PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-564
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 564
NOVEMBER 1999
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PS 564
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NOV 99
utomatic identification technol-
ogy (AIT) equipment makes it easier
to navigate through the Standard Army
Retail Supply System (SARSS). One
of the big guns in the AIT inventory is
the radio frequency bar code laser scan-
ner terminal (BCLST).
But the BCLST needs regular doses
of preventive maintenance, just like
other sensitive equipment.
A good place to start your PM edu-
cation is with the batteries.
The BCLST uses two batteries—
the main power battery and the backup
battery.
JR2020 RF Bar Code Laser Scanner Terminal . . .
When the release tabs disengage, pull
the battery down gently and remove it
from the BCLST handle.
If you yank out a battery before the
tabs are disengaged, you’ll break the
tabs or round them off. Then you won’t
be able to seat the battery pack.
work, but it won’t work right. Your
readings will be wrong and you’ll have
other power problems—like spikes that
can lose data.
That second click tells you that the
end cap tab has engaged and the pack
is firmly seated.
Here’s how to remove the battery
pack:
First, press the external release but-
ton on the battery end cap.
Then pull the battery pack down by
the end cap about
1
/
2
inch or until it
stops. You should see two yellow re-
lease buttons on either side of the bat-
tery pack.
Push the battery pack end cap up
slightly while squeezing in the two yel-
low release buttons. This lets the tabs
disengage from inside the handle.
Insert battery pack
into handle until it
clicks twice
Hold the battery pack below the
handle with the other hand.
Then press the battery pack into the
handle firmly until it locks in place.
You should hear two clicks as the
battery pack latches into the reader.
Don’t settle for one click! At one click,
the pack is partially seated. It may
Main Power Battery
The main power battery is a 6-volt,
rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-
Cad). It can be discharged and
recharged around 500 times and, if
maintained correctly, should last five
years or more.
But many Ni-Cads are not lasting
nearly that long because of forced re-
moval, incorrect installation of the
battery pack and incorrect charging
procedures.
Installation and Removal—
Here’s
how to install a battery pack:
First, hold the BCLST by the handle
with one hand.
what's
wrong
? why
aren't you
scanning
?
because
you didn't scan
me for
charged
batteries
.
Squeeze
both
release
buttons
and pull
down
Push external release button,
then pull battery down
1
/
2
inch
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