Scanner overview

The Supercycle Scanner app streamlines inventory management by enabling you to quickly scan items, update records, and manage rental operations directly from your mobile device. Use the app to handle item intake, process returns, update warehouse locations, and manage rental assignments on the go. Key functionalities include:

• Item creation: Scan to create new items, assigning to the connected product/variant. Create one item at a time, or many in bulk from a multi-scan session.
• Return processing: Mark items as received when they arrive back from rentals, individually or in bulk.
• Location management: Update warehouse and pick locations by scanning item and location IDs.
• Rental assignment: Change which item is assigned to active rentals.
• Bulk actions: Apply visibility, warehouse, pick location, and return changes to many items in one pass.

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Scanner types

The app supports three scanner inputs, each independently enabled from Settings → Scanners. The Scan tab shows one button per enabled scanner. The Zebra scanners automatically configure DataWedge — no additional setup is required.

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Supported code types

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Scan modes

The scanner has two modes, chosen by which scanner you start a session with:

• Single scan (camera): one tag at a time. The app immediately opens the matching item, rental, or return — or the Create item flow for an unknown tag.
• Multi scan (Zebra barcode and RFID): keep scanning to build up a list of items in one session, then apply bulk actions across the selection. Unknown tags can be turned into new items in one batch from the same screen.

Details of each action are covered in the Scanner actions section.

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Scan workflow

Below is a high-level flowchart illustrating how the Supercycle Scanner app processes scanned items:

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Troubleshooting