Scanning Features
Product Reference Guide 295
Scanning Active Time
This setting specifies the amount of time that the reader stays in scan ON state 
once the state is entered. The range for this setting is from 1 to 255 seconds in 
1-second increments.
Follow these instructions 
to set this feature:
1. Determine the desired setting.
2. Pad the result with leading zeroes to yield three digits. For example: 0 = 
0
00, 5 = 005, 20 = 020, etc.
3. Scan the ENTER/EXIT PROGRAMMING MODE bar code to enter Program-
ming Mode.
4. Scan the bar code: SELECT SCANNING ACTIVE 
TIME SETTING on 
page 118
.
5. Scan the appropriate three digits from the keypad in 
Appendix D, Keypad
 
that represent the duration which was determined in the steps above. You 
wil
l hear a two-beep indication after the last character.
NOTE
If you make a mistake before the last
 character, scan the CANCEL bar 
code to abort and not save the entry string. You can then start again 
at the beginning.
6. Scan the ENTER/EXIT PROGRAMMING MODE bar code to exit Programming 
Mode.
This completes the procedure. See the table below for examples of how to set 
this fe
ature.
Table 18. Scanning Active Time Setting Examples
STEP ACTION EXAMPLES
1 Desired Setting
1 Second 90 Sec. (1.5 min.) 180 Sec. (3 min.)
255 Seconds (4.25 
mi
n.)
2 Pad leading zero(es)
001 090 180 255
3 Scan ENTER/EXIT PROGRAMMING MODE
4 Scan SELECT SCANNING ACTIVE TIME SETTING
5
Scan Three Characters 
From 
Appendix D, Keypad
‘0’, ‘0’ and ‘1’ ‘0’, ‘9’ and ‘0’ ‘1’, ‘8’ and ‘0’ ‘2’, ‘5’ and ‘5’
6 Scan ENTER/EXIT PROGRAMMING MODE