LED AND BEEPER INDICATIONS
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LED AND BEEPER INDICATIONS
The reader’s beeper sounds and its LED illuminates to indicate various functions or
errors on the reader. An optional “Green Spot” also performs useful functions. The fol
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lowing tables list these indications. One exception to the behaviors listed in the tables is
that the reader’s functions are programmable, and so may or may not be turned on. For
example, certain indications such as the power-up beep can be disabled using program
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ming bar code labels.
Table 33LED and Beeper Indications
USER INDICATIONS FOR PD96XX
Table 34 User Indications for PD96XX
INDICATION
LED
BEEPER
Power-up
Upper LED flashes/blinks on power-up,
however, this may be too rapid to view. With
a USB interface, the LED blinks until enu
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meration with the host is completed.
Reader beeps four times at highest fre
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quency and volume upon power-up.
Good Read
LED behavior for this indication is configu
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rable via the feature “Good Read: When to
Indicate”.
The Green spot turns on for a configurable time.
The reader will beep once at current fre
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quency, volume, mono/bi-tonal setting
and duration upon a successful label scan.
ROM Failure
Flashes
Reader sounds 4 long beeps.
Limited Scanning
Label Read
N/A
Reader 'chirps' six times at the highest
frequency and current volume.
Reader Disabled
The LED blinks continuously 100mS on / 900mS off
N/A
Image Capture
Blue light
N/A
Double TAP
The scanner turns on the LED for a few sec
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onds indicating the state of the battery.
Green: completely charged.
Orange: half charge.
Red: low battery.
N/A
STATUS
3GL AND GOOD READ LED
BUZZER
Power-up
OFF
Rising Beeps’ Sequence
USB Enumeration Phase
250 msec
a
ON
↔
250 msec OFF
OFF
USB Suspend
Depends on Power Cable and specific configurations
OFF
Idle
OFF
OFF
While Reading
OFF
OFF
Decode Done
Solid ON
Programmable Duration (1 s default)
Single Beep
Reader Disabled (POS)
Communication with host not
established
100 msec ON
↔
900 msec OFF
OFF
Firmware Upgrade
250 msec ON
↔
250 msec OFF
OFF
Host Download
250 msec ON
↔
250 msec OFF
OFF
Enter Service Mode
No Effect
Beeps’ Sequence
Label Programming
No Effect
Beep
a. “msec” stands for milliseconds, equivalent to 1/1000th of a second
