User's Manual

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Chapter 3: Basic Checkout
Checking The Scanner
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3.5 Checking The Scanner
If your Warrington is equipped with an internal scanner, you can test it to ensure that it is op-
erating properly. Point the scanner window at a bar code that your scanner was designed to
decode—for example, a 1D UPC bar code. Press the SCAN key or pistol trigger, and check
for a valid decode on the hand-held screen.
Performance is improved if you disable all unneeded bar codes in the Bar Codes screen.
Review “Scanner Settings” on page 134 or details about bar codes.
3.6 Data Transfer Between The PC And The Hand-Held
Data transfer options vary slightly depending on the type of operating system installed in
your PC. Microsoft
®
ActiveSync
®
is PC connectivity software that can be used to connect
your hand-held to PCs running this software. ActiveSync works only with the Windows XP
SP2 operating system or earlier.
If the Microsoft
®
Vista
®
operating system is installed in your PC, ActiveSync is not re-
quired to transfer data between your Warrington and your PC.
By connecting the Warrington to a PC with a cable, you can:
View Warrington files from Windows Explorer.
Drag and drop files between the Warrington and the PC in the same way that you would
between PC drives.
Back up Warrington files to the PC, then restore them from the PC to the hand-held
again, if needed, and so on.
3.6.1 Using Microsoft ActiveSync
To install ActiveSync, follow the step-by-step instructions provided with the program’s
setup wizard. Refer to the following website for details:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/activesync45.mspx
3.6.2 Using Microsoft Vista
If you have Windows Vista, your Warrington data transfers do not require ActiveSync. To
transfer data between your PC and your hand-held:
Tap on Start>Computer to display the drives. Your Warrington will be visible here.
Open drives, files and folders as you would on your PC.
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