USB Plug & Scan Dongle - User Guide
June 07
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How to connect your Baracoda barcode scanner
3.1 How to connect your BaracodaPencil
1. Reset your BaracodaPencil (see BaracodaPencil User guide to perform this operation).
2. Plug the dongle into the USB port of the computer.
3. Wait 5 seconds for the host computer to recognize the USB Plug & Scan dongle. It is possible
that the host computer will not recognize the dongle: this can be corrected by going to the control
panel hardware wizard and searching for a USB HID device.
4. Do not scan any other barcodes except the ‘connect barcode’ that is delivered with the
dongle.
5. The LED on the scanner will start double flashing green: you are now connected! (*)
6. Open up the target application (such as Notepad, Excel and Word). Make sure the application can
accept data from a keyboard and the active cursor is where you want the barcode information to
be placed.
7. Start scanning barcodes.
(*) If the LED on the BaracodaPencil is not double flashing green, this may possibly mean:
The BaracodaPencil is low on power. Charge the unit up completely and try again
The BaracodaPencil has not been reset. Reset it and try again
The BaracodaPencil has been programmed from its default status and it is not able to
decode the Code 128 symbology. Be aware that the pairing barcode is a code128 and so
the BaracodaPencil shall stay in its default mode “Code128 on”
3.2 How to connect your BC2604/BL2604/BLR2604
1. Reset the scanner by taking out and replacing both batteries.
2.
Plug the dongle into the USB port of the computer
.
3. Wait 5 seconds for the host computer to recognize the USB Plug & Scan dongle. It is possible
that the host computer will not recognize the dongle: this can be corrected by going to the control
panel hardware wizard and searching for a USB HID device.
4. Do not scan any other barcodes except the ‘connect barcode’ that is delivered with the
dongle.
5. You will hear the scanner beeping for 7 times. After these 7 beeps, the LED on the scanner will
start double flashing green: you are now paired and connected! (**)
6. Open up the target application (such as Notepad, Excel and Word). Make sure the application can
accept data from a keyboard and the active cursor is where you want the barcode information to
be placed.
7. Start scanning barcodes.
(**) If the LED on the BL/BC/BLR2604 is not double flashing a green light, this may possibly
mean:
•
The scanner is low on power. Charge the unit up completely and try again
•
The scanner has not been reset. Reset it and try again
•
The scanner has been programmed from its default status and it is not able to decode the
Code 128 symbology. Be aware that the pairing barcode is a code128 and so the scanner
shall stay in its default mode “Code128 on”
