Product Reference Guide
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Programming Session
A typical programming session is conducted as follows:
1. Scan the Enter/Exit Programming Mode bar code to place the scanner in Programming
Mo
de. Depending upon its current programming, the scanner may emit a beep or
beeps, indicating it has read the bar code and the green LED will flash on and off
slowly while the scanner remains in Programming Mode. Normal scanning functions
are disabled.
2. Scan the programming bar code(s) that is (a
re) specially encoded to make the desired
changes. With few exceptions
1
, the scanner will emit a triple beep each time you scan
a valid programming bar code.
NOTE
NOTE
If a bar code is scanned that changes the scanner’s interface, all previous
configuration items scanned in the programming session are lost.
Not all features are available for all inter
faces and the scanner will sound an
error tone when scanning programming bar codes for features invalid to
the current interface. Only features supported by the currently active inter-
face will be implemented.
Additionally, when programming a feature requiring you to scan single digits to set a
multi-digit number, such as Minimum Label Length, scanning the Enter/Exit Program-
ming Mode bar code (or any item tag/item value bar
code) before completing all input
will result in an error tone and cause the scanner to exit Programming Mode. Under
these circumstances, the current feature you were trying to set is thrown out; any previ-
ous bar codes scanned during the
session will take effect.
NOTE
It is recommended that programming sessions be limited to one feature at
a time. Should you make a mistake in the programming sequence, it can be
difficult to discover where an error has been made if several features are
programmed at once. Additionally, it can be confusing to determine which
features may or may not have been successfully set following such a ses-
sion.
3. Scan the Enter/Exit Programming Mode bar code to save any new settings and exit
Programming Mode. The scanner will sound a beep and reset upon exiting Program-
ming Mode, and the green LED will return to its usual state
(on steady or off).
The scanner will exit Programming Mode
under the following conditions:
—the programming sequence has be
en completed or the Enter/Exit Programming
Mode bar code is scanned
—five minutes have passed without scanning activity
. Any data programmed during
the current session will be ignored, and the scanner will reset and revert to its condi-
tion previous to initiating
the exited session.
1. Some features, such as Minimum Label Length, require you to select the label’s length by scanning a series of single-digit bar
codes. A single ‘good read’ beep is sounded when scanning these single digits in Programming Mode. Only the final required digit
in the sequence will produce a triple beep when scanned, indicating a successfully programmed feature.
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