Uploading Data from a Telxon Unit

After you take inventory on the Telxon unit, you can upload the inventory data to your Horizon workstation.

To upload data from a Telxon unit

1 Connect the Telxon unit to the COM port (usually COM1) on the back of the workstation by using a TLX-6 cable (if your COM port is 9-pin) or a TLX-7 cable (if your COM port is 25-pin).
2 On your workstation, start the Telxon Download Utility.

To do this, double-click the icon that the system administrator created for the utility while setting up the Telxon unit for inventory. (For more information on where to find the icon, see your system administrator.)

Horizon displays the Telxon Download Utility window:

3 If necessary, enter a new file name in the Enter file name for Telxon file field.

(For example, you might want to include numbers or other characters so you can distinguish this file from other files you create.)

4 Choose COM1 or COM2 in the Choose COM port field to match the COM port you connected with the Telxon unit.
5 Click the Inventory button in the Type of Transfer group.
6 Click Transfer.
7 Follow the prompts in the Telxon Transfer Utility window.
8 If the Telxon unit is not already at the Inventory menu, press Exit once or twice.

The Telxon unit displays the inventory menu:

9 To transfer inventory, press 2, or press an arrow key to select Send inv file and then press ENTER.

The Telxon unit prompts you to “Connect TELXON to A/B switch.” (You have actually connected it directly to the workstation instead.)

10 On the Telxon unit, press Enter three times to bypass the “Connect TELXON to A/B switch” message, to bypass the “Be sure DYNIX is ready” message, and to confirm that you are ready to send the data.

Note: Your Telxon unit shows “Be sure DYNIX is ready,” but that does not affect the way that the Telxon unit operates and interacts with the Horizon system. If your Telxon unit does not show this message, contact SirsiDynix Customer Support (the unit might not have been pre-programmed at SirsiDynix).

The Telxon unit uploads the data to the “telxon” directory on the workstation.

11 When the Telxon unit shows the transfer is complete, press Enter to finish.

Note: You might want to process the barcodes in Horizon before you delete the barcode file from your Telxon unit to make sure you do not need the file anymore. (For more information, see Processing Uploaded Inventory Data in Horizon.)

 


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