8 Magellan™ 1500i
LED and Beeper Indicators
The scanner’s beeper sounds and its green LED illuminates to
indicate various functions or errors on the scanner. The tables
that follow list these indications. An exception is that the scan-
ner’s functions are programmable, and may or may not be turned
on. For example, some indications (such as the power-up beep)
can be disabled using programming bar code labels.
LED
INDICATION
INDICATION COMMENT
Power-on
indication
Bright green flash
Indicates the scanner has finished
all its power-up tests and is now
ready for operation.
Good Read
Indication
Bright green flash
Indicates a bar code has been read
and decoded.
Scanner
Ready
Constant dim
green
The scanner is ready for operation.
Sleep Mode
Green LED slowly
and continuously
changes from off to
dim to off.
The scanner is in Sleep Mode. To
wake the scanner up, move an object
in front of its window or press the
button atop the unit. This indication
is optionally configurable, and may
have been programmed to behave
differently.
Host Disable
Constant green
flash at 1 Hz
(100mS on, 900mS
off)
The scanner is disabled due to
receiving a disable command from
the POS terminal.
Diagnostics
Varies (see
Error
Codes on page 16
for more informa-
tion)
The LED can provide diagnostic
feedback if the scanner discovers a
problem during SelfTest.
Prog. Mode
Constant green
flash at 1 Hz (500
ms on, 500 ms off).
The scanner is in Programming
Mode.