Hand Held Products 7900 Series - Manual (Page 45)

Dolphin® 7900 Series Mobile Computer User’s Guide 4 - 5
Communication Media Options
Mechanical Connector
The 17-pin, industrial-grade, mechanical connector on the bottom panel is designed to work only with communication and
charging peripherals sold/manufactured by Hand Held Products. For more information about the connector, see
Mechanical
Connector on page 3-8.
IrDA Port
The IrDA port enables the Dolphin 7900 to transmit data via pulses of light to and from other IrDA-compliant devices, such as
printers and PCs or to other Dolphin terminals. For more information, see
Using Infrared on page 8-6.
802.11b Radio
The Dolphin 7900 may be equipped with a WiFi
®
-compliant, interoperable 2.4 GHz 802.11b direct sequence spread spectrum
wireless local area network (WLAN) radio. For more information, see Wireless LAN Communications with 802.11b on page 9-1.
Bluetooth Radio
The Dolphin 7900 may be equipped with a Bluetooth wireless personal area network (WPAN) radio. For more information, see
Wireless PAN Communications with Bluetooth on page 10-1.
Software Communication Programs
Microsoft ActiveSync v3.7 or Higher
Microsoft ActiveSync is a tool that enables mobile computing devices, such as the Dolphin 7900, to exchange and synchronize
application data with a desktop computer. For more information, see
Using ActiveSync on page 8-2.
RAS
Short for Remote Access Services, RAS is a feature built into Windows NT that enables users to log into an NT-based LAN using
a modem, X.25 connection or WAN link. RAS is fully supported and allows the use of PPP or SLIP connections for network
connectivity.