appLS23 - Barcode scanner Approx - Free user manual and instructions

Product type	High-performance wireless barcode scanner
Brand	Approx
Model	appLS23
Supported symbologies	1D and 2D barcodes, including QR codes (paper and screen)
Wireless connectivity	Bluetooth (HID, BLE, SPP) and 2.4 GHz (dongle)
Bluetooth connection modes	HID, BLE, SPP
Scanning mode	Manual and automatic
Light indicator (LED)	Red (charging), blue (connection), green (2.4G), green+blue flashing (HID)
Audible signal (buzzer)	Long/short beeps for power on, scan, error, etc.
Power supply	Internal rechargeable battery via interface
Factory reset function	Yes (configuration code)
Battery level display	Yes (configuration code)
Firmware update	Possible (version configuration code)
Safety	Never open the device; avoid contact with water, liquids, metal objects
Cleaning	Clean the window with a soft cloth; no solvents
Recycling	Complies with European directive 2002/96/EC; battery must be removed and recycled separately

Frequently Asked Questions - appLS23 Approx

How to turn the scanner on and off?

To turn on the scanner, press and hold the button; it emits a long beep (first low, then high). To turn off, press and hold; it emits a long beep (first high, then low).

How to connect the scanner in Bluetooth HID mode?

Scan the configuration code Bluetooth HID (page 5 of the manual). The green and blue LEDs flash synchronously during pairing. Once connected, a steady blue LED indicates a good connection.

The scanner does not scan barcodes from my phone screen

The appLS23 scanner is designed to decode barcodes from screens. Make sure the screen is clean and bright enough. If the problem persists, check the scanning mode (manual/automatic) or restore default settings.

How to check the scanner's battery level?

Scan the configuration code Battery level (page 4 of the manual). The scanner will emit a series of beeps or display the level via the LED (not detailed in the manual).

What to do if the red LED flashes during charging?

A flashing red LED indicates that the battery is not charging properly. Check the cable and power source. If the problem persists, the battery may be defective.

How to reset the scanner to factory settings?

Scan the code Restore default settings (page 2 of the manual). This will reset all settings, including wireless connections.

What types of barcodes are supported?

The scanner supports 1D and 2D barcodes, including QR codes, on paper or screen.

What do the different beeps of the scanner mean?

A short low beep indicates a successful scan. Three short low beeps mean a 2.4G data send error or full cache. Two short high beeps indicate that the scanned configuration code is not recognized. See the table on page 1 for details.

How to clean the scanning window?

Use a soft brush or lens cleaning cloth. Do not spray liquid directly and do not use solvents other than cleaning water.

How to charge the scanner?

Connect the charging cable (not included) to the scanner's interface. The red LED stays on while charging and turns off when the battery is full.

USER MANUAL appLS23 Approx

Please carefully read all the contents of the manual before using the products described in this manual to ensure that the product is safely and effectively preserved for future use. Do not disassemble the terminal or tear off the seal on the terminal. Otherwise, we will not be responsible for the warranty or replacement of the terminal.

appLS23 is a high performance wireless barcode reader. It can quickly decode any 1D and 2D barcode symbology, including QR codes, from paper or directly from the screen of any device, perfect for customer-facing applications.

1.1. Product display

1. Scan window
2. Scan trigger
3. Indicating light
4. Interface

1.2. Maintenance

• The window must be kept clean, the supplier do not bear the guarantee responsibility due to the improper maintenance.
  · Avoid the window being wear and tear or scratched by hard object
  · Use the hairbrush to remove the stain on the window
  · Clean the window with a soft cloth, such as lens cleaning cloth
• Spraying liquid onto the window is prohibited.
• Prohibit any cleaning solvents, except for the cleaning water.

1.3. LED indicator

1. Red light is always on when charging, it turns off when the battery is full or the charging line is not connected. If the red light flashes, the battery may be not applied or not applied appropriately.
2. Regular blue light indicates that all connections are in good condition.
3. Green light flashes when under 2.4G connection.
4. Green & blue lights flash synchronously when under HID connection.

1.4. Buzzer description

Sound type		Description
1 time long beep (low first, high after)		Scanner on
1 time long beep (high first, low after)		Scanner off
1 time short beep (low)	Scan code or	pair receiver or wireless connected
1 time short beep (low first, high after)		Save scanning data in storage
1 time short beep (high first, low after)		Scan setting code
3 times short beep (low)	2.4G send data fail or cache is full
5 times short beep (low)	Power off
and stop scanning
2 times short beep(low)	2.4G disconnect
2 times short beep(high)	Scan the Setting code which does not w

2. Restore factory defaults

Factory default

3. Version info

Version info

4. Battery capacity

Battery capacity

5. Bluetooth

5.1. Bluetooth HID protocol

1. First scan "Bluetooth HID", then scan "Pairing Setting" to enter Bluetooth searching (Blue&green light will flash once the searching is begun); 2. Turn on Bluetooth in your device, search, select and pair "Barcode Scanner HID", if the pairing is successful, you will hear a "beep" sound and green&flash light is always on. (The whole pairing process takes about 1min, if timeout and the pairing failed, it will automatically exit the pairing mode).

Bluetooth HID

Pairing setting

5.2. Bluetooth BLE protocol

1. Scan "Bluetooth BLE" to enter Bluetooth searching (Blue&green light will flash alternately once the searching has begun).
2. Turn on Bluetooth in your device, search, select and pair "Barcode Scanner BLE", if the pairing is successful, you will hear a "beep" sound and green&flash light is always on.

Bluetooth BLE

5.3. Bluetooth SPP protocol

1. Scan "Bluetooth SPP" to enter Bluetooth searching (blue light will flash once the searching has begun).
2. Turn on the Bluetooth in the customized software, search and select "Barcode Scanner SPP", you will hear a "beep" sound if the pairing is successful, and the blue light is always on.

Bluetooth SPP

6.2.4G (dongle)

6.1.2.4G receiver mode

1. To enter the pairing status, first scan "2.4G Receiver Mode", then scan "Pairing Setting" (the green light will flash).
2. Plug the USB dongle into the device, when hearing a "beep" sound, it means the pairing is successful and the blue&green light is always on. (The whole pairing process takes about 1min, if timeout and the pairing failed, it will automatically exit the pairing mode);

2.4G receiver mode
Pairing setting

6.2. Virtual serial port mode

Under the circumstances when application software requires ports, scan "USB Virtual COM" and recognize as USB Virtual COM. (Be advised: An installed driver is require. The default settings of port is: 9600 baud rate, 8 data bits; no check bit; 1 stop bit).

USB virtual com

7. Scan mode

Manual

Automatic

8. Immediate mode

In immediate mode, data scanned will be directly transmitted to the receiver, there will be one short sound if the transmission is successful, meanwhile the green indicator light will flash once. If the transmission failed, there will be three short sounds and the green light will flash for three times. The data will be lost under immediate mode if the transmission failed.

Immediate mode

9. Inventory mode

Offline inventory mode

In offline inventory mode, scanning the barcode then its data will be automatically saved in the memory chip inside the scanner, later there will be one short sound. If the memory is full, there will be three short sounds as warning sign and the green light will flash three times.

Offline inventory

Mixed mode (just for 2.4G)

Mixed mode is the combination of immediate mode and data inventory. When the scanner is within the range of transmission, the data scanned will be immediately sent to the receiver; when the scanner is out of the range of real time transmission, the data scanned will be automatically saved in the memory chip inside the scanner.

Mixed mode

Inventory setting

Show total amount of barcode scanned in storage:

Upload statistics

Upload all data in memory chip:

Upload data

Delete all data in memory chip (Warning: All data deleted cannot be restored, make sure you have uploaded all data and made a backup).

Delete all data

10. Sleep time setting

30s

1

min

2

5

mins

10

30

mins

Turn off sleep mode

Iniciate sleep mode immediately

11. Keyboard language settings

America

Germany

France

Spain

Italy

Japan

Belgian

Portugal

The

Turkey

Turkey

Sweden

Thai

Russian

International universal keyboard

12. Case conversion

Upper case
Lowe case

Upper&lower case conversion
Upper&lower case conversion OFF

13. Voice settings

*High volume
Medium volume

LOW
volume
Mute

14. Terminator settings

Enter

Line
feed

Enter+LF

TAB

No terminator

15. Data edit

15.1. Disable / Enable invisible character output

Enable

Disable

15.2. Add prefix/suffix

How to add prefix/suffix: First scan "Set prefix" or "Set suffix", then scan the corresponding barcode (see character table below), you may add up to 32 bytes.

Dec	ASCII	Character Set 0	Character Set 1	Character Set 2	Char. Set 3	Charact. Set 4	Programming Barcode
1	SOH	NULL	Home	Ctrl+A	Alt+001	Enter nume-ric keypad
2	STX	Ctrl+B	End	Ctrl+B	Alt+002	Cap Lock
3	ETX	Ctrl+C	Up Arrow	Ctrl+C	Alt+003	Right Arrow
4	EOT	NULL	Down Arrow	Ctrl+D	Alt+004	Up Arrow
5	ENQ	NULL	Left Arrow	Ctrl+E	Alt+005	NULL
6	ACK	NULL	Right Arrow	Ctrl+F	Alt+006	NULL
7	BEL	NULL	Shift+Tab	Ctrl+G	Alt+007	Enter
8	BS	Back Space	Back Space	Back Space	Alt+008	Left Arrow
9	HT	Tab	Tab	Tab	Alt+009	Tab
10	LF	Enter	Enter	Ctrl+P	Alt+010	Down Arrow
11	VT	NULL	NULL	Ctrl+Q	Alt+011	Tab
12	FF	NULL	NULL	Ctrl+R	Alt+012	delete
13	CR	Enter	Enter	Enter	Alt+013	Enter
14	S0	F1	Page Up	Ctrl+N	Alt+014	Insert
15	S1	F2	Page Down	Ctrl+O	Alt+015	Esc
16	DLE	F3	F11	Ctrl+P	Alt+016	F11
17	DC1	F4	NULL	Ctrl+Q	Alt+017	Home
18	DC2	F5	NULL	Ctrl+R	Alt+018	Print Screen
19	DC3	F6	NULL	Ctrl+S	Alt+019	Back Space
20	DC4	F7	NULL	Ctrl+T	Alt+020	Shift tab
21	NAK	F8	F12	Ctrl+U	Alt+021	F12
22	SYN	F9	F1	Ctrl+V	Alt+022	F1
23	TB	F10	F2	Ctrl+W	Alt+023	F2
24	CAN	F11	F3	Ctrl+X	Alt+024	F3
25	EM	F12	F4	Ctrl+Y	Alt+025	F4
26	SUB	NULL	F5	Ctrl+Z	Alt+026	F5
27	Esc	Esc	F6	Ctrl+[	Alt+027	F6
28	FS	ALT+028	F7	Ctrl\	Alt+028	F7
29	GS	ALT+029	F8	Ctrl+]	Alt+029	F8
30	RS	NULL	F9	Ctrl^	Alt+030	F9
31	US	NULL	F10	Ctrl+_	Alt+031	F10

1. Displayable character table

Decimal Data	ASCII	Programming Barcode
32	Space
33	!
34	"
35	#
36	$
37	%
38	&
39	'
40	(
41	)
42	*
43	+
44	,
45	-
46	.

Decimal Data	ASCII	Programming Barcode
47	/
48	0
49	1
50	2
51	3
52	4
53	5
54	6
55	7
56	8
57	9
58	:
59	;
60	<
61	=
62	>
63	?
64	@
65	A
66	B
67	C
68	D
69	E
70	F
71	G
72	H
73	I
74	J
75	K
76	L

Decimal Data	ASCII	Programming Barcode
77	M
78	N
79	O
80	P
81	Q
82	R
83	S
84	T
85	U
86	V
87	W
88	X
89	Y
90	Z
91	[
92	\
93	]
94	^
95	-
96	、
97	a
98	b
99	c
100	d
101	e
102	f
103	g
104	h
105	i
106	j

Decimal Data	ASCII	Programming Barcode
107	k
108	I
109	m
110	n
111	o
112	p
113	q
114	r
115	s
116	t
117	u
118	v
119	w
120	x
121	y
122	Z
123	{
124	|
125	}
126	~
127	DEL
164	a
199	C
231	G

18. Safety, maintenance and recycling instructions

• Caution: Never open the device, the internal parts are danger, electrical shock.
• Do not install this unit near water, for example, in a wet basement, in an unprotected outdoor installation or in any area classified as a wet.
• Do not insert objects of any kind into this unit through openings as they may touch voltage points and short out parts that could result in fire or electric shock.
• Do not spill any liquid on the unit. Danger of explosion!
• Do not crush power cables, danger of short circuit!
• Always connect to the manufacturer's recommended tension.
• Clean the product with a soft and dry cloth.
• Follow local regulations for disposing of the product.

19. Recycled

AEEREI-RAE 558 - In this manual, the container (bien) symbol indicates that the product is subject to the European directive 2002/96/EC, electrical and electronic products, batteries, and other accessories must necessarily be subject to a selective collection.

At the end of the life of the devise, make use of the recycling bins.

This gesture will help reduce the health risks and preserve the environment. Municipalities and distributor, will provide essential details on recycling your old device. If this device carries an internal battery, it must be removed and deposited separately for proper management.

1. Introdução

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