Motorola DS3478 User Manual

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Symbol DS3478 Product Reference Guide

This digital scanner supports the following host interfaces through communication with a cradle:

Standard RS-232 connection to a host.

Keyboard wedge connection to a host, where scanned data is interpreted as keystrokes. The following 
international keyboards are supported (for Windows™ environment): North American, German, French, 
French Canadian, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, UK English, Japanese, and Brazilian-Portuguese.

Wand emulation connection to a mobile computer, a controller, or host, which collects the data as wand data 
and decodes it.

Scanner emulation connection to a mobile computer or a controller, which collects the data and interprets it 
for the host.

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 468X/469X hosts. 

USB connection to a host. The digital scanner autodetects a USB host and defaults to the HID keyboard 
interface type. Select other USB interface types by scanning programming bar codes. The following 
international keyboards are supported (for Windows™ environment): North America, German, French, 
French Canadian, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, UK English, Japanese, and Brazilian-Portuguese. 

Synapse capability, which allows connection to a wide variety of host systems using a Synapse cable and 
Synapse adapter cable. The digital scanner autodetects the Synapse interface.

Configuration via 123Scan.

Remove the digital scanner from its packing and inspect it. If the digital scanner was damaged in transit, contact 
Motorola Enterprise Mobility Support. See

 for contact information. KEEP THE PACKING. It is the 

approved shipping container and should be used if the equipment needs to be returned for servicing.

The digital scanner cradle serves as a stand, charger, and host interface for the digital scanner. There are two 
versions of the cradle:

Charging cradle with radio: All communication between the cordless digital scanner and the host computer 
occurs through the cradle. Each bar code contains programming instructions or other data unique to the bar 
code pattern. The digital scanner transmits bar code data to the cradle via a wireless radio antenna. The 
cradle then sends that information via an interface cable to the host computer for interpretation.

Charge-only cradle: This cradle serves as a stand and battery charger. Since one radio-enabled cradle can 
receive information from up to four digital scanners, it is possible to have several charge-only cradles. 

The charging cradle with radio supports two modes of operation:

Single point mode: the cradle communicates with one digital scanner.

Multipoint mode: the cradle communicates with more than one digital scanner.

The cradle sits on a desktop or mounts on a non-horizontal surface (such as a wall or forklift), depending on the 
environment. For more information about mounting options and procedures, refer to the documentation included 
with the cradle.