FAST App Connects BlueSnap M6A iOS
You Connect BlueSnap M6A iOS with app supporting M6A FAST protocol. Use these apps (and others) to connect M6A to iOS:
You only only use iPhone or iPad Bluetooth app to connect M6A to iOS when M6A has HID firmware option installed.
Alternately, sometimes you want an app to directly connect to the BlueSnap M6A and process the M6A data. Contact Serialio.com about the Serial Device Manager (SDM) Libraries that 3rd parties use to easily connect BlueSnap M6A. See this post for an example of connect BlueSnap M6A direct to iOS App.
SerialMagic Keys Connects BlueSnap M6A To iPhone, iPad
First load SerialMagic Keys from Appstore and add the SerialMagic Keys keyboard to iOS as shown in this post. Next Power on the BlueSnap M6A, the LED will blink showing it’s discoverable and not connected. Then find the BlueSnap in the FOUND DEVICES.
Now tap the BlueSnap connecting M6A to the iPhone or iPad.
SerialMagic keys Command Key option is enabled and is set to send the Ohaus Ranger 3000 ‘get weight’ command.
Finally tap the SerialMagic keys Command Key and the weight is posted to the cursor location for any iOS App.
BlueSnap M6A will connect RS232 scales, sensors, RFID readers, barcode readers. Contact Serialio.com to discuss your solution needs.
iOS Prevents Background Wireless Connections To 3rd Party Keyboards
iOS does not allow 3rd party keyboards to maintain wireless connections in the background (See video below). This means when the keyboard is not displayed, the FAST wireless will be disconnected. Finally reconnection happens very quickly as soon as the keyboard is displayed.
Connect M6A Directly With App
You can connect BlueSnap M6A with SerialMagic as shown above. However sometimes you want an app to directly connect to the BlueSnap M6A and process the data. Contact Serialio.com about the Serial Device Manager (SDM) Libraries that 3rd parties use to easily connect BlueSnap M6A. First see an example of directly connecting BlueSnap M6A to the iOS App using iScanBrowser.
App Directly Connects BlueSnap | Don't Use iOS Bluetooth App
First BlueSnap M6A uses FAST wireless protocol to connect directly to iOS Apps. Secondly the app directly processes data from and to the BlueSnap, in this way you don’t use SerialMagic Keys alternate keyboard. Thirdly connecting from the iOS app is far more convenient and faster than devices that must connect via iOS Bluetooth App. See this post for connecting BlueSnap M6A to iScanBrowser on iOS.