KoamTac KDC20 User manual

KOAMTAC Fundamentals
Connecting your KDCi with iOS Devices
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Connecting your KDCi with iOS Devices
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press
Select
BT Config
Select
Connect Device
Select
iPhone
Select
Save & Exit
Enter the
KDC menu
Please Note:!
Connect your KDCi to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
This method is recommended for first-time users or when
you are only connecting a few KDC’s.
Connecting Your KDCi to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
There are two options for Bluetooth pairing your KDCi and your iPhone, iPad or iPod
Touch. Both options will have the same result, choose an option below that best suits
you.
Option A!
For laser-based models
KDC20/100/200/250/350L/410/415
iPhone
For 2D imager models
KDC30/300/350C/420/425/450
iPhone
or!
Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch from your KDCi by
scanning a special Bluetooth MAC Address barcode
This method is recommended for more advanced users or when
your application or process requires pairing one of many KDCs
to one of many iOS devices on a regular basis.
Option B!
Your KDCi is shipped from the factory in iPhone mode. Both connection options within this document
require your KDCi to be in iPhone mode. If you are unsure if your KDCi has been configured in iPhone
mode, scan the barcodes below or follow the menu system for KDCi equipped option show below.!

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press
Select
BT Service
Select
Pairing
Enter the
KDC menu
For laser-based models
KDC20/100/200/250/350L/ 410/415
Pairing
Settings
Download KTSync from iTunes at http://itunes.com/app/KTSync. Open KTSync
after it has installed and it will automatically find the KDCi and connect.
Refer to page 6 to learn more about KTSync
Tap your KDCTap Bluetooth
Complete!
On your iOS device, go to Settings!Bluetooth, find the KDCi with which you want to pair
and select it. Your KDCi and iPhone, iPad or iPod touch are now communicating with each
other.
or!
Put your KDCi into Pairing mode!
For 2D imager models
KDC30/300/350C/420/425
Pairing
Connect your KDCi from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch
This method is recommended for first-time users or when
you are only connecting a few KDC’s.
Option A!

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Create your Pairing Barcode
Symbology: Code 128
Contents: ^FNC365<BluetoothAddress>
Options: includetext parsefnc
Choose
881FCALK15LM
^FNC365
includetext parsefnc
• Go to http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/
• Enter the following information:
• Click Make Barcode
• Download the image in EPS, PNG or JPEG format
Replace highlighted text
with your Bluetooth Address
from Step 1. Remove the
colons and < > marks as
shown.
Settings
Tap on General Tap on About Bluetooth address
Find the Bluetooth MAC Address of your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch from your KDCi by
scanning a special Bluetooth MAC Address barcode
This method is recommended for more advanced users or when
your application or process requires pairing one of many KDCs
to one of many iOS devices on a regular basis.
Option B!

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Pair your KDCi to iOS by scanning the Pairing bar code!
Tap on Bluetooth Scan the
Pairing
Barcode
Settings
Tap on Pair
Print your Pairing bar code
2D image-based barcode readers such as the KDC300, KDC420 series, and KDC350C models will
read a printed barcode OR directly from an LCD screen.
Laser scanners, such as the KDC20, KDC200, KDC410 series, and KDC350L models are not
designed to read from a screen and will only read the printed barcode.
Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from your KDCi by
scanning a special Bluetooth MAC Address barcode
Option B!
Download KTSync from iTunes at http://itunes.com/app/KTSync. Open KTSync
after it has installed and it will automatically find the KDCi and connect.
Refer to page 6 to learn more about KTSync
Complete!
Attach this to
your iPhone/iPad
for fast, easy
future
connections

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How to Reconnect
First, let’s make sure your KDCi is still listed as a device in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
YOU’RE ALL SET!
!
DON’T WORRY.!
Your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch knows
your KDCi is out there but you’ll need to
pair them before they can talk.
Your KDCi can initiate reconnection in THREE ways.
Option 1!Press the <UP> button on your KDCi
Option 2!
Enable “Menu !BT Config !AutoReconnection”
Attention Experts! When the KDCi goes to sleep, it will first check to
determine if Bluetooth is disconnected; then it checks if Bluetooth was
connected before or after reset. If these conditions are met, the KDCi
tries to reconnect to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch 10 times.
Option 3!
If your KDCi shows as “Not
Connected”, your device can be
reconnected by pressing one button.
!
Scan your “Pairing” bar code
Settings
Step through one of the two
Pairing options on Page 1.
Simply press the <UP> button
on your KDCi
Make sure
Bluetooth
is ON

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SDK Options
This option is enabled by adding the “UIBackgroundModes” key into the application Info.plist
and setting its value to “external-accessory”.
For more information, please see Apple’s developer documentation at the following link:
h%p://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documenta9on/iPhone/Conceptual/
iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/ManagingYourApplica9onsFlow/ManagingYourApplica9onsFlow.html#//
apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007072LCH4LSW24
The external accessory framework is suspended to support communication between iOS and the
KDCi when the application is in the background or the iOS device is locked. As a result of this
feature, the KDCi has difficulty communicating with the iOS device. To avoid this, it is
recommended to use the option to enable the iOS external accessory framework to maintain
communications with the KDCi while iOS is locked or the application is in background mode
from within your iOS App.
Scanning with KTSync
Download KTSync from iTunes at http://itunes.com/app/KTSync. Open KTSync after it has
installed and it will automatically find the KDCi and connect.
Use KTSync for iOS to test the settings of your KDCi device with iOS and prove proper
functionality as you develop your App with the KoamTac iOS SDK.