Status

Description

Returns the current status of the scanner.

Applies to

BarcodeScanner

Syntax

Integer scannerobject.ScannerStatus ( )

Argument	Description
scannerobject	The name of the bar code scanner object

Returns

Integer. Returns one of the following values:

11 Scanner not enabled
12 Scanner is enabled, but no reads are pending
13 One or more reads are pending, waiting for trigger event
14 Beam is on and acquiring data
15 Beam is on for aiming
16 Beam is off and waiting for firmware buffers to recover

Usage

Typically you might call the Status function during exception processing to determine why the scanner error occured or a RetrieveData call failed.

Examples

Example 1

The following example returns the status of the scanner asscociated with the BarcodeScanner object l_scanner:

li_rtn = l_scanner.Status()