IdAutomation SC5-USB-W Owner's manual

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Installation
The SC5-USB-W Wireless Imager is easy to install and use.
Please see the following figure showing the steps to perform
the installation.
* Note Turn off the host computer before installation.
1. Connect the interface (I/F) cable to the cradle.
2. Connect the power cord to the cradle.
3. Route the I/F cable and power cord through the notch.
4. Connect the I/F cable to the host computer
communication port.
5. Connect the AC adapter to the wall outlet.
6. Place the imager in the cradle and verify the charge
LED is flashing. Charge the battery for at least 8 hours
before the first use.
7. To verify operation, please link the imager with cradle
first (Refer to “Wireless Connection” in page 12). Point
the imager at the barcode and pull the trigger. The
imager should emit a beep indicating that the barcode
has been scanned and transmitted to the cradle
successfully.

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Connecting SC5-USB-W to PC with USB Dongle
SC5-USB-W is allowed to connect with PC via USB dongle.
1. Scan the following barcodes to set scanner to Bluetooth
connection mode, with P N code as 0000 or refer to the
manual page 23
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to set any four-to-six character P N
code assigned to the target Bluetooth device
Cradle/Dongle connection auto detection – The imager
can be linked to either a cradle or other Bluetooth
enabled device .
Set PIN code to 0000
2. After well-connecting Bluetooth dongle to PC, find the
blue-tooth sign on Taskbar; double-click on it to bring out
the Bluetooth Devices rom t.
After well-connecting USB dongle to PC, find the blue-tooth
sign on Taskbar; double-click on it to bring out the
Bluetooth Devices prompt. (Or go to Control Panel –
Bluetooth Device…)
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Within the prompt, click “Add”.
3. Check the option, “My device is set up and ready to be
found” and click” Ne t”.

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4. Select “SC5-USB-W” among the Bluetooth devices
found; click “Ne t”.
5. Select “Don’t use a passkey” and click “Ne t”. The
Bluetooth connection will start to install the Bluetooth
device for SC5-USB-W:

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6. As it prompts, “Completing the Bluetooth Device Wizard”,
find which C M ports is assigned. The following
example lists C M23 as the utgoing port, and C M24
as Incoming port; your actual C M ports will depend on
what’s assigned on your PC. Click “Finish”.
7. pen HyperTerminal. Set C M1’s Baud Rate as 9600
to communicate with SC5-USB-W (whose default baud
rate is 9600):

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8. Select COM23 (depending on your Outgoing COM port)
to connect. Click “OK”.
9. Click on “Dial”.

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0. The system will show a message on Taskbar asking to
click on the Bluetooth sign on taskbar.
After clicking on it, the wizard will prompt as below; enter
0000 (SC5-USB-W default PIN code) within the Passkey
field; click “Next”.
Now the installation and setups have been completed, you
may start to scan barcodes to transmit data to HyperTerminal
on PC.

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How to Scan
. The imager must be pointed at slight angle to the
barcode so that the light reflected off the barcode can
be seen by the imager. Do not hold the imager
perpendicular to the barcode.
2. The scan line must cross the entire barcode. The
imager can not read the barcode data without seeing
the entire barcode.

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Troubleshooting
If the imager can not operate properly, the following checks
should be performed:
1. The cradle uses an external power supply and the
external power supply has failed, the imager will not
operate. Change the power supply with a known good
power supply and reset the imager.
2. erify the interface cable is securely connected to the
host computer. Consult your technical support
personnel or refer to your host system manual to verify
the proper connection for the imager.

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3. Verify the interface cable is securely connected to the
cradle.
4. Check that the barcodes are of sufficient quality to be
recognized by the imager. Wrinkled, smudged, or torn
labels will cause the imager to not read at all. Scan a
known good label to check the imager s read operation.
5. Ensure that the cradle s interface type is compatible
with the host computer by consulting your host system
manual.

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Wireless Connection
Linking the imager with the cradle
Follow these instructions to link the two devices:
1. Connect power to the cradle. The radio LED (marked
with a light symbol) will blink amber and the cradle will
beep.
2. To ensure the cradle is unlinked from any other imager,
check if the cradle send inquiry beep or not (see Inquiry
Beep Control in page 24
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3. Read the link label on the bottom of the cradle with the
imager. The imager will sound a good read beep and
the LED will flash amber.
4. Re-place the imager in the cradle to continue the
charge.
Once an imager is linked to a cradle, they will remain linked
until specific action is taken to unlink them (see Unlinking).
They will remain linked if the cradle is unplugged, if the
battery is removed from the imager or if the entire charge is
used up, and if the imager is taken out of range of the cradle.
Under normal operation, scanning of the link label will only be
required once in the life of the product.

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Unlinking
There are three ways to unlink an imager from a cradle:
Force imager to disconnect and sleep
1. Scan the “Force imager to disconnect and sleep”
barcode – Reading the unlink barcode above while the
imager is in range of the cradle will break the link
between the two devices and allow another imager to
link to the cradle. It will also have the imager in Deep
Sleep Mode. If the barcode is read when the imager is
out of range of its linked cradle, the imager will unlink,
but the cradle will remain linked to the imager and will
not allow another imager to be linked to it. In this case,
you may perform the item 2 below to link another
imager.
2. Scan the Link Label and put on the original cradle –
If the cradle is linked with an imager and the original pair
was stopped by out of range of the cradle or out of
battery of the imager, scan the link label of the cradle
with a new imager and then put on the cradle, the cradle
will drop the original pair and establish a new link with
the new imager.
3. Scan the Link Label on an alternate cradle –
Scanning the link label on a cradle will drop the link
between the original pair and establish a link between
the imager and new cradle. If the new link is performed
within range of the old cradle, it is free to establish a link
to the next imager that reads its link label. If it is done
outside of the range of the old cradle, it retains its old
link and will not allow a new imager to link to it until a
new imager scan the link label and put on the cradle.
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4. Push the “Reset” button on the bottom of cradle – If
the cradle is linked with an imager and in range,
pushing the “Reset” button (for about 2 seconds on the
bottom of cradle will drop the link between the devices.
If the button is pushed while the imager is out of range,
the cradle will unlink and make itself available to other
imagers. The scanner will not drop its link with the
cradle automatically, but can be linked to any other
cradle by reading its link label.
* Note: If just push the button with a short time (less than one
second , a “Paging” feature will be performed to page the
imager which was linked with the cradle.