Table of Contents
1 About RM500SL....................................................................................................................................................................6
Product description...............................................................................................................................................................6
Associated items and supplies..............................................................................................................................................6
SAFETY ARNINGS and NOTICES................................................................................................................................7
Environmental safety............................................................................................................................................................8
Declaration of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).......................................................................................................8
arranty, Trademarks, Acknowledgments.........................................................................................................................9
EC Declaration of Conformity...........................................................................................................................................11
Electronic User’s Guide.....................................................................................................................................................12
How to Avoid Undesirable Side Effects............................................................................................................................13
2 Getting Started.....................................................................................................................................................................14
Unpacking and connecting.................................................................................................................................................14
Microphone connection......................................................................................................................................................14
General care instructions....................................................................................................................................................15
Microphone care.................................................................................................................................................................16
Battery pill use and care.....................................................................................................................................................16
Mouse, keyboard, barcode scanner....................................................................................................................................17
3 General Operation................................................................................................................................................................19
Input device operation........................................................................................................................................................19
Barcode data input..............................................................................................................................................................19
Keypad keys........................................................................................................................................................................20
Menus, lists and buttons.....................................................................................................................................................21
Screen messages and Help.................................................................................................................................................22
Software updating...............................................................................................................................................................22
4 General Setup.......................................................................................................................................................................23
Date and time setup............................................................................................................................................................23
Display settings...................................................................................................................................................................23
Saving test setup.................................................................................................................................................................23
5 Networking...........................................................................................................................................................................25
Networking requirements...................................................................................................................................................25
Networking setup................................................................................................................................................................25
NOAH Service Port............................................................................................................................................................26
Changing the NOAH service port......................................................................................................................................26
Testing the NOAH service port..........................................................................................................................................27
6 Single computer connection................................................................................................................................................28
Automatic connection (recommended)..............................................................................................................................28
Static connection................................................................................................................................................................28
7 Printing and Storing Results................................................................................................................................................30
Internal printer paper loading.............................................................................................................................................30
Barcodes, tabular data, headers and comments on printouts............................................................................................31
Local printer setup..............................................................................................................................................................31
Printing to USB memory....................................................................................................................................................32
Network printer setup.........................................................................................................................................................33
Printing to a network file....................................................................................................................................................33
Storing and restoring data – setup......................................................................................................................................34
Storing and restoring data..................................................................................................................................................35
Data storage using NOAH..................................................................................................................................................36
8 Test Box Measures - Setup..................................................................................................................................................37
Test box screen...................................................................................................................................................................37
Format.................................................................................................................................................................................37
Scale....................................................................................................................................................................................37
Hide or Show test box curves.............................................................................................................................................37
2003 or 2009 ANSI standard..............................................................................................................................................38
ANSI test frequencies.........................................................................................................................................................38
Test box calibration facts...................................................................................................................................................38
Calibrating test box reference microphone........................................................................................................................39
