User's Manual

Table of Contents
Installation..................................................................... 1-1
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Components ....................................................................1-1
Installation Summary ......................................................1-2
Connecting the Base Station to a serial port.........................1-2
R/F Terminal Operation .......................................................1-4
Battery Functions ............................................................1-4
R/F Terminal Menu Functions........................................1-7
Installing the R/F Terminal Utilities Software .....................1-9
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RF System Setup .......................................................... 2-1
RF Terminal Setup ...............................................................2-1
RF Terminal Default Settings .........................................2-1
Using the bar code RF Terminal Setup Menu .............2-2
Using the keypad to setup the RF Terminal ................2-3
RF Terminal Setup Parameters.............................................2-5
Base Station Setup..............................................................2-27
Base Station Setup Parameters ...........................................2-29
Operational Theory....................................................... 3-1
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How the Two-Way RF System works..................................3-1
How the One-Way RF System works...................................3-4
How Site Testing works .......................................................3-5
Performance Issues...................................................... 4-1
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Evaluating your area of planned operation...........................4-1
Performing a Site Test ..........................................................4-2
Relay Stations.......................................................................4-4
Dealing with radio traffic contention....................................4-7
Before you begin programming… .............................. 5-1
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Failure Planning ...................................................................5-2
Programming for the RF Terminal .............................. 6-1
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Low Level ASCII sequences ................................................6-1
Low Level ASCII sequences with Windows DLL .............6-12
PromptCOM ActiveX Controls..........................................6-12
TCP/IP ActiveX Controls...................................................6-21
Voice Message Operations.......................................... 7-1
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Why Use Voice Messages and Prompts? .............................7-1
RF Terminal’s Voice Message Mapping..............................7-2
Programming Voice Messages .............................................7-3
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Troubleshooting ...........................................................8-1
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