ScanLite

Palm barcode inventory software

ScanLite applications 

CASE

Michel is a laptop sales Rep in, he travels around the world, attending the important laptop exhibition. And he has a symbol PDA with barcode scanner and ScanLite installed. Now, he is promoting ten new types of products. When a visitor inquires the prices, weight, and the origin of the CPU and so on and so forth and so fifth, he manages to fluently answer those questions one by one. How does he make it? He just scans the barcode on every type of the laptop and introduces according to the data pop up on the screen of his PDA. What is more, he also gets and auto updated inventory of the most favorable products A-TYPE laptop which was inquired by 132 times, 54 times more than that of the second one C-TYPE. Then he comes back office with the valuable statistics of potential customers and Hot Sync the PDA with his PC to transfer them into an EXCEL which is a market report. And his captain has much interest in such a detailed and clear report.

Inventory tracking

Mobile barcode collection

Maintenance tracking

Medical tracking

Commodities investigation

Trade show visitor recording and tracking

Inventory management

Easy shopping compare

Products statistics storage

Sick berth data recording and checking

Library book tracking and checking.

Computer inventory

Job inventory management

Get fun at the first tap.

ScanLite incorporates time saving and one-button-play features that are not seen in other applications. Auto inventory count after scan, customizable configure, auto check-back desktop are just a few of the features that will streamline and simplify your work. If you and your company have extended data capture or inventory management needs, just get fun at the first tap.  

Installation 

System requirements

1. Palm OS 3.5 or higher

2. Symbol barcode scanner SPT1500 SPT1550 SPT1700 SPT17XX SPT1800 or CSM150 for handspring, If you need barcode scan.

3. Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP 

Install:

1. Unzip ScanLite file and click setup.exe, choose your folder and install.

2. Click “Install ScanLite on Palm”, Choose your Palm user and Hot sync ScanLite to your Palm.

Note for install environment: Some hack program in Palm may cause ScanLite instability, verify such program if you want to active them when ScanLite works.  

Uninstall:

1. Click uninstall on your program folder. 

One-touch-play for data collection

Operation:

1. On your Palm, tap the ScanLite icon and run it.

2. Click the new button to create a new record

3. Choose the increasing mode on the higher right of the screen. (Default)

4. Scan the item’s barcode; you can fill in the data about name, sum, price, location as you need.

5. Scan again. Notice that you need not click “Done” button to save the barcode. It will auto-save when next scan.

6. Once the scan is completed, perform a Hot Sync with your PDA.

7. Run the ScanLite Desktop program. Choose your current Palm user; your collected data will be previewed in screen.

8. Click “Export Palm data” button, save your collected data as Excel file. 

Highlight:

Different category in Palm will be saved as different sheets in Excel

Tips

1. You can choose different category to save after barcode scan.

2. If you need not timestamp when barcode scan, Click Menu->Option->Customizing, uncheck the “Time” box.

3. If you do not want to collect duplicate barcode, Click Menu->Option->Customizing, check the “Unique” box.

4. If you want to input fields name such as “weight” “height” there is not listed in ScanLite, Click Menu->Option->Customizing, rename the fields name you need.

5 If you want to hide some fields in view, Click Menu->Option->Customizing, set the max display count(1-18).

6. There is three view mode icon in ScanLite main list, First is sorted by your barcode , Second is sorted by name, third is sorted by your counter. 

One-touch-play for data tracking

Operation: 

2. Run the ScanLite Desktop program. Choose your current Palm user; Click “open Excel file” button, select your excel file and the data will be previewed in screen.

3. Click “Transfer data to Palm”, Confirm it and your Excel data will upload to palm after next Hot sync.

4. Run ScanLite on your Palm; Tab a record to enter the detail view screen.

5. Scan your item to track all details data you want, and you can tap it to edit it.

6. It will auto-track when next scan. 

Tips

1 If you need quick track for edit, choose the tracking mode on the higher right of the edit screen, auto-save when next scan.

2 ScanLite supports Global find, stroke your keyword and click Find menu in Palm to find your records. 

Inventory Count Example

1. Make your account book data to Excel sheet as below, fist line is fields name, other lines is your data.

2. Run the ScanLite Desktop program. Choose your current Palm user; Click “open Excel file” button, select your excel file and the data will be previewed in screen.

3. Click “Transfer data to Palm”, Confirm it and your Excel data will upload to palm after next Hot sync.

4. Run ScanLite on your Palm; Tab a record to enter the detail view screen.

5. Set your counter to "-" and scan your physical inventory one by one.

6. After inventory count, Click ”Done” in detail view screen.

7. Click the third sort icon, the inventory will sort by your difference counter of all items.

8. You can now have a quick look of your inventory count. If there is no difference from your account book with your physical inventory, all count numb will be zero in list, else all difference is the count numb in the list form.

9. Perform a Hot Sync with your PDA.

10. Run the ScanLite Desktop program. Choose your current Palm user; your collected data will be previewed in screen.

11. Click “Export Palm data” button, save your products statistics as an Excel file for further analyze. 

Custom picks:

1. You can use a popup calculator (X-master and snap cal) with ScanLite, they are freeware and works fine with ScanLite. (We have tested this pop-up hack program, OK) 

Trade show example

Operation:

1. Made your Excel sheet as below.

2. Run the ScanLite Desktop program. Choose your current Palm user; Click “open Excel file” button, select your excel file and the data will be previewed in screen.

3. Click “Transfer data to Palm”, Confirm it and your Excel data will upload to palm after next Hot sync.

4. Run ScanLite on your Palm; Tab a record to enter the detail view screen.

5. Set your counter to "+".

6. Scan your products when a visitor asked, details information will be listed and the views counter will auto increase, scan again when query again.

6. After trade show, Click ”Done” in detail view screen.

7. Click the third sort icon, the products will sort by views of most.

8. After trade show, perform a Hot Sync with your PDA.

10. Run the ScanLite Desktop program. Choose your current Palm user; your collected data will be previewed in screen.

11. Click “Export Palm data” button, save your products statistics as an Excel file for further analyze. 

Tips:

1. You can set your counter to “N” (No counter) or “-” (decrease) for special count needs.