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SPT 1700 Series
Product Reference Guide
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide 70-37544-03 Revision A —December 2000 Symbol Technologies, Inc. One Symbol Plaza, Holtsville N.Y. 11742-1300 2
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide 70-37544-03 Revision A December 2000
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1999-2000 by Symbol Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any electrical or mechanical means, without permission in writing from Symbol. This includes electronic or mechanical means, such as photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems. The material in this manual is subject to change without notice. The software is provided strictly on an “as is” basis. All software, including firmware, fur
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Contents About This Guide Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Related Documents . . . . . . . . .
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide Symbol Palm Terminal Desktop Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 Symbol Palm Terminal Desktop Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24 Chapter 2. Network Setup Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Using Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 Using Categories in Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 Defining a New Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26 Renaming Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide Chapter 7. Applications: Date Book Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3 Opening the Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-3 Using the Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Contents Conducting a Local HotSync Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9 Selecting HotSync Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9 Customizing HotSync Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 Conducting a HotSync Operation via Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide Using AvantGo Client With a Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8 Browsing Online. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8 Synchronizing With a Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 AvantGo Client Menu Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents HotSync Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21 Creating Special Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22 Defining Filter Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-24 High-Priority Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide Network Preferences and Symbol Palm Terminal Desktop TCP/IP Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13 Selecting a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 Entering a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15 Entering a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Marking a To Do Item Private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-8 Deleting a To Do Item. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-8 To Do Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-8 To Do List Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide SPT 1700 Diagnostics Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-4 System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-5 Bar Code Scanner Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-6 Serial Port Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About This Guide Introduction The SPT 1700 product family is the next generation of pen-based, one- and two- dimensional bar code scanning, pocket-sized terminals which also offer a new ruggedized design, rechargeable lithium-ion battery, and optional wireless local area networking capability. The complete line of SPT 1700 products are based on the popular Palm TM Computing platform architecture, offering users a fast, friendly, and flexible interface for data acquisition and management. xi
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide The SPT 1700 consists of the following models. SPT 1700 Performs 1- and 2-dimensional scanning and batch communication. Three memory configurations are available: 2MB ROM/2MB RAM 2MB ROM/8MB RAM 4MB ROM/8MB RAM. SPT 1733 Performs 1- and 2-dimensional scanning and uses the CDPD radio to perform wide area wireless communication. This model has the same available memory configurations as the SPT 1700. SPT 1734 Performs 1- and 2-dimensional scanni
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About This Guide Chapter Descriptions Topics covered in this guide are as follows: , explains the physical buttons and Chapter 1, Getting Started with the SPT 1700 controls on your SPT 1700 terminal, how to install and charge the battery, start your SPT 1700 terminal for the first time, and set up your Symbol Palm Terminal (SPT) Desktop software. Chapter 2, , explains how to set up your SPT 174x terminals for use Network Setup on Spectrum24; SPT 1733 terminals for use on CDPD; and SPT 17
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide Chapter 12, Applications: Mail, describes the Mail application which enables you to manage your e-mail while away from your desk. Chapter 13, Applications: Memo Pad, explains the Memo Pad application, which provides a place to take notes not associated with Date Book, Address Book or To Do items. Chapter 14, Applications: Preferences, describes the Preferences screens, which enable you to customize the configuration options on your SPT 1700 term
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About This Guide Notational Conventions This document uses these conventions: “ Terminal” refers to any model of SPT 1700. “ User” refers to anyone using an application on the SPT 1700. “ You” refers to the End User, System Administrator or Technical Support person using this manual as a reference to install, configure, operate, maintain and troubleshoot the SPT 1700. are used to highlight specific items in the general text, and to identify Italics chapters and sections in this and rela
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SPT 1700 Series Product Reference Guide SPT 1734/PPT 2734 Developer’s Guide for GSM Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), p/n 72-44271-xx SPT 1740 Web Client User’s Guide, p/n 72-42792-xx Spectrum24 Access Point AP-3020 Product Reference Guide, p/n 70-20504-xx SPT 1740 Spectrum24 Driver Extensions Library Developer’s Guide, p/n 70-38524-xx Service Information If you have a problem with the SPT 1700 equipment, contact the Symbol Support Center. If your problem cannot be resolved over the
