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To pair the scanner, now follow steps 10 to 18 below. Before proceeding it is important to make sure that if you have
more than one scanner that any other scanners are not active and are turned off during the pairing process.
Accidentally pairing with the wrong device has caused problems for customers in the past.
10) From the Apollo ‘Home Screen’ press the Menu button ‘F4 .
11) In the menu, select Bluetooth by pressing key number ‘3 .
12) The ‘Bluetooth active’ symbol will appear next to the battery symbol.
13) Hold the ‘Connection On/Off’ key (small button) on the barcode scanner for 5 seconds until it beeps and the
LED starts to flash blue.
14) The scanner is now discoverable to your tester and ready to connect.
15) On the Apollo press the Bluetooth search button ‘F2 the search screen will appear for a while and once
searching is complete the Apollo will return to the normal Bluetooth screen.
16) Select the ‘Bar Code’ field on the Apollo (using the arrow keys) and from the drop down select, the device
named ‘OPN2006_????’ [Hint, if there is more than one OPN entry in the drop down list, choose the bottom
version].
17) ress ‘F4 to save the new Bluetooth pairing settings.
18) You can then return to the Apollo ‘Home Screen’ by pressing the home button ‘F1 .
To confirm that the scanner is now work correctly we must enter the AT mode and check the Bluetooth connection by
following steps 19 to 23 below.
19) From the ‘Home Screen’ select ‘ AT’ ‘F1 .
Ensure that the scanner is ready to connect and has it’s blue
light flashing, if not turn the connection on by holding do n the small button for 5 seconds until you hear a
tone and the blue light is flashing. No select
‘F2 to enter the AT mode.
20) In the top right-hand corner of the AT window, you will see that the Bluetooth icon . has now appeared and
next to it will be a barcode symbol. Initially the barcode symbol will be covered by a red cross indicating that the
scanner if not connected. After a few seconds the red cross will disappear and this indicates that the scanner is
now connected correctly and is ready to scan.
21) If you have a sample barcode, scan this now to test the scanner, you should see the information from the
barcode appear in the Asset ID box.
22) If connection is lost for any reason while you are in AT mode and the scanner stops working, you may need to
leave AT mode using the ‘Escape’ button
‘F5 . Make sure the scanner is switched off by holding down the
small button for 5 seconds, release the button and then turn the scanner back on again by holding down the
small button for another 5 second. The scanner should chime and the blue light will flash continuously.
23)
No select
‘F2 to re-enter the AT mode and your scanner should now reconnect, denoted by the red
cross disappearing from the barcode symbol.
24)
If you are still unable to get the scanner to re-connect you may need to repeat
steps 4 to 19 above, if you are
still experiencing problems you should contact Seaward Technical Support Helpline (Details below).
