Boot Menu]
Move : 2(Up)/8(Down) Select : Enter
[Boot Menu]
[Clean System]
Clean Registry Clean OS Root Clean Flash Disk Factory Reset Move : 2(Up)/8(Down) Preview : <- BKS Select : Enter
[Boot Menu]
[System Information]
[Firmware Upgrade]
[Clean System]
[Configuration Setting]
[Exit Boot Menu]
Move : 2(Up)/8(Down) Select : Enter
Users Guide 3. Using Micro SD, SIM, SAM Card The image as below is battery compartment of , and there are 1EA SIM Card Slot, 1EA SAM Card Slot and 1EA Micro SD Card Slot.
3.1 Installing Micro SD
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You can find the Micro SD Memory Card icon when executing the file explorer, after inserted the Micro SD card. 3.2 Installing SIM Card and SAM Card SIM Card and SAM Card can easily insert and pull out along arrow direction.
Users Guide 4. System Settings 4.1 Setting Brightness Brightness is already set 80% at the factory, and brightness is the biggest consume part of the power, so you might need to adjust it to your actual need.
[Setting Brightness]
1. [Start Button] -> [Setting] -> [Control Panel] -> [Backlight]
2. [MyDevice] -> [Control Panel] -> [Brightness]
: Enable you to adjust brightness.
: Enable you to adjust the timing of turning off brightness.
: Enable you to adjust the timing of turning off key lamp. 4.2 Screen Calibration At first beginning of using the device after purchasing or need to use the device for a long period time, if you cannot select the place where you touched with stylus, you need to reset the coordinate calibration values. Touch screen calibration
[Start Button] -> [Setting] -> [Control Panel] -> [Stylus] -> [Calibration] -> [Recalibration]
Press and hold stylus pen briefly on the center of cross symbol, and repeat 5 times as it moves around the screen. The screen counts 30 seconds after calibrating, and you can finish the recalibration to touch screen wherever you want, if you do not any action, the screen will automatically finish the recalibration of itself. Users Guide
4.3 Setting Volume and Sounds Volumes is already set 80% at the factory, and you can readjust you need volume at control panel
->Volume and Sounds Setting Volume and Sounds
[Start Button] > [Setting] -> [Control Panel] -> [Volume and Sounds]
4.4 Setting Data and Time
[Start Button] -> [Setting] -> [Control Panel] -> [Date and Time]
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5. Using keypad Keypad enables you to input numbers, alphabets and special symbols. And can also execute other set function with <Fun> button. 5.1 Using keypad if youd like to change the current input language, can press <1 ALP> button as below steps:
[Numeric] -> [Lowercase] > [Uppercase]
5.2 Inputting Data Numeric Keypad Mode: Press<1 ALP > button or keypad icon on the taskbar to change to the numeric mode and directly press number on the keypad. Alphabet Keypad Mode: Press <1 ALP > button or keypad icon on the taskbar to change to the Lowercase or Uppercase and directly press alphabets or special symbols on the keypad. Each button has 2 ~ 3 letters or symbols. Press the button once, the first letter or symbol will be inputted, press twice continuously, then the second letter or symbol will be inputted, and the third letter or symbol need to press button three times continuously.
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Fun + button Descriptions
Enable you to cancel the selected command or the programs operating or state. Enable you to increase or decrease the sound. Enable you to perform page Up or page Down.
<Esc>
Volume button
<Up>, <Down>
<3>,<9>
<2>,<4>,<5>,<6>,<8> Enable you to move the cursor to the L/R, UP/DOWN and HOME.
<Del>
<7>
<*>,<0>,<#>
<F3>,<F4>
Enable you to delete a letter which located after the cursor. Enable it has Tab button function. Enable you to input <+> <000> <> symbols. Enable you to use as like function buttons. 6. Using stylus You can tie the stylus to the hand strap hole, so that enable you to use the stylus as like a mouse on a PC
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7. Using ActiveSync Program ActiveSync program could synchronize between the PC and PDA device, so that enable you to perform program installing, copy, transition, delete and so on operations. 7.1 Installing Microsoft ActiveSync Program Download the latest version of ActiveSync program from Microsoft Windows CE. Website, and install it to your PC. ActiveSync: Windows XP Download Address: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/. Caution:
You must use ActiveSync v3.7 version or above.
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7.2 Connecting PC to PDA Setting PC
[Start button] -> [Programs] -> [Microsoft ActiveSync]
< Windows XP >
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Setting PDA
[Start Button] -> [Setting] -> [Control Panel] -> [PC Connection]
7.3 Transmitting Data Using the USB cable to connect PC and the device.
< Windows XP >
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8. Firmware Upgrade
[Start Button] -> [Setting] -> [Control Panel] -> [Firmware Upgrade]
Users Guide 1. Using 1D or 2D Barcode Scanner Enable to equip with a compact image engine, which could recognize all the 1D and 2D barcodes.
1.1 Scanning Barcode
1.2 Setting Barcode Emulator Barcode Emulator program enables you to set the barcode value input type, scan button, scan sound and so on. Users Guide
Executing Barcode Emulator
[Start Button] -> [Programs] -> [Scanner] -> [BarcodeEmulator]
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1.3 Setting Barcode Symbology
[Start Button] -> [Program] -> [Scanner] -> [BarcodeSetup]
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1.4 Barcode Scanning Beam Position 1. Remove the protective film from the window of barcode. 2. Executing the BarcodeDemo program. 3. Emit laser beam to the barcode.
Adjust the distance according to the size of barcode.
Barcode will stop automatically in five minutes if out of the Barcode reading range. Users Guide
[Correct Scanning Beam Position]
1. The more small size of barcode, needs the more close to barcode. The effective scanning rang of is from 40 ~ 300mm. if failed to scan barcode, please try to adjust scan angle and distance. 2. The laser beam is a red thick line, when scanning a barcode. 1D 2D
[Incorrect Scanning Beam Position]
1. The laser beam must across the barcode. 2. It will couldnt scan barcode if the laser beam across only a fraction of barcode. 1D 2D
Users Guide 2. Using Wireless LAN enable to equip an internal 802.11 radio module to transfer data and do wireless communication. supports TCP/IP network protocol, and communicate with a host computer directly.
2.1 Connecting to Wlan
[Start Button] -> [Programs] -> [Demo Apps] -> [Wireless Lan]
2.2 Setting Wlan Manually
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2.3 Checking WLAN Information
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[Start Button] -> [Program] -> [DEMO Apps] ->[GPS-Demo]
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[Start Button] -> [Program] -> [DEMO Apps] -> [CameraDemo]
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Chapter5. Appendix Configuration Physical and Environmental Characteristics Dimension 158mm(L) X 78mm(W) X 28mm(H) Weight Operation Temperature Storage Temperature 320g
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-30 ~ 60 Humidity Non-condensing Drop Performance Characteristics Processor 1.5m drop to concrete Marvell PXA320 806MHz Operating System Windows CE 5.0 / 6.0 (Option) Memory Display Audio Communication Port Expansion Slot Keypad Notification Power Supply Main Battery Backup Battery Adaptor Network Character Wireless Lan GPS ROM 256MB (Max. 512MB) / RAM 256MB 3.5" QVGA with Backlight, TFT LCD, 240*320 Pixels, 262,144 Color Stylus Touch Screen Interface Phone Receiver, Earphone Jack RS-232Serial Port, USB 1.1 1 Micro SD Slot (SDHC Support) 1 SIM Slot / 1 SAM Slot 29key Vibrator and LED Lithium ion 3.7V Above 3,000mAH(rechargeable) Up to 4,400mAH(Option) Lithium Polymer 3.7V, 100mAH(rechargeable) Input AC100V ~ 240V Output DC5V 3A WLAN(802.11 b/g compliant) D-GPS with Internal Antenna Antenna Data Capture Devices Barcode Engine Internal LAN & WAN 1D Laser Scanner Camera
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