Installation guide
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Status Signals
The scanner comes equipped with the default light and sound signals described below.
Default Light Signals
The unit’s status is shown through a single, multistate LED (light-emitting diode), which is the light on the top, front, right-hand
side of the unit. The table below describes typical status signals and their meanings.
This table applies to newer scanners. Older scanners cycle through the colors when they are powering up and waiting to connect
and configure.
Beeper Cues
Single short beep - Indicates that a scanning exception or error has occurred. Check the scanning application display for
instructions.
A Typical Document Processing / LED Cycle
1. The LED is Green (Solid): The unit is idle.
LED Meaning What to Do
Red (Solid) The scanner is in the process of
powering up or is waiting for the
application to connect and configure
the scanner.
Activate scanning application and/or wait for the scanning
application to configure the scanner.
Green (Solid) The scanner has been configured and is
idle.
Start the software application on the PC.
Green (Flashing) The scanner has been “primed” by the
scanning application to scan a
document.
Insert a document into the scanner.
Green/Red
(Flashing)
The scanning operation is in progress. Wait for scanning to complete. Check the scanning application
display for instructions.
Red (Flashing) Exception / Error condition. Check the the scanning application display for instructions.