Charging & Communications - CipherLab 8700 Series Reference Manual

8700 Series Mobile Computer
1.7 CHARGING & COMMUNICATIONS
Normally the mobile computer ships with a USB cable for charging and communications.
A variety of cradles are also developed and made available to you to meet your needs.
USB Interface Cable
Task
Charging
Communications
Note: (1) If you are using USB Virtual COM for the first time, you must install its driver
from the CD-ROM. Driver version 5.3 or later is required. Please remove older
versions! The virtual COM port will not be assigned until the USB port is in use.
(2) If you are using USB Virtual COM_CDC for the first time, you must install its
driver from the CD-ROM. USB CDC driver installer can be found in the "Windows"
folder. It will proceed to install the driver to your PC.
(3) A standard USB cable releases a COM port in the following conditions: (i) the
cable is detached from the mobile computer directly, (ii) the cable is detached
from the cradle directly, (iii) the cable is attached to the cradle, but the mobile
computer is removed from the cradle, (iv) the mobile computer is powered off, (v)
no application that requires a virtual COM port is running on the mobile computer.
(4) For an application program that requires a COM port to be occupied all the
time, it is suggested that you use a 308 USB Virtual COM Interface cable instead.
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USB Cable
USB direct charging
500 mA: USB icon
0 mA: Disable charging for 8700
5 V charging from the adapter (Plug icon)
USB Virtual COM — If you have FORGE Application Generator installed on
your PC, you may use a download utility to receive data from your PC; or
you can run HyperTerminal.exe to receive data directly.
USB HID — Run a text editor on your PC to receive data directly.
USB Virtual COM_CDC —If you have FORGE Application Generator installed
on your PC, you may use a download utility to receive data from your PC;
or you can run HyperTerminal.exe to receive data directly.