SATO MB200i Bluetooth Printer Test Summary

Product Tested: SATO MB200i Bluetooth Printer

SATO Part Number: WWMB22070

Peripheral firmware version: 16.01.02.00

Peripheral Type: Bluetooth Mobile Wearable Label Printer

Test Cycle: Apr-2011

Honeywell software products used: VoiceCatalyst 1.1 / VoiceClient 3.8.1 / VoiceConsole 4.1

Honeywell hardware products used: Talkman A500, Talkman T5

Test Status: Passes some, workarounds exist

Tests Performed - Bluetooth Printer Scenarios:

  • Basic pairing with device as initiator
  • Test the ability to switch from Bluetooth scanners and printers to serial scanners and printers and back
  • Test the ability to place the device into SLEEP and ON states while scanning and printing without affecting scanning and printing functionality
  • Test the ability to noise sample while scanning and printing without affecting scanning and printing functionality
  • Test the ability to retrain a word while scanning and printing without affecting scanning and printing functionality
  • Test the ability to change an operator while scanning and printing without affecting scanning and printing functionality
  • Test the ability to change an operator's speaker setting while scanning and printing without affecting scanning and printing functionality

Tests Performed - Stress Scenarios:

  • Test that scanning and printing can be done out of range and that ODRs are successfully transferred once back in range
  • Test is to verify that scanning and printing can be done while out of range
  • Test that a Bluetooth scanner and printer will re-pair with the device after being taken out of Bluetooth range of the device and then brought back
  • Test validates the ability to change from one paired Bluetooth scanner to another and perform normal operations
  • Device Re-Pairing after Power off

Notes regarding usage

SATO MB200i supports SATO Barcode Printer Language (SBPL). In this testing, VoiceApp used SBPL to communicate with SATO MB200i printer. Please refer to MB200i printer documentation to configure the printer in SBPL (SATO Barcode Printer Language) mode.

MB200i supports multiple interfaces such as serial, IRDA, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. This testing was limited to Bluetooth interface.

Printer does not pair back automatically with Talkman when a printer head is opened to replace the roll of labels. To pair the printer again, you would need to:

  1. Restart Talkman A500 and T5/T5m
  2. Reload task
  3. Restart Printer

If printer is taken out of Bluetooth range and brought back in Bluetooth range, printer does not pair back. (This happens only if print commands are sent to the printer while it’s out of Bluetooth range for 10 minutes or more). To pair the printer with Talkman again, you would need to:

  1. Restart Talkman A500 and T5/T5m
  2. Reload task
  3. Restart Printer

Also, queued ODRs are frequently lost when printer goes out of Bluetooth range. This means that some of the labels may never get printed. Honeywell recommends that printer should always be kept in the Bluetooth range (~10 m).

If the battery is taken out of the printer and then put it back, printer does not pair back. To pair the printer with Talkman again, you would need to:
  1. Restart Talkman A500 and T5/T5m
  2. Reload task
  3. Restart Printer