Socket 7Ci - Setup for Socket Somo

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4 | SETUP FOR SOCKET SOMO
This chapter explains how to install and use 1D models of the Socket Bluetooth Cordless Hand
Scanner (CHS) Series 7 with a Socket Mobile SoMo 650 or 655 handheld computer running
Windows Embedded Handheld.
Before you begin the instructions in this chapter, make sure you have installed the batteries
and charged the CHS, as described in Chapter 2, “Scanner Setup”
For instructions for the HP iPAQ 210 or HTC HD2, please visit:
http://www.socketmobile.com/support/downloads/data
-collection/series7/ss10/?page=Detail
Other devices running Windows Embedded Handheld 6 with the Microsoft Bluetooth
stack may be compatible.
CONNECTION OPTIONS
For Windows Embedded Handheld, the CHS offers two different connection options.
Bluetooth Mode Pros Cons
HID
Instructions on
next page
 No SocketScan 10 software installation
needed
 Limited configuration options
 Limited to printable ASCII and some non-
printable characters
 Less efficient data communications for
barcodes containing lots of data
 Compatible only with SoMo
SPP
Instructions on
page 69
 Many configuration options
 Broad character set, including non-
printable ASCII, international
keyboards
 More efficient data communications
for barcodes containing lots of data
 Requires installation of SocketScan 10
keyboard wedge software or an
application developed with SocketScan 10
SDK.
Socket highly recommends that you use the CHS in SPP mode. Learn more:
http://www.socketmobile.com/pdf/techbrief/socketscan-10-sdk_white-paper.pdf
.