Entering Barcodes with a Telxon Unit

When you enter barcodes on a Telxon unit, you can collect up to 800 barcodes (500 is recommended for best results). When you finish entering barcodes, you must transfer the barcodes from the Telxon unit to the workstation for processing. Upload the barcodes as soon as possible so exceptions can be handled while the items can still be found.

You must have at least a 2.6 version chip in the Telxon unit to use your Telxon unit for inventory.

To enter barcodes with a Telxon unit

1 Press the On/Off button once to turn on the Telxon unit.
2 Go to the Telxon Main Menu.

(For instructions, see the Telxon Manual.)

3 If necessary, do one of these options:
If the Telxon unit shows that you are in Portable Circulation or Inventory, hold down Exit until the Telxon unit beeps three times.

Important: The alternate step below tells you to reset your Telxon unit. When you reset it, the data in the computer might be lost, so make sure you no longer need any barcodes that are still in memory before you reset the Telxon unit.

If the Telxon unit has not been used before, or if you want to verify that you have the current version of the Telxon unit Operating System, reset the Telxon unit.

(For instructions, see the Telxon Manual.)

The Telxon unit momentarily displays the operating system and then displays the Telxon Main Menu:

4 Press 2 to choose Inventory.

The Telxon unit displays the inventory menu.

5 To record inventory, press 1, or press an arrow key to choose Record inv and then press Enter.

The Telxon unit displays the current date and time and asks if they are correct.

6 Do one of these options:
If the displayed date and time are correct, press Yes.
If the displayed date or time is incorrect, press No. Then enter the correct date and time. The system displays the date and time you just entered and asks if they are correct. Press Yes.

The Telxon unit displays how many barcodes you can enter before the memory is full.

7 Press Enter.

A barcode prompt displays.

8 Scan the barcode for the first item you want to count in the inventory.

Note: After you scan each barcode, the Telxon unit displays the barcode prompt with the previous barcode underneath.

9 Continue scanning barcodes until you have scanned all the barcodes you want.

Important: Plan enough time after your inventory session to print the Exceptions report. Resolve the problems for this group or collection on the same day that you enter the barcodes so you will be more likely to find the items on the shelves.

10 Press Exit when you finish entering barcodes.

The Telxon unit displays the Inventory menu again.

11 Do one of these options:
If you want to continue with the inventory later, turn off the Telxon unit, or leave the unit alone and it will turn itself off in about two minutes.
If you want to upload the barcodes to the workstation, see Uploading Data from a Telxon Unit.

 


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