PSC TopGun, PT2000 manual Using One Prompt, Item Id

Using the PT2000 and TopGun with PALPRO

3.The application menu appears next on the display screen.

4.Continue with the instructions for Using One Prompt, below, or Using Two Prompts on page 31, depending on the selection made in step 1.

Using One Prompt

1.￿Select <F2> from the application menu. A prompt appears on the screen.

2.Scan the bar code for an inventory item, or use the keypad to ￿enter the item’s ID number or description.

Using a scanner, the code is entered automatically; with a keypad, press the <ENTER> key.

3.The item ID number appears on the third line of the screen. The portable is ready to accept another item ID.

Figure 3-25: The Item ID Display

ITEM ID

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40-000-00 F3=REV F4=EXIT

4.Repeat step 1 until all IDs for all items are collected.

5.Press the <F2> key to return to the application menu.

The portable stores the collected data in a single ASCII text file. When uploading the file to the PC, the data appears as a list. Each line in the list contains the ID for a single item. The example in Figure 3-26 is part of a data file uploaded from a portable that used INVPRO with one prompt to collect data.

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