Power On Setup Functions Power On Setup
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Qlarity-Based Terminal Hardware
8.4.5 Wireless
This function is only seen if your terminal has the optional 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet inter-
face. Use this function to enter the service set and connection type information for the wireless
network which your terminal will connect to. If you do not know this information, consult
your network administrator.
Press
[Next] and [Back] to move to WIRELESS. Press [Select] to enter the submenu, then
press
[Next] to move to the desired field.
SSID: <string, 24 characters or less>
Press
[Select] with “SSID” highlighted to begin entering the new 802.11 Service Set Identi-
fier. Press
[Next] and [Back] to cycle through the alphanumeric characters. Press [Select] to
select the highlighted character and move to the next character. To terminate entry after all
desired characters in the string are entered, press
[Next] until the termination symbol <> is dis-
played, then press
[Select]. The Power On Setup SSID entry method supports alphanu-
meric characters only. If the SSID must contain other characters, the SSID must be set
by the application (see the online documentation for the SetSystemSettings() API func-
tion).
Net Type: Infra | Ad Hoc
This item is used to select Infrastructure or Ad Hoc mode for wireless communications. Press
[Select] with “Net Type” highlighted, then press [Next] or [Back] to select the desired mode.
Press
[Select] to complete selection.
Chan:
This item is used to select the 802.11 channel for wireless communications. This value is only
important if the interface is to be used in Ad Hoc mode. Press
[Select] with “Chan” high-
lighted to begin channel selection. Press
[Next] or [Back] to cycle through the available chan-
nels until the desired setting is displayed. Then press
[Select] to complete selection.
Region:
This item is used to select the geographical region where the 802.11 wireless interface will be
used, as the channel frequencies vary by region. Due to current agency certification limita-
tions, only the North American region is supported at this time.
8.4.6 Security
This function is only seen if your terminal has the optional 802.11b/g wireless Ethernet inter-
face. Use this function to enter the wireless security settings and keys for the wireless network
which your terminal will connect to. If you do not know this information, consult your net-
work administrator.
Press
[Next] and [Back] to move to SECURITY. Press [Select] to enter the submenu, then
press
[Next] to move to the desired field.