Baracoda USB Plug, Scan Dongle, USB Plug and Scan Dongle User Manual

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USB Plug and Scan Dongle

Check that you have the following items.
Contact your reseller if any item is missing.
The dongle,
A Quick Start Up Guide
A connect barcode.

This document is to be used with the Baracoda USB Plug and Scan Dongle

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Table of contents

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Introduction............................................................................................................................. 3

2 Technical introduction .............................................................................................................. 4

2.1 Status of the Barcode scanner – USB dongle link............................................................. 4

2.2 CAPS LOCK function........................................................................................................ 4

2.3 No data loss mode............................................................................................................ 5

2.4 Batch mode ...................................................................................................................... 6

3 How to connect your Baracoda barcode scanner........................................................................ 7

3.1 How to connect your BaracodaPencil............................................................................... 7

3.2 How to connect your BC2604/BL2604/BLR2604................................................................ 7

3.3 How to connect your BCM2604-L/BCM2604-F................................................................... 8

3.4 How to connect your RoadRunners and BaracodaPencil2................................................ 9

4 How to disconnect your USB Plug & Scan Dongle .....................................................................10

5 Additional features..................................................................................................................11

5.1 Prefix...............................................................................................................................11

5.2 Suffix...............................................................................................................................12

5.3 Only for BC2604/BL2604/BLR2604 products....................................................................13

6 Trouble-shooting.....................................................................................................................15

6.1 Keyboard configuration...................................................................................................15

6.2 Scanner configurations ...................................................................................................15

6.3 Print firmware version .....................................................................................................16

7 Compatibility ..........................................................................................................................16

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1 Introduction

The USB Plug & Scan dongle simplifies the connection between the Baracoda scanners (BaracodaPencil,
BaracodaPencil2, 2604 series and RoadRunners series) and all laptops, PCs (no Macintosh products),
Tablet PCs, or all devices that can accept a USB keyboard.

Normally, a USB Bluetooth Dongle requires the user to install the Bluetooth drivers in order to add the
Bluetooth connectivity to their host computer.

The Baracoda USB Plug & Play dongle has the Bluetooth drivers and the Bluetooth application embedded
in the USB device. This configuration eliminates the installation of the drivers and the software for

the end-user.

The USB Plug & Scan solution allows user to have an acknowledgement beep, automatic reconnection,
and bufferisation of the incoming barcode data. Bufferisation of the barcode data allows the Baracoda
scanner to store incoming barcodes even when the scanner is not connected to the dongle (this is the ‘No
data loss mode’)

Simply plug the USB Plug & Scan dongle in your computer, scan a “connect barcode” with a Baracoda
scanner, and the Bluetooth connection will be automatically established.

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2 Technical introduction

2.1 Status of the Barcode scanner – USB dongle link

The USB Plug & Scan dongle is only able to establish point-to-point connections.
This means that the USB dongle cannot connect simultaneously to more than one device.

The USB Plug & Scan dongle can have 3 states:

• Disconnected
connect your Baracoda scanner).

• Paired and waiting for connection
Just switch on this scanner inside the Bluetooth range of the USB dongle and the connection will
be automatically established.
This mode allows other Baracoda scanners to connect to the USB dongle. Scan the “connect”
barcode, then the previous Baracoda scanner will disconnect and the new Baracoda scanner will
connect to the dongle.

• Connected:
data will be transmitted to your active application.
This mode allows other Baracoda scanners to connect to the USB dongle. Scan the “connect”
barcode, then the previous Baracoda scanner will disconnect and the new Baracoda scanner will
connect to the dongle.

2.2 CAPS LOCK function

The USB Plug & Scan dongle can unactivate the CAPS LOCK key on the HOST.

: The dongle can accept connections from any Baracoda scanner (see how to

: The dongle has already been paired to a Baracoda scanner.

The USB dongle is connected to the Baracoda scanner. Just scan barcodes and the

Force Caps lock OFF : enabled

Force Caps lock OFF : disabled

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2.3 No data loss mode

The ‘No data loss mode’ is activated by default
RoadRunners (Decoder version 3.10 or newer) and BaracodaPencil2. When you leave the connection
zone, the ‘No data loss mode’ allows a bufferisation of scanned barcodes. All scans will be automatically
uploaded to the host when reconnected.

If your application is unable to handle all of the incoming barcode scans, disable this feature by scanning
the ‘no data loss mode’ barcode. Your scanner and any future scanners will retain this configuration

Enable ‘no data loss mode’ (*)

for all scanners supporting the feature (2604,

Disable ‘no data loss mode’

Nota : This feature is enabled by default.

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