Socket CHS Series 7 - About Bluetooth HID and SPP Modes; About SocketScan 10 Software

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ABOUT BLUETOOTH HID AND SPP MODES
The CHS v3 supports two kinds of Bluetooth connections (known as Bluetooth profiles): SPP (Serial
Port Profile) and HID (Human Interface Device), each with its advantages and disadvantages.
By default, the CHS is set to HID mode for Keyboard devices, which requires no SocketScan
10 software installation. For better performance, Socket highly recommends that you use SPP
(especially if scanning barcodes that contain a lot of data). The CHS 7Ci also supports iOS
mode to enable SPP connections with the iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
Feature
CHS with HID mode
CHS in SPP mode for
Android, Windows,
BlackBerry
CHS in iOS mode
(CHS 7Ci only)
No software installation
required
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Supports SocketScan 10
software with Socket EZ
Pair
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Non-printable ASCII,
UNICODE, international
keyboard support
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Parsing / data checks (with
SocketScan 10 SDK)
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Binary data (with SDK)
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Scanner configuration
methods
Special barcodes
SocketScan 10 utility or
special barcodes
Scanner Settings app
or special barcodes
Scanner configuration
options
Limited configuration
options
Many configuration options
Many configuration
options
Barcodes containing a lot
of data
Less efficient
communications may lead
to slower performance
More efficient data
communications
More efficient data
communications
To change modes, use the Command Barcodes in Appendix E for CHS 7C, 7Ci or Appendix F
for
CHS 7E, 7M, 7P.
To learn more about HID and SPP, please read our white paper:
http://www.socketmobile.com/pdf/techbrief/socketscan-10-sdk_white-paper.pdf
ABOUT SOCKETSCAN 10 SOFTWARE
SocketScan
™
10 keyboard wedge software enters scanned data directly into any program as if the
data were manually typed. It includes a utility for configuring Prefix/Suffixes, sounds, symbologies,
and other settings for the CHS. Download the latest software free from:
http://www.socketmobile.com/support/downloads/
Software for Bluetooth SPP mode only. No software installation required for HID mode.
SocketScan 10 keyboard wedge software is designed for scanning 7 bit ASCII data. For Unicode,
DoubleByte, Multibyte (e.g., for Japanese or Chinese) or binary data, use the SocketScan 10 SDK
to convert the data before it is sent to your application. Learn more about the SDK at:
http://www.socketmobile.com/products/sdk/