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RF PDT Sales

Configuration Worksheet

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ngWhere Do You Start?

• Qualify the need for RF terminals

• Product or software demos needed?

• Time frame for installation

• Are there any special needs or requirements?

• Equipment/software needs…Configuration Worksheet

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Dolphin 7200 RF• Proxim (WLIF) or Cisco (802.11b)• 8 Lines / 20 Columns• ELAN 386 processor• GS-DOS• Laser Engine Only• 20 or 36 key keypad selection• Terminal Emulation• RF Simplicity• Custom Written Application

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Dolphin 7400 RF• 802.11b Dec ’00• Proxim Jan ’01• 206 MHz StrongArm Processor• ¼ VGA, 16 shades of grayscale• WinCE 2.12 / 3.0• Laser or Imager Engines• 35, 43 or 56 key keypad selection• TE, RF Simplicity, Custom

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Dolphin 7500 RF• Proxim• Ethernet onboard and configurable• 802.11b ???• 5x86 133 MHz processor• Touch Screen (RF Simplicity

Only!)• Wedge and RS232 Scanners• Desk Mount or Fork Lift Mount• TE, RFS

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ngAccess Points

Proxim (WLIF) Cisco (802.11b)

Frequency Hopping

Direct Sequence

Max 1.6MbpsMax 11Mbps

(1,2,5.5 and 11)

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ngMiscellaneous Equipment

Homebases

Gang Chargers

Holsters

PC Cards(Site Surveys)

Batteries

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Software Integration for PDT

Host Hardware Emulation Connectivity Software Offering

AS/400TN3270

orTN5250

TCP/IP over Ethernet(requires the AS400 have telnet services and be on

Ethernet)

Universal Gateway and Thin Client per User

Licenseor

Thick Client < 15 Terminals

IBM ES9000, S370, S390, or other

mainframeTN3270

TCP/IP over Ethernet(requires the AS400 have telnet services and be on

Ethernet)

Universal Gateway and Thin Client per User

Licenseor

Thick Client < 15 Terminals

IBM RS6000,HP 9000,

PC with SCO Unix, PC with Linix,

or Other Unix OS

VT100 or

VT220

TCP/IP over Ethernet(requires Host be on

Ethernet)

Universal Gateway and Thin Client per User

Licenseor

Thick Client < 15 Terminals

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Software Integration for PDT

Host Hardware Emulation Connectivity Software Offerings

Windows NT

Best solution is RFSimplicity!!

(See Below)

VT100 or

VT220

TCP/IP over Ethernet

This is NOT an optimal solution!Requires a Telnet Daemon running on the NT machine and a character based application.

Only Telnet Daemons from Ataman and Georgia Softworks are supported at this time.

Issues with TN Client.

Universal Gateway and Thin Client per User

Licenseor

Thick Client < 15 Terminals

Win 95/98/NT Best Solution = RF Simplicity

VAR purchases Developer's Kit

End User purchases Run-Time License and

TCP/IP Kernal* per unitNovell IPX-SPX NOT Supported

NOTE: Thick/Thin client refers to the PowerNet Twin Client software

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Customer desires the following…

• 45 RF Terminals

• WLIF Technology

• AS400 Host

• Small Screen Application

• Ethernet Backbone

• 120,000 Square Foot Warehouse

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• 45 Dolphin 7200 RF Terminals• Proxim Access Points

– # of units only determined by Site Survey– See RF Systems Engineer for details

• Universal Gateway (>20 users)– 5250 Emulation

• 45 PowerNet TwinClient Licenses• Misc: Holsters, Spare Batteries, 4 Gang

Chargers, Antennas

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Orgill Brothers…

• 150+ RF Terminals (HH and Forklift)

• Host is S/390

• Token Ring backbone

• Numerous sites in other states

• Backup redundancy desired

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• ~170 Dolphin 7200 RF and 15 Dolphin 7500 units deployed at 3 facilities

• Dual Universal Gateway– 3270 Terminal Emulation– 185 PowerNet Terminal Client Licenses– Backup redundant (Primary fails, Secondary takes over)

• Ethernet introduced and Token Ring eliminated• Custom app on S/390 for 7200 and full screen app

for 7500 terminals• Batteries, gang chargers and homebases also

ordered as misc. equipment

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Questions???