Falconฎ 340/345 Specifications

Mechanical

Dimensions

  • Length:7.8 "/19.8 cm
  • Width at display: 3.4"/8.6 cm
  • Width at grip: 2.5"/6.4 cm
  • Height at grip: 1.6"/4.1 cm

Weight (w/battery pack)

  • No radio, w/laser: 16.3 oz /465 g
  • Radio, w/laser: 17.3 oz /490 g

Display

  • Super-twist graphics LCD
  • Backlight w/programmable timeout
  • 128 x 160 pixels, plus 8 on-screen icons
  • Formats 16 x 26, 16 x 20 & 8 lines x 20 characters

Keypad

  • 38-key alphanumeric
  • Single and double-click alpha
  • 5 dedicated function keys, 5 shifted
  • Western-European character support

Construction

  • Industrial, high-strength polycarbonate/ABS-blend plastic

Environmental

Temperature rating

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

Humidity

  • 5 to 95% NC

Shock

  • multiple 4.0'/1.2m drops to concrete

Optical

Light source

  • Visible Laser Diode (VLD): 650nm

Scan rate:

  • 35 scans/sec. nominal

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

 

Label Density

Standard Range

Long Range

Advanced Long Range

5 mil

3.0"–5.0"
8.0"–13.0 cm

    

7.5 mil

2.5"–9.0"
6.0–23.0 cm

    

10 mil

2.5–13.0"
/6.0–33.0 cm

9.0"–22.0"
23.0–56.0 cm

  

13 mil

    

19.0"–29.0"
48.0–74.0 cm

15 mil

2.5"–19.0"
6.0–48.0 cm

7.0"–38.0"
18.0–96.0 cm

20.0"–50.0"
51.0–127.0 cm

20 mil

*2.5"–21.0"
6.0–53.0 cm

7.0"–45.0"
18.0–114.0 cm

  

30 mil

    

33.0"–98.0"
84.0–249.0 cm

40 mil

*2.5"–30.0"
6.0–76.0 cm

10.0"–90.0"
25.0–229.0 cm

  

55 mil

*2.5"–36.0"
6.0–91.0 cm

10.0"–100.0"
25.0–250.0 cm

27.0"–115.0"
69.0–292.0 cm

70 mil

(Reflective)

60.0"–180.0"
152.0–457.0 cm

114.0"–250.0 "
290.0–635.0 cm

100 mil

(Reflective)

62.0"–240.0"
157.0–610.0 cm

125.0"–360.0 "
318.0–914.0 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

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
  • Programmable speeds up to 33 MHz
  • Real-time clock

Memory

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

IR Communications Port

  • Communication with Falcon IR dock
  • Supports IR portable printer
  • IrDA compatible

Dock Communications

  • RS232
  • X modem
  • Z modem
  • 16550 UART, up to 57,600 bps

PC Card

  • Internal PC Card Type I/II slot

Speaker

  • Programmable for volume, duration and pitch

Power Options

  • Rechargeable Nicad & NiMH battery packs
  • Falconฎ dock; Falconฎ battery charger

Advanced Power Management (without PC Card)

  • Sleep/off mode with programmable timeout: ~2 mA
  • Doze mode: ~50 mA
  • Operating mode: >80 mA (option dependent, CPU speed and application);
  • Rechargeable lithium backup battery
  • Low battery indicator (display icon)

Radio Support (Falconฎ 345 w/Internal Antenna)

  • Cisco Aironet 350 Series
  • Lucent Orinoco 802.11b
  • Proxim RangeLAN2
  • Symbol Spectrum24ฎ 802.11