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How To Set SerialMagic Keys as the Default Keyboard on the Kindle Fire

This support article will provide instructions on how to set your default keyboard to SerialMagic Gears on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 (a proprietary version of Android). This guide assumes that you have already installed SerialMagic Gears and SerialMagic Keys. If you have not already done this, click here to view our article on pairing with SerialMagic Gears (includes SerialMagic Keys). Note the process for setting the default keyboard varies somewhat across Android device types, other examples are hereNote: Before following these instructions, you must first enable SerialMagic Keys through the

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How to Set Your Default Keyboard on the Samsung Galaxy S7

This support article will provide instructions on how to set your default keyboard to SerialMagic Gears on the Samsung Galaxy S7 (Android version 7.0). This guide assumes that you have already installed SerialMagic Gears and SerialMagic Keys. If you have not already done this, click here to view our article on pairing with SerialMagic Gears (includes SerialMagic Keys). Note the process for setting the default keyboard varies somewhat across Android device types, other examples are hereNote: Before following these instructions, you must first enable SerialMagic Keys through the SerialMagic Gears application! Enable

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How to Set SerialMagic Keys as the Default Keyboard on the Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android 8.1)

This support article will provide instructions on how to set your default keyboard to SerialMagic Gears on the Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android version 8.1). This guide assumes that you have already installed SerialMagic Gears and SerialMagic Keys. If you have not already done this, click here to view our article on pairing with SerialMagic Gears (includes SerialMagic Keys). Note the process for setting the default keyboard varies somewhat across Android device types.Note: Before following these instructions, you must first enable SerialMagic Keys through the SerialMagic Gears application! Enable SerialMagic Keys 1. Navigate

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How to Set SerialMagic Keys as the Default Keyboard on the Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Android 10)

This support article will provide instructions on how to set your default keyboard to SerialMagic Gears on the Samsung Galaxy S8 (Android version 8.1). This guide assumes that you have already installed SerialMagic Gears and SerialMagic Keys. If you have not already done this, click here to view our article on pairing with SerialMagic Gears (includes SerialMagic Keys).  Note the process for setting the default keyboard varies somewhat across Android device types.  Note: Before following these instructions, you must first enable SerialMagic Keys through the SerialMagic Gears application! Enable SerialMagic Keys 1.

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How to Configure The Command Button for SerialMagic Keys Android Keyboard

This article demonstrates how to setup and configure the built-in “Command” key on the SerialMagic Keys keyboard. Note that SerialMagic Keys is meant to be used in unison with SerialMagic Gears. What is the Command Key? The command key is an additional button on the SerialMagic Keys keyboard, located at the bottom left-hand corner. You may have noticed it previously by tapping it on accident. While the location of the key can take some getting used to, once you discover how much you can improve your workflow with the command

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How to set SerialMagic Keys to append prefixes & suffixes to scan data

SerialMagic Keys (the keyboard component of SerialMagic Gears) allows you to configure several different types of data modifications to your barcode or RFID scans. For example, you can append a predefined text string or control character to each scan. Access SerialMagic Keys Settings The first step is to access the SerialMagic Keys settings page. 1. Launch the SerialMagic Gears application on your Android device. 2. Tap on the “Options” button. 3. Tap on “Settings” from the SerialMagic sidebar. 4. Tap on “SerialMagic Keys.” 5. Tap on “SerialMagic Keys Settings.” You are

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Setup SerialMagic Keys for Android

This support article demonstrates how to enable SerialMagic Keys and how to set SerialMagic Keys as the default keyboard.* *Since the process for setting the default keyboard varies widely between different Android devices, we’ve created several guides for the most popular Android devices: click here to view the index of these pages. 1. Tap on the three horizontal lines (hamburger menu) located at the upper left-hand corner of the main screen of SerialMagic Gears to display the sidebar menu. Alternatively, you can swipe from the left edge of the screen to

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How to modify scan data with SerialMagic Gears

SerialMagic Gears allows you to modify scanned in data in several different ways. This article shows you how to setup scan modification and scan filtering. Scan Modification  SerialMagic Gears’ scan modification feature allows you to “clip” scanned in data from the beginning or end of each scan. To start using SerialMagic Gears’ Scan Modification feature, follow the steps below! 1. Tap on “Scan Modification Settings” from the sidebar menu. 2. Tap on the checkbox to the far-right of “Clip scan data” to enable it. 3. Tap on either “Clip at start”

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How to automate your SerialMagic Gears workflow

Connect to SerialMagic Gears The first step in automating your workflow with SerialMagic Gears is to install the application and connect your scanner(s) to SerialMagic Gears! If you have not already done this, see our step-by-step walkthrough for connecting your scanner to SerialMagic Gears. Application Settings  Now, you are going to adjust some of SerialMagic Gears’ settings to improve your workflow. To access these settings, navigate to SerialMagic Gears’ Application Settings. Enable “Launch After Boot” The “Launch After Boot” option triggers SerialMagic Gears to launch immediately after powering on your Android

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Pair/Connect your scanner with SerialMagic Gears (SDM)

To pair/Connect your Bluetooth scanner with SerialMagic Gear’s Serial Device Manager (SDM), follow the instructions below. Note when scanner is in BLE mode pairing is not required, this is only needed when scanner is in SPP mode. 1. From the main screen of SerialMagic Gears, tap on the Serial Device Manager icon. You can also tap on the “Device Manager” option from the Options menu. 2. The window that appears is the Serial Device Manager main view. 3. For Genuine Serialio Scanfobs: Scan the appropriate codes from your Quick Start

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