Supported scanning devices

PI Manual Logger Mobile supports barcode, RFID, and magnetic stripe reader scanning devices that contain software to direct scanned data to PI Manual Logger as input text (Symbol DataWedge and Intermec SmartWedge, for example). Please contact your device manufacturer to obtain this software.

Integrated barcode scanning

PI Manual Logger Mobile also supports integrated barcode scanning for some Motorola Symbol devices. This feature allows a data collector to capture a barcode scanned event from the Data Entry screen, where the barcode is associated with a tag or a tag group. To use this feature, the tour option Use barcode scanning for navigation instead of data entry on data entry screen must be enabled. Refer to Barcode tour options for more information.

PI Manual Logger supports integrated barcode scanning for the following Motorola Symbol devices:

• MC50

• MC70

• MC75

• MC9000

• MC9090

• PDT8100

• PDT8100X

• PPT2800

• PPT8000

• PPT8800

• ES400

• MC3000

• MC3090Z

• MC3100

• MC55

• MC55A

• MC65

• MC75A

• MC9100

• MC9500

Barcode formats

Barcodes used in PI Manual Logger Mobile can be as many characters as the barcode standard and barcode scanning hardware support. Some commonly used barcode formats are listed in the following table.