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TSL Handheld Diagnostic Report

Running a Remote Diagnostic Report on TSL Handheld Readers.

To run an ASCII Remote Diagnostic for TSL handheld readers: 

1. Click on this link to download the Windows 7 to Windows 11 virtual COM port driver. This will allow you to run the application on your windows computer. 

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2. Go to this website and create or login into your TSL account. This will allow you to download the application to run on your computer.


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Follow download steps


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Run the ASCII Remote Diagnostic application.


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 3. Run the ASCII application

4. Ensure TSL Reader is unplugged 


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*Note these readers do not have barcode readers


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5. Plugin the TSL Reader to the computer and run the diagnostic. 


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6. Once the diagnostic has finished, it will prompt to send an email to TSL with information. 


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