Hand Held Products SCANTEAM 2070 BASE, Manual

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1–11 Cordless System Manual
System Conditions
The components of the Cordless System interact in specific ways as you
associate one or more scanners to a base, as you move a scanner out of range,
bring a scanner back in range, replace a scanner battery pack, or swap scanners
between two Cordless Systems. The following information explains the
Cordless System operating conditions.
Association Process
After you scan the association label, the base synchronizes radio parameters
and the work group parameter table in the scanner. The work group table is
uploaded during the clicking sequence. Two beeps, clicking, then a single beep
indicates the process is complete. The base blinks while it is sending the table
to the scanner. Until the table is uploaded, scanning and data transmission is
interrupted. If the base is off or not working properly, the scanner emits an error
(triple) beep after trying for 30 seconds to associate to the base.
The work group table is also uploaded any time the base believes a previously
associated scanner wishes to join the network. A scanner always tries to join the
last base it was associated to, even if the scanner has been without power for
several days. The base allows a scanner to associate as long as there are fewer
than nine scanners actively associated to the base.
Scanner is Out of Range
Note: While the scanner is out of range, it consumes more power searching for
the base continuously. To conserve battery power, store the scanner with the
battery pack removed, or program it for Battery Conservation mode (see page
2–12).
Scanner is Moved Back Into Range
The scanner silently rejoins (no beep after connecting and synchronizing with the
base) if the scanner has not been reset (battery pack disconnected and
reconnected), no menu codes have been scanned by other scanners in the work
group, or the base has not been reset (see Base Reset Conditions, next page).
Any one of these three conditions can cause the scanner to go through a
reassociation process (definition on the next page) when it is moved back in
range. If the scanner reassociates, you will hear a single beep when the
reassociation process (uploading of the parameter table) is complete.
If you believe you are in range and are still hearing a triple (error) beep, you may
have been removed from off the base’s network. Try scanning the association
label or reset scanner by removing and reinserting the battery.
The Cordless Scanner is always in communication with its base, even when it
is not transmitting bar code data. Whenever the scanner can’t communicate with
the base for a three second interval, it is out of range. If the trigger is pulled while
the scanner is out of range, the green and yellow LEDs illuminate. When you
scan a bar code, the scanner issues 3 beeps and does not try to send data to the
base.