nordic id HH85 RFID Barcode Reader User Guide

: June 9, 2024
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nordic id HH85 RFID Barcode Reader
GETTING STARTED
USING THE DEVICE
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nordic id HH85 RFID Barcode Reader

GETTING STARTED

GENERAL

Nordic ID HH8x family is designed for quick, accurate and reliable data collection whether it is for barcode or UHF RFID reading. Featuring the Android operating system and a 4.7″ HD touchscreen with high processing power. This enables sophisticated software development offering a superb user experience. The Gorilla Glass 3 touchscreen provides excellent display quality and robustness.
What makes Nordic ID HH83/HH85 RFID ACD so powerful is the Nordic ID NUR2-1W module which provides state-of-the-art UHF RFI Dreading performance is an ideal contemporary data collection tool.
The modular design of Nordic ID HH83 enables the only Barcode variant to be upgraded* to RFID+Barcode variant in future, instead of replacing the device.

Upgrade must be made by authorized service centers. Upgrade ordering codes are ACN00199/200.

VARIANTS

NORDIC ID HH83 VARIANTS
The Nordic ID HH83 is available in 5 different variants (all of them with WLAN interface, rear camera and NFC reader) that are:

CODE : FREQUENCY : RFIDACD 2D: IMAGER

HTH00001 N/A No Yes No
HTH00002 N/A No Yes Yes
HTH00004 868 MHz (ETSI) Yes Yes No
HTH0000S 868 MHz (ETSI) Yes Yes Yes
HTH00007 915 MHz (FCC) Yes Yes No

NORDIC ID HH85 VARIANTS
The Nordic ID HH85 is available in 3 different variants (all of them with WLAN interface, rear camera and NFC reader) that are:

HTH00008| 868 MHz (ETSI)| Yes| Yes| No
HTH00009| 868 MHz (ETSI)| Yes| Yes| Yes
HTH00010| 915 MHz (FCC)| Yes| Yes| No
HTH00011| 920 MHz (China, Japan)| Yes| Yes| No
HTH00012| 920 MHz (China, Japan)| Yes| Yes| Yes

AVAILABLEACCESSORIES

NORDIC ID HH83 AND NORDIC ID HH85 ACCESSORIES

CODE : DESCRIPTION

ACN00190 HH83 Desktop Charger Kit EU
ACN00191 HH83 Desktop Charger Kit UK
ACN00192 HH83 Desktop Charger Kit US
ACN00193 HH83 4-Bay Desktop Charger Kit EU
ACN00194 HH83 4-Bay Desktop Charger Kit UK
ACN00195 HH83 4-Bay Desktop Charger Kit US
ACN00182 H H83 USB Type-C-to-Ethernet Adapter
ACN00183 Wall adapter QuickCharge3 USB Type-C kit, EU UK US

NOTE! When using the 4-slots desktop cradle, one USB-C to Ethernet adapter is needed for each Nordic ID HH83 or HH85 device using Ethernet communication, i.e., up to 4 adapters might be connected to the 4-bays cradle.

NORDIC ID HH83 ONLY ACCESSORIES

CODE : DESCRIPTION

ACN00180 HH83 Spare Battery 6700mAh with Cover
ACN00181 HH83 Spare Battery 3350mAh with Cover
ACN00205 Nordic ID HH83 belt holster

NORDIC ID HH85 ONLY ACCESSORIES

CODE: ESCRIPTION

ACN00204 Nordic ID HH85 Battery 10050mAh with Pistol grip cover

IN BOX CONTENT

Nordic ID HH83/HH85 inbox contains following items

Nordic ID HH83/HH85 device
Changeable battery (pre-installed inside the unit).
- 3350mAh battery included in Nordic ID HH83 Barcode variants
- 6700mAh battery included in Nordic ID HH83 RFID ACD variants
- 10050mAh battery with pistol grip included in Nordic ID HH85 RFI D ACD variants
Wrist strap
Safety and regulations card

REMOVING AND INSTALLING THE BATTERY

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BATTERY”HOTSWAP”
The Nordic ID HH83/HH85 provides a battery “hot swap” functionality which the user can activate from the Android “power off” menu (displayed when Power button is pressed during 1 second). This feature allows removing a (discharged) battery and installing a fully charged one in a matter of seconds, thus allowing a larger usage time of the device when having extra batteries for replacement.
When selecting “Battery Hotswap”, the device will go to sleep mode and, after waitingfor a short vibration, then the user can swap the battery without losing any data, as the device will not reboot or power off as it would do without “hot swap” support.

CHARGING

NORDIC ID HH83/HH85 CHARGING

NOTE! Due to regulations, devices are delivered with empty battery. Please fully charge your device before first use.
The Nordic ID HH83/HH85 can be charged via desktop or USB-C charger. The USB charger needs to have a USB-C connector and preferably support for Quick Charge 3.0.
Charging time from 0 – 100% via the desktop and Quick Charge 3.0 USB charger is about 4 hours for both Nordic ID HH83 Barcode and RFID ACD variants.
Due to its larger battery, charging time from 0 – 80% is about 4 hours for Nordic ID HH85 RFID ACD, and 6 hours to 100%.
The status LED on the unit shows the charging progress:

red when battery level is below 15%
yellow when it’s between 15% and 90%
green when it’s above 90%

NOTE! The USB-C and desktop chargers are sold separately by Nordic ID.

BATTERY CHARGING USING DESKTOP CHARGER
Both the battery in the Nordic HH83 plus a spare battery can be charged simultaneously in the desktop charger. This means that when using the Nordic ID HH83 4-Bay Desktop Charger, four Nordic ID HH83 devices plus four extra batteries can be charged at the same time, i.e., eight batteries.
NOTE! that one Nordic ID HH85 with pistol grip and one spare battery with pistol grip cover cannot be charged in the same bay of a desktop charger . nordic-id-HH85-RFID-Barcode-Reader-9

The behavior (color) of the LEDs depends on how the main Nordic ID HH83/HH85 unit is being connected (using the USB-C port) to external devices or network and whether an extra battery is being charged or not:

Power status LED
- Green when the desktop charger is connected to power
Communication mode LED
- Off when there is nothing connected to USB-C port
- Green when the Nordic ID HH83/85 unit is in client mode (e.g., connected to a computer via USB) e Blue when the Nordic ID HH83/HH85 unit is in host mode (e.g., connected to a network using USB
Extra battery status LED
- Red when a Nordic ID HH83/HH85 battery is being charged
- Green when a Nordic ID HH83/HH85 battery is fully charged

FEATURES OVERVIEW

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The three buttons below the screen map the typical on-screen Android buttons.

The variant shown in Picture 10 and Picture 11Picture 8 is Nordic ID HH83 Barcode. Keys and user interactions are the same in Nordic ID HH83 RFID ACD and Nordic ID HH85 RFID ACD, except:

Nordic ID HH83 RFID ACD and Nordic ID HH85 RFID ACD do not have built-in ToF sensor.
Module containing the barcode scanner also builds the RFID UHF reader and antenna.

The Nordic ID HH85 RFID ACD also includes a scan button on the pistol grip:

USING THE DEVICE

BUTTONS

The Nordic ID HH83/HH85 devices include six physical keys for user interactions. Location of the keys can be seen in the Picture 10.
Both Nordic ID HH83 Barcode and RFID ACD variants include two side keys for triggering UHF RFID and/or barcode reading, allowing usage with both right and left hands.
The Nordic ID HH85 RFID ACD also includes a trigger on the pistol grip, besides of the two side keys.

SCAN BUTTONS
The trigger (SCAN) buttons are in Nordic ID HH83 on both sides of the device, and also on the pistol grip in the Nordic ID HH85. Depending on the application in use, the trigger button starts/stops UHF RFID or barcode reading. By default, the first press of the button starts the reading and the second press of the button stops it.

NOTE! By default, side buttons in Nordic ID HH8 x don’t wake up the reader if sleeping.

Scanning is the default behavior of these side keys when using Nordic ID applications such as Nordic ID RFID Demo, Nordic ID Keyboard Wedge or Nordic ID Radea Mobile Client.
The scan buttons information (status) is also available for 3rd party applications via the Android API, as a push or release event, so that their behavior can be customized.

POWER KEY
Power key turns the device On/Off. The power key can be used also to wake the device up if it’s sleeping and displaying the “Power off” menu if the key is pressed continuously for 1 second.
When pressing the power key continuously for 8 seconds, the device will reboot immediately.

HOME KEY
Home key will show the menu of Android OS and/or application if supported by the view/application or move back to the home screen from any application.

BACK KEY
Back key equals to tapping a “Return” or “Previous” button in any application. It behaves as the “back” Android button.

APPS TASK MANAGER KEY
Apps key will show the task manager of Android OS. It behaves as the “apps” Android button.

STATUS LED

Whilst the Nordic ID HH83/HH85 is being charged, using either the USB-C charger or the Nordic ID HH83 desktop charger, the status LED indicates the charging progress, i.e. battery level, of the device:

red when battery level is below 15%
yellow when it’s between 15% and 90%
green when it’s above 90%

SENSORS

The Nordic ID HH83/HH85 includes several sensors which can be seen in the Picture 10 and Picture 11.

TOF SENSOR
The ToF sensor is located on the top front side of the Nordic ID HH83 Barcode device, by the barcode scanner. It is used to trigger barcode scanning instead of using the Scan button. ToF mode is disabled by default. When enabled, the ToF sensor sends an artificial light signal. Barcode scanning is automatically performed while any item interrupts this signal, e.g., an object finger is placed in front of the sensor at a given (customizable) distance.
Enable and play with ToFsensor using Nordic ID RFID Demo in Android ➔Settings ➔ Sensor

LIGHT AND PROXIMITY SENSOR
The light and sensors are located on the front side of the device, by the ear speaker.
The light sensor is used to adjust the brightness of the screen according to the ambient light (if the display brightness level is set to adaptative).
The proximity sensor detects when you have the phone up to your ear, so that touchscreen is switched off to prevent accidental tapping.

NFC READER
An NFC reader is located on the back side of the Nordic ID HH83/HH85. NFC antenna is indicated with a ((waves)) icon in the Nordic ID HH83 (there is no icon in the Nordic ID HH85).
Multiple NFC standards are supported, proximity and vicinity, which makes Nordic ID HH83/HH85 also compliant with existing NFC Android apps.
The Nordic ID RFID Demo app can also be used to read NFC tags and get basic information.

VOLUME

The Nordic ID HH83/HH85 has a speaker and an earpiece, which volume can be adjusted as typically done in Android devices.
The Nordic ID HH83/HH85 does not have physical volume control buttons. To change the volume of the audio, you can use the shortcut at the dropdown notification menu.

SCANNING DIRECTIONS

To get maximum reading performance, Nordic ID HH83/HH85 reader must be handled by following these pictures showing ergonomic and easy way to hold and use the device: