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Using the 1062 Handscanners with Motorola WT4000 1062
The Handscanner is a Bluetooth Slave.
How long does it take for the Handscanner to detect that the Bluetooth link has disconnected?
If the link is intentionally disconnected the Handscanner detects the disconnect immediately as part of
the normal Bluetooth disconnect process. If the link disconnects because the Handscanner has
moved out of range then it takes around 10 seconds for the link disconnect to be detected.
Can the Handscanner automatically reconnect?
As a Bluetooth Slave device the Handscanner cannot initiate a reconnect. Technology Solutions'
SmartWedge Basic CE and Motorola's DataWedge can provide automatic reconnection.
How fast is the data link over Bluetooth?
The Handscanner operates at 115200 baud.
Can more than one Handscanner be paired with a terminal?
The recommended approach of using the Pairing Wizard associates just one Handscanner with one
VCP at a time. The Pairing Wizard maintains a list of recently used Handscanners making it easy to
swap between Handscanners.
If BTExplorer is used then it is necessary to repeat the pairing process. Follow the procedure
described in Section 7.2, but after selecting 'Associate Serial Port' it is necessary to force a new
Device Discovery by pressing MENU (Blue followed by TAB), scrolling to 'Discover Devices' and
pressing ENTER.
Is it possible to have a different COM port for each Handscanner which is paired to the
terminal?
The Pairing Wizard is designed to use only one COM port and one Handscanner at a time for
simplicity.
BTExplorer can be used to associate Handscanners with COM4, COM5 or COM9. The procedure
described in Section 7 is the most straightforward, but only gives access to COM9. If a different COM
port association is preferred then rather than selecting 'Associate Serial Port' the option 'Explore
Services on Remote Device' should be selected. Follow the stages of the process and it will be
possible to select the COM port that the Handscanner is associated with.
Is it possible to have multiple Handscanners associated with a single COM port?
This is not possible with the Pairing Wizard because it causes an additional prompt to be displayed to
the user which takes away from the simplicity of the solution.
Using BTExplorer multiple Handscanners can be associated with a single port. A list of possible
Handscanners is displayed whenever the COM port is opened so that the correct one can be
selected. This should not be done if the Pairing Wizard is also being used because the Wizard only
removes Handscanners that it discovers. Any devices added by BTExplorer will remain and will cause
the extra prompt to be displayed.
The device name in BTExplorer is not the same as the one printed on the Handscanner.
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