Do you have a question about the Zapper Tornado BT and is the answer not in the manual?
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Anne-Marie Nicholls
June 16, 2025
Troubleshoot guide? - When the scanner has been disconnected from the PC, and won't scan when plugged back in, what should I do, please?
In the meantime, I'm still trying to solve this from the manual.
PICO Mode ................................4 HID Mode ................................4 SPP Master/Slave Mode ............................4 Using your Zapper Tornado BT in PAIR Mode ......................5 Using your Zapper Tornado BT in PICO Mode ......................6 Using your Zapper Tornado BT in HID Mode ......................7 Using your Zapper Tornado BT in SPP Mode ......................
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Your Zapper Tornado BT™ Thank you for choosing the ASP Zapper Tornado BT Bluetooth Cordless Image Scanner. Powered by a combination of cutting-edge Imaging Technology and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR wireless technology, it not only provides outstanding reading performance, but also delivers the convenience and freedom of mobility.
Before you use your Zapper Tornado BT Please note that your Zapper Tornado BT will be shipped to you with the battery already charged and fitted, and set up for PAIR mode. All you need to do is plug it in...
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Use USB Bus Power 1. If your host device has USB 3.0 ports available, both battery charging and regular operation can be supported by the USB bus power without using the provided external power supply.
The most common is PAIR mode, where the scanner communicates with its cradle, and the cradle connects to your PC via USB. The Zapper Tornado BT can also work in PICO mode, where multiple scanners can communicate with a single cradle.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Using your Zapper Tornado BT in PICO Mode Make sure that the battery is fully charged, and plug the cradle into your computer. 1. The smart cradle must be in “Uninstall” state. If the smart cradle indicator is not flashing alternate red and green blinks, press and hold down the smart cradle paging/reset button for about five seconds (until the cradle beeps).
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Using your Zapper Tornado BT in HID Mode 1. Ensure the battery is fully charged. Power on the scanner within radio range and ensure the status indicator of scanner gives alternating red and green blinks (in “Uninstall”...
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Using your Zapper Tornado BT in SPP Mode Establishing an SPP Master Connection 1. Ensure the battery is fully charged. Go to the “Hardware” folder located in Bluetooth Advanced Settings of the remote host device to check its device MAC address.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Establishing an SPP Slave Connection 1. Ensure the battery is fully charged and a virtual COM port is available in your remote host for connecting the scanner. If not, please go to the “Client Applications” folder located in Bluetooth Advanced Settings. Click “Add COM Port”...
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Out-of-range Scanning When the radio is connected between the scanner and the remote host device, the scanner will transmit each scanned data right after scanning the barcode. However, if the scanner loses the radio connection with the remote host device, it is configured to be unable to scan any barcode data.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Paging Function A paging function is provided to help you locate a paired smart cradle or scanner. To page the paired smart cradle, scan the “Paging” command below. To page the paired scanner, press the paging/reset button of the smart cradle for less than three seconds.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual How to Transmit Stored Data The scanner is preset to scan the “Transmit Stored Data” command to transmit all stored data. During the transmission process, the scanner will give continuous short clicks and blue blinks. Then the scanner will give two short beeps after data transmission is completed.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Using the Quantity Feature If you want to input quantity information with your barcode data, you can enter a quantity from 1 to 9999 by scanning the quantity barcodes below right after you scanned the barcode data. The quantity information will be stored into the memory storage together with the barcode data.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Scanner Indicators Description Link Indicator Beeper Radio connected 1 blue blink per 2.5 sec. Radio disconnected 3 blue blinks per 2 sec. During connection Quick blue blinks Short clicks Radio connection built 1 blue blink per 2.5 sec.
ISBN-13 code, and a 10 digit ISBN-10 code that is derived from the full 13 digit barcode number. The Zapper Tornado BT™, by default, outputs the 13 digit number at the bottom of an ISBN barcode. If ISBN (or SCIS) mode is turned on using the barcodes on the next page, the barcode scanner will translate the 13 digit number at the bottom of the barcode into the 10 digit ISBN-10 code at the top.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Most likely, you will only need to scan ISBN codes for use with SCIS. SCIS say that they now allow either ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 codes to be used, so it really doesn't matter if your scanner outputs the 10 digit code or the 13 digit code when the ISBN barcode is scanned.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Beeper Mode To set the beeper mode, scan the PROGRAM barcode on the left below, then the BEEPER TONE barcode, then one of the option barcodes on the right, then the END barcode on the left.
Zapper Tornado BT™ Users Manual Output Terminators To set the output terminator character, scan the PROGRAM barcode on the left below, then TERMINATOR barcode, then one of the terminator barcodes on the right, then the END barcode on the left.
It is your responsibility to carefully pack any unit being returned for service, warranty or otherwise, and pay shipping charges to your dealer location or ASP. Units sent freight collect will not be accepted. Freight back to you will be paid by ASP in the case of warranty repairs.
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Do you have a question about the Zapper Tornado BT and is the answer not in the manual?
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Troubleshoot guide? - When the scanner has been disconnected from the PC, and won't scan when plugged back in, what should I do, please? In the meantime, I'm still trying to solve this from the manual.