External Scanner Inventory

Before conducting an inventory, you will need to pair your Bluetooth scanner. You can also connect a wired usb scanner to your device if the device supports it.
We have used the Motorola CS3070 with our devices. You can download the free app to test your device

Inventory Entry Screen: On the inventory entry screen you have a custom keypad that has been designed to take Scanned inventory.

When taking an inventory, normally you will want to break the inventory by an area and section. Each one of those breakdowns is shown below their respective buttons.

The area and section use four digits. The buttons are enabled when you have typed the correct number of digits with your keypad.

For example, if you wanted to change the area to 0004, type 0004 with the keypad and you will see that the area and section buttons are enabled. Tap Area button and the value for the area will be set to 0004. Section will work the same way.

Under the area and section breakdown you will see the UPC and quantity fields that show the last saved values.

The next field is used to enter the UPC and the quantity. When the application starts, the field is ready to enter a UPC, either typed or scanned using a barcode scanner (Bluetooth/wired usb). Once you tap enter after entering a UPC, you can enter the quantity. Depending on your settings, you can type the + to add quantities before tapping ENTER or type * to multiply quantities before tapping ENTER.

The next and very important section is the keypad. Once upon a time I worked many years as an Inventory Auditor so the keypad has been layout based on many years of experience. That being said, since this is a software keyboard, you can suggest a change so that it works for you.

Each button should be self-explained. I will describe how the entries are interpreted.

816122001111Enter10Enter When you type or scan the 816122001111 and tap ENTER(when scanned ENTER is automatically entered) then 10 Enter the entry will be stored as 816122001111 for the UPC and 10 for the quantity

816122001111Enter10+10+10+10Enter When a string like this is typed, the numbers before the first the Enter will be taken as UPC. Any number after the first Enter will be either be added or multiplied with each other to get the value for the quantity. In this case the UPC would be 816122001111 the quantity would be 40.

This app has been designed to allow the input from the scanner only when the app is expecting a UPC to be entered. Also if you start typing the UPC, the input from the scanner is ignored until the field for UPC is empty

If your device has at least 4.4.X software version(KitKat), you will be able to save the report as PDF. If your device has the correct version, you will see the Print menu on the report otherwise the menu does not show. With this option if you have a wireless printer set, you should be able to send the report to the printer as well.
The report is created as html. If you connect your device to a computer, you could copy the full directory and view the report on your computer. Look for tsi folder on your sdcard and copy the www folder to view the report on your computer.