Inateck P7 User manual

User Guide
P7 Barcode Scanner
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Power Switch /
Netzschalter /
電源スイッチ /
Interrupteur d'alimentation /
Interruttore alimentazione /
Interruptor de alimentación
Trigger /
Auslöser /
トリガー /
Trigger /
Pulsante scan /
Gatillo
Buzzer /
Signaltongeber /
ブザー /
Buzzer /
Segnale buzzer /
Señal de alerta
USB Port /
USB Anschluss /
USB ポート /
Port de USB /
USB Port /
Puerto USB
LED1
LED2
Shockproof Cover /
Stoßfeste Abdeckung /
耐衝撃カバー /
Couverture anti-choc /
Scocca anti urti /
Protección anti golpes

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
There are 3 kinds of modes for the P7 barcode scanners to connect with another device.
They are Wired Mode, Wireless Adapter Mode, and Bluetooth Mode. As long as you
connect the P7 barcode scanner to a device via the USB cable, the scanning data will be
transmitted via the cable, while Wireless Adapter Mode and Bluetooth Mode will not work.
（Plug and Play）
Wireless Adapter Mode is the default connection mode. To use this mode please refer
to the details below.
1. Power on Inateck P7 by toggling switch from OFF to ON
2. Plug the USB adapter into a computer. If the indicator light ashes once, it means the
connection is successfully built. Short press the trigger on the barcode scanner and
it will emit red light beam, and then the barcode scanner can work under Wireless
Adapter Mode.
3. Open a le on the computer and move cursor to the place where scanning result should
be displayed and saved.

1) Wireless Adapter Mode is the default connection mode of P7 barcode scanner. If you are
using Bluetooth connection mode and want to switch it back to the Wireless Adapter
Mode, please scan the setting barcodes in sequence "Enter Setup" - "Wireless Adapter
Mode" - "Exit with Save".



1) Inateck P7 will start sleep mode if there is no operation on it over 3 minutes. Short press
on the trigger can wake it up.
2) When the distance between Inateck P7 and its adapter exceeds the effective range,
scanned data will be kept in the bu󱐯er of Inateck P7. Quickly double press on the trigger
can upload data from bu󱐯er.

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2) Pair one or more scanners with one USB adapter
（*）Wireless Adapter Mode
Enter Setup
Exit with Save
Pair one or more scanners with one USB adapter
a) Plug the adapter into your computer
b) Scan “Enter Setup” barcode
c) Scan the barcode " Pair one or more scanners with one USB adapter", and get the
Inateck P7 as close as possible to the USB adapter (within 2 meters).
d) A three-chord sound (from low to high) indicates a successful pairing. Once there is a
long high tone, it means the pairing fails and a repeated operation is needed.
To pair more scanners with the adapter, please operate as the steps mentioned above.
3) Pair one scanner with multiple USB adapters
a) Scan “Enter Setup” barcode
b) Scan the barcode “Pair one scanner with multiple USB adapters”, and get the Inateck P7
as close as possible to the USB adapter (within 2 meters)

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Enter Setup
Exit with Save
Pair one scanner with multiple USB adapters
Bluetooth Mode (HID)
c) Insert the USB adapter into a computer. The indicator of the adapter ashes once along
with a long high tone, which indicates a successful pairing. Unplug the adapter and
then pair the next one with the P7 barcode scanner. No operation is required on the
barcode scanner in this process.
d) If all the adapters have been paired with the P7 barcode scanner, please short press the
trigger on the barcode scanner, and the pairing stops.
 The more USB adapters a P7 barcode scanner is connected with, the longer
transmission time it takes. A P7 barcode scanner can pair with 8 adapters at the most.

The Bluetooth mode (HID) is not a default mode. To switch to this mode, please scan the
setting barcodes in sequence " Enter to setup" - "Bluetooth Mode (HID) " - " Exit with Save"
1. Power on Inateck P7 by toggling switch from OFF to ON.
2. Scan “Enter Setup” barcode and then “Bluetooth Pairing”, P7 will enter Bluetooth pairing
status.
Enter Setup
Bluetooth Pairing

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3. Enable the Bluetooth of the device to be connected, e.g. PC, cellphone or tablet. You can
do that like below.
Windows XP: Click Control Panel->Printers and Other Hardware->Add Bluetooth Device
Windows 7/8/8.1: Click Control Panel->Add Devices
Windows 10: Click Setting->Devices->Bluetooth
macOS: Click System Preference->Bluetooth
iOS: Click Setting->Bluetooth
android: Clik Setting->Bluetooth
Enable the Bluetooth on host device and it will automatically search for P7. After a few
seconds ‘P7******’ will appear in the list of available devices. Pair the two devices. A
chords sound means successful pairing.
4. Open a le on computer and move cursor to the blank where scanning output should
be placed. Scanning results can be displayed on computer then.
:
1) Normally P7 can re-connect to previously connected device automatically. If it fails,
please remove the paring history of P7 in the list of host device. Afterwards, pair them
again.
2) HID and SPP are two modes of Bluetooth. The pairing method mentioned above refers
to HID, which is the most commonly used mode. If you want to use P7 under SPP mode,
please contact our customer service.

1. Connect Inateck P7 with computer via USB cable
2. Power on Inateck P7 by toggling switch from OFF to ON and short press the trigger.
Inateck P7 will continuously beep. Beep stops after successful connection.
3. Open a le on computer and move cursor to the blank where scanning output should
be placed. Scanning results can be displayed on computer then.

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(The barcode marked by “*”means default setting of Inateck P7.)
Users must read setup barcodes in order to change the default settings in Inateck P7
Barcode Scanner.
Scan“Enter setup”barcode;
Scan “Exit with save” barcode
to nish the setup.
Change scanner setting by
scanning certain function
setup barcode;


Beeping Meaning
 Read barcode successfully
 Data upload from scanner to Computer
 Wrong Setup （on setup status, blue LED stays on）
Invalid scanning due to full bu󱐯er (Scanned barcode not saved.)
Pairing Failure (Occurs only during the pairing process)
 Correct Setup
 The connection between Inateck P7 and computer is disrupted.
 USB being set up（in Wired Mode）
 Enter setup（Blue LED is on）
Exit setup（Blue LED is o󱐯）
 Bluetooth connected successfully
 Bluetooth connection disrupted

Indicator color Meaning
 Barcode successfully read and uploaded to computer
 Barcode successfully read and saved in bu󱐯er, but not uploaded to computer
 Inateck P7 scanner on setup status


Low battery
 Inateck P7 scanner in charge (Red LED o󱐯 when battery is full)
 The Bluetooth has been recognized but not connected, please delete the pairing
records on the phone or the computer and pair again.
 The Bluetooth is in pairing status and the barcode scanner can be found on phones
and computers

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Turn o󱐯 the vibration notication
（*）Weak Vibration Notication
Strong Vibration Notication

The vibration notication is turned on by default. P7 barcode scanner will vibrate when
scanning barcodes. You can turn o󱐯 the vibration or adjust its intensity.
How to turn o󱐯 the vibration notication
1) Scan “ Enter to Setup”
2) Scan “ Turn o󱐯 the vibration notication”
3) Scan “Exit with Save”
Enter Setup
Exit with Save
(*) Windows / Android
Mac os / ios

P7 is compatible with Windows, Android, mac OS and iOS. Under default setting it is
compatible with Windows and Android. If you need use it with other OS, please select and
scan corresponding barcodes below.

1) When use P7 with iOS devices, long press the trigger to pop virtual keyboard. An
additional long press can have it hidden.
2) When use P7 with Android device, please use Gboard (Google) as the input method,
and set the keyboard of P7 to “US Keyboard”.
Please set keyboard like below:
1. Read ’Enter setup’ Barcode
Enter Setup

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French Keyboard
Italian Keyboard
Japanese Keyboard（Roman alphabet）
Canadian Keyboard
（*）US Keyboard
Spanish Keyboard
English (UK) Keyboard
German Keyboard
3. Scan“Exit with Save” Barcode to end language setting
Exit with Save
 The keyboard language of Inateck P7 should keep consistent with that on computer,
otherwise, garbled might appear in scanning result.
󱐰
Users can add prefix/suffix to scanning result. The prefix/suffix can have 1 to 32 digits.
More details are as below.
1. Scan “Enter setup’” Barcode
Enter Setup
2. Scan “Prex Setting” or “Su󱐰x Setting”
Prex Setting
Su󱐰x Setting

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3. Scan the character barcode (32 characters at the most). For instance, “H#” is the prex/
su󱐰x to be added to the scanning result, scan the character barcode of “H” and “#”
below.
H
#
4. Scan “Exit with Save” Barcode to end the setting
Exit with Save
󱐰
Enter
Tab
Space
Backspace

Scanning result will come with prefix/suffix after the setting. Nevertheless, prefix/suffix
can be hidden or recovered. To hide prex/su󱐰x, scan “Enter Setup” barcode, “Hide Prex/
Suffix” barcode, and then “Exit with Save” barcode. To recover prefix/suffix, scan “Enter
Setup” barcode, “Recover Prex/Su󱐰x” barcode, and then “Exit with Save” barcode.
（*）Recover Su󱐰x
（*）Recover Prex
Hide Su󱐰x
Hide Prex

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EN 
Inateck P7 can help users delete character(s) on output result, either beginning characters
or the ending ones. 0 to 99 digits can be deleted. As default setting, no character, or say 0
digit is deleted as output result. More details are as below.
1. Scan “Enter Setup” Barcode
2. Scan “Delete Beginning Character(s)” Barcode or “Delete Ending Character(s)” Barcode
3. Scan the digit(s)barcode to be deleted.
Enter Setup
Delete Beginning Character(s)
（*）0 digit
2 digits
4 digits
6 digits
Delete Ending Character(s)
1 digit
3 digits
5 digits
7 digits
8 digits
9 digits
4. Scan “Exit with Save” Barcode to end the setting
Exit with Save
 Refer to the setting of “delete 0 digit character” if no character should be deleted.

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
Users may use inventory mode to keep scanned barcodes in the bu󱐯er of Inateck P7, and
upload them to computer in batches. Under inventory mode users are not restricted to the
time and location when upload data. Of course, history data can be cleared in bu󱐯er. More
details about inventory mode are as below.
1. Scan the barcode to enter Inventory Mode
2. Scan the barcode to return to Common Mode
3. Scan the barcode to clear data in bu󱐯er (for Inventory Mode only).
4. Scan the barcode to upload data from bu󱐯er (for Inventory Mode only)
Enter Inventory Mode
（*）Return to Common Mode
Clear Data in Bu󱐯er(for Inventory Mode only)
Data Upload (for Inventory Mode only)
5. Scan the barcode to upload the number of scanned barcodes (for Inventory Mode only)

1) To use inventory mode, users just need scan “Enter Inventory Mode” barcode; and do
not have to scan “Enter Setup” barcode before that.
2) To end inventory mode, users just need scan “Return to Common Mode” barcode.

Upload the Number of scanned barcodes
(for Inventory Mode only)
Enter Setup
Exit with Save
Exit without Save

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（*）Enable red light auto-o󱐯 mode
（*）Apply Enter for Su󱐰x
Enable Manual Scanning Mode
Restore Factory Setting
Do Not Apply Enter for Su󱐰x
Battery Level Display
Upper case for all letters
Mute
(*)Medium Volume
Enable Continuous Scanning Mode
（*）Enable Auto-sleep Mode
Lower case for all letters
（*）Keep original case
Minimum Volume
Maximum Volume
Handsfree Mode
Disable Auto-sleep Mode
Transfer EAN-13 to ISBN
（*）Do not transfer EAN-13 to ISBN