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Wireless Communications
Wireless Communications with Bluetooth
®
“Bluetooth” is a worldwide standard for the exchange of data
between two devices via radio frequencies. Bluetooth radios are
relatively low powered to help prevent interference with other de-
vices running at similar radio frequencies. This limits the range of
aBluetoothdevicetoabout10meters(about32feet).
Both the printer and the device it communicates with must follow
the Bluetooth standard.
BluetoothNetworkingOverview
EachBluetoothenabledP4TseriesprinterhasauniqueBluetooth
DeviceAddress(BDA)loadedintoitsradiomodulewhenmanu-
factured.
Bluetoothsoftwareisalwaysrunninginthebackground,readyto
respondtoconnectionrequests.Onedevice(knownasthemaster
ortheclient)mustrequestaconnectionwithanother.Thesecond
device(theslaveortheserver)thenacceptsorrejectstheconnec-
tion.ABluetoothenabledP4Tseriesprinterwillnormallyactas
aslavecreatingaminiaturenetworkwiththeterminalsometimes
referred to as a “piconet.”
For the most part, communications using Bluetooth are initiated
and processed without any operator intervention.
P4TSeriesprinterscanbeequippedwithbothaBluetoothand
an802.11b/gradio,allowingcommunicationswithbothBluetooth
enableddevicesandaWirelessLocalAreaNetwork(WLAN)(see
discussionbelow).
Wireless Local Area Network Overview
P4TSeriesprinterscanbeequippedwithseveralradiooptions
whichusetheindustrystandard802.11borgWLANprotocols.
• P4TSeriesWirelessNetworkPrinterswiththeZebra802.11b/g
WLAN radio module can be identified by the Product Con-
figurationCode(PCC)ontheserialnumberlabelontheback
of the printer. Printers with this option will have a “K” as the
seventh character of the PCC Code. Printers with this option
mayalsobeidentifiedbytheFCCID:
TBD
on printers built for
the North American region.
• P4T printers with both an 802.11b/g WLAN radio and a
Bluetooth radio running in the same unit are considered to be
dual radio devices. Printers with this option will have an “A”
as the seventh character of the PCC Code.
RP4Tmodelprinterscannotbeconfiguredwiththe802.11g/
Bluetoothdualradiooption.
DualradioequippedP4TunitswillhaveaBluetoothradioFCC
ID“
T.B.D.
”and802.11bCompactflashradioFCCID“
T.B.D.
”.
TheFCCIDnumbersandotherregulatoryinformationforboth
radios are also located on the serial number label of printers
built for the North American region.
RefertoAppendixDofthismanualformoreinformationon
locatingtheProductConfigurationCode.
Printersequippedwitheitherofthe802.11b/gradiooptionsallow
wirelesscommunicationasanodewithinaWLANanditswireless
capabilitiesallowcommunicationsfromanypointwithintheWLAN’s
perimeter.P4TprintersequippedwiththedualBluetooth/802.11b/g
WLANradioconfigurationcanbelinkedtobothaWLANanda
Bluetoothnetworksimultaneously.
Methods of establishing communications to P4T Series print-
erswillvarywitheachLANapplication.Generalinformationon
establishing WLAN communications can be found in either the
”CPCLProgrammersManual”orthe“QuickStartGuideforMobile
Wireless Printers” both available on-line at the Zebra Web site
www.zebra.com/manuals
.MoreinformationandLANconfigura-
tionutilitiesmayalsobefoundinZebra’sLabelVista™program
(version2.8andlater).ThelatestversionofLabelVistamaybe
downloaded from Zebra’s Web site.
Setting Up the Software
P4T Series printers use Zebra’s CPCL Programming language
whichwasdesignedformobileprintingapplications.CPCLisfully
described in the ”CPCLProgrammersManual”,availableon-line
at the Zebra Web site.
You can also use LabelVista™,Zebra’sWindowsbasedlabelcre-
ation program which uses a graphical interface to create and edit
labelsintheCPCLlanguage.
AllP4TSeriesprinterssupportaninterpreterfortheZPLIIpro-
gramminglanguage.RP4Tprinters(withRFIDencoding/reading
capabilities)usetheZPLprogramminglanguage’sextensivesetof
RFIDcommands.
IfyouplantouseZPLII,refertotheappropriateProgramming
Guides available on-line from Zebra’s Web site.
If you have a printer with wireless capabilities, you can refer to
the “Wireless Configuration Guide.” also available on the Zebra
web site.
If you choose to use a third party label preparation system, follow
theinstallationinstructionsincludedinthepackage.