The line at the very bottom of the screen displays what happens if the
operator presses just the ENT key without typing anything else at the
prompt. In this example, pressing just ENT will take the operator back
to the Main Menu. This is how data collection is ended.
To scan a barcode label at this prompt, press and hold down one of the
trigger buttons at the sides of the BHT8000, or press and hold the M1
or M2 keys on the keypad. A broad beam of red light will shine from
the front of the unit – move this beam to the barcode label, holding the
unit about 3 to 10cm away from the label.
When the BHT8000 has read the barcode label successfully, a beep will
sound and the indicator LED will flash briefly. See Reading Barcodes
on page 7for more information on barcode scanning.
After a barcode has been scanned, or
typed in the barcode number and
pressed ENT, the next data collection
screen will be displayed, as shown on
the right, where the operator is being
prompted to enter a quantity.
As an aid to the operator, the barcode
that was scanned or entered is
displayed at the top of the screen, below the program title.
The message at the bottom of the screen shows than if the operator just
presses ENT instead of scanning or entering a quantity, the program
will go back to the previous Barcode: prompt so a new barcode can be
entered, discarding the already entered barcode and not storing it in
memory. This would be done if the operator realised they had scanned
the wrong barcode, for example.
After the quantity has been scanned or entered, the barcode and
quantity are stored as a record in the memory of the BHT8000, and the
data collection process continues with the operator prompted to scan or
enter the next barcode and quantity.
To finish data collection and return to the main menu, just press ENT at
the Barcode: prompt.
To check how many records are
currently stored in the BHT8000, select
item 3 Memory Status from the main
menu, to display a screen similar to
that shown on the right. In this
example, there are 55 records stored in
memory, and enough room for 32712
more. Note that the exact number of
records that can be stored will depend on the size of the memory in
your BHT8000.
