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BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide
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HID Date Add:
- Enable / Disable appending the date/time from the SP2100’s clock as a 14 character prefix to the
barcode characters. When enabled, the date/time string’s format is as follows: yyyymmddhhmmss. Note that the
hours are in military or 24 hour format.
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Trans Language:
- Change the language keyboard characters. Use the Side Buttons to toggle the international
keyboard for languages English French, Danish & Swedish.
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HID Select
- Changes HID options depending on general keyboard conditions.
Normal
for English,
Special
for
Japanese & Chinese.
Your SP2100 has an 8mb data storage area, which represents the ability to store somewhere between 25,000 and 35,000
individual barcodes. Although up to this point we’ve been describing HID connections (
Section 3.0
) as the easiest way to
get up and running with your SP2100, you may have a data collection need where you don’t want to mess around with
making sure you always have your tablet, phone or PC within the 30’ range of the bluetooth radio.
The SP2100 is ideal for HID applications, but is also tailor made for the truly mobile worker that wants to store barcodes
and download them later. You can just tuck it in your pocket, read barcodes where ever you are and later - even weeks
later - make the connection to the host where you want them to go and send them there! Let’s take a look.
Lets access the Memory sub-menu of the System Menu - See
Section 2.5
. Here’s the shorthand:
The SP2100 comes with 3 memory storage modes -
“SR”, “SN” and “PR”
(
figure 4.1).
OK, we admit
the labeling may not be intuitive, but the power of the options are. Remember that you select the option
you want by using the Side Buttons to highlight it, then press the Scan Button to select it. Here are the
details of each option:
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“SR” - SEND AND STORE:
This is the default memory setting. When connected via
bluetooth, the SP2100 will send the scanned characters to the host and will store them in
memory. Great idea, right? It is, but with the following caveat:
If you’re counting on the scans being in the SP2100’s memory for later use, be careful.
There’s a risk you’ll completely fill up the SP2100’s memory and it will erase all the data
and start over! You’ve got a lot of memory to fill; at least 25,000 barcodes, but you need
to be aware of the memory limitation because there’s still a risk that you’ll lose data.
See
the next section to check memory remaining and deleting.
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“SN” - Store Only, DO NOT SEND:
When
SN
is set, the SP2100 doesn’t care if it’s connected
to a host - it won’t send anything. With
SN
set, the SP2100 just stores the barcode in memory
and that’s it. Why would you want to do that? Imagine that you have to scan a whole warehouse
of different items for a year-end inventory, and you don’t want the hassle of moving your tablet
or notebook around with you. With
SN
mode, you’d just use the scanner to collect the data.
Just like with
SR
mode, with
SN
mode you have to be aware of that although the SP2100
can store a lot of barcodes, it has a limit.
See the next section to check memory
remaining and deleting.
4.0 - Managing Memory
4.1 - Storage & Transmit Modes
SHORTHAND:
SM>>5.Memory>>Data Save
3.A - Other System Menu Options for Bluetooth - con’t
figure 4.1
Memory Mode
figure 4.2
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“PR” - Send Only, DO NOT STORE:
With the
PR
memory option selected, the
SP2100 will scan and send the data to the host, BUT the data is not stored in memory.
The
PR
option is useful when you’ve got a SP2100 working HID to the same host all
the time. Most likely, you’re looking at the host’s screen when you scan to make sure
the data goes in or the next screen for data entry appears. In that usage, there’s just no reason for the SP2100 to
store anything.
NOTE:
The memory storage option is displayed in the Status Bar, on the far right hand side (
figure 4.2)
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