Unitech

HT580L Operation Guide

Version 1.0

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Overview

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1.

SETTING .............................................................................................................. 4

1.1.

DATE & TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 4

1.2.

Device.............................................................................................................................................................. 5

1.2.1.

BACKLIGHT ........................................................................................................................................... 5

1.2.2.

SCANNER .............................................................................................................................................. 5

1.2.3.

AUTORUN.............................................................................................................................................. 6

1.2.4.

Memory ................................................................................................................................................... 6

1.3.

MODEM......................................................................................................................................................... 6

1.3.1.

BAR....................................................................................................................................................... 10

1.3.2.

PSWD – Password ............................................................................................................................. 11

1.3.3.

SYS – Perform Cold/Warm Start or Update F/W.................................................................................. 11

1.3.4.

DIAG - Diagnostics ............................................................................................................................... 12

2.

COMMUNICATION..............................................................................................13

2.1.

USB communication .................................................................................................................................... 13

2.2.

BlueTooth communication.......................................................................................................................... 13

2.3.

Communication program ........................................................................................................................ 15

2.4.

Modem communication ........................................................................................................................... 17

3.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

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Model .................................................................................................................................................................... 19

HT580L ................................................................................................................................................................. 19

3.1.

Pin Assignment ......................................................................................................................................... 20

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Overview

HT580L operation guide will cover more detail on F/W setting and software development tool

APG580 (Application Generation for HT580L)

After power on HT580LL, it will show main menu as below

HT580L V1.15

1. SETTING

2. FORMCACHING

3. RUN APG580

There are 3 options – Setting , Formaching and Run APG580.

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1. Setting

Setting menu do 2 major functions – User mode setting and Supervisor setting. In HT580L User

Guide, it already explains user mode operation. This document will also repeat it again from below section.

Note : Due to no barcode scanning requirement on Setting menu, SCAN key will also be treated as ENTER key during Setting operation. So, user can use below 2 ways to select any

Setting item

Press MENU key to move cursor to target item and then press SCAN(or ENTER) key

Direct press item number (without combining with ENTER) to enter setting item

After pressing “1” key from main screen, there are four setting options which include the following:

1. DATE & TIME

2. DEVICE

3. MODEM

4. SUPERVISOR

1.1. DATE & TIME

Press “1” (or press “ MENU ” key to move cursor to item 1) to enter DATE & TIME category so that you are able to set the correct date and time. The page will appear as it is shown below:

YYYY-MM-DD

2000-01-08

HH-MM-SS

05:50:35

Press numeric keys to input correct date & time. Once complete, press [ENTER] to save the revised settings. To go back to previous menu, press [ ESC ].

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1.2. Device

Use MENU key to move cursor to one of item and then press ENTER (or SCAN key) or directly press

“1” ~ “3” to select target item:

1. BACKLIGHT

2. SCANNER

3. AUTORUN

4. MEMORY

1.2.1. BACKLIGHT

HT580L’s backlight can be automatically on after key pressed and it will automatically off after predefined period time if there is no more key pressed. Timeout period will be reset if any key is pressed.

In HT580L, timeout period can be set to 10/20/30 or 60 seconds. Or backlight can be set as always OFF or ALWAYS on.

To set up the backlight, press MENU to adjust the setting. There are below options for choice

Item Description

On 10 SECS Turn on backlight after key-pressing, and then automatically turn off after 10 seconds

On 20 SECS

On 30 SECS

Turn on backlight after key-pressing, and then automatically turn off after 20 seconds

Turn on backlight after key-pressing, and then automatically turn off after 30 seconds

On 60 SECS

Always

Off

Turn on backlight after key-pressing, and then automatically turn off after 60 seconds

Always turn on backlight

Always turn off backlight

BACKLIGHT selection : ON 10 SECS/ ON 20 SECS/ ON 30 SECS/ ON 60 SECS/ Always/ OFF

Selecting your preference and press [ENTER] to save the change. To go back to previous menu, press

[ ESC ].

1.2.2. SCANNER

SCANNER selection: ON NORMAL/ON FLASH/OFF.

Press [MENU] key to select your preference and press [ENTER] (or [SCAN] key) to save the changes. To go back to the previous menu, press [ ESC ].

Below are explanation for those 3 options

ON

NORMAL

Standard operation way (one trigger on scan), scanning beam will be emitted when press SCAN key and scanning will be off when releasing SCAN key. Scanning beam will be

ON FLASH also off when it successfully read barcode

Press SCAN (and then immediately), scanner will automatically continuously emit scanning beam and off scanning beam until Enter flash mode after press SCAN key

(and then release SCAN key). User can press SCAN key again to stop Flashing.

OFF Turn off scanner. Scanning beam will not be emitted after press SCNA key

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1.2.3. AUTORUN

AUTORUN is defined to automatically run pre-define FORMCACHING or APG580 program after power on. Or setup HT580L to back to previous running point before power off. There are below 4 options for choice.

Formcaching Always run Formcaching from beginning after power on

HT580L

APG580

RESUME

Always run APG580(EasyJob) from beginning after power on

HT580L

Back to previous running point before power off. This option is default setting.

Always warm-start after power on. It will back to start menu. OFF

1.2.4. Memory

To display total memory and free memory space.

1.3. MODEM

Unitech provide modem cradle as HT580L’s accessory. So, user can get data through modem if

HT580L is plug into modem cradle.

In general, system administrator need to setup host PC to automatically dial to modem cradle and then issue command from host to do data communication or remote control. For such configuration, it is necessary to setup modem to automatically pick phone when host call modem. So, it provides option

“ AUTO ANSWER ” to setup modem from HT580L.

User can also directly call to remote host PC from modem cradle via HT580L. So, it is necessary to setup remote PC’s phone number, and then dial out, and then hang up phone if user need to stop modem communication.

There are below 4 options on MODEM

1.PHONE NUMBER

2.AUTO ANSWER

3.DIAL OUT

4.HANG OUT

To setup remote modem’s phone number

Send ATS0=1 [enter] to modem cradle. So, modem cradle will automatically pickup phone after one ring tone. You will get error message if HT580L is not plugged into cradle or modem cradle is power off.

Dial out according “Phone number” setting. It will send

“ATDT” + phone number

Hang up phone (send “+++” and then “ATH”)

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FormCaching Specification

DATA FIELD DEFINITION: maximum field number=8

Category Range Description

1. FIELD PROMPT Max.16 characters set field prompting

1-48 2. MIN/MAX

Field LENGTH

3. Field type set minimum field length and maximum field length numeric data (0~9) or alphanumeric data (20H~FCH)

4. DEVICE TYPE

1.NUMERIC

2.ALPHANUM

1.KEY ONLY

2.SCAN ONLY

3.BOTH input by keyboard only, bar code scanning only or both

DATA RECORD DEFINITION

Category Range Description

5. Between Field 1.Append Screen

2.Clear Screen

1. Append Screen: Prompt will be displayed on next line according previous cursor place. If cursor is already on the last line, it will scroll one line up.

2. Clear Screen: It will clear screen and then display

6. FIELD DELIMITER 1. , 2. ;

3.SPACE 4.TAB

5. FIXED LENGTH

7. RECORD

DELIMITER

Assign field delimiter, “Fixed Length” mean to store data according maxi length setting, it will automatically append spaces to end of field data if length of input data are less than maxi. length assign record delimiter

8. DATE STAMP

FIELD

9. TIME STAMP

FIELD

10. Trasn. Mode

1.CR

2.LF

3.CRLF

1.NONE

2.MMDD

3.YYYYMMDD

4.DDMMYY

5.YYYYMMDD

6.DDMMYYYY

1.NONE

2.HHMM

3.HHMMSS

4.SSMMHH

1. Batch assign date stamp and specify the format of date stamp assign time stamp and specify the format of time stamp

T

11. FIELD DELAY 0-6 specify time delay between each record input in second

When FormCaching is enabled, a data file named FORM.DAT will be created in the HT580L.

FORM.DAT stores the data as entered by the user after FormCaching is invoked. The HT580L will not allow the user to redefine the data fields in FormCaching once the FORM.DAT has been created. The file FORM.DAT must be deleted in order to implement any change in the configuration of FormCaching.

Running The Resident FormCaching Application Program

Enable the FormCaching, the HT580L built-in application can be ran by switching the portable terminal to the main menu of operation and selecting “ 2.FORMCACHING

”, select “2.FORMCACHING”. The

FormCaching application program will follow the setting (as previously defined by the user) as it displays prompts, requests input, and stores data in the FORM.DAT file. Pressing [ESC] key will abort the current record inputting action.

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HT580L FormCaching Defaults

The HT580L enables FormCaching by default, the following settings also apply:

DATA FIELD DEFINITION: field number=2

Category Setting

Field #1 FIELD PROMPT

DATA LENGTH

ITEM:

20

DATA TYPE

DEVICE TYPE

Field #2 FIELD PROMPT

DATA LENGTH

DATA TYPE

DEVICE TYPE

DATA RECORD DEFINITION

ALPHANUM

BOTH

QTY:

8

NUMERIC

KEY ONLY

Category Setting

FIELD DELIMITER

RECORD FELIMITER

,

CR

DATE STAMP FIELD

TIME STAMP FIELD

FIELD DELAY

NONE

NONE

1

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1.3.1. BAR

This option is use to configure individual symbologies for each barcode. After enter configuration menu, the LCD will display the BARCODE Setup as shown below.

< BARCODE SETUP>

CODE 39

ON

Press [ MENU ] key to toggle between settings. Press [ SCAN ] or [ ENTER ] key to set.

Setup decoding of HT580L supported bar code symbologies

Symbology Function

Code 39 Decoding

Option

ON/OFF

Default

ON

OFF

OFF

I 2 of 5

Code 32

Matrix 2 of 5

CHINA POST

Start/stop Character Send/No-send

Decoding ON/OFF

Check Digit

First digit

Last digit

Decoding

First digit

Last digit

Decoding

Industrial 2 of 5 Decoding

Check Digit

CHINA POST Decoding

Check Digit

Decoding

OFF/On&Not send/ON&Send

SEND/NOT SEND

SEND/NOT SEND

ON/OFF

SEND/NOT SEND

SEND/NOT SEND

ON/OFF

ON/OFF

Codabar Decoding ON/OFF

ON / ON&Not Send / ON&SEND

/ OFF

ON/OFF

ON / ON&Not Send / ON&SEND

/ OFF

ON/OFF

NO SEND

ON

OFF

SEND

SEND

ON

SEND

SEND

ON

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

MOD

Check Digit

IDATA 2 of 5 Decoding

Check Digit

10/DOUBLE MOD 11+10

ON&Send / ON&NOT SEND

ON/OFF

ON / ON&Not Send / ON&SEND

/ OFF

OFF

SINGLE

MOD 10

OFF

OFF

OFF

CODE 11 Decoding

Check Digit

ON/OFF

ON / ON&Not Send / ON&SEND

OFF

OFF

EAN-13 Decoding

/ OFF

ON/OFF ON

ON/OFF OFF

ISBN

ON/OFF OFF

ISBN

Leading Send

Check Send

EAN-8 decoding ON/OFF ON

Leading digit

Check Digit

SEND/NOT SEND

SEND/NOT SEND

UPC-A decoding ON/OFF

SEND

SEND

ON

EXPEND to EAN-13 ON/OFF OFF

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Leading digit

Check Digit

SEND/NOT SEND

SEND/NOT SEND

UPC-E decoding ON/OFF

SEND

SEND

ON

ON

ON

CODE 93

Code 128

A

Leading digit

Check Digit decoding decoding

SEND/NOT SEND

SEND/NOT SEND

ON/OFF

ON/OFF

EAN128 CODE ID ON/OFF

EAN128 FUNC CH NOT SEND/SEND

TELPEN decoding

UK PLESSEY decoding

Check Digit

1.3.2. PSWD – Password

ON/OFF

ON/OFF

SEND/NOT SEND

Change Supervisor password – The default password is “ 580 ”

1.3.3. SYS – Perform Cold/Warm Start or Update F/W

SEND

SEND

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

NOT

SEND

ON

OFF

SEND

1. WARM START

2. COLD START

3. UPDATE F/W

4. UPDATE DEC

There are 4 options on this item – Warm Start, Cold Start, Update

F/W and Update Decoder

Warm Start : warm boot HT580L

Cold Start : All of data and setting will be set to system default

Update F/W : Update F/W version. You can get the latest F/W image from supplier, F/W will be compressed as ZIP file. There are 8 files after unzip it – bank0.bin ~ bank7.bin. You can use communication program to send those 8 files into HT580L and then execute this option to update F/W. Please refer to Section Communication to know more detail information for communication program.

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1.3.4. DIAG - Diagnostics

The HT580L has a built-in diagnostics program to test the terminal's hardware. The test routines are data destructive . Therefore, before running the diagnostic program, make sure you back up the data in the HT580L.

Note : When a H/W or S/W service has been made on the PT630, such as maintenance, repair or upgrade, it

is strongly recommended to run the diagnostic program.

1. VER 2. SCAN

At the Supervisor Mode menu:

3. LCD 4. COMM

1. Press 7 (7.DIAG), then LCD will display the diagnostic menu as

5. PWR 6.KEY shown on the left. Select 1-8 to run the desired diagnostic routine

7. RTC 8.MEM

1. VER : Get F/W version for HT580L and Decoder.

2. SCAN : test bar code input by scanning bar code labels. Press ESC key to return to the diagnostics menu.

3. LCD : Darken the dots of the LCD screen and cycle power to the LCD backlight to check

4. if the LCD functions OK

COMM : Connect to PC’s communication testing program to test USB/RS232 communication

5. PWR : Testing Battery power

6. KEY : Test every key response

7. RTC : Show Current time/date is displayed

8. MEM : Test RAM condition

Note : Please refer to Service manual for more detail information.

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2. Communication

2.1. USB communication

To connect HT580L to PC via USB, you need to install USB driver which will redirect data to virtual COM port. You can get USB driver from HT580L CD.

Window OS will prompt new device dialog box when PC is the first time to be connected to HT580L via USB. Please re-direct driver folder to Unitech’s USB driver folder and then follow its prompting to install driver.

Then you can check correct COM port number from Control Panet System

Hardware Device manager, then you can find correct COM number from “USB

Serial Port” under option “Connection Port(COM and LPT)”

In HT580L, you should change it default communication port to “RS232/USB” from

Setting Supervisor Comm Port

2.2. BlueTooth communication

To do BlueTooth communication, you should change HT580L’s port setting to

BlueTooth from Setting Supervisor Comm Port

In PC, you should connect Bluetooth dongles if there is no Bluetooth support. And

Bluetooth driver should be pre-install.

Then , you must follow up below steps on you rPC

1. Power on HT580L and then Run Bluetooth manager from PC

2. Click “New Connection” buttom

3. Select proper mode – Express Mode or Customer Mode. User can specify COM port number if select customer mode.

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4. Then it will search all of Bluetooth device within BT converge area and then list them down on the screen. You can find all of HT580Ls will be displayed as “UNITECH”.

Then you can click “Next” button

5. Then it will prompt user to enter PIN code, HT580L’s default PIN (Pass key) is “0580”, then you can find this HT580L is already on your Bluetooth list. Then click right mouse button to connect it.

6. You can also check the correct PORT number from “Detail”

PS. HT580L’s BT Device name is fixed on “UNITECH”, so you will see a lots of

“UNITECH” on Bluetooth Manager if you want to connect several HT580Ls to single PC.

And user can not identify which one is correct HT580L to map to list. So, it is suggested to power on one HT580L at a time when make connection and please note its MAC address from DETAIL.

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program

In Easy Job, it also bundle one communication program named “MultiEj”. You can directly run it from

HT580L EasyJob

Or it from HT580L Easy Job and then then select Tool Communication as below diagram

Then it will launch MultiEj program as below screen, You can directly

1. drag and drop files from PC folder to HT580L directory to execute download function

2. drag and drop files from HT580L directory to PC folder to execute upload function

3. directly select files on HT580L directory area and delete.

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Before using MultiEj to do communication, you should setup correct port number and communication parameter by chick Options icon on menu bar.

Then click “NEW” button to select a new COM port, then configure its proper communication parameter and click OK button to finish setting. Then you can select proper port from Connection

List Box

After select proper COM port, you will find icons of Date/Time , WarmStart and ColdStart changed from grey to color icon.

Download / Upload / Delete / Execute will also become color if you select click files on local file

area or remote files area

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communication

For HT580L, Unitech provide modem cradle to enable modem communication function between PC and

HT580L. So, user must connect phone line to cradle and HT580L still connect to cradle with RS232 interface.

There are 2 ways to do connection.

1. Calling from PC

2. Calling from Terminal

Call from PC

To call modem from PC, HT580L’s modem cradle should be set to automatically pick up external call.

So, you should put HT580L into cradle (cradle should be connect to power) and execute Setting

Modem and then select “AUTO ANSWER” to let HT580L send “ATS0=1” to modem board (inside cradle). Then, cradle can automatically pick up external calling after one ring tone. (After execute

“AUTO ANSWER”, it is not suggested to power off cradle, or “Auto Answer” function will be disappeared)

In PC, you can use MultiEj to do modem communication with HT580L, you can setup modem function from Options by check “Modem” check

Then setup to correct Initial command, dial number, and wait time.

Call from HT580L

Current, HT580L can support modem dial from F/W. We will provide modem function from EasyJob in the future.

In PC side, you can use Hyperterminal to setup modem Auto Answer. And please put HT580L into cradle and phone line should be connected to cradle. Then follow up below step

Setting Modem Phone to input correct phone number

5. Then execute Setting Modem Dial out to connect to remote

After end of communication, execute Setting Modem Hang to hang up phone.

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3.

Technical Specification

Model HT580L

Dimensions 123mm x 55mm x 25mm

Weight 150g

Drop Specification

Display

1.2M free drop to concrete floor

128 x 64 pixel; 16x8 characters or 12x4 characters

Battery

Environmental Sealing

Operation Temperature

Storage Temperature

One 3.7V

IP42

0°C~50°C

730

-20°C ~70°C mAH Li-ion battery

Humidity

Electrostatic Discharge

(ESD)

Back-Lit Display

5% to 95% RH, ; not condensed

4 KV contact discharge

8 KV air discharge

Yes

Keypads 18 alphanumeric keys including one scan trigger

Operating System Proprietary ( C Language)

Memory 1 MB for main program & data storage

Application Development EZ Job

Battery Life Up to 8 hours

Symbologies UPC/EAN, Code 39, Interleave 2 of 5, CODABAR, MSI, Code

128, Code 93, Code 32,China Postal Code

Buzzer Yes, over 75 dB

One LED Reading – green color

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3.1. Pin Assignment

The HT580L communicate via the RS232 communication port located on the bottom of the unit. You can connect the unit via the communication cable to PC RS232 jack for data transfer or connect through cradle for communication.

Pin Name

1 US-POWER

2 GND

3 DC-IN

5 CTS

6 RTS

7 DSR

8 GND

9 DTR

10 TXD

11 RXD

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Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

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