Testing barcode scanners and labels

Most WSMS applications provide a way test your barcode scanners and labels to verify your setup, and diagnose problems.

Launch the Scanner Settings dialog from the Home screen of most applications, and select the Diagnostics tab. Scan a barcode with one of the configured barcode scanners. If the scanner is configured properly and connected, you should see the scanner and label information appear.

The following information is available when scanning a barcode:

• Scanner Name – The name assigned to the scanner that read the barcode.  If more than one scanner is configured this name should be unique to help you identify the scanner.
• Symbology – The Symbology of the barcode that was scanned. It will either show the symbology like DataMatrix, Code128, PDF417, etc.  or it will show Unknown If the symbology cannot be detected. When the symbology cannot be detected the scanner most likely is not configured to transmit the AIM ID prefix that identifies the barcode symbology. This may cause the barcode to be misidentified or not identified at all.
• Barcode Type – The label definition type that was matched to the barcode being scanned.  If the Barcode Type is Unknown, it means the barcode that was scanned is not matching any of the known label definitions, either because the data is in the wrong format or the symbology does not match.  Refer to the section on Labels for more information.
• Raw Data – The character string that was read from the barcode, not including the symbology AIM ID prefix if it exists.