Hi, This is Travis with POSGuys. Today we will be reviewing the POS-X ION and the POS-X
wireless this is their mid level scanner they have
a contact scanner which is below it and then their evo
line is an even better scanner above it. its a value price scanner. you are getting
a good bang for your buck. it doesn't have all the
features of a high end scanner, but it has the ones you need for a retail type of scanning application.
this is the wired version of it. it's usb interface only. the cable is replacable , it
just plugs into the bottom and thats your usb connection.
the wireless version is a little different than most bluetooth scanners. instead of having
the communications cable, it has a communications dongle. so this dongle
will plug straight into your computer, and then to charge the scanner,
there is a usb port on the bottom. so you just plug in a usb cable and then plug this
into your computer and you triple charge it. so, a little different than
your standard bluetooth scanner that has a cradle. instead of bluetooth
technology it uses what POS-X calls Zigbee technology for communicating with the computer
iteself.
the wired version and the wireless version are both human interface devices so it means
wherever the cursor is on the screen, is where the data will scan too.
scanning normal barcodes at a 13 mil range. your range is from about six inches out to
about twelve inches it's not the biggest sweet spot and you can
get scans a little closer, but that sweet spot range is about six to twelve
switching to your inventory styled barcodes, code 129 or 3 of 9, you're going to have a
similar range from about six inches to twelve inches. going down into the more high
dense side, you get the six mil easily on both the 3 of 9 and 128
under a bright light condition like daylights or a spotlight or bright warehouses, it is
affected by sunlight. so it will not scan. so keep that in mind if you're going
to be using it outdoors, it's not going to perform as well as one of the higher end scanners.
testing the agressiveness of the scanner, it's pretty good under a moving barcode, so
it gets it under fairly high speeds and even at full speed it can pick it up so, it's
pretty aggressive and its a fast enough scanner rate that you don't have to hold
the barcodes perfectly still.
as far as damaged barcodes go, crumple it up here so it is beat up and wrinkly, scans
that fine. we'll scratch on it and it still reads it pretty good
stretch it out a bit so its warped. theres a warped barcode and that still scans barely.
you got a little scanned but thats about it's limit.
from there its not going to do much more.
so the ion has a handsfree stand available however it doesn't automatically go into auto
sense mode, you have to configure it for autosense and once you do, the trigger will
no longer be functional. so we're in trigger mode now. we're going to start configuration,
presentation mode and programming and now it's in autosense mode. once it's in auto
sense mode, just present the barcode to it, and it will scan automatically
It's a little less agressive in this mode that way it gives you the chance to line up
the barcode and make sure you're scanning the correct thing.
one other feature on this scanner is that you can remove the gooseneck stand, you unscrew
this part and you can mount this head to the bottom of the base
and then it becomes a way of holding the scanner rather than a handsfree stand it's just a
scanner holder
so that's the posx wired and wireless versions of the scanner. both have a three year warranty
they don't have an IPC seal so you're not going to want to get
this wet. the drop rating is about four feet multiple drops to concrete, which is okay
it's not as high rated as the industrial but it'll survive
a small fall if you knock it off the counter or something like that. posx has one of the
best support policies out there in the industry, you can call 24 seven a days, 24/7 7 days
a week 24 hours a day and they have technicians on call to help support you but made for a
1d scanning only so this is going to be upc codes, 3 of 9 code
128 you're not going to be able to do drivers license with it, you're not going to be able
to do ups codes and that type of thing. for more information
on the ION scanner or it's accessories please visit us at www.posguys.com