User's Manual

Table of Contents
A FEW WORDS OF CAUTION ................................. 1
TRADEMARKS............................................................ 2
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................... 3
LASER BEAM ............................................................... 3
BATTERY .................................................................... 5
POWER SUPPLY ........................................................... 5
MEDICAL DEVICES ...................................................... 5
RF EXPOSURE WARNING STATEMENT.............. 6
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS................................. 7
1. INTRODUCTION..................................................... 8
BASIC DEVICE ELEMENTS ............................................ 8
OPTIONAL DEVICE ELEMENTS AND FEATURES ........... 9
2. GETTING STARTED............................................ 11
INSTALLING BATTERY ............................................... 11
ABOUT LITHIUM-ION BATTERY.................................. 11
CHARGING PL3000 .................................................... 12
Before Charging Battery, Assemble Device Cradle
............................................................................. 12
Charging Battery................................................. 13
CHARGING PISTOL GRIP BATTERY.............................. 15
3. PL3000 BASICS...................................................... 16
WINDOWS CE SHELL ................................................. 16
Taskbar................................................................ 17
Task Manager...................................................... 19
KEYPAD..................................................................... 19
Control Keys........................................................ 20
Mode Selectors of Alphanumeric Keypad............ 21
Alphanumeric Keypad ......................................... 22
Auxiliary Keys ..................................................... 23
Power Button....................................................... 23
STYLUS AND TOUCH SCREEN..................................... 24
TOUCH SCREEN INPUT METHODS............................... 24
Soft-key Input Panel ............................................ 24
Transcriber Input Panel ...................................... 25
REBOOTING YOUR PL3000........................................ 26
Soft-resetting your device.................................... 26
Hard-resetting your device.................................. 26
REGISTRY.................................................................. 27
FLASH DIRECTORY..................................................... 28
ADD-ON MEMORY OPTIONS........................................ 29
Installing SD / MMC Memory Card.................... 30
CONTROL PANEL ....................................................... 31
Accessing Control Panel ..................................... 31
Opening Applet.................................................... 31
Closing Applet..................................................... 32
Closing Control Panel......................................... 32
CONTROL PANEL APPLETS......................................... 32
Bluetooth Device Properties................................ 32
Certificates .......................................................... 33
ClearType............................................................ 33
Date/Time............................................................ 33
Dialing................................................................. 33
Display................................................................. 33
Error Reporting................................................... 34
Input Panel.......................................................... 34
Internet Options................................................... 34
Keyboard............................................................. 34
Network and Dial-up Connections ...................... 34
NID AutoStart Settings........................................ 35
NID Backlight...................................................... 35
NID Indicators..................................................... 35
NID Key Backlight............................................... 36
NID Keypad......................................................... 36
NID Link Watchdog............................................. 36
NID Power Button............................................... 37
NID Scanner........................................................ 37
NID SNTP Service............................................... 37
NID Tilt Switch.................................................... 38
NID Touch Screen............................................... 38
NID Trigger Button ............................................. 38
NID WWAN......................................................... 38
Owner.................................................................. 39
Password............................................................. 39
PC Connection .................................................... 39
Power .................................................................. 40
Regional Settings................................................. 40
Storage Manager................................................. 40
Stylus ................................................................... 41
System.................................................................. 41
USB profile.......................................................... 41
Volume & Sounds................................................ 42
Wi-Fi ................................................................... 43
POWER MANAGEMENT .............................................. 44
Power States........................................................ 44
Backup Battery.................................................... 46
Charging / Low-battery Indicator....................... 46
4. DATA CAPTURE ............................................. 48
SYMBOLOGY-ENCODED TAG READING ...................... 48
Linear Symbology Reader ................................... 48
2-D Symbology Reader........................................ 49
Checking on Symbology Reading........................ 52
Enabling / Disabling Symbology......................... 52
Configuring Specifics of Symbology.................... 53
Changing Aim/Triggering Mode ......................... 53
Changing Scanning Timeout ............................... 54
RFID TAG READERS................................................. 54
EPC UHF Class1 Gen2 Tag Interfacing............. 55
ISO 15693 HF Tag Interfacing............................ 58
5. CONNECTIVITY................................................... 60
WIRELESS LAN ........................................................ 60
PL3000 Wireless LAN in a Nutshell.................... 61
Before Starting to Configure WLAN.................... 63
Choosing WLAN Supplicant................................ 69
Changing Supplicant of WLAN Connectivity ...... 70
Radio Settings Relating to SCU Profile............... 71
Configuring WLAN Interface of Native WZC...... 73
Configuring WLAN Interface of SDC Supplicant 79
Associating PL3000 with Access Point under SDC
Supplicant............................................................ 83
Assigning Static IP Address to WLAN Interface.. 85
GPRS........................................................................ 86
Installing SIM Card............................................. 87
Attaching PL3000 to GPRS Network................... 88