Generalscan X Series User manual

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X Series Barcode Scanner Quick Start
Guide

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1. Product Outlook
Item Name Description
1Scanning
Window
Reading barcode, Red light or Laser will
beam out from this window
2 Buzzer Hole Beeper when barcode is good read
3 Scanner Head Main scan body
4 Protective Cover Protect the Micro-USB plug of scan head
5 MicroUSB Plug
Plug it into smartphone or tablet micro-usb
port
6 Screw Hole fix screw for scanbuddy
2. GS-X Series Usage Introduction
Confirm your Android device or Windows Tablet support OTG function first. Please note your device
should provide at least 300maH current from MicroUSB port to external device. If you cannot
confirm, please advise your device manufacturer.

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Hold GS-X series scanner with your hand and plug it into Android device or Windows Tablet device’s
Micro USB port just like you charge your device like normal. Make sure the smartphone USB port
direction is same with direction of GS-X3 micro USB plug. Please plug the scanner into smartphone
slowly and tenderly.
When X-scanner successfully plug into your device, Android or Windows table will find hardware
automatically.
3. Generalscan ScanBuddy App Installation and Usage
Generalscan ScanBuddy app is developed by Generalscan for easy to use GS-X series product. Due to
there is no hardware trigger button on the GS-X series product, so you have to use software trigger
button on the Android screen. ScanBuddy app has on screen floatable software trigger button.
You can use ScanBuddy app to trigger barcode scan and move around the trigger button on the
anywhere of screen you wish, The trigger button has three style and can be adjustable to semi-
transparent to avoid to read the screen.
This app use broadcast mechanism to broadcasting barcode information to other apps which can
receive the broadcasting.
Please download the Generalscan ScanBuddy apk from the following address:
http://www.generalscan.com/download/Generalscan-ScanBuddy.apk
3.1 Please launch Generalscan ScanBuddy app from the desktop, When you plug the GS-X series
product, the app will automatically detect the hardware, please click OK button to connect hardware.

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3.2 When you first time to run ,it is the basic interface.

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3.3 When you click top right corner “Setting” button, you will find the above interface. You can find
many setting.
1. ”Show Trigger Button”: Click the button to show on-screen trigger button .
2. ”Hide Trigger Button”: Click the button to hide on-screen trigger button.
3. ”Type1,Type2,Type3”: Three different style of trigger button
4. ”Transparency”: Toggle to setting for trigger button transparent level .
5. ”Font Size”: Toggle to resize the barcode font size.
6. ”Vibrate”: Setting for vibration when click trigger button.
7. ”Vibrate Time”: Setting for vibration strength on press trigger button.
8. ”Trigger”: Set for automatic continue trigger
9. ”Trigger Time”: Set for interval time for each trigger
10. ”Show Battery”: Add Battery information and date information when barcode read.
11. ”Save”: Save all setting

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3.4 When you enable display on-screen trigger option, the floating trigger will display on the screen,
you can move it to anywhere for you easy to touch the trigger button. You can also touch the
bottom trigger button to trigger barcode scan at the same time.

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3.5 When you click the green on-screen trigger button, barcode information will display on the
screen. If you enable battery and date information append function, these information will add after
the barcode character.
3.6 Scanbuddy app can broadcast barcode information to system, you can integrate the broadcasting
receive code into your apps to read barcode. You can switch the Scanbuddy app to the back of system,
the green trigger will display on the screen, then you can launch your apps which integrate the
broadcasting receive code, at this time, you click the green trigger button, your apps will receive the
barcode.
Please download Generalscan USB Broadcasting Test Sample to read barcode with ScanBuddy app
from the following link: http://www.generalscan.com/pdf/FinalSDK-Public.zip
Please import this project with Eclipse and run on your Android device. Due to the MicroUSB port is
under bottom smartphone or tablet, so you can adjust your Apps orientation to reverse portrait with
code. That will let you scan barcode more easily.
If you don’t want to modify your apps, you can download the following apps to force your app to
rotate to reverse portrait direction.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fameit.rotate&hl=en

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4. Windows 8.1 Tablet Installation
4.1 GS-X series Scanbuddy USB barcode accessory support Windows 8.1 Tablet with MicroUSB port.
You can plug the Scanbuddy into the Windows 8.1 Tablet and Windows will find the hardware, it will
prompt you install the drivers.
4.2 Please download the Windows 8.1 drivers from the following link :
http://www.generalscan.com/download/Generalscan-Scanbuddy-Windows-Drivers.zip
Please extract the above the zip file, if your Windows is 32bit, please install the “VCP_V1.3.1_Setup”
Otherwise, please install VCP_V1.3.1_Setup_x64.

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4.3 After you successful install the driver, there is a virtual serial port in the system, please
reference the following interface to confirm the scanbuddy was detected.
4.4 When you successful install the driver for Scanbuddy, please install the Generalscan ScanWedge
for ScanBuddy apps. This application can trigger the ScanBuddy with onscreen button and scan the
barcode into any application with text box.
Please contact the Generalscan sales for Generalscan ScanWedge for ScanBuddy apps.
After you run Generalscan ScanWedge for ScanBuddy apps, please reference the following interface.