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  • Page 1 CT10 Barcode Scanner User Manual...
  • Page 2: Important Notice

    IMPORTANT NOTICE Safety Precaution * DO NOT disassemble the scanner, or place foreign matter into the scanner cause a short circuit or circuit damage. * DO NOT expose the scanner or battery to any flammable sources. Maintenances Precaution * Use a clean cloth to wipe dust off the body of the scanner. * If you find the scanner abnormal, write down the specific scenario and consult the maintenance person.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 1 Features and Basic Setups ..................12 1.1 Battery ..........................13 1.1.1 Mounting the battery (charging) ................13 1.1.2 How to operate CT10 Barcode Scanner ..............13 1.1.3 Auto Power Off ...................... 14 1.2 Transmit Buffer ......................... 15 1.2.1 Inventory Mode ...................... 16 1.3 LED Indicator ........................
  • Page 4 2.3 Connect to PC via BT ....................... 29 2.4 Connect to PDA via BT ....................35 2.4.1 One-click Android Connection................39 2.4.2 One-click iOS Connection ..................42 2.4.3 Connect via BT Input Method ................45 Chapter 3 SYMBOLOGY SETTINGS ..................54 3.1 CODABAR ........................
  • Page 5: Overview Of Ct10 Barcode Scanner

    Overview of CT10 Barcode Scanner Features of the Scanner * Small size, portable. * Supports three scan modes, including Continuous Mode, Manual Mode, Auto-off Mode. * Supports most popular barcode symbologies. * User feedback via LED indicator and beeper * The voice volume of scan barcode successfully could change via setting barcode.
  • Page 6: Introduction Of Key Function

    Introduction of Key Function Note: Long press Scan button 3 seconds will turn on the CT10 scanner. Long press Scan button 3 seconds will turn off the CT10 scanner. Flip the Scan button can read the barcodes. Specifications PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
  • Page 7: Correct Aiming

    Standard 25, 2/5 Matrix Resolution 5mil Nominal Working Distance 6~30cm Decode Rate 200 decodes per second Scan width 30mm=Scanner Window Decode mode Single-Line Aiming Scan mode Auto off mode / Manual mode Print Contrast Minimum Scan angles Roll 30° Pitch 75° Yaw65° Cylinder Horizontal Scan Diameter 35mm Indication...
  • Page 8: Quick Start

    QUICK START The setting of the CT10 Barcode Scanner can be changed by reading the setup barcodes contained in this manual. This section describes the procedure of setting the CT10 Barcode Scanner by reading the setup barcodes and provides some example for demonstration.
  • Page 9: Enter The Setting Mode

    The CT10 Barcode Scanner will respond with three beeps (tone descending from high to low), and its LED indicator becomes purple and go off quickly after reading the barcode.
  • Page 10: Exit The Setting Mode Without Save

    3、After using a function which is not be used usually in the scanner. Check Software Version If you want to know the software version of CT10, should read the ‘Enter Setup’ and ‘Output Software Version’ barcode:...
  • Page 11: Save Custom Settings

    1. You may change factory defaults, and customize some functions suitable for your own applications when you use CT10, you must read the ‘Enter Setup – Function barcode you want to customize – Save Custom Settings – Exit with Save’ barcodes.
  • Page 12: Chapter 1 Features And Basic Setups

        1.1 Battery ..........................13  1.1.1 Mounting the battery(charging) ................ 13  1.1.2 How to operate CT10 Barcode Scanner ..............13  1.1.3 Auto Power Off ...................... 14  1.2 Transmit Buffer ......................... 15  1.3 LED Indicator ........................17  1.4 Beeper ..........................18 ...
  • Page 13: Battery

    1) Hold the scanner face down in one hand. 2)Insert USB cable for charging. 1.1.2 How to operate CT10 Barcode Scanner Turn on the scanner Press the Power key for about 2 seconds. The scanner will respond with a long beep (high tone), and its LED indicator is flashing.
  • Page 14: Auto Power Off

    1.1.3 Auto Power Off In order to conserve battery power, the user can specify the time interval for the scanner to automatically turn off. By default, it is set to 10 minutes. Enter Auto Power Off 5min (*)10min 30min 20min Exit Auto Power Off For example: Set 20 minutes for the scanner to automatically turn off.
  • Page 15: Transmit Buffer

    1.2 Transmit Buffer During the Bluetooth connection, the CT10 Scanner uses a 16KB memory as a data buffer, and sends the collected data to the host computer one by one via the Bluetooth. Upon reading a barcode successfully, the scanner responds with one short beep and its LED indicator becomes green and goes off quickly.
  • Page 16: Inventory Mode

    1.2.1 Inventory Mode If you want to keep the barcodes in the buffer of CT10 for multiple uploading, you can choose inventory mode. In inventory mode, CT10 will count the number of the barcodes automatically, and control the time, position etc. for uploading. Also, you can clear the barcodes in the buffer after uploading.
  • Page 17: Led Indicator

    1.3 LED Indicator The LED indicators on CT10 can help the user know about the current operation status. Color of LED Indicator Meaning Green LED on and off quickly Good Read, with one short beep (high tone) Green LED on Every 5s...
  • Page 18: Beeper

    1.4 Beeper The beeper built in CT10 can help the user know about the current operation status. Beeping Meaning Power on. If the scanner has no BT address which could One long beep, high tone connect with, flashing red. If the scanner has BT address which could connect with, flashing blue.
  • Page 19: Beeper Volume

    1.4.1 Beeper Volume Mute Minimum Volume (*)Medium Volume Maximum Volume For example: Set Minimum Volume for beeper. 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Minimum Volume" barcode; 3. Read the "Exit with Save" barcode. Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...
  • Page 20: Scan Modes

    By default, the scan mode is set to Manual Mode. If the user keeps press the Scan Key, the CT10 Scanner will emit a red light line. This indicates the scanner could scan, the scanning will not stop until the scanner under the following situation.
  • Page 21: Continuous Mode

    1.5.2 Continuous Mode When you active the “Continuous Mode”, you don’t need to trigger the “Scan Key”. After a successful decoding, the removal of barcode is required. It is not allowed to proceed to decode until the decoding delay time has passed. To decode the same barcode repeatedly, move away the barcode and put it back again and again for scanning.
  • Page 22: Auto Power Off Mode

    1.5.3 Auto Power Off Mode (*)Auto Power Off Mode Setup Auto Power Off Time Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...
  • Page 23 Delay Between Re-Read The delay time between re-read of above scan modes could be set by the following barcode. 400ms 800ms (*)2s For Example: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Auto Power off Mode" barcode; 3. Read the "1s" of the time interval between each scanning barcode; 4.
  • Page 24: Auto-Induction Mode

    Under the Auto-induction Mode. The users just need to move the barcodes to be scanned in front of the light band of CT10, no need press the Scan Key, there will show a red light line. This indicates the scanner could scan, the scanning will not stop until the scanner under the following situation.
  • Page 25: Symbologies Supported

    CT10 Barcode Scanner support USB Data live transmission. The user just need connect one end of the USB cable to a device with USB2.0 port, and the other end to CT10, open a textbox, it will enter data transmission. USB wired transmission is the prior transmission...
  • Page 26: Chapter 2 How To Connect With Bt

    4、Have the scanner read the barcodes for related settings. 5、Have the scanner read the barcode to exit the setting mode. 6、The CT10 Scanner will stay active for 1 minute waiting for a connection request from the host(SPP) or trying to connect to the host(HID).
  • Page 27: Select Output Interface

    You can setup SPP data batch upload or single upload according to your requirements. SPP Data Batch Upload SPP Data Single Upload 2.1.2 BT HID Mode By default, BT HID is activated on the CT10 Scanner, and the keyboard type is set to PCAT (US). (*)Enable HID Enter Setup...
  • Page 28: Setting Up A Bt Connection

    Before the CT10 Scanner connects with the other devices, the user should pre-set the scanner. For example: The CT10 Scanner is trying to connect with a host computer, the setting operation is according to the following steps: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode;...
  • Page 29: Connect To Pc Via Bt

    2.3 Connect to PC via BT Steps:Turn on Bluetooth of your computer (take Win7 as example) (Note: If your computer without Bluetooth, you should prepare a Bluetooth Adapter, Insert the adapter to USB port) Click ‘Add a Device’, It will search for the devices, show the following window:...
  • Page 30 The computer will search Bluetooth devices automatically. A few seconds later, you will find CT10 in the available devices list, click ‘Next’ Select ‘Enter the device’s pairing code’, and click ‘Next’. Input the pairing code 10010, and click ‘Next’...
  • Page 31 You can find a prompting at the lower right corner of your computer desktop, as following. After around 5 seconds, you will hear a beep from CT10, and the indicator from red to blue. Then connect successfully.
  • Page 32 You can open a editable textbox (Notepad, word etc.), and read the barcodes. (Note:After pairing successfully, open Bluetooth Chat, then you can read the barcodes in SPP mode.) Now, you click ‘Show Bluetooth Devices’, you can find the CT10 in Devices and Printers.
  • Page 33 If you want to change PIN code or switch output interface, you must remove the paired CT10 on the computer first.
  • Page 34 Note: CT10 default mode is HID Mode, if you want to use SPP mode, just read following barcodes before pairing, other operations is same as HID mode.
  • Page 35: Connect To Pda Via Bt

    PDA is trying to connect to the CT10 Scanner (BT SPP). 1. Press the Power key and turn on the CT10 Scanner with correct BT settings, such as setting up SPP as BT transmit interface, and BT PIN code specified, etc.
  • Page 36 4. Choose "CT10", click [Next]. 5. Enter the PIN Code. When setting up a BT connection, if you choose "The Default Value 1", input 10010; If you choose "The Default Value 2", input 40510; if you specified a unique PIN code on your own, input it. Click [Next].
  • Page 37 7. Choose port number for added device. [COM0] is chosen here. Click [OK].
  • Page 38 8. Enter serial port application, choose the port number you just set, click [open]. The CT10 Scanner respond with two short beeps, and the indicator is flashing blue (On/Off ratio 20ms:3s), indicating the connection between PDA and CT10 is established...
  • Page 39: One-Click Android Connection

    1. Turn on CT10, read the following barcodes continuously Enter Setup One-click android connection Exit with Save 2. Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth in your android device, search CT10 in available devices, and click It will popup Bluetooth pairing request dialog, input the PIN code 10010...
  • Page 40 Click OK, you will hear a beep from CT10, that means pairing successfully, you can find paired CT10 on the android device.
  • Page 41 Open a textbox, for example short message, the CT10 can read barcodes into the textbox.
  • Page 42: One-Click Ios Connection

    2.4.2 One-click iOS Connection 1. Turn on CT10, and read the following barcodes continuously Enter Setup One-click iOS Connection Exit with Save 2.Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth in your ios device, search CT10 in available devices, and click...
  • Page 43 Find above mentioned numbers in following barcodes, read them continuously, and then read ‘Exit without Save’ barcode Exit without Save You will hear a beep from CT10 if connect successfully, and it will show in the paired devices on iOS device.
  • Page 44 3. Active or Hide the Input Method During the scanning, you may use the soft keypad if you want to add remark information, you just need double click Power key quickly, it will active the soft keypad. If you double click Power key quickly again, the soft keypad will hide.
  • Page 45: Connect Via Bt Input Method

    2.4.3 Connect via BT Input Method Turn on Bluetooth barcode scanner CT10 or CT20 for setup Read ‘Enter Setup’ barcode Read ‘Bluetooth Input Method’ barcode Bluetooth Input Method Read ‘Exit with Save’ barcode Setup ‘CILICO Bluetooth barcode input method’ Step 1: Tap ‘Select Input Method’...
  • Page 46 Select Cilico Bluetooth Input method (support Chinese, English and Japanese)
  • Page 47 Step 2:Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth Click ‘Search for devices’, and will find CT10/CT20 in available devices...
  • Page 48 Click for pairing, and input the PIN code in following window, then click OK. You will find CT10/CT20 in Paired Devices if pairing successfully.
  • Page 49 Step 3:Tap ‘Select Bluetooth device’ Click CT10/CT20 in Bluetooth Paired Device List, it will connect automatically...
  • Page 50 You will hear a beep if connect successfully Step 4:Tap ‘Switch Input Method’ Select Cilico Bluetooth Input method (support Chinese, English and Japanese), the user can choose according to their requirement...
  • Page 51 Step 5:Tap ‘Finish’...
  • Page 52 Step 6:Open a editable textbox, then can read the barcodes Switch to Chinese input method...
  • Page 53 Switch to English input method Switch to Japanese input method...
  • Page 54: Chapter 3 Symbology Settings

    Chapter 3 SYMBOLOGY SETTINGS In this chapter, a brief on the symbology setting is provided for your reference. Contents   3.1 CODABAR ........................55  3.2 CODE 25 –INDUSTRIAL25 .................... 56  3.3 CODE 25 –INTERLEAVED 25 ..................57  3.4 CODE 25 –MATRIX 25....................58  3.5 CODE 25-STANDARD 25 ....................
  • Page 55: Codabar

    3.1 CODABAR Decide whether or not to enable Codabar. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Codabar. Enable Codabar (*)Disable Codabar Note: Read the "Disable Codabar" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Codabar barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Codabar barcode, please trying to read "Enable Codabar"...
  • Page 56: Code 25 -Industrial25

    3.2 CODE 25 –INDUSTRIAL25 Decide whether or not to enable Industrial 25. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Industrial 25. Enable Industrial25 (*)Disable Industrial25 Note: Read the "Disable Industrial 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Industrial 25 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Industrial 25 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Industrial 25"...
  • Page 57: Code 25 -Interleaved 25

    3.3 CODE 25 –INTERLEAVED 25 Decide whether or not to enable Interleaved 25. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Interleaved 25. Enable Interleaved 25 (*)Disable Interleaved Note: Read the "Disable Interleaved 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Interleaved 25 barcode.
  • Page 58: Code 25 -Matrix 25

    3.4 CODE 25 –MATRIX 25 Decide whether or not to enable Matrix 25. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Matrix 25 Enable Matrix 25 (*)Disable Matrix 25 Note: Read the "Disable Matrix 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Matrix 25 barcode.
  • Page 59: Code 25-Standard 25

    3.5 CODE 25-STANDARD 25 Decide whether or not to enable Standard 25. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Standard 25. Enable Standard 25 (*)Disable Standard 25 Note: Read the "Disable Standard 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Standard 25 barcode.
  • Page 60: Code 39

    3.6 CODE 39 3.6.1 Enable/Disable Code 39 Decide whether or not to enable Code 39, The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Code 39. (*)Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 3.6.2 START/STOP Transmission Decide whether or not to include the start/stop characters in the data being transmitted.
  • Page 61: Checksum Verification

    3.6.3 Checksum Verification It is not enforced to include the checksum character in the Code 39 data. If checksum character is included, it should be the last character of the barcode data. Checksum character is a calculate value bases on all of the data, and is used to check the data is correct or not.
  • Page 62: Standard/Full Ascii Code 39

    STANDARD/FULL ASCII CODE 39 Decide whether or not to support Code 39 Full ASCII that includes all the alphanumeric and special character. The CT10 Scanner defaults full ASCII Code 39. It could disable full ASCII Code 39 via set. Disable Code39 Full ASCII...
  • Page 63: Code 93

    3.7 CODE 93 Decide whether or not to enable Code 93. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Code 93. Enable Code93 (*)Disable Code93 Note: Read the "Disable Code 93" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Code 93 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Code 93 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Code 93"...
  • Page 64: Code 128

    3.8 Code 128 Decide whether or not to enable Code 128. The CT10 Scanner defaults enable Code 128. (*)Enable Code128 Disable Code128 Note: Read the "Disable Code 128" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Code 128 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Code 128 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Code 128"...
  • Page 65: Ean-8

    3.9 EAN-8 3.9.1 Enable/Disable EAN-8 Decide whether or not to enable EAN-8. The CT10 Scanner defaults enable EAN-8. (*)Enable EAN-8 Disable EAN-8 3.9.2 Convert to EAN-13 There is two ways for EAN-8 to change, convert to EAN-13, or add "0" ahead of EAN-8, and the EAN-8 ID is not change.
  • Page 66: Checksum Transmission

    3.9.3 Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to transmit Checksum. *Transmit EAN-8 Checksum Do Not Transmit EAN-8 Checksum For example: Enable EAN-8, and Convert to EAN-13. 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Enable EAN-8" barcode; 3. Read the "Convert to EAN-13" barcode; 4.
  • Page 67: Ean-13

    3.10 EAN-13 3.10.1 Enable/Disable EAN-13 Decide whether or not to read EAN-13. The CT10 Scanner defaults enable EAN-13. (*)Enable EAN-13 Disable EAN-13 3.10.2 Convert to ISBN Decide whether or not to convert the EAN-13 to ISBN. Convert EAN-13 to ISBN...
  • Page 68: Checksum Transmission

    3.10.3 Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted. *Transmit EAN-13 Checksum Do Not Transmit EAN-13 Checksum For example: Convert EAN-13 to ISBN. 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Convert EAN-13 to ISBN" barcode; 3.
  • Page 69: Upc-A

    3.11 UPC-A 3.11.1 UPC-A Output ‘0’ Decide whether or not to add "0" in the output of UPC-A data. UPC-A Output ‘0’ *UPC-A Do Not Output "0" 3.11.2 UPC-A Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted. *Transmit UPC-A Checksum Do Not Transmit UPC-A Checksum For example: UPC-A Output "0", Do Not Transmit UPC-A Checksum.
  • Page 70: Upc-E

    3.12 UPC-E 3.12.1 Enable/Disable UPC-E Decide whether or not to enable UPC-E. The CT10 Scanner defaults enable UPC-E. (*)Enable UPC-E Disable UPC-E 3.12.2 UPC-E Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted.
  • Page 71: Msi

    3.13 MSI Decide whether or not to enable MSI. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable MSI. Enable MSI (*)Disable MSI Note: Read the "Disable MSI" barcode will make the scanner can not read the MSI barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the MSI barcode, please trying to read "Enable MSI"...
  • Page 72: Code 11

    3.14 CODE 11 Decide whether or not to enable Code 11. The CT10 Scanner defaults disable Code 11. Enable Code11 (*)Disable Code11 Note: Read the "Disable Code 11" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Code 11 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Code 11 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Code 11"...
  • Page 73: Chapter 4 Defining Output Format

    Chapter 4 DEFINING OUTPUT FORMAT Before data transmission to the host or device, you can pre-process the data and decide the format of the data transfer.
  • Page 74: Code Id

    4.1 CODE ID Code ID List Code Type Code ID Hex Value Codabar Code 39 UPC-E EAN-13 Interleaved 2 of 5(ITF) Code 2 of 5 (Standard) Code 11 Code 93 Code 128 Matrix 2 of 5 2/5 Industrial EAN-8 ISBN UPC-A Decide whether or not to add Code ID in the barcode data of output.
  • Page 75: Suffix Code Of Barcode Settings

    Suffix Code of Barcode Settings Decide whether or not to apply Enter for suffix of barcode data. (*) Apply Enter for suffix Do not Apply Enter for suffix Decide whether or not to apply Alt to suffix of barcode data. (*)Apply Alt for suffix suffix Do not Apply Alt for...
  • Page 76 APPENDIX I The setting barcodes of parameters' value.
  • Page 77 FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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