CipherLab 8000 User Manual
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- Page 1 Remote Console For 8 Series Mobile Computers: 8000 / 8200 / 8300 / 8400 / 8500 / 8600 / 8700 Version 1.04...
- Page 2 Due to continued product development this information may change without notice. The information and intellectual property contained herein is confidential between CIPHERLAB and the client and remains the exclusive property of CIPHERLAB CO., LTD. If you find any problems in the documentation, please report them to us in writing.
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Page 3: Release Notes
RELEASE NOTES Version Date Notes Modified: Manage Rules – screenshots and descriptions updated 1.04 Feb. 02, 2015 with the Daylight Saving Time (DST) checkbox Modified: Change Connection Settings – update the screenshots 1.03 Aug. 20, 2014 of the Link Properties dialog Modified: Manage Rules –... -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS RELEASE NOTES ..........................- 3 - INTRODUCTION ..........................3 System Requirements ........................4 Remote Console ..........................4 Ethernet Connection ........................5 Menu Bar & Toolbar ........................5 View Link Status ........................... 6 View Received Files ........................9 View Device Information ......................12 Change Connection Settings ..................... -
Page 7: Introduction
This manual provides users with a comprehensive guide to Remote Console for 8-Series Mobile Computers by relating the approaches while interspersing the examples for various applications. We recommend that you read the document thoroughly before use and keep it at hand for quick reference. Thank you for choosing CipherLab products! -
Page 8: System Requirements
Remote Console User Guide SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS To run the program, one of the Windows operating systems is required: Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 REMOTE CONSOLE Remote Console is a Windows service known as long-running application that can run in the background. -
Page 9: Ethernet Connection
Introduction ETHERNET CONNECTION If you choose to network with Ethernet, an Ethernet Cradle is necessary for the mobile computer to team up with. Then set up the following: On the mobile computer, set the output interface to “Ethernet Cradle” by user ... -
Page 10: View Link Status
Remote Console User Guide Stop Stops Remote Console service session. Information Menu Device Information Gets system information about a specific mobile computer. System Menu System menu items are only available when Remote Console service is put to stop. Link Properties Configures link properties. - Page 11 Elapse (time elapsed upon Remote Console service session start) Note: Interfaced with Ethernet, 8000/8200/8300/8400/8600 auto-starts data output while 8500 needs users to run Upload Data from the user application main menu. The information other than Ethernet Cradle IP and MAC address are cleared upon...
- Page 12 Remote Console User Guide BY OTHER INTERFACES Once connection is up between two computers via RS232, IrDA, USB Virtual COM, Cradle IR or Modem-COM and data output starts, view Link Status by the approach below: At the left pane of RemoteConsole window, click Links to highlight it. The right pane will show these pieces of info: Terminal Serial Number of the mobile computer.
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Page 13: View Received Files
Introduction VIEW RECEIVED FILES By Remote Console’s File menu, a number of actions can be taken to a received file selected in the right pane of RemoteConsole window. To take an action to a received file, select the file first. To select a file: 1) In the left pane of RemoteConsole window, click Files. - Page 14 Remote Console User Guide From the menu bar, click File | Rename to assign a new name for the selected file. From File menu, click Delete File to delete the selected data file. From the menu bar, click File | Remove from List to remove the selected file from the file list.
- Page 15 Introduction From File menu, click Convert to convert the selected data file to Excel file format. The File Convert window opens providing file conversion settings. Among the settings, the Delimiter drop-box presents slightly different options when the O.S. has different number format settings. When number format is set to either of German, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish or Danish in the O.S., comma (,) isn’t to opt for since it is generally written for decimal point and is therefore ruled out from the options to wrongly delimiting data.
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Page 16: View Device Information
Remote Console User Guide The O.S. has number format set to either of German, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish or Swedish. Comma (,) is excluded from Delimiter options. VIEW DEVICE INFORMATION Remote Console also enables viewing the information of a client mobile computer that is sending in data at the moment. - Page 17 Introduction...
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Page 18: Change Connection Settings
Remote Console User Guide CHANGE CONNECTION SETTINGS For the problem-free Remote Console data connection between the clients and the (remote) host, provide correct settings to menu bar | System | Link Properties. Note System menu items are only available when Remote Console service is put to stop. - Page 19 Introduction When Interface is set to TCP/IP (for Ethernet), Baud rate setting is not applicable and thus unavailable. Polling time is also unavailable. Each of the communicative settings featured are detailed as below: Setting Description Sets the interface for Remote Console data connection between client(s) Interface and the host.
- Page 20 Remote Console User Guide Polling time Sets how often Remote Console determines the status of client mobile computer(s) so Remote Console can process the events generated by them. Sets Remote Console to auto-establish connection with client mobile Auto connection computer as soon as Remote Console launches. when RemoteConsole Auto connection when RemoteConsole starts is selected by default.
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Page 21: Change Data File Settings
Introduction CHANGE DATA FILE SETTINGS File Properties define where and how an incoming file is stored. To configure File Properties: 1) From Remote Console menu bar, click System | File Properties. (Note System menu items are only available when Remote Console service is put to stop.) A window of the same name opens. - Page 22 Remote Console User Guide File Path Sets where the received files are saved. By default, they are saved in the same folder where Remote Console is installed. To save them to somewhere else, click the Browse... button to browse for some other folder desired. File Name As the figure shown above, it defines the naming rule for the incoming data files and lookup files.
- Page 23 Introduction By Individual files, file names are auto-suffixed with a string from “-01” to “-10”, which comes from Batch AG data collecting form numberings. Data files are saved into .txt files by default. However file extension is redefinable and customizable with a few exceptions of illegal symbols and punctuations that should be ruled out.
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Page 24: Manage Devices
Remote Console User Guide MANAGE DEVICES From the menu bar of Remote Console, click System | Device Maintenance to manage devices by adding them to the Device List. You may group the devices if necessary. Note System menu items are only available when Remote Console service is put to stop. - Page 25 Introduction Modify Group Assign devices to a selected group or modify its Group Name. Select devices from the Device List and click to move them to the group. Select devices from the group and click to move them to the Device List. ...
- Page 26 Remote Console User Guide The serial numbers entered are added to the Device List on the left. 2) Click New Group to create a group by specifying Group ID. You may specify its Group Name as well.
- Page 27 Introduction Upon completion, it will be displayed in the drop-down menu of Group ID listing. 3) Click Modify Group on the upper-right corner to assign devices to a selected group. You may modify its Group Name if necessary.
- Page 28 Remote Console User Guide 4) Click Apply to confirm the assignment.
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Page 29: Manage Rules
Introduction MANAGE RULES A “rule” formulates what the host does to its client mobile computer(s), such as sending lookup file(s) and application template(s) to them. From Remote Console menu bar, click System | Rule Maintenance. (Note System menu items are only available when Remote Console service is put to stop.) A Rule Maintenance window opens. - Page 30 Remote Console User Guide GENERAL RULE General Rule is the inherent rule that Remote Console provides. If no rule has been created, General Rule is the rule presented when Rule Maintenance window opens. Deletion isn’t available for General Rule but only modification. MODIFY GENERAL RULE Click the Modify Rule button on the Rule Maintenance window to modify General...
- Page 31 Introduction Time synchronization Select the checkbox and assign a time zone by clicking the drop-down menu to synchronize the device time with the host time, which is necessary for Remote Console to determine which side (host or client) has the file that comes about later.
- Page 32 Remote Console User Guide Done with the modification, click the Apply button to apply the change and quit the setting.
- Page 33 Introduction NEW RULE(S) Save for the inherent General Rule, one or more new rule(s) can be created and applied to the client(s). Click the New Rule button on the Rule Maintenance window to create a new rule. Settings to create a new rule will become available as enumerated below: Rule ID - Must be no more than 250 characters.
- Page 34 Remote Console User Guide Select the checkbox and click the ellipses button to browse for a lookup file which the host will offload to client(s) if the file is newer. For 8600 series, please select the lookup file with the ‘*.DB0’ file extension. Others please select the ‘*.txt’ file extension.
- Page 35 Introduction MODIFY RULE(S) To modify a created rule, the following actions can be taken to it: MODIFY CREATED RULE(S) 1) On the Rule Maintenance window, select the created rule from the Rule ID drop-down menu to modify. 2) Click the Modify Rule button Settings to modify a created rule will become available as below: Change Rule Name ...
- Page 36 Remote Console User Guide Daylight Saving Time (DST) Select the checkbox to observe DST. Send lookup file to device Select the checkbox and click the ellipses button to browse for a lookup file which the host will offload to client(s) if the file is newer. For 8600 series, please select the lookup file with the ‘*.DB0’...
- Page 37 Introduction Note: Use SHIFT key to select a range of items and/or the CTRL key to select or clear individual items. DELETE CREATED RULE(S) A created rule is subject to removal. To remove a created rule: 1) On the Rule Maintenance window, select the created rule from the Rule ID drop-downs to remove.