Scanners and handhelds

Scanners and handhelds

Set up Zebra and Honeywell handhelds so the trigger scans into the app, plus keyboard scanners, cameras, NFC and RFID readers.

This page is for the IT team or whoever prepares handhelds. Phones that scan with the camera need no setup.

Which scanning works where

Scanner	Android	iPhone and iPad
Built-in trigger on a Zebra handheld (DataWedge)	Yes, after the setup below	n/a
Built-in trigger on a Honeywell handheld	Yes, after the setup below	n/a
Keyboard scanner: USB or Bluetooth, types and presses Enter	Yes, no setup	Yes, no setup
Camera (Use camera)	Yes	Yes
RFID sled or reader sending reads as scans	Yes	No
NFC tags, in apps your company builds	Yes, where the device has NFC	Yes

Zebra handhelds (DataWedge)

In DataWedge on the device, or through your device management tool, create a profile for the DataMagik app:

1. Create a new profile, for example DataMagik, and associate it with the app com.datamagik.extend (all activities).
2. Turn Barcode input on, with the symbologies your labels use.
3. Turn Intent output on. Set the intent action to com.datamagik.extend.SCAN and the intent delivery to Broadcast intent.
4. Turn Keystroke output off. Otherwise every scan also arrives as typed characters.

Open DataMagik and pull the trigger on the Scan tab. The receipt should say via trigger.

For an RFID sled such as the Zebra RFD40, also turn on RFID input in the same profile, so tag reads arrive with the same intent. The app accepts tag EPCs in hex, and a sweep may send many at once.

Honeywell handhelds

The app listens for Honeywell's standard barcode broadcast. In the device's scanner settings, claim the scanner for the DataMagik app (com.datamagik.extend) and turn on broadcast (intent) output for it. Check on the Scan tab that the receipt says via trigger.

Keyboard scanners

A scanner that types the barcode and presses Enter works on any device with no setup. The app treats fast keys ending in Enter, at least 3 characters long, typed outside a text box, as a scan. Receipts say via scanner.

Labels the app reads

The app works out what a barcode is from its shape: containers, master units, shippers, dies, lanes, doors and trailers, workcenters, locations and badges. The shapes are listed in Scanning, receipts and Undo. Make sure your location, door and workcenter labels match these shapes, for example DOOR 3, LANE 4 and PRS-01.

Device tips

• Install the app from Google Play or the App Store, or push it with your device management tool.
• For shared handhelds, register each one as a shared device; see People, devices and printing.
• The app needs Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 15.5 or later.
• On Android, the first camera scan may download Google's barcode scanner module, so open the camera once while on Wi-Fi when preparing a device.
• The app does not use location or notifications, so these can stay off.