LED and Beeper Indicators
290 Magellan™ 3450VSi
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 below list these indications. The
scanner’s functions are programmable, and so may or may not be turned on.
For example, certain 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 ope
ration.
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. The LED is also configu-
rable to off when idle and ready for operation
Sleep Mode
Green LED slowly and continu-
ously changes from off to dim to
of
f.
The scanner is in Sleep Mode. To wake the scanner up,
move an objec
t in front of its window or press the button
atop the unit. This indication is configurable and may be
programmed to behave differently.
Host Disable
Constant green flash at 1 Hz
(1
00mS on, 900mS off)
The scanner is disabled due to receiving a disable command
from the POS terminal.
Diagnostics
Varies (see Error Codes on
page 291 for more information)
The LED can provide diagnostic feedback if the scanner dis-
covers a problem during SelfTest.
Prog. Mode See Host Disable above. The scanner is in Programming Mode.
BEEPER FUNCTIONS
BEEPER
INDICATION
INDICATION COMMENT
Power On Beep Single beep
The Power-On Beep indication is a configurable feature
which can be
enabled or disabled. When enabled, this beep
Indicates the scanner has finished all its power up tests and
is now ready for operation.
Good Read
Indication
Single beep
The good read beep indication is configurable. Options
inc
lude: Enable/disable, frequency, duration and volume.
See
LED and Beeper Indicators
on page 2-57 for more
information.
Diagnostics
Varies (see
“Error Codes”
for
more information)
The Beeper can provide diagnostic feedback if the scanner
discovers a problem during SelfTest.
Programming
Mode
Indications
Varies depending upon the fea-
ture(s) being configured.
The Beeper will sound as programming bar code labels are
scanned, indicating progress during scanne
r configuration.