B&B BV1211 User Manual

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B&B Barcode Verifier BV1211

User Guide

Copyright© 2015 B&B EXPORTING LIMITED

Document

Version V1.0.7

Effective Date 2015.02.06

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Contents

Part 1. Accessories.......................................................................................................................... 3

Part 2. BV1211 At A Glance...........................................................................................................4

Part 3. The Basic Steps for Using The BV1211..........................................................................5

Part 4. BV1211 Work Mode..........................................................................................................12

1. Real-time Scanning Mode................................................................................................12

2. Offline Scanning Mode..................................................................................................... 14

3. Verifying Mode................................................................................................................... 17

Part 5. Terminology........................................................................................................................23

Part 6. BV1211 Daily Maintenance.............................................................................................24

Part 7. BV1211 ROHS Statement...............................................................................................25

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Part 1. Accessories

The following accessories are included with B&B Barcode Verifier BV1211:

■USB Cable

■USB Power Adapter

■User Guide（&Warranty Card）

■Lanyards

■Setup CD

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Part 2. BV1211 At A Glance

A：ON/OFF Button

B：Scan Button

C：Scan window H：USB Port

D：LCD Display I：Ethernet Port

E：Anchor Points for Lanyards

F：Label

G：Internal Battery (not removable)

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Part 3. The Basic Steps For Using The BV1211

■Boot

Press the ON/OFF Button until the B&B Barcode Verifier logo appears. When screen

shows automatically counting to 3, release the ON/OFF Button. The battery icon and

BV1211 appears with blue backlit.

■Standby Mode

：

If you don’t use BV1211 for a few minutes, BV1211 turns to Standby mode itself.

■Shutdown

：

Press the ON/OFF Button for a few seconds until the screen displays “Thank you”.

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■Reading Techniques

：

Hold the BV1211 over the bar code, press “Scan Button”, and center the aiming beam

on the bar code until the information displays on the screen with blue backlit.

The best scanning position is as follows:

Linear Barcode 2D Barcode

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■Connecting the Barcode Verifier

*USB Cable

Connect the USB Cable to the USB port on the back of the BV1211 and the other end

connects to an available USB port on your PC.

*Connect to a wired (Ethernet) network.

1.Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the back of the BV1211

2.Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to an available port on your Ethernet

router or switch.

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Be Notice:

1. To connect BV1211 to a wired network the first time, you have to set up

BV1211 Static IP address by connecting BV1211 via USB Cable to change the

general network setting and reboot BV1211.

2. BV1211 Network Setting

First,make sure that BV1211 Configuration Tools has been installed.

Second, connect BV1211 to your PC via USB Cable. Open “BV1211 Configuration

Tools” to setup network and click Save button.(For appropriate IP settings, the IP

address is static)

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Third, to activate this setting, disconnect USB connection and reboot BV1211.

Forth, connect BV1211 to your PC via USB Cable. Double check the network seting

by “BV1211 Configuration Tools”.

■Charge the battery

1. The best way to charge the BV1211 battery is to connect BV1211 to a power outlet

using the included cable and USB power adapter.

2. BV1211 may also charge slowly when you connect it to a USB 2.0 port on your

computer.

3. Notes

3.1 Do not turn off the BV1211 when it is charging.

3.2 The battery icon in the upper-right corner of the Screen shows the battery level.

WARNING: Battery Charging under standby mode must be LESS THAN 3

hours .

**Standby mode: BV1211 is not scanning or on any work mode that the LCD screen

shows gray.

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■ Screen Display

1. Colors

*Gray

Standby Mode

*Blue

Bar code is reading under Real-time Scanning Mode

Bar code is reading under Offline Scanning Mode

Bar code is undefined under Verifying Mode

*Green

Bar code is verified under Verifying Mode

*Red

Bar code is unverified under Verifying Mode

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2. Text display

Real-time Scanning Mode: Screen shows bar code content

Offline Scanning Mode: Screen shows bar code content

Verifying Mode: Screen shows bar code content and verification result

*The screen display will be scrolling automatically when the content is more than 48

bytes.

3.Battery Status Indicator

20%

40%

80%

full

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Part 4. BV1211 Work Mode

1. Real-time Scanning Mode

1.1 BV1211 supports real-time scanning to realize scanning the barcode and inputting

the data to the PC simultaneously. Just plug and play, input scanned bar code data

simultaneously.

Connect BV1211 to Computer by USB Cable （ To send the real-time scanning

information to PC）。

1.2 Steps

1.2.1 Make sure the BV1211 Scan Plug HID is installed on your PC.

1.2.2 Make sure that the BV1211 is connected to your PC.

1.2.3 Open the software (Such as Notepad or Microsoft Word) that you want to open

with so that you can input information by the real-time scanning. Move the cursor to

appropriate position.

1.2.4 Use the BV1211 to Scan the Bar code so that the bar code data could be

inputted to the position next to the cursor and you can hear a “d” sound from BV1211.

1.2.5 The screen will display the last bar code data you scanned with blue until you

scanning next.

1.3 Notes on Using BV1211 Real-time Scanning Mode

1.3.1 Install BV1211 Scan Plug HID once on your PC. It runs automatically when PC

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is on.

1.3.2 Offline Scanning Mode and Verifying Mode is unavailable when BV1211 is on

Real-time Scanning Mode. (More information is given later)

1.3.3 Be notice: The bar code data in BV1211 will be cleared when you change Offline

Scanning Mode to Real-time Scanning Mode without setting.

1.3.4 Be notice: The bar code data in BV1211 will be cleared when you change

Verifying Mode to Real-time Scanning Mode without setting.

2. Offline Scanning Mode

2.1 Under Offline Scanning Mode, the bar code scanning data is saved in BV1211.

You can upload the data to PC after all the scanning is done.

2.2 Steps

2.2.1 To offline scan, make sure the battery is more than 20%.

2.2.2 Hold the BV1211 over the bar code, push the Scan Button, and center the

aiming beam on the bar code to scan.

2.2.3 As BV1211 read a code with a beep, The screen will display tthe last bar code

data you scanned with blue until you scanning next.

2.2.4 Scan the other bar codes until all the bar codes scanning finished

2.2.5 Connect BV1211 via USB Cable or Ethernet to your PC when scanning is

complete.

(see:The basic steps for using the BV1211 on page 5)

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2.2.6 Open the software on your PC to load the data from BV1211. (If there

are multiple connections, you have to find the BV1211 by its unique ID.)

2.2.7 Load the data from BV1211 where the information is saved via the path from the

PC software or system.

2.2.8 It will take a while to load data from BV1211. You can double check the number

of loading data by compare against the number of scanning data.

*The following picture is for reference only.

Just open the software or system and click “import from BV1211” to upload the

information that scanned.

2.3 Notes on using BV1211 Offline Scanning Mode

2.3.1 Under Offline Scanning Mode, BV1211 saved one record including scanning

time and bar code data /information in one successful scan.

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2.3.2 If the battery runs out during the offline scanning, charge the battery to

continue scanning or upload the data to your PC. The scanning data before

the battery runs out have been already saved in BV1211

2.3.3 If BV1211 disconnect from your PC while uploading data, reconnect it.

Warning: You need to save the data that has already uploaded instead of closing the

window before reconnecting BV1211

2.3.4 BV1211 has 16G memory, which can save 100 thousand pieces of 10-digit

data like “AB12345678”.

2.3.5 In offline scanning, the more data to upload, the more time it takes.

Uploading the Scanning data for every 500 10-digit numbers takes 1~2 minutes.

2.3.6 To prevent errors, do not connect BV1211 to PC during offline scanning.

2.3.7 Remarks on Connecting BV1211 TO PC

A. API files which provided by B&B Exporting Limited is needed to add if using the offline Scanning

function.

B&B Exporting Limited provides BV1211 API for adding BV1211 Offline Scanning Function to Software

B. Loading the information of Offline Scanning feature is offered by the software as follows:

1. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment Centers Version

2. BBDesigner Extra System Healthcare Version

3. BBDesigner Extra System Event Version

4. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment Centers Version

Please contact B&B Exporting Limited for more information.

C. BV1211 Configuration Tools provides BV1211 Offline Scanning feature. For more information see:

BV1211 User Manual

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2.3.8 Change offline scanning mode to other mode on BV1211

A. Set real-time scanning mode to offline scanning mode directly is available, but make sure you have

exited the ScanPlugHID when connecting to PC after offline scanning.

B. Make sure the database in BV1211 is cleared before changing verifying mode to offline scanning

mode.

C. Real-time Scanning mode and verifying mode is unavailable when BV1211 is on Offline mode.

D. Make sure all the scanned data is uploaded to your PC when you change offline scanning mode to

real-time scanning mode or verifying mode.

E. Warning: The bar code data in BV1211 will be cleared when you change offline mode to real-time

scanning mode without setting.

F. Warning: The bar code data in BV1211 will be cleared when you change Offline Mode to verifying

mode without setting.

3. Verifying Mode

3.1 BV1211 supports offline bar code verified and verification result feedback

under Verifying Mode. Download the “Match Library” to BV1211 and set rules to verify

bar code.

With the database setup in BV1211, the verification result is to be showed while

scanning, meanwhile, upload the result to PC is available after scanning is complete.

3.2 Steps on using verifying mode

First: Download Match Data from PC to BV1211

3.2.1 Connect BV1211 to your PC using the included cable

3.2.2 Download the “Match Library” to BV1211 by available feature of the software or

system.

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The following pictures are for reference only.

Set the target period of scanning to download the selected visitors' information into

current

BV1211 based on selected rules.

Note:

[Scan specified period] Specify BV1211 to scan one period.

[Scan multiple periods]BV1211 can scan any period

[Scan when enter]Specify BV1211 to scan when enter, not exit.

[Scan when exit] Specify BV1211 to scan when exit, not enter.

Remarks:

A. API files which provided by B&B Exporting Limited is needed to add if using the Verifying Mode.

B&B Exporting Limited provides BV1211 API for adding BV1211 Verifying Mode to Software

B. A record ,including time and bar code data ,will be generated and saved when the BV1211 scans a bar

code. Loading the information of Verifying Mode feature is offered by the software as follows:

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1. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment Centers Version

2. BBDesigner Extra System Healthcare Version

3. BBDesigner Extra System Event Version

4. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment Centers Version

Please contact B&B Exporting Limited for more information.

3.2.3 The screen of the BV1211 Shows the status while downloading.

The back-light turns blue while downloading data to BV1211 and the screen shows Data Download.

After downloaded, LCD shows ‘download completed’

3.2.4 Matching Rules:

No limit on passing: The guest can go in and go out free.

Limit on passing: You can set the pass times. Take 2 as an example, it indicates that

every guest can go in and go out twice.

Limit on entrance, No limit on exit: Set the times that guest go in, but no limit on the

guest to go out.

Second: Verifying Bar Code

3.2.5 You may disconnect BV1211 from PC after the bar code data is downloaded to

BV1211, and scan bar codes to verify.

3.2.6 Press the Scan Button to scan the bar code that need to be verified.

3.2.7 BV1211 will show the verification result while scanning the bar code.

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The results may showed as follow:

■If the bar code is verified, the screen shows [Code Verified] with green backlit and you’ll hear a beep.

■If the bar code is unverified, the screen shows [Code Unverified] with red backlit and BV1211 alarms.

■If the bar code is repeatedly verified, the screen shows [Code Multi-verified] with red backlit and BV1211

alarms.

■If the bar code exist, the screen shows [Code Verification Pending] with blue backlit and you’ll hear a

beep, that means it can’t define the status of enter or exit.

■If the bar code is not exist, the screen shows [Code Not Available] with red backlit and and BV1211

alarms.

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Third: Transfer the result data from BV1211 to PC

3.2.8 Connect BV1211 to your PC using the included cable, and transfer the result

data from BV1211 to PC by available feature of the software or system after the bar

code scanning is complete.

The following pictures are for reference only. Click “Data Import” to load the result

data from BV1211.

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3.2.9 The screen shows [Data Upload] with blue backlit while you transferring the

result data from BV1211 to PC.

3.3 Notes on using BV1211 verifying mode

：

3.3.1 One scanning, one record including scanning time, code content and

verification result when verifying.

3.3.2 If the battery runs out during the verifying, charge the battery to continue

scanning or upload the data to your PC. The scanning data will be saved in BV1211

before the battery runs out.

3.3.3 If BV1211 disconnect from your PC while uploading data, reconnect it again.

Warning: You need to save the data before disconnect instead of closing the window.

3.3.4 The space of BV1211 is 16G, which can save 50 thousand 10-digit numbers

like “AB12345678”.

3.3.5 In verifying mode, the more data to upload, the more time it takes. Uploading

the scanned data for every 1000 pieces of 10-digit data takes 1~2 minutes.

3.3.6 To prevent errors, unless downloading or uploading matching library, do not

connect BV1211 to PC during verifying mode.

3.3.7 Remarks:

A. API files which provided by B&B Exporting Limited is needed to add if using the Verifying Mode.

B&B Exporting Limited provides BV1211 API for adding BV1211 Verifying Mode to Software

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B. A record ,including time and bar code data ,will be generated and saved when the BV1211 scans a bar

code. Loading the information of Verifying Mode feature is offered by the software as follows:

1. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment Centers Version

2. BBDesigner Extra System Healthcare Version

3. BBDesigner Extra System Event Version

4. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment Centers Version

Please contact B&B Exporting Limited for more information.

C. BV1211 Configuration Tools provides BV1211 Verifying Mode feature. For more information see:

BV1211 User Manual

3.3.8 Changing BV1211 verifying mode to other mode:

A. Set real-time scanning mode to verifying mode directly is available, but make sure you have exited the

ScanPlugHID when connecting to PC for downloading or uploading.

B. B. Make sure the database in BV1211 is cleared when changing offline scanning mode to verifying

mode first.

C. Offline mode and real-time scanning mode is unavailable when BV1211 is on verifying mode.

D. Make sure all the scanning result is uploaded to your PC and the database in BV1211 is cleared when

you change verifying mode to real-time scanning mode or offline scanning mode.

E. Warning: The bar code data in BV1211 will be cleared when you change verifying mode to real-time

scanning mode without setting.

F. Warning: The offline scanning data and records could not upload to PC when using verifying mode

without clearing the database.

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Part 5. Terminology

●BV1211 Scan Plug HID is an instant scanning tool designed and provided by B&B.

●BV1211 API is a package of Application Programming Interface files for BV1211

provided by B&B.

● More features are offered by B&B software as follows:

1. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment

Centers Version

2. BBDesigner Extra System Healthcare Version

3. BBDesigner Extra System Event Version

4. B&B Events Management System Fun Parks and Family Entertainment

Centers Version

Please contact B&B Exporting Limited for more information.

Part 6. BV1211 Daily Maintenance

*BV1211 Cleaning

Clean the scan window of BV1211 when it is dirty to prevent the scanner get

insensitive.

*BV1211 Cable Checking

Change the cable when it is broken to prevent the scanner stop working.

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Part 7. BV1211 ROHS Statement

Toxic and Hazardous Substances or Elements

Lead

(Pb)

Mercury

(Hg)

Cadmium

(Cd)

Sexivalent

Chromium

(Cr6+)

Polybromi

nated

Biphenyls

(PBB)

Polybromi

nated

Diphenyl

Ethers

(PBDE)

Scanner x o o o o o

PCB x o o o o o

Shell o o o o o o

Cable o o o o o o

o: Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for this

part is below the limit requirement in SJ/T11363-2006.

x: Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in at least one of the homogeneous

materials used for this part is above the limit requirement in SJ/T11363-2006.

*These terms and conditions can be revised unilaterally by B&B without notice. B&B

reserves the right to make the final interpretation.

*Product images, presentation and all other information are for reference only. Goods in

kind prevail.

*Copyrights

All product names and numbers, software are B&B trademarks, and B&B are registered

trademarks of B&B Exporting Limited. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction of

this document or copyright violators may be subject to civil liability.

*Proprietary Statement

This document contains proprietary information of B&B Exporting Limited. It is intended

solely for the information and use of parties operating and maintaining the equipment

described herein. Such proprietary information may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed

to any other parties for any other purpose without the express written permission of B&B.