Radio Communications; Connection Maintenance Interval - Symbol DS 3478 Product Reference Manual

Radio Communications

Connection Maintenance Interval

When a digital scanner disconnects from a cradle due to a Link Supervision Timeout, the digital scanner immediately attempts to
reconnect to the cradle for 30 seconds. If the digital scanner does not reconnected within 30 seconds, it enters low power mode.
Thereafter, when a bar code is scanned, the digital scanner attempts to reconnect before transmitting the data.
To guarantee that a disconnected digital scanner can reconnect when it comes back in range, the cradle reserves the connection for
that digital scanner for a period of time defined by the Connection Maintenance Interval. If the cradle is already supporting the
maximum four digital scanners, and one digital scanner disconnects, a fifth digital scanner cannot pair to the cradle during this
interval. Connection Maintenance Interval options are:
• 15 minutes
• 30 minutes
• One hour
• Two hours
• Four hours
• Eight hours
• 24 hours
• Indefinitely.
Considerations
The system administrator determines the Connection Maintenance Interval. A shorter interval allows new users to gain access to
abandoned connections more quickly, but causes problems if users leave the work area for extended periods. A longer interval allows
existing users to leave the work area for longer periods of time, but ties up the system for new users.
To avoid this conflict, users who are going off-shift can scan the unpair bar code on page
Interval and make the connection immediately available.
To set the Connection Maintenance Interval, select one of the following bar codes.
*Set Interval to 15 Minutes
User Preferences 4-9
4-12 to ignore the Connection Maintenance
Set Interval to 30 Minutes