DECODING CAPABILITIES
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DECODING CAPABILITIES
LED AND BEEPER INDICATIONS
The imager’s beeper sounds and its illumination flashes or changes color to indicate var-
ious functions or errors on the reader. A “Green Spot” also lights to indicate a good 
read. The tables below list these indications.
Table 29LED and Beeper Indications
DECODE CAPABILITY
1D Bar Codes
UPC/EAN/JAN (A, E, 13, 8); UPC/EAN/JAN (including P2 /P5); UPC/EAN/JAN (including; 
ISBN / Bookland & ISSN); UPC/EAN Coupons;
Code 39 (including full ASCII); Code 39 Trioptic; Code39 CIP (French Pharmaceutical); LOG-
MARS (Code 39 w/ standard check digit enabled); Danish PPT; Code 32 (Italian Pharmac-
ode 39);
Code 128; Code 128 ISBT;
Interleaved 2 of 5; Standard 2 of 5; Interleaved 2 of 5 CIP (HR); Industrial 2 of 5; Discrete 2 
of 5; Datalogic 2 of 5 (China Post Code/Chinese 2 of 5); IATA 2 of 5 Air cargo code; Follet 2 
of 5;
Codabar; Codabar (NW7); ABC Codabar; 
Code 11; Code 93; MSI; PZN; Plessey; Anker Plessey;
GS1 DataBar Limited; GS1 DataBar Expanded; GS1 DataBar Truncated; DATABAR 
Expanded Coupon.
INDICATION LED BEEPER
Power-up
Upper LED flashes/blinks on power-up, 
however, this may be too rapid to view. 
With a USB interface, the LED blinks 
until enumeration with the host is 
completed. 
Reader beeps four times at highest fre-
quency and volume upon power-up.
Good Read
Upper green LED comes on for pro-
grammed time (default). 
LED behavior for this indication is con-
figurable using Aladdin utility.
One beep at current frequency, volume, 
mono/bi-tonal setting upon a successful 
label scan. It is also possible to upload cus-
tom jingles with Aladdin.
ROM Failure
200 ms on ↔ 200 ms off
Reader sounds one error beep at highest 
volume for 200 ms.
Limited Scanning Label 
Read
N/A
Reader 'chirps' six times at the highest fre-
quency and current volume.
Reader Disabled
The LED blinks continuously 
 100 ms on 
↔ 900 ms off
N/A