AsReader ASR-023B Finger Type 1D 2D Barcode Reader User Manual

AsReader ASR-023B Finger Type 1D 2D Barcode Reader

Product Information

The AsReader Finger-Type ASR-023B is a wearable barcode reader that supports 1D/2D barcodes. It features a Bluetooth wireless connection and supports Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) specifications. It also supports HID and SPP profiles of Classic Bluetooth, allowing it to communicate with Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems.

The corresponding communication mode for each OS is as follows:

Product Usage Instructions

1. 1.  **Assembly of Products and Accessories:**

   • Open the box and check the contents.
   • Refer to the Application Developments section for instructions on how to utilize the device.
2. Name of Each Part and Operations:

Preface
Thank you for purchasing the AsReader Finger-Type ASR-023B.

AsReader Finger-type ASR-023B is a wearable barcode reader that supports 1D/2D barcodes. Features are that:

• It supports Bluetooth wireless connection.
• It supports Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) specifications
• It supports HID and SPP profiles of Classic Bluetooth.
• It supports data communication with Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems. The corresponding communication mode for each OS is as follows

There’s a specific SDK for that

This manual describes precautions for handling AsReader Finger-Type ASR-023B correctly.
Please read the manual carefully and keep it as long as you have the device.

• In some sections of this manual, we may refer to ” AsReader Finger-Type ASR-023B ” as “the device”, “this device”, or “AsReader” except for accessories.

If you have any comments or questions about this manual, please contact the following.
Asterisk Inc.
〒532-0011 Shin-Osaka Dainichi Bldg. 201, 5-6-16 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, JAPAN
TEL: +81 (0) 50 5536 8733

In order not to damage your life and property safety, please read this manual carefully before using this device. We will not be responsible for any loss caused by non-compliance with this manual.
We are not responsible for any damage caused by natural disasters, such as earthquakes, lightning, wind, floods, fire outside our responsibility, third- party behavior, other accidents, intentional or negligent, abuse or other improper use.

• We do not assume any responsibility for the losses caused by improper use of communication hardware or software developed by our company.
• For obtaining information, data, files, or other products and services through this product, we do not provide any form of guarantee and technical support or assume any responsibility.
• We do not assume any form of guarantee or technical support responsibility for third-party software work with this product.
• If the damage is caused by falling or collision as determined by our company, the maintenance fee will be charged even within the warranty period.
• We will take appropriate measures to ensure that our products do not infringe other patents, but we are not responsible for any patent infringement caused by any of the following (1) to (3).

1. Used in combination with components, products, equipment, data processing systems or software outside our company.
2. Our products are used in unexpected ways.
3. Modification of our products by any person or company other than our company

Safety Instructions

Please read the following instructions carefully to prevent injury, malfunction, fire, etc.

  Warning

Do not attempt to disassemble, modify, or repair the device yourself, otherwise, it may cause malfunction, fire, or

electric shock. We are not responsible for any malfunction of the device, the smart device, or the PC.

If you notice any abnormalities such as smoke, abnormal odor, or strange noise coming from the device during

use, stop using it immediately. Continued use may cause fire or electric shock.

Do not drop or throw the device and subject it to strong impact. It may cause damage, fire, electric shock, or

malfunction. If the device is damaged by dropping and the inside of the device is exposed, do not touch the exposed part with your hands, because there is a risk of electric shock or injury on the damaged part.

Do not charge the battery in a wet environment since this device is not waterproof. Otherwise, it may result in

electric shock, short circuit, fire, or burns. Do not splash water on the terminals. Also, do not use this device near water such as in a bathroom, shower room, kitchen, or washroom. It may cause fire or electric shock.

Do not use it if the micro USB charging terminal is damaged or broken. It may cause fire or electric shock.
If charging is not completed within the specified charging time, stop charging. It may cause liquid leakage,

heat generation, fire, or failure.

Do not use, store, or leave the device in hot places (e.g. by the fire, near a heater, in direct sunlight, or in a car in

hot weather). It may cause rupture, malfunction, fire, or injury.

Do not throw the device into fire or heat. It may burst or cause a fire.
  Caution
For charging, please use the dedicated USB charging cable the magnetic detachable connector, and

the charging adapter with an output of 5V1A. Using different chargers may result in failed charges.

Please refer to local regulations when you recycle this device.
If you notice any abnormalities, please discontinue use and contact your distributor immediately.
This device is not waterproof, do not use it in the rain.
The terminal of the USB charging cable has a built-in magnet, which may erase the data on magnetic cards such as credit cards. So, to protect your data, please keep magnetic cards, such as credit cards, away from

more than 10 cm of this magnet.

How to Care for the Device
Please use this device in a clean environment. Adhesive chemicals or oils may cause the resin shell to break.

• chemicals include cosmetics, detergents, pesticides, thinners, gasoline, etc.
• oils include tallow and other animal oils, hand creams, etc.

Please keep the device clean. If the device becomes dirty, wipe it with a soft, dry cloth. Using solvents of high volatility may cause color changes and performance problems.

Assembly of Products and Accessories

Inside the Box
The following items are contained in the box. Please first make sure you have all of these items. In case any items are missing, please contact the company from whom you purchased the device.

• The device
• Bluetooth USB adapter
• USB charging cable & magnetic detachable connector

Application Developments

• To use the SPP or BLE mode of this device, you need to install related applications on iOS or Android devices. The HID mode does not require APP support.
• You can download SDK from our official website for application development (please refer to the SDK development manuals and sample code)
• The official website link: https://asreader.com/downloads/asr-023b/

Name of Each Part and Operations

• Power Button

  • Power on/ off
    Press the power button, the buzzer emits two short beeps and the device starts.
    When the device is on, press and hold the power button for more than 6 seconds to shut down.

• Trigger

  • Scan barcodes
    Press the trigger to scan 1D/2D barcodes. Of course, you can also scan within the application.

  • iOS keyboard access
    When connecting to an iOS device, double-press the trigger to pop up/close the keyboard.

Action Indicator

Bluetooth Indicator

Scan Window
When the trigger is pressed, the scan window will emit a red beam, aim it at the 1D and 2D barcodes, and then scan it.

• Beeping occurs during barcode scanning and can be set by scanning the specific setting barcode. Default as being on.
• You can change the barcode scan settings by referring to the barcode setting manual.

These settings are permanently saved in the device until reset.
Barcode setting manual download link: https://asreader.com/downloads/asr- 023b/

Charging Port (Micro USB Type-B)
The device can be charged with the USB charging cable and the magnetic detachable connector supplied with the device.

Bluetooth Connect
The following connection is only valid for devices in HID mode. Devices in SPP or BLE serial port mode need to make Bluetooth connections in the smart APP. Please refer to the user manual of the Demo APP for details.

Connect to Smart devices

1. Turn on the device then the Bluetooth Indicator blinks.
2. Turn on the Bluetooth of your smart device, search for “ASR-023B-Serial No.” and then click it to connect.
3. Once paired successfully, the Bluetooth indicator will stop blinking and remain on.

Connect to PC via Bluetooth USB Adapter

• HID mode: You can use the Bluetooth USB Adapter to connect or directly use the Bluetooth function of the smart device.
• SPP mode: To use SPP mode, you can only connect to the AsReader device through the Bluetooth function of the smart device itself. SPP mode is not available when a Bluetooth USB Adapter is used for the connection.

1. Scan the “Pair with PC” barcode. At this point, the device will beep continuously.
2. Plug the Bluetooth USB adapter into the USB port of the PC.
3. Once paired, it will stop beeping.

Note: The connection with the smart device has priority over the USB adapter. If you try to connect this product to a smart device while it’s connected to the USB adapter, the connection with the USB adapter will be interrupted and the connecting object of this product will move from the USB adapter to the smart device.

Note: Do not scan the “Pair with PC” code when the device is connected to the smartphone, otherwise the device will be unable to be used and it needs to be restarted

Setting Barcodes

Bluetooth Communication Mode
Note: When the AsReader is in SPP or BLE mode connected, to switch the communication mode, the connection must be disconnected before scanning the communication mode setting barcode. Otherwise, the mode switching may fail. You can retry after restarting the AsReader

Data Upload Mode
Real-time Upload Mode
Once the device scans any barcode data, it will immediately send the data to the smartphone or PC.

Buffer Mode
The scanned barcode data is temporarily stored in the device’s built-in flash memory and then sent uniformly.

User ID Setting

Steps to set user ID number

1. Scan the barcode “Set ID” first.
2. Scan the following (0~9) digital barcode. (The number in the first scan represents the tens place of the user ID; The number in the second scan represents the unit place of the user ID.)

Note: this barcode is only applicable when paired with a PC. And the user ID range is 00~99. And when the tens place is 0, only the ones place is displayed.

Pair with PC

• HID mode: You can use the Bluetooth USB Adapter to connect or directly use the Bluetooth function of the smart device.
• SPP mode: To use SPP mode, you can only connect to the AsReader device through the Bluetooth function of the smart device itself. SPP mode is not available when a Bluetooth USB Adapter is used for the connection.

Note: When the AsReader is connected, to pair with the PC, the connection must be disconnected before scanning the following barcode. Otherwise, it may cause the AsReader not working. In this case, you can retry after restarting the AsReader.

Power off

Get Information on Device

Revert to Factory Settings

Note: When the AsReader is in SPP or BLE mode connected, to revert to factory settings, the connection must be disconnected before scanning the following barcode. If you scan the following barcode without disconnection, please restart the AsReader.

iOS Keyboard Access/Exit

Successful Scan Beep
Turn on/off the buzzer sound when barcode scanning.

Sleep Time Settings

Operation steps

1. Scan the barcode “Sleep time set to enable”.
2. Scan the time barcode you wish to set as sleep time.

Note: When the AsReader is connected in SPP mode and BLE mode, the demo app sets to get the battery power information of the AsReader every 10 seconds, so there is always data interaction, which makes AsReader unable to sleep. During the app development, please coordinate these two times according to the actual requirements.

How to Charge It

The battery of this device is charged using the included USB charging cable and magnetic detachable connector.

1. Attach the magnetic detachable connector to the micro USB charging port of this device.
2. Connect the USB charging cable to charge it.

• When using the device for the first time or if it has been stored for a long period of time, please fully charge the battery of this device before use.
• While charging the battery of this device, the battery indicator lights red, and when charging is completed, the battery indicator lights off.
• When charging this device, please use the 5V/1A charging adapter.
• The battery charging time for this device is about 1.5 hours when the remaining battery level is zero (for the above charging adapter).

Caution: Do not charge the device with a power adapter other than 5V, since this may cause a malfunction and is not covered by the warranty.

Troubleshooting

If cannot connect to other smartphones
It may be difficult to connect when changing a paired phone. Because within about 2 minutes of AsReader being turned on, AsReader will ask to be paired with the phone it was paired with last time. In this case, try the following steps：

• If the last paired phone is nearby, turn off its Bluetooth before attempting a Bluetooth connection with other phones.
• The Bluetooth connection time varies from a few seconds to two minutes, affected by the phone type and the surrounding environment. If you can’t find the device, try turning on and off the phone’s Bluetooth a few times to search.
• If you can’t find the phone nearby that it last paired with, try the following steps 1 to 5 several times.
  • Turn off and then turn on the Bluetooth of the phone.
  • Power on the AsReader.
  • Check the list of Bluetooth search devices on your phone to make sure the AsReader device is in it.
  • Power off and then power on the AsReader.
  • Click the AsReader device name in the Bluetooth list of the phone within 3 seconds after AsReader is turned on.
• If the first two methods do not solve the problem, try to scan the ” Revert to factory settings ” barcode in the user’s manual before attempting a Bluetooth connection.

Note: Scanning the “Revert to factory settings” barcode will restore the device’s working mode, data transmission mode, buzzer and other settings to factory settings.

Unable to read Japanese barcode correctly

The HID mode of this product does not support Shift JIS encoding.

• BLE mode and SPP mode support Shift JIS encoding.

Therefore, when the device is in HID mode, scanning the Shift JIS encoded barcode (Japanese QR code) may not display the barcode data correctly. Furthermore, when using Japanese keyboard to output the barcode data, some character or symbol data of the barcode may not display correctly. It is recommended to using the half-width alphanumeric mode or English keyboard to output/ input the barcode data.

Appendix-Specifications

Barcode

| Scanning method| CMOS 1280 x 1280 pixels
Reading distance| Distance to the front of the device (Barcode resolution) EAN-13：50mm～200mm (13mils)

Code39：40mm～90mm (5mils 10bytes)

QR Code：25mm～240mm (20mils 16bytes)

Data Matrix：50mm～90mm (10mils 20bytes) PDF 417：30mm～130mm (6.67mils 7bytes)

Reading angle| Pitch: ±55°; Roll: 360°; Skew motion: ±55°
Readable code| 1D:

EAN, UPC, Code 11, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, UCC/EAN 128,

Codabar(NW7),

Interleaved 2 of 5(ITF-6, ITF-14), ISBN, ISSN, Plessey, MSI-Plessey, GS1 Databar,

GS1 Composite Code, Industrial 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5

2D:

QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF417, Aztec, Maxicode, Han Xin code

Light sources| White LED (Illumination); Red LED (Aiming)

Battery

| Battery capacity| Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery 400mAh
Continuous operation

time

| ****

8,000 times (scan every 0.5 s)

Power source| USB cable & Magnetic detachable connector
Power input| 5V/1A
Charging time| About 1.5 hours (Built-in battery)
Key input| Power and trigger button
Communication| Interface| Bluetooth 4.0 (Classic HID/SPP ), BLE

Appearance

| Dimensions(D)x(W)x(H)| 28.0 x 48.5 x 42.5 mm
Weight (with Battery)| 25.1 g
Material| ABS
Case color| Gray
LED| [Power indicator:]

Red (in charging) Off (charging completely)  Green (data transiting)

[Bluetooth indicator]

Wait for connection (Blue blinks) to be connected (blue lights on) Bluetooth sleep (blue lights off)

be connected with Bluetooth USB adapter PC (No indicating)

Environment

| Operation environment| Temperature: -10℃～45℃ Humidity: 10～90 %RH
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Charging environment| Temperature: 0℃～45℃ Humidity: 10～90 %RH
Storage temperature| Temperature: -20℃～45℃ Humidity: 10～90 %RH
Anti-drop| (Six-sided, 4 edge, once each) 1m
Certificates| TELEC/ FCC/ CE
Supporting OS| Android, iOS, Windows
Bundled items| USB charging cable, Magnetic detachable connector, Bluetooth USB

adapter

AsReader Finger-Type ASR-023B

2022/8/25 Rev 4 Asterisk Inc.
Osaka Office

Tel: +81 (0) 50 5536 1185
Shin-Osaka Dainichi Bldg. 201, 5-6-16 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, 532-0011 JAPAN

References

• ASR-023B||AsReader Product Site specializing in RFID and Barcode AutoID to improve business

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