& IDM Bluetooth 
 
 
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Table of contents 
1  Getting familiar with your IDM Hand-held scanner ........................................................................................ 6 
1.1  Connectivity ....................................................................................................................................... 8 
1.1.1  Standard Interfaces (RS-232, USB) .................................................................................... 8 
1.1.2  Industrial fieldbus ................................................................................................................ 9 
1.2  Technical Specifications ................................................................................................................. 10 
1.2.1  IDM Corded Hand-held Scanners ..................................................................................... 10 
1.2.2  IDM Bluetooth Hand-held Scanners ................................................................................. 11 
2  IDM Bluetooth Scanners ................................................................................................................................... 12 
2.1  Preparation before using ................................................................................................................ 12 
2.1.1  Battery installation ............................................................................................................. 12 
2.1.2  Charging the battery .......................................................................................................... 12 
2.1.3  Placing the scanner into the cradle .................................................................................. 13 
2.1.4  USB Bus power ................................................................................................................... 13 
2.1.5  Indications .......................................................................................................................... 14 
2.2  Paging Function .............................................................................................................................. 15 
2.3  Radio Link Mode ............................................................................................................................. 15 
2.3.1  PAIR Mode .......................................................................................................................... 16 
2.3.2  PICO Mode .......................................................................................................................... 16 
2.3.3  HID Mode ............................................................................................................................ 18 
2.3.4  SSP Master/ Slave Mode .................................................................................................. 20 
2.4  Out-of-Range Scanning 
................................................................................................................... 21 
2.5  Presentation Scanning ................................................................................................................... 22 
2.6  Battery status (IDM Bluetooth only) ............................................................................................... 22 
2.7  Sleep Mode & Power Off ................................................................................................................ 22 
2.8  Batch Scanning (Inventory Mode) .................................................................................................. 23 
2.8.1  Quantity feature ................................................................................................................. 23 
2.8.2  Data output format ............................................................................................................ 24 
2.8.3  Transmit stored data ......................................................................................................... 25 
2.8.4  Delete data ......................................................................................................................... 25 
3  Configuration via Barcodes .............................................................................................................................. 26 
3.1  Programming Commands ............................................................................................................... 26 
3.1.1  System Command .............................................................................................................. 26 
3.1.2  Family Code ........................................................................................................................ 26 
3.1.3  Option Code ........................................................................................................................ 26 
3.2  Programming Procedures ............................................................................................................... 26 
3.2.1  Program & End ................................................................................................................... 27 
3.2.2  System List & Master Default ........................................................................................... 28 
3.2.3  Single Scan ......................................................................................................................... 28 
3.2.4  Multiple Scan ..................................................................................................................... 29 
3.2.5  Cycling Scan ....................................................................................................................... 30 
3.2.6  Dual Level Scan ................................................................................................................. 31 
3.3  Host Interface Selection 
................................................................................................................. 32 
3.4  Keyboard Interface Control ............................................................................................................ 33 
3.4.1  Keyboard Layout (Language) ............................................................................................ 33 
3.4.2  Suffix, Preamble, Postamble, FNC1 Transmit, Caps Lock ............................................... 34 
3.4.3  Delay Settings .................................................................................................................... 35