Barcode tour options

The Barcode tab enables you to set up how you want barcodes to be handled in PI Manual Logger.

• Barcode, if assigned, must be scanned or manually entered before data entry is allowed: Select to require users to scan or enter a barcode for any tag or tag group that has a barcode association before they can access the Data Entry window. For more information about using barcodes, see Barcode usage with tags and tag groups.

• Display barcode enter screen before data entry screen: Select to display the barcode screen as the initial screen on the mobile device when a user starts a new tour. After scanning a barcode, the tag associated with that barcode is prompted for data entry. After the data for that tag is entered, the scan barcode screen appears again.

• Use barcode scanning for navigation instead of data entry on data entry screen: Select this option so that when you scan a barcode on the device data entry screen, PI Manual Logger navigates to a tag that is associated with that barcode instead of recording a value for the current tag. This option is available for specific Motorola Symbol devices only. See Supported scanning devices.

  Note: For a fully barcode-based system, where tags are aliased with barcodes, you can set up a single tour to include all tags for which data is to be collected and data entered, without following the sequence in which tags are configured in the tour.