Hand Held Products 9500 - Manual (Page 58)

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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. Via these peripherals, the connector supports USB and RS-232
communications, enabling the user to connect the Dolphin terminal to external devices such as scanners and printers.
For more information about the connector, see Mechanical Connector on page 3-9.
IrDA Port
The IrDA port enables the Dolphin terminals 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 6-5.
Wireless Radios
802.11b Dolphin 9500 Series terminals 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 7-1.
Bluetooth Dolphin 9500 Series terminals may be equipped with a Bluetooth wireless personal area network
(WPAN) radio.
For more information, see Wireless PAN Communications with Bluetooth on page 8-1.
GSM/GPRS Dolphin 9500 Series terminals may be equipped with a GSM/GPRS wireless wide area network
(WWAN) radio.
For more information, see Wireless WAN Communications with GSM/GPRS on page 9-1.
Software Communication Programs
Microsoft ActiveSync v3.7 or Higher
Microsoft ActiveSync is a tool that enables Windows Mobile devices, such as the Dolphin 9500
Series, to exchange and synchronize application data with a desktop computer.
For more information, see Using ActiveSync on page 6-2.
RAS (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.