CONTENTS
1 FORMULA™ PROGRAM INSTALLATION AND SETUP ............................ 1
2 DATA COLLECTION WITH FORMULA™ APPLICATIONS........................ 2
2.1 Quick Start .................................................................................................... 2
2.2 Setting up the Formula™ .............................................................................. 3
2.2.1 Getting Started..............................................................................................3
2.2.2 Setting the Time and Date ............................................................................ 4
2.2.3 Setting a Password ....................................................................................... 5
2.2.4 Setting Font Size........................................................................................... 5
2.2.5 Switching Backlight On/Off............................................................................ 5
2.3 Using PALPRO to Collect Data.....................................................................6
2.3.1 Installing PALPRO ........................................................................................ 6
2.3.2 Using PALPRO .............................................................................................6
2.4 Uploading Collected PALPRO File Data to a PC ........................................ 15
2.4.1 Prepare Host PC......................................................................................... 15
2.4.2 Prepare Formula™ to upload Data ............................................................. 18
2.5 Prompt Customization for Chinese Version ................................................ 20
2.6 Configuring with Bar Codes......................................................................... 23
2.7 Programming Parameters........................................................................... 38
3 READY TO USE APPLICATIONS.............................................................. 42
3.1 Set up the Terminal for the Connection with the PC ................................... 42
3.2 Downloading a Ready to Use Application ................................................... 43
3.3 Configuring Ready tO Use Applications through SysTools™...................... 45
3.4 Transmitting a Custom Configuration File to the Formula™ ....................... 49
3.5 Uploading Collected .Dat File Data to a PC ................................................ 53
4 EASYGEN™............................................................................................... 55
4.1 Set up the Terminal for the Connection with the PC ................................... 55
4.2 Installing an EasyGen™ Example............................................................... 55
4.3 Uploading Collected .Dat File Data to a PC ................................................ 60
GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................ 62
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