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Tethered Scanners and the MX7 Tecton Cradles
An MX7 Tecton powered cradle supports tethered scanner attachment. A powered cradle provides 5V power to a tethered
scanner.
The MX7 Tecton passive vehicle cradle cannot support tethered scanner attachment.
Note: Pressing an MX7 Tecton Scan button has no effect on tethered bar code scanners connected to a powered desktop
cradle. Tethered scanners read bar code scans only when the trigger on the tethered scanner is pressed.
A tethered scanner can be connected to the 9-pin RS232 Serial Interface port on the desktop cradle or to the Serial Interface
port on the back of the vehicle cradle.
MX7 Tecton keypad data entries can be mixed with tethered scanner bar code data entries. Any tethered scanner that decodes
the bar code internally and outputs an RS232 data stream may be used. It sends the data to the MX7 Tecton in ASCII format.
Tethered scanners send scanned data to the MX7 Tecton when the MX7 Tecton is in a powered cradle and the scanners are
connected to the Serial Interface port on the cradle.
When a tethered scanner is connected to the Serial Interface port on a powered cradle, the MX7 Tecton must be configured as
follows:
There is no software in the desktop cradle.
Bluetooth device connection and use, while the MX7 Tecton is docked, are managed by the MX7 Tecton Bluetooth client, not
the cradle.
Note: The cradle must be powered by an external power source to enable tethered scanner use.
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