Intermec 6100 User Manual

6100 Hand-Held Computer

USER’S GUIDE

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PN: 961-028-085

Revision C

August 1999

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CONTENTS

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SECTION 1

General Information

About this User’s Guide 1-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand-Held Computer Description 1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand-Held Computer 1-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand-Held Computer Keyboard 1-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand-Held Computer 1-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Display 1-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Battery 1-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Memory 1-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[Gold] (Shift) Key 1-11.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[1/0] Suspend and Resume Key 1-11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Serial Ports 1-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reset Switch 1-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Options and Accessories 1-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tethered Scanner Endcap 1-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Integrated Scanner Endcap 1-14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Radio Module and Headset 1-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Magnetic Stripe Reader 1-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Using the Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR) 1-18. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand-Held Computer Specifications 1-19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SECTION 2

Operation

Introduction 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Getting Started 2-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rechargeable Battery Labelling 2-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing the Main Battery 2-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charging the Batteries 2-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In Your Hand-Held Computer 2-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hand-Held Computer 2-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In External Source 2-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removing the Main Battery 2-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Measuring Battery Pack Capacity 2-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Backup Battery 2-10.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Backup Battery Life 2-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing Tethered or Integrated Scanner Endcap 2-11. . . . . .

Using PC Cards to Load Your Programs 2-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Drives 2-13..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Booting 2-13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing PC Cards 2-15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Removing PC Cards 2-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Downloading Programs into Your Hand-Held Computer 2-18.

SECTION 3

Routine Care and Maintenance

Introduction 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Low Battery Indication 3-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cleaning Your Hand-Held Computer 3-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Case and Display 3-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Docking Connectors 3-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SECTION 4

Troubleshooting

Introduction 4-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Troubleshooting Chart 4-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Repair Service 4-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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APPENDIX A

Connector Pin-Outs

8-Pin Docking Connector (standard) A-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

APPENDIX B

Utilities Program

Entry Point B-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pop-Up Menus B-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Drop-Down Lists B-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alphanumeric Fields B-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Title Screen B-4.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Language Selection B-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Communications Menu B-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 1 BEGIN COMM SESSION B-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 2 COMM SETTING B-17.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 3 UNIT ID B-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 4 NETWORK PARAMETERS B-20. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 4 MODEM PARAMETERS B-22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 5 NETWORK INTERFACE B-26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 5 PHONE NUMBER B-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Option 9 ADVANCED UTILITIES B-28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

APPENDIX C

Supported Radio Configurations

RM280 C-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Specifications: C-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FIGURES

Figure 1-1 Front View 1-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-2 Back View 1-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-3 16-Key Keyboard 1-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-4 Battery Capacity Displayed 1-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-5 Reset Switch 1-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-6 Tethered Scanner and Phone Jack Endcap 1-13. . .
Figure 1-7 Integrated Scanner and Phone Jack Endcap 1-14.
Figure 1-8 Computer with Radio Module and Headset 1-15. .
Figure 1-9 Magnetic Stripe Reader with Tethered

Scanner Endcap 1-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-10 Magnetic Stripe Reader with Integrated Scanner

Endcap 1-17... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 1-11 Using the Magnetic Stripe Reader 1-18. . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-1 Replacing Main Battery Pack 2-4... . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-2 Cigarette Lighter Adapter 2-5..... . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-3 Multipack Charger 2-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-4 Single Pack Charger 2-7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-5 Removing the Main Battery Pack 2-8. . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-6 Main Battery Pack Underside View

Showing Contacts 2-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-7 Installing Endcap 2-12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-8 Removing PC Card End Cap 2-16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figure 2-9 Installing and Ejecting PC Cards 2-17. . . . . . . . . . .

TABLES

Table 4-1 Basic Troubleshooting 4-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Section 1

General Information

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About this User’s Guide

Section 1

Contains general information about the components of your
6100 Hand-Held Computer . This includes telling you how
the user guide is organized, a summary of the sections, and
the specifications for your computer.

Section 2

Tells you how to prepare for using your computer.

Section 3

Contains routine maintenance information for your comput­er. Routine maintenance includes recharging the main bat­tery pack, and cleaning the computer.

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Section 4

Steps you through some procedures to use when trouble­shooting your computer. This section does not contain all
troubleshooting that can be done by an authorized Custom­er Support Specialist, but does contain information to aid
you in determining the level of assistance you may need.

Appendix A

Contains the pin-outs for the external connectors of your
hand-held computer. This section is not usually needed for
day-to-day tasks but more to provide technical assistance
for interfacing with other manufacturer’s products.

Appendix B

Contains the Utilities Program screens. This is system-level
information and is intended to be used by your system ad­ministration people when defining and setting parameters
to support your application.

Appendix C

Contains the supported radio configurations for this hand­held computer.

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Hand-Held Computer Description

Hand-held computers are used in the mobile systems mar­ketplace to perform a wide variety of tasks. This hand-held
computer provides features and benefits that include:

" Fast data processing
" Large data and program storage
" Touch screen display
" Signature capture

Additionally, your hand-held computer has the ability to
use:

" PC (Personal Computer) cards
" Internal modem with PC card size and format

The following descriptions will familiarize you with the
name, function, and locations of the main hand-held com­puter components. Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2, on pages 1-4
and 1-5, show you the location for your hand-held comput­er key components.

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2

3

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6

1. Touch screen

2. Stylus

3. Keyboard

4. Docking connector

5. Speaker slot

6. Infrared lens

7. DC power jack

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5

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Figure 1-1

Front View

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2

3

1. PC card access door

2. Release button

3. Slide latch

4. Battery pack

Figure 1-2

Back View

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Hand-Held Computer Keyboard

The hand-held computer provides a 16-key keyboard.
Figure 1-3 on page 1-6 details the keyboard layout.

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6

5
4

3

1. Numeric keys

2. ENTER key

3. Esc (Escape) key

4. GOLD (Shift) key

5. BkSp (Back Space) key

6. Tab key

7. I/O (Suspend/Resume) key

Figure 1-3

16-Key Keyboard

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2

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Display

This hand-held computer offers an easy to read Liquid
Crystal Display (LCD) with touch screen. The display
shows status messages, keyed-in entries, customer or prod­uct lists, calculations, and prompts for responses. To write
or enter data on the touch screen use only the stylist pro­vided with your computer or use your finger. The

PEN*KEYRModel 6100 Programmer’s Reference Guide

NPN: 977-054-001 contains details for adjusting the con­trast settings.

Backlight

Your hand-held computer display comes equipped with a
backlight. Backlighting the display helps when using your
hand-held computer in dark rooms or during early or late
hours on the job.

Backlighting provides a great benefit in dark conditions.
Backlighting does, however, reduce battery life, therefore,
turn off the backlight when done using. You can control the
amount of time the backlighting remains on through the
CONFIG.SYS parameter settings, or your particular ap­plication.

Battery

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NOTE: It is important to charge your hand-held computer for at least 14

hours before you use it the first time. This ensures that both the
backup battery and the main battery pack are fully charged.

This hand-held computer uses a 910 mA hour lithium ion
rechargeable main battery pack. Your hand-held computer
can check battery capacity by various methods. One, the
battery pack has four LEDs that will display remaining ca­pacity when two of the contacts are touched at the same
time. More on this in Section 2 on page 2-9. A second meth-

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od which your hand-held computer can be configured in­cludes a program called DOSGAS. DOSGAS gives you the
capacity of your battery from 0--100% with an icon on your
display that looks like a battery (see Figure 1-4 on page
1-9).

If your hand-held computer goes into a shutdown mode be­cause of low battery condition, data is protected by the
backup battery. Your hand-held computer contains two 100
mA hour vanadium lithium backup batteries. The backup
battery charges itself from the main pack or a charging
source so it is constantly ready to take over data protection.

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Battery capacity

100%

75%

50%

25%

Battery Capacity Displayed

Figure 1-4

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This user’s guide will occasionally use the term “cycles”
when presenting rechargeable battery instructions. Cycles,
are the number of times the rechargeable battery pack can
be charged and discharged during the life of battery. The
Lithium Ion rechargeable battery design should give you
approximately 500 cycles of use. There are no guarantees
on this number because it depends greatly on how the bat­tery pack is used and cared for.

Memory

Three types of memory are available with this hand-held
computer:

" Main Memory DRAM
" Flash ROM
" PC Cards

Main Memory

Standard main memory DRAM configuration is 2 mega­bytes (MB), this can be extended to 4, 8, or 16 MBs. Main
memory was ordered at the time your unit was purchased.
You are able to upgrade to a larger memory size by having a
new memory board installed at your Customer Support
Center.

The main memory is protected by the backup battery dur­ing low main battery conditions or when the main battery
pack is removed.

Flash ROM

Flash ROM stores the BIOS and DOS firmware for your
hand-held computer. Applications stored in flash ROM are
copied into DRAM for execution.

PC Cards

Different brands of PC cards can be used in your hand-held
computer. Memory cards are available in a variety of sizes

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and types. Check with your Sales Representative or Sys­tem Engineer for specific options.

Your hand-held computer is equipped with two PC card
slots. These slots can be used with PC memory cards for
storage of data, much like a floppy disk drive on a PC. PC
card slots can also be used for modems, radios, and other
options as they become available.

You can use one Type II card in each drive at the same time.
If using a Type III card, it only works in drive A (lower).
However, you can not use a Type III and a Type II card at
the same time. Type III cards include some types of disk
drives and radios.

[Gold] (Shift) Key

Hold down and press desired gold (shifted) key functions.
Continue to hold down the [GOLD] key for each shifted key
stroke you wish to make.

[1/0] Suspend and Resume Key

In order to conserve power your hand-held computer may
automatically suspend when there has been no activity for
a set period of time. This time is determined by the
parameters you set using your application software,
AUTOEXEC.BAT, or CONFIG.SYS parameters.

To force a suspend, press the key defined as the suspend
key. To resume operation, press the [1/0] key. Additionally,
pressing the release button on the battery pack door forces
a suspend. This protects against losing data when removing
the battery pack.

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Serial Ports

" RS-232 or RS-485 through 8-pin docking connector on

your hand-held computer

" RS-232 through serial endcap
" IrDA through the 9-pin dock connector when docked.

Reset Switch

In the rare event that your hand-held computer fails to re­spond to your input, it may be necessary to “reset.” Avoid
over using the reset switch as this increases the chances
that data will be lost. Only use the reset switch as a last
resort after trying all other solutions.

The reset switch in the hand-held computer is located be­hind the PC card endcap. Figure 1-5 shows the location of
the reset switch. To reset your hand-held computer, use the
tip of the stylus that is provided with your hand-held com­puter.

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1. Reset switch

Figure 1-5

Reset Switch

SECTION 1 General Information

Options and Accessories

Tethered Scanner Endcap

The tethered scanner endcap provides the standard 9-pin
D-sub connector and phone jack.

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3

2

1. Shoulder bolt

2. Phone jack

3. 9-pin D-sub connector

Figure 1-6

Tethered Scanner and Phone Jack Endcap

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Integrated Scanner Endcap

WARNING: Don’t point the scanner at someone’s eyes or look directly into

it when scanning.

AVERTISSEMENT: Ne regardez pas la fenêtre du scanner lorsque vous effectuez une

scannérisation. Ne pointez jamais le rayon laser vers les yeux de

quelqu’un.

CAUTION

Class II Label

The integrated scanner endcap provides a laser scanner and
phone jack.

LASER LIGHT

DO NOT STAREINTOBEAM

670 nm LASER DIODE

1.0 MILLIWATTMAX OUTPUT
CLASS II LASER PRODUCT

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3

1. Shoulder bolt

2. Laser scanner warning labels (one on front and one on bottom of scanner endcap)

3. Laser scanner

4. Phone jack

Figure 1-7

Integrated Scanner and Phone Jack Endcap

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2

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Radio Module and Headset

Your hand-held computer can be ordered with a radio mo­dule. Using a radio module allows you to operate in a mo­bile environment and have real-time interaction with a host
computer. The radio module attaches to the back of your
hand-held computer as a pod. Under most conditions the
radio module is ordered at the time of purchase.

Headsets for circuit-switched cellular radios can be ordered
as an accessory at any time. Figure 1-8 shows a hand-held
computer with a radio module.

1

2

3

Back ViewFront View

1. Headset

2. Antenna

3. Radio module pod

Figure 1-8

Computer with Radio Module and Headset

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Magnetic Stripe Reader

The Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR) is an optional endcap
attachment for your hand-held computer. Your MSR reads
credit, charge, and debit (for example, ATM) cards.

The MSR attaches between the endcap and the computer.
The MSR can be attached and used with either the tethered
scanner or integrated scanner endcaps (see Figure 1-9 and
Figure 1-10).

1

2

5

1. Keyboard

2. Display

3. Magnetic stripe reader

4. Tethered scanner endcap

5. Direction arrow for sweeping the card through the reader

Figure 1-9

Magnetic Stripe Reader with Tethered Scanner Endcap

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4

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1

2

5

1. Keyboard

2. Display

3. Magnetic stripe reader

4. Integrated scanner endcap

5. Direction arrow for sweeping the card through the reader

3

4

Magnetic Stripe Reader with Integrated Scanner Endcap

Figure 1-10

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Using the Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR)

" To use the card reader simply sweep the card through

in the direction of the arrow. The card reader only
reads in one direction. Follow the illustration below
and the card icon on the reader to remind you which
way to position the card for sweeping it through.

1

2

1. Installed magnetic stripe reader

2. Card

Using the Magnetic Stripe Reader

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Figure 1-11

SECTION 1 General Information

Hand-Held Computer Specifications

Size: 7 inches (17.78 cm) long; 4.2 inches (10.67 cm) wide; 1.5 inches

(3.81 cm) tall
Temperature:
Operating:
Storage:
Weight: 20 ounces (567 g);

Humidity: 5 to 95% noncondensing
Static

Protection: 20 kV (air discharge) 8 kV (direct injected)
Power source:
Main battery: 7.2 V, 910 mA hour lithium ion battery pack (standard)
Backup battery: Two 3.4 V, 100 mA hour vanadium lithium battery (standard)
Charging rate:
0 to +60 _C:

(+32 to 140 °F)
Communication:
Interface: RS-232, RS-485, and Infrared
Protocol: Proprietary Communications Protocol (PCP), Xmodem, Ymodem,

System Components:
FLASH: 1 Megabyte (MB) FLASH array (standard)

DRAM: 2 Megabytes (standard)

Card Options: Two PC card slots; two Type II cards, or one Type III card
Processor: AMD Élan chip 386 architecture, 33 Mhz.

4 to +122_F (--20 to +50_C)

--22 to +158_F (--30 to +70_C)

31.5 ounces (893 g) fully configured with radio, cards, and battery

Fast charge (fully charge ¶ 2.5 hours;

95% fully charged ¶ 1.5 hours )

IrDA

2, 4, and 8 MB (optional)

4, 8, and 16 Megabytes (optional)

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Display:
Type: Quarter size VGA LCD, CGA Controller, with Backlight
Size: 240 (wide) by 320 (long) pixel, portrait orientation

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Section 2

Operation

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Introduction

This section tells you how to:

" Install the main battery pack
" “Power-up” your hand-held computer
" Install endcaps
" Install PC cards
" Connect to peripheral devices

Getting Started

Unpack your 6100 Hand-Held Computer and inspect it for
signs of physical damage from shipment or storage.

When you start using your hand-held computer or any time
that all power has been completely removed, you are “cold­booting” your hand-held computer. The method you use de­pends on your application.

For example you may download (transfer from the host
computer to your hand-held computer) the application and
data into your hand-held computer. Or, you may use PC
cards to load the application and data into your hand-held
computer.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-1

Depending on the method you are using, the result will be
the same but the steps you go through may vary from the
way this user’s guide presents the material.

Rechargeable Battery Labelling

Lithium ION rechargeable batteries must be recycled. the
following label appears on the actual battery pack.

SECTION 2Operation

WARNING: The lithium ion battery can explode if replaced incorrectly.

Replace the battery with a similar kind.

AVERTISSEMENT: La batterie au lithium peut exploser si elle est replacée de manière

incorrecte. Elle ne doit être remplacée que par une batterie
identique ou similaire.

WARNING: The lithium battery can explode if placed incorrectly in the

charger.

AVERTISSEMENT: Les batteries au lithium peuvent exploser ou prendre feu si elles

sont trop chargées à cause d’une mauvaise installation de la
station d’accueil.

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SECTION 2 Operation

Installing the Main Battery

1. With the gold battery pack contacts facing into the
battery compartment place the curved portion of the
pack in the bottom of the compartment.

2. Press down on the battery pack until it snaps into
place.

"

NOTE: Your computer is shipped with uncharged batteries for safety

reasons. Charge your computer for 14 hours before using it the first
time. This will ensure that both the main and backup batteries are
fully charged. If the display remain blank after charging for five
minutes, remove it from the charging device. Press the reset switch
and your computer will power up. The display will then become
active. Continue to charge until the batteries are fully charged.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-3

SECTION 2Operation

"

NOTE: After the initial charging of 14 hours, the normal charge time for the

main battery pack is 2-1/2 hours.

1

2

3

4

1. Rechargeable battery pack (contacts on underside)

2. Battery compartment

3. Slide latch

4. Release button

Replacing Main Battery Pack

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Figure 2-1

SECTION 2 Operation

Charging the Batteries

Charging your battery pack can be done either in your
hand-held computer or in a charger. The following devices
provide charge to the batteries while they are connected to
your hand-held computer:

In Your Hand-Held Computer

" Multidock
" Single dock
" Wall adapter
" Cigarette lighter adapter
" Vehicle dock

Figure 2-2 shows the main components for the cigarette
lighter adapter. The multidock, single dock, and vehicle
dock installation and instructions are contained in a sepa­rate publication 6100 Series Docks Installation Instructions
PN: 962-020-003.

1

2

3

1. DC plug

2. Lighter socket adapter

3. Internal fuse

Figure 2-2

Cigarette Lighter Adapter

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-5

SECTION 2Operation

In External Source

When you first plug in your charger and it powers up, the
LEDs will blink a series of self tests. You should observe
one red blink, one green blink, and then ten orange blinks.

When your battery pack is placed in a multipack or single
pack charger, the dock will indicate the charge state (red =
charging; green = fully charged; blinking red = bad battery
or bad connection). Figure 2-3 shows a multipack charger
and Figure 2-4 shows a single pack charger.

1

4

3

1. Voltage selector 110 or 220

2. Battery pack (eight) compartments

3. Charge indicator LED: (red = charging; green = fully charged;
blinking red = bad connection, lift and reseat)

4. Power cord connector

2

Figure 2-3

Multipack Charger

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SECTION 2 Operation

4

1

2

3

1. Battery pack compartment

2. Battery pack contacts

3. Charging indicator LED: (red = charging; green = fully charged;
blinking red = bad connection, lift and reseat)

4. Power cord

Figure 2-4

Single Pack Charger

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-7

Removing the Main Battery

The following steps on pages 2-8, 2-9, and 2-4 detail how
to remove the main battery, checking how much power the
battery contains, and replacing the battery pack.

1. Press and hold down on the release button (see
Figure 2-5, Figure 2-6 and pages 2-8, and 2-9, for
battery compartment details). This causes your com­puter to go into a suspend mode and makes sure you
do not lose your data. Wait until you hear the quick
beeps before doing Step 2.

2. Slide the Slide Latch towards the release button and
remove the battery.

SECTION 2Operation

1. Release (suspend) button

2. Slide latch

3. Battery pack

Removing the Main Battery Pack

2-8 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

1

2

3

Figure 2-5

SECTION 2 Operation

Measuring Battery Pack Capacity

2

1

1. Touch finger across first two contacts

2. Capacity is displayed from right to left. The
higher the battery capacity the more LEDs light:

= LED on
= LED off

one LED = less than 25% capacity;
two LEDs = 25--50% capacity;
three LEDs = 50--75% capacity;
four LEDs = more than 75%

Figure 2-6

Main Battery Pack Underside View Showing Contacts

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-9

Backup Battery

This hand-held computer comes with two 100 mA hour va­nadium lithium backup batteries. These batteries provide
protection of your data when the main battery is removed
from the hand-held computer or when the main battery
goes into a low battery condition. The backup battery will
not, nor is it intended to, run your application with the
main battery pack run down or removed from your hand­held computer.

A fully charged backup battery will provide protection for
maintaining data approximately 100 hours with the main
battery removed or completely run down.

The backup battery is not user replaceable. To have your
backup battery replaced, send it in to the Customer Service
Center nearest you. Whenever you send in your hand-held
computer for service, include a description of what you
would like to have done.

SECTION 2Operation

Backup Battery Life

A frequently run down main battery will not keep the back­up battery fully charged. The backup battery is recharge­able and will recharge every time it needs it from either an
external charging source or the main battery pack. If com­pletely run down it will take approximately 10 hours to
completely recharge the backup battery.

The backup battery should last approximately 2000 dis­charge and recharge cycles. The backup battery should pro­vide service for about 5 years before it needs to be replaced.
Whenever your hand-held computer alerts you that the
backup needs to be replaced, send it in to the Customer Ser­vice Center for replacement.

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SECTION 2 Operation

Installing Tethered or Integrated Scanner
Endcap

1. Line the endcap up with the end of the computer (see
Figure 2-7 on page 2-12).

2. Ensure that the rectangular bar on the endcap module
fits into the hinge on your computer. This must be a
tight fit to ensure that the endcap will securely seat
and mate with connectors on your computer.

3. Hold the endcap against the computer and tighten the
shoulder bolt. Again ensure that the endcap is
securely seated.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-11

RectangularBa

r

Hinge

SECTION 2Operation

Installing Endcap

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Figure 2-7

SECTION 2 Operation

Using PC Cards to Load Your Programs

Drives

" Drive A (slot towards back of unit)
" Drive B (slot closest to touch screen and display)
" Drive C, RAM drive (if formatted)
" Drive D, ROM drive files in FLASH

Booting

In order to boot your hand-held computer by using a
bootable SRAM card, you need to have CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT on the SRAM card with any other desired
programs. This can be done using a computer with a PC
card drive.

The hand-held computer uses DOS 5.0. Typically, your PC
card should contain, at a minimum, these statements in the
CONFIG.SYS file.

In the CONFIG.SYS:

shell=d:\command.com d:\ /p
device=d:\Elanapm.e
device=d:\nordospm.exe

For complete details on creating a “boot” card, refer to the
instructions in the Model 6100 Hand-Held Computer Pro-
grammer’s Reference Guide PN: 977-054-001.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-13

SECTION 2Operation

Override Default Boot Menu

1. Put the “boot” card in drive A or B (see Figure 2-9 on
page 2-17), for card slot identification).

2. Press the reset switch (Figure 1-5 on page 1-12 for Re­set switch location).

3. After the initial double beep, hold down the [I/O] key
until “Start From” menu comes up on the display.

4. Choose the appropriate drive you wish to boot from.

Flashing

To update the flash:

1. Obtain a master mode boot card with the desired
flash.

2. Insert this card in drive B, the slot closest to the dis­play.

3. Reset your hand-held computer.

4. When prompted, place your hand-held computer on
external power.

5. When prompted, press [3] to start the flash update.

6. When prompted, remove card before rebooting.

IrDA

You can use an IrDA dongle (for example, Jeteye company)
on a PC running a terminal program to control your hand­held computer. Use the following two DOS commands on
your hand-held computer:

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MODE COM3:9600,N,8,1,P
CTTY COM3

SECTION 2 Operation

This redirects the keyboard input from COM3 and video
output to COM3.

" Running a terminal program on the PC, such as

Windows terminal will allow you to enter DOS
commands on the PC for your hand-held computer to
execute.

" The IrDA dongle may have to be hard-wired for a spe-

cific baud rate.

In order to use MODE, it is necessary to load the ROM DOS
5 Mode program. This can be done by placing a copy onto a
boot card or by copying MODE on the C: drive. Make cer­tain that MODE is in a directory accessible by the path
statement.

Printing to an IrDA printer is done by loading
“DEVICE=PRDRV.SYS” in CONFIG.SYS and “PRIRLAP

--6100 --R10” in AUTOEXEC.BAT.

" The mouse driver must be loaded after PRIRLAP.
" Output sent to LPT2 will then be directed to the IrDA

printer.

Installing PC Cards

1. Use the edge of a coin, or screwdriver, to open the end
cap door.

2. Open the PC card end cap by unscrewing the shoulder
bolt counterclockwise. The symbol on the end cap re­sembles a padlock in the unlocked position (see
Figure 2-8).

3. Remove the endcap (see Figure 2-9 on page 2-17).

4. Slide the card, connector end first, into the slot. If it
resists going in, flip the card over and try again.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-15

SECTION 2Operation

5. Reinstall the endcap by slipping the end opposite the
lock knob over the stay inside the compartment and
then screwing the shoulder bolt clockwise to lock it.

1

1. End cap shoulder bolt (counterclockwise to unlock, clockwise to lock)

Removing PC Card End Cap

Removing PC Cards

The PC card compartment contains ejector buttons for re­moving the cards from the slots (refer to Figure 2-9 on page
2-17 for location).

Press in on the ejector button to release and eject the card.
The button will eject the card far enough so you can pull it
the rest of the way with your fingers.

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Figure 2-8

SECTION 2 Operation

6

5

1

2

3

4

1. Ejector buttons (upper drive B, lower drive A)

2. PC card

3. One option of modular endcap

4. Shoulder bolt for attaching endcap to computer

5. PC card slots (upper drive B, lower drive A)

6. Options connector

Figure 2-9

Installing and Ejecting PC Cards

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-17

Downloading Programs into Your
Hand-Held Computer

Using Utilities to download programs into your hand-held
computer may require placing your computer into a dock.
You can also download using an optional internal modem or
radio module.

1. Remove all bootable PC cards.

2. Press the reset switch (refer to Figure 1-5 on page
1-12), you will then hear two beeps.

3. Press and hold down the [I/O] key.

4. Press [4] to boot ROM drive.

ROM DOS 5
Start From:

1) Memory Card 1 =A:

2) Memory Card 2 =B:

3) RAM Drive =C:

4) ROM Drive =D:

SECTION 2Operation

"

NOTE: If option 4 (start from ROM drive) is selected, your hand-held com-

puter will check and run AUTOEXEC.BAT on other drives after
D:CONFIG.SYS is processed. This is to support booting ATA PC
cards.

5. After your hand-held computer finishes booting, and
the copyright notice is displayed, press [ENTER] to
continue.

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SECTION 2 Operation

6. This next screen will follow:

UTILITIES LOAD
PROGRAMS/DATA

1. BEGIN COMM SESSION

2. COM x-comm set -- x

3. UNIT ID ZZZZZZX

9. ADVANCED UTILITIES

[ESC]QUIT

7. Connect to download device, i.e.: modem, dock, IrDA,
serial, Interlink, etc.

8. If COMM SETTING is correct, go to Step 11.

9. Press [2] to change comm settings. Press the number
for the option you want, or use the up or down arrow
keys to highlight the desired selection.

10. Return to main menu.

11. Press [1] to begin comm session.

At this point go to Appendix B for the Utilities Programs
procedures.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 2-19

SECTION 2Operation

2-20 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

Section 3

Routine Care and Maintenance

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

Introduction

Your hand-held computer is designed to withstand normal
use in harsh environments. Occasional maintenance is re­quired to ensure trouble-free operation. The procedures in
this section should help keep your hand-held computer in
good working condition.

Maintenance procedures included in this section provides
instructions on identifying low battery conditions, and
cleaning your computer.

Low Battery Indication

If you attempt to turn your hand-held computer on and it
does not respond, this usually means the battery is run
down. Just to be sure, insert your hand-held computer in a
dock or other charging device, turn it ON, and see if the
hand-held computer responds. If it does, follow the instruc­tions for Charging the Batteries beginning on page 2-5. If
it does not respond when inserted in the equipment that
provides charging, another problem could exist. Refer to the
Troubleshooting section for solutions.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 3-1

SECTION 1Routine Care and Maintenance

Cleaning Your Hand-Held Computer

Periodic cleaning helps maintain the appearance and reli­ability of your hand-held computer. When cleaning your
hand-held computer, inspect the keyboard, covers, display,
connectors, and peripheral products for obvious signs of
damage or wear.

B

CAUTION: Do not use any abrasive cleaning compounds, ketonic solvents

(acetone or ketone) or aromatic solvents (toluene or xylene) to
clean any part of your hand-held computer. These solutions will
cause permanent damage to your hand-held computer.

Never pour cleaners directly on the display or the case.
Instead put the cleanser on a soft cloth and gently wipe the
case.

Case and Display

It is recommended that you clean the exterior of your com­puter using a soft cloth dampened with MICRO-CLEAN II
cleanser, made by Foresight International, Inc. 4887 F
Street, Omaha, NE 68127-0205.

Docking Connectors

If docking connector contacts become dirty or tarnished,
clean them with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol. It may
also be necessary to lightly burnish them with a pencil eras­er.

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Section 4

Troubleshooting

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

Introduction

Should you encounter difficulties in routine operation,
printing, or communications, there are a few things you
may be able to do to correct the problem.

" Refer to your applications (software user) manual for

printing and telecommunication procedures.

" Ensure that electrical and mechanical connections are

secure and undamaged.

Troubleshooting Chart

Table 4-1 lists conditions you might see and offers some ba­sic remedies:

Table 4-1

Basic Troubleshooting

Condition Solution
Low Battery Recharge the main battery pack.
Bad TCOM Review and retry communications procedures.

Check cable connections.

Does Not Respond
To Power

Check to ensure that the dock is plugged in and hand-held
computer is making good contact.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 4-1

Basic Troubleshooting

Condition Solution
Hand-Held

Computer Will Not
Turn ON When The
[1/0] Key Is

* Ensure that there is a main battery in.
* The main battery may be low and need recharging.
* The battery door may not be closed completely.

Pressed
As The Battery

Pack Ages It Is
Losing Capacity
and Fewer LEDs
are lighting.

Lithium Ion batteries will lose half of their available
capacity after about 1000 cycles (use and recharge = 1 cycle).
Therefore, a fully charged battery pack will show fewer than
four lit LEDs, this is normal. Either replace the battery pack
or plan your charging needs accordingly, and note that the
capacity will continue to decrease with each cycle.

Battery Does Not
Light Any Of The

Charge battery pack then recheck. Replace battery pack if
needed.

LEDs.
The Charging

Indicator Starts
Blinking Red And
Orange

*A determination can be made regarding the problem as a
result of the sequence of red and orange blinking. This is
helpful to a Customer Support Center Specialist. It is best
for you to tell them as much as you can and probably is to
your best interest to call a specialist at the support center.
First there are some things to try.

For example: There may be a bad connection between the
charger and the battery. Remove and re-insert the battery
pack.

* It might be a defective battery pack. Return battery pack
to Customer Support Center.

* You can remove the battery pack from the charger and try
charging it while in your hand-held computer.

Hand-Held
Computer Will Not
Turn ON When

The printer may be running off battery power. The printer
does not charge the battery in your hand-held computer
when it is running off of battery power itself.

Inserted In A
Printer

SECTION 4Troubleshooting

Table 4-1 continued

4-2 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

SECTION 4 Troubleshooting

Table 4-1 continued

Basic Troubleshooting

Condition Solution
Hand-Held

Computer Will Not
Power Up, Screen
is Blank, RS485
Network Does Not
Work

Main and Backup Battery are Critically Low. Ensure that
your computer has been on a charger for at least five min­utes, then remove from the dock and press the reset switch.
The display will then be active.

Continue to charge your hand-held computer for 14 hours to
ensure both the main and backup batteries are fully
charged.

After this initial charge, the normal time for the main bat­tery pack to charge is about 2 1/2 hours.

Hand-Held
Computer Will Not
Turn ON When
Placed In A Dock

Hand-Held
Computer Shuts
Down In The
Middle Of Using

Hand-Held
Computer Turns

* Ensure the dock is plugged in.
* Ensure that there is a main battery in your hand-held

computer.
* Ensure the battery door is completely closed.

* You may have a very low battery, try recharging the
battery.

* You may have hit the battery door latch, this will cause
your hand-held computer to suspend. Check the latch.

This is the correct operation, the unit shuts down to con­serve energy and save data.

OFF When You
Open the Battery
Door

Hand-Held
Computer Does
Not Turn OFF

*May not turn OFF when it is connected to a charging de­vice.

* May not turn OFF when it is processing data.
If either of these conditions continues for a long period of

time, contact support personnel as this will run down the
batteries.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide 4-3

Basic Troubleshooting

Condition Solution
Hand-Held

Computer Displays
A Bad TCOM
Message

Hand-Held
Computer Takes A
Long Time To Boot
Up After A Reset

* Ensure that full contact is made in the dock, try reseating
hand-held computer in dock.

* Ensure there is a good connection between the dock and
the host.

Normal time is between 30--45 seconds. If longer than this,
may need to contact support personnel.

If these basic solutions do not solve your problem, there
could be a number of reasons. Additional things to do are:

" Refer to the software documentation written for your

application. This documentation contains trouble­shooting information.

" Contact the Customer Support Specialist at your Cus-

tomer Service Center. Your regional Customer Service
Center is fully staffed and equipped to repair your
hand-held computer. Customer Support Center ad­dresses and telephone numbers are printed on a Prod­uct Service Information card. This document is packed
with all products.

SECTION 4Troubleshooting

Table 4-1 continued

Repair Service

Be sure to carefully pack the unit and include a description
of the problem and the measures you took to correct it.

If possible, include any printout (if applicable) or write
down displayed error messages to illustrate the problem.

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Appendix A

Connector Pin-Outs

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

8-Pin Docking Connector (standard)

2

8

4

1

3

567

Pin Signal Function
1 BCLK Battery Clock
2 12.0 Volts Terminal From Dock
3 GND Ground
4 BDAT Battery Data
5 TXD Transmit for Serial Port
6 RXD Receive for Serial Port
7 RTS Ready To Send
8 CTS Clear To Send

PEN*KEYRModel 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide A-1

APPENDIX A " Connector Pin-Outs

A-2 PEN*KEYRModel 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

The PEN*KEYRUtilities Program provides basic functions
required to prepare your hand-held computers for use.

Entry Point

Screen Title

This screen appears after cold-booting the computer.

Appendix B

Utilities Program

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
PSROMOC Vx.xx

COPYRIGHT 1994--1998
INTERMEC
TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

[ENTER]CONTINUE

" Screen Title: (dark bar at the top) contains the

application name, such as “PEN*KEY UTILITIES”,
and the specific screen name, such as “MODEM
PARAMETERS.”

" Key Description: (dark bar at the bottom) contains

“action” keys. Movement keys, such as arrows, are not
shown.

Key Description

Pop-Up Menus

Pop-Up menus appear after a menu option. Press the num­ber of an option you want to select; or press the Y or B

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide B-1

keys to scroll through the list and press the [ENTER] key
to enter. Select one option each time.

Press the [ESC] key to exit a pop-up menu.

Drop-Down Lists

APPENDIX BUtilities Program

CHANGEUNITID

UNIT ID 2233233
WORKGROUP
6200IPL

[F4]RESET FACTORY
[ESC]QUIT

1. NETWORK. . .

2. MODEM/DIRECT

3. ACCESSORY CARD

4. HANDHELD

5. REMOTE OPS

6. INTERSERVER

Drop-down lists provide suboptions under a pop-up menu.
Press the number of a suboption, or press the Y or B keys
to scroll through the list and press the [ENTER] key to en­ter. Select one suboption each time.

Press the [ESC] key to exit a drop-down list.

B-2 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

APPENDIX B Utilities Program

Alphanumeric Fields

NETWORK PARAMETERS

SERVER NAME
I.U.N. INCORPORATED
SERVER IP ADDRESS

CLIENT IP ADDRESS
ROUTER
SUBNET MASK

[ESC]QUIT

If your computer has a numeric keyboard, enter alphanu­meric data by pressing the A and " keys to scroll back and
forth through the set of alphanumeric characters. After a
character is selected, press the [ENTER] key to enter that
character. Press [ENTER] again to move to the next field.

123.123.123.123

123.123.123.123

0. 0. 0. 0

0. 0. 0. 0

If your computer has an alphanumeric keyboard, press the
characters, then press the [ENTER] key to move to the
next field.

Press [ENTER] to save the entries and exit the menu.
Press the [ESC] key to exit without saving the entries.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide B-3

Title Screen

When you reboot or reset your computer, the Title Screen
appears:

Press the [ENTER] key to continue.

APPENDIX BUtilities Program

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
PSROMOC Vx.xx

COPYRIGHT 1994--1998
INTERMEC
TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

[ENTER]CONTINUE

B-4 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

APPENDIX B Utilities Program

Language Selection

"

NOTE: The PEN*KEY Utilities Program checks files for available language

options. If no language resource files exist, you do not see this
menu.

If your application requires non-English languages, the
Language Selection menu appears. English is the first op­tion, followed by up to nine additional options:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
LANGUAGE SELECTION

1. ENGLISH

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

0.

[ESC]QUIT

Press the number of a language, or press the Y or B keys
to scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER] key to
enter.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this menu.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide B-5

APPENDIX BUtilities Program

Communications Menu

"

NOTE: The default is the NPCP RS-485 communication.

"

NOTE: If your computer does not support any of the features listed, the fol-

lowing pop-up menu appears. Press the [ENTER] key to continue:

COMMUNICATIONS
FEATURE
ESCT SUPPORTED

[ENTER]CONTINUE

The Communications Menu appears after the Title Screen:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS

1. BEGIN COMM SESSION

2. COMM SETTING

3. UNIT ID

4. NETWORK PARAMETERS

9. ADVANCED UTILITIES

B-6 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

NRINET

SERVER NAME
CLIENT IP ADDRESS

0.0.0.0

ROUTER

0.0.0.0

SUBNET MASK

0.0.0.0

[ESC]QUIT

APPENDIX B Utilities Program

Option 1 BEGIN COMM SESSION

If you select this option, the computer repeats communica­tions until successful or you press the [ESC] key.

"

NOTE: If you press the [ESC] key, this verification window appears:

ARE YOU SURE YOU
WANT TO STOP
COMMUNICATIONS
ESCW?

[ENTER]STOP
[ESC]RESUME

"

NOTE: This window may not appear immediately. For most communication

settings, a session cannot be interrupted once it has started, so the
[ESC] key is not processed until the next session is attempted.

6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide B-7

APPENDIX BUtilities Program

BEGIN COMM SESSION with NETWORK

If you select this option and Option 2. COMM SETTINGS
is set to NETWORK, this Communication Status menu ap­pears:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS

COMM SETTINGS:

NRINET
SERVER NAME

CLIENT IP ADDRESS
ROUTER

SIGNING ON
STATUS: 20

[ESC]STOP COMM

0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0

While SIGNING ON is onscreen, STATUS: may appear
with the status of the attempted connection. Refer to
Session Status on page B-12 for meaning.

Following a successful session, PEN*KEY Utilities executes
the downloaded application. If the necessary program files
are not found, this message window appears:

MISSING SYSTEM
FILES

[ENTER]CONTINUE

B-8 6100 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide

APPENDIX B Utilities Program

If the session is unsuccessful, LAST SESSION appears with
the failure status, such as “T803.”

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS

COMM SETTINGS:

NRINET
SERVER NAME

CLIENT IP ADDRESS
ROUTER

SIGNING ON
STATUS: 20

LAST SESSION T803
INVALID HOST NAME
OR IP ADDRESS

[ESC]STOP COMM

0.0.0.0

0.0.0.0

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BEGIN COMM SESSION with MODEM/DIRECT

If you select this option and Option 2. COMM SETTINGS
is set to MODEM/DIRECT, this Communication Status
menu appears:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS

COMM SETTINGS:

MODEM/DIRECT
MODEM TYPE

NM2400/NM2400A
PROTOCOL BPS FMT
TTY 2400 8N1
AUTO ANSWER

CONFIGURING

LAST SESSION: T289
ESC RESPONSE FROM
MODEM

ESC

[ESC]STOP COMM

"

NOTE: The computer may stay at the “CONFIGURING” screen for about 20

seconds if a modem is not detected.

If the session is unsuccessful, LAST SESSION appears with
the failure status, such as “T289.”

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BEGIN COMM SESSION with ACCESSORY CARD

If you select this option and Option 2. COMM SETTINGS
is set to ACCESSORY CARD, the system attempts to
execute the application from a PC card. If the “MISSING
SYSTEM FILES” message appears, press the [ENTER] key
to continue.

BEGIN COMM SESSION with INTERSERVER

If you select this option and Option 2. COMM SETTINGS
is set to INTERSERVER, this Communication Status menu
appears:

Transfer:

Press the [ESC] key to exit this screen.

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Session Status

The first single character code (“T”) is the session status,
which applies to all COMM SETTINGS. There are five sta­tuses possible:

" G Good session
" T Unexpected end of transmission
" H Incorrect file header encountered
" F File error encountered
" L Telecommunications aborted before first file

header received

The three digit number (“289”) indicates the specific proto­col error. These error codes apply when COMM SETTINGS
is set to NPCP RS-485 or NPCP RS-232:

" 0 No error

1 MININET.EXE not installed
6 User aborted communications by pressing

[ESC]

11 Invalid parameter specified in control file

"

NOTE: The following values indicate an error returned by MININET.EXE.

100 is added to the error returned by MININET.EXE to avoid conflict
with other defined errors.

101 Illegal buffer length
103 Invalid command
105 Command timed out
106 Message incomplete
108 Illegal local session number
109 No resource available
110 Session closed
111 Command canceled
113 Duplicate name in local name table
114 Name table is full
115 Name is deregistered, command complete
117 Local session table full
118 Session open rejected

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119 Invalid name number
120 No answer
121 Name not found
122 Name in use on remote adapter
123 Name deleted
124 Session ended abnormally
125 Name conflict
126 Incompatible remote device
133 Network interface is busy
134 Too many commands outstanding
135 Invalid LAN adapter number
136 Command completed while cancel occurring
138 Command not valid to cancel
164--179 Unusual network condition
180--354 Adapter malfunction

These error codes apply when COMM SETTINGS is set to
MODEM/DIRECT and PROTOCOL is set to TTY:

0 No error
6 [ESC] key pressed, aborting communications
11 Invalid parameter specified in control file
23 End of transmission
101 Line lost
102 Parity error
103 Character gap too long
104 Data loss
105 Excessive NAKs (negative acknowledgements)
106 Block count error
107 Block check error
108 Block framing error
109 Control character error
2xx Modem error

xx Hayes response code, or code defined by

program:

03 No carrier
04 Command not recognized
06 No dial tone
07 Dialed number is busy

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08 No answer
86 Error sending command to modem
87 Expected numeric response not numeric
88 Invalid response format
89 No significant response from modem
97 COM port disabled by system due to low

battery or removal of PC card modem.

98 Unrecognized English response
99 Memory allocation error

"

NOTE: For response codes not listed above, if you purchased this modem

from the Norand Mobile Systems Division of Intermec Technologies
Corporation, contact our Customer Response Center at
1--800--221--9236.

If this modem is not from the Norand Mobile Systems Division, con­tact your modem supplier.

These error codes apply when COMM SETTINGS is set to
NOVELL NETWARE:

" 0 No error

6 User aborted communications by pressing

[ESC] key.

100 Connection to host failed. Verify network

connection, verify that PENKEY login name
exists on host.

101 Could not access include file. Verify existence

of include file on host.

102 Could not allocate needed memory.

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These error codes apply when COMM SETTINGS is set to
NRINET:

" 0 No error

6 User aborted communications by pressing

[ESC] key.
800 PC TCP/IP kernel is missing.
801 Invalid client IP address. Make sure the entry

for CLIENT IP ADDRESS is correct, or make

sure the DHCP server is running.
802 Invalid Service or Service Type, or invalid port

number.
803 Invalid host name or IP Address. Make sure

the entry for SERVER NAME is correct, and

that the server is running.
804 Could not create socket. Check all cables and

network connections.
806 Block sent was incomplete or block received

was incomplete.

807 Client and server negotiation failed.
808 Server specified an unsupported block size.
809 Invalid buffer pointer.
810 All server connections are already in use. Try

again later.
811 Timeout while sending data. Connection to

remote machine dropped. Make sure the host

is still running, and check all cables and

network connections.
812 Timeout while receiving data. Connection to

remote machine dropped. Make sure the host

is still running, and check all cables and

network connections.

935 Operation would block.
939 Destination address required.
940 Message too long.
948 Address already in use.
950 Network is down.

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951 Network is unreachable.
952 Network dropped connection or reset.
954 Connection reset by peer.
955 No buffer space available.
960 Connection timed out.
961 Connection refused.
962 Too many levels of symbolic links.
963 File name is too long.
964 Host is down.
965 Host is unreachable.
966 Directory not empty.

These error codes apply when COMM SETTINGS is set to
TFTP:

" 0 No error.

1 TCP/IP kernel is not loaded.
6 User aborted communications by pressing

[ESC] key.
201 TFTP.EXE failed.
202 TFTP.EXE not found.
203 Unknown server.
204 Remote file name is invalid.
205 Local file name is invalid.
206 File not found on server.
207 Timeout.

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Option 2 COMM SETTING

If you select this option, the Communications Settings drop­down list appears:

1. NETWORK. . .

2. MODEM/DIRECT

3. ACCESSORY CARD

4. HANDHELD

5. REMOTE OPS

6. INTERSERVER

Press the number of a communications settings, or press
the Y or B keys to scroll through the list, then press the
[ENTER] key to enter.

Suboption 1 NETWORK

If you select this suboption, a drop-down list appears with
various networks:

1. NETWORK. . .

1. NPCP RS485

2. NPCP RS232

3. NRINET

4. TFTP

5. ESCVELL NETWARE

Press the number of a network or press the Y or B keys to
scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER] key to
enter. The computer returns to the Communications Menu
with the selected network assigned to Option 2. COMM
SETTING. See a sample menu on page B-6.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this drop-down list. The com­puter takes you to the Communications Menu.

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Suboption 2 MODEM/DIRECT

If you select this suboption, the computer returns to the
Communications Menu with the MODEM/DIRECT option
assigned to Option 2. COMM SETTING:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS

1. BEGIN COMM SESSION

2. COMM SETTING

3. UNIT ID

4. MODEM PARAMETERS
MODEM TYPE

PROTOCOL BPS FMT
TTY 2400 8N1
AUTO ANSWER

5. PHONE NUMBER

MODEM/DIRECT

NM2400/NM2400A

ESC

9...131369282

9. ADVANCED UTILITIES

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Suboption 3 ACCESSORY CARD
Suboption 6 INTERSERVER

If you select either of these suboptions, the computer re­turns to the Communications Menu with ACCESSORY
CARD or INTERSERVER assigned to Option 2. COMM

SETTING.

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
COMMUNICATIONS

1. BEGIN COMM SESSION

2. COMM SETTING

ACCESSORY CARD

3. UNIT ID

9. ADVANCED UTILITIES

Suboption 4 HANDHELD
Suboption 5 REMOTE OPS

These suboptions are not supported at this time.

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APPENDIX BUtilities Program

Option 3 UNIT ID

If you select this option, the Change Unit ID pop-up menu
appears:

CHANGEUNITID

UNIT ID 2233233
WORKGROUP
6200IPL

[F4]RESET FACTORY
[ESC]QUIT

Enter up to eight characters to change the Unit ID. Use the
[¬SP] key to backspace and use the [CLR] to restore the
previous ID. Press the [ENTER] key to save the new ID
and return to the Communications Settings menu. Press
the [F4] key to reset the ID to factory default. Press [ESC]
to exit this pop-up menu.

Option 4 NETWORK PARAMETERS

Network Parameters appears as Option 4 when Option 2.
COMM SETTINGS is set to one of these three NETWORK

options: NRINET, TFTP, or ESCVELL NETWARE.

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NETWORK PARAMETERS with NRINET or TFTP

If you select this option and Option 2. COMM SETTINGS
is set to NRINET or TFTP, this Network Parameters pop-up
menu appears:

NETWORK PARAMETERS

SERVER NAME
SERVER IP ADDRESS
CLIENT IP ADDRESS
ROUTER
SUBNET MASK

[ESC]QUIT

If you have an alphanumeric keyboard, press the characters
to the host name, then press the [ENTER] key to save the
entry and move to the next field.

0. 0. 0. 0

0. 0. 0. 0

0. 0. 0. 0

0. 0. 0. 0

If you have a numeric keyboard, use the A and " keys to
scroll back and forth through the given set of alphanumeric
characters. After a character is selected, press the
[ENTER] key to enter that character. Press [ENTER]
again to move to the next field. Press the Y or B keys to
move between fields.

Press [ENTER] to save the entries and exit the Network
Parameters menu. Press the [ESC] key to exit without sav­ing the entries.

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NETWORK PARAMETERS with ESCVELL NETW ARE

If you select this option and Option 2. COMM SETTINGS
is set to NOVELL NETWARE, this frame type drop-down
list appears:

1. 802.2

2. ETHERNET II

3. 802.3 RAW

4. 802.2 W/ SNAP

Press the number of a frame type, or press the Y or B keys
to scroll through the list and press the [ENTER] key to en­ter. Press the [ESC] key to exit this drop-down list without
changing the frame type.

Option 4 MODEM PARAMETERS

Modem Parameters appears as Option 4 when Option 2.
COMM SETTINGS is set to MODEM/DIRECT.

If you select this option, the Modem Parameters pop-up
menu appears.

MODEM PARAMETERS

1. MODEM TYPE

2. PROTOCOL TTY

3. BPS RATE 2400

4. DATA FORMAT 8N1

5. AUTO ANSWER ESC

Press the number of a modem parameters option, or press
the Y or B keys to scroll through the list, then press the
[ENTER] button to enter.

Suboption 1 MODEM TYPE

If you select this suboption, a drop-down list appears with
supported modem types. Press the Y or B keys to scroll
through the list, then press the [ENTER] button to enter.

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NM2400/NM2400A

[ESC]DONE

APPENDIX B Utilities Program

" If you select drop-option OTHER EXTERNAL or

OTHER INTERNAL, the Modem Init String pop-up

menu appears:

MODEM INIT STRING

ATE0V0Q0&M0&S1&C1&
D2&R/QX0L1

[F2]TEST STRING
[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

a. Enter the initialization string of the modem you are

using. Refer to your modem’s reference manual for
information.

"

NOTE: Use A and " keys on numeric keyboards to scroll the alphanumeric

character set.

"

NOTE: If you leave this menu blank, a string is not saved.

b. Press the [ENTER] key to enter the string or press

[ESC] to exit this pop-up menu.

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"

NOTE: Testing the modem initialization string is optional.

" To test the modem string, do the following:

a. Press the [F2] key. The computer replies with

“PLEASE WAIT” and tests the string:

MODEM INIT STRING

ATE0V0Q0&M0&S1&C1&
D2&R/QX0L1

PLEASE WAIT . . .

[F2]TEST STRING
[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

Momentarily, the computer displays the modem’s
response:

MODEM INIT STRING

ATE0V0Q0&M0&S1&C1&
D2&R/QX0L1

RESULT: 97

[F2]TEST STRING
[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

APPENDIX BUtilities Program

"

NOTE: Zero indicates the modem was successfully configured. Any other

value indicates an error. See page B-13 for a list of modem errors. If
you purchased this modem from the Norand Mobile Systems Divi­sion, contact our Customer Response Center at 1--800--221--9236.

If this modem is not from the Norand Mobile Systems Division, con­tact your modem supplier.

b. Press the [ENTER] key to update the modem ini-

tialization string. The computer returns to the Mo­dem Parameters pop-up menu with OTHER EX­TERNAL or OTHER INTERNAL assigned.

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Suboption 2 PROTOCOL

If you select this suboption, a drop-down list of various pro­tocols appears:

1. TTY

2. YMODEM

Press the number of a protocol, or press the Y or B keys to
scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER] key to en­ter. The computer returns to the Modem Parameters pop-up
menu with the selected protocol assigned.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this drop-down list.

Suboption 3 BPS RATE

If you select this suboption, the BPS Rate drop-down list
appears with various bits per second (BPS) rates:

1. 1200

2. 2400

3. 4800

4. 9600

5. 19200

6. 38400

7. 57600

8. 115200

Press the number of a BPS rate, or press the Y or B keys
to scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER] key to
enter. The computer returns to the Modem Parameters pop­up menu with the selected BPS rate assigned.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this drop-down list.

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Suboption 4 DATA FORMAT

If you select this suboption, the Data Format drop-down list
appears:

1. 8N1

2. 7E1

Press the number of a data format, or press the Y or B
keys to scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER] key
to enter. The computer returns to the Modem Parameters
pop-up menu with the selected data format assigned.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this drop-down list.

Suboption 5 AUTO ANSWER

This suboption is not supported at this time.

Option 5 NETWORK INTERFACE

Network Interface appears as Option 5 when Option 2.
COMM SETTINGS is set to NRINET, TFTP, or ESCVELL

NETWARE.
If you select this option, the Network Interface drop-down

list appears:

Press the number of a network interface, or press the Y or
B keys to scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER]
key to enter. The computer returns to the Communications
menu with the selected network interface assigned.

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1. ETHERNET

2. RS485

APPENDIX B Utilities Program

Option 5 PHONE NUMBER

Phone Number appears as Option 5 when Option 2. COMM
SETTINGS is set to MODEM/DIRECT.

If you select this option, the Phone Number pop-up menu
appears:

PHONE NUMBER

9...13193693282

[ . ]DIALING PAUSE
[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

Enter up to 16 characters. Use the [¬SP] key to backspace;
use the [CLR] to reset to the previous phone number, and
press [.] to insert a dialing pause command (“,”).

Press the [ENTER] key to save the new phone number and
return to the Communications Settings menu.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this pop-up menu.

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Option 9 ADVANCED UTILITIES

If you select this option, the Advanced Utilities menu ap­pears:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
ADVANCED UTILITIES

1. SET DATE/TIME

2. BATTERY STATUS

3. FORMAT RAM DRIVE

4. FORMAT RAM CARD

5. SET BOOT DRIVE

Press the number of an advanced utility option, or press the
Y or B keys to scroll through the list, then press the
[ENTER] key to enter.

"

NOTE: Suboption 4 FORMAT RAM CARD appears only if the FOR-

MAT.COM program is in the PATH.

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Suboption 1 SET DATE/TIME

If you select this suboption, the Set Date/Time pop-up menu
appears:

SET DATE/TIME

DATE: 01/20/80
TIME: 23:12:04

[ESC]QUIT

Enter numbers for the month, day, year (1980--2079), hour,
minute, and second (up to 23:59:59). Press the [ENTER]
key after each entry. An incorrect entry causes the comput­er to default to the initial number. Press the [ESC] key to
exit this pop-up menu.

Suboption 2 BATTERY ST ATUS

Use this suboption to check battery status, and for 6210
Computers, to condition these batteries. The Battery Status
screen appears when you select this suboption:

PEN*KEY UTILITIES
BATTERY STATUS

MAIN PACK CHARGING
VOLTAGE 7.37
LAST COND 10/10/96
CAPACITY 23:59

BACKUP
VOLTAGE 2.94
LAST COND 10/10/96
CAPACITY 23:59

CHARGER 16.22

[F2]CONDITION BATT

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[ESC]QUIT

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" MAIN PACK: Status of the main battery pack:

" OK Battery operating properly.
" LOW Power running low, needs

recharging.

" CRITICAL Power dangerously low,

recharge soon or lose all data.

" CHARGING Main battery pack recharging.
" MISSING Main battery pack not loaded

or detected.

" VOLTAGE: Amount of operational battery

voltage.

" LAST COND: Date when battery was last

conditioned. “??/??/??” if un
known.

" CAPACITY: Estimated time battery is

operational after complete
charge. “??:??” if unknown.

" CHARGER: Amount of voltage supplied by

external charge source.

Suboption 3 FORMAT RAM DRIVE

If you select this suboption, the Format RAM Drive pop-up
menu appears:

FORMAT RAM DRIVE

0MB 0KB

[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

Enter the total MB and KB for the RAM drive.

"

NOTE: A zero in both fields deletes the RAM drive.

Press the [ENTER] key after each entry. A pop-up verifica­tion appears:

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FORMAT RAMDRIVE

ALL DATA ON
EXISTING RAM DRIVE
WILL BE DESTROYED!

OK TO CONTINUE?

[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

Press the [ENTER] key to continue. Press the [ESC] key to
exit the menu.

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Suboption 4 FORMAT RAM CARD

"

NOTE: This suboption appears only if the FORMAT.COM program is in the

PATH. The 512KB flash does not include FORMAT.COM.

If you select this suboption, the Format RAM Card pop-up
menu appears:

FORMAT RAM CARD

1. A:

2. B:

5. E:

6. F:

[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

"

NOTE: If the computer was booted from a RAM card drive, that drive is not

displayed in the menu.

Press the number of the RAM card drive, or press the Y or
B keys to scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER]

key to enter. A pop-up verification window appears:

ALL DATA ON
RAM CARD
WILL BE DESTROYED!

OK TO CONTINUE?

Press the [ENTER] key to continue. Press the [ESC] key to
exit the menu.

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FORMAT RAM CARD

[ENTER]OK
[ESC]QUIT

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Suboption 5 SET BOOT DRIVE

If you select this suboption, the Set Boot Drive pop-up
menu appears:

SET BOOT DRIVE

1. A:

2. B:

3. C:

4. D:

5. E:

6. F:

[ESC]QUIT

"

NOTE: The current default drive is highlighted in this menu.

Press the number of a boot drive, or press the Y or B keys
to scroll through the list, then press the [ENTER] key to
enter. The computer returns to the Advanced Utilities
menu.

Press the [ESC] key to exit this pop-up menu.

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Appendix C

Supported Radio Configurations

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

RM280

The RM280 is a 2.4 GHz FHSS (Frequency Hopped Spread
Spectrum) Network Interface Card. The RM280 is avail­able in your 6100 Computer as a factory installed option.
The RM280 adds a wireless LAN capability to the hand­held computer, allowing it to communicate with other net­work devices, through the 6710 Wireless Access Point.

Specifications:

Software Compatibility Operates with most PC compatible commu-

nication protocols that support interfaces to
Open Datalink Interface (ODI) or Network
Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) drivers.

Range Up to 500 feet (17 meters) line of site; 25,000

square feet (2,322 square meters) in typical
indoor installations

Data Rates (Throughput) 800 kbs or 1.6 Mbs, auto selecting
Frequency Band 2400--2483 GHz FHSS
Output Power 100 mW
Regulatory Compliance FCC 15.247; DOC RSS 210
FCC ID EHARM2400

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INDEX

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

B

Backlight, 1-7
Backup battery, 2-10

installing, 2-10
lithium, 1-8

Batteries, 1-7

backup, 1-8

installing, 2-10
life, 2-10
lithium, 1-8

main, 1-7

care, 3-1
cycles, 1-10
installing, 2-3
lithium ion, 1-7
low battery indication, 3-1
removing, 2-8

Battery, status, utilities menu,

B-29

Boot drive statement, 2-13

C

Charging main and backup

batteries, the first time, 2-3

Charging main battery, 2-5

in hand-held computer, 2-5
not in hand-held computer,

2-5
multipack charger, 2-5
single pack charger, 2-5

Cleaning, 3-2

case, 3-2
contact surfaces, 3-2
display, 3-2
docking connector, 3-2
keyboard, 3-2

Connectors, A-1

8-pin docking connector, A-1

D

Display options, touch screen,

1-7
Downloading programs, 2-18
Drives, 2-13

E

Ejector buttons, 2-16
Endcap, installing, 2-11

F

First time charge, main and

backup batteries, 2-3
Flashing, 2-14

G

Gold (shift) key, 1-11

I

I/O key, 1-11
Installing endcap, 2-11
Installing memory cards, 2-15
Installing PC memory cards,

2-15
Integrated scanner endcap, 1-14
IrDA, 2-14

K

Keyboard features

30-key keypad, 1-6
56-key keypad, 1-6

Keypad options

30-key keypad, 1-6

56-key keypad, 1-6

L

Loading programs, 2-13

M

Magnetic card reader, 1-16

using, 1-18

Magnetic stripe card reader,

1-16

Magnetic stripe reader, using,

1-18

Main battery, 1-7, 2-3, 2-8

care, 3-1
cycles, 1-10
installing, 2-3
lithium ion, 1-7
low battery indication, 3-1
removing, 2-8

Measuring battery pack

capacity,2-9

Memory card

installing, 2-15
removing, 2-16
types

type II, 1-11
type III, 1-11

Memory types

flash ROM, 1-10
main, 1-10

MSR

magnetic stripe reader, 1-16
using, 1-18

N

Normal charging time, main

battery, 2-3

O

Optional integrated scanner

endcap, 1-14

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Optional magnetic stripe reader,

1-16

Optional tethered scanner

endcap, 1-13

P

PC cards, 1-10

types

type II, 1-11
type III, 1-11

PC memory card

installing, 2-15
removing, 2-16

Product feature descriptions, 1-3

R

Radio module, 1-15
Removing memory cards, 2-16
Removing PC memory cards,

2-16
Repair service, 4-4
Reset switch, 1-12

S

Serial ports, 1-12

Shift key, 1-11
Specifications, 1-19
Suspend and Resume key, 1-11

T

Tetheredscanner endcap, 1-13
Touch screen display,1-7
Troubleshooting chart, 4-1
Type II card slot, drive b, 2-13

U

Using the card reader, 1-18
Using the MSR, 1-18
Using the stripe reader, 1-18
Utilities program, B-1

communications menu, B-6
communications menu

options

ADVANCED UTILITIES,

B-28

BEGIN COMM SESSION,

B-7
COMM SETTING, B-17
MODEM PARAMETERS,

B-22
NETWORK INTERFACE,

B-26

PHONE NUMBER, B-27
UNIT ID, B-20

communications menu subop-

tions
ACCESSORY CARD, B-19
AUTO ANSWER, B-26
BATTERY STATUS, B-29
BPS RATE, B-25
DATA FORMAT, B-26
FORMAT RAM CARD,

B-32

FORMAT RAM DRIVE,

B-30
HANDHELD, B-19
INTERSERVER, B-19
MODEM TYPES, B-22
MODEM/DIRECT, B-18
NETWORK, B-17
OTHER EXTERNAL, B-23
OTHER INTERNAL, B-23
PROTOCOL, B-25
REMOTE OPS, B-19
SET BOOT DRIVE, B-33
SET DATE/TIME, B-29

language selection, B-5
network parameters

with NOVELL NETWARE,

B-22
with NRINET or TFTP,

B-21

title screen, B-4

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