Scanner Indications
Scanner Indications

Scanner Indications

This section provides beeper and LED indications.
Scanner Indications
LED
Tone Sequence
Description
Standard Use
Green (stays on)
Low/medium/high beeps
Scanner has power.
(Hands-free)
Solid Green LED; turns off after decode.
Medium Beep (or as configured)
Good decode.
(Handheld)
LED is off; green upon decode
Green (blink continuous)
Low beep
Snapshot started.
Red (stays on)
None
Scanner error.
Red (blink continuous)
None
Flashing new software.
Image Capture
Green (blinking)
Low beep
Snapshot mode started.
Default Green LED based upon hand-held or hands-free mode.
Low beep
Snapshot mode completed.
Default Green LED based upon hand-held or hands-free mode.
High/low beep
Snapshot mode timed-out.
Parameter Programming
Red
Long low/long high beeps
Input error; incorrect barcode or
Cancel
scanned, wrong entry, incorrect barcode programming sequence; remain in program mode.
Green
High/low beeps
Number expected. Enter value using numeric barcodes.
Green
High/low/high/low beeps
Successful program exit with change in the parameter setting.
ADF Programming
None
Low/high/low beeps
ADF transmit error.
Green
High/low beeps
Number expected. Enter another digit. Add leading zeros to the front if necessary.
Green
Low/low beeps
Alphanumeric expected. Enter another alphanumeric character or scan the
End of Message
barcode.
Green blinking
High/high beeps
ADF criteria or action is expected. Enter another criteria or action or scan the
Save Rule
barcode.
Green
High/low/low beeps
All criteria or actions cleared for current rule, continue entering rule.
Green; turns off after blinking.
High/low/high/low beeps
Rule saved. Rule entry mode exited.
Red
Long low/long high beeps
Rule error. Entry error, wrong barcode scanned, or criteria/action list is too long for a rule. Re-enter criteria or action.
Green
Low beep
Deleted last saved rule. The current rule is left intact.
Green
Low/high/high beeps
All rules deleted.
Red
Long low/long high/long low/long high beeps
Out of rule memory. Erase some existing rules, then try to save rule again.
Green; turns off after blinking.
Long low/long high/long low beeps
Cancel rule entry. Rule entry mode exited because of an error or the user asked to exit rule entry.
Host Specific (USB only)
None
Four high beeps
Scanner has not completed initialization. Wait several seconds and scan again.
Host Specific (RS-232 only)
Red
Low/low/low/extra low beeps
RS-232 receive error (parity error).
None
High beep
A <BEL> character is received when Beep on <BEL> is enabled (Point-to-Point mode only).
123Scan only (When in use, the utility controls the scanner LED).
Green (slow blinking)
None
Scanner connected to 123Scan.
Red (fast blinking)
None
File being transferred to the scanner (parameters and firmware).
Red (slow blinking)
None
Firmware being activated on the scanner, loaded into memory.
Green (solid)
None
Programming completed successfully (parameters and firmware).
Red (solid)
None
Error state.
SMS only
Red (blinking)
None
Loading the SMS package to scanner.
Maintenance Indications
Red (stays on)
High/high beeps
Enter Bootloader.
Red (blinking)
None
Firmware installation.
Macro PDF
None
Low/low beeps
Buffered File ID error. A barcode not in the current MPDF sequence was scanned.
None
Long low/long low beeps (2 long low beeps)
File ID error. A barcode not in the current MPDF sequence was scanned.
None
Long low/long low/long low beeps (3 long low beeps)
Out of memory. There is not enough buffer space to store the current MPDF symbol.
None
Long low/long low/long low/long low beeps (4 long low beeps)
Bad symbology. Scanned a 1D or 2D barcode in an MPDF sequence, a duplicate MPDF label, a label in an incorrect order, or trying to transmit an empty or illegal MPDF field.
None
Long low/long low/long low/long low/long low beeps (5 long low beeps)
Flushing MPDF buffer.
None
Fast warble
Aborting MPDF sequence.
None
Low/high beeps
Flushing an already empty MPDF buffer.