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User’s Guide
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Falcon
DOS Fixed Station Terminal
USER’S GUIDE
Falcon
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DOS Fixed Station Terminal
User’s Guide
©PSC Inc. 2000
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Getting Started .............................................................1
Chapter 2: Using the Falcon 510..................................................7
Overview .........................................................................................3
Turning the Unit On ....................................................................4
Product Labeling...........................................................................5
FCC Information.................................................................................. 5
Care and Cleaning .......................................................................6
The Alpha-Numeric Keypad .....................................................9
Falcon 510 Keypad Compared with a PC Keyboard ............. 9
Input Modes.........................................................................................1
Repeating Keystrokes .....................................................................11
International Characters ................................................................12
The Viewport .............................................................................. 13
Adjusting the Contrast ....................................................................13
Status LEDs .........................................................................................14
Navigation Buttons..........................................................................14
Moving the Viewport Display ......................................................15
The Falcon Applications.......................................................... 16
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Guide ..........................................17
Getting Help ................................................................................ 19
Serial Communications ........................................................... 19
Data transfer doesn't succeed......................................................19
Barcodes ....................................................................................... 20
Barcode won't scan .........................................................................20
Barcode won't scan with laser.....................................................20
Barcode won't scan with wand...................................................20
Index ...........................................................................................vi
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Getting Started
CHAPTER CONTENTS
Overview .................................................................... 3
Turning the Unit On .................................................. 4
Product Labeling........................................................ 5
Care and Cleaning...................................................... 6
Overview
Figure 1 The Falcon 510
Overview
Falcon DOS fixed station terminal (Falcon 510) is designed to collect
data using several different methods:
llll Badge readers
llll Magnetic stripe readers
llll Wands and pens
llll Lasers and CCDs
llll RF (radio frequency)
llll Serial port communications from a PC
llll Modem connection
Speaker
Power Key
Status LEDs
Function Keys
Viewport
Arrow Keys
Alpha Keys
Numeric Keys
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Getting Started
Turning the Unit On
l
l Turn the Falcon 510 on by pressing the Power key (On button),
ll
located above the Alpha-numeric keypad, and to the left of the
viewport. Figu re 1 shows the location of the Power key.
l
l The On button does not turn the unit off. If the Power key is
ll
pressed while the unit is turned on, there is no effect.
llll The only way the unit can be turned off is by removing the main
power supply or activation of the Auto-Off Timeout.
llll The default setting is to never timeout. There is no timeout in the
default settings. Timeouts can be established by using the
PM.COM utility or installing an application which establishes a
timeout.
First-Time Use
The first time the Falcon 510 is turned on, the following message may
be displayed:
Initial power-up or
critical data loss.
Drive D formatted.
Press any key...
This message appears with normal operation and does not indicate a
problem. Press the
Enter key, and the Falcon 510 will continue to boot
up.
“Please Wait” Messages
The Falcon 510 performs operations on the PC card installed in the unit
whenever it is turned off or on.
llll The Falcon 510 displays a message in reverse video to indicate
that it is turning off or on.
llll Wait until the message disappears before using the unit.
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