Troubleshooting

The following guide is for reference purposes only. Contact a customer service representative to preserve the limited warranty terms.

SymptomPossible Cause(s)Solution

All Interfaces

 

 

No LEDs, beep, or motor

No power is being supplied

Check the transformer, outlet and the power strip.

Make sure the power cable is plugged into the

spin.

to the scanner.

scanner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No power is being supplied

The host system cannot supply enough current to

No LEDs and no beep.

power the MS2400 series scanner. Use the power

to the scanner.

 

supply included with the scanner.

 

 

 

 

 

During power up the unit

A non-volatile RAM failure.

Contact a service representative, if the unit will not

beeps three times.

hold the configuration.

 

 

 

 

During power up the unit

There has been a

Contact a service representative, if the unit will not

razzes continuously.

diagnostic failure.

function.

 

 

 

During power up the unit

 

 

razzes once and the blue

A VLD failure.

Contact a service representative.

LED flashes.

 

 

 

 

 

During power up the unit

 

 

razzes twice and blue

Scanner motor failure.

Contact a service representative.

LED flash.

 

 

 

 

 

There are multiple scans

The same symbol timeout

 

upon presentation of

Adjust same symbol timeout for a longer time.

is set to short.

code.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The unit powers up but

The beeper is disabled.

Enable the beeper.

 

 

No volume is selected.

Select a volume.

does not beep.

No tone is selected.

Select a tone.

 

 

 

 

 

The unit is trying to scan a

UPC/EAN and Code 128 are enabled by default.

 

particular symbology that

Verify that the type of bar code being read has

 

is not enabled.

been selected.

The unit powers up but

 

 

The unit has been

 

does not scan and/or

configured for a character

Verify that the bar code that is being scanned falls

beep.

length lock or a minimum

into the criteria.

 

length and the bar code

Typical of Non-UPC/EAN codes. The scanner

 

being scanned does not

 

satisfy the configured

defaults to a minimum of 4 character bar code.

 

criteria.

 

 

 

 

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