User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Symbol DS6878 Product Reference Guide
- Patents
- Warranty
- Revision History
- Table of Contents
- About This Guide
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Interfaces
- Unpacking the Digital Scanner and Cradle
- Parts
- Digital Scanner Cradle
- Replacing the Digital Scanner Battery
- Charging the Digital Scanner Battery
- Shutting Off the Digital Scanner Battery
- Reconditioning the Digital Scanner Battery
- Inserting the Digital Scanner in the Cradle
- Radio Communications
- Configuring the Digital Scanner
- Accessories
- Scanning
- Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Technical Specifications
- Radio Communications
- User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options
- Introduction
- Scanning Sequence Examples
- Errors While Scanning
- User Preferences/Miscellaneous Option Parameter Defaults
- User Preferences
- Default Parameters
- Parameter Bar Code Scanning
- Beep After Good Decode
- Suppress Power Up Beeps
- Beeper Tone
- Beeper Volume
- Beeper Duration
- Beep on Insertion
- Batch Mode
- Low Power Mode
- Time Delay to Reduced Power Mode
- Timeout to Low Power Mode from Auto Aim
- Hand-Held Trigger Mode
- Picklist Mode
- Mobile Phone/Display Mode
- Continuous Bar Code Read
- Unique Bar Code Reporting
- Decode Session Timeout
- Timeout Between Decodes, Same Symbol
- Timeout Between Decodes, Different Symbols
- Fuzzy 1D Processing
- Hand-Held Decode Aiming Pattern
- Decoding Illumination
- Multicode Mode
- Multicode Expression
- Multicode Mode Concatenation
- Multicode Concatenation Symbology
- Multicode Troubleshooting
- Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters
- USB Interface
- RS-232 Interface
- Keyboard Wedge Interface
5 - 10 Symbol DS6878 Product Reference Guide
Batch Mode
The digital scanner supports three versions of batch mode. When the digital scanner is configured for any of the
batch modes, it attempts to store bar code data (not parameter bar codes) until transmission is initialized, or the
maximum number of bar codes are stored. When a bar code is saved successfully, a good decode beep sounds
and the LED flashes green. If the digital scanner is unable to store a new bar code, a low/high/low/high out of
memory beep sounds. (See pages 2-1, 2-3 and 4-3 for all beeper and LED definitions.)
In all modes, calculate the amount of data (number of bar codes) the digital scanner can store as follows:
Number of storable bar codes = 30,720 bytes of memory / (number of characters in the bar code + 3).
Modes of Operation
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Normal (default) - Do not batch data. The digital scanner attempts to transmit every scanned bar code.
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Out of Range Batch Mode - The digital scanner starts storing bar code data when it loses its connection to
a remote device (for example, when a user holding the digital scanner walks out of range). Data transmission
is triggered by reestablishing the connection with the remote device (for example, when a user holding the
digital scanner walks back into range).
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Standard Batch Mode - The digital scanner starts storing bar code data after Enter Batch Mode is scanned.
Data transmission is triggered by scanning Send Batch Data.
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Cradle Contact Batch Mode - The digital scanner starts storing bar code data when Enter Batch Mode is
scanned. Data transmission is triggered by insertion of the digital scanner into the cradle.
In all modes, transmissions are halted if the digital scanner is moved out of range. The digital scanner resumes
when it is back in range. If a bar code is scanned while batch data is transmitted it is appended to the end of the
batched data; parameter bar codes are not stored.
NOTE If the batch mode selection is changed while there is batched data, the new batch mode will
take effect only after all the previously batched data is sent
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NOTE Transmission is halted if the connection to the remote device is lost.
NOTE If the digital scanner is removed from the cradle during batch data transfer, transmission halts until the
digital scanner is re-inserted in the cradle.