Using the PIOS Emulator for the Scanner Peripheral Type (SAP Library

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Using the PIOS Emulator for the Scanner Peripheral Type

Use

This procedure provides an overview for using the Peripheral I/O Emulator for the scanner peripheral type.

Prerequisites

● SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio is installed and configured.

● The Peripheral Support Actions Toolbar has been added to the current perspective.

● You have prepared barcode data.

More information: Creating Barcode Data

Procedure

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1. Write code that uses the scanner API of the SAP NetWeaver Mobile client API.

2. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Launch the Peripheral I/O Emulator to start the Emulator.

3. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Capability… to configure the Emulator capabilities you want.

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4. Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Open the Emulator Launch Configurations Manager from the toolbar to open the Emulator Launch Configurations window.

5. Select the launch configuration to run your application from the list.

6. Click on the Run button in the Emulator Launch Configurations window to run the application with support to the PIOS Emulator.

7. Arm the scanner and establish an idle state to wait for scanning results.

8. In wedge mode, if you want to specify a target wedge application other than the default application (the emulator itself), then choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Wedge Window… to select it.

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9. Scan prepared barcodes.

More information: Scanning Existing Barcode Data

Result

All scan results are recorded under Scan History.

The formatted scanned results either appear in a wedge window or are passed to the application for processing. Formatted results are those that have been processed; for instance, the preamble and postamble have been added to the barcode data.