Last updated: 2025-10-01

Scanning with Opter Driver

Applies to Opter Driver for iOS and Opter Driver Labs for Android.

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You can scan Freight bills and parcel labels to change the status of shipments and add deviations, for example.

If you want to scan with Opter Driver, the following options are available:

  • You can scan with your mobile phone's built-in camera.

  • You can use a stand-alone Bluetooth scanner (instead of your mobile phone's built-in camera). Valid as of version 2.4.25 of the app. For more information, see Settings in Opter Driver.

  • You can install the Opter Driver Labs app for Android directly on a scanner, such as a Zebra.

  • You can also enter the parcel number or consignment note number manually in the scanning view.

Step 1: Select scan direction

Press Scanner at the bottom of the screen to activate the scanner.

Then go to Pick up or Leave. If you have scanned before, there are buttons that remember your last selections, (1) and (2) in the image below (unless the system administrator has hidden them). If you make new selections, the buttons are updated to always show what you scanned last. The buttons make it easier to do the same type of scan again.

Example

In the image above, press (1) to repeat your last pick-up, which was to collect from the sender and scan the Freight bill, without having to make the three selections again. You can then start scanning the goods immediately.

Press (2) to repeat your last drop-off, which was to leave with the recipient and scan the Freight bill.

Step 2: Indicate where you are located

After selecting Pick up or Leave, you will be shown a list of pick-up or delivery locations, depending on whether you are picking up or dropping off goods. Choose whether you want to collect/deliver from the sender/consignee (1) or from one of the terminals in the list (2). You can also search by the name of the Terminal in the search box at the top (3).

Step 3: Choose what you scan

Tap Freight bill or Package, depending on what you are scanning.

Your system administrator may have set you to enter a scan comment. A scan comment can be a text field to be filled in, but it can also be a QR code or a barcode that is, for example, on the wall inside a cold room that you have to scan. The reason for doing this is to ensure that the driver leaves the goods inside the freezer and not outside.

Do in one of the following ways:

  • Enter the scan comment in the empty field (1). Then press the Save and start scanning button (3) to start scanning the parcels or Freight bills.

  • Press the SCAN (1) and scan the scan comment.

    The button turns green (2) when it has detected a QR code or barcode. Once you are satisfied with the comment, click on Save and start scanning (3) to start scanning the parcels or Freight bills.

The scan comment will be added to all parcels and Freight bills that you scan until you click on End.

Step 4: Scanning the goods

Scan the freight bills or parcel labels as usual. You can also enter the Freight bill number or parcel number manually and then press the search icon to find the parcels/freight bills. Tap End when finished.

To switch on the flashlight, press the flash icon (). Yellow icon = torch lit. Grey icon = flashlight off.

If you scanned a Freight bill, or all the packages on the shipment, the scanning view closes and the scans are saved.

If you did not scan all the parcels on the shipment, the menu will appear Unscanned packages. If you want to scan the rest of the parcels, close the menu with and continue scanning. If there are missing packages, you may add a deviation for them (1).

If you do not want to continue scanning, press End (2). The scanning view closes and the scans are saved.

Om du leveransskannat hos mottagaren måste du fylla i ett leveransbevis innan du kan göra något annat i appen. Det gäller inte när du ankomstskannar på en terminal.

For more information, see Pods (POD) in Opter Driver.

Deviations for unscanned parcels

Depending on the settings made by the system administrator, you may be able to add deviations to the shipment if you have not scanned all packages. Click on Add deviation in the menu Unscanned packages.

The parcels that have not been scanned are highlighted when the page is opened, but you can freely choose the parcels to which the deviation applies (1).

Fill in the fields and click on Save in the top right-hand corner to register the deviation. Mandatory fields are marked in orange (2).

Once Save has been tapped, it is no longer possible to change the deviation in the app.

If you add an image, it will appear at the bottom of the detail view of the shipment, under Attached files. For more information, see Adding images to Opter Driver.

Special messages when scanning

  • The scan was blocked due to the shipment being allocated to another driver or vehicle. You are not allowed to load these parcels.

  • The status of the shipment does not change, and the driver/vehicle on the shipment does not change.

  • You have scanned a shipment that was assigned to another driver or vehicle, but which you have now taken over. You can also see which driver/vehicle the shipment was allocated to previously.

  • The status of the shipment changes and the shipment is allocated to you.

  • If you accidentally scanned the wrong parcel/freight bill, you can undo the scan by dragging the scan to the right (1) and releasing when the text Undo appears (2). The status is then reset and the shipment is reassigned to the original driver.

If you pick up from the sender earlier than the earliest pick-up time specified on the order, a warning may be displayed (depending on the settings made by your dispatcher).

The warning is displayed in a pop-up window with the text Earliest pick-up time is <date> <time>.

If the premature download warning appears in the scanning view, do the following:

  1. Close the pop-up window with the warning by pressing .

  2. Select one of the following:

    • Cancel the pickup scan because it is too early to pick up the shipment. You can undo the scan by dragging the scan to the right and releasing when the text Undo appears. This will reset the status change that was made to the shipment when you scanned, and the scan will be removed from the scan list.

    • Continue, i.e. still pick up the shipment from the sender, even though it is too early.

If there is an alarm message on the parcel, the alarm message and the parcel number are displayed in a pop-up window when scanning.

For example, the alert message could be "Warning, very important parcel!".

After reading the alert message, click on OK in the pop-up window.

List of scanned shipments

When you have finished the scan, a list of the shipments that have been scanned is displayed, the scan list. There you can see all the packages on the shipments you have scanned, and the packages that have not been scanned on the shipments. For example, it may look like the one below, depending on the settings made by the system administrator.

  1. It is a parcel label that has been scanned.

  2. Freight bill number.

  3. Two out of four parcels have been scanned.

  4. The last scanned parcel number/waybill number.

  5. Order number.

  6. Packages that have not been scanned are marked with a different background colour.

  7. Scanned parcels.

The following colours are used to show the result of the scan. You can always swipe right on a scan you have made and undo to reset the status change.

Frame colour

Description

Grey

The parcel/freight bill is found in the system and the scan is logged in the system.

Purple

There are several parcels with the same parcel number in the system, or several shipments with the same consignment note number. Select which package/shipment you are scanning.

White

The parcel/freight bill is in the system, but is at an address that is not on the order. For example, if you scan a parcel at Terminal Malmö, but none of the addresses on the order are Terminal Malmö. So, colitis has gone wrong and should be handled according to your procedures.

Orange

Orange can either mean that something went wrong with the scan so that the system could not be called, or that the parcel/freight bill is not in the system. Nothing is recorded in the system. Try it again.

You can remove the scan from the app by swiping right and releasing when Remove appears.

Open the view Scanning details

If you want to see more details about the scan, tap on it in the scan list and a detail view will open. The information displayed in the detail view is set by the system administrator.

Open the menu

Drag the shipment/scan to the left and a menu will open where you can record POD and deviations for the shipment, or make changes to individual packages.

Undo scan

To undo the scan of all packages on a shipment, drag the shipment to the right (1) and release when the text Undo appears (2). This will reset the status change that was made to the shipment when you scanned, and the scan will be removed from the scan list.

Discard scan

If you have scanned a barcode that is not in the system, or if there is some other error, so that the scan turns orange, you can remove it by dragging the shipment to the right and releasing when the text Remove appears.

Example, video

In the video, we enter the consignment note number manually instead of scanning with the camera because it is made in an emulator.

Time

Contents

00:00

Departure scan at the Terminal.

00:48

Undo the scan.

01:04

Arrival scan at the Terminal.

01:23

The Freight bill is not in the system. Delete the scan.

02:00

The correct freight bill is scanned on arrival.

02:23

Register deviation.

See also