Attaching/Replacing The Reader Handle - Siemens SIMATIC Ident RF360M Operating Instructions Manual

Commissioning
4.1 Commissioning (hardware)
Procedure: Removing the retaining strap
Follow these steps to remove the retaining strap:
1. Turn or lay the reader on its front.
2. Open the Velcro fastener of the retaining strap.
3. Loosen the retaining strap loop at the bottom of the reader.
4. Pull the retaining strap out from the upper retaining strap hook.
4.1.6

Attaching/replacing the reader handle

There is a pistol handle for the SIMATIC RF160B which ergonomically improves the reading
and writing of transponders. The pistol handle has a "trigger" that you use to initiate the scan
button.
The pistol handle does not impede replacing the head module or charging the mobile reader.
Both are possible with the pistol handle. However, the pistol handle must be removed before
replacing the battery.
Procedure: Attaching the pistol handle
Follow these steps to attach the pistol handle to the mobile reader:
1. Remove the retaining strap, if necessary.
2. Guide the nose of the handle diagonally to the upper retaining strap hook and hang it there
①.
3. Then press the handle flat again the reader so that the sides of the handle enclose the
reader ②.
Figure 4-13
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Attaching the pistol handle
Mobile reader SIMATIC RF360M/RF660M
Operating Instructions, 08/2022, C79000-G8976-C660-02