Abacus 21 has released its Symbol technology as a replacement of the obsolete & discontinued (sophisticated) Telxon Handheld Units and the (overly) simplistic Percon Units.
Note that Motorola has bought-out Symbol... and the (former) Symbol Units now have Motorola Part designations.
Motorola-Symbol vs. Telxon (and Percon) Comparison -
Larger Display than Telxon or Percon Units
Full-Color or Monochrome Display... Telxon & Percon Units only have Monochrome
Capable of (future) applications -- including Wireless (with acquisition of appropriate models
Larger Storage Capacity: 2-4MB on Telxon Units, 32+MB on Motorola-Symbol... and even less on Percons -- plus the advantage of being able to use SD-Member Cards to increase capacity and safeguard data loss (in case of Battery discharge). This is recommended.
Enhanced Item Search: Search and Sort By Item Code or Description... in Ascending or Descending Order (Telxon only allowed Ascending order search on Item Code)
Enhanced Preview of Data Input into Unit: In order they were input... or sort by each column (Item Code, Description, Quantity, Unit, etc.)... Telxon only previewed items in the order they were input.
Ability to track up to 3 Physical Unit quantities (Telxon allowed for only 2 Physical Unit quantities)
Expanded Descriptions (up to 60 characters) show on Motorola-Symbol units
Motorola-Symbol Units allow for Touchscreen, Keypad, or Scan input
Enhanced browsing features on Motorola-Symbol unit: no need to type in the paths for storing information, just use the browse feature
Fixed Last Record Issue that plagued Telxon Units
Enhanced Application Security on Motorola-Symbol units
Motorola-Symbol units can store Program and Data information in memory after the battery fails
Easier installation process: Control Center will prompt the user to install software on any new Handheld Units... instead of having to manually install software on each Unit
Data Transfer to-from the Guns is handled automatically by the Control Center
Handheld Applications Available (Sold Separately) -
Food/Beverage:
Handheld Physical Counts (Motorola-Symbol, Telxon, Percon)
Handheld Requisitions (Motorola-Symbol, Telxon)
Handheld Ordering (Motorola-Symbol, Telxon)
Retail:
Handheld Physical Counts (Motorola-Symbol, Telxon, Percon)
Handheld Requisitions (Motorola-Symbol, Telxon)
Handheld Ordering (Motorola-Symbol, Telxon)
Note: The new-style Application shown in this Section are only available on the newer Motorola-Symbol Units.
Motorola-Symbol Limitations (Temporary) -
Outlet Code – Limited to 2 Characters
Section Code – Limited to 2 Characters
Item Code – Limited to 12 Characters
Note: Purposely imposed to insure (initial) compatibility to Telxon & Percon Units functionality.
Motorola-Symbol Handheld Gun Instructions -
