Establishing Communication With The Mobile Base; To Install The Mobile Base For Communication; Establishing Activesync Communication With The Mobile Base - Honeywell Dolphin 9900 User Manual

Establishing Communication with the Mobile Base

The Mobile Base 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.
Requirements
To use the HomeBase for communications, you need the following equipment:
• A Mobile Base powered by a power cable and power adapter cable from Honeywell
• The RS-232 communications cable
• ActiveSync v4.1 or above on the host workstation
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• Windows 98 Second Edition*, Windows
workstation

To Install the Mobile Base for Communication

Note: You must be using ActiveSync 4.5 or higher.
1. Plug in the power supply and connect it to the back of the Mobile Base.
2. Plug the RS-232 communication cable into the back of the Mobile Base.
3. Connect the communication cable into the back of the workstation.
4. At this point, the hardware is installed and operating.
You may need to reboot your workstation to complete the installation process.

Establishing ActiveSync Communication with the Mobile Base

The Dolphin terminal is usually auto-detected and configured by ActiveSync based on the communication
cable. If you are using an RS-232 cable, ActiveSync will usually set up an RS-232 connection.
For more details, see
Connecting the Cables
Connect the Mobile Base to the host computer or other device by plugging an RS-232 serial cable into
the RS-232 Communications Port on the bottom of the Mobile Base. Plug the other end of the RS-232
serial cable into the correct port on the host RS-232 device.
The wiring of your cable depends on whether the other device is set up as a Data Communications
Equipment (DCE) or Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device.
The Mobile Base Communication Port is configured as a DCE device. To communicate with a DTE device
such as a computer, use a standard (or straight-through) RS-232 cable. To communicate with a DCE
device, use either a null modem adapter in line with a standard RS-232 cable, or a null-modem serial
cable.
Dolphin® 9900 Mobile Computer User's
Guide
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ActiveSync Communication
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Me, Windows 2000, or Windows
on page 3-11.
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7/9/08
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XP on the host
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