USB HID interface without the need of any driver. Supported by a 1620mAh battery, MT8230B helps user operate around the clock with less downtime ensuring mobile productivity during the entire busy shift.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Beeper Indication Beeper Status Wireless connection Single short beep Good read Single long beep Power down Two beeps Wireless disconnection Two beeps (high-low) Succesful configuration Two beeps (low-high) Good read (Memory Mode) Three short beeps Reads a barcode while disconnected...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Chapter 2 General Settings Factory Default Scanning below configuration barcode will reset all parameters to factory default settings (the ones with asterisk mark). Please note that scanning the left Factory Default (Chapter 2) will reset all General Settings to default, and scanning the right Factory Default (Chapter 3~4) will reset all Reading Mode and Symbologies settings to default.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Bluetooth Profile Cradle Mode (USB version) Cradle Mode allows barcode data to be transmitted to host device via the built-in Bluetooth transponder in charging cradle with a cable, providing wireless connectivity to the host deivce that does not have built-in Bluetooth adapter.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Cradle Mode (RS232 version) Cradle Mode allows barcode data to be transmitted to host device via the built-in Bluetooth transponder in charging cradle with a cable, providing wireless connectivity to the host deivce that does not have built-in Bluetooth adapter. Follow below steps: 1.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 BT HID BT HID is compatible with iOS, Android and Windows and requires applications that accept keyboard data. After scanning BT HID, press and hold the trigger until two beeps & blue/green LED flashing to make the scanner discoverable. Folllow below steps: 1.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Disconnect Scanning Disconnect allows the scanner to disconnect from the host, or become discoverable, which helps the host to find the scanner in the discovered device list (in BT SPP, BT HID mode) or prompts the charging cradle to connect to the scanner (in Cradle Mode).
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Memory Mode Memory Mode enables the scanner to store barcode data (20,000 EAN-13 barcode) and transmit it in batch to the host device when needed. Memory Mode can be used among all the Bluetooth profiles (Cradle Mode, BT HID, BT SPP). Follow below steps: 1.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Set Bluetooth Device ID Check Bluetooth Device ID Good Read Indicator Buzzer Low Volume Medium Volume High Volume* Vibrator Vibrator On* Vibrator Off...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Data Format Upper / Lower Case All Lower Case All Upper Case Invert Case As Is* Keyboard Layout English (US)* English (UK) German German (iOS keyboard) French French (Belgian)
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MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 French (Canadian) Spanish Spanish (Mexican) Italian Italian (142) Japanese Universal Portuguese Portuguese (Brazilian) Russian Czech Turkish Q...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Data Transmission Speed Data Transmission Speed only applies to BT HID interface. Data Transmission Speed = High Data Transmission Speed = Medium* Data Transmission Speed = Low Data Transmission Speed = Ultra Low Encoding Format 1. Big 5 (Notepad, Excel).
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Input format = Auto* Output format 1 = Unicode Output format 2 = UTF8 3. Shift JIS (Word). To output double-byte characters (Japanese only) encoded in Shift JIS to Word, Please scan below 3 configuration barcodes:...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Terminator = Tab Terminator = None Terminator = CR + LF GS Replacement GS Replacement enables the scanner to replace GS <0x1D> in barcode data by a specific character. Set GS Replacement Clear GS Replacement To set GS Replacement, please follow below steps: 1.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Preamble / Postamble Up to 32 bytes of characters can be set as Preamble / Postamble. Set Preamble Set Postamble Exit Setup To set Preamble / Postamble, please follow below steps: 1. Scan Set Preamble or Set Postamble 2.
Trigger Mode* Toggle Mode In toggle mode, MT8230B starts scanning barcode when trigger is pressed, and keeps scanning barcode after trigger is released. When a barcode is successfully scanned or LED timeout expires, the scanning stops. Toggle Mode Continuous Mode In continuous mode, MT8230B keeps scanning barcodes continuously.
Set Scan Interval Auto-sensing Mode In auto-sensing mode, MT8230B automatically starts scanning barcode when image change is detected within its field of view. When a barcode is successfully scanned or LED timeout expires, the scanning stops and will restarts scanning if any image change is detected.
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 LED Timeout LED timeout is the maximum scanning duration. When LED timeout expires, the scanning operation stops automatically. The configurable range is from 0.5 to 25.5s (unit = 0.1s); default is 3s. To configure LED timeout, scan Set LED Timeout, scan three numeric barcodes (see Chapter 5).
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 default is 500ms. To configure identical read interval, scan Set Identical Read Interval, scan two numeric barcodes (see Chapter 5). For example, scan ‘0’ ‘5’ respectively for 500ms. Unlimited Set Identical Read Interval Illumination and Aimer...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Chapter 4 Symbologies General Settings Enable All Symbologies Disable All Symbologies Enable All 1D Symbologies Disable All 1D Symbologies Enable All 2D Symbologies Disable All 2D Symbologies Inverse Barcode Enable All 1D Inverse Barcodes Disable All 1D Inverse Barcodes*...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Enable Interleaved 2/5* Disable Interleaved 2/5 Min/Max Length To configure specific length, please scan Set Length, and scan four numeric barcodes (see Chapter 5). For example, if you want minimum length of 4 digits and maximum length of 20 digits, scan ‘0’, ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘0’...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Enable Matrix 2/5 Disable Matrix 2/5* Length To configure specific length, please scan Set Length, and scan four numeric barcodes (see Chapter 5). For example, if you want minimum length of 4 digits and maximum length of 20 digits, scan ‘0’, ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘0’...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Enable Industrial 2/5 Disable Industrial 2/5* Length To configure specific length, please scan Set Length, and scan four numeric barcodes (see Chapter 5). For example, if you want minimum length of 4 digits and maximum length of 20 digits, scan ‘0’, ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘0’...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Displayable Character Below configuration barcodes are only applicable for GS Replacement and Preamble / Postamble configuration. Configuration Configuration Configuration Character Character Character barcode barcode barcode Space “ &...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Control Character Below configuration barcodes are only applicable for GS Replacement and Preamble / Postamble configuration. Four types of Character Set are available. Each set has different definition for each configuration barcode. Default is Character Set 0.
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MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Right Ctrl+C Ctrl+C Alt+003 Arrow Arrow Down NULL Ctrl+D Alt+004 Arrow Arrow Left NULL Ctrl+E NULL Alt+005 Arrow Right NULL Ctrl+F NULL Alt+006 Arrow Shift+ NULL Ctrl+G Enter Alt+007 Back Back Back Left Alt+008 Space Space...
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MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Enter Enter Enter Enter Alt+013 Page Ctrl+N Insert Alt+014 Page Ctrl+O Alt+015 Down Ctrl+P Alt+016 NULL Ctrl+Q Home Alt+017 Print NULL Ctrl+R Alt+018 Screen Back NULL Ctrl+S Alt+019 Space Shift NULL Ctrl+T Alt+020 Ctrl+U Alt+021 Ctrl+V...
MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Appendix Appendix A – Default Table Function Default Remark Bluetooth Profile USB HID Cradle Mode iOS Touch Keyboard Enable Memory Mode Sleep Timeout 5 minutes Bluetooth Device ID BarCode Scanner Good Read Indicator Buzzer High Volume...
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MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Inverse QR Code Disable Mirrored Data Matrix Disable Mirrored QR Code Disable UPC-A Enable/Disable Enable UPC-A to EAN13 Disable Check Digit Send System Number Send 2-digit Supplement Disable 5-digit Supplement Disable Supplement Required Disable UPC-E Enable/Disable...
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MT8230B User’s Manual V1.5 Check Digit Not Send Matrix 2/5 Enable/Disable Disable Length Any Length Verification Disable Check Digit Not Send Industrial 2/5 Enable/Disable Disable Length Any Length Standard 2/5 Enable/Disable Disable Length Any Length Code39 Enable/Disable Enable Start & Stop...
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