How to Pair the Inateck BCST-70 Scanner

Overview

This article provides step-by-step instructions to help Optum merchants pair the Inateck BCST-70 Bluetooth barcode scanner with their device.

Instructions to Pair the Scanner

To pair your Inateck BCST-70 scanner, please follow the steps outlined below:

1) Inateck BCST-70 will start sleep mode if there is no operation on it over 3 minutes. Short press on the trigger can wake it up. 

2) Bluetooth connection will be disrupted when the distance between BCST-70 and the connected device is beyond the valid transmission range. Scanning result will be saved in the buffer of BCST-70. Quickly double press on the trigger can upload

Bluetooth Mode(HID):

1. Power on Inateck BCST -70 by toggling switch from OFF to ON. 

2. Scan “Enter Setup” barcode and then “Bluetooth Pairing”, BCST-70 will enter Bluetooth pairing status.

3. Enable the Bluetooth of the device to be connected, e.g. PC, cellphone or tablet. You can do that like below.

Windows XP: Click Control Panel-Printers and Other Hardware-Add Bluetooth Device Windows 7/8/8.1: Click Control Panel-Add Devices Windows 10: Click Setting-Devices-Bluetooth macOS:Click System Preference-Bluetooth iOS: Click Setting-Bluetooth android: Clik Setting-Bluetooth Enable the Bluetooth on host device and it will automatically search for BCST-70. After a few seconds ‘BCST-70******’ will appear in the list of available devices. Pair the two devices. A chords sound means successful pairing.

4. Open a file on computer and move cursor to the blank where scanning output should be placed. Scanning results can be displayed on computer then. 

Note: 

1) Normally BCST-70 can re-connect to previously connected device automatically. If it fails, please remove the paring history of BCST-70 in the list of host device. Afterwards, pair them again. 

2) HID and SPP are two modes of Bluetooth. The pairing method mentioned above refers to HID, which is the most commonly used mode. If you want to use BCST-70 under SPP mode, please contact our customer service.

Wired Mode:

1. Connect Inateck BCST-70 with computer via USB cable 

2. Power on Inateck BCST-70 by toggling switch from OFF to ON and short press the trigger. Inateck BCST-70 will continuously beep. Beep stops after successful connection. 

3. Open a file on computer and move cursor to the blank where scanning output should be placed. Scanning results can be displayed on computer then. 

Function Setup 

(Note: The barcode marked by “*”means default setting of Inateck BCST-70.) 

Users must read setup barcodes in order to change the default settings in Inateck BCST-70 Barcode Scanner.

For comprehensive scanner details, see the attached PDF file below.