Chapter 9. Remote Scanner Management; Introduction - Symbol SE955 Integration Manual

Remote Scanner Management

Introduction

Symbol Technologies' Remote Scanner Management (RSM) technology enables a host to manage a
Symbol scanner or scan engine. The scanner or scan engine can provide asset-tracking information
(attributes) to the host such as serial number, date of manufacture and firmware version. In addition,
Symbol's Remote Scanner Management technology provides the ability to automate the configuration
process, monitor and optimize scan engine operation, and enables firmware upgrade to support new
features.
The SE955 scan engine supports the ability to be remotely managed by supporting discovery, parameter
configuration, and firmware updates electronically through Simple Serial Interface (SSI).
Discovery is defined as the ability to query "born on" information such as the model number, scan
engine serial number, date of manufacture, and firmware version. This information can be retrieved
electronically from the scan engine (through the SSI host interface) so that an application or
Management Agent can publish the "discovered" information to the enterprise backend.
Parameter configuration allows the ability to query and set the device settings (i.e., scan amplitude)
electronically.
For more information about SSI that supports the Remote Scanner Management architecture, see
Chapter 10, Simple Serial Interface.