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- Page 1 UnionNet SP2100 BLUETOOTH BARCODE SCANNER User’s Guide Copyright© 2012-2013 BarcodeGuy.com® (Version 2.25RA.5)
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome / Warnings / Cautions / Warranty 1.1 User's Guide Nomenclature - Notes & Warnings 2. Getting to know your SP2100 2.1 What’s in the box 2.2 Parts of the UnionNet SP2100 2.3 Charging your SP2100... -
Page 3: Welcome / Warnings / Cautions / Warranty
UnionNet warehouse. International customers should contact the BarcodeGuy.com offices or support center. If warranty service is required, BarcodeGuy.com will issue a Return Material Authorization Number. No returned product will be accepted or acknowledged without an RMA number clearly marked o the outside of the box or on the shipping label. -
Page 4: Getting To Know Your Sp2100
Mini-USB Connector - Use a standard or the supplied cable to recharge your SP2100. Also allows direct serial connection through a Window’s PC USB connector ● Reset Button - Only to be used under the direction of BarcodeGuy.com Tech Support, it is used to update the SP2100’s firmware when required. ●... -
Page 5: Charging Your Sp2100
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 2.2 - Parts of the UnionNet SP2100, con’t Scan / Power Button - the front Scan Button has 3 important functions: ● POWER ON - Press & Hold for 3 seconds until the logo appears and the scanner beeps, then release. -
Page 6: The Sp2100 Status Bar
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 2.4 - SP2100 Power Modes, con’t Moving between the ® SP2100’s power modes is easy! Here’s how: BarcodeGuy.com ● From Full-Power-Off to Full-Power-ON - Press and hold the Scan Button for 3 seconds until the SP2100 beeps ®... -
Page 7: Using The System Menu Of The Sp2100
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 2.6 - Scanning Barcodes with the SP2100, con’t Having Problems? This section is for problems where the SP2100 times out while trying to scan, not with problems with transferring the barcode data to a HID connected bluetooth host. -
Page 8: Bluetooth Connection Types - Revisiting The Sp2100 Status Bar
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 2.8 - System Menu - Reset Factory Defaults Whiile changing the settings on the SP2100, you might want to quickly clear all the values you set in the System Menu and reset the SP2100 to the settings you received it in. Just use the System Menu to reset the default configuration - your stored data will not be affected. -
Page 9: Getting Started With Hid Connections
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 2.9- BLUETOOTH CONNECTION TYPES - Revisiting the SP2100 Status Bar, con’t Figure 2.17 shows the various connection types you’ll see displayed on your SP2100. NOTE: At this time, there is technically no USB communications mode. USB shown in the Status Bar is an indication that your SP2100 is plugged in and charging in the USB port only. -
Page 10: Android Hid Connection Instructions
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 3.2 - Android HID Connection Instructions On the Android Phone or Tablet - Refer to figure 3.4 figure 3.7 1. Select the “Settings” icon from the Android device’s home or apps screen 2. Select the “Wireless Networks”... -
Page 11: Hid Tips & Tricks With The Sp2100
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 3.3 - Windows HID Connection Instructions, con’t 1. Press “Start” , “Devices & Printers” , “Add a Device” figure 3.10) 2. The “New Device Wizard” will open. Windows will search for active bluetooth devices in range ( figure 3.11’s window) -
Page 12: Disconnecting / Reconnecting Bluetooth
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 3.6 - HID Tips & Tricks with the SP2100, con’t ● Easily Move from Host to Host - although the SP2100 does best (actually, its just less confusing to us) in a one- to-one relationship with a single host, you can easily move between different tablets, smart phones and PC’s. All you have to do is shut off the bluetooth radio on the currently connected host, causing the SP2100 to switch into mode, then turn on the radio of the host you now want to connect with. -
Page 13: Bluetooth Hid - Setting Transmission Delays
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 3.8 - Bluetooth HID - Setting Transmission Delays Dropped / changed barcode characters or missing barcode strings is an uncommon occurrence with the SP2100 and the universe of different device OS’s, core processors, memory, keyboard buffer processing speeds and the precedence of HID bluetooth input processing by the host. -
Page 14: Managing Memory
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 3.A - Other System Menu Options for Bluetooth - con’t ● HID Date Add: - Enable / Disable appending the date/time from the SP2100’s clock as a 14 character prefix to the barcode characters. When enabled, the date/time string’s format is as follows: yyyymmddhhmmss. Note that the hours are in military or 24 hour format. -
Page 15: Display Memory Used
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 4.2 -Display Memory Used Display Memory Used: You can use the System Menu to see how much memory of the SP2100’s memory you’ve used ( . Here’s the shorthand: figure 4.3) SHORTHAND: figure 4.3 SM>>5.Memory>>Memory Info... -
Page 16: Default Suffix And Introduction To Ascii & Hexdecimal Equivalents
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 5.2- Using a Custom Suffix - Stating an Example - con’t “Using a HID connection, scan barcodes into a worksheet. Column 1 contains the asset barcode, column 2 contains the character “Y”, indicating that the asset was present during the asset inventory.”... -
Page 17: Using A Custom Suffix - Using Ascii-Hex Conversion Table
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 5.5- Using a Custom Suffix - Using the ASCII-HEX Conversion Table Before completing the custom suffix defined in , we need to define how to convert a keyboard character into its Section 5.2 hexdecimal equivalent: Referring to here’s how to do it:... -
Page 18: Summarizing Custom Prefixes And Suffixes
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide 5.8 - Summarizing Custom Prefixes and Suffixes Prefixes are designed and implemented in the same way as the suffix example shown above. If you’re just starting with barcode scanning, it may be difficult to imagine how the SP2100’s ability to add keystrokes before and after the barcode characters is often essential in getting the scanner to integrate and work well with the software you’re using for... -
Page 19: Appendix A: Ascii To Hex Conversion
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX A ASCII TO Hex Decimal Conversion Left Digit of HEX Value Right Digit of HEX Value SPACE " & < > How to use this chart - HexDecimal equivalents of ASCII or keyboard characters are 2 digits, from 0 to E. -
Page 20: Appendix B: Sp2100 Factory Default Settings
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX B SP2100 Factory Default Settings SP2100 Default System Menu Option Sub Menu Option Value Information S/N,M/D,H/W,F/W,BOOTLOAD,MEMORY None Power Auto Off 1min – 10min 5 mins LCD Auto Off 1sec – 60sec 10 mins... - Page 21 BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX C Supported Barcode Symbologies SP-2100-1D SP-2100-2D 1D Barcodes Code128, EAN-13, EAN-8, Code39, Code128 UPC-A, UPS-E, Codabar, EAN-13 Interleaved2 of 5, ISBN, Code 93, EAN-8 UCC/EAN-128, GS1 Datarbar, etc. Code39 UPC-A UPS-E Codabar ISBN...
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Page 22: Appendix D: Ios Unilinker And Sp2100 In Mfi Mode
BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX D iOS UniLinker and SP2100 in MFi Mode NOTE! This procedure may not work correctly if you’ve already made a HID connection with your iOS device. To clear the iOS to SP2100 relationship: On the iOS device, go to Settings, General, Bluetooth and find the SP2100 bluetooth connection. - Page 23 BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX D iOS UniLinker and SP2100 in MFi Mode D.3 - Set Bluetooth MFi Mode on the SP2100, con’t If the SP2100 displays and there is an “i” on the far left of the Status Bar as circled in green in...
- Page 24 BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX E Android UniLinker and SP2100 in SPP Mode...
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Page 25: Appendix F: Updating Sp2100 Firmware
3. If the version of your firmware not the current version listed & you want to take advantage of the new/improved firmware features download the firmware “.bin” file from the BarcodeGuy.com, call BarcodeGuy tech support for assistance with steps 4 and greater below. - Page 26 BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide figure F3 - Continued from prior page 8. CAUTION: Follow this step explicitly! 8.1 Power off the SP2100 by pressing the Scan Button for 5 seconds. “Want Shutdown” message will be displayed on the SP2100 screen ( ).
- Page 27 BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX F Updating SP2100 Firmware, con’t ” ( ). To check if you’ve missed the message, click on the arrow on the System Device is Ready to Use figure F5 Tray. If the driver installed correctly, you’ll see the USB icon with a checkmark next to it not the moving green...
- Page 28 BarcodeGuy.com® - UnionNet SP2100 User’s Guide APPENDIX F Updating SP2100 Firmware, con’t figure F8...