If you are using a Socket Mobile SocketScan or DuraScan barcode reader, ensure it is paired to your Apple device in Application Mode using the Socket Mobile Companion app .
Download SM Keyboard from the Apple app store and follow the set-up instructions.
- Getting started - On the SM Keyboard app homepage, select Data Editing
- Select whether you want to Remove Characters or add a Prefix / Suffix.
- To remove characters, insert the number of characters you wish to remove from the data and choose if you wish to remove them from the left (beginning) or right (end) of the data. It is not possible to remove data from both simultaneously.
A preview of what your scanned data will look like can be seen in the Preview result fields at the bottom of the page.
When you have finished customizing your data, return to your application, position the cursor in the required field, and scan a barcode with your SocketCam camera scanner or your SocketScan or DuraScan barcode reader. The data will be delivered to the
application in the format you have programmed.
Hint: If you have a physical barcode reader connected to your device, that will be the default reader. To use the SocketCam camera scanner simply power off the barcode reader.
- To add a Prefix and/or Suffix, choose which characters you would like to add. After entering your characters, a preview of the result can be seen in the Preview result box at the bottom of the page.
Hint: The + symbols on the right of the Prefix and Suffix fields are to enter carriage returns or tabs
- When you have finished customizing your data, return to your application, position the cursor in the required field, and scan a barcode with your SocketCam camera scanner or your SocketScan or DuraScan barcode reader. The data will be delivered to
the application in the format you have programmed.
Remember, if you have a physical barcode reader connected to your device, that will be the default reader. To use the SocketCam camera scanner simply power off the barcode reader.