Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Falcon® 4220
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Manual
- Document Overview
- Document Conventions
- Registering Your Product
- Batteries and Power
- Software Applications
- Configuring a PDA
- Networks, Communications, and Connections
- Technical Specifications
- Falcon® Desktop Utility for Windows®CE. NET
- Accessories & Peripherals
- Overview
- Using the Battery Charger
- Using the Car Charger/Adapter
- Installing Compact Flash Type Peripherals
- Using the Docks
- Using the Earphones / Microphone
- Ethernet Port
- Installing the Handstrap
- Installing the Handle
- Using a High Capacity Battery
- Holster
- Using the IrDA Port
- Using SD Memory Card
- Using the USB / Serial Connection
- Cable & Connector Configurations
- Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Technical Support
- Glossary
Glossary
F-2 Falcon
®
4220 Windows
®
CE PDA
Compact Flash
(CF) card
Compact Flash
®
is a very small removable mass storage device. Compact Flash cards are
designed with flash technology, a non-volatile storage solution that does not require a bat-
tery to retain data indefinitely. CF™ cards consume only five percent of the power required
by small disk drives. CF cards weigh a half ounce and are the size of a matchbook. CF
cards are available as modems, Ethernet, serial, digital phone cards, scanners, BlueTooth
wireless, 802.11b WiFi LAN, etc.
control
A standardized part of the window that can be manipulated by the user to perform an
action or display information. The most common controls are buttons that allow the user to
select options and scroll bars that allow the user to move through a document or position
text in a window.
context sensitive
help
Tap the “?” button to open a help dialog about the specific windows application you are
using. Context sensitive help can tell where you are in a program and can provide assis-
tance with the specific problems you might be having.
control panel
Control Panels are several different applets that allow you to configure PDA device to meet
your specific requires. There are control panels for scanning, keyboard, display, etc.
Access the control panels at the Start menu: Start > Settings > Control Panel.
device manager
A tool to track all loaded device drivers and their interfaces. It issues notification of the
appearance, disappearance of device interfaces, loads and tracks drivers by reading and
writing registry values, and unloads drivers when their devices are no longer needed.
device partnership
A registry key on a
Windows CE .NET device that a desktop computer uses to identify
the device when it is connected. The key defines values for synchronization, file conver-
sions, and backup and restore information, which enable multiple
Windows CE .NET
devices to connect to the same desktop computer. A device partnership is created the first
time you connect a
Windows CE .NET device to a host PC.
DiskOnChip
Persistent flash memory management system. Data in the DiskOnChip is retained when a
battery pack is fully discharged. The backup battery must be charged to retain flash mem-
ory.
embedded
Broadly, software code or commands built into a device, as opposed to software that is
added. In a narrower sense, code that is typically stored in ROM and dedicated to either
controlling a device or providing a specific functionality.
FAST
Part of PSC’s
Falcon Management Utility (FMU) application for the Falcon that updates
the operating system and applications automatically from a server using the wireless net-
work system.
firmware Operating System on the PDA.
Falcon
Management Utility
(FMU)
A PSC Windows-based management application for managing the configuration settings
and updating the operating system and applications automatically from a server using the
wireless network system on the PDA.