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Newland Nwear WD5 User Manual

Newland Nwear WD5 User Manual

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INDUSTRIAL SMARTWATCH
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User Guide
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  • Page 1 INDUSTRIAL SMARTWATCH Nwear User Guide Version: V1.0...
  • Page 2 The products depicted in this manual may include software copyrighted by Reg. nr. 17109876 Newland Europe BV or a third party. The user, corporation or individual shall not duplicate, in whole or in part, distribute, modify, decompile, disassemble, decode, reverse engineer, rent, transfer, or sublicense such software without prior written consent from the copyright holders.

  • Page 3: Revision History

    Revision History Version Description Date V1.0 Initial Release 2024-08-19...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 About This Guide ................................1 Introduction ..................................1 Documentation Set ................................1 Chapter Descriptions ................................. 1 More Information ................................2 Chapter 2 Getting Started ................................3 Introduction ..................................3 Unpacking ..................................3 Accessories (Optional) ..............................3 Getting Started .................................. 4 The WD5 ...................................
  • Page 5 Encoding ..................................23 Data Edit ..................................24 Broadcast-output Settings ............................... 25 Symbologies ..................................26 Chapter 5 Bluetooth ..................................28 Chapter 6 Wi-Fi ..................................... 30 Introduction ..................................30 Wi-Fi Settings .................................. 30 IP Settings ..................................31 Chapter 7 Others ..................................32 Camera ....................................
  • Page 6 Troubleshooting ................................42...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 About This Guide

    Chapter 1 About This Guide Introduction This guide provides instructions for programming and operating the NLS-WD5-ISW wearable data collector (hereinafter referred to as “the WD5” or “the terminal”). Documentation Set The documentation set for the WD5 includes: ² NLS-WD5-ISW Wearable Data Collector Quick Start: Describes how to get the NLS-WD5-ISW up and running. ²...

  • Page 8: More Information

    ² Chapter 10 Maintenance & Troubleshooting Provides troubleshooting solutions for issues that might occur when using the WD5. More Information For more product and support information, please visit our website https://www.newland-id.com/en...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Getting Started

    Chapter 2 Getting Started Introduction This chapter lists the parts and accessories for the WD5 and explains how to charge the battery, and power on the WD5 for the first time. Unpacking Carefully remove all protective materials from the pack. Verify that you received the following: ²...

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    Getting Started The WD5...

  • Page 11: Gestures

    Gestures Back to the previous page: Swipe inward from the left or right edge of the screen. Back to the desktop: Swipe the screen from bottom to top. Switch to the new task: Swipe the screen from bottom to top, and then hold on until the recently used apps display.

  • Page 12: Connect To The Cradle

    Connect to the Cradle Step 1: Place the watch on the charging cradle as shown in the figure. Step 2: Ensure the cradle is securely connected to a power source. When the connection is successfully established, the red LED will turn on. Step One Step Two...

  • Page 13: Communicating With Pc

    Communicating with PC Step 1: Insert the WD5 to the charging cradle. Step 1: Connect the USB port on the charging cradle to your computer with the included USB cable. Step 2: Switch the WD5 on. On the Home screen, swipe from top to bottom with one finger in one smooth motion to open the notification bar as shown below.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Basics

    Chapter 3 Basics Introduction This chapter provides the basics of setting and using the WD5 Switching On/Rebooting/Switching Off/the WD5 After having the WD5 fully charged, you may switch the terminal on. Switch the WD5 on: Hold down the Power key on the right side of the terminal until the Android logo is displayed. Note that the initialization is going to take some time before the WD5 displays the Home screen.

  • Page 15: Status Icons

    Status Icons The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about the WD5. Status Icon Description Status Icon Description WLAN on Battery Charging in Progress Bluetooth on Airplane Mode on USB Connected USB Debugging Power Saving Mode...

  • Page 16: Installing App

    Installing App Use the below method to install a new app on the WD5: Download the software package on PC and copy it to your terminal. Then install it with Files app. Uninstalling App Follow the procedure below to remove an app from the WD5: Tap and hold your desired app until “App info”...

  • Page 17: Date & Time

    Date & Time Set the date and time: Tap the app icon and then “System” -> “Date & time” and set the date and time on the screen shown below as per your needs.

  • Page 18: Display

    Display Tap the app icon and then “Display”, and set the brightness level, lock screen, dark theme, night light, and other parameters on the screen shown below as per your needs.

  • Page 19: Ringtones

    Ringtones Tap the app icon -> “Sound & Vibration”. Then set the ringtones and other notification sounds as per your needs.

  • Page 20: Restoring Factory Settings

    Restoring Factory Settings Tap the app icon -> “System” -> “Reset options” -> “Erase all data (factory reset)” -> “Erase all data” -> “Erase all data”. After this operation, the terminal will be reset to factory defaults and all the personal data on the internal storage, such as music and photos, will be deleted.

  • Page 21: Language & Input Method

    Language & Input Method Tap the app icon -> “System”-> “Languages & input”. Then set the language and input method as per your needs.

  • Page 22: Floating Button Settings

    Floating Button Settings Tapping the floating button can perform tasks such as scanning barcode (Scan), turning on/off flashlight (Flashlight), taking a screenshot (Screen snapshot), turning off screen (Screen off), going to the Home screen (Home), switching between level and continue scan mode (Toggle level and continue scan mode), or showing device name (Show device name). Holding down the floating button can make it movable.

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Scanning Barcodes

    Chapter 4 Scanning Barcodes Introduction WD5 can read barcodes by its equipped camera or connecting to other barcode reading devices such as Bluetooth badges. This chapter is mainly introducing how to use its equipped camera to read barcodes. Programming Scanner Tap the app icon on the Home screen ->...

  • Page 24: Enable Scan

    Enable Scan Check or uncheck the “Enable scan” item to enable or disable the scanning feature of the WD5. Output Mode The WD5 provides three output modes: Simulate keystroke, Output via API, and Fill in EditText directly. 1. Simulate keystroke: Output scanned data to keyboard buffer to simulate keyboard input. Character interval (ms): A character interval of 0-100 milliseconds may be placed between the transmissions of each character of scanned data.

  • Page 25: Scan Mode

    Scan Mode The WD5 provides the following three scan modes: 1. Level mode: Press and hold the scan trigger to start a decode session which continues until the trigger is released. 2. Continuous mode: Press the scan trigger to continuously read barcodes. To suspend or resume scan operation, simply press the scan trigger.

  • Page 26: Scan Trigger

    Scan Trigger There is no dedicated key on the WD5 that served as a scan trigger. However, you can set keys as scan triggers by following two ways: User-defined key. There is a user-defined key on the WD5 that can be set as a scan trigger by the Key Remap function. Install the Key Remap app in the NInstaller first.

  • Page 27: Prefix & Suffix

    Prefix & Suffix To set the prefix/suffix, enter the hexadecimal value of a desired prefix/suffix, and then tap “OK”. For example, if you want to add a Line Feed character after each barcode, set the suffix to “0A”; if you want to add a Carriage Return character after each barcode, set the suffix to “0D”.

  • Page 28: Good Read Indicator

    Good Read Indicator The terminal can use sound/ vibration/ LED to indicate a good read. Choose one or more options as per your actual needs. 1. Sound: The WD5 issues a short beep to indicate a good read. 2. Vibrating: The WD5 vibrates to indicate a good read. 3.

  • Page 29: Encoding

    Encoding Choose a character encoding to interpret barcode data. 1. AUTO: The terminal determines automatically if the target barcode uses UTF-8, GBK, or ISO-8859-1 encoding. If the terminal produces the wrong output, you may need to choose or enter a specific character encoding. 2.

  • Page 30: Data Edit

    Data Edit This feature allows you to edit barcode data with a script. Tap “load script” and then select the desired script file on the terminal, or scan the 2D barcode that contains a script, to load the script. Then select “exec script” and tap “OK”.

  • Page 31: Broadcast-Output Settings

    Broadcast-output Settings When using broadcast as the scan output method, the WD5 will output the scan information with the specified broadcast ACTION and EXTRA.

  • Page 32: Symbologies

    Symbologies The symbologies settings are based on the camera integrated in the terminal 1D code: Enable or disable 1D symbologies and set other barcode parameters. Security Level: Tap the 1D common config,then you can set the security level per actual need. The higher the security level, the lower the error rate of code.
  • Page 33 Noise Reduction: This feature is designed to reduce noise in images produced by the terminal. However, the terminal shows a slight decrease in scanning speed when using this feature. It is recommended to enable it only when necessary. Illum Mode: Select normal or no light per actual need. Power Plan: Two options are provided.

  • Page 34: Chapter 5 Bluetooth

    Chapter 5 Bluetooth This chapter describes how to connect the WD5 to other Bluetooth devices. You can set up a Bluetooth connection between the WD5 and other Bluetooth devices, such as PC, mobile phones, and badges. Note that the Bluetooth connection works better if there are no obstacles between them. Before you can use a Bluetooth device with the WD5, you must first pair them.
  • Page 35 3. Select the device from the search results to pair. 4. If prompted, input the pairing code and then tap “OK”; or if the pairing code is given automatically, then tap “PAIR”. Unpair/rename a paired Bluetooth device: To rename the paired Bluetooth device, tap the desired device name -> then tap to edit its name manually->...

  • Page 36: Chapter 6 Wi-Fi

    Chapter 6 Wi-Fi Introduction This chapter describes how to connect the WD5 to a Wi-Fi network. Wi-Fi Settings Join a Wi-Fi network: 1. Tap the app icon then “Network & Internet” -> “Internet” -> “Wi-Fi”, and turn Wi-Fi on to find available Wi-Fi networks. If Wi-Fi is already ON, then the terminal will automatically search for available networks.

  • Page 37: Ip Settings

    IP Settings To set the IP, follow the first two steps of joining a Wi-Fi network, tap “Advanced options”, then select “DHCP” or “Static” per actual need.

  • Page 38: Chapter 7 Others

    Chapter 7 Others Camera Tap the app icon to launch the Camera app. Turn on/off HDR Normal Modes Tap to take photo or video Tap to view photos Tap the normal modes icon > Tap settings , then the user can set parameters such as scene mode, self timer, picture size, ZSD, white balance, etc.

  • Page 39: Gps

    Tap the app icon -> “Location”, and then turn Location on.

  • Page 40: Key Map

    Key Map This app allows you to remap the keys on the terminal to function as a different key or to make them into shortcuts to launch an application. Please install the Key Remap app in the NInstaller first. Remap a key to another key: Start the Key Remap app: Tap the quick setting app icon on the Home screen then Remap a key to another key: After starting the Key Remap app, select the key you want to remap, and then tap “keys”...
  • Page 41 Remap a key to broadcast: After starting the Key Remap app, select the key you want to remap, and then tap “broadcast” and defined the action for pressing remap key up or down. Clear All Remap: Clear all remap to return to default settings.

  • Page 42: Chapter 8 System Update

    Chapter 8 System Update Introduction This chapter introduces two methods to update the system software of the terminal: Online update and local update. Online Update Update the system online: Tap the system updates icon ->“CHECK FOR UPDATES”. Local Update Zip File to the WD5 Drive 1.
  • Page 43 2. Copy the update zip file to the WD5 drive. 3. Tap to access the System Update screen. 4. Tap in the top right corner of the System Update screen then select “Local Update”. 5. Select the update zip file. Then select “NEXTREBOOT” or “UPDATE”.

  • Page 44: Chapter 9 App Development Guide

    Chapter 9 App Development Guide Development Environment The WD5 runs on the Android 13 operating system, so you should use Android SDK 13 or higher when developing apps for the WD5. Use of Non-standard Interfaces See Newland Android PDA API Handbook.

  • Page 45: Chapter 10 Maintenance & Troubleshooting

    Drop Damage If the terminal is damaged due to a drop from a high place, immediately cut off the power and contact your dealer or Newland customer service center.

  • Page 46: Wireless Functionalities

    ² If the device will not be used for a long time, the battery will discharge slowly. During storage, it is recommended to charge the battery to 80%, shut down the device, and recharge it regularly (at least every six months). Charging Guidelines ² Use only the battery and AC adapter provided by Newland.
  • Page 47 ² Avoid charging in environments with extremely low or high temperatures. The most suitable temperature for charging is between 5°C and 45°C (41°F–113°F); do not charge the battery below 0°C (32°F); recommend charging temperature 10°C -30°C(50°F–86°F). ² Do not use damaged or faulty AC adapters or batteries. If the battery is swollen, bulging, or showing other abnormalities, stop using it immediately.

  • Page 48: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause & Solution Type Description Ensure that there is no contaminant inside the key; if a key malfunction occurred, Unresponsive or incorrect please check whether the key has been remapped to other functions. response to any key entry. The charging LED is OFF Ensure the AC adapter is plugged in properly.
  • Page 49 SCANNING MADE SIMPLE Newland EMEA Rolweg 25 +31 (0) 345 87 00 33 4104 AV Culemborg info@newland-id.com The Netherlands @NewlandEMEA...

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