User's Manual

KDC250 User Manual

5. GPS - KDC250

The KDC250 supports the GPS feature. One can record the GPS coordinate with a barcode or use KDC250

as a Bluetooth GPS receiver.

5.1 Barcode and GPS data format

KDC250 adds the GPS coordinate after barcode data if GPS data is available. GPS data starts with “<G|P/S\”

and ends with “:”. For example, KDC250 would record barcode “1234567890” and GPS coordinate

“4354.45275,N;07925.81993,W” as “1234567890<G|P/S]4354.45275,N;07925.81993,W:” in the barcode data

field.

5.2 GPS Menu

KDC250 provides the following GPS menu.

GPS Power Menu

z Users can enable or disable the GPS Power.

z The GPS module consumes a lot of battery power and it is strongly recommended to turn off the

GPS if KDC250 is not used for a for a period of time.

z It is also recommended to use GPS Auto Power Off option in the System menu. This option would

turn off the GPS power automatically if a barcode is not scanned for a period of time.

Power Mode Menu

z Users can extend the battery life of the KDC250 in Power Save mode

z Users should use normal mode if accurate GPS data is required

z KDC250 will last about 15 hours in normal non-bypass data mode and 18 hours in power save non-

bypass data mode

z KDC250 will last about 7 hours in normal bypass data mode and 8 hours in power save bypass

data mode

Bypass Menu

z This option should be disabled if users want to record the GPS data with a scanned barcode data.

z KDC250 would bypass GPS data to the host if the bypass option is enabled

z KDC250 becomes Bluetooth GPS receiver if this bypass data option is selected