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Pairing
The default state of the RF Laser is un-paired. You must pair the RF Laser to the USB Base Station receiver
that you wish it to communicate with.
You can pair the RF Laser with any USB Base Station receiver but it
can only be paired with one at a time. Briefly press the button on the USB Base Station receiver until you see
the LED blink 3 times then release the button. This will put the receiver into pairing mode for 60 seconds.
Scan the “PAIR” bar code with the RF Laser that you wish to pair with the receiver. The LED on the RF
Laser will turn blue while it is pairing with the receiver. Once paired, the RF Laser will beep and the LED
will turn off. If pairing fails the RF Laser will beep and the LED will blink 5 times then turn off. The RF
Laser will remain paired to the paired receiver until it is paired with a different receiver. Scanning
Start
Setup
,
Reset
,
End Setup
will not reset the pairing. You can pair up to ten 1D RF Lasers with one 1D USB
Base Station receiver.
The RF Laser can be programmed with an ID preamble if your application needs to know which RF Laser the
data is from. For example, you can set the preamble to “shipping” or “receiving” or just “5” to identify
incoming data. On the Setup Menu first scan
Start Setup
then
Preamble
then up to 15 characters from the
full ASCII chart then
SET
followed by
End Setup
. Refer to page 57 for information on how to setup the 2D
RF Laser preamble.
It is best to pair the 2D RF Laser and the Base before changing the setup of the 2D RF Laser scanner. Some
settings that modify the contents of the scanned bar code (like preamble, postamble, substitution, etc.) can
cause the 2D RF Laser to no longer pair with the Base. It won’t affect the existing pairing but it might not
allow the 2D RF Laser to pair with a different Base until it is reset to factory default settings.
RF Laser Status
The status of the scanner can be displayed on the multicolor LED by either scanning the
Status
bar code on
the setup sheet or by holding down the trigger for 10 seconds when no data is stored in the scanner.
The LED will blink red to indicate the status of the battery, one blink for each 10% of current battery capacity.
If the battery is currently at 40% capacity then the LED will blink 4 times.
This is a handy way to determine the status of a scanner without using the Setup Menu.
If you would like a complete status report for all setup parameters you must first pair the RF Laser with a USB
Base Station receiver then scan the
Transmit Setup
barcode from the Setup Menu. The RF Laser will
transmit all the setup parameters to the paired receiver which will output them to the connected computer.
When the battery is below 10% the LED will turn RED instead of YELLOW while scanning to alert the user
that the battery will need to be charged soon.
Range Test
Scanning the
Range Test
bar code on the setup sheet will put the RF Laser into Range Test mode. In this
mode, the RF Laser will continuously transmit test packets to the USB Base Station receiver which will echo
them back. The RF Laser generates a high pitched tone when it transmits the test packet and a low pitched
tone when it receives the confirmation. You can put the RF Laser into this mode and test the range of the RF
Laser system to see if you have good coverage. If not, try moving the USB Base Station receiver to a different
location or using a USB dock to elevate the USB Base Station receiver.
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