1 00:00:07,333 --> 00:00:09,266 Hi there, my name is Dillon McDowell. 2 00:00:09,266 --> 00:00:10,866 And today I’m going to show you how to set up 3 00:00:10,866 --> 00:00:13,666 and use the Vanta’s on-board barcode scanning feature. 4 00:00:13,666 --> 00:00:16,033 Users can use the panoramic camera on their Vanta 5 00:00:16,033 --> 00:00:18,000 to scan barcodes and have that information 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,100 entered in to the test info fields. 7 00:00:20,100 --> 00:00:23,766 Any Vanta that has a panoramic camera can use this feature. 8 00:00:23,766 --> 00:00:25,966 To use it you first need to set up and deploy 9 00:00:25,966 --> 00:00:27,566 a notes template onto your instrument 10 00:00:27,566 --> 00:00:29,500 that has the new barcode field type. 11 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:32,566 You can set up a notes template using Fleet Manager. 12 00:00:32,566 --> 00:00:34,600 For more details on using Fleet Manager, 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,133 including creating notes templates 14 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:37,466 and deploying it onto your instrument 15 00:00:37,466 --> 00:00:39,933 see our previous Vanta tutorial videos. 16 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:42,700 Here I’ve already gone through and created a note template 17 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:44,233 called QC notes 18 00:00:44,233 --> 00:00:46,700 that I’m going to use to add my new barcode field. 19 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:50,633 To add it, click the plus icon here in the edit screen, 20 00:00:50,633 --> 00:00:52,533 type in the name of the note field you want, 21 00:00:52,533 --> 00:00:55,300 I’m going to call mine CodeScan, 22 00:00:55,300 --> 00:00:59,233 and then in the menu here select the option for barcode 23 00:00:59,233 --> 00:01:00,800 and press OK. 24 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,100 And with that it’s added in the new note field into my note template. 25 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:08,566 If you are finished editing it you can go ahead and deploy this note template 26 00:01:08,566 --> 00:01:11,333 onto your instrument and start using it right away. 27 00:01:11,333 --> 00:01:14,066 Let’s take a look and see it in action on the instrument. 28 00:01:14,066 --> 00:01:16,633 Now that I’ve deployed my notes template onto my analyzer 29 00:01:16,633 --> 00:01:19,300 I’m now ready to scan some barcodes and take some tests. 30 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:22,366 If you look over at my analyzer here in the main test screen 31 00:01:22,366 --> 00:01:23,800 I can expand out the notes field by 32 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,933 pressing the plus icon on the notes tab here. 33 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:29,000 And then, amongst the tabs here 34 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,833 you can see the codescan field that I generated earlier. 35 00:01:32,833 --> 00:01:34,666 If I tap into that field 36 00:01:34,666 --> 00:01:37,266 it will bring up the panoramic camera image 37 00:01:37,266 --> 00:01:39,266 that I’m going to use to scan the barcodes. 38 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,066 The idea is to align your barcode 39 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:43,700 inside the scan rectangle here in the center. 40 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:48,566 So if I take my analyzer and bring it over to my sample here, 41 00:01:48,566 --> 00:01:51,133 line up the rectangle to the marker there, 42 00:01:51,133 --> 00:01:53,366 and it will scan the barcode and enter the info 43 00:01:53,366 --> 00:01:56,766 of that barcode into that note field. 44 00:01:56,766 --> 00:01:58,933 If I want to go through and re-scan the image 45 00:01:58,933 --> 00:02:02,400 what I would do is tap into any other notes field 46 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,933 and then tap into the barcode scan field again 47 00:02:04,933 --> 00:02:07,266 to bring up the barcode image. 48 00:02:07,266 --> 00:02:10,000 And there I can re-scan the barcode as needed. 49 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,600 Re-scanning a barcode will overwrite the previous note field entry. 50 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,600 You can use this feature both with the optional notes entry, 51 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:18,966 like I showed you here, 52 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:22,166 as well as the forced notes entry feature on the analyzer. 53 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:26,066 Additionally you can manually edit text after you’ve scanned a barcode. 54 00:02:26,066 --> 00:02:30,066 To do so simply tap into the field to bring up the camera image 55 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:33,066 and then press the x icon at the top to close the image 56 00:02:33,066 --> 00:02:35,833 and use the onscreen keyboard to type into the field. 57 00:02:35,833 --> 00:02:38,800 And there you can type in whatever text you would like. 58 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:39,733 And that’s it! 59 00:02:39,733 --> 00:02:40,933 That’s how easy it is to use 60 00:02:40,933 --> 00:02:43,166 the barcode scanning feature on your Vanta. 61 00:02:43,166 --> 00:02:45,500 Also, stay tuned for future updates that will combine 62 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:48,900 our barcode scanning capabilities with our Olympus Scientific Cloud services 63 00:02:48,900 --> 00:02:52,066 to better improve productivity and product tracking. 64 00:02:52,066 --> 00:02:54,466 Until then, thanks for watching!