User's Manual

especially in warehouses or grocery stores with tall shelving. A

Base Station mounted on the wall with the antenna parallel to the

floor is the worst position.

3. In an unobstructed outdoor area a range of 2.5 miles or greater

“line-of-sight” is possible but indoor “obstructed” range will be

much less. Reflections and obstructions, depending on the density

and material, can reduce the range to a few hundred feet indoors.

Far better than typical WiFi systems.

To accurately determine the hardware required to cover a particular

area, you should use the Site Test mode built into the RF Terminal.

I can't communicate with the RS-232 port on my host CPU...

 This is one of the biggest problems called in. If you are not using our

cables, check your cables first. If you have an extension cable, remove

it for testing. If you have an extension cable of 80 feet or more

attached to a Windows host, you need to be sure certain pins are not

attached in the DB9 or DB25. See Appendix C; RF Serial Pin-outs.

 If you are using the PICK or UNIX operating systems, be sure you

have set the Base Station to be "XON/XOFF Sensitive". You need to

do this to prevent the XOFF code being sent as a "Base

Initialization" message.

 Windows 95,98,2000,ME, NT; COM port setup should also be

changed to turn off XON/XOFF. XON/XOFF is the default for

Windows. You set these through the control panel, System, Device

Manager, Ports (COM & LPT), COM Port, Port Settings, Flow

Control. Set Flow Control to None.

RF Terminal Problems

When laser is triggered, it cycles power by itself – 1

screen

When a voice message plays, it cycles power by itself –1

screen

I get black bars on the display when I turn it on

When I turn it on, it just beeps continually.

 If the battery is very low, when turned on, the Terminal will just keep

beeping; it is cycling power, over and over because the batteries are

too low.

 If the batteries are at a specific low point, the laser triggering or

playing a voice message will be just enough extra power draw to

force the terminal to cycle power.

 Charge your Terminal for at least an hour and try again.