Intermec cn30 User Guide

To set up the application, prepare and write a host application that can 
communicate with the Intermec Application Server and send transactions 
to and receive transactions from the CN30 Computer in this format. For an 
example of the host application transaction, see page 110.

where:

The CN30 Computer is a versatile handheld computer that you can add to 
your wired or wireless data collection network. You can connect your 
CN30 Computer to your network using any of these communications: 
serial, 802.11b/g radio, Ethernet, or Bluetootht radio.

The CN30 Computer has a serial port to transfer data to and receive data 
from another device via RS-232 communications. You can also insert the 
CN30 Computer into a communications dock to transmit data to and 
receive data from a host computer or PC using RS-232 communications. 
The serial cable and the communications dock are sold separately. For more 
information, see “Accessories for the CN60 Computer” on page 25.

To use serial communications with your CN30 Computer, connect the 
CN30 Computer to the serial port of another device, by:

• connecting the CN30 Serial Port to the serial port of the other device 

using the 26-pin to DB9-pin serial cable adapter and a female-to-female 
null modem RS-232 cable;

• connecting the CN30 Dock to the serial port of the other device using a 

DB9-pin to DB9-pin serial adapter cable, then insert the CN30 Com-
puter into the dock; or

transaction header

TMF field

commands

A 96-byte field with message number, date, time, source application ID, destinations application ID, 
transaction ID, and other information. Set the system message (SYS$MSG) flag to E in the transaction 
header.

A 2-byte field containing one of these values:

CG

Configuration Get request sent from the host application.

Cg

Configuration Get response sent from the CN30 Computer to the host computer.

CS

Configuration Set request sent from the host application.

Cs

Configuration Set response sent from CN30 to host computer

The reader and configuration commands to set on the CN30 Computer or the current value to retrieve 
from the CN30 Computer. To save configuration changes in flash memory, send the .+1 reader 
command as the last command. See the Command Reference Manual for a list of supported commands.