Powering The Dolphin Terminal; Charging A Dolphin Terminal; Deep-Cycling Batteries; Setting Up For Communications With The Mobile Intellibase - Dolphin 7400 User Manual

Powering the Dolphin Terminal

When seated in the Mobile IntelliBase, the Dolphin terminal receives the power it
needs to charge the battery and to run its internal circuitry.
The Dolphin terminal can be stored indefinitely in the Mobile IntelliBase without
damage to the terminal or the Mobile IntelliBase. Keep the Mobile IntelliBase
plugged in so that the Dolphin terminal battery pack stays fully charged.

Charging A Dolphin Terminal

The Mobile IntelliBase supplies charging power to the Dolphin terminal so that the
terminal can monitor the charging of its battery pack. This charging method
protects the battery from being damaged by overcharging. Therefore, the Dolphin
terminal may be stored indefinitely in the Mobile IntelliBase without damage to the
terminal, the battery pack, or the Mobile IntelliBase.
To charge a Dolphin terminal, follow these steps:
1. Insert a battery pack into the Dolphin terminal.
2. Place the terminal, imager engine window up and the LCD visible, in the Terminal Well
of the Mobile IntelliBase.
3. Let it glide down into the well until it stops.
4. Once the Dolphin terminal is properly seated, the Dock LED on the
Mobile IntelliBase will be solid GREEN.

Deep-Cycling Batteries

For maximum battery life, HHP recommends that you deep-cycle (service) the
battery twice before initial use and once a month thereafter. Since the Dolphin
7400 Mobile Intellibase
recommended that you use the Battery Conditioning Utility software, the
IntelliBase+ or a Dolphin QuadBattery Charger. See the Battery Management
section in Chapter 3 for more information.

Setting Up For Communications with the Mobile IntelliBase

The Mobile IntelliBase RS-232 interface allows the Dolphin terminal to
communicate to a personal computer, modem, or any standard RS-232 device
using a standard serial cable and communications software.
The IrDA 1.0 software stack is integrated into the Mobile IntelliBase to allow
communication between the cradle and devices such as modems or printers that
are not IrDA ready or do not communicate with a half duplex serial protocol. This
allows any full or half duplex RS-232 device to communicate through the
IntelliBase with no IrDA protocol software. See Tables 2 or 3 for the baud rate
switch settings.
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