Motorola ES400, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Data Capture
Introduction
The ES400 offers data capture using the color digital camera.
Digital Camera Scanning
The camera uses digital camera technology to take a digital picture of a bar code, stores the resulting image in its
memory, and executes state-of-the-art software decoding algorithms to extract the data from the image.
To read a bar code, a scan-enabled application is required. The ES400 contains the DataWedge application that
allows the user to enable the camera, decode the bar code data and display the bar code content.
1.
Enable DataWedge. See Data Wedge on page 7-2 .
2.
Launch an application that supports text inputs, such as Word Mobile 2010 or Excel Mobile 2010.
3.
Point the camera lens on the back of the ES400 at a bar code.
4.
Press and hold . A preview window appears on the display window and a red aiming line emits from the
ES400. The LED lights red indicating that the data capture is in process.
5.
Move the ES400 until the red aiming line is across the bar code.
Figure 7-1
Sample Bar Code
6.
The LED lights green and a beep sounds, by default, to indicate the bar code was decoded successfully.
7.
The bar code content data displays in the text field.