6 SF61 Cordless Scanner User’s Guide
Inactivity Shutdown Period
By default the SF61B shuts down after a period of inactivity of 1 hour if it is
connected to a Bluetooth host and after 5 minutes of inactivity if it is not
connected.
You can use EasySet to modify these inactivity timeouts (Operating settings >
Scanning / Triggering > Power down).
Understand the SF61B Behavior
The SF61B uses lights, beeps and vibrations to indicate if a barcode has been
successfully decoded.
Note: The SF61B has a different behavior (lights, beeps, vibrate alert) to its predecessor, the
SF51. If you prefer to use the beep and LED mode of the SF51, you can use EasySet
to activate the legacy mode (Operating settings > Beeps / LEDs > Beep and LED
mode > Legacy mode).
Blue Honeywell-Ready-to-Work Indicator
Note: The blue Honeywell Ready-to-Work light is enabled by default but you can use
EasySet to disable the light or choose another color if you wish (Operating settings
> Beeps / LEDs > Ready-to-Work LED).
The blue Honeywell Ready-to-Work indicator LED gives information about the
Bluetooth connection. When a connection has been established the light is always
On (blue) unless the scanner is docked in a charger (in this case the LED displays a
green or red battery charge indication even though the Bluetooth connection is
still active).
When using your scanner to scan barcodes (blue light On) your scanner will also
flash status information using green or red lights. See the Status Light information
in the next section.
Blue Honeywell Ready-to-Work Indicator
Light State What it Means
Off A Bluetooth connection has not been established.
Blinking, slow The scanner is trying to establish a Bluetooth connection with a Bluetooth host
device.
On A Bluetooth connection is established with a Bluetooth base station or host
computer and the scanner is ready to scan barcodes and send data.