Cradle LED Indications

Cradle LED Indications

This table describes the CR8178-PC and CR8178-SC status LED indications.
Cradle LED Indications
LED
Indication
Standard Use
Green (stays on)
Power Up
Radio Indications
Green (off, then on)
Bluetooth connection established
Blue
Page button
Blue (fast/fast/slow)
Page issued
Charging Indications
Amber (stays on)
Pre-charging
Amber blinking
Charging
Green (stays on)
Fully charged
Amber fast blinking
Charging error. See Troubleshooting for more information.
Red blinking
The battery is charging, but it is at end of life. Replace it with a new battery.
Red fast blinking
The cradle is either not providing current to the scanner, or the scanner is consuming more current than the cradle can supply (see Troubleshooting for more information)
Virtual Tether Alarm
Fast blinking alternating green and red
The scanner disconnects over Bluetooth from the cradle (Virtual Tether Alarm enabled)
Maintenance Indications
Red (stays on)
Enable boot loader
Red blinking
Firmware installation
Host-Controlled Cradle LED Indications
LED
Indication
123Scan
Green (slow blinking)
Scanner connected to 123Scan
Red (fast blinking)
File being transferred to the scanner (parameters and firmware)
Red (slow blinking)
Firmware activated on the scanner, loaded into memory
Green
Programming complete (parameters and firmware)
Red
Error state
SMS
Red blinking (both scanner and cradle)
Loading the SMS package to scanner