Inateck BCST-10, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...w w w i n a t e c k c o m Instruction Manual BCST 10 Barcode Scanner ...

Page 2: ...he scanner cause a short circuit or circuit damage DO NOT expose the scanner or battery to any flammable sources Maintenances Precaution Use a clean cloth to wipe dust off the body of the scanner If you find the scanner abnormal write down the specific scenario and consult the maintenance person 2 ...

Page 3: ...ults 10 Check Software Version 10 Save Custom Settings 11 Chapter 1 Features and Basic Setups 12 1 1 Battery 13 1 1 1 Mounting the battery charging 13 1 1 2 How to operate BCST 10 Barcode Scanner 13 1 1 3 Auto Power Off 13 1 2 Transmit Buffer 14 1 2 1 Inventory Mode 16 1 3 LED Indicator 17 1 4 Beeper 17 1 4 1 Beeper Volume 18 1 5 Scan Modes 19 1 5 1 Manual Mode 19 1 5 2 Auto Power Off Mode 20 1 5 ...

Page 4: ...rd 25 50 3 6 Code 39 51 3 6 1 Enable Disable Code 39 51 3 6 2 START STOP Transmission 51 3 6 3 Checksum Verification 52 3 6 4 Standard Full ASCII Code 39 53 3 7 Code 93 54 3 8 Code 128 55 3 9 EAN 8 54 3 9 1 Enable Disable EAN 8 55 3 9 2 Convert to EAN 13 56 3 9 3 Checksum Transmission 57 3 10 EAN 13 58 3 10 1 Enable Disable EAN 13 58 3 10 2 Convert to ISBN 58 3 10 3 Checksum Transmission 59 3 11 U...

Page 5: ... a wide range of barcode types FedEx and USPS barcodes are all supported Whole body shockproof and drop resistance design Proprietary intellectual property rights Comfortable operating feel Button life up to 3 million times Support BT standard protocol no need adaptor 1500mAh large capacity lithium battery Long working hours The maximum readable digit extend to 64 bit BCST 10 both wired and wirele...

Page 6: ...nder Horizontal Scan Indication Radio Range POWER Voltage Laser Safety EMC standby Current Operating current ABS TPU Length 160mm Width 70mm Height 90mm White Black Built in rechargeable lithium battery 150g With battery Bluetooth class 2 0 Version EDR USB RS232 PS2 Keyboard Laser LED 650 20nm 2500 pixels Codabar USPS FedEx UPC E Code 93 MSI Code 128 UCC EAN 128 Code 39 EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A ISBN Ind...

Page 7: ...s contained in this manual This section describes the procedure of setting the BCST 10 Barcode Scanner by reading the setup barcodes and provides some example for demonstration Step 1 Turn on BCST 10 Barcode Scanner It will response with a long beep high tone it s LED shows red and with Intmt twinkle Note How the BCST 10 Barcode Scanner establishes a connection with computer or other compatible de...

Page 8: ...BCST 10 Barcode Scanner will response three beeps tone descending from high to low and its LED indicator will not flashing purple and power off Note When any setup error occurs the BCST 10 Barcode Scanner will respond with a long beep low tone and its LED indicator will flashing purple Steps of Setup Enter Setup Details eg Enable Disable a Barcode Exit Setup Enter Setup Exit with Save Enable Codab...

Page 9: ...For the scanner to exit the setting mode you must have it read the Exit with Save barcode which will be located at the bottom of almost every page of this manual Just like reading the Enter Setup barcode the scanner will respond with three beeps tone ascending from low to high after reading the barcode Exit the Setting Mode without Save If you want to exit the setting mode without saving any chang...

Page 10: ...k You could use this barcode at the following status 1 The scanner can not work For example it can not read barcodes 2 You forget the settings you did to the scanner before and you don t want to be affected by the settings when you use the scanner 3 After using a function which is not be used usually in the scanner Check Software Version If you want to know the software version of BCST 10 should r...

Page 11: ...t read the Enter Setup Function barcode you want to customize Save Custom Settings Exit with Save barcodes 2 If you want to restore to custom settings after resetting the barcode scanner just need to read Enter Setup Restore Custom Settings Exit with Save barcodes as above Save Custom Settings Restore Customs Settings Enter Setup Exit with Save 11 ...

Page 12: ...tery charging 13 1 1 2 How to operate BCST 10 Barcode Scanner 13 1 1 3 Auto Power Off 13 1 2 Transmit Buffer 14 1 2 1 Inventory Mode 16 1 3 LED Indicator 17 1 4 Beeper 17 1 4 1 Beeper Volume 18 1 5 Scan Modes 19 1 5 1 Manual Mode 19 1 5 2 Auto Power Off Mode 20 1 5 3 Auto induction Mode 21 1 6 Symbologies Supported 22 1 7 USB Wired Data Transmission 22 12 ...

Page 13: ...0 Barcode Scanner Turn on the scanner Press the Power key for about 2 seconds The scanner will respond with a long beep high tone and its LED indicator is flashing Turn off the scanner Press the Power key for about 3 seconds The scanner will respond with two short beeps high tone and the LED indicator is turn off 1 1 3 Auto Power Off In order to conserve battery power the user can specify the time...

Page 14: ...ollected data to the host computer one by one via the Bluetooth Upon reading a barcode successfully the scanner responds with one short beep and its LED indicator becomes green and goes off quickly However the host computer may not receive the data immediately if getting out of range With the 256KB transmit buffer the scanner can ignore the transmission status and keep on reading barcodes until th...

Page 15: ... the Power key long time After the Bluetooth connect successfully the barcodes in the buffer will upload to appointed position automatically You also can setup upload the barcodes in the buffer or not via reading the following barcodes By default it is enabled If you don t want to upload the barcodes automatically you can setup as disabled when the Bluetooth connect the barcodes won t upload You c...

Page 16: ... enter into the inventory mode 2 If you want to recover to normal mode read the Enter Normal Mode barcode 3 Read the Clear the barcodes in the buffer barcode to clear the barcodes only suitable for inventory mode 4 Read Data Uploading barcode to upload the barcodes in the buffer only suitable for inventory mode 5 Read Upload Counting barcode to count the number of the barcodes only suitable for in...

Page 17: ...ores the address of BT which connects with the last time Indicates the BCST 10 Scanner is out of range or can not establish connection with BT with two short beeps high low tone Indicates the BCST 10 Scanner establish a BT connection successfully with two short beeps low high tone Indicates the BCST 10 Scanner reconnect with BT with two short beeps low high tone Indicates the BCST 10 Scanner has n...

Page 18: ...with purple LED flashing Configuration correct with purple LED flashing 1 4 1 Beeper Volume For example Set Minimum Volume for beeper 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Minimum Volume barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Mute Minimum Volume Medium Volume Maximum Volume Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save 18 ...

Page 19: ...e is set to Manual Mode If the user keeps press the Scan Key the BCST 10 Scanner will emit a red light line This indicates the scanner could scan the scanning will not stop until the scanner under the following situation Read a barcode successfully Release the Scan Key Manual Mode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save 19 ...

Page 20: ...1 5 2 Auto Power Off Mode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Auto Power Off Mode Setup Auto Power Off Time 20 ...

Page 21: ...successfully The pre set timeout expires the default time is 2s You also can setup the best auto induction distance according to actual demand read the following barcode for setup For Example 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Auto induction Mode barcode 3 Read the Setup Auto induction Distance 4 Read the numeric barcode in Appendix I 0 means farthest 9 means nearest 5 Read the Exit with Sa...

Page 22: ... USB cable to a device with USB2 0 port and the other end to BCST 10 open a textbox it will enter data transmission USB wired transmission is the prior transmission mode 22 Symbologies Supported Enable Disable Pre Set Codabar USPS Code 93 Disable MSI Code 128 Enable Enable Enable Enable FedEx Enable UCC EAN 128 Enable Code 39 Enable EAN 8 Enable EAN 13 Enable UPC A Enable UPC E Enable Enable Enabl...

Page 23: ... Have the scanner read the barcodes for related settings 5 Have the scanner read the barcode to exit the setting mode 6 The BCST 10 Scanner will stay active for 1 minute waiting for a connection request from the host SPP or trying to connect to the host HID Contents 2 1 Select Output Interface 24 2 1 1 BT SPP Mode 24 2 1 2 BT HID Mode 24 2 2 Setting up a BT connection 25 2 3 Connect to PC via BT 2...

Page 24: ...inal exe or serial port tool to collect the scanned data You can setup SPP data batch upload or single upload according to your requirements 2 1 2 BT HID Mode By default BT HID is activated on the BCST 10 Scanner and the keyboard type is set to PCAT US Enable SPP SPP Data Batch Upload SPP Data Single Upload Enable HID Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save 24 ...

Page 25: ...anner read the setting barcodes 1 5 1 5 1 5 in order it means the PIN code is 151515 Refer to APPENDIX I Note Before the BCST 10 Scanner connects with the other devices the user should pre set the scanner For example The BCST 10 Scanner is trying to connect with a host computer the setting operation is according to the following steps 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable SPP barcode 3 ...

Page 26: ...on Bluetooth of your computer take Win7 as example Note If your computer without Bluetooth you should prepare a Bluetooth Adapter Insert the adapter to USB port Click AddaDevice It will search for the devices show the following window 26 ...

Page 27: ... search Bluetooth devices automatically A few seconds later you will find CT in the available devices list click Next Select Enter the device s pairing code and click Next Input the pairing code 10010 and click Next 27 ...

Page 28: ...can find a prompting at the lower right corner of your computer desktop as following After around 5 seconds you will hear a beep from BCST 10 and the indicator from red to blue Then connect successfully 28 ...

Page 29: ...xtbox Notepad word etc and read the barcodes Note After pairing successfully open Bluetooth Chat then you can read the barcodes in SPP mode Now you click Show Bluetooth Devices you can find the BCST 10 in Devices and Printers 29 ...

Page 30: ...If you want to change PIN code or switch output interface you must remove the paired BCST 10 on the computer first 30 ...

Page 31: ...r operations is same as HID mode 2 4 Connect to PDA via BT PDA is trying to connect to the BCST 10 Scanner BT SPP 1 Press the Power key and turn on the BCST 10 Scanner with correct BT settings such as setting up SPP as BT transmit interface and BT PIN code specified etc 2 Find the BT icon on PDA and double click 31 ...

Page 32: ...3 Click Add New Device 4 Choose BCST 10 click Next 32 ...

Page 33: ... When setting up a BT connection if you choose The Default Value 1 input 10010 If you choose The Default Value 2 input 40510 if you specified a unique PIN code on your own input it Click Next 6 Click Finish Click New Transmit Port in COM port 33 ...

Page 34: ...7 Choose port number for added device COM0 is chosen here Click OK 34 ...

Page 35: ...ion choose the port number you just set click open The BCST 10 Scanner respond with two short beeps and the indicator is flashing blue On Off ratio 20ms 3s indicating the connection between PDA and BCST 10 is established successfully ...

Page 36: ...he following barcodes continuously 2 Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth in your android device search CT in available devices and click It will popup Bluetooth pairing request dialog input the PIN code 10010 One click android connection Enter Setup Exit with Save ...

Page 37: ...37 Click OK you will hear a beep from BCST 10 that means pairing successfully you can find paired BCST 10 on the android device ...

Page 38: ...38 Open a textbox for example short message the BCST 10 can read barcodes into the textbox ...

Page 39: ... Connection 1 Turn on BCST 10 and read the following barcodes continuously 2 Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth in your ios device search CT in available devices and click One click iOS Connection Enter Setup Exit with Save ...

Page 40: ...ow the PIN code Find above mentioned numbers in following barcodes read them continuously and then read Exit without Save barcode You will hear a beep from BCST 10 if connect successfully and it will show in the paired devices on iOS device Exit without Save ...

Page 41: ...e scanning you may use the soft keypad if you want to add remark information you just need double click Power key quickly it will active the soft keypad If you double click Power key quickly again the soft keypad will hide It is shown as following ...

Page 42: ...ooth barcode scanner BCST 10 for setup Read Enter Setup barcode Read Bluetooth Input Method barcode Read Exit with Save barcode 2 Setup CILICO Bluetooth barcode input method Step 1 Tap Select Input Method Enter Setup Exit with Save Bluetooth Input Method ...

Page 43: ...43 Select Cilico Bluetooth Input method support Chinese English and Japanese Step 2 Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth ...

Page 44: ...44 Click Search for devices and will find BCST 10 in available devices Click for pairing and input the PIN code in following window then click OK ...

Page 45: ...45 You will find BCST 10 in Paired Devices if pairing successfully Step 3 Tap Select Bluetooth device ...

Page 46: ...46 Click BCST 10 in Bluetooth Paired Device List it will connect automatically You will hear a beep if connect successfully ...

Page 47: ...47 Step 4 Tap Switch Input Method Select Cilico Bluetooth Input method support Chinese English and Japanese the user can choose according to their requirement ...

Page 48: ...48 Step 5 Tap Finish Step 6 Open a editable textbox then can read the barcodes ...

Page 49: ...49 Switch to Chinese input method Switch to English input method ...

Page 50: ...50 Switch to Japanese input method ...

Page 51: ...e 39 58 3 6 2 START STOP Transmission 58 3 6 3 Checksum Verification 59 3 6 4 Standard Full ASCII Code 39 60 3 7 Code 93 61 3 8 Code 128 62 3 9 EAN 8 63 3 9 1 Enable Disable EAN 8 63 3 9 2 Convert to EAN 13 63 3 9 3 Checksum Transmission 64 3 10 EAN 13 65 3 10 1 Enable Disable EAN 13 65 3 10 2 Convert to ISBN 65 3 10 3 Checksum Transmission 66 3 11 UPC A 67 3 11 1 UPC A Output 0 67 3 11 2 UPC A Ch...

Page 52: ...e the scanner can not read the Codabar barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Codabar barcode please trying to read Enable Codabar to reset For example Enable Codabar 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Codabar barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enable Codabar Disable Codabar Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save ...

Page 53: ...r Start Stop Characters 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Codabar barcode If Codebar is disabled it is need to set 3 Read the Do Not Transmit Codabar Start Stop Characters barcode 4 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Do Not Transmit Codabar Start Stop Characters Transmit Codabar Start Stop Characters ...

Page 54: ... scanner can not read the Industrial 25 barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Industrial 25 barcode please trying to read Enable Industrial 25 to reset For example Enable Industrial 25 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Industrial 25 barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable Industrial25 Disable Industrial 25 ...

Page 55: ... scanner can not read the Interleaved 25 barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Interleaved 25 barcode please trying to read Enable Interleaved 25 to reset For example Enable Interleaved 25 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Interleaved 25 barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable Interleaved 25 Disable Interleaved ...

Page 56: ...e the scanner can not read the Matrix 25 barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Matrix 25 barcode please trying to read Enable Matrix 25 to reset For example Enable Matrix 25 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Matrix 25 barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable Matrix 25 Disable Matrix 25 ...

Page 57: ...he scanner can not read the Standard 25 barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Standard 25 barcode please trying to read Enable Standard 25 to reset For Example Enable Standard 25 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Standard 25 barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable Standard 25 Disable Standard 25 ...

Page 58: ... transmitted For example Do Not Transmit Code 39 Start Stop Characters 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Code 39 barcode If Code 39is disabled it is need to set 3 Read the Do Not Transmit Code 39 Start Stop Characters barcode 4 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 Transmit Code 39 Start Stop Characters Do Not Tra...

Page 59: ...t Output Checksum Character and the scanner will check the data bases on the last character of the barcode data If the check passes the scanner will output the data without the checksum character if the check not passes the scanner will display read failure If the scanner is set to Verify with Output Checksum Character and the scanner will check the data bases on the last character of the barcode ...

Page 60: ...rt Code 39 Full ASCII that includes all the alphanumeric and special character The BCST 10 Scanner defaults full ASCII Code 39 It could disable full ASCII Code 39 via set Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Disable Code 39 Full ASCII Enable Code 39 Full ASCII ...

Page 61: ...e the scanner can not read the Code 93 barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Code 93 barcode please trying to read Enable Code 93 to reset For Example Enable Code 93 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable Code 93 barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Disable Code 93 Enable Code 93 ...

Page 62: ... the scanner can not read the Code 128 barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the Code 128 barcode please trying to read Enable Code 128 to reset For Example Disable Code 128 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Disable Code 128 barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save EnableCode128 Disable Code128 ...

Page 63: ... EAN 13 or add 0 ahead of EAN 8 and the EAN 8 ID is not change Decide whether or not to convert to EAN 13 if EAN 8 convert to EAN 13 it will be read as same as EAN 13 If add a 0 ahead of EAN 8 and the EAN 8 ID is not change the output ID is still EAN 8 ID Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable EAN 8 Disable EAN 8 Do not Convert Convert to EAN 13 Add 0 ahead and ID is not change ...

Page 64: ...r example Enable EAN 8 and Convert to EAN 13 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable EAN 8 barcode 3 Read the Convert to EAN 13 barcode 4 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Do Not Transmit EAN 8 Checksum Transmit EAN 8 Checksum ...

Page 65: ...not to read EAN 13 The BCST 10 Scanner defaults enable EAN 13 3 10 2 Convert to ISBN Decide whether or not to convert the EAN 13 to ISBN Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable EAN 13 Disable EAN 13 Convert EAN 13 to ISBN Do Not Convert EAN 13 to ISBN ...

Page 66: ...aracter in the data being transmitted For example Convert EAN 13 to ISBN 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Convert EAN 13 to ISBN barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Transmit EAN 13 Checksum Do Not Transmit EAN 13 Checksum ...

Page 67: ...racter in the data being transmitted For example UPC A Output 0 Do Not Transmit UPC A Checksum 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the UPC A Output 0 barcode 3 Read the Do Not Transmit UPC A Checksum barcode 4 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save UPC A Do Not Output 0 UPC A Output 0 Transmit UPC A Checksum Do Not Transmit UPC A Checksum ...

Page 68: ...BCST 10 Scanner defaults enable UPC E 3 12 2 UPC E Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable UPC E Disable UPC E Transmit UPC E Checksum Do Not Transmit UPC E Checksum ...

Page 69: ...ill make the scanner can not read the MSI barcode Thus if the scanner can not read the MSI barcode please trying to read Enable MSI to reset For example Enable MSI 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Enable MSI barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Enable MSI Disable MSI ...

Page 70: ...ID barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Code Type Code ID Hex Value Codabar a 61 Code 39 b 62 UPC E c 63 EAN 13 d 64 Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF e 65 Code 2 of 5 Standard f 66 MSI g 67 Code 11 h 68 Code 93 i 69 Code 128 j 6A Matrix 2 of 5 m 6D 2 5 Industrial n 6E EAN 8 o 6F ISBN k 6B UPC A l 6C Apply Output ID Ignore Output ID ...

Page 71: ...y Alt to suffix of barcode data For example Do not Apply Enter for suffix 1 Read the Enter Setup barcode 2 Read the Do not Apply Enter for suffix barcode 3 Read the Exit with Save barcode Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save Apply Enter for suffix Do not Apply Enter for suffix Apply Alt for suffix Do not Apply Alt for suffix ...

Page 72: ...72 APPENDIX I The setting barcodes of parameters value 4 6 8 0 2 5 7 9 1 3 ...

Page 73: ...ting scanner 3 Scan certain barcodes sequentially to generate your own prefix suffix Example If you want to add as prefix or suffix according to the barcode list provided on our website you need to scan the 3 barcode first and then scan the 5 barcode 0 1 2 3 Enter setup Prefix Setting Suffix Setting ...

Page 74: ...74 4 Scan the Exit with Save barcode 4 5 6 7 8 9 Exit With save ...

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