Falcon® 320/325 Specifications

Mechanical

Dimensions

  • Length no laser: 8.65 " //22.0 cm
  • Length w/laser: 9.75 " //24.8 cm
  • Top width: 3.50 " //8.9 cm
  • Grip width: 2.75 " //7.0 cm
  • Height: 1.45 " //3.7 cm

Weight (w/battery pack)

  • No radio, no laser:15.6 oz./440 g
  • No radio, w/laser:17.9 oz./508 g
  • Radio, no laser:17.4 oz./493 g
  • Radio, w/laser:19.8 oz./561 g

Display

  • Super-twist graphics LCD
  • Backlight w/programmable timeout
  • 128x64 pixels
  • Up to 16 lines x 26 characters, standard formats of 16x20 (default) and 8x20 (selectable)

Keypad

  • 57 large alphanumeric keys
  • 5 dedicated function keys, 5 shifted
  • Direct Western-European character support
  • 2 programmable side triggers

Construction

  • Industrial, high-strength polycarbonate/ABS-blend plastic
  • Chemical and splash resistant

Environmental

Temperature rating

  • Operating: 14° to 122° F /-10° to 50° C
  • Storage:-4° to 158° F /-20° to 70° C

Humidity

  • 5 to 95%NC

Shock

  • Multiple 4'/1.2 m drops to concrete

Optical

Light source

  • Visible Laser Diodes (VLD)
  • Standard Range 650nm
  • Long Range: 650 nm

Scan module

  • Rotates 180° for right-& left-handed operation

Scan rate

36 ± 4 scans/sec.

Depth of Field Chart
(printing resolution, contrast and ambient light dependent
*Minimum distance determined by symbol length and scan angle)

 

Label Density

Standard Range
(25% min. contrast;
5 mil min. resolution)
Long Range
(40% min. contrast;
10 mil min. resolution)
5 mil 3.0" to 5.0"
(8.0 to 13.0 cm)
 
7.5 mil 2.5" to 9.0"
(6.0 to 23.0 cm)
 
10 mil 2.5" to 13.0"
(6.0 to 33.0 cm)
9.0" to 22.0"
(23.0 to 56.0 cm)
15 mil 2.5" to 19.0"
(6.0 to 48.0 cm)
7.0" to 38.0"
(18.0 to 96.0 cm)
20 mil *2.5" to 21.0"
(6.0 to 53.0 cm)
7.0" to 45.0"
(18.0 to 114.0 cm)
40 mil *2.5" to 30.0"
(6.0 to76.0 cm)
10.0" to 90.0"
(25.0 to 229.0 cm)
55 mil *2.5" to 36.0"
(6.0 to 91.0 cm)
10.0" to 100.0"
(25.0 to 250.0 cm)
70 mil

(reflective)

60.0" to 180.0"
(152.0 to 457.0 cm)
100 mil

(reflective)

62.0" to 240.0"
(157.0 to 610.0 cm)

 

Indicators

  • Good read
  • Scan

Ambient light immunity

  • Artificial light: 450 ft-candles /4,844 lux
  • Sunlight:8,000 ft-candles /86,112 lux

Decoding Capability
(autodiscriminates between)

  • UPC A,E /EAN 8,13 /JAN 8,13 (P2 /P5,Code 128 EAN add-ons)
  • Code 128
  • Code 39
  • Code 39 Full ASCII
  • Code 93
  • Code 11
  • Codabar
  • ISBN conversion
  • Interleaved 2 of 5
  • Standard 2 of 5
  • Matrix 2 of 5
  • MSI /Plessey
  • Ames
  • Label Codes 4/5
  • UCC/EAN 128

Safety and Regulatory

Electrical

  • Complies to CE

Emissions

  • FCC Part 15 -Class A

Laser classification

  • CDRH Class II;
    (CAUTION:Laser Radiation – do not stare into beam)
  • IEC 60825 Class 2

System

Operating System

  • ROM-DOS 6.22

Microprocessor

  • 486 low power,32-bit microprocessor with system logic
  • 8 KByte L1 cache,programmable speeds up to 33MHz
  • real-time clock

Memory

  • Flash: 2MB (DOS,BIOS,applications & data storage)
  • RAM: 8MB (for system operation, virtual-disk data storage)

Serial Communications

  • RS232
  • RJ45 10-pin connector (COM1 serial port & docking)
  • X modem, Z modem protocols provided
  • DOS UART (16550)supports up to 115 kbps
  • Input devices
  • Handheld 5V laser, Wands, ID badge readers

PC Card

  • User-accessible PC Card Type I/II slot

Speaker

  • Software programmable for volume, duration & pitch

Power Options

  • Rechargeable NiMH battery pack
  • Falcon® dock
  • Falcon® battery charger

Advanced Power Management (without PC Card)

  • Sleep/off mode with programmable timeout: ~2 mA
  • Doze mode: ~50 mA
  • Operating mode: > mA (option dependent, CPU speed & application)
  • Rechargeable lithium backup battery
  • Low battery indicator

Antenna (RF-Ready, RF versions)

  • Integrated, dipole

Radio Support (Falcon® 325)

  • Cisco Aironet 350 Series
  • Lucent Orinoco
  • Proxim RangeLAN2
  • Symbol Spectrum24®