Batch scanning in Opter Terminal

Last updated: 22 July 2026

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If several people are going to help scan a batch of packages, you can create a QR code with the settings for the scan batch. Then everyone can use the QR code to load the scan settings instead of configuring them manually in Opter Terminal. This ensures that everyone uses the same settings for scanning.

You can create the scan settings in Opter and then print a QR code, or display it as a PDF file on the screen. The dispatcher can also configure the scan settings and send you the QR code.

The ID for the scan batch is saved in the database so that it is possible to see which scans were carried out in that particular batch. The ID consists of a serial number and the date and time when the scan batch was created, for example “2 2021-10-20 10.48.23”.

The system administrator must have enabled the QR menu option on the main menu in Opter Terminal in order to allow the QR code with the settings to be scanned. For more information, see QR code scanning of batch settings in Opter terminal.

Create the scan settings in Opter

The scan settings are created in Opter instead of in Opter Terminal.

  1. Click on Register > Print out of control code for terminal app.

  2. Select [Next available ID] from the Batch drop-down list.

  3. Select the direction (type of scan to be performed), and the terminal on which the scans will be carried out.

  4. Choose whether packages or freight bills should be scanned. Other settings are optional. For more information about the settings, see Print out of control code for terminal app (window).

  5. Click on Print QR code and settings. You can either print on paper or as a PDF file and scan from the computer screen.

It is not possible to save the batch settings. To create new ones, change the settings and click on Print QR code and settings. Batches from earlier in the day can be selected from the Batch drop-down list, but their settings are not loaded.

Load the settings and scan

Press QR on the main menu in Opter Terminal and scan the QR code using the scan settings. The scan settings are read i and the Register deviation page is displayed.

  • If no deviation is to be registered, go to Cancel and scan the packages or freight bills in the batch as usual.

  • If you record a deviation, it will be recorded on all parcels or freight bills (orders) that you scan in the batch. For more information, see Registering deviations in Opter Terminal.

  • The deviation is only registered for the packages/freight bills scanned with the device on which the deviation is created. The deviation is therefore not registered for the whole batch. For example, if three people each scan 40 packages in a batch of 120 packages, and one person registered a deviation, that deviation is only registered on the 40 packages that the specific person scanned.

Once all the packages in the batch have been scanned, finish the scan as usual.

Once all the packages in the batch have been scanned, another QR code can be scanned to load new settings immediately. You do not need to press Done and select QR from the main menu to load new settings. The app detects that it is a QR code with scan settings.

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