User's Manual

Battery icon status - Operation

During operation, the battery icon on the SmartReader screen indicates the actual

amount of charge left in the battery.

Note: To show the correct value the SmartReader must be turned on and disconnected

from any external power supply.

Fully charged The battery icon displays as a solid black block.

Partial charged The battery icon displays a block that represents the

amount of charge left in the internal battery pack.

Almost ﬂ at The battery icon ﬂ ashes the icon outline indicating

that the SmartReader is about to shut down.

Completely ﬂ at The screen is blank until a charging cable is

connected.

Battery icon status - Charging

When the SmartReader is connected to an external power supply (12 V battery or 15V

battery charger) the battery icon displays the charging status:

Charging Battery icon shows all the bars constantly ﬁ lling and

then disappearing.

Topping up Battery icon shows the ﬁ rst three bars constantly full

and the remainder ﬁ lling and then disappearing.

Trickle charging Battery icon shows only one clear bar that is

constantly travelling the length of the full Icon.

Note: While charging using the 12 V battery cable, the reading of Electronic ID tags can

continue. When the trigger is pulled and the SmartReader is scanning for Electronic ID

tags, charging is temporarily stopped until a tag is read or until the read period ends.

While connected to the 15 V battery charger, Electronic ID tags can not be read.