CipherLab 8370 User's Guide Version 1.00 Copyright © 2003 Syntech Information Co., Ltd. SYNTECH INFORMATION CO., LTD. Head Office: 8F, No.210, Ta-Tung Rd., Sec.3, Hsi-Chih, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-8647-3300 Fax: +886-2-8647-1155 e-mail: support@cipherlab.com.tw http://www.cipherlab.com.
FCC Regulations: zThis 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. zThis device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................iii 1. Preface..........................................................................................................................................1 2. General Features and Characteristics ...........................................................................................2 2.1 Electrical ..............................................
1. Preface The 8370 terminal is rugged, versatile, high performance data terminals designed for all-day, everyday use. It is powered by a Li-ion rechargeable battery with working time longer than 16 hours. It is supported by a rich set of development tools, including a Windows-based application generator, “C” and “Basic” compilers. With its integrated Laser/CCD barcode scanning unit and 802.
2. General Features and Characteristics Basic characteristics of the 8370 Terminal are listed below, 2.1 Electrical y y y Operation battery: 3.7V Li-ion rechargeable battery, 1800mAH Backup battery: 3.0V, 7mAH rechargeable Lithium battery for SRAM & calendar Working time: 16 hours 2.
y y y y y Resolution: 0.125mm ~ 1.00mm Depth of field: 2 ~ 20cm Width of field: 45mm ~ 124mm Scan rate: 100 scans/sec Ambient Light Rejection: 1200 lux (Direct Sun-light) 2500 lux (Fluorescent Light) 2.7 Display y 128x64 graphic dots FSTN LCD display with LED back-light 2.8 Keypad y 24 numeric or 39 alphanumeric rubber keys. 2.9 Indicator Buzzer y Software programmable audio indicator, 1KHz to 4KHz, low power transducer type. LED y Programmable, dual-color (green and red) LED for status indication.
y y y y y y y RS-232 cable Keyboard wedge cable Power adapter Li-ion rechargeable battery pack Access Point USB cable / cradle Modem cradle 4
3. Software Architecture The 8300 Series Terminal system software consists of three modules: the kernel & Application Manager module, the System module and the Application module. 3.1 Kernel & Application Manager The kernel is the innermost core of the system. It has the highest security and is always protected by the system. Only the failure of flash memory or improperly power off during system restart after updating kernel will the kernel be destroyed.
To transmit the application programs to a host PC or another terminal. The function allows a terminal to be cloned without going through a PC. 3.2 System The system module provides the following services: y Information The system information includes hardware version, serial number, manufacturing date, kernel version, C library or BASIC run-time version, application program version and hardware configurations. y Settings The system settings include the following: 1.
[20] Nordic [21] Portugal [22] Russian [23] Slavic [24] Polish [25] Turkish [26] Slovak(CP1250) Default: System Font y Tests 1. Reader To test the reading performance of the scanner. The following barcodes are default to enable: Code 39 Industrial 25 Interleave 25 Codabar Code 93 Code 128 UPCE UPCE with ADDON 2 UPCE with ADDON 5 EAN8 EAN8 with ADDON 2 EAN8 with ADDON 5 EAN13 EAN13 with ADDON 2 EAN13 with ADDON 5 Other barcodes must be enabled through programming. 2.
program memory (FLASH) in the unit of kilobytes. 2. Initialize To initialize the data memory (SRAM). Note the contents of the data space will be wiped out after memory initialization. y Power Show the voltages of the main battery and backup battery. y Load Application To download the application program, BASIC run-time or font file. There are three interfaces supported by the system, namely, the Direct-RS232, Cradle-IR and standard IrDA. Download.
3. WLAN Settings The RF settings and their default values are as follows, 1). Local Name Specify name for terminal 8370 Default: the S/N of the 8370 terminal 2). Domain Name The domain name locates the organization or other entity on the Internet. Default: 3). SS ID The SSID is a 32-character (maximum) string identifying the wireless local area network. All APs & terminals within the same service set should have the same SSID. Default: 4).
Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an encryption to translate data into a secret code. It provides wireless clients with confidentiality and authentication in an IEEE 802.11b environment. [0] Disable [1] Enable Default: [0] Disable WEPKey Length When WEP is enabled, Data sent between the client and the access point is scrambled using either a 64-bit or 128-bit key. The higher the level of encryption, the more secure it is.
Once the connection of Echo Test is established, the details will be displayed as the illustration below. Sending 033 Recv ok 033 Q: 0070 S: 0133 T: 11M N: 0006 Link Quality (“Q”) will be the most important elements, and others are for reference only. Q (Link Quality) 0 ~ 10 Very Poor 10 ~15 Poor 15 ~30 Good 50 ~80 Very Good T ( Transmit Speed) 1M bps 2M bps 5.5M bps 11M bps S (Signal Level) 0 ~ 10 Weak 30~60 Moderate Over 60 Strong N ( Noise Level) 1 Weak 2~3 Moderate 4~5 Strong 3.
4. Operations Batteries must be fresh and properly loaded before start operation. 4.1 Keypad operations The 8300 Series Terminals have two keyboard layouts: 24 rubber keys and 39 rubber keys. The functions of some special keys are as follows: SCAN Scan a barcode. Press this button will trigger the scanner to read a barcode if the scanner port is enabled. ENTER Enter. There are two enter keys on the side of the scan key. Normally the enter keys are used for command execution or input confirmation.
4.3 System mode To enter the system menu, you need to press the 7, 9 and POWER keys simultaneously upon power up the terminal. For details of the services provided by the system, please refer to section 4.2. 4.4 Kernel mode To enter the kernel menu, you need to press 7, 9 and POWER keys simultaneously to enter the system menu first, then power off the unit and press 1, 7 and POWER key simultaneously.
5. Troubleshooting a) Cannot connect to the AP. ¾ Check if SSID, Authentication, and WEP settings of 8370 are the same as AP’s. ¾ Some particular settings : z Cisco AP: Authentication must be "Open System". z Lucent AP: The Preamble must be "Long". z Symbol AP: The power saving must be "disabled" b) Does not power up after pressing POWER key. ¾ Make sure the battery is loaded. ¾ Charge the battery and check the charging status.
