Opticon OPN2002 User manual

Opticon's Bluetooth guide
for connecting
Android devices
with the
OPN2002 & OPL2724

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Introduction 3
1 Setting up your barcode reader 3
2 Installing the required software on your Android phone 5
2.1 Placing OpticonRL on your Android phone memory card 6
2.2 Installing an application installer 7
2.3 Installing OpticonRL and the Soft Keyboard 9
3 Establishing a Bluetooth connection 11
3.1 Pairing your barcode reader 12
3.2 Connecting to your barcode reader 13
4 Input text using your barcode reader 14
5 Reconnecting and disconnecting your barcode reader 17
5.1 Disconnecting your barcode reader 17
5.2 Reconnecting your barcode reader 17
6 Trouble shooting & additional features 18
6.1 Bluetooth connection problems 18
6.2 Minimum required OS version of the OPN2002 18
6.3 Software updates for the OPN2002 18
6.4 Limited Universal menu book support 19
6.5 Supported Bluetooth features 19

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Introduction
The Opticon barcode readers OPN2002 and the OPL2724 can be used to quickly input
text on Android phones by scanning barcodes.
This manual will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use this functionality.
1 Setting up your barcode reader
The first step in this process is configuring your OPN2002 or OPL2724 correctly.
Since we'll use the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP)* to connect to your Android
phone, you first have to select the correct default settings on the barcode reader.
Read the labels below to reset your barcode reader to Bluetooth-SPP default.
* Note: The serial data will be converted to keyboard input (HID) by an application
called OpticonRL, which is mentioned in following steps.
SET
_ZZ_
Bluetooth-SPP default
SO
_SO_
END
_ZZ_
The next step is configuring a numeric PIN-code, since most Android phones don't
accept PIN-codes that aren’t fully numeric.
On the following page you'll find the setup labels to configure a numeric PIN-code.
Configure the PIN-code by reading the labels in the following sequence:
1. SET
2. Set PIN-code label
3. Read 1 to 4 numeric characters (i.e read '0' 4 times to use '0000' as PIN-code)
4. End PIN-code label
5. END

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SET
_ZZ_
Set PIN-code label
PINS
_PINS_
0
Q0
_Q0_
1
Q1
_Q1_
2
Q2
_Q2_
3
Q3
_Q3_
4
Q4
_Q4_
5
Q5
_Q5_
6
Q6
_Q6_
7
Q7
_Q7_
8
Q8
_Q8_
9
Q9
_Q9_
End PIN-code label
PINE
_PINE_
END
_ZZ_

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2 Installing the required software on your Android phone *
The programs that need to be installed on your Android phone in order to convert
Bluetooth serial data into keyboard data are called:
•OpticonRL
•OpticonRL Soft Keyboard
* Important note: The minimal required Android OS version for these applications is
Android 2.1.
At this moment the required software is not available yet online on the Android
market.
As soon as it's available online they can simply be found by searching for 'OpticonRL'
using the Market application.
Start the Market application
Search for OpticonRL
If the applications are available online, then continue to section 2.3 to install both
applications.

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2.1 Placing OpticonRL on your Android phone memory card
The two required application files are included with this manual:
•OpticonRL.apk
•SoftKeyboard.apk
To place these files on your Android phone, either 1) directly place them on your
(micro)SD memory card using a card reader or 2) connect your Android phone to
your computer using it's USB cable and mount it as disk drive.
Make sure you place the files in the root folder of your memory card.
After the files have been placed onto your Android phone you can continue to the
next step.

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2.2 Installing an application installer
In order to install application files from your memory card you will need an
application installer. Application installers are freely available online.
Start the Market application
Search for 'app installer' and
select the application called
'appInstaller'
Install the appInstaller on your
Android phone

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Once installed, the appInstaller
should now be available in the
application overview
Start the application
Note: Make sure the USB cable
is disconnected before starting
the application
Both Opticon applications
should now be displayed and
are ready for installation
When trying to install application files from your memory card, you might get a
warning that 'applications not sourced in Android Market' are being blocked.
To allow the installation go to
application settings

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Allow installation of
applications from unknown
sources
(You can disable this option again
afterwards if desired)
2.3 Installing OpticonRL and the Soft Keyboard
You should now be ready to install the software. Continue with the following steps.
Install OpticonRL
After the installation was
successful, select done

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Install the OpticonRL Soft
Keyboard
After the installation was
successful, select done
The software should now be ready to be used. In the next section the Bluetooth
connection will be established between the barcode reader and the Android phone.