NCR RealScan 7883 Installation and Owner Guide

There are other conditions that are not identified by the diagnostics when you turn on the RealScan 7883. The following chart identifies some of the more common problems.

 

Status

 

Possible

 

 

Problem

Indicators

Tone

Cause

Corrective Action

Scanner does not

Red Off

Off

No power to the unit

Check the

operate

Green Off

 

 

 

electrical outlet

 

 

 

 

 

for proper power

 

 

 

 

Verify that AC

 

 

 

 

 

Power Cord is

 

 

 

 

 

properly

 

 

 

 

 

connected

Scanner is quiet

Red & Green

Off

Sleep mode

Pass anything in

 

flashing

 

 

 

front of the

 

continuously

 

 

 

motion detector

Scanner reads only

Red flashing

Off

Communications is

Verify that IBM

two labels

Green Off

 

IBM 468x and scanner

 

host is turned on

 

 

 

is off-line

Verify that IBM

 

 

 

 

 

host is

 

 

 

 

 

recognizing the

 

 

 

 

 

RealScan 7883

 

 

 

 

Verify that the

 

 

 

 

 

interface cable is

 

 

 

 

 

properly

 

 

 

 

 

connected

Scanner reads only

Red On

Off

NCR 7883 is not

Check for

two labels

Green Off

 

communicating with

 

expected

 

 

 

the host

 

communication

 

 

 

 

 

protocol

 

 

 

 

Check host

 

 

 

 

 

terminal for

 

 

 

 

 

proper operation

 

 

 

 

Check interface

 

 

 

 

 

cable connections

Scanner does not

Red flashing

Off

Scanner has been

Terminal should

read any labels

rapidly

 

disabled by the host

 

enable scanner

 

 

 

terminal

 

later in the

 

 

 

 

 

transaction

Scanner does not

Red On

Off

Internal failure

Remove power

read any labels

Green Off

 

 

 

from the

 

 

 

 

 

RealScan 7883 and

 

 

 

 

 

then supply again

 

 

 

 

Have scanner

 

 

 

 

 

repaired

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