IB-3PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual
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1. D 36 24 68 44 D 100 64 d 05 05 ENQ E 37 25 96 69 45 E 101 65 e 06 06 ACK AF 38 26 amp 70 46 F 102 66 f 07 07 BEL G 39 27 71 47 G 103 67 g 08 08 BS H 40 28 72 48 H 104 68 h 09 09 HT I 41 29 73 39 1 105 69 i 10 OA LF J 42 2A 74 AA J 106 6A j ii OB VT K 43 2B 75 4B K 107 6B k 12 OC FF L 44 26 gt 76 AC OL 108 6c 13 0D CR M 45 2D 77 4D M 109 6D m 14 OE SO N AG 2E 78 4E N 110 6E n 15 OF SI O 47 2F 79 4F O 111 6F o 16 10 DLE P 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 17 11 DC1 Q 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 18 12 DC2 R 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 19 13 DC3 S 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 20 14 DC4 T 52 34 4 84 54 T 116 74 t 21 15 NAK U 53 35 5 85 55 U 117 75 u 22 16 SYN V 54 36 6 86 56 V 118 76 v 23 17 ETB W B5 97 1 77 87 57 W 119 77 w 24 18 CAN X 56 38 8 88 58 X 120 78 x X 25 19 EM Y 57 39 9 89 59 Y 121 79 y z 26 1A SUB Z 58 3A 90 5A Z 122 7A z o 27 1B ESC 59 3B 91 5B 123 7B 28 ic FS A 60 3c 92 5c V 124 7C 29 1D G amp S N 61 3D 93 5D 125 7D 53 30 IE RS 62 3E gt 94 SE 1262. ter that is received at the soonest possible time When set to 1 the wedge will send data that is packetized That means it will only send out the data in between the start and end packet markers All other data will be ignored Serial Cmd W520 packet status Default Enabled Options 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Packet Start lt W521 Packet Start Char When Packet Status is set to 1 the wedge will send data that is prefixed and suffixed by a char This command will set the start char That value is entered as a hexadecimal value in ASCII that represents that ASCII char value Default STX value of 02 Packet End lt W522 Packet End Char gt When packet mode is set to 1 the wedge will send data that is prefixed and suffixed by a char This command will set the end char That value is entered as a hexadecimal value in ASCII that represents that ASCII char value Default CR value of 13 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 2 7 IB 3 PC Configuration Software Version Application Code lt VV100 gt F 1 eWTOQTS This command will output the application code revision number Boot Code W101 App Code Checksum W110 Boot Code Checksum W111 Emulation Mode AT Emulation 0 i Tia 1 m W800 WB OD Definition This will control the way the overall data is sent and read back from key board and PC If this option is not set correctly the device
3. Q o o O a IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 1 5 Step 4 Test The following bar code symbol can be used to test the your setup 1234 Important You must have your IB 3 PC set to Position 1 and have a text editor open in order to see the results x ie o O I 1 6 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter In addition to its primary wedge operations the IB 3 PC wedge can be programmed from the host by lt W gt commands In this mode you can select the IB 3 PC s keyboard emulation AT or XT map keyboard characters to ASCII characters set capitalization option setup flow control and save and default the wedge IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual VWedge p Configuration 1NO QH8A33 0 670000 86 er Eur NVOSOMVOIIN EL O 7 E 7 m E gt T WWOO TVIH3S L 9I4NOO 39d3M QHVOSA3 SCANNER Reguired Hardware Reguired Hardware e 1 An IB 3 PC FIS O001 0030G e 2 A Microscan reader e 3 A customer supplied keyboard with a PS 2 plug e 4 A DB 9 serial communications cable P N 61 000010 01 e 5 Host computer Figure 2 3 Configuration Setup 2 2 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter 2 Wedge Configuration Connec
4. Cmd W810 XonXoff status Default Disabled Options 0 Disabled 1 Enabled Wedge Parameter Default If the IB 3 PC is not in a known state it may be I necessary to default it in order to regain desired WU00 DEFAUL TS functionality The default communication set tings for the wedge are the same as those of a defaulted MS 3 This assures communication between the MS 3 and the wedge MS 3 Default If the MS 3 is not in a known state it may be y lt W9DD DEFAULT necessary to default the MS 3 in order to regain functionality The default communication settings for the MS 3 are the same as those of the wedge This assures communication between the MS 3 and the wedge This command sends an lt A gt reset to the MS 3 before executing the hardware default Note To take effect the MS 3 default must be done within 60 seconds after power on Note Configuring the MS 3 for Continuous 1 is recommended after defaulting 2 6 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter 2 Wedge Configuration Save ra lt W200 1 gt Once the desired settings have been sent to the Keyboard Wedge they need to be saved to the wedge s non volatile memory for lt W200 1 gt availability on power on This command does this and is similar in effect to the MS 3 s lt Z gt command Packet Status Definition When set to O the wedge will send out keystrokes per each serial charac
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6. 3 4 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual gt a ES D 5 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual A 1 ix o a o Q Q lt Electrical Specifications Table A 1 Scanner 15 pin Connector Pin Host RS 232 I O 1 Power 5VDC 2 Transmit data RS 232 In 3 Receive data RS 232 Out 4 Power Signal Ground 5 NC 6 RTS 7 NC 8 Default configuration In 9 INC 10 CTS 11 NC 13 NC 14 NC 15 NC Table A 2 Serial Communications 5 Signal NC Receive data RS 232 Transmit data RS 232 NC Ground NC RTS CTS WW CO Ni OY Ul A WINI e NC Table A 3 PS 2 Keyboard Socket and Plug Connectors Pin Signal Data NC Ground Clock 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 NC DB 9 plug Host IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge Power y i PS 2 4 2 NI H3MOd 1n0 QHVOSA3J T0 670000 86 5 Jd 8l NVOSOMOIIN TVIH3S 1SOH KEYBOARD WEDGE SCANNER SERIAL COMM DB 15 plug KEYBOARD IN Scanner 6 5 4 3 PS 2 cs socket Keyboard A 2 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge Wedge Limitations and Risks PC s Keyboard Buffer The PC itself can only handle so many keystrokes in a given period of time If the inter nal workings of the PC do not allow for all the keystrokes to be processed then they will begin to p
7. I_DATABASE_ ASCII_HEX gt ASCII DATABASE ASCII HEX The memory slot that data The ASCII value from scanner is to be stored Value 1 10 Value 0x00 0x7F There are 10 held bindings These commands range from lt W750 1 gt to lt W750 10 gt There are 2 occurrences of the bound character to form a Key ON and some time later the Key OFF Key Assigning There are several keys for which there are no assigned ASCII characters To access these keys there is a need to assign them valid ASCII characters To achieve this the user can send commands to the Keyboard Wedge via bar code programming or RS 232 serial commands from a scanner or a terminal There are two types of keys that can be mapped e Pushed once and released e Pushed and held Held keys such as Shift Alt and Control are examples of keys that need to be held so that another key will be affected by it When configuring the Keyboard Wedge the user should know which keys need to be held and which keys are momentary Standard ASCII characters are already handled such as a vs A ix o a o Q Q lt A 4 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge Auto Caps Discriminate Wedge Controls Caps zwaz O gt Force Caps W802 2 gt Definition Sets the option for upper and lower case input output Serial Cmd lt W802 auto caps mode Default 0
8. MICROSCAN IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual P N 84 210040 Rev A i ES o 2 gt o x o GL c m Copyright 2015 by Microscan Systems Inc 700 S W 39th Street Renton WA U S A 98057 425 226 5700 FAX 425 226 8682 All rights reserved The information contained herein is proprietary and is provided solely for the purpose of allowing customers to operate and or service Microscan manufactured eguipment and is not to be released reproduced or used for any other purpose without written permission of Microscan Throughout this manual trademarked names might be used Rather than put a trademark symbol in every occurrence of a trademarked name we state herein that we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner with no intention of infringement Disclaimer The information and specifications described in this manual are subject to change without notice Latest Manual Version For the latest version of this manual see the Download page on our web site at www microscan com For technical support email helpdesk microscan com Microscan Systems Inc Tel 425 226 5700 Fax 425 226 8250 helpdesk microscan com Microscan Europe Tel 31 172 423360 Fax 31 172 423366 Microscan Asia Pacific R O Tel 65 6846 1214 Fax 65 6846 4641 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Wedge Quick Start Step 1 Hardware REQuired ccccccccccss
9. Options 0 Will manage shift for upper and lower case letters literal presentation 1 Will just send the letter key ignoring shift capslock status 2 Will force all alpha to caps sends all caps 3 Will force all alpha to lower case sends all lower case These 4 options apply only to a through z Note Some symbologies do not allow for upper and lower case letters gt Oo we D 5 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual A 5 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge Keyboard Layout XT Keyboard a o Q Q lt A 6 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge AT Keyboard Nl d a f E g e Noire TA gt o o D E 2 1 y es On m um kai Ln Fd chic CG AT IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual A 7 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge ASCII Table with Control Characters Dec Hex Mne Ctrl Dec Hex Ch Dec Hex Ch Dec Hex Ch 00 00 NUL 4 32 20 SP 64 40 96 60 01 01 SOH A 33 21 1 65 41 A 97 61 a 02 02 STX B 34 22 66 42 B 98 62 b 03 03 ETX C 35 23 67 43 C 99 63 c 04 04 EOT
10. er supply be certain that it is wired correctly and supply voltage is 5VDC Incorrect wiring or voltage can cause software or equipment failures 3 2 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter 3 Serial Operations Connect the System 1 Power off your host computer 2 Set the IB 3 PC switch to position 3 3 Connect the IB 3 PC 1 to the MS 3 2 at the 15 pin SCANNER connector 4 Connect the keyboard 3 to the computer with ma the PS 2 plug Od g 5 Connect the IB 3 PC s cable 4 extending from the KEYBRD OUT POWER IN end directly to the host s RS 232 serial port Caution Be sure all cables are connected BEFORE applying power and always power down BEFORE disconnecting any cables Position 3 LNO QHSA3M WWoo amp a maas IINO2Z 2 VIN3S LSOH 6 Connect power supply 5 to the IB 3 PC s POWER connector 7 Apply power to the system T o o O 9 et o o E Figure 3 7 Serial Setup 1 If using your own null modem RS232 host cable be certain that the host s TxD connects to the MS 3 s RxD and the MS 3 s TxD connects to the host s RxD IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 3 3 Connect the System 0 o pn im o o O p o di co
11. hose applied to our bar code scanners except that the IB 3 PC uses a lt W gt as a prefix instead of a lt K gt Example W700 alphanumeric data more alphanumeric data I mportant If you want to scan in bar code configuration commands to the IB 3 PC you must switch over to Position 1 However keyboard entry configuration to the IB 3 PC must be done while in Position 2 See Serial Operations on page 3 1 I mportant Before you can enter serial keyboard commands from position 2 to the IB 3 PC you must enable muting with the W500 1 command Failure to do this will result in an endless loop following any keystroke There are two ways to enable muting 1 In switch Position 2 send the macro W500 1 Note You must send this command as a macro since keying it in will result in an endless loop that looks like this lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt 2 In switch Position 1 scan in the Enable Muting symbol Once you have enabled muting you can configure the IB 3 PC in position 2 by typing in commands or sending macros Terminal Connection You can use Microscan s ESP Easy Setup Program to see configuration commands that are echoed to your monitor To connect with the MS 3 terminal do the following 1 Select on Settings in the Connect pulldown menu list In the RS 232 tab select 9600 baud Even parity One stop bit Seven data bits Check Force Connect and click Connect Connect to the MS 3 Cl
12. ick the Terminal button ur BO N 2 4 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter 2 Wedge Configuration Muting Important To avoid an endless loop always send the Enable Muting command first Usage Muting should be disabled for normal keyboard operations Muting should be enabled whenever there s a need to send serial commands to an MS 3 Definition When muting is disabled as it is by default at power on or upon a reset all keystrokes are echoed to the host In this mode a command sent from the host is immediately echoed back to the host and resent in an endless loop Muting will interrupt the loop and allow the ommands to take effect Enable Muting TEL o AN lt VW DD 0 Serial Cmd lt W500 status gt Default Disabled Options 0 Disabled 1 Enabled B 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 2 5 IB 3 PC Configuration Flow Control Disable Xon Xoff cWw8a10 0 gt Enable Xon Xoff 4 cWVa10 1 gt Enable CR lt W700 1 0d 43 gt Note If enabled Xon Xoff must also be enabled in the MS 3 Definition Data sizes that exceed the input buffer size 200 characters can use Xon Xoff to manage the flow by sending packets When enabled Xon Xoff will be sent to manage the serial input Serial
13. ile up within the PC Eventually the PC will no longer accept keyboard data and will reject it Wedge s Scanner Character Buffer The Keyboard Wedge has only a finite amount of memory to save incoming serial data If the rate of incoming data is greater than the keyboard data leaving the wedge then the characters will begin to pile up within the wedge Either the remaining data is ignored or a Xon Xoff protocol will need to be implemented between scanner and wedge to handle the potential data overflow The input character buffer size is 200 characters If the data that is being sent is larger than 200 characters it will not be possible to enable packet mode Packet mode requires that all data be sent in completion before the conversion process starts Keyboard Activity with Pending Wedge Data The Keyboard Wedge will buffer data until there are a few milliseconds of quiet time Then the Wedge will take over the line and output all the scanner data that is pending That means that holding down shift will not work unless the there is enough time between the keyboard character outputs to allow for the Wedge to splice into the line If the wedge does splice into the line it will ignore any further keyboard activity There is a method of accessing the characters that require a shift held to access without the user actually holding down the shift See Momentary Key Bindings on page A 4 Held Key Memory Limit The Keyboard Wedge has a limit of 10 he
14. ld keys That means that if there were 11 bound keys not possible the last one would be forgotten or ignored PC State Changes and Responses gt z i D 5 During the Keyboard Wedge data transmission it may be necessary for the PC to change the capslock LED state The Keyboard Wedge is responsible for buffering any com mands that the PC sends to the keyboard There is a limit to the amount of data the Wedge can buffer up from the PC Typically the amount of data the PC sends is usually very small There is also a need to assure that the PC Keyboard and Wedge do not get out of sync This would result in flipping the capslock state Continuous 1 For most applications where a symbol only needs to be read once it is recommended that the scanner by set to Continuous 1 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual A 3 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge Key Mapping Commands See Keyboard Layout on page A 6 and ASCII Table with Control Charac ters on page A 8 Momentary Key Bindings pushed once and released lt W700 ASCII DATABASE ASCII HEX KEYX ASCII DECIMAL ASCII DATABASE ASCII HEX KEY ASCII DECIMAL The memory slot that The ASCII value from The key number based data is to be stored scanner on the keyboard map Value 1 10 Value 0x00 0x7F Value 00 130 There are 10 momentary bindings These commands range from W700 1 to lt W700 10 gt Held Key Bindings pushed once and held lt W750 ASCI
15. n 1 for both thelaser and CCD versions of the MS 3 el o D This is the typical mode in which the IB 3 PC is used ETT o to allow serial data to be entered as if it were typed A at the keyboard NVOSOMOIIN NNOO TVIXAS L DISNOD Z 1VIN3S LSOH EDEN at e gt eb Position 1 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 1 1 Step 1 Hardware Required In the operational wedge position the IB 3 PC is inserted wedged between the host and the host s keyboard and draws its 5V power from the Keyboard port Data from the MS 3 is piped directly into any host resident program that accepts ASCII text or key board type data The following hardware is reguired e 1 IB 3 PC FIS O001 0030G e 2 Reader e 3 Customer supplied keyboard e 4 Host computer x 2 O o O I au FITTTT 1 CTrriiEE 4 TET rE TT ry Fy FN FE ri ER C3 oe il Figure 1 1 Hand Presentation Setup for Keyboard Wedge 1 2 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter 1 Wedge Quick Start Step 2 Connect the System To connect the IB 3 PC system do the following 1 Power off your host computer 2 Set the IB 3 PC 1 switch to position 1 3 Connect the MS 3 2 and the keyboard 3 to the IB 3 PC 1 as shown cn 4 Plug the IB 3 PC cable directly into the host a ial computer s 4 keyboa
16. ower data and serial commands In the wedge mode it takes 5VDC power from the keyboard PS 2 port of the host computer and supplies it to the MS 3 The computer s keyboard plugs into one end of the wedge and an attached cable with a PS 2 connection completes the connection to the host The wedge has its own CPU and an internal EPROM that can be programmed to emulate either an AT or XT keyboard Certain keystrokes can be mapped to create custom out puts There is a 3 position sliding switch on the wedge Position 1 is used for the typical wedge operations You can also use position 1 for bar code configuration of the wedge or the MS 3 Position 2 allows serial configuration commands for wedge or MS 3 to be entered directly from the keyboard Position 3 allows serial communication to take place between the host and the MS 3 Host Communications There are two ways the IB 3 PC can be programmed 1 Serial keyboard commands Commands such as lt W100 gt can be sent from a terminal program provided that muting is enabled first by a macro or bar code configuration Note You can learn the current setting of any parameter by inserting a guestion mark after the number as in lt K100 gt To see all K commands send lt K gt T TY C2 U O T D lt o o tb Q 2 Bar code configuration Chapter V Vedge 1 Quick Start 2d 8I In this Ouick Start setup the IB 3 PC is shown in the T wedge operating positio
17. rd port AVERSA Caution Be sure all cables are connected BEFORE applying power and always power down BEFORE disconnecting any cables BELA DISNOD Z TIVI 3S LSOH SCANNER EE use PE 5 Power on host computer 6 Open a word processor or text editor to see scanned or typed data Position 1 o Q Q o o E O a 4 sphere ase eee TI LLLE Figure 1 2 Hand Presentation Setup for Keyboard Wedge IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 1 3 Step 3 Configure Your MS 3 For the MS 3 Laser Scanner Scan the following bar code symbols in the order that they are presented 1 Enable configuration mode 2 Enable Continuous Read 1 3 Set 5 second timeout 4 Enable all symbologies no beep on this one You will now be able to scan in data from your bar codes through the wedge from your laser scanner x ie o O TT 5 Save for power on 1 4 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter 1 Wedge Guick Start For the MS 2 CCD Reader The two bar code symbols below will setup the MS 2 CCD for reading with the IB 3 PC Enable all Symbologies Set Read Mode Note There is no beeper on the MS 2 CCD but whenever a good read occurs the reader s LED will momentarily turn OFF and then ON and the Good Read lamp will flash ON and OFF mah o Q
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19. t the System NI H4MOd LNO QH8A3 10 670000 86 er urs 1 Power off your host computer 2 Set the IB 3 PC switch to position 2 3 Connect the IB 3 PC 1 to the MS 3 2 at the 15 pin SCAN NER connector 4 Connect the keyboard 3 to the IB 3 PC with the PS 2 plug 5 Connect the IB 3 PC s cable 1 extending from the KEY BRD OUT POWER IN end into the host s keyboard port 6 Connect the DB 9 serial communications cable 4 to the host s RS 232 serial port figure 2 4 or to an alternative configuration computer as shown in figure 2 5 Caution Be sure all cables are connected BEFORE applying power and always power down BEFORE disconnecting any cables NVOSOMOIN al exe RES 9I4NO9 C SCANNER EL fo o o m E z EDIEN QuVOSA3 N Apply power to the system m oe ome e e a NOD eee SN SS SSSSSXS Figure 2 4 Configuration Setup Figure 2 5 Alternative Configuration Setup 1 If using your own null modem RS232 host cable be certain that the host s TxD connects to the scanner s RxD and the scanner s TxD connects to the host s RxD IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 2 3 IB 3 PC Configuration IB 3 PC Configuration Command Format Commands to the IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge follow the same numeric format as t
20. will not work Serial Cmd W800 emulation mode Default AT Options 0 x AT 1 XT a 2 8 IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual Chapter Serial 3 In addition to its primary wedge use the IB 3 PC can be also used as a conventional junction box with serial connectivity to the host and power from a separate power supply In this mode the IB 3 PC is used in place of a junction box such as the IB 131 and communications between the MS 3 and the host are handled in the same manner described in the MS 3 Laser Scanner User Manual T o D i 2 O o 9 et o o IB 3 PC Keyboard Wedge User Manual 3 1 Reguired Hardware Required Hardware e 1 An IB 3 PC FIS 0001 0030G e 2 Reader e 3 A customer supplied keyboard with a PS 2 plug e 4 A DB 9 serial communications cable P N 61 000010 01 e 5 A power supply P N 97 000002 01 e 6 Host computer 0 o o o O o 1i co Figure 3 6 Serial Setup Caution Be sure all cables are connected BEFORE applying power and always power down BEFORE disconnecting any cables Caution If using your own pow
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