9R253-F August 2017
5150 User’s Manual Page 10
Standby mode and the alerts ................................................ 29
The charging cradle .............................................................................. 30
Connections in the charging cradle...................................... 30
Automatically recharges......................................................... 30
Charging indicator................................................................... 30
Connecting to a computer ..................................................... 31
Insert the communicator not the battery............................. 31
Not intrinsically safe................................................................ 31
Kickstand: a better angle to view the display..................................... 32
Loop Communication Jacks & Field-wiring practices........................ 33
Loop Communication Jacks ................................................... 33
Field-wiring practices.............................................................. 33
Keyboard overview................................................................................ 34
Arranged by frequency of use ............................................... 34
Alphabetic keys........................................................................ 34
Keyboard functions ............................................................................... 35
Decision keys & buttons......................................................... 35
Keyboard: Navigation & Information ................................................. 36
Numeric keys............................................................................ 36
Fixed function keys.................................................................. 36
Keyboard: the on-screen keyboard...................................................... 37
Use both the dedicated and on-screen keyboards............. 37
ISO Latin-1 Character Set ....................................................... 37
181 characters on the touchscreen....................................... 38
Limited character sets............................................................. 39
Limited number of characters................................................ 40
Navigating in the screen......................................................... 40
Navigating the keysets ........................................................... 41
Diagram of Keyset #1 ............................................................. 41
Touchscreen: Keysets #2–5.................................................... 42
Navigating the Communicator............................................................ 43
System Menus.......................................................................... 43
Communicator status line ...................................................... 43
Communicator status line explained .................................... 44
Using the bottom row of icons to navigate......................... 44
Back key: go back to the previous system menu................ 44
