Chapter 4. Operating The Terminal; Introduction; Powering The Pdt 7200; Booting The Terminal - Symbol PDT 7200 Series Product Reference Manual

Introduction

This chapter describes how to perform basic tasks with a terminal that has been configured
and charged. For information on configuring the terminal, see chapters 5-10.

Powering the PDT 7200

Power for the PDT 7200 is provided by a Li-Ion rechargeable battery pack. Before powering
on the terminal, initialize it and install a new or fully-charged battery pack. Refer to
3, Cradle Setup and Operation
- 10 for information on initializing the terminal.
To power the PDT 7200 on or off, press the icon on the display in the upper left-hand
corner.

Booting the Terminal

Warm booting the terminal is similar to performing a CTRL+ALT+DEL on a PC. To warm
boot the terminal, press and hold the
boot timeout value defined in Setup.
Cold booting the terminal generates a system reset, the same as a power-on boot on a
standard PC. To cold boot the terminal, press and hold the
release. See Chapter 9, Terminal Configuration: Setup

Suspending and Resuming Operation

To suspend or resume the PDT 7200, tap the
display. The terminal can also resume operation from various wake-up sources (if enabled
through application development).
Terminal operation can be suspended in four ways:
• Manual
• the operator taps the
• Automatic
• the terminal times out because of no operator activity. Refer to
default values.
• Programmatic
for more information on battery packs. Refer to Chapters 5
icon for at least 6 seconds, but less than the cold
icon. Refer to
Operating the Terminal
icon for 16 seconds, then
for more information.
icon in the upper left-hand corner of the
Table 4-1 for the default values.
Chapter
Table 4-1 for the
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