Newland NL-8510 POS User manual

Brand: Newland

Model: NL-8510 POS

Type: User manual

Newland NL-8510 POS is a desktop point-of-sale (POS) system with a thermal printer. It features a 128x64 LCD display, a 12-key number pad, and a variety of connectivity options, including RS232, Ethernet, and wireless modem. The NL-8510 POS can read and write magnetic stripe cards, IC cards, and SAM cards. It also has a built-in encryption and security module. The NL-8510 POS is ideal for use in retail, hospitality, and other businesses that need a reliable and easy-to-use POS system.

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1 Manual Description........................................................................................................................1

1.1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................1

2 Start................................................................................................................................................1

2.1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................1

2.2 Familiar with POS...............................................................................................................1

2.2.1 unpacking.................................................................................................................1

2.2.2 Housing and elements ..............................................................................................2

2.2.3 Product's detailed functional description..................................................................2

2.2.4 Interface functions and PIN definition .....................................................................3

2.3 Startup/shutdown/reboot .....................................................................................................7

2.4 Main Boot Menu and its functions......................................................................................7

2.5 Program download ..............................................................................................................8

3 The testing on functional modules ...............................................................................................11

3.1 Version ..............................................................................................................................12

3.2 Keyboard...........................................................................................................................13

3.3 Files...................................................................................................................................13

3.4 Magcard Test.....................................................................................................................14

3.5 Other card..........................................................................................................................15

3.5.1 IC/SAM..................................................................................................................15

3.5.2 MIFare Card...........................................................................................................17

3.6 Printer................................................................................................................................18

3.6.1 Printer Test Menu ...................................................................................................18

3.6.2 Printer Test Submenu .............................................................................................19

3.7 Communication.................................................................................................................21

3.7.1 Communication test main menu.............................................................................22

3.7.2 Communication test submenu ................................................................................22

4 Operational parameter setting ......................................................................................................31

4.1 Display ..............................................................................................................................32

4.2 Keyboard...........................................................................................................................32

4.3 Clock.................................................................................................................................33

4.4 Password ...........................................................................................................................34

4.5 Auto-run............................................................................................................................34

4.6 Printer................................................................................................................................35

4.7 Language...........................................................................................................................35

4.8 Hardware...........................................................................................................................36

4.9 Communication.................................................................................................................36

5 Notices .........................................................................................................................................37

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5.1 safety caution ....................................................................................................................37

5.1.1 Daily usage safety caution .....................................................................................37

5.1.2 Power .....................................................................................................................37

5.1.3 The Handling of Disused Products.........................................................................37

5.2 Other Cautions ..................................................................................................................38

5.3 Install Printing Paper (Important) .....................................................................................38

5.4 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................40

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1 Manual Description

1.1 Introduction

NL-8510 is a newly introduced desktop POS with thermal printer. This manual gives

descriptions on how to properly use NL-8510.

2 Start

2.1 Introduction

This chapter will introduce NL-8510 from unpacking to deeply. It includes housing,

principles, detailed description of functions, PIN definition, and the function of each interface,

settings and other relevant operation.

2.2 Familiar with POS

2.2.1 unpacking

Open the packing; get the NL-8510 and accessories. Observation of the appearance whether

broken down and cannot be used. If the damage is caused during the transport, please contact your

supplier, and keep the package. Make sure using the original package to return the

damaged product, so to ensure that your after-sale rights

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2.2.2 Housing and elements

2.2.3 Product's detailed functional description

Clock Display the correct time

Magcard track 1//2/3 reading;ISO7816. supports 75 BPI and 210BPI and

bi-directional swipe.

LCD

128*64 LCD, EL backlight, adjustable contrast, support standard

ASCII characters, GB18030/GB2312 Chinese Character and

graphical document.

Keyboard

12 number/alphabet keys, 6 functional hot-keys.

There are buttons of Up, Down, Menu, 10 numbers (0-9), * and #,

ESC, Backspace and Enter. Some of them can be multiplex, such as

* and., # and alphabet, menu and power. Also supports key

combination.

IC card

Supports one IC card, can read and write CPU card and memory

card which meets the standard of ISO7816, support Chinese

financial IC card criterion, and meets EMV standard.

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SAM card

Supports two SAM cards, can read and write CPU card which meet

the standard of ISO7816. Support Chinese financial IC card

criterion.

RF (Optional)Built-in RF function, support type A protocol.

Peripheral interface Two RS232 serial ports, one for serial port communication, one

for PINPAD connection.

Communication

RS232 serial port: serial transfer rate is 1200-115200 bps, the

parameter of communication can be set by the

user.

Wire MODEM: built-in high speed modem

Wireless modem (optional): built-in wireless modem, supports

GPRS or CDMA.

Ethernet (optional): built-in 10M Ethernet network function.

Printer

Thermal printer can print graphics and many kinds of barcodes.

58mm thermal print paper, printing speed is: 80-90mm/sec, Easy

loading paper.

Encryption

and security

Built-in ESAM security module, for encryption and decryption

operations as well as keeping secure data

Power Input: 100VAC-240V AC. 50Hz/60Hz,

Output: 9VDC, 4A

2.2.4 Interface functions and PIN definition

一、Wire Modem (line)

1． Function: built-in wire modem, supports synchronize 1200/2400 bps and asynchronies

33.6Kbps；

2． The description for the PINs of this interface:：Modem uses PIN3 and PIN4 to

communicate with telephone line, and cross connection is allowed. Other PINs are

Null。

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二、Ethernet network（LAN）

1． Function：Built-in 10M Ethernet interface, supports Ethernet communication。

2． The description for the PINs of this interface:

PIN1：Data sending positive

PIN2：Data sending negative

PIN3：Data receiving positive

PIN4：GND ESD protection

PIN5：GND ESD protection

PIN6：Data receiving negative

PIN7：GND ESD protection

PIN8：GND ESD protection

三、Serial Port 1(RS232)

1．Function：The main CPU’s serial port 1 is directly connected to the RS232

chip. This is for serial communication devices and application download.

2．The description for the PINs of this interface:

PIN1：Data sending

PIN2：DC output +5V

PIN3：Null

PIN4：Null

PIN5：GND

PIN6：Data receiving

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四、Serial Port 2 (PINPAD)

1．Function：The main CPU is connected to the RS232 chip via CPLD . This is for serial

communication device。

2．The description for the PINs of this interface:

PIN1：Data sending

PIN2：DC output +5V

PIN3：Null

PIN4：Null

PIN5：GND

PIN6：Data receiving

五、SAM card

1．Function：The secondary CPU is directly connected to the SAM card and can read/write

the SAM card。

2．The description for the PINs of this interface（Please refer to the standard of ISO7816）：

PIN1：SAM Card Power _

PIN2：SAM Card Reset Signal

PIN3：SAM Card Clock Signal

PIN4：GND

PIN5：Null

PIN6：SAM Card Data Communication

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六、IC card

1．Function：The IC card uses IC card interface chip to connect with the secondarysecondary

CPU, whichSecondary CPUcan read and write the IC card data。

2．The description for the PINs of this interface（Please refer to the standard of ISO7816）：

PIN1：ICC Power +5V

PIN2：ICC Reset Signal

PIN3：ICC Clock Signal

PIN4：Null

PIN5：GND

PIN6：Null

PIN7：ICC Serial Data IO

PIN8：Null

PIN9：Check if the Card is inserted

PIN10：Power Output +5V for checking if the ICC is inserted.

七、SIM card (Wireless)

1．Function: SIM card can connect the wireless module directly，The main CPU is directly

connected to the wireless module。

2．The description for the PINs of this interface：

Please refer to the standard of ISO7816

PIN1：SIM Card Power +5V

PIN2：SIM Card Reset Signal

PIN3：SIM Card Clock Signal

PIN4：GND

PIN5：SIM Card Power +5V

PIN6：SIM Card Data Communication

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2.3 Startup/shutdown/reboot

2.3.1 Startup

Press the “menu” button for 1 sec, LCD display the light; POS is ready to use

2.3.2 shutdown

Press the”menu” button for 3-5 sec, shut the pos down.

2.3.3 Reboot

If there are some special reason to let the POS fail to use, can use startup and shut down to reboot

the POS

2.4 Main Boot Menu and its functions

Figure 3-1 is the factory default main menu, within which Download , Selftest and

Management are firmware controlled program.

By using Run option , you can start your own program. Cursor indicates

the current selected position.

After start-up, press key F1 and key F2 to move the cursor then press confirm to run

correspondent program.

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figure 3-1

Download: download user-program, Key managment program, download files to flash disk,

remote download user-program, remote download files to flash disk.

Self-check: Individual test of every function module, If you want to test whether a particular

module works before usage or development, this self-test can perform basic functional test.

Manage: To use this function, you must enter the password:”159951”. “Manage” menu is for

setting operating parameters. For example: the seventh option “language”, you can choose

Chinese or English. Save this setting then all options’ language will display according to your

choice.

Running: run the user program.

Wireless icon: If your POS is equipped with the wireless module, at the right side of the screen

will show the type of wireless modules (GPRS or CDMA) and signal strength.

2.5 Program download

When running posdownload.exe for the first time, the following window may show up, just

click on the OK button to choose the default setting.

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Then the main window will be shown.

Selecting the download type

This tool supports downloading of 3 different files: user program, key program and normal

file. They will be downloaded into different storage space respectively, i.e., User Program will be

downloaded into the user program space(up to 320 kB), Key Program will be downloaded into the

key management program space(up to 64 kB), while normal files will be download into the flash

file system space(up to 2MB).

Adding a file for downloading.

Click on the Append button, a file browse window will be shown for you to locate your

download target file.

Starting a download session

Click on the Get Ready(W) button to start a download session.

Batch downloading

This tool support batch downloading of multiple files of different download type, i.e., you

can select ,

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Stopping/Cancelling a download session and closing the

COM port

Click on the Stop(S) button to stop/cancel a download session or close the COM port.

Selecting the COM port

Click on the pulldown list Port to select a suitable com port for download. Notice that you

cannot change the COM port setting after a download session has been started.

Downloading time to POS

When downloading the User Program or the Key Program, the current time of the host

download machine will be sent along to the POS. This function greatly facilitates the setting of the

machine’s real time clock. Be sure to check the Download Time item to enable this function.

PinCode

PinCode is the password for download. Every maching is shipped with a default download

password: 159951. You can change the PinCode through the SETUP function of the POS. If you

change the POS’s PinCode, be sure to change PinCode setting of the POSDOWNLOAD for a

successful download.

Trouble shootings

Q: The download session doesn’t start after I click on the Get Ready(W) button.

A: Be sure to select the correct COM port for download. Make sure the download data line has

been connected to the POS’s RS232 port. Make sure the POS has been put into the download

mode by pressing Enter on the Download icon. Make sure the files you selected really exist. Make

sure the PinCode has not been changed, or you have provide the right PinCode.

Q: There is no COM port on my PC, how can I do the download?

A: You can use a USB-TO-COM cable instead.

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3 The testing on functional modules

In order to facilitate the technical maintenance staff on-site maintenance for this product, problem

positioning and hardware repair. We provide this self-check program in the BIOS. Using this

program you can do all the manual testing on each of the POS’sthe functional module. .

self test

1.Version

2.Keyboard

4. Magnetic card

5. Other card

6. Printer

3.File system

7.Communication

8. Input HZ

IC/SAM

MIfare card

Aux test

Wire modem

PPP test

WirelessModem

Ethernet

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3.1 Version

The first page will display software version: main CPU, secondary CPU, file system, micro print

device version, for detail display please see figures 3-1.

Main CPU：VB020

Sub-CPU：A114AV302

File System 9.33

Printer Driver：1.0

figure 3-1 Version Info

Press Key “Enter” at the meun shown in Figure 3-1， enter the second page。The second page will

display the hardware configuration：CPLD, OS version, the size of FRAM, if Ethernet is equipped,

the size of SRAM and the free space of SRAM, if WLM(wireless module) is equipped for detail

please see the figure 3-2.。

CPLD：0d OS：2.00

FRAM：8kB ETH:YES

SRAM：1M－> 512K

WLM：NONE

figure 3-2 Version Info

CPLD: CPLD is a kind of logical digital integrated circuit that is constructed by users

according to their own requirements.

OS Version: the Version Number of system software

FRAM: Ferromagnetic Random Access Memory; unlimited read/write; data storage without

power

Press Key “Enter” at the meun shown in Figure 3-2，enter the third page, which will display

RC531 CN,(The chip number of RF card)

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3.2 Keyboard

To test the keyboard。

First to test if the key name matches the key code, for example: press “2” to see if code 2 is

entered. For detail display please see the figure 3-3.

keycode：0x32

（ 2 ）

Press a key →

figure 3-3 Keyboard Testing Display

Press“ESC” to quit, then test number string input function, see figure 3-4

figure 3-4

0123456789_

Digit－only input test:

input number date and press “enter” LCD will display the number date and its length, see figure

3-5.

Next testing the input date, see figure 3-6: input date then press “enter” to see the context

and length that you inputted.

0123456789

Content is:

String length=10

NL8510_

(To enter alpha input state,

press letter.)

Alpha & digit

Input test:

figure 3-5 figure 3-6

3.3 Files

Test the file system of flash disk.

Firstly, display the free space of flash disk and the number of available file handlers (the

number of files that can be opened without closing the files that have already been opened)

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Press Key “backspace” to start scanning the flash disk then press any key to display the

total number of existing files and a whole file lists with file name, creation time and other

information, shown as figure 3-7 Press“ESC”to quit and press other keys to see the next

document.

figure 3-7

File SELFTEST, the three numbers represent: File Length (bytes), File Start Block No. and

File Property. (A means common file document, no encryption; B means encrypted File.) Other

File display format is shown as figure3-7.

3.4 Magcard Test

Perform Card Reading Test, shown as figure 3-8.

This operation will not damage filesthat werepreviously saved.

:－） SELFTEST

4 6 A

creat time：

2006－09－14 09：09

――Magcard Test――

1.The 2&3 Track

2. The 2 Track

3 The 3 Track

4. The 1&2&3 Track

figure 3-8

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According your need, select the track numbers to be read; support bi-directional swipe; when

swiping the card, the magnetic stripe should be facing the LCD. After the swiping, the LCD will

display the detail data of each track. At the menu shown in figure 3-8 press “ESC” to quit then

enter the menu shown as figure 3-9.

――Magcard Test――

1.The 2&3 Track

2. The 2 Track

3 The 3 Track

4. The 1&2&3 Track

Allow Input

figure 3-9

Under this menu, you can manually enter MagCard Number or Insert an ICC for testing. The POS

will read the IC Card’s ATR (Answer to Request) data. Press “ESC” to quit this test, as shown in

figure 3-9.

3.5 Other card

Card Test menu is shown as figure 3-10

2. MIFare Card

1. IC/SAM

figure 3-10

3.5.1 IC/SAM

Under the menu shown as figure 3-10, Press Key “1” to enter IC and SAM Card test.

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IC/SAM Card Testing. Read IC Card 1’s ATR and Random Number as well as IC Card’s

power up/down, SAM1 card, SAM2 card, SAM4 card (ESIM card) card’s power up/down，

random number reading test. If the IC or SAM Card testing is passed,the menu will be shown as

figure 3-11

Please press ESC To Cancel,

Other key To Retry

××××××

PowerDown Succ!

figure 3-11

Press “ESC” will do the next card testing

SAM4 also known as ESIM card, during the testing will show that the ATR data（Answer To

Request） of SAM4, the random number have been read, the speed of reading and writing, time

etc.

SAM Card needs to be inserted to the card slot before testing(Power off when inserting).

When inserting IC Card, the card’s chip side needs to be facing up.

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3.5.2 MIFare Card

Please put the RF Card on the cover of print cartridge orhold the MIFare Card close to the

right of the print cartridge.

Under the menu shown as figure 3-10, press Key “2”to enter MIFare Card test. Under the

menu shown as figure 3-12, if the MIFare card is at the correct reading position, press “enter” the

LCD will display its card number.

Press ’ ENTER ’ to test when

MIFare Card are ready

figure 3-12

If you operated incorrectly, the LCD will display “fail”, please press “ESC” to redo the test.

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Newland NL-8510 POS User manual

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