The Programming Session - PSC PowerScan Programming Manual

The Programming Session

A typical programming session is conducted as follows:
1. Scan the SET bar code at the top of the page. The scanner will emit
three beeps, indicating it has read the bar code and the green LED will
flash on and off slowly while the scanner remains in Programming
Mode. Normal scanning functions are disabled.
2. Scan the programming label(s) that is (are) specially encoded
to make the desired changes. With few exceptions
will emit a triple beep each time you scan a valid programming
bar code. (Note that not all features are available for all inter-
faces and that the scanner will sound an error tone when scan-
ning programming bar codes for features invalid to the current
interface.) Only features supported by the currently active
interface will be implemented.
Additionally, when programming a feature requiring you to scan
single digits to set a multi-digit number, such as Minimum Label
Length, scanning the END bar code (or any item tag/item value
bar code) before completing all input will result in an error tone
and cause the scanner to exit Programming Mode. Under these
circumstances, the current feature you were trying to set is
thrown out; any previous bar codes scanned during the session
will take effect.
1 Some features, such as Minimum Label Length, require you to select the label's
length by scanning a series of single-digit bar codes. A single 'good read' beep is
sounded when scanning these single digits in Programming Mode. Only the final
required digit in the sequence will produce a triple beep when scanned, indicating a
successfully programmed feature.
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If a label is scanned that changes the
scanner's interface, all previous con-
figuration items scanned in the pro-
gramming session are lost.
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