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Configuring your MUNBYN Android Barcode Scanner

The MUNBYN is the Ply-recommended warehouse scanner.

This inexpensive device allows your warehouse manager and team the ability to quickly scan barcodes from anywhere in the app and rapidly adjust inventory.

In order to set up the scanner gun functionality there are a few steps we need to take to connect it with Ply.

Step 1: Open up settings to enable the keyboard scanner settings

Navigate to General Settings which can be found from the home view of the Android device and swipe up from bottom to top.

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Step 2: Click on the barcode keyboard… icon to open the settings

Once on General settings find the icon that looks like a barcode and a scanner and click on it to open the device barcode configuration.

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Step 3: Once open, you’ll see a settings screen for all scanner functionality on the device

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Step 4: Navigate to the AppSettings tab at the top of the screen

Select the AppSettings at the top navigation bar.

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Step 5: Scroll down to an option called BroadcastReceiver and select it

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Step 6: Under Broadcast Name remove all text

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Step 7: Enter in receiver data path so Ply detects the scanner

This step is the most important.

Make sure you enter the following EXACTLY as typed. No misspellings and exactly the casing:

com.android.serial.BARCODEPORT_RECEIVEDDATA_ACTION

Under Key you will want to put in the following:

DATA

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Step 8: Scroll down to Data Format and select defaultas the option

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Step 9: Open Ply and test scanning any barcode in your catalog from anywhere in the app


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