Setup BHT 904B USB

Ensure Power is turned off (on the Nippon).

Hold Down ‘SFT’ + ‘0’ + ‘M1’ + ‘PWR’ keys, it will come up with a message

‘INITIALIZE SYSTEM' - 1:USER AREA EXCEPT FONTS’

Select ‘ENGLISH’ then press 'ENT'

Select 'Yes’ and press 'ENT'

The unit will now Initialise and will then power off.

Power on the unit, by pressing the ‘SF’ + ‘1’ + ‘PWR’ keys.

The following menu will appear
SYSTEM MENU
0:SETUP
1:EXECUTE PROGRAM
2:DOWNLOAD
3:UPLOAD
4:SET SYSTEM
5:TEST
6:VERSION
7:FTP
8:DEVICE
Choose option ‘4:SET SYSTEM’ and press the ‘ENT’ key.

The following menu will appear
SET SYSTEM
1:EXECUTE PROGRAM
2:DISPLAY
3:DATE/TIME
4:BARCODE
5:COMMUNICATION
6:KEY
7:TCP/IP
Choose option ‘2: DISPLAY’ and press the ‘ENT’ key.

Press ‘SF’ + ‘1’ to change Menu options;

then Press '2: COMPATIBLE MODE'.

Select 'BHT-8000 FULLSCREEN' by pressing F8 (arrow right) twice, and press the 'ENT' key.

Hold down the 'BS/C' to go back to the previous 'SET SYSTEM' menu.

Choose option ‘6: KEY’ and press the ‘ENT’ key.

Choose option ‘7: BS/C KEY' and press the ‘ENT’ key.

Press ‘ENT’ to edit the '1: HELD-DOWN TIME'; then press 'BS/C', type '1' and

press ‘ENT’ again to save the setting.

Press 'BS/C' TWICE to go back to the previous menu.

Then choose option ‘5: COMMUNICATION’ and press the ‘ENT’ key.

The following menu will appear
SET COMMUNICATION
1:OPTICAL
2:CONNECTOR
3:COM PORT
4:PROTOCOL TYPE
5:OPEN”COM: “DETAIL
Choose option ‘3:COM PORT’ and press the ‘ENT’ key.

The following menu will appear

SET COM DEFAULT PORT
1:BASIC
Optical Connector
2:SYSTEM MODE
Optical Connector

Both these need to be set to Connector, to do this follow these instructions:
Press ‘1’, ’F8’ and then ‘2’, ‘F8’.

Choose option ‘1: for BASIC and f8 to arrow right for 'Connector'.

Choose option ‘2: for SYSTEM MODE and f8 to arrow right for 'Connector'.

Press ‘ENT’, then ‘BS/C’ twice to go back to the SYSTEM menu.

Setup Device to Copy the RBI software file onto it

Choose '8: Device' then press the ‘ENT’ key.

Press the 'ENT' key on the '1: USB' option.

Highlight the 'MTP' Option (Press F7 or F8) and then press ‘BS/C’ 3 times, to go back to the SYSTEM MENU.

Now, Connect the Nippon to the PC via the USB Cable.  (NOT THE CRADLE)

Once the file has been copied, press 'BS/C' to stop copying, then press 'BS/C' again to go back to the previous menu.

Choose '8: Device' then press the ‘ENT’ key.

             Press the 'ENT' key on the '1: USB' option.

             Highlight the 'COM' Option (Press F7 or F8) and then press ‘BS/C’ TWICE.

Press the Power button to turn the Nippon off.

Power on the unit, by pressing the ‘SFT’ + ‘1’  + ‘PWR’ keys to access the menus.

Then choose 1 to execute.  From the list of available programs please select the RBI.PD4.

When the software loads up, press 'ENT' to get past the RBI Welcome screen; then press “6: SETUP”, “5: SET BAUD RATE”, “5: 19200”.  

Press “9: COM MODE”,  “2: IrDA/Cradle”. 

Press F6 (down arrow), to get to “10: Send Protocol”,   “1: Raw”.

EXTRA STEPS FOR A NEW SETUP (Out Of The Box):

Set switch to correct type for Batteries being fitted to handheld unit:

             Ni-MH       - for Rechargable Ni-MH batteries

             Alkaline   - for Standard, non-rechargable Alkaline batteries.

Before connecting the Nippon to the PC:

Setup and Install USB Driver Software:

From the \BHT-904B Active USB-COM Port Driver\ folder

-Run Setup.exe.

-follow the Instructions in 'ActiveUSBCOM_Installation_Guide.pdf'.