User Preferences & Miscellaneous Options 9 - 13
Night Mode (DS8108-HC Only)
The Night Mode feature allows you to easily switch to a “quiet mode” in order to use the pager motor with the
beeper off. Enter and exit Night Mode in one of two ways:
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If Night Mode Trigger (DS8108-HC Only) is enabled, you can use the trigger to toggle between entering and
exiting Night Mode. To do this, point the scanner away from a bar code and press the trigger until the beam
goes off. Hold the trigger for an additional 5 seconds.
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Scan the Night Mode Toggle (DS8108-HC Only) bar code to enter or exit Night Mode, regardless of the state
of the Night Mode Trigger (DS8108-HC Only) parameter.
Entering Night Mode enables Decode Pager Motor, and disables Beep After Good Decode.
Also note the following scanner behavior regarding Night Mode:
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Exiting Night Mode returns the scanner to the previously programmed states for the three parameters
changed. For example, if Beep After Good Decode was enabled before entering Night Mode, it returns to
enabled upon exiting Night Mode.
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When entering Night Mode, the pager motor vibrates. When exiting Night Mode, the scanner emits two short
beeps.
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Scanning a Default Parameters bar code causes the scanner to exit Night Mode.
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For scanners that do not use a pager motor, scanning any of the Night Mode parameters or the pager motor
parameters results in an error beep.
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If the scanner loses power while in Night Mode because a cable is disconnected, on the next power up the
scanner exits Night Mode and resumes normal operation.
Decode Pager Motor Duration (continued)
600 msec
(60)
750 msec
(75)
NOTE After decoding a bar code, holding the trigger an additional 5 seconds has no affect.