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  • Page 1 NLS-PT30 Series Mobile Computer User Guide...
  • Page 2 Please read through the manual carefully before using the product and operate it according to the manual. It is advised that you should keep this manual for future reference. Do not disassemble the device or remove the seal label from the device. Otherwise, Fujian Newland Auto-ID Tech. Co., Ltd. does not assume responsibility for the warranty or replacement.

  • Page 3: Revision History

    Revision History Changes to the original manual are listed below: Version Description Date V1.0 Initial release. 2012-04-12 V1.1 Corrected improper descriptions. 2012-05-16 V1.2 Updated the figures in Chapter 6. 2012-09-24 V1.3 Updated the screenshots of the PT30. 2014-07-04...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 About This Guide ................................ 1 Introduction ................................. 1 Documentation Set ..............................1 Specifications ................................1 Software Version ................................. 2 Chapter Descriptions ..............................3 More Information ................................. 3 Service Information ..............................3 Chapter 2 Getting Started ................................4 Introduction .................................
  • Page 5 Change Backlight Settings ............................18 Memory storage management ..........................19 Resetting the PT30 ..............................19 Warm Reset ..............................19 Cold Reset................................ 19 Locking the PT30 ..............................20 Barcode Settings ..............................21 Scan engine parameters configuration ......................21 Reading 1D barcode ............................26 Reading 2D barcode ............................
  • Page 6 Disassembly and modification .......................... 42 Connect power source ............................. 42 Abnormal situation ............................42 Drop Damage ..............................42 LCD Display ..............................42 Stacking heavy objects ............................. 42 Placed location ..............................42 Use occasion ..............................42 Caution ................................43 Battery safety guidelines ..........................43 Troubleshooting ................................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 About This Guide

    Chapter 1 About This Guide Introduction This guide provides information about using the NLS-PT30 series mobile computer and accessories. Documentation Set The documentation set for the NLS-PT30provides information for specific user needs and includes:  ：Describes how to get the NLS-PT30 Series up and running.

  • Page 8: Software Version

    Drop 1.2 m drop to concrete Environmental Sealing IP54 sealing Barcode Laser (≥ 4 mil) Code128, EAN-13, EAN-8, Code 39, UPC-A, UPC-E, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, 1D Barcode CCD (≥ 5 mil) ISBN/ISSN, Code 93, etc. CMOS (≥ 5 mil) 2D Barcode ALL 1D and PDF 417, QR Code, Data Matrix, Maxicode, Aztec, etc.

  • Page 9: Chapter Descriptions

    More Information For more product and support information, please visit our web site: http://www.nlscan.com。 Service Information Newland China Phone +86-400-608-0591 Email sales@nlscan.com Newland Europe Phone +31(0)-345-870-033 Email Info@newland-id.com Newland Taiwan Phone +886-2-7731-5388 Email Info@newland-id.com.tw Newland North America Phone +1-510-490-3888 Email Info@newlandna.com...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Chapter 2 Getting Started Introduction This chapter lists the parts and accessories for the PT30 Series and explains how to install and charge the batteries, and power on the PT30 Series for the first time. Unpacking Carefully remove all protective material from the pack. Verify that you received the following: ...

  • Page 11: Charging The Battery

    1. Figure 1 indicates the direction to unlock the latch. 2. Figure 2 indicates the direction to take out the battery cover. 3. Follow the instructions of figure 3 and 4 to insert the battery. 4. Follow the instructions of figure 5 to close down the battery cover. 5.

  • Page 12: Power On, Suspend, Wake Up And Power Off

    Power On, Suspend, Wake Up and Power Off  Power On: Press and hold the Power key for 2-3 seconds to turn the terminal on.  Suspend: When the terminal is powered on, pressing the Power key down for 2 seconds will suspend the terminal. If no operation is performed on the terminal for some time, it will go into suspend mode (in the case that auto suspend is already enabled).

  • Page 13: Checking Battery Status

    Checking Battery Status To check the charge status of the main battery in the terminal. Tap “Start”→“Settings”→”System”→doubleclick “Power”. Figure 2.3: Power Properties Figure 2.4: Power Properties - Schemes Power schemes has four status; “Running”, “User Idle”, “System Idle” and “Suspend”: ...

  • Page 14: Installing Sim Card

    Please note the following situations will lead to the MicroSD card is not working: Card metal contact pads are not clean, battery voltage instability, the slot being squeezed, slot internal wire rust or bend excessively, the card infected with a virus, the card is not properly formatted, damaged cards, slot damage. Installing SIM Card The SIM card slot is located under the battery, and only support in GPRS model of PT30 series.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Using The Pt30 Series

    Chapter 3 Using the PT30 Series Introduction This chapter provides the detailed instructions for using and setting the PT30 Series. Figure 3.1: Desktop Icons Status Icons The status bar at the bottom of the screen can contain the status icons listed in Table 3.1 Table 3.1 Status Icons.

  • Page 16: Programs Icon

    USB connection status. Indicates battery charging. WiFi signal status. Displays current time. Keyboard panel. Background running program selection window. Programs Icon Table 3.2 Software utilities icons. Icon Program Name Description Stylus For the touch screen calibration settings. Light Setting For the screen and keyboard backlight settings. Peripheral Switch Used to offer power control function for peripheral module.
  • Page 17 LockConfig To keyboard and touch screen lock or unlock tool. Wi-Fi WiFi communication management and configuration tool. Bluetooth Device Bluetooth communication management and configuration tool. Properties Barcode Setting Barcode engine configuration tool. Autorun Setting the programs and parameters which need to boot automatically. Backup/Restore system registry, configuration and data in storage SysBackupRestore memory.

  • Page 18: Setting Programs Icon

    Setting Programs Icon Icon Description System volume adjuster. Internet options setting tool. Enable/Disable connects with host PC. Memory storage management and configuration. Battery and devices power status and system power schemes settings. Password attributes (power on password and screen saver password) settings. System date, time and time zone settings.
  • Page 19 To remove programs that installed on the terminal. Input panel setting. Owner properties setting. Network connects configuration. System information. Screen display interface and backlight configuration. View the information about certificates installed on the terminal.

  • Page 20: Keypad

    Keypad SCAN key Barcode reading button. TOOL key Pop-up shortcut menu, or perform shortcuts. Turn screen backlight on or off. Backlight key *Press and hold it for 7.5s for a warm reset. ALPHA key Switch between alpha and numeric input. FUNC key User-defined function keys.

  • Page 21: Numeric Keypad Input Mode

    : Hold the stylus on the screen and drag across the screen to select text. Drag in a list to select multiple items. CAUTION: To prevent damage to the screen, do not use any device other than the Newland provided stylus.

  • Page 22: Adjust Volume

    Adjust Volume Adjust the system volume using the tool program in control panel Tap “Start”→“Setting”→“ControlPanel”→double click Click and move the slider to adjust the volume on "Volume and Sounds" dialog box. Figure 3.2: Volume Figure 3.3: Sounds...

  • Page 23: Peripheral Modules Power Control

    Peripheral Modules Power Control This tool program is for users to quickly open or close GPRS/3G/Bluetooth/WIFI power switch. Tap “Start”→“Settings”→“ControlPanel”→double click Tap WiFi icon switch button to turn the power of WiFi module on/off. The operation method of GPRS/3G/Bluetooth modules are same with WiFi. The switch displaying ”ON” means the power of module has been turned on, and “OFF” means it turned off.

  • Page 24: Change Backlight Settings

    Change Backlight Settings Use Light Setting program you can set the screen and keyboard backlight. Screen backlight has normal mode and low-power mode. Use this tool can also be set according to the different needs of the backlight brightness and auto-off timer.

  • Page 25: Memory Storage Management

    Memory storage management “Storage Manager” is a tool for managing the memory. Actions mode:  Format ：Format the selected memory, the data in memory will be destroyed after memory formatted.  Dismount ：Dismount the selected memory.  New Partitions ：Create a new partition in selected memory. ...

  • Page 26: Locking The Pt30

    Locking the PT30 Use the device lock feature to prevent use of the device. Tap “Start”→“Settings”→“ControlPanel”→double click Figure 3.7: Lock Configuration Lock the keyboard and touch screen: Method 1: If no operation is performed on the PT30 for some time (user programmable), the keyboard and touch screen will be locked automatically.

  • Page 27: Barcode Settings

    Barcode Settings Scan engine parameters configuration Tap “Start”→“Settings”→“ControlPanel”→double click Figure 3.9: Barcode Config 1 Figure 3.10: Barcode Config 2 Figure 3.11: Barcode Config 3...
  • Page 28  Output Settings:  Output via API : Use program API libraries control to get the barcode data.  Output via keyboard : Output the barcode data to keyboard buffer to simulate keyboard input.  Output via clipboard : Output the barcode data to clipboard. Figure 3.12: Output Settings ...
  • Page 29  Scan Trigger: Select a key or key combination as scan trigger by checking the item. Figure 3.14: Scan Trigger  Good Read Notifier: Select an indicator for good read. Figure 3.15: Good Read Notifier...
  • Page 30  Prefix and Suffix: Set a prefix/suffix that you want to append to barcode data. Figure 3.16: Prefix & Suffix  Symbologies: List of configurable symbologies varies by the product model.  Enable/disable a barcode symbology.  Set parameters of a barcode symbology. Figure 3.17: Symbologies 1 Figure 3.18: Symbologies 2...
  • Page 31  Test Tap “Test” on the Barcode Config 2 screen (Figure 3.10) to display the figure below to test barcode reading. Figure 3.19: Test  Version Info. Tap “Version Info.” on the Barcode Config 2 screen (Figure 3.10) to display the version information of your scan engine.

  • Page 32: Reading 1D Barcode

     2D Image Debugger This feature only applies to the PT30 equipped with 2D scan engine. Figure 3.21: 2D Image Debugger Reading 1D barcode Adjust the terminal barcode reading angle or the distance between barcode and terminal. Let the width of the scan line appropriately larger than the width of the barcode (about 4mm), in order to get the best reading.

  • Page 33: Reading 2D Barcode

    Reading 2D barcode The best reading distance and angle: A. Adjust the terminal focus lights aiming to the center of 2D barcode. B. Adjust the reading distance between the terminal with barcode around 5-20 cm. C. Adjust the reading angle: The relative pitch angle (the α) with barcode and terminal is less than 45 degrees (0 is the best) ...

  • Page 34: Chapter 4 Using Bluetooth Communication

    Chapter 4 Using Bluetooth Communication Click the Bluetooth icon in desktop status bar to display the BT Configuration dialog window as shown in figure 4.2. Figure 4.1: Desktop Figure 4.2: Basic setting page A. Basic setting page offer device name and pin code setting. You can select to use default pin code and setting your default pin code.
  • Page 35 E. Application program will take the initiative to connect the last time connected Bluetooth device to communication. Figure 4.5: Pair & Link page Figure 4.6: Device searching Figure 4.7: Service searching Figure 4.8: Favorite page...

  • Page 36: Chapter 5 Using Wifi Communication

    Chapter 5 Using WiFi Communication A. Main Window The Main window provides an overview of the current wireless network connection configuration (Active Profile) The following image (in Figure 5.1) is the SCU Main windows for Windows CE. Figure 5.1: SCU Main Window Enable Radio/Disable Radio When the radio is enabled, select this button (which displays Disable Radio) to disable it.
  • Page 37 If the radio Encryption type is set to WEP or a pre-shared key (WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK), it should now be capable of obtaining an IP address (either statically assigned or through DHCP) and passing traffic. If the radio Encryption type requires EAP authentication then an EAP Type must be properly configured in order for the device to obtain an IP address and be capable of passing traffic.
  • Page 38 Figure 5.3: Scan Window Each row shows an AP's SSID, its received signal strength indication (RSSI), and whether or not data encryption is in use (true or false). You can sort the list by tapping on the column headers. If the scan finds more than one AP with the same SSID, the list displays the AP with the strongest RSSI and the least security.
  • Page 39 C. Status Window The Status window provides status information on the radio connection between the client device and the access point to which it's associated. The following image is the SCU Status windows for Windows CE. Figure 5.5: Status Window D.
  • Page 40 to Stop Ping. Pings continue until you tap Stop Ping, move to a different SCU window (other than Diags or Status), exit SCU, or remove the radio. E. Global Window Global settings include radio and security settings that apply to all profiles and settings that apply to SCU itself. An administrator can define and change most global settings on the Global window in SCU.

  • Page 41: Chapter 6 Using Gprs Communication

    Chapter 6 Using GPRS Communication Ensure an activated SIM card, from the phone service provider, is installed in the terminal. The default of PT30 already has a GPRS connection. You can tap “Start”→“Settings”→“ControlPanel”→“Network and Dial-up Connections”, double clicks the GPRS icon to start the communication if you located in China. If you are not located in China, you should modify GPRS connection or create a new GPRS connection follow the instruction of telecommunication service provider.
  • Page 42 Figure 6.3: Modem setting Figure 6.4: Port Setting Tap the “Call Options” tab (see figure 6.5).enter[+cgdcont=1,“IP”,“cmnet”] in the bottom of field. This “cmnet” means a service point of GPRS service provider. Different GPRS service provider offer different service name. Please contact with your service provider to get the information, and tap OK button to save it.” Figure 6.5: Call option As shown in figure 6.6, enter [*99***1#] into phone number field.

  • Page 43: Setting Dial-Up Connection

    Figure 6.6 Set phone number Figure 6.7: Connect Setting Dial-Up Connection The step of setting dial-up connection is: Click the “Dial Properties…” button that is shown in figure 6.8 to setting. Click the “Edit…” button that is shown in figure 6.9 to setting. Figure 6.8: Dial-up connection Figure 6.9: Dialing properties C.

  • Page 44: Check Gprs Connection Status

    Wait around 3-5 seconds, the GPRS connection should be successes. Figure 6.10 Figure 6.11 Check GPRS Connection Status Click the Dial Properties icon in the status bar as to open the dialog window shown as figure 6.12 to display the GPRS connection status.

  • Page 45: Chapter 7 Using Activesync

    Chapter 7 Using ActiveSync Introduction Microsoft ActiveSync (version 4.5 or higher) on the Host computer is use to synchronize information on the mobile computer with the host computer. Install To install ActiveSync on the host computer, download version 4.5 or higher from the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.comRefer to the installation description included with the ActiveSync software.

  • Page 46: Chapter 8 Accessories

    Chapter 8 Accessories Battery Terminal battery capacity too low will cause the terminal malfunction. Please charge the battery at less than 8 hours for sure the main battery and backup battery capacity was in full charge states. Cradle Put PT30 into cradle Pick up PT30 from cradle Charging Use cradle charging...

  • Page 47: Led Charging Indicator

    LED charging indicator Red light long bright : During charge. Green light long bright : Charge complete. LED indicator for Scanning/Decoding/Communication Red light bright : During scan barcode. Green light bright : Success decoded barcode. Blue light flash : Communication module (BT/WIFI/GPRS/3G)during communication. Connect Host PC via USB cable Open the USB port cover which is located in bottom of PT30.

  • Page 48: Chapter 9 Maintenance& Troubleshooting

    Considerations on using PT30 Disassembly and modification Please do not attempt to disassemble or modify the terminal, if cause the damage to the terminal, Newland does not assume warranty responsibility. Connect power source Please use the terminal original power adapter otherwise there is a risk of damage to the terminal.

  • Page 49: Caution

    Battery can charge and discharge at least more than 500 times. Please renew the battery when the battery noticeably in shorter battery life.  Using the battery only provided from Newland, and also use the power adapter only provided from Newland to charge the battery. ...

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    May be the keyboard components damage or cable loose contact between Keyboard wrong character display. with mainboard socket. Please contact Newland maintenance or after service center. Battery indicator doesn't light Check the adapter plugged in power outlet or contact with the terminal is well when charging.
  • Page 51 TEL: +31 (0) 345 87 00 33 FAX: +31 (0) 345 87 00 39 Email: sales@newland-id.com WEB: www.newland-id.com Tech Support: tech-support@newland-id.com Newland North America Inc. /北美新大陆有限公司 Address: 46559 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538, USA TEL: 510 490 3888 Fax: 510 490 3887 Email: info@newlandna.com WEB: www.newlandna.com...

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