Intermec SR61 User manual

SR61 Cordless
Scanner
User’s Guide

SR61 Cordless
Scanner
User’s Guide

ii SR61 Cordless Scanner User’s Guide
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Contents
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Contents
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Global Services and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Web Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Who Should Read This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Patent Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
1 Learning About the SR61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introducing the SR61 Cordless Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Checking the Battery Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
How to Turn On the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the Beeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Scanning Bar Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Vibrate Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Connecting and Configuring the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting the SR61 to a Host Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting to an Intermec Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting to a Host PC With the USB or RS-232 Bluetooth Adapter . . . 14
Connecting as a Keyboard Wedge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting Using Keyport Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting Using Keyport Lite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Collecting Data With Your SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring the SR61 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring the SR61 With EasySet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring the SR61 From Your Intermec Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Restoring Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring Bluetooth Communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the Discoverable State of the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3 Troubleshooting and Maintaining the SR61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Troubleshooting the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Calling Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Problems and Possible Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Upgrading Your SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Paging the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Resetting the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning the SR61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4 Configuration Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using Configuration Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuration Commands By Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SR61 Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Administrator Reset Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Aimer Flashing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Australian Post. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Aztec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Beep Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Beep Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Beep Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Bluetooth Connect/Disconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Bluetooth Device Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bluetooth Device Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bluetooth Discoverable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bluetooth Pageable Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Bluetooth PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Bluetooth Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
BPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Codabar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Codablock A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Codablock F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Code 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Code 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Code 93/93i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Code 128 / EAN 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ISBT 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
GTIN Processing for EAN 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Configuration Modes and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Consecutive Same Read Data Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Data Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DataMatrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Decode Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Disable All Symbologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DutchPost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
EAN.UCC Composite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Error Beep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Good Read Beep Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Good Read Beep Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Good Read Beep Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Good Read LED Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Interleaved 2 of 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
JapanPost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lighting Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Matrix 2 of 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Maxicode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Micro PDF417. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
MSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PDF417 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Plessey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Postamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Postnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Predefined Security Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
QR Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
RSS 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
RSS Expanded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
RSS Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor Optimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setup Beep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Stacked Code Crackle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Standard 2 of 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Symbology Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Telepen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Timeout Between Different Consecutive Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Timeout Between Identical Consecutive Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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TLC 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Trigger Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Trigger Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turn Off After Good Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
UPC/EAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ISBN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
GTIN Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
User Reset Factory Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Vibrate Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Vibrate Alert Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
A Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Accessories for the SR61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
I Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Before You Begin
This section provides you with safety information, technical
support information, and sources for additional product
information.
Safety Information
Your safety is extremely important. Read and follow all warnings
and cautions in this document before handling and operating
Intermec equipment. You can be seriously injured, and
equipment and data can be damaged if you do not follow the
safety warnings and cautions.
This section explains how to identify and understand warnings,
cautions, and notes that are in this document.
Global Services and Support
Warranty Information
To understand the warranty for your Intermec product, visit the
Intermec web site at www.intermec.com and click Service &
Support. The Intermec Global Sales & Service page appears.
From the Service & Support menu, move your pointer over
Support, and then click Warranty.
A warning alerts you of an operating procedure, practice,
condition, or statement that must be strictly observed to avoid
death or serious injury to the persons working on the
equipment.
A caution alerts you to an operating procedure, practice,
condition, or statement that must be strictly observed to
prevent equipment damage or destruction, or corruption or
loss of data.
Note: Notes either provide extra information about a topic or
contain special instructions for handling a particular condition or
set of circumstances.

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Disclaimer of warranties: The sample code included in this
document is presented for reference only. The code does not
necessarily represent complete, tested programs. The code is
provided “as is with all faults.” All warranties are expressly
disclaimed, including the implied warranties of merchantability
and fitness for a particular purpose.
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our current documents (in PDF). To order printed versions of the
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Tec hn i ca l
Support
Talk to technical support
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Service • Get a return authorization
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service center repair.
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technician.
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Outside the U.S.A. and Canada, contact your local Intermec
representative. To search for your local representative, from the
Intermec web site, click Contact.
Who Should Read This Guide
This guide is for the person who is responsible for installing,
configuring, and maintaining the SR61.
This guide provides you with information about the features of
the SR61, and how to install, configure, operate, maintain, and
troubleshoot it.
Before you work with the SR61, you should be familiar with your
network and general networking terms, such as IP address. You
should also be familiar with Bluetooth communications.
Related Documents
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2Click Service & Support > Manuals.
3In the Select a Product field, choose the product whose
documentation you want to download.
To order printed versions of the Intermec manuals, contact your
local Intermec representative or distributor.
Service contracts • Ask about an existing
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•Renewacontract.
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billing or other service
invoicing questions.
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choose 3
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Canada call 1-800-
755-5505 and
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Patent Information
Product is covered by one or more of the following patents:
4,882,476; 4,894,523; 4,953,113; 4,970,379; 4,988,852;
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5,640,001; 5,659,431; 5,672,860; 5,684,290; 5,719,678;
5,729,003; 5,742,041; 5,761,219; 5,764,798; 5,777,308;
5,777,309; 5,777,310; 5,786,583; 5,798,509; 5,798,513;
5,804,805; 5,811,776; 5,811,777; 5,818,027; 5,821,523;
5,834,749; 5,837,987; 5,841,121; 5,842,070; 5,854,478;
5,862,267; 5,869,840; 5,873,070; 5,877,486; 5,878,395;
5,886,338; 5,895,906; 5,902,987; 5,902,988; 5,912,452;
5,923,022; 5,936,224; 5,949,056; 5,969,321; 5,969,326;
5,979,768; 5,987,192; 5,992,750; 6,003,775; 6,012,640;
6,016,960; 6,018,597; 6,024,289; 6,034,379; 6,036,093;
6,039,252; 6,064,763; 6,095,422; 6,097,839; 6,102,289;
6,102,295; 6,119,941; 6,128,414; 6,138,915; 6,149,061;
6,149,063; 6,152,370; 6,155,490; 6,158,661; 6,164,542;
6,164,545; 6,173,893; 6,195,053; 6,234,393; 6,234,395;
6,249,008; 6,328,214; 6,330,975; 6,345,765; 6,356,949;
6,367,699; 6,375,075; 6,375,076; 6,435,411; 6,484,944;
6,641,046; 6,669,087; 6,681,994; 6,688,523; 6,732,930;
6,879,428; 6,889,903; 6,974,085.
There may be other U.S. and foreign patents pending.

SR61 Cordless Scanner User’s Guide 1
1Learning About the SR61
Use this chapter to familiarize yourself with the SR61 Cordless
Scanner. This chapter covers these topics:
• Introducing the SR61 Cordless Scanner
• Using the Battery
• How to Turn On the SR61
• Understanding the Lights
• Understanding the Beeps
• Scanning Bar Codes
• Using Vibrate Alert

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Introducing the SR61 Cordless Scanner
The SR61 Cordless Scanner is a small, rugged handheld scanner.
It is lightweight and ergonomically designed, and it uses a
Bluetooth™radio for RF communications.
SR61 Cordless Scanner
The SR61 comes with one of these scan engine options:
• 1D linear imager (SR61xV)
• 2D area imager (SR61xA)
• Laser scanner (SR61xL)
SR61 Scan Engine Option: The scan engine option of your SR61 is the sixth
character of the configuration number. In this illustration, the scan engine
option is V or 1D linear imager.
For more information about the scanner options, see “Scanning
Bar Codes” on page 7.
Battery
Intermec
Ready-to-Wor
k
indicator
Status
light
Scanner
Trigger
XXXXXXXXXXXX
SN: XXXXXXXXXXX
CN: SR61AV0100
Intermec Technologies Corp. Everett, WA 98203
MODEL: SR61
MFD: XXXXXXXXX2XXX
BDA: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Contains TX FCC ID: HN2-BTM311
IC: 1223A-BTM311
Made in Malaysia
MEX SCT RCPACBT05-068
Pat.
SR61AV0100

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Using the Battery
The SR61 uses the AB3 lithium-ion battery as its main power
source. You need to fully charge the battery before you can use
the SR61.
Charging the Battery
Make sure you fully charge the battery before you start using the
SR61.
To charge the battery
• Place the SR61 with the AB3 battery installed in the desktop/
wall mount 1-bay charger (AC5).
Or,
• Remove the battery from the SR61, and insert the battery
into the 2-bay, 4-bay, or 8-bay (AC6, AC7, or AC8) charger.
For more information, see the instructions that ship with the
charger.
Checking the Battery Status
You can check your battery status at any time.
To check the battery status
• Pull the trigger.
If the status light on the SR61 turns red, the battery is low
(less than 20% battery capacity remaining). You need to
charge the battery now.
The battery pack used in this device may ignite, create a chemical
burn hazard, explode, or release toxic materials if mistreated. Do not
incinerate, disassemble, or heat above 100°C (212°F). Charge only
with Intermec Models AC5, AC6, AC7, and AC8. Do not short
circuit; may cause burns. Keep away from children.
Use only Intermec battery pack Model AB3. Use of incorrect battery
pack may present risk of fire or explosion. Promptly dispose of used
battery pack according to the instructions.

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How to Turn On the SR61
You use the trigger to turn on the SR61.
To turn on the SR61
• Pull the trigger.
The first time you pull the trigger to turn on the SR61, it enters a
discoverable state. While the SR61 is discoverable and in
communications range, your host Bluetooth device can discover
your SR61 and establish a Bluetooth connection.
If the status light on the SR61 turns red when you try to turn on
the scanner, you need to charge the battery. For help, see
“Charging the Battery” on page 3.
To turn off the SR61
•Scanthisbarcode:
Scanner Power Down
\60\08\2A\46
Understanding the Lights
The lights on the SR61 turn on to indicate the status of the
battery, a successful decode of a bar code, or the status of the
Bluetooth connection.
SR61 Lights: The status light is either green or red, and the Intermec Ready-
to-Work™ indicator is blue.
Intermec
Ready-to-Wor
k
indicator
Status light

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Understanding the Beeps
The SR61 uses beeps to give you audio feedback when it
performs some functions. For example, you hear a beep each time
you scan a valid bar code.
Status Light Description
Light State What It Means
Blinks green one
time
The SR61 successfully decoded a bar code and
sent the data to the host.
The SR61 successfully scanned a configuration
bar code.
Flashes red when
you pull the trigger
The battery is low. You need to charge the
battery.
Flashes red and
stays on for 2
seconds
You scanned a bar code, but the data was not sent
to the host.
You scanned a configuration bar code and the
SR61 did not accept it.
Note: When the SR61 is in the 1-bay charger, the status light
indicates the battery charging status. For more information, see
the instructions that ship with the charger.
Blue Intermec Ready-to-Work Indicator Description
Light State What It Means
On A Bluetooth connection with the host computer has
been established. The SR61 is ready to scan bar
codes and send data to the host computer.
Blinking The SR61 is trying to establish a Bluetooth
connection with the host computer, or the SR61 is
moving out of range of the host computer.
Off A Bluetooth connection to the host computer is not
established.

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You can change the beep volume for your needs and
environment. You can set the beep volume to Low (quiet),
Medium (loud), or High (very loud - default).
To turn off the beeper
•Scanthisbarcode:
Beep Duration -0
\60\03\11\21\00\00\00
SR61 Beeps Description
Beep Sequence What It Means
Single beep The SR61 successfully decoded a bar code or
scanned a configuration bar code.
Series of beeps from
low to high
The SR61 connected to a Bluetooth host.
Series of beeps from
high to low
A Bluetooth connection has been lost.
Three beeps Data was not successfully sent to the host. The
SR61 is out of range of the host.
A configuration bar code was not successfully
scanned.
Continuous tone for
several seconds
You just scanned the Administrator Reset
Factory Defaults bar code and the non-volatile
memory is being written.
Do not remove the battery or place the SR61
in a 1-bay charger until the tone stops. The
firmware memory may be corrupted.
Continuous beeping
for 1 minute
The host PC is paging the SR61. Once you
find the SR61, pull the trigger to stop the
beeps. For more information about paging the
SR61, see “Paging the SR61” on page 29.
Note: Turning off the beeper does not affect the beeps for
Bluetooth Connect/Disconnect or Bluetooth Device Page.

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You can also change the beeper duration and beeper frequency.
For more information about the beeper commands, see
Chapter 4, “Configuration Command Reference.”
Scanning Bar Codes
The SR61 contains a 1D linear imager, 2D area imager, or laser
scan engine to scan bar code data. The type of scan engine you
are using and the type of bar code you are decoding determines
the way you scan the bar code.
When you unpack the SR61, these bar code symbologies are
enabled:
•Code39
• Code 128 / EAN 128
•UPC/EAN
•PDF417
• DataMatrix (SR61xA only)
If you are using bar code labels that are encoded in a different
symbology, you need to enable the symbology on the SR61. Use
EasySet version 5.4.1 or later to enable and disable symbologies
for your scanner. EasySet is available at no charge from the
Intermec web site at www.intermec.com.
Before you can scan bar codes and send data to your data
collection application, you need to establish a Bluetooth
connection between the SR61 and your host device. For more
information about establishing a Bluetooth connection, see
“Connecting the SR61 to a Host Device” on page 12.
Tip: Depending on your screen resolution, you may be able to
scan bar codes displayed on your computer screen with an
SR61xA or SR61xV.
Do not look directly into the window area or at a reflection of
the laser beam while the laser is scanning. Long-term exposure
to the laser beam can damage your vision.

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Scanning Bar Codes: The aiming beam and scanner beam that you see
depends on whether you have a laser scanner (SR61L), 1D linear imager
(SR61xV), or 2D area imager (SR61xA).
To scan a bar code label with a laser scanner or 1D linear imager
1Point the SR61 at the bar code label and hold the SR61 at a
slight angle 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 in) from the label.
2Pull the trigger, and direct the red beam so that it falls across
all bars in the bar code label.
Use this test bar code:
Code 39 Test Bar Code
*123456*
*123456*
Tip: Depending on your screen resolution, you may be able
to scan bar codes displayed on your computer screen with the
SR61xA or SR61xV.
When the SR61 successfully reads a bar code label, you hear a
single high beep and the status light briefly turns green. If
Vibrate Alert is enabled, the SR61 briefly vibrates.
3Release the trigger.
ABCD
Status light
ABCD
ABCD