Operation Manual
PowerScan M8500 Setup
36 PowerScan™ M8500
Using Multiple M-Series Readers with Same Cradle
If you want to use several M-Series readers with the same BC-80X0 cradle, you must first
Bind the cradle with one of the readers (see previously described configuration procedure).
Successive readers can be associated with the same cradle by following the configuration
procedure substituting the Bi
nd command with Join (see
step 7. on page 35
).
The green LED on the PowerScan™ M8500 will blink: the reader is ready to be positioned onto
the cradle.
Complete step 8. on page 35.
END of procedure.
CAUTION
YOUR READER IS NOW READY TO READ BARCODES.
To change the defaults see "
Configuration Parameters"
on page 47.
PowerScan™ M8500/STAR-Modem™ in Stand-Alone Mode
To configure a PowerScan™ M8500 reader to communicate with STAR-Modem™ in
Stand-alone Mode, follow the procedure in "
PowerScan™ M8500/BC-80X0 Stand-Alone
Setup"
on page 34, substituting steps 6 and 7 with those below:
END of procedure.
YOUR READER IS NOW READY TO READ BARCODES.
To change the defaults see"
Configuration Parameters"
on page 47.
7.
Join
All readers associated with the same cradle must have different
addresses.
6.
STAR-Modem™ Address
Read the code above and the four-digit address of the STAR-Modem™.
7.
Exit and Save configuration