Opticon OPN2002 User manual

Opticon's Bluetooth guide

for connecting

Android devices

with the

OPN2002 & OPL2724

Introduction 3

1 Setting up your barcode reader 3

2 Installing the required software on your Android phone 5

2.1 Placing OpticonRL on your Android phone memory card 6

2.2 Installing an application installer 7

2.3 Installing OpticonRL and the Soft Keyboard 9

3 Establishing a Bluetooth connection 11

3.1 Pairing your barcode reader 12

3.2 Connecting to your barcode reader 13

4 Input text using your barcode reader 14

5 Reconnecting and disconnecting your barcode reader 17

5.1 Disconnecting your barcode reader 17

5.2 Reconnecting your barcode reader 17

6 Trouble shooting & additional features 18

6.1 Bluetooth connection problems 18

6.2 Minimum required OS version of the OPN2002 18

6.3 Software updates for the OPN2002 18

6.4 Limited Universal menu book support 19

6.5 Supported Bluetooth features 19

Introduction

The Opticon barcode readers OPN2002 and the OPL2724 can be used to quickly input

text on Android phones by scanning barcodes.

This manual will provide step-by-step instructions on how to use this functionality.

1 Setting up your barcode reader

The first step in this process is configuring your OPN2002 or OPL2724 correctly.

Since we'll use the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP)* to connect to your Android

phone, you first have to select the correct default settings on the barcode reader.

Read the labels below to reset your barcode reader to Bluetooth-SPP default.

* Note: The serial data will be converted to keyboard input (HID) by an application

called OpticonRL, which is mentioned in following steps.

SET

_ZZ_

Bluetooth-SPP default

_SO_

END

_ZZ_

The next step is configuring a numeric PIN-code, since most Android phones don't

accept PIN-codes that aren’t fully numeric.

On the following page you'll find the setup labels to configure a numeric PIN-code.

Configure the PIN-code by reading the labels in the following sequence:

1. SET

2. Set PIN-code label

3. Read 1 to 4 numeric characters (i.e read '0' 4 times to use '0000' as PIN-code)

4. End PIN-code label

5. END

SET

_ZZ_

Set PIN-code label

PINS

_PINS_

_Q0_

_Q1_

_Q2_

_Q3_

_Q4_

_Q5_

_Q6_

_Q7_

_Q8_

_Q9_

End PIN-code label

PINE

_PINE_

END

_ZZ_

2 Installing the required software on your Android phone *

The programs that need to be installed on your Android phone in order to convert

Bluetooth serial data into keyboard data are called:

•OpticonRL

•OpticonRL Soft Keyboard

* Important note: The minimal required Android OS version for these applications is

Android 2.1.

At this moment the required software is not available yet online on the Android

market.

As soon as it's available online they can simply be found by searching for 'OpticonRL'

using the Market application.

Start the Market application

Search for OpticonRL

If the applications are available online, then continue to section 2.3 to install both

applications.

2.1 Placing OpticonRL on your Android phone memory card

The two required application files are included with this manual:

•OpticonRL.apk

•SoftKeyboard.apk

To place these files on your Android phone, either 1) directly place them on your

(micro)SD memory card using a card reader or 2) connect your Android phone to

your computer using it's USB cable and mount it as disk drive.

Make sure you place the files in the root folder of your memory card.

After the files have been placed onto your Android phone you can continue to the

next step.

2.2 Installing an application installer

In order to install application files from your memory card you will need an

application installer. Application installers are freely available online.

Start the Market application

Search for 'app installer' and

select the application called

'appInstaller'

Install the appInstaller on your

Android phone

Once installed, the appInstaller

should now be available in the

application overview

Start the application

Note: Make sure the USB cable

is disconnected before starting

the application

Both Opticon applications

should now be displayed and

are ready for installation

When trying to install application files from your memory card, you might get a

warning that 'applications not sourced in Android Market' are being blocked.

To allow the installation go to

application settings

Allow installation of

applications from unknown

sources

(You can disable this option again

afterwards if desired)

2.3 Installing OpticonRL and the Soft Keyboard

You should now be ready to install the software. Continue with the following steps.

Install OpticonRL

After the installation was

successful, select done

Install the OpticonRL Soft

Keyboard

After the installation was

successful, select done

The software should now be ready to be used. In the next section the Bluetooth

connection will be established between the barcode reader and the Android phone.

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