Barcode Scanner - HandHeld ALGIZ RT7 Manual

11. BARCODE SCANNER

If any of the hotkeys is mapped to scan a barcode, then the barcode scanner can be activated on a touch of that
hotkey.
The red LED aimer turns ON shortly after the hotkey is pressed. The user needs to keep the hotkey pressed for
the duration of the scanning. The scanning remains active till a barcode is found, or the user releases the hotkey,
or ten seconds have elapsed (i.e. timeout), whichever is earlier. Scanning is kept active for a minimum of two
seconds, even if the user releases the hotkey in that time. This allows quick scanning of barcodes by a quick
push of the hotkey.
If the scan is successful, then the scanned barcode is sent as text to the running application. To properly
capture the barcode, it is recommended that the user selects a text control prior to scanning a barcode.
The barcode scanner supports a variety of symbologies: 1D, 2D and Postal codes. User may restrict the barcode
A test application "Barcode Decoder" for the barcode scanner is also installed on the device. This directly
supports decoding barcodes. The symbologies to decode is configurable via Settings provided in the application
itself. Note that the settings of this application are independent of the system defined settings.
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