Pair Devices with Peripheral Hardware

VoiceConsole lets you pair Bluetooth-enabled devices with the following other pieces of equipment:

Network Printer
Bluetooth Printer
Bluetooth Scanner
SRX Wireless Headset (includes SRX2 and SRX3)
Bluetooth Low Energy scanner

A device can only be paired with one printer, one scanner, and one headset at the same time. You can pair only one Display with a device at a time.

Sites with a large number of Bluetooth peripherals in a static configuration may define pairings in a file and import them into VoiceConsole, known as bulk pairing. This method is described in Pair Devices with Peripherals in Bulk.

Connection Mode

Select the appropriate mode:

Device initiates connection with peripheral: the voice device is the initiator, the peripheral is the acceptor.
Device listens for peripheral connection: the peripheral is the initiator, the voice device is the acceptor.

Enable Bluetooth on Peripheral Hardware

To pair a device with peripheral hardware, Bluetooth must be enabled on the device. Some operations or devices - such as the SRX headset - may also require Bluetooth be discoverable. Honeywell recommends setting Bluetooth as both Enabled and Discoverable for any Honeywell Voice device using Bluetooth communications.

From the VoiceConsole tab, select the Device Management tab.
Under Navigation, click Devices.
In the View Devices list, select the device you want to pair with peripheral hardware.
Under Device Actions, select Manage Devices > Edit selected device.
The Edit Device page opens.
In the Bluetooth settings section, select Enabled from the Bluetooth Enabled drop-down list.
From the Bluetooth Discoverable drop-down list, select Enabled if the device broadcasts its Bluetooth information so that another Bluetooth-capable device can recognize and pair with it.
From the Bluetooth Headset Manual Pairing drop-down list, select Enabled if you want to allow a pairing between an SRX Wireless Headset and the device.
Click Save changes.

Create a Pairing with a Peripheral

Printers

Voice Device Pairing Role	Method of Pairing
Initiator	RECOMMENDED: Create the pairing between the printer and device within VoiceConsole using the printer Bluetooth address. Honeywell recommends always using the printer that is paired with a Honeywell Voice device.
Acceptor	If available, use the printer interface, and enter the Bluetooth address of a Honeywell Voice device. The Honeywell Voice device is then always paired with that printer until they are unpaired through the printer interface.

Scanners or other Bluetooth input device

Scanner pairing and use for each supported or tested scanner is fully described here.

Voice Device Pairing Role	Method of Pairing
Acceptor	RECOMMENDED: If available, scan the bar code that creates a pairing between the scanner and Honeywell Voice device. This method provides the scanner Bluetooth address and enables operators to pair with any scanner they choose at any point. Honeywell strongly recommends unpairing scanners after use by scanning the bar code that unpairs the scanner to prevent a scanner from unexpectedly pairing with another Honeywell Voice device. See the scanner documentation for information on this method.
Initiator	Create the pairing between the scanner and device within VoiceConsole using the scanner Bluetooth address. The Honeywell Voice device is then always paired with that scanner until they are unpaired within VoiceConsole. Honeywell does not recommend this pairing method because it limits operational flexibility.

Voice Device Pairing Role

Method of Pairing

Acceptor

RECOMMENDED: If available, scan the bar code that creates a pairing between the scanner and Honeywell Voice device. This method provides the scanner Bluetooth address and enables operators to pair with any scanner they choose at any point. Honeywell strongly recommends unpairing scanners after use by scanning the bar code that unpairs the scanner to prevent a scanner from unexpectedly pairing with another Honeywell Voice device.

See the scanner documentation for information on this method.

Initiator

Create the pairing between the scanner and device within VoiceConsole using the scanner Bluetooth address. The Honeywell Voice device is then always paired with that scanner until they are unpaired within VoiceConsole. Honeywell does not recommend this pairing method because it limits operational flexibility.

Honeywell SRX, SRX2, or SRX3 Wireless Headset

SRX headsets are always the Bluetooth acceptor.

Voice Device Pairing Role	Method of Pairing
Initiator	RECOMMENDED: Enable SRX automatic pairing by setting the configurable parameter SrxAutoPairEnable to 1 in the device profile of the Honeywell Voice device, and have the operator automatically pair the headset and device. For more information on this method, see Manual Pairing in the hardware documentation New or repaired SRX headsets first need to be manually paired. You can then automatically pair the headsets with devices on subsequent pairings.
Initiator	Create the pairing between the SRX headset and device within VoiceConsole with the headset Bluetooth address. The Honeywell Voice device is then always paired with that headset until they are unpaired within VoiceConsole. Honeywell does not recommend this pairing method because it limits operational flexibility.
Initiator	Operator pairs the headset manually.

Voice Device Pairing Role	Method of Pairing
Initiator	Create the pairing between the display and device within VoiceConsole with the display Bluetooth address.

Creating a Pairing with a Peripheral Within VoiceConsole

Only a Bluetooth device can be paired with a Bluetooth Printer, Bluetooth Scanner, and SRX Wireless Headset. If the device that you select does not have Bluetooth, only Network Printer is available from the Pairing Type drop-down.

From the VoiceConsole tab, select the Device Management tab.
Under Navigation, click Devices.
In the View Devices list, select the device you want to pair with peripheral hardware.
Under Device Actions, select Pair Devices > Pair selected device to a peripheral.
The Pair Device With Peripherals page opens.

From the Pairing Type drop-down list, select the hardware with which you want to create a pairing, and enter additional information, if necessary, about the pairing.

Only Honeywell Voice A700/A700x and A500 devices can be paired with a Display. VoiceConsole SaaS deployment supports only the A700x.

Pairing Type	Details
Network Printer	Enter the printer Pairing Name, Host, and Port.
Bluetooth Printer or Bluetooth Scanner	Select one of the following Connection Modes: Device initiates connection with peripheral: Device begins pairing with the specified peripheral. Enter the peripheral Pairing Name and Bluetooth Address. Device listens for peripheral connection: Device searches for a peripheral with which to pair. It pairs with one Bluetooth peripheral in range. For either of these settings, you can opt to enable Security and enter a Security Key. When security is enabled, data passed between the device and the peripheral is encrypted.
SRX Wireless Headset	Enter the headset Pairing Name and Bluetooth Address.
Display	Enter a Pairing Name and Bluetooth Address.

Click Pair with peripheral.