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Point Mobile PM5 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Instruction

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Instruction PM5 is a wireless Bluetooth scanner that brings the full scanning capability on your finger. With two types of trigger accessories, single trigger and sled, you can use PM5 optimizing on your working routine. PM5 can be used with host device, and can also be used as a standalone scanner with batch mode.

  • Page 3: Revision History

    Updated the description of battery replacement Updated SKU list v13.0 25 Apr 2025 Updated the default value of HID Inter Char Delay setting (20ms > 3ms; the change of 92.10 version) © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    BLUETOOTH CONNECTION ................... 26 SPP Connection ........................26 HID connection ........................31 BLE Connection ........................33 Disconnect ..........................33 Reconnect ..........................33 Change Bluetooth Connect Mode ..................34 General Bluetooth Settings ....................34 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 5 SAFETY INFORMATION ..................61 Battery Safety Information ..................... 61 APPENDIX ........................ 63 Bluetooth Mode Barcodes ...................... 63 Bluetooth Power Class ......................64 Batch Mode Barcodes ......................65 Factory Data Reset ........................ 66 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Depending on the SKU, one of the following is included in the product box. Single Trigger SKU (SKU1, SKU2) Accessory Name Single Trigger Sled SKU (SKU3, SKU4) Accessory Name Sled Sled Lanyard © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 7: Ring Scanner Parts

    Speaker Emit the beep sound Reset button Press to reboot or reset PM5 LED Indicators Indicates the status of PM5 with beep sound © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 8: Trigger Accessory Parts

    If you purchased the PM5 single trigger SKU (SKU1, SKU2), a single trigger is included in the package box. PM5 can be worn on the index finger like a ring by assembling the single trigger. And by USB connector on the trigger, you can charge PM5.
  • Page 9 Getting Started Sled parts Sled can charge PM5 and lets the PM5 communicate with a host PC, using USB connector. Also, you can wear the PM5 like a necklace by mounting the enclosed lanyard in the Sled SKU package box.

  • Page 10: Install & Remove Battery

    Install & Remove Battery Install the battery 1. Align the connector on the PM5 with the connector on the battery. 2. Slide and press the battery into the battery slot so that the battery is firmly engaged. Figure 7 Install battery Remove the battery 1.

  • Page 11: Using With Trigger Accessory

    1. Determine the trigger orientation according to the hand you wear the PM5.  Align the trigger so that the trigger scan button is positioned next to the thumb. 2. Insert the opposite side of trigger locker to PM5's trigger assembly latch first. Figure 9 Trigger Assemble_Left hand mount Figure 10 Trigger Assemble_Right hand mount 3.
  • Page 12 1. Insert the end of finger strap into the hole on the single trigger Figure 13 Insert finger strap 2. Wear the PM5 with single trigger on the index finger as the trigger scan button facing the thumb. © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 13 Getting Started 3. Tighten the finger strap and attach the end of the strap to remaining strap. Figure 14 Mount PM5 onto index finger (Left hand) 4. To loosen the finger strap, detach the end of the strap © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 14 PM5 like a necklace by enclosed lanyard in sled SKU. Assemble Sled 1. Slide and insert the end of sled's scan button side to the scanner side latch on the PM5 as shown below figure. Figure 15 Assemble sled - 1 2.
  • Page 15 4. To remove the sled, slide the sled locker toward the UNLOCK and lift the sled. Figure 17 Release sled Use with Sled Use PM5 with sled mounted with the scan button on sled facing up. You can easily press the scan button by thumb. Figure 18 Holding PM5 with Sled mounted...
  • Page 16 Wear the PM5 like a necklace and protect the scanner from falling damage by attaching lanyard. The lanyard is enclosed in PM5 Sled SKU. And it has a retractable wire reel for wider working range. 1. Find the end of the strap that thin enough to go through the lanyard hole.

  • Page 17: Charging The Scanner

    Getting Started Charging the Scanner Note: Before using PM5 for the first time, charge the scanner at least 1 hour for stable operation. There are two methods to charge PM5. Use power adapter or charging cradles (optional accessory). Charge via power adapter According to the SKU, assemble the single trigger or sled and charge PM5 using the USB connector on each accessory.
  • Page 18 Getting Started Charge via cradle There are 2 types of cradle (sold separately) for charging PM5, 8SBC (8 Slot Battery Cradle) and 4SC (4 Slot Cradle). The cradles can be connected to make share cradle that can charge the PM5 and batteries with more slots.
  • Page 19 PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Getting Started 4SC can charge up to 4 units of PM5 with single trigger mounted. Single trigger must be mounted the PM5 for charging with 4SC (Sled SKU cannot be charged). 1. Assemble the power adapter and power cable, and then connect it to the cradle.

  • Page 20: Scanner Status

    Run mode Run mode is a mode that PM5 can operate immediately. Low Power mode When PM5 stays idle for sleep timeout you set, PM5 enters sleep mode. Sleep mode has two types, Normal sleep and Deep sleep. sleep type...
  • Page 21 Install battery to PM5, and press scan button on single trigger or sled. Figure 26 Scan buttons Reset the PM5 Warmboot Perform warmboot when you want to restart the PM5. LED indicator will light on blue during warmboot process. To perform warmboot, - Press reset button for 3 seconds Factory reset To reset all setting values as default, perform factory reset.
  • Page 22 PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Getting Started To perform factory reset when PM5 is in run mode or low power mode, 1. Press reset button until the blue LED blinks for 5 seconds. 2. While LED blinks, press and release reset button and scan button on single trigger or sled simultaneously.

  • Page 23: Status Indication

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Getting Started Status indication Unless the beep sound is muted or LED notification is disabled, user can check the PM5’s status with beep sound and LED as below table. Description LED Sequence Beep Sequence...
  • Page 24 Battery temperature is low – High (Under 0 ℃) – Low High – Middle Battery temperature is critical low – Middle None (Under -5 ℃and voltage is under 3.8V) – Low (Then shutdown) © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 25: Applications For Ring Scanner

     Scan demo RingControl Lite RingControl Lite is a RingControl for Android device which is not manufactured by Point Mobile. RingControl Lite supports most of RingControl features, but does not support wedge settings. © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 26: Ringcontrol Configuration Tool

    Figure 28 Ring Scanner Configuration Tool You can configure the below settings,  RingControl Configuration - Admin Password  Ring Scanner Configuration - Auto Update, Wedge - Configuration - System - Notification - Symbologies © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 27: Bluetooth Connection

    BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) SPP Connection SPP (Serial Port Profile) mode is default communication mode of PM5. To change configurations or update PM5 firmware, you must use SPP mode. Depending on the host device to be connected with, an application is required as follows.
  • Page 28 PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Bluetooth Connection Scan-to-Pair Scan-to-Pair is most common way to connect via RingControl. Scan a barcode provided by RingControl. This barcode makes PM5 change to SPP mode and connect to the host device. Figure 29 Scan-to-Pair Tap-to-Pair Find the NFC location of host device and ring scanner, and align NFC logo of ring scanner with NFC antenna of host device to pair.
  • Page 29 Note: RingControl app must be launching on background via auto-launch. Connect with general Android devices To connect PM5 with general Android devices, RingControl Lite app is required. RingControl Lite provides different ways to connect depending on whether your Android device supports the NFC feature or not.
  • Page 30 PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Bluetooth Connection Connect with Windows 10 PC Point Mobile provides a sample app for connecting PM5 via scan-to-pair. Download the sample app (SDK) package from Service Portal, and install it on your PC. 1. Execute sample app.
  • Page 31 3. Scan the pairing barcode with PM5. 4. Click the notification to add PM5. Figure 32 Add device notification (Windows) 5. Allow to pair PM5 on the dialog. Figure 33 Pairing dialog (Windows) © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 32: Hid Connection

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Bluetooth Connection HID connection When PM5 is connected as HID mode, the PM5 scans a barcode and sends the decoded data to the host device as a keyboard action. To change the mode to HID, refer to Change Bluetooth Connect Mode chapter.
  • Page 33 2. Right click the Bluetooth icon on the task bar, and select Add a Bluetooth Device. Figure 34 Connect with Windows PC (HID mode)_1 3. Select PM5 to be connected among the searched nearby Bluetooth device list in Add a device window.

  • Page 34: Ble Connection

    You don’t need to change to BLE mode manually because the app(s) will change the mode to BLE automatically when you try to update the firmware. And the PM5 comes back to SPP mode automatically when the update is done.

  • Page 35: Change Bluetooth Connect Mode

    Short High Power consumption The default class of PM5 is Class 2. To increase the range change to Class 1. But Class 1 consumes battery power more than Class 2. Appendix – Bluetooth Power If you want to use parameter barcode, find desired barcode in Class.

  • Page 36: Configuration

    PM5 configuration consists of wedge, system, notification, symbology settings. Unless you do factory reset, the configuration maintains after reboot. This chapter describes how to apply the configuration, and each configuration. Note: To change all setting values as default, execute factory reset on PM5. Find how to do factory reset in Reset the PM5.
  • Page 37 Auto Update  Apply configuration every time the ring scanner is connected  Apply configuration immediately Manual Update Note: Update is not available when PM5 battery is too low (<20%) or temperature is out of ℃ ℉ range (< 0 or <...
  • Page 38 Manual update can be performed regardless the auto update is enabled or disabled. To apply new configuration with a JSON file immediately, 1. Launch RingControl (Lite) and connect PM5 with host device. 2. Go to Advanced Settings > Apply Ring Scanner settings with JSON file (Password is required).

  • Page 39: Available Settings

    EXTRA_EVENT_DECODE_VALUE (String) Extra decode bytes value EXTRA_EVENT_BYTES_VALUE (ByteArray) Extra Scanner Source EXTRA_EVENT_SOURCE Character set UTF-8 UTF-16 UTF-16BE UTF-16LE US-ASCII ISO-8859-1 EUC-KR Result Charset UTF-8 Shift-JIS windows-1250 windows-1251 windows-1252 windows-1253 windows-1254 windows-1257 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 40: System Settings

    3 ms Normal Standard mode Batch Mode Normal Auto mode USB storage mode Disable Deep Sleep Mode Disable Enable Disable Connect Alert Enable Enable Normal Trigger Mode Enhanced Normal Mobile Phone Read © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 41: Bluetooth Settings

    BT Class setting can also be configured by scanning a parameter barcode. Setting Values / Range Default Class 1 BT Class Class 2 Class 2 Bluetooth Disconnection None None Timeout 1 ~24 hours © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 42: Notification Settings

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Configuration Notification settings Set PM5 notification through RingControl (Lite) or RingControl Configuration Tool. Setting Description Default Beep Enable or Disable the ring scanner’s beep sound Enable Beep Enable Adjust the volume of beep sound...

  • Page 43: Symbologies

    Disable Disable InterCharacter Gaps Enable Redundancy 0 ~ 10 EAN8 Disable Enable Enable Enable Disable Send Check Character Enable Enable Disable Addenda Required Disable Enable Disable Send Addenda Separator Enable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 44 Enable Enable Disable 2-Digit Addenda Disable Enable Disable 5-Digit Addenda Disable Enable Disable ISBN Translate Disable Enable Redundancy 0 ~ 10 GS1 128 Disable Enable Enable Enable Redundancy 0 ~ 10 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 45 Redundancy 0 ~ 10 Interleaved 2 Of 5 Disable Enable Enable Enable No Check Check and don’t transmit Check Character No Check Check and transmit UPC A Disable Enable Enable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 46 Enable Disable Expand Enable Enable Disable Leading Zero Enable Enable Disable Addenda Required Disable Enable Disable Send Addenda Separator Enable Enable Disable 2-Digit Addenda Disable Enable Disable 5-Digit Addenda Disable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 47 Enable Enable DataMatrix Disable Enable Enable Enable 3166 Low Contrast Enhancements Off Low Contrast Low Contrast Enhancements Low Contrast Enhancements On Enhancements Reflective Low Contrast Enhancements On Disable Append Enable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 48 Disable Send Start / Stop Characters Disable Enable QR Code Disable Enable Enable Enable 7089 Disable Append Enable Enable Disable No Quiet Zone Disable Enable Code 11 Disable Enable Disable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 49 2435 Disable UPC EAN Disable Enable Maxicode Disable Enable Disable Enable Primary Primary Message Only Required, Message Format Primary Required, Secondary if Available Secondary Both Primary and Secondary Required if Available © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 50 Enable PDF417 Disable Enable Disable Enable 2750 Disable Macro PDF417 Enable Enable Straight 2 Of 5 IATA Disable Enable Disable Enable Redundancy 0 ~ 10 CodaBlock A Disable Enable Disable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 51 Validate Type 10 then Type 11 Char, Transmit No Check Characters Redundancy 0 ~ 10 TLC39 Disable Enable Disable Enable Trioptic Disable Enable Disable Enable (Couldn’t use with Code32) Redundancy 0 ~ 10 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 52 0 ~ 10 Telepen Disable Enable Disable Enable Output Original Redundancy 0 ~ 10 ISBT Disable Enable Disable Enable Straight 2 Of 5 Industrial Disable Enable Disable Enable Redundancy 0 ~ 10 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 53 Enable Disable Enable 2400 Disable Poor Quality DotCodes Disable Enable Digimarc Disable Enable Disable Enable China Post Disable Enable Disable Enable Redundancy 0 ~ 10 Korea Post Disable Enable Disable Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 54 Planet Code, Postnet, and Postal-4i Planet Code, Postnet, and Intelligent Mail Planet Code, Postal-4i, and Intelligent Mail Postnet, Postal-4i, and Intelligent Mail Planet Code, Postal-4i, and Postnet with B and B’ Fields © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 55 Numeric N Table Australian Post Interpretation Bar Output Alphanumeric C Table Combination N and C Tables Send Planet Code Check Disable Disable Character Enable Send Postnet Code Check Disable Disable Character Enable © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 56: Firmware Update

    Auto Update  Update F/W every time the ring scanner is connected  Update F/W immediately Manual Update Note: Update is not available when PM5 battery is too low (<20%) or temperature is out of range ℃ ℉ (< 0 or <...

  • Page 57: Manual Update

    Manual update can be performed regardless the auto update is enabled or disabled. To update firmware with RFU file manually, 1. Launch RingControl (Lite) app and connect PM5 with host device 2. Go to Advanced settings > Update Ring Scanner F/W with RFU file (Password is required) 3.

  • Page 58: Scan A Barcode

    Bad Scanning If you aim the barcode wrong direction or aim point is too tilted to scan only the part of the barcode, you can’t read the barcode. © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 59: Accessory

    8SBC Quick start guide. 4SC (4 Slot Cradle) 4SC is a charging cradle for PM5. Up to 4 units of PM5 can be charged simultaneously. For more Charge the Scanner – Charging via cradle detail, find chapter or 4SC Quick start guide.
  • Page 60 - Make 40SBC connecting 5 pcs of 8SBC. Figure 40 40SBC  20 slot ring cradle - Make 20 slot ring cradle connecting 5 pcs of 4SC. Figure 41 20 slot ring cradle © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...
  • Page 61 PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Accessory  Multi type slot share cradle - Connect 4SC and 8SBC to make multi type slot share cradle. Figure 42 Multi type slot share cradle © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 62: Safety Information

    Battery Safety Guidelines  Use only Point Mobile approved batteries and charging accessories. Other batteries and chargers may damage the device or result in a fire, leakage, or other hazards.
  • Page 63  Dispose of used batteries promptly according to local disposal regulations.  Do not dispose of the battery in fire. It may cause explosion. Notice: The battery is consumable. Point Mobile provides a warranty for the battery for 12 months after purchase.

  • Page 64: Appendix

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Appendix Bluetooth Mode Barcodes SPP Mode HID Mode HID LE Mode © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 65: Bluetooth Power Class

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Appendix Bluetooth Power Class Class 1 Class 2 © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 66: Batch Mode Barcodes

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Appendix Batch Mode Barcodes Normal Auto mode Standard mode USB storage mode Start Send (Standard mode) (Standard mode) © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

  • Page 67: Factory Data Reset

    PM5 Wireless Ring Scanner User Manual Appendix Factory Data Reset © 2024. Point Mobile Co., Ltd. All rights reserved...

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