User Manual Part 3

Dolphin® 9500/9550 Mobile Computer User’s Guide 5 - 3
The Radio Modes box
The Radio Modes box displays the radios currently installed on your terminal. For example, if a working Bluetooth module is
installed, the box contains the line BlueTooth Only whether or not that radio is currently powered up. (There may be other
Bluetooth related list box entries, but the BlueTooth Only entry is guaranteed to be there if the module is present.)
Powering up a radio
Simply select an entry in the Radio Modes box and click Apply. The Radio Manager issues the radio power driver commands of
enabling and disabling the radios in the proper sequence.
For example, let’s say the current mode is BlueTooth Only and the attempt is made to switch to 802.11b Only. After Apply is
clicked, the Radio Manager turns off the Bluetooth radio first, then turns on the 802.11b radio.
If an error occurs at either step, the radio mode change is abandoned, and the resulting radio state returns to what is was at the
time the error occurred.
Requirements
To successfully power up a radio, its associated driver CAB must have been installed along with the module. If the module is
present, the radio appears in the Radio Modes box; however if the associated CAB for that module is not installed, you cannot
successfully enable the radio.
For instance, if the Bluetooth module is present but its CAB has not been installed, BlueTooth Only selection still appears in the
Radio Mode box. However, attempting to power it up will result in an error in the Status field.
The Status field
The Status field displays error messages when a radio cannot be enabled. When is reads “Ready” the radio selected in the Radio
Modes box is powered up.