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1. A 1 APPENDIX B FUNCTION CODES FOR PC B 1 APPENDIX C FUNCTION CODES FOR IBM TERMINALS C 1 APPENDIX D SETUP MENU D 1 APPENDIX E FULL ASCII CHART 00000 000000000 0000 00 00 0000 E 1 APPENDIX F BAR CODE TEST CHART eere F 1 Page 2 Chapter 1 Overview First of all thank you for choosing Unitech s products This decoder build in scanner comes in one model and supports interfaces such as keyboard wedge RS232 serial wedge RS232 terminal wedge wand emulation and the latest USB interface In most of the cases simply selecting an appropriate cable with a device code will work for a specific interface As a keyboard interface the scanner supports most of the popular PCs and IBM terminals The installation of the wedge scanner is a fairly simple process without any changes of software or hardware As a RS232 serial interface the scanner sends data by using RS232 communication protocol The communication speed baud rate ranges from 300 bps to 38400 bps with both hardware and software handshaking are implemented As a RS232 terminal interface systems with ANSI ASCII communication environment such as UNIX XENIX are supported The scanner is installed between a host computer and a terminal and supports full duplex half duplex and block communication modes As a wand emulation scanner the output of the scanner emulates a wand scanner output Two outp2. n abc a and c in the string can be any character A String defines a string of characters to be added to the output For example if the original data is BCD and output string is BarCoDe ar o and e in output string are added strings and can be defined by A Strings Note If on Programming Sheet are included in A String one interblock delay defined by Group 2 will be inserted 7 5 2 O String Format O STR P O String always applies to the original data It contains two parameters The first is position parameter P that specifies the start output position in the original data Parameter N tells how many characters will be included beginning from P Example Original data is Barcode Then O Str 4 4 Gives output as code Note N can be for all remaining characters from P Page 27 If P greater than the length of original data the O String will be skipped If N greater than the number of remaining characters counting from P the remaining characters are included as valid 7 6 Examples 7 6 1 Example 1 If the original data is Code 39 and content is AA output ABC Company and otherwise output the original data as it is IN_ID 0 LEN 2 2 MATCH 1 AA ABC company Enter IN ID 19 0 STR Z Enter 7 6 2 Example 2 If the original data is Code 128 and logically divided into First six characters are personal ID Other characters are person s name T
3. 1 SP 55 8 C I un ULLAM amp F VIN WE H UD VUN JT UE LIT UL 11 11 0 UI 1 UI 2 3 Page E 2 11 4 I 5 NI 6 AAA 7 8 9 2 AAA F UA lt G H NI gt D 2 96J 11 11 96V 8 C 111 D E LLLI G VU H I LI J LIU K HI L I M II N DU 0 P 111 Q 5 II T Page E 3 HI U LI V 1 W 11 X HI Y UI K L 1 4 N 960 UI W LU a A VIN b B 1111 4C 1111 d D 11111 e E Hi f F UO g G 1111 H H AND i 1 je k K AMALIA 1 L AMALIA m M N 0 0 AMALIA p P q Q MN r R s S t T ALTA u U U Page E 4 LIII v V Vd w W LIII x X IMA y Y UN 2 Z LII P 1111 96Q DIU 96R 111 96S 111 DEL T Appendix F Bar Code Test Chart oe 8341 Code 39 with C D UNI TECH E 213453 UPC A EAN 128 c 766913716 ll6 01 0541
4. 3 ll 4 5 UU 6 0 7 8 9 Enter Group 6 Group Default rur 1 0 Enter Return on digits keypad E1 2 Field Exit or Right Ctrl 3 None Start Stop Sentinel 0 No Send E2 1 Send Track Selection 0 All Tracks Track1 amp track2 E3 2 Trackl amp track3 3 fTrack2 amp track3 4 Track 1 5 Track 2 6 Track 3 Track 2 Account Number Only 0 No Yes E4 Separator Character Scan a character from Full ASCII table Default None E5 Output Data even other selected tracks may have some errors 0 No 1 Yes E6 Track I Output Sequence Scan characters from full ASCII Table Maximum is 16 characters Scan right to end Default None PP Track II Output Sequence Scan characters from full ASCII Table Maximum is 8 characters Scan right to end Default None 00 Exit D 6 D 7 Code 39 1 2 of 5 2 of 5 Code 32 EAN128 Enter Group 7 0 d 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 d 8 LIII 9 Group Default Code 39 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Full ASCII Standard 4 Check Digit CD Calculate amp Send 5 CD Calculate not send 6 CD not Calculate 7 8 Send No Send Start Stop 9
5. 4 5 6 4 8 HI 9 Code 128 0 1 Disable Enable 1 64 Min Length 1 Max Length 64 MSI Plessey Code 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Check Digit Send No Send 4 Check Digit Double Module 10 5 Check Digit Module 11 plus 10 6 Check Digit Single Module 10 1 16 Min Length 1 Max Length 16 Code 93 0 1 Disable Enable 1 48 Min Length 1 Max Length 48 Code 11 Special 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 One Two Check Digit 4 5 Check Send No Send 1 48 Min Length 1 Max Length 48 Codabar 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Start amp Stop Send No Send 4 Check Digit Calculate amp Send 5 Check Digit Calculate but not Send 6 Check Digit not Calculate 7 8 CLSI Format On Off 3 48 Min Length 3 Max Length 48 Label Code IV and V 9 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Checksum send No send Min Length ue ra th D 8 Group Default Gl G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 Exit D 9 UPC EAN Delta Code Enter Group 9 I 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send i 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send IIl 6 7 Zero Expansion On Off 2 UPC A 0 1 Disable Enable 8 9 Disable Enable NSC 1 EAN 13 Il 0 1 Disable En
6. Print into Code 39 bar code labels 1800C 06D51DJ8 08080 A007C00535 415254 By scanning the labels from top to bottom sequentially you may duplicate the other scanners with the same settings The following issues should be observed Page 19 e The sequence of the strings that the scanner dumped is important You have to print the bar code labels and scan them in the same sequence as the one that the scanner dumped e When you scan the batch setup labels to configure a scanner the previous settings on that scanner are reset to default and then replaced by the settings contained in the batch labels e Only the settings that are different from the default values will be dumped So the number of labels produced depends on how many settings being changed compare to the factory default setting e The settings can be dumped to a PC or terminal only if that PC or terminal matches the type defined by Device Type of the scanner The previous example of Keyboardless Wedge as Device Type is equivalent to a PC AT interface so you cannot dump that settings to a system which dose not support a PC AT keyboard interface The following label let you dump the settings to a PC AT regardless what kind of device has been chosen on the scanner Dump Settings On PC AT e You can adjust the length of the dump
7. UPCA A 22 EAN 13 JEAN I20f5 IT EXT cee Code39 LAM lt p 3 Code 128 Label Code IV V China Postal Code Page 16 Those ID characters can be redefined through setup menu The following example shows how to set Code 93 with ID O and Code 128 without ID Scan Enter Group 5 Scan D2 to select Code ID Scan 1 for Enable Scan D3 to define IDs Scan 0 and 9 for selecting Code 93 Scan O from Full ASCII Table for new ID Scan 0 and 8 to select Code 128 Scan NULL character from Full ASCII Table for none ID Scan Exit to end setup 6 1 4 Preamble Prefix and Postamble Suffix Preamble the scanner adds the start of text characters before the input data Postamble the scanner adds end of text characters after the input data The following is an example to set STX as preamble and ETX as postamble Scan Enter Group 5 Scan PP to start preamble setting Scan STX character from Full ASCII Table Scan PP to end preamble setting Scan OO to start postamble setting Scan ETX from Full ASCII Table Scan OO to end postamble setting Scan Exit 6 1 5 Predefined Labels The scanner provides three special labels encoded as FY FZ and F in Code 39 format The output from these labels can be defined throu
8. Chapter 7 Output Data Editing The Output Data Editing feature was removed from this barcode setup manual It is implemented to the Scanner Configuration Manager Software providing a user friendly interface for easier operation Please download the latest program from Unitech s web site at www unitech adc com This chapter will mainly describe the concept and feature provided by this data output feature The function described here also can be replaced by the Pre defined Labels function in 6 1 5 Predefined Labels So if data editing function is defined Pre defined Labels will be removed They cannot be defined at the same time 7 1 General The purpose of Data Edit is allowing you to define and modify a data record that comes from decoding of a bar code By using combination of formulas you can perform the following functions on the data received by the scanner A Rearrange the output sequences B Delete characters from the record C Insert characters to the record including function codes D Duplicate characters in the record E Insert time delay in the record 7 2 Formula Formula is a structure that tells the scanner what and how to process the original data record to produce the desired output The Wedge allows multiple Formulas but the number of the Formulas can be defined depends on the memory size allocated for Data Editing 7 2 1 Original Data Structure The original data is the decoded data plus preamble
9. d 1 AI 2 3 4 5 6 d H d 8 LIII 9 Terminator 0 Enter Return on digits keypad 2 Field Exit or Right Ctrl 3 None Code ID 0 disable 1 Enable Note This setting doesn t affect EAN128 Code ID EAN128 has its own Code ID setting on page D 7 Define Code ID 10 Standard 2 of 5 00 Code 39 Full ASCI 11 MSI Code 01 Code 39 Standard 12 EAN128 02 EAN 13 13 Code32 Italian 03 UPC A harmacy 04 EAN 8 14 Delta Code 05 UPC E 15 Label Code 06 Interleaved 2 of 5 16 Plessey Code 07 Codabar 17 Code 11 Special 08 Code 128 18 China Postal code 09 Code 93 Toshiba Code Double Verification 0 Off 1 7 On Verify 1 7 times Scanning Mode 0 Trigger 1 Flashing 3 One Press One Scan 5 Old Laser flash Mode 2 Multiscan 4 Test Mode 6 Continuous Label Type 0 Positive 1 Positive and Negative Aim function for long range laser engine 0 Disable Enable Aiming Time 2 0 5s 3 1s 4 1 5s 5 2s Data Length Two Digits Send 31 32 D3 Scan two digits to choose a code then scan a char From full ASCII table to define ID D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 0 Disable 1 Enable Preamble Postamble Scan PP OO for Pre Postamble Scan characters from Full ASCII char or Function D 5 Exit D 6 Magnetic Reader 1 2
10. 5550 6 06 Keyboardless Wedge PC AT Notebook 03 Macintosh ADB Port 04 Serial Wedge 3 35 Serial TTL inverted 25 Terminal Wedge 26 Wand emulation Native Output Il 07 Wand emulation with Code 39 output 4 5 32 DEC VT220 320 420 27 Dorio PC keyboard 28 Dorio ANSI keyboard is 7 8 9 Exit Page D 1 D 2 Beeps and Delays Enter Group 2 Group Default Beep Tone 0 None 0 1 Low 2 Medium Al 3 High Lm 1 5 High to Low Interblock Delay Hi 2 1 10 ms A2 2 50 ms 3 100 ms C mm 5 1 seconds 3 6 3 seconds 7 5 seconds Il Intercharacter Delay 0 0 ms 4 E 2 2 ms 5 3 5 ms 4 10 ms 5 30 ms 6 50 ms 6 MPU Idle Status 0 MPU sleep mode DA 2 MPU stand by modo LO 7 Herel 2 selections are for power saving mode I Ad you select this selection the scanner may loss some Il other benefits like Caps Lock Tracing function 8 UU Exit Page D 2 D 3 Keyboard Wedge Settings Enter Group 3 C ps Lock Will V o PO A 1 Lower Case 2 Upper Case WI quere Function Code ON 0 U S 5 Norwegian Danish U K 6 Italian Partial Alt 2 Swiss 7 German lt Jap
11. and postamble The original data structure is as follow Decoded Data 7 2 2 Formula Structure A Formula consists of two parts Qualifier and Modifier See Figure 7 1 Qualifier is used to verify if the data record meets the conditions specified and Modifier is processed only if all conditions in Qualifier are met Page 22 7 2 3 Execution Sequence If several Formulas were defined data editing will perform sequentially from the first Formula to the last Formula If a Formula is qualified and executed the further formulas will be ignored If none of the Formulas is executed the data record will be discarded and there will be no output to the host Formular Qualifier Modifier Input 1D Length Match Input 1D Length Match Match Match A String String to be added O String Modified original data Optional Figure 7 1 Formula Structure 7 3 Programming 7 3 1 Programming Sequence Each Formula is entered into the Reader by the following sequence Input ID gt gt Length gt gt Match gt gt A String gt gt O String gt gt gt gt O String gt gt Enter A Formula starts with Input ID and ends with Enter a label in programming sheet If a field is optional and missing the next one in the sequence can be entered But Enter must be the last input of a formula 7 3 2 Preparation To start the data editing the following barcode sheets
12. are needed Programming Sheet Setup Sheet in Appendix D Full ASCII Sheet Appendix E Function Code Sheet Appendix B or C Page 23 Before programming Data Editing you should know the format of the original data record that may be altered by the setup groups 7 3 3 Programming Sheet The bold and italicized characters in following sections mean a barcode label on the Programming Sheet Enter Scan this label to start the formula input Group 10 Group Erase all formulas Default Review To see the formulas programmed in the Wedge If scanning this label during a formula input without finished by scanning Enter the current formula will be displayed Otherwise all programmed formulas will be displayed Backspace Delete the last character 5 Delimiter to separate parameters os String specifier Wild character to specify any digit or any position Wild character to specify any letter A Z a Z or last position Enter To end the current formula 0 to 9 For digit input IN ID For ID field input LEN For Length field input MATCH For Match field input O STR For O String input For O String input For O String input Exit Save all formulas and exit setup Note The 7 and on Programming Sheet have special meanings as mentioned above and are different from those represented in Full ASCII chart Always use characters in Full ASCII chart for string parameters unless a sp
13. bar code scanned If your system accepts ALT key sending you can enable this mode and ignore selections of the Upper Lower Case and Language You may find these settings on the Appendix D page D2 and D3 Page 7 Chapter 3 RS232 Serial Interface 3 1 Installation To use the scanner as a RS232 serial interface a RS232 interface cable and a power adapter are required See Chapter 8 for cable pinout and adapter specification Figure 2 shows an installation diagram for your reference Installation procedures 1 Make sure the scanner s cable has the right connector and pinout for the RS232 port of the host device If the pinout is different from device swapping pins is necessary to achieve proper communication 2 If the host device has power output at RS232 interface port the scanner can be powered by connecting that power line to pin 9 of the scanner connector If there is no power at RS232 port An AC adapter is needed Plug the adapter into the DB type connector at the end of the interface cable SCANNER Cash Register PC or other device UAE AC adaptor f IR RS232 Connector Figure 2 Installed as a Serial Interface 3 Plug the DB type connector of the interface cable into host s RS232 port and power up the device 4 When the scanner is powered a long beep sound indicates the scanner is ready to use Page 8 3 2 Understanding the Operating Paramete
14. been defined the output with 24 characters the other two labels cannot be defined further 6 2 Quick Setup Appendix A has a quick setup chart which gives you one label for one function convenience to setup the scanner To setup the scanner locate the label with the function you want and scan that label 6 3 Batch Setup If you need to configure more than one scanner you may duplicate the settings of the scanner master to the others You can do this by producing a set of custom setup labels derived from the master scanner and scanning these labels configuring the other scanners The following label is called Dump Settings label Before you scan the label please open a text editor application such like Notepad Word etc Scan the following label the settings of the scanner will Page 18 dump to the screen as one or several ASCII string s Use any barcode printing software select Code 39 symbology and use the string s to generate bar code labels You use this batch setup labels to duplicate setting to the other scanners Dump Settings If you have settings as the following Device Type is Keybaordless Wedge Do not send the check digit of UPC A and EAN 13 Define Preamble as lt F1 gt Define Postamble as lt Tab gt Define Label O as START When dumping settings on a PC AT you have the following strings 1800C06D51DJ8 08080A007C005354 415254
15. protocol which must be matched the same setting by the host The default setting for the terminal interface is 9600 baud rate none parity and 8 data bit Baud Rate can be 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 or 38400 bps Parity can be even odd space mark or none Data Bit can be 7 or 8 bit long The scanner may not support settings with Data Bit as 7 and Parity as none combination Such combination is treated as 7 data bits with MARK parity Data Direction This setting is only for the terminal wedge and corresponds to the terminal communication mode If the terminal has Full Duplex mode set the data direction to Send to Host Half Duplex mode set to Send to Host and Terminal Block mode set to Send to Terminal Page 12 Chapter 5 Wand Emulation 5 1 Installation Figure 4 shows how a wand emulation scanner is installed to a data collection terminal User needs to pay attention to the scanner pinout that should be the same as specified by the terminal SCANNER Figure 4 Installed as a Wand Emulation Scanner 5 2 Understanding the Operating Parameters Code 39 Output When device number 07 is selected the scanner is set as wand emulation with Code 39 output In this configuration the scanner always outputs data with Code 39 symbology no matter what symbology of the label it scans You may scan the following label if this setting matched your app
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18. Double labels decoding Off On 0 48 Min length 0 Max length 48 Fl 12 of 5 ITF 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Fix Length On Off by first three reads 4 Check Digit CD Calculate amp Send 5 CD Calculate not send 6 CD not Calculate 7 First Digit Suppressed 8 Last Digit Suppressed 9 Not Suppressed 2 64 Min length 10 Max length 64 F2 S 2 of 5 China Postal Code Toshiba Code 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Fix Length On Off by first three reads 4 Check Digit CD Calculate amp Send 5 CD Calculate not send 6 CD not Calculate 1 48 Min length 4 Max length 48 F3 Code 32 Italian pharmacy 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Character Send No Send 4 5 Tailing Character Send No Send F4 Telepen 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Standard Numeric Set F5 UCC EAN 128 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Code ID Disable Enable Note If EANI28 be disabled the EAN128 labels will be decoded as Code 128 F6 Define the EAN128 Fields separator Scan a ASCII code in full ASCII code chart to select a new Fields Separator F7 Define a separator for double labels Scan a ASCII code in full ASCII code chart to select a new definition of Funcl F8 Min Length Max Length D 7 Exit D 8 Code 128 MSI Code Code 93 Codabar Label Code Enter Group 8 Mi 0 I 1 Imi 2 3
19. Make 76 VP Option Break VQ Control Make 96 VR Control Break 96 VS Shift Make 76 VT Shift Break 76 VU Apple Make 96V V Apple Break VW ppendix C Function Codes for IBM Terminals VA F3 VC VE VG F9 VI F11 VK F13 VM F15 VO F17 VQ F19 VS F21 VU F23 VW Home FA TAB FI Return FM Field FP Clear FR F2 VB ND F6 VF F8 VH F10 VJ F12 VL F14 VN F16 VP F18 VR F20 VT F22 96V V F24 96V X End FB Enter FL Field Exit FO Field FQ Reset FV Appendix D Setup Menu D 1 Device Selection and Default Enter Group 1 Group Default Device ID Device Type 00 IBM PC XT 01 IBM PC AT PS 2 MOD 40 60 80 USB etc 0 02 IBM PS 2 MOD30 8086 25 56 70 90 08 IBM 3196 3197 09 IBM 3476 3477 AMAN 10 IBM 3191 3192 3270PC 1 11 IBM 3486 3487 3488 13 IBM 3471 3472 3179 15 IBM 3180 17 IBM 3151 19 IBM 5550 5P 2 20 IBM
20. No Yes Menu Setup Enable Disable Display Version Display Version Factory Default Factory Default Page A 2 Appendix B Function Codes Function Codes for PC Fl VA F2 VB VC F4 VD FS VE F6 VF VG F8 VH F9 96 VT F10 96VJ F11 96 VK F12 96 VL Cursor Right FC Cursor Left FD Cursor Up FE Cursor Down FF PgUp FG PgDn FH TAB FD Back Tab FJ Esc FK Left Enter FL Right Ctrl FO Right Enter FM Shift Make FP Ins FW Ctrl Make FQ Shift Break FS Alt Make FR Ctrl Break FT Del FX Alt Break FU Page B 1 Fl VA F2 VB F3 VC F4 VD F5 VE F6 VE F7 VG F8 VH F9 VI F10 VJ F11 VK F12 VL Function Codes for Macintosh F13 VM F14 VN F15 VO Cursor Le ft FD Cursor Right FC Cursor Down FF rU Cursor Up FE page down FH page up FG ins FJ tab FI Enter FL Page B 2 Esc FK return FM Option
21. able 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 3 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send 6 7 ISBN Enable Disable 4 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send Il 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send 5 6 7 8 9 Supplement Code 0 1 Two Supplement Code Off On 2 3 Five Supplement Code Off On 4 Transmitted if Present 5 Must Present 6 7 Space Separator Inserted Not Inserted Delta Distance Code 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Check Digit Calculated Not Calculated 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send Reserved D 9 Group Default H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 Exit D 10 Dump Setup Strings See Section 6 3 for how to use the labels below Dump Settings Dump Settings on PC AT PC AT Interface Keyboard setting RS232 Interface Keyboard Setting Speed 9600 Databit 8 Parity None Stop 1 Flow Control None D 10 Appendix E Full ASCII Chart Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing NUL U SOH A STX B ETX C EOT D ENQ SE ACK F BEL G BS H HT SI LF J VT SK FF SL CR M SO N SI 0 DLE P DC1 Q DC2 R DC3 55 Page E 1 DC4 T NAK U SYN V ETB W CAN X EM Y SUB 2 ESC A FS B GS C UA RS 96D US E
22. anese 3 Swedish 8 French 4 Spanish 9 Alt Key Mode Output of Wand Emulation 0 Bar with High Space with Low Il 1 Bar with Low Space with High Level Duration of Mini Width 0 200us MM Soe 5 Polarity of Idle Condition 0 Low 1 High LI erm 6 O Label 0 1 Label 1 2 Label 2 See Pre defined label section for detail 1 Il Use number keypad digits 0 Disable 1 Enable 8 9 Page D 3 Group Default 81 82 83 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 Exit D 4 RS232 Settings Enter Group 4 Baud Rate 0 300 4 4800 0 1 600 5 9600 2 1200 6 19200 3 2400 7 38400 Parity 1 0 Even 3 Space 1 Odd 4 None 2 Mark 2 0 7 1 8 Handshaking for serial wedge 0 Ignore 3 1 RTS Enable at Power up 2 RTS Enabled in Communication ACK NAK for serial wedge 0 Off 4 1 On BCC Character for serial wedge 1 On 5 Time Out for serial wedge 0 1 sec 2 10sec 6 3 Unlimited 0 Send to Host 1 Send to Host and Terminal 2 Send to Terminal Il Il Data Direction for Terminal Wedge 7 8 9 D4 Group Default Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Exit D 5 Scanner Port Enter Group 5 Group Default 0
23. anner on a Macintosh ADB port similar to the way shown in Figure 1 As an option the scanner can be installed right between keyboard and mouse too You may scan the following label to enable this feature Maci h acintos Page 5 2 4 Installed as an USB Interface You can install the scanner with the USB interface cable to work with either PC or iMac USB port See Figure 1 1 for reference Your operating system may require the original setup CD to install the driver with initial setup PCoriMAC SCANNER USB Interface Cable Lo 3 USB Connector Pd gaz 11111 FER Keyboard Modular Connector Figure 1 1 Installed as an USB Interface The factory default setting should work with either PC or iMac USB Interface you may also scan the following label to make sure you get the right device setting USB 2 5 Understanding the Operating Parameters There are some operating parameters that can be configured to work for different applications It will be described as follow Intercharacter Delay Intercharacter delay is the time period that the scanner will wait before transmitting the next character after the first character was sent If data sent by the scanner was incorrect or missing characters a longer intercharacter delay may solve the problem Interblock Delay Interblock delay is the minimum time interval between two adjacent scanning If the processing speed of your host device is slo
24. ar Connector Figure 1 Installed as a Keyboard Interface 2 Turn off your PC or terminal 3 Unplug the keyboard from the PC or terminal 4 Plug the keyboard into a connector of the Y cable that mates with it 5 Plug the remaining connector of the Y cable into the keyboard port of your PC or terminal 6 Power up your PC or terminal you press the switch the beam should be out from the scanner Page 4 7 If nothing happens at step 6 check all cable connections first and make sure your PC or terminal has been powered Contact technical support if problem remains after these checking 8 Unless the scanner has been prior installed for the PC terminal user may have to select a proper device number from Group 1 of Appendix D 9 The Default setting of this scanner is IBM PC AT and PS 2 If you like to make sure that you have the right selection you may scan the following label PC AT PS 2 2 2 Installed on PC AT without keyboard or laptop computer The scanner has the capability to answer the keyboard inquiry made by PC to avoid Keyboard Error message when keyboard is not present This implementation is useful to the applications where keyboard entry is not necessary You may scan the following label to enable this feature Some of the laptop computers may not work properly with this feature Please contact your local vendor for further support Keyboardless 2 3 Installed on Macintosh You can install the sc
25. ecial function is required 7 3 4 Parameter Entry a Digit Parameters and Numbers Page 24 Each digit parameter or number is represented by one to three digits with as terminator For example l 023 b String Parameters A string is a set of characters wild characters or sequence of adjacent characters enclosed in double quotation marks which are on the Programming Sheet For example A BH Here and are wild characters on the setup sheet 7 4 Qualifier There are three conditional fields in the Qualifier Input ID Length and Match 7 4 1 Input ID Format IN ID IDI1 IDi Input ID is required and the original data record must correspond to Input ID of a formula in order to be processed ID1 to IDi are represented by digits The following Input IDs are available 0 Code 39 Full ASCII 1 Code 39 Standard 2 EAN 13 3 8 4 UPCA 5 UPCE 6 zI2of5 7 Codabar 8 0 6 128 9 Code 93 10 5 2 015 11 MSI 19 All Inputs There is no limitation on the number of IDs to be defined Example Page 25 IN ID 0 11 means the original data can be Code 39 or MSI 7 4 2 Length Format LEN Min Max Length field consists of two length parameters minimum length Min and maximum length Max When defined a formula will be performed if the length of the original data falls between MIN and MAX When missing the following fields of current Formula are always processed Examp
26. ed strings by combining multiple strings into one or breaking one string into multiple strings The following strings have the same effect as the dumped string listed above 1800C06D51DJ8080 80A007C005354415254 You cannot delete any character from or add any character into the strings and the first three characters must present in the first string e All characters in dumped strings are in upper case If you see lowercase characters in dumped strings change them to upper case Page 20 6 4 Scanner Configuration Manager Software Scanner Configuration Manager is a utility program to users to configure scanner settings on a computer using the Microsoft Windows based operating system Use this program to define the settings and then download the parameters to the scanner Download the program from our web site at www unitech adc com ESE Config Manager C PROGRAM FILES SCAN CONFIG MANAGER Untitled z amp x Elle DataEdiing View Help O Ed Current Settings Device Beeps and Delays Keyboard Wedge 85232 Scanner Port Magnetic Reader E Barcode Symbologies Code 33 e 1205 5 20f5 Toshiba Code Code 32 EAN 128 Code 128 MSI Pleasey Code Code 93 Y Codabar UPCA UPCE EAN 13 EAN 8 Code 11 Delta Code Supplement Code Label Code IV and V Data Editing Ready 3401 4128 Page 21
27. gh the setup menu The definition of the labels share the same space with Edit Formula definition See Output Data Editing so you can only use either one of the function Label 0 Label 1 Label 2 FY FZ F Here is an example how to define the output of Label 0 as START Label 1 as ACCEPT and Label 2 as END Page 17 Scan Enter Group 3 Scan B7 Scan 0 to define Label 0 Scan S T A R and T from Full ASCII chart Scan B7 to end Label 0 Scan 1 to define Label 1 Scan A C C E P and T from FULL ASCII chart Scan B7 to end Label 1 Scan 2 to define Label 2 Scan E N and D from Full ASCII chart Scan B7 to end Label 2 Scan Exit to quit setup After the programming scan Label 0 Label 1 and Label 2 listed above will have output of START ACCEPT and END respectively The characters defined in these labels can be ASCII characters or Function keys To eliminate the definition of Label 1 do the following Scan Enter Group 3 Scan B7 Scan 1 to choose Label 1 Scan B7 to end Scan Exit to exit setup There is only total 24 characters space available for defining these three labels If one of the labels has
28. he output will be Personal ID first A CR character Two interblock delay Name A CR character The Formula will be IN_ID 8 0 STR 1 6 lt CR gt 0 STR 7 4 lt CR gt Enter lt CR gt is a Carriage Return character scanned from Full ASCII Chart 7 7 Advanced Features The O String has the format O STR P N Both parameters of O String mentioned above are numbers But both parameters can be specified as strings If N is a string it becomes a position and the meaning of O String will be Output from position P to position N If P is defined as ab ik a 1and k can be any character the position will be evaluated as Start from the first position of the original string and search character a From the position next to a in original data search for b Page 28 From the position next to i search for k If above searches are all found the result of the parameter will be the position where k is located If N is a string the position evaluation of N is the same as P except that the searching position is starting from P 1 For both P and N if string is defined a value can be added to or subtracted from the position That following O Strings ab ik M And ab ik M Are meaningful M is a integer number Example Suppose the following is a message to be modified 276B012345678901234 ABEL STEVE L MGR 90010129999999 in this message 96 is start se
29. le LEN 9 48 means the length of original data must be within 9 and 48 7 4 3 Match Format MATCH PO CO P1 C1 Pn Cn a pair of Pn and Cn forms a Match field n indicates a sequential integer number To define a Match field two parameters are required The first is character position Pn and the second is a string Cn Character position means the number of characters counting from the first character to the one to be positioned in the data record For example in the following data BARCODE B has position 1 A has position 2 E has position 7 When Match field is defined the original data string starts at the position specified by the first parameter P and will be compared with string C If the match is identical processing of current Formula continues The position parameter P could be a wild character for any position or for the last position in the original data If is used HEN is valid Here N is a digit parameter The string parameter C can include for any digit or for any letter Page 26 Examples MATCH 3 AB Checks if the original data has A at position 3 B at position 4 and last character is MATCH 10 Checks if the original data includes a string with a digit as first character and A followed at position 10 7 5 Modifier Modifier has two types of fields A String and O String to define the output contents 7 5 1 A String Format
30. lication d Code39 Wan Emulation Native Output When device number 26 is selected the scanner is set to wand emulation with native output That means the scanner outputs data with both the same contents and symbology as the label represents Output of Wand Emulation Appendix D 3 Page 13 Select one of the two choices for the polarity of data output High level for bar black and low level for space white High level for space white and low level for bar black Level Duration of Minimum Width Appendix D 3 Determine the minimum time duration for bar or space either 200 us or 600 us Longer time means slower movement of the wand scanner Polarity of Idle Appendix D 3 Polarity of idle without scanning can be selected either low or high Page 14 Chapter 6 Setup The scanner interface can be configured to fit the user s specific application All configuration parameters are stored in a non volatile memory which is retained even if power is lost 6 1 Bar Code Menu Setup The setup menu in Appendix D contains eight groups Group 1 Device selection Group 2 Beep and delay Group 3 Keyboard and Wand Emulation Group 4 RS 232 Settings Group 5 Scanner port Group 7 Code 39 12 of 5 S 2 of 5 and Code 32 Group 8 Code 128 Code 93 Code 11 Codabar and MSI Group 9 UPC EAN and Delta Distance Code Group 10 Data Editing Group 11 Dump setup 6 1 1 Setup Proced
31. nterface cable is attached Page 30 TTL RS232 Interface The following table shows pinout for TTL RS232 interface at modular connector Pin Signal Number VCC 5V output CTS RTS Note 1 DET signal is bi directional 1 O pin and for internal use only 2 CTS and RXD are input signals and take OV to SV only If the scanner is used to interface with a standard RS232 port those signals should not be connected Standard RS232 Interface To support standard RS232 interface an RS232 adapter cable from the manufacture must be used This cable is a special one and cannot be replaced by the others One end of that cable which has RS232 signal presented is a DB25 or DB9 female connector and has following pinout 13 1 0000000000000 000000000000 25 14 DB25 Female Front View Number TXD CTS RTS M Power Input 5V 5 5 1 ooooo oooo 9 6 DB9 Female Front View Number 8 1 3 Terminal Interface To use the scanner as a terminal Interface an Y cable is used One end of this cable is connected to the standard RS232 adapter cable shown above and the other two are for the host and terminal Host Side connector The connector for the host is a DB25 female and has following pinout 13 1 0000000000000 000000000000 25 14 DB25 Female Front View Pin Number RTS CTS Terminal Side connector Page 32 The connector for the terminal is a DB25 male and has f
32. ntinel 012345678901234 is account number A is a separator 6 ABEL is surname is a separator STEVE is first name L is initial MGR is title A is a separator 9001 is expiration date 2 is end sentinel The output sequence desired is Surname First Name CR Account Number CR Expiration Date CR The formula input will be IN ID 0 O STR 1 1 O STR 1 SP L CR O STR 3 L CR O STR 1 4 CR Enter Here SP is Space character and CR is Carriage Return character The output of above input will be ABEL STEVE CR 012345678901234 CR 9001 CR Page 29 8 1 Chapter 8 Pin Assignment and Specification Pin Assignments The modular connector located at the bottom of the scanner handle has the pin numbering as LER RR RE RR shown at the right 10 1 picture Modular Connector Front View 8 1 1 Keyboard Interface The next table shows the modular connector pinout for keyboard interface Pin Signal Number GND 6 Terminal Clock H Power Input 5V REN GENE Keyboard Clock Keyboard Data Note DET signal is bi directional 1 O pin and for internal use only As keyboard interface there are two other connectors on the interface cable The connector type and pinout differ from terminal to terminal and are not listed here 8 1 2 RS232 Interface The scanner supports TTL RS232 at modular connector and standard RS232 after the i
33. ollowing pinout 1 13 0000000000000 0 00000000000 14 25 DB25 Male Front View Number RX T D G mo J RD 7 N D XD CTS RTS TR ND CD DSR 20 DSR 8 1 4 Wand Emulation The pinout on modular connector at the bottom of the scanner is Pin Number Not Used VCC 5V output Power Input 5V 5 DC On the other end of the wand emulation cable is a squeeze released DB9 female connector The pinout for this connector is Page 33 Pin Number Bar Code Output Not U Not U Jsed Jsed Jsed Jsed D Jsed 8 2 Specification Power Operating Voltage 5V 5 DC Temperature Operating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 122 F Storage 20 C to 70 C 4 F to 158 F Humidity 0 to 95 relative humidity Page 34 Appendix A Quick Setup Sheet Device Type PC AT PS 2 Macintosh BM Terminal Keyboardless Code39 Wand Emulation Serial Interface Terminal Wedge Scanner Mode Trigger Flash UPC E Default Cut Leading Digit Check Digit A Conversion Beep None Medium Terminator Enter Scan Code U S Alt Key Page A 1 Appendix A Quick Setup Sheet EAN 8 Default Cut Leading Digit Digit EAN 13 Default Cut Leading Digit Check Digit SBN Conversion Character Delay 20 ms Code ID No Yes UPC A Default Cut Leading Digit Digit Supplement Code
34. rs Device Type You will need to select the device type to Serial Interface from Appendix A Group 1 of Appendix D or the following label Serial Interface Baud Rate Parity and Data Bit These parameters set the scanner s communication protocol that must be matched by the host The default setting for the serial interface is 9600 baud rate none parity and 8 data bit Baud Rate can be 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 or 38400 bps Parity can be even odd space mark or none Data Bit can be 7 or 8 bit long The scanner may not support settings with Data Bit as 7 and Parity as none combination Such combination is treated as 7 data bits with MARK parity Handshaking The scanner supports CTS RTS handshaking as an option The hardware handshaking is supported on character by character basis During the communication the scanner will stop sending data until the CTS is valid within time specified by the Time Out parameter During this time out waiting period If CTS is valid communication resumes If CTS is not valid the scanner sounds an error beep and discards the current buffered data Page 9 BCC Character BCC check character is calculated for entire data stream by using Exclusive OR method It is sent after data stream for data verification Time Out You can adjust the Time Out duration for handshaking and ACK NAK protocol to fit applications 3 3 Serial TTL This scanner suppor
35. ts serial TTL interface which follows the RS232 communication data format but with TTL voltage output ranged from OV to 5V Page 10 Chapter 4 Terminal Interface 4 1 Installation To install the scanner as a terminal interface you need a DB25 RS232 cable a terminal wedge Y cable and an AC adapter See Figure 3 for reference Original Cable Terminal female Y Cable SCANNER Host 2 A AC adaptor RS232Cable 200077 Figure 3 Installing as a Terminal Wedge Installation procedures 1 Power off the terminal and unplug the communication cable at terminal side 2 Install the interface cable as shown in Figure 3 The Y cable provided in Figure 3 is for terminals with female connector on communication port If there is a male connector on your terminal you need a converter to change that male to female and another converter to change the female to male on host connector 3 When the scanner is powered a long beep sound indicates that the scanner is ready to use Page 11 4 If the scanner has not been configured yet you need to select Terminal Wedge device number from Appendix A Group 1 of Appendix D or the following label Terminal Wedge 4 2 Understanding the Operating Parameters Baud Rate Parity and Data Bit These parameters set the scanner s communication
36. unitech Hand Held Scanner User s Manual Rev A CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW 3 CHAPTER 2 KEYBOARD INTERFACE 00 0 000000000000 00 00 0000 4 Qe A TINS TATA TON is 4 2 2 INSTALLED ON PC AT WITHOUT KEYBOARD cerne eene 5 2 3 INSTALLED ON MACINTOSH eeeeceeehe rene nee nennen enne nn en eene eene 5 2 4 INSTALLED AS AN USB INTERFACE eee eme nnne enne 6 2 5 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING PARAMETERS e 6 CHAPTER 3 RS232 SERIAL INTERFACE 00 00 0000 00 00 0000 SS INSTAEEATIONG ir rnc i er E YR ET 8 3 2 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING PARAMETERS 000000000000 0 9 OU SERIAE TIE aaa db i an 10 CHAPTER 4 TERMINAL INTERFACE 00 00 0000 11 4 IHINSEAEEATION iie it i reet ta pier sa t ndo nn 11 4 2 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING PARAMETERS S A 12 CHAPTER 5 WAND EMULATION e e 0000 0000 13 5 1 INSTALLATION enne ae E EET se enirn nane een n 13 5 2 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING PARAMETERS cene 13 CHAPTER 6 SETUD erro eoa aoo nonae a aoa 095589 nan 8 IVa aun 15 6 1 BAR CODE MENU SET 15 6 1 1 Setup Procedures e esee e eee 15 6 1 2 Bar Code Length Seine 16 6 13 Gode TD SUMA sets RO E RUE 16 6 1 4 Preamble and Postamble oooonnnnnnnnnninicinnnnnanannnananananananan ano n arc nro 17 61 5 Predefined E 17 6 2 QUICK SETUP RP E IEEE d RM 18 6 3 B
37. ures For most parameters proceed the following steps for the setting 1 Locate a group that contains the parameter to be changed 2 Scan the Enter Group label to enter setup mode The green LED on the scanner will flash to indicate that setup is in progress 3 Scan the label on right hand side representing the parameter to be changed For example B1 label 4 Scan the labels number representing the desired parameter value For example 05 scan 0 and 5 labels 5 Repeat step 3 and 4 if necessary to change the parameters in the same group 6 Scan Exit label to end the group setup The scanner will make two beeps to end the setup Page 15 6 1 2 Bar Code Length Setting The following example illustrates how to set Code 39 with a minimum length of 5 and a maximum length of 20 Scan Enter Group 7 Scan Fl to select Code 39 Scan MIN LENGTH to enter minimum length setting Scan 0 and 5 to select length 5 Scan MIN LENGTH to end minimum length setting Scan MAX LENGTH to enter maximum length setting Scan 2 and 0 to select length 20 Scan MAX LENGTH to end maximum length setting Scan Exit to end setup 6 1 3 Code ID Setting Each bar code symbology supported by the scanner has a default ID character defined as below If you don t know what is the label that you re scanning you may use this feature to identify Po gy E
38. ut formats are supported Code 39 format and Native format In Code 39 format the scanner always outputs the same data contents but with Code 39 symbology no matter what symbology of the label is encoded In Native format the scanner output the same contents and symbology as the scanned label The scanner supports the following bar code symbologies Code 39 Standard and Full ASCII Codabar UPC EAN with supplement codes UCC EANI28 Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 32 Italian pharmacy Standard 2 of 5 Code 93 MSI code Code 128 Plessey code Label Code IV and V China Postal Code Toshiba Code Delta Distance Code Page 3 Chapter 2 Keyboard Interface As a keyboard Interface the scanner is actually installed between PC or terminal and keyboard See Figure 1 for reference The scanner sends data to the host device by emulating the keyboard signals input and acts like an extension of the keyboard 2 1 Installation This scanner can be installed easily by following the installation guide illustrated below Before you start the installation locate a Y type cable in the package Installation procedures 1 Plug the modular RJ45 connector of the Y cable into the bottom of the scanner until you hear a click sound PC or Terminal SCANNER Interface Cable Y Cable x 7 d Keyboard Modul
39. wer than Page 6 your scanning speed a longer interblock delay may ensure the data integrity Function Code The scanner can emulate function and other special keys on the keyboard by scanning some pre defined labels Appendix B includes those labels for special keys on PC Macintosh and IBM terminals As an option you may also print these labels by printing their corresponding Code 39 characters in brackets to work with scanner Caps Lock This parameter tells the scanner the current Caps Lock status of the keyboard so that the character transmitted by the scanner is in correct case Auto Trace For PC AT XT only In Auto Trace mode the scanner will keep track of the Caps Lock status automatically For some PCs the scanning performance may be compromised because of the auto tracing If the scanning performance is poor or can not scan or the scanner can not output the upper lower case characters correctly try to select one of the next two choices instead of auto tracing Lower Case When the keyboard is in the unshifted state CapLock is not pressed select Lower Case Upper Case When keyboard has the CapLock key on select Upper Case Alt Key Mode ALT Key Mode is a choice in the language selection Sending characters by ALT key plus keys on the numeric keypad is a feature in MS DOS When selecting ALT Key Mode the scanner sends out the native ASCII combination codes to represent each character of the
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