Hid Technology solutions 1062 User manual

USER GUIDE:

1062 HANDSCANNER

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CONTENT

Main parts of the Handscanner 5

Handscanner 5

Cradle 6

Using the Handscanner 7

Charging the Handscanner 7

Removing the Handscanner battery 7

Handscanner Readzones 8

Operating modes 9

Conﬁgurable features 10

Introduction 10

Bluetooth®

settings 10

Functionality 10

Preﬁx 10

Buzzer 10

Vibrator 10

RFID multiblock read 10

Batch mode 10

Scan time 11

Power down time 11

Firmware update 11

Application Examples – PC 12

Introduction 12

Setting up the

Bluetooth®

connection 12

Using SmartWedge Basic 14

Introduction 14

Installation 14

Operation 14

HyperTerminal 16

Introduction 16

Conﬁguring HyperTerminal 16

Application Examples – Pocket PC 18

Introduction 18

Setting up a

Bluetooth®

connection – Symbol MC70 18

Conﬁguring HyperTerminal 18

Using BTExplorer 19

Setting up a

Bluetooth®

Connection – Intermec CN3 22

Using SmartWedge Basic 28

Introduction 28

Installation 28

Operation 28

Using mToken 32

Introduction 32

Installation 32

Operation 32

Regulatory 36

Safety 36

FCC Statement 37

Bluetooth®

Troubleshooting 38

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 39

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CONTENT

Overview

This document provides general usage instructions for the Handscanner and is applicable for both the 1D laser

scanner and 2D imager versions.

History

Version Date Modiﬁcations

1.0 15/02/2007 Document creation

1.1 13/06/2007 Updates to Regulatory section

1.2 06/07/2007 Added new FCC ID information

1.3 16/05/2008 Updated with new document template

1.4 23/07/2008 Added reference to Pairing Wizard for use with Motorola terminals

Warranty 39

About TSL 41

About 41

Contact 41

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MAIN PARTS OF THE HANDSCANNER

HANDSCANNER

The status LEDs on the top of the Handscanner provide an indication of the operating status of the unit.

LED Colour Status

Off The Handscanner is off.

Blue ﬂashing The Handscanner is powered on and waiting for a

Bluetooth

®connection.

Continuous Blue The Handscanner is powered on and connected via

Bluetooth

®.

Red The Handscanner is charging.

Green The Handscanner is fully charged.

Red and Green The battery in the Handscanner has a fault, or it is

being charged outside the recommended temperature

range (0°C to 45°C).

Status LEDs

Trigger Button

Adjustable ﬁnger strap

Docking connector

Battery cover release.

WARNING

LASER LIGHT.

DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

CLASS 2 LASER

PRODUCT.

LASERSTRAHLUNG

NICHT IN DEN STRAHL BLICKEN.

LASER KLASSE 2.

LUMIÈRE

LASER NE PAS REGARDER

DANS LE FAISCEAU. APPAREIL

À LASER DE CLASSE 2.

630-670nm 1mW

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The Charge Status LEDs indicate the state of the spare battery. The spare battery charge feature is independent of

the charging of the battery inside the Handscanner.

LED Charge Status

Red on The spare battery is charging.

Green on The spare battery is fully charged.

Both red and green on. No spare battery is present, the spare battery has a

fault, or the spare battery is being charged outside the

recommended temperature range (0°C to 45°C).

MAIN PARTS OF THE HANDSCANNER

CRADLE

Charging slot for spare battery

Docking port for Handscanner

Charge Status LEDs

Communications port connector

Input from power supply

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USING THE HANDSCANNER

CHARGING THE HANDSCANNER

The Handscanner is charged by docking it in the cradle. Plug the power supply provided with the cradle in to

the power in socket on the back of the cradle. The charge time will depend on how discharged the Handscanner

battery is. Typically a fully discharged battery will take 3-4 hours to fully charge. The LEDs on the top of the

Handscanner indicate the charge status; Red for charge in progress, Green for charge complete. Both LEDs on

simultaneously indicates a fault condition. This will happen if the battery is outside the recommended charging

temperature (0°C to 45°C), or if the battery has a fault.

The cradle is also capable of charging a spare battery at the same time as a Handscanner. The spare battery

drops into the holder at the back of the cradle. The charge time in the cradle is the same as the Handscanner.

Charge status is indicated by the LEDs on the cradle. Red indicates charge in progress, Green charge

complete and Red and Green for fault (or battery not present). Note that the charge status of the spare battery is

independent of the Handscanner.

REMOVING THE HANDSCANNER BATTERY

The battery can then be lifted out and replaced. Reﬁt the cover by sliding it back up until the button clicks in place.

1) Press in the yellow button 2) Slide the battery cover down and lift it off.

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USING THE HANDSCANNER

HANDSCANNER READZONES

Both transponders and barcodes are read in front of the Handscanner as shown above. The barcode is read when

the red laser line completely scans over it (1D) or it is enclosed in the projected red outline (2D). RFID transponders

are read in the same plane as barcodes. The RFID read range is far less than the barcode. Typically an RFID

device will be read at less than 10cm (dependent on the size and type of the RFID device). A barcode may be read

between 5cm and 1m depending on the scanner type, barcode symbology, size and condition.

The Handscanner functionality depends on the software running on the host device. Generally pressing the button

on the Handscanner triggers a barcode and/or RFID read. The RFID read zone is in front of the window on the

Handscanner.

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USING THE HANDSCANNER

OPERATING MODES

The Handscanner has two fundamental operating modes; Host Command Mode and Button Press mode. Both

modes may be combined in an actual deployed application.

Host Command Mode requires custom software to be developed and deployed to the host. All of the functionality

and features of the Handscanner can be remotely controlled in Host Command Mode. The full command set

is documented in the ‘Handscanner Programming Guide’. To simplify custom application development an API

is available; this is documented in the ‘Handscanner API’ document. Both documents are available from the

Technology Solutions’ website (www.tsl.uk.com/1062-downloads). Source code examples are provided in the

Software Development Kit available from Technology Solutions (1062-0x-BT-HSCAN-KIT).

In Button Press Mode the Handscanner is initially conﬁgured to operate in a particular way each time the

button is pressed. A PC application; Desktop Conﬁguration is provided by Technology Solutions for conﬁguring

Handscanners. An overview of the conﬁgurable features is given in ‘Conﬁgurable features’.

Host Command Mode requires that the Handscanner has a

Bluetooth

®link to the host. Button Press Mode usually

operates with a

Bluetooth

®link, but it is possible to conﬁgure the Handscanner to store scan data locally and

download it later. This is Batch Mode and is described in ‘Batch mode’.

The method of establishing the

Bluetooth

®link varies between different host platforms. The Handscanner appears

as a serial device (

Bluetooth

®Serial Port Proﬁle) and so in some cases will be accessed over a virtual comm.

port. The Handscanner establishes a secure

Bluetooth

®connection and therefore a PIN will be required during

the pairing process. The default PIN is ‘0000’, but this can be changed using the Desktop Conﬁguration software.

When discovering devices the

Bluetooth

®Friendly Name of the Handscanner is set to be the same as the serial

number printed on the side of the Handscanner. Again, this may be changed. Refer to the operating instructions of

the host platform for further information on establishing a

Bluetooth

®link.

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USING THE HANDSCANNER

CONFIGURABLE FEATURES

The Desktop Conﬁguration application supplied by Technology Solutions is required for conﬁguring Button Press

Mode on a Handscanner. This application is available for download from the Technology Solutions website (www.

tsl.uk.com/1062-downloads/) along with a full user guide. Conﬁguration of the Handscanner is only possible over

the wired serial connection. A cradle and serial data lead are therefore required. If the host PC does not have a

serial port it is possible to use a USB to serial converter lead.

The following sections provide an overview of the conﬁguration options.

INTRODUCTION

The

Bluetooth

®Friendly Name, the PIN and the

Bluetooth

®RF power can be modiﬁed.

BLUETOOTH

®SETTINGS

The RFID functionality can be enabled and disabled for each transponder type. Barcode scanning, and the various

symbologies included in a barcode scan can be enabled and disabled.

FUNCTIONALITY

A preﬁx can be added to the scanned data to indicate whether it came from a barcode, or from a particular RFID

transponder type. A preﬁx can also be added to all scanned data to indicate which Handscanner the data came

from.

PREFIX

The buzz on successful read function can be enabled or disabled.

BUZZER

Vibrate on successful read can be enabled or disabled.

VIBRATOR

An RFID transponder may contain multiple blocks of data in addition to the unique serial number. The start block

and number of subsequent blocks to read when a transponder is present can be conﬁgured.

RFID MULTIBLOCK READ

Batch mode allows the Handscanner to store all scanned data locally if there is not a

Bluetooth

®link to the host.

With Batch mode enabled the Handscanner continues to operate as normal, but stores scan data locally. This

data can then be downloaded from the Handscanner memory subsequently. If Batch mode is not enabled the

Handscanner will not respond to button presses when a

Bluetooth

®link is not established.

BATCH MODE

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USING THE HANDSCANNER

The maximum duration in seconds of a scan can be conﬁgured. The barcode reader has an independent maximum

scan duration (4s for 1D, 10s for 2D). Setting the Scan Time to shorter than these times results in barcode and RFID

scanning stopping at the speciﬁed time, setting the Scan Time to longer times results in the barcode scanning

stopping before the RFID.

SCAN TIME

Batch mode is a useful feature in help to avoid data loss if the

Bluetooth

®link drops because the Handscanner

has moved out of range of the host. There is a risk of a short period of data loss because the

Bluetooth

®link failure

indication is not immediate. Scan data obtained during the period between moving out of range and the

Bluetooth

link indicating failure may not be preserved.

The time in seconds that the Handscanner stays powered on after the

Bluetooth

®link has dropped or the button

has been pressed can be changed from the default value of 120 seconds.

POWER DOWN TIME

The Desktop Conﬁguration application includes a ﬁrmware loader for updating the Handscanner ﬁrmware.

FIRMWARE UPDATE

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APPLICATION EXAMPLES – PC

INTRODUCTION

These examples assume that the Handscanner is in its factory default state and that it is being used on a PC

running Windows XP. The same approach can be taken with any other platform.

SETTING UP THE

BLUETOOTH

®CONNECTION

Establishing a

Bluetooth

®connection requires the stages of Discovery and Pairing. The Handscanner conforms to

the

Bluetooth

®Serial Port Proﬁle and therefore a Virtual Comm port will be created as part of the

Bluetooth

®setup

process.

Launch the

Bluetooth

®Device window (Start>Control Panel>

Bluetooth

®Devices). Click the ‘Add’ button, switch on

the Handscanner by pressing the yellow button. The Blue LED will start to ﬂash slowly. Tick the ‘My device is set up

and ready to be found.’ box and click the ‘Next’ button. This starts the Discovery process. When this is complete a

list of devices will be shown, including the Handscanner as shown below:

The Handscanner will be identiﬁed by its

Bluetooth

®Friendly name which by default is the serial number printed on

the side of the Handscanner. Click on the Handscanner and then on ‘Next’ to start Pairing. Enter the default PIN of

‘0000’ as shown below and then click ‘Next’.

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The installation of the Handscanner will then continue. At this point the Virtual COM port will be created. When this

has successfully completed the window shown below will be displayed.

Record the ‘Outgoing COM port’ number. This is the Virtual COM port that will be used by any application that

needs to connect to the Handscanner.

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APPLICATION EXAMPLES – PC

USING SMARTWEDGE BASIC

SmartWedge Basic is an application for Windows XP which allows scanned data to be directly entered into another

Application as though it had been typed on the keyboard. The data is inserted at the cursor of whichever window

has focus. This allows the Handscanner to be immediately used in existing systems with no software development.

The Handscanner can be conﬁgured (see “Conﬁgurable features” on page 10) to provide a certain set of

actions on button press so that the correct data is read and preﬁxed ready for use by the existing software. A more

advanced version of the SmartWedge software is available from Technology Solutions which includes additional

functionality such as data ﬁltering and formatting.

INTRODUCTION

SmartWedge Basic for the PC is provided in a standard Windows Installer (.msi) package. Double click to install the

application.

INSTALLATION

Start SmartWedge from ‘Start > All Programs > Technology Solutions > SmartWedge Basic’. When the application

starts it shows the conﬁguration window as below:

OPERATION

Before using SmartWedge Basic the Handscanner must be associated with a virtual comm. port (see “Setting up

the

Bluetooth

®connection” on page 36). Select the appropriate port number from the ‘COM Port selector’, ensure

the Handscanner is powered on and tap the ‘Connect’ button. If the correct virtual comm. port is not shown in the

‘COM Port selector’ then it is possible to directly type in the port number.

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Any RFID or barcode data scanned by the Handscanner will then appear at the top of the window and also in

the ‘Default text window’ whilst SmartWedge Basic has focus (the cursor is ﬂashing in the ‘Default text window’).

Launch the application that is to receive the data, for example Excel, and position the cursor at the data entry point.

Scan data will then be entered into the target application. By default all scanned data is terminated with CR LF

characters to automate data entry. A typical screenshot is shown below:

Note that if CAPS lock is selected on the PC keyboard all of the alphabetical characters will have their case

reversed so a lower case character from a barcode will appear as an upper case character in the receiving

application and vice versa.

Minimise SmartWedge Basic using the cross in the top right hand corner of the window. SmartWedge Basic

minimises to the System Tray. Hover the mouse over the icon to see the current status, double click to restore

the main window or right click to restore, disconnect or exit the application. Even when SmartWedge Basic is

minimised the ‘Most recent scan data’ entry is always updated with the most recently received text.

When SmartWedge Basic is no longer required, click ‘Disconnect’ to close the link to the Handscanner and exit

SmartWedge Basic from ‘File > Exit’.

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APPLICATION EXAMPLES – PC

HYPERTERMINAL

HyperTerminal provides a simple way to display the data received from a Handscanner for demonstration or test

purposes.

INTRODUCTION

Launch HyperTerminal from ‘Start > All Programs > Accessories > Communications > Hyperterminal.’ Name the

new connection ‘Handscanner’ or something similar:

CONFIGURING HYPERTERMINAL

Click ‘OK’ and then chose the COM port that was displayed during the

Bluetooth

®setup (See “Setting up the

Bluetooth

®connection” on page 36):

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Check that the Handscanner is switched on, click ‘OK’ and the

Bluetooth

®connection will be established. Any

barcodes or transponders read by the Handscanner will be displayed by HyperTerminal. Note that the virtual

comm. port is opened at the default setting of 2400 baud. This does not affect performance because only small

amounts of data are being transferred. It is possible to modify the baud rate and other connection settings by

closing the connection and using ‘File>Properties’.

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APPLICATION EXAMPLES – POCKET PC

INTRODUCTION

These examples assume that the Handscanner is in its default state. Pocket PC devices have a range of different

Bluetooth

®Managers. The two examples provided should cover the majority of devices. The fundamental approach

will be the same on all devices; discover the Handscanner and then pair to it. In most cases it will also be

necessary to deﬁne a virtual comm. port for use with the Handscanner.

SETTING UP A

BLUETOOTH

®CONNECTION – SYMBOL MC70

The process of discovery and pairing can be performed directly using the

Bluetooth

®Manager on the host,

BTExplorer. This method is described in ‘Using BTExplorer’. For many end users BTExplorer is over complex.

Technology Solutions have developed a Pairing Wizard application available for free download from the website

(www.tsl.uk.com/1062-downloads).

It is recommended that the Pairing Wizard should be used whenever possible. It provides a straightforward way of

discovering Handscanners and then performs the pairing without further user interaction. The chosen Handscanner

is set up for use on COM 4 ready for use by any application. Detailed instructions for installing and using the

Bluetooth

®Pairing Wizard are provided on the website.

A screenshot of the Pairing Wizard is shown below:

CONFIGURING HYPERTERMINAL

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APPLICATION EXAMPLES – PCAPPLICATION EXAMPLES – POCKET PC

It is recommended that Technology Solutions’ Pairing Wizard application is used to set up the connection to the

Handscanner whenever possible. This provides a simple user interface requiring minimal interaction. If special

applications require the use of BTExplorer (the inbuilt

Bluetooth

®Manager) then this section provides instructions

for using BTExplorer.

Ensure that

Bluetooth

®is enabled and start BTExplorer (Start>Programs>BTExplorer). If necessary tap

‘View>Explorer Mode’ to exit the Wizard.

Tap ‘Tools>Discover Devices’ to start the

Bluetooth

®Discovery. The screen will look similar to the one below:

USING BTEXPLORER

Once the

Bluetooth

®Discovery is complete the Handscanner will appear in the Untrusted Devices list. The

Handscanner will be identiﬁed by its

Bluetooth

®Friendly name which by default is the serial number printed on the

side of the Handscanner:

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APPLICATION EXAMPLES – PCAPPLICATION EXAMPLES – POCKET PC

Tap and hold the Handscanner and then select ‘Pair’ from the menu. Enter the default PIN of ‘0000’ and tap ‘OK’:

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