Stock Take Basic - App Syncing Software and Database Set Up Guide

APP SYNCING SOFTWARE AND
DATABASE SET UP GUIDE

STOCK TAKE BASIC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Opticon App Syncing Software
2. Optional App Syncing Configuration Settings
3. Exporting Database from Your Device to PC

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1. OPTICON APP SYNCING SOFTWARE
Welcome to the user guide for the App Syncing Software, before we get started you will need to
have access to a Windows PC (Windows 7 or above) and the information on our handy END
USER PACK.
Open your END USER PACK and double click on “Opticon.Syncing.Setup” to start installation.
You may see this User Account Control popup during installation: select Yes

An Opticon folder is created during installation featuring two folders called “From PC” and “To
PC”.

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When the installation has finished, a “Opticon Syncing” shortcut will be created on the Desktop.
Double click the shortcut and a CommsInstaller.exe window will popup, select Yes.
Next a “Opticon USB Drivers Installer Setup” window will popup, make sure all 3 boxes are
selected and then click “Install”. Then click Ok on the next three screens to finish installation.

Double click the Opticon Syncing shortcut and a tray icon will appear on the bottom right of the
taskbar.

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2. OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
Right-click the Opticon Sync tray icon and click Settings to access configuration settings.

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Data Options
Click on the arrow to change between True or False.

Sync Automatically
True: Files will be retrieved or sent automatically as soon as the device is plugged into the PC
or docked.
False: Right-click the tray icon and click Sync Now to retrieve or send to a device currently
plugged into the PC or docked.

Retrieve Data Quoted: When data is retrieved from the device into a CSV file, each entry is
inside quotes (If your data may contain commas and exporting to CSV, this is necessary)
Send Data Quoted: When data is retrieved from the device into a CSV file, each entry is inside
quotes (If your data may contain commas and importing from CSV, this is necessary)
Delete Scanner Data
True: Databases retrieved from the device will be wiped of all data.
False: Databases retrieved from the device will contain the same data after Syncing.

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File Options

Send File Format / Receive File Format
XLS: Files placed in the From PC directory end with “.XLS” and are in Excel 97 – 2003
Workbook format.
CSV: Files placed in the From PC directory end with “.CSV” and are comma delimited CSV
files, with the first row containing column names.
Internal: Files placed in the From PC directory end with “.DB” and are the internal format of DB
files used in App Builder.
Model and Serial True: Files received from the device include the device serial number.
Time Stamp True: Files received from the device include the current date and time.
Once the configuration options have been set, click SAVE to accept the changes.
Click the X in the top right corner of the window to close the form without saving any changes.

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3. EXPORTING DATA FROM YOUR DEVICE TO PC
Right-click the Opticon Syncing tray icon and click Settings to access configuration options.

Next, we need to add the database/s to the “DATABASES OPTIONS SECTION”
We only need to add the SCANS database to the “Retrieving Databases” section.

1) Type SCANS into the “retrieving databases” box and press the green plus symbol.
2) If you click on the arrow you will see SCANS is now available as an option.
3) Click on this so you now see SCANS populated in the box.

Once the configuration options have been set, click SAVE to accept the changes.
To start syncing, right-click the tray icon and click Sync Now.

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A window will appear stating Transferring Data. When the transfer is complete, another
window will appear stating Transfer Complete.
If there is no data, the window will state No Data on Scanner. If an error occurs, it will state
Transfer Error.

The database file is downloaded to the TO PC directory folder. The file name consists of the
device serial number, database name, month, date, year and time stamp.

Shutdown
To quit the Syncing software, right-click the tray icon and click Exit

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