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Digital Scanner To Cradle Support
Pairing
Pairing is the process by which a digital scanner initiates communication with a cradle.
To pair the digital scanner with the cradle, scan the pairing bar code. A high/low/high/low beep sequence indicates
that the pairing bar code was decoded. When a connection between the cradle and digital scanner is established,
a low/high beep sounds.
Pairing Modes
Parameter # 542
SSI # F1h 1Eh
When operating with the cradle, two modes of pairing are supported:
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Locked Point-to-Point Pairing Mode - When a cradle is paired (connected) to the digital scanner, any
attempt to connect a different digital scanner, by either scanning the PAIR bar code on the cradle or by
inserting it into the cradle with the pairing on contacts feature enabled (page 5-27), is rejected. The currently
connected digital scanner maintains connection. In this mode, you must set a Connection Maintenance
Interval on page 5-29.
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Unlocked Point-to-Point Pairing Mode - Pair (connect) a new digital scanner to a cradle at any time by
either scanning the PAIR bar code on the cradle or by inserting it into the cradle with the pairing on contacts
feature enabled. This unpairs the previous digital scanner from the cradle.
To set the cradle pairing mode, scan the appropriate bar code below.
NOTE 1. The pairing bar code that connects the digital scanner to a cradle is unique to each cradle.
2. Do not scan data or parameters until pairing completes.
3. Only when the digital scanner is paired to the cradle, it automatically tries to reconnect to a remote
device when a disconnection occurs that is due to the radio losing communication. For more information
see Auto-Reconnect Feature on page 5-22.
*Unlocked Pairing Mode
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Locked Pairing Mode
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