POWERSCAN
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PowerScan™ BT8300 Family
5.8 Radio
Parameters
5.8.1 Power-Off
Timeout
If this command is enabled, after the desired timeout in hours, the PowerScan™ batteries are disconnected and all power
consumption ceases. To restore power, press the trigger once. The reader will now be ready to read codes.
Power-off does not affect configuration parameters.
5.8.2
Beeper Control for Radio Response
For BT8300 series readers, the data entry good read tone normally results in two beeps; the first indicates that the reader
has decoded the code; the second indicates whether BC 8030-BT has received the data.
This can be changed according to the following selections:
Normal: both good decode and good receptions are signaled (two beeps).
Only Good Decode: only the first beep indicating a good read is signaled.
Only Good Reception: only the second beep indicating a good reception is signaled.
Off: Neither good read nor good reception beeps are signaled.
For all configurations, any transmission errors will always be signaled.
5.8.3 Batch
Mode
This Operating Mode allows storing read codes in the internal reader memory. The stored codes are transmitted to the
base station at a later time according to the type of batch mode selected.
Batch mode can be enabled either manually (normal batch mode) or automatically.
Normal batch mode temporarily suspends radio communication between reader and base station allowing codes to be
stored in the reader on a FIFO (first in, first out) basis. This can be useful, for example, if codes must be read from a
location where there is no radio network. Upon returning to the system working area, this mode requires reading the
Start
Normal Batch Transmission
barcode to successively transmit the list of stored codes to the base station. The FIFO
management assures that the first code read will be the first code to be transmitted to the base station.
The
Delete Batch Data
barcode allows canceling all barcode data stored in the reader.
Automatic batch mode allows codes to be stored in the reader on a FIFO basis whenever the reader is out of radio range.
In this case radio communication is not suspended and transmission is attempted after each code read. If transmission
cannot be successfully completed, then the code is added to the list. When the reader returns in range, transmission of the
codes to the base station resumes automatically, according to the selected communication protocol, upon simply pressing
and releasing the trigger or by successfully reading a new code.
3-KEY MODEL
Each code is listed on the reader display together with its identifying position number and its total number of characters.
The three keys under the display have the following function in batch mode:
Key
Function
▲
(left) Key
Scroll up in list
ENTER
(center) Key
Delete highlighted code
▼
(right) Key
Scroll down in list
The code which has a transmission pending is shown on the display in reverse video, indicating that it cannot be deleted.
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