The usage of Hand held terminals have increased significantly in number. It is even more

preferable in the Indian ambience for the remote data collection and the communication as

the Indian infrastructure in terms of network built is still not at power with the international

standards. The compact size of the hand held terminals and the easy of the use allows it to be

very easily used and even used by non-technical people. An optional barcode in a scanner

form can also be used for a faster and precise data collection. And it even provides flexibility

in terms of easy change/edit the data already stored in for some important and commercial

changes.

Hand held terminals have also becomes increasingly popular as weight bridge applications.

For example the pharmaceutical industry or the cement/ chemical industry everywhere this

device has an increased usage. In the field of online data entry terminal as well it is used in

an integrated fashion. It comes in the form of a robust small unit and is a very ideal solution

for the applications which require data entry speed and utmost accuracy of the data entered.

All the information can be easily entered with the help of a simple keypad and can be stored

in this hand held terminal. All the data stored internally and instructions specific to the data

are displayed on its LCD screen which facilitates easy monitoring. It can even be customized

and be used a programming device for the PLCs which enable its users to carry out various

functions like parameter setting or other configurations or even monitoring diagnostic faults

depending on the kind of application software used. It has such advanced technology now a

days that it can even completely eliminate the need of a laptop or a PC in your business floor.

Programs which are written in the comfort of one’s office and easily are downloaded on to

these hand held terminals and then can be loaded on to the CNC machine. This way it works

as a CNC data code loader as well. Portable, user friendly and ease of maintenance are just

other simple add on which it offers to make things even better.

In one line they are the revolutionary change in the business today for the better. Everyone

cannot carry a laptop everywhere. In such a condition, they are the most easy and

comfortable to use with very many functions.