User`s guide

Zebra Mobile Printers • Wireless Configuration Guide • rev. H 31
Ping
The Avalanche Administrative Console user can ping
Avalanche enabled mobile devices.
Update Now
An Administrative Console user can force a device to im-
mediately perform an update.
Text Messaging
From the Administrative Console a user can create and
send text messages to Avalanche enabled mobile print-
ers. The message will show up immediately on the print-
er’s LCD, and/or print out. In addition the printer can be
set to beep upon receiving a message. Print, display and
beep options are configurable by user
INSTALLING THE WAVELINK AVALANCHE AGENT AND CONSOLE
MANAGER
Required Applications and Tools
• New Mobile Printer Application – (Avalanche enabled)
• Label Vista v3.0 or higher (includes Avalanche Support)
• Wavelink Avalanche Console
Download the most recent Wavelink Avalanche Agent &
Console Manager setup executable from the Wavelink Web
site at
http://www.wavelink.com
and install both the Avalanche
Agent and Console Manager to a networked PC.
When setup is complete, start the Agent, and open the Con-
sole Manager GUI by double clicking the appropriate icons.
Connect the Console Manager to the Avalanche Agent. (The
Agent IP should be the local host IP, 127.0.0.1, if it is installed
on the same PC as the Console Manager.)
Once connected to an Agent, either local or remote, expand
the tree view on the left and delete all entries under the Serial
Ports section by right clicking on each and selecting Delete.
Avalanche Printer Configuration with Label Vista
In order for the mobile printers to successfully become part
of an existing Avalanche system, the printer must first be set
up and configured properly.
NOTE: Avalanche can only be implemented on the QL Plus and
RW series of Mobile Printers.
Configure the Network Settings on the Mobile Printer
Using Label Vista, configure the printer to connect to the Ac-
cess Point by entering the ESSID and other network info.
Turn the printer off, then perform a two-key report to verify
that a network connection is made and an IP address is ac
-
quired.
Configure the Avalanche
Enabler on the Mobile
Printer
Using Label Vista,
connect to the network
printer (via serial cable,
USB or TCP/IP).
From the Printer menu,
select the Network Man
-
agement option. The
Network Management
dialog should appear,
and the Network Man-
agement tab should be
active.
Select “Avalanche” from
the Type drop down list.
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