Hi this is Travis with POSGuys.com.
Today's Ask POSGuys question has to do with Motorola Bluetooth scanners, such as the LI4278
and whether or not you can pair them with a tablet or a laptop and a Bluetooth connection
without having to use the base station.
The base station is pretty handy once it is plugged into a desktop computer or a standard
USB port.
Then it transmits the information just like you were typing it onto the keyboard.
Wherever the curser is, is where the scanner will scan it to.
But can you do that without having to use the base station?
Because if you are mobile with a tablet and you just want to walk around with the scanner
and the tablet and not have to carry around the base can you do that?
The answer is yes.
You can do that but there are some steps to configuring it.
What you'll need to do is go to POSGuys.com, look up the LI4278 or the equivalent Motorola
scanner and download the programming manual.
So there is some specific sections you'll need on it.
The sections you're going to need is section 4 part 28 and it has to do with the variable
PIN code.
It says how you're going to be able to put the PINcode into the software so that you
can pair this with the unit.
With the, computer.
You also need section 44 the radio host communication type.
You're going to need Bluetooth keyboard emulation and you'll also need Appendix E6 and this
is the numeric barcodes that you'll use to tell the computer what the numeric codes are
for the scanner.
So lets go in close and we can take a look at how we do this.
Here I have my LI4278 barcode scanner.
I'm going to start all over so I'm going to recall defaults.
Then I've printed out the pages that I needed.
The first barcode that you're going to want is the variable PIN code.
By default it is on a static PIN code.
That way when you pair it with the base it pairs automatically.
Since we're not using the base we go to variable PIN code.
Next, we're going to need to do Bluetooth Keyboard Emulation HID Slave.
Okay in Windows I'm in the Bluetooth Settings.
I scan Bluetooth Keyboard EMulation.
Then it finds a keyboard and it is ready to pair.
I click "Ready to pair"
and it's gonna come up with the numeric codes I need to enter in.
So we'll let it match up.
Okay it is asking for a passcode.
Enter in the numbers.
Each time you go to pair that passcode is going to be different.
So now it is matched up, now it is connected.
As you can see, as I scan, the data sends directly to where the keyboard cursor is.
So that, in a nutshell is how you pair a Bluetooth scanner that typically uses a cradle directly
with you tablet or laptop.
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