Honeywell’s Mobile Phone Mode
There is a mode titled “Hand Held Scanning – Mobile Phone†that optimizes your scanner to read bar codes from mobile phones and other LED displays. It does this in part by flickering the LEDs. Last week a business was having trouble reading barcodes off of his laptop so we told him to turn the feature on (by scanning the barcode). And of course he stopped having trouble. Note that you don’t have to have this feature on when scanning barcodes off of phones/tablets. It just helps the cause sometimes.
I wanted to know what the impact was on scanning speed when scanning regular barcodes when this feature was turned on. So I tested it.
The results – the Xenon 1900 is a little slower (about 15%) with this feature turned on. That sounds like a lot but the difference in speed really isn’t noticeable. The Xenon still blows through my scanner board.
So don’t hesitate to use this feature if the application calls for it – even if other barcodes are being scanned that aren’t on a phone or a computer screen.
Honeywell Offers Shielded Illumination with Presentation Scanners
Shielded Illumination. What is it? In short, it’s a Honeywell-designed feature that minimizes the light emitted from a scanner preventing operators and customers from getting their eyes zapped by the barcode scanner. It significantly reduces the intense illumination often associated with imaging-based scanners.
Is it important? Yes! It allows retailers to manage their point of sale operations quickly, efficiently, and without any customer complaints.
Top Ten Reasons Your Business Needs a Payroll Expert
You wouldn’t use a hot plate to roast a turkey… why would you use a payroll generalist when you need an expert?
With labor laws, compliance and HR issues, and tax codes… payroll can be both complicated and time-consuming. There are nearly 75,000 pages in the IRS tax code and about 4,000 annual changes to federal, state and local tax codes. The result? Nearly 40 to 45 percent of all small businesses incur tax penalties each year.
Whether it’s dealing with minimum wage, shortfalls, direct tips vs. indirect tips, underreporting of tips, or tax and HR compliance, wouldn’t it be nice to have an expert take those payroll challenges and issues off your administrative plate? Take your time back.
Following are the top ten reasons for hiring a payroll expert:
Improve Performance with Honeywell’s Flexible Scanner Power Management
If your business is experiencing network performance issues and you suspect that the Bluetooth scanner is interfering with other devices, you can turn down the power output of the Bluetooth scanner by simply scanning a barcode. There are four barcodes you can scan in the Xenon/Granit/Voyager 1452/1602g User’s Guides:
- Low Power (1%)
- Medium Low Power (5%)
- Medium Power (35%)
- Full Power (100%).
A by-product when you turn down the power output is reduced range between the scanner and its base/access point/host. I get asked a lot about the Bluetooth ranges at those power levels – scanner to base station. So I tested several scanners (because I am a scan-nerd), and here is what I found. Measurements are approximation – RF isn’t exact. Also - I stopped at 100 feet because that’s how big my yard is…and because I’ve never seen an application that requires the Xenon to scan that far from the base station.
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Medium Power (35%)
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Full Power (100%)
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Bottom line is that if you are really concerned about RF interference, don’t be afraid to turn down the power on the Xenon & Granit. They’ll still have plenty of range. That being said, in the vast majority of cases, the interference has nothing to do with the Bluetooth scanner.
