Tricks and Tips
1. A battery must be inserted in the back of the MX-1502 device for the scan engine to boot up. The scan engine
does not run off the phone’s battery. Rather, the Cognex battery powers the Cognex scan engine and provides
auxiliary power to the phone.
2. Power the phone on separately, using the power button.
3. There is a left and right trigger button on the reader, and a software trigger button in the DataMan Quick Setup.
4. To reboot the reader, you do not have to remove the batteries. Just keep both side buttons pressed for ten
seconds. After 5 seconds, you will see green light, then orange, then red and then the reader reboots.
5. To temporarily restore the default settings until the next reboot, follow the steps below.
i. Reboot the reader as described above.
ii. Follow the sequence as described in the table below:
User Action
Reader LED
Sequence
Audio
Indication
Description
1. Press and hold
any trigger button.
Green
N/A
The reader is rebooting.
2. Hold the trigger
button pressed.
Blinking red-
green
N/A
After holding the trigger button pressed for a while, the
Indicator LEDs switch to blinking red-green.
3. Release the
trigger button.
Green
Beep
The beep and the Indicator LED turning green indicate
that the trigger button can be released.
4. N/A
Orange
N/A
N/A
5. Press and hold
the trigger button.
Green
Beep
The beep and the Indicator LED turning green indicate
the trigger button must be pressed and held again.
6. Release the
trigger button.
Green
Three
beeps
The process was successful.
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Initial Setup
