Bluetooth Scanner Considerations

Honeywell recommends selecting Bluetooth scanners that:

• Are class 2 devices, to limit any potential wireless network interference.
• Support the Bluetooth Serial Port Protocol (SPP) for data transmission.
• Do not require security options.
• May be programmed easily via barcodes. Workers scan the barcodes in order to set up scanners or reconfigure them to re-pair with different devices. This is much easier than finding a supervisor when it is needed to edit a static configuration in VoiceConsole.

In applications using several scanners, Honeywell recommends associating (pairing) the reader with its base unit during idle periods, or turning it off.  Typically, pairing with the charging base is done by scanning the bar-code at the reader’s charging base or a code break (unpair) the connection.  Unconnected Bluetooth devices that are still logically paired often ‘page’ to try to re-pair.  This can create significant increases in Bluetooth activity and possibly impact wireless network performance.  Ensuring that unused active devices are always paired reduces this possibility