Unitech MS180
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1. cod then OCEANS Code scan a char From full 8 15 Label Cod ps 05 UPC E aeg ASCII table to define 06 Interleaved 2 of 5 16 Code ID 3 07 Codabar 17 Code 11 Special 08 Code 128 18 China Postal code 09 Code 93 Toshiba Code 4 Double Verification 0 Off 1 7 On Verify 1 7 times D4 Scanning Mode 5 0 Trigger Mode 1 Flashing Mode 2 Multiscan Mode 3 One Press One Scan 05 _ Mode Hash Mode ts Se Label Type 6 0 Positive 1 Positive and Negative D6 Aim function for long range laser engine 0 Disable 7 Enable D7 8 Postamble Exit 9 Scan PP OO for Pre Postamble Scan characters Full ASCII char Function Page D 5 D 6 Magnetic Reader 0 11 1 III 2 3 III 4 5 6 7 III 8 9 Enter Group 6 Scan characters from full ASCII Table Maximum is 16 character Scan right to end Default None Group Default 2227 0 Enter Return on digits keypad 2 Field Exit or Right Ctrl 3 None Start Stop Sentinel 0 No Send 1 Send Track Selection II 0 Tracks Track1 amp track2 E3 2 Trackl amp track3 3 Track2 amp track3 4 Track 1 5 Track 2 62. E and from FULL ASCII chart Scan B7 to end Label 1 Scan 27 to define Label 2 Scan 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 been defined the output with 24 characters the other two labels can not 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 Page 18 The following label is called Dump Settings label Befo
3. Return FM Field FP Clear FR VA Page C 1 F2 VB F4 F6 VF F8 VH 10 12 VL 14 F16 VP 18 VR F20 VT F22 VV 224 VX 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 01 5 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 10 IBM 3191 3192 3270PC 11 IBM 3486 3487 3488 1 13 IBM 3471 3472 3179 15 IBM 3180 17 IBM 3151 19 IBM 5550 5P 2 20 5550 6P 06 Keyboardless Wedge PC AT 03 Macintosh Port 121 35 Serial TTL inverted 3 25 Terminal Wedge 26 Wand emulation Native Output 07 emulation with Code 39 output 4 5 7 8 9 Exit Page D 1 D 2 Beeps and Delays Enter Group 2 0 1 III 2 3 III 4 5 6 7 III 8 9
4. SOH A STX B 50 D E ACK F BEL G BS H HT D LF J VT K FF L CR M SO N SI 0 DLE P DC1 Q DC2 R DC3 S Page E 1 DC4 T NAK U SYN V ETB W CAN X Y SUB 57 ESC A FS B GS 96 RS 96D US E SP WWW 0 B 5 G H J UL hill LLL 0 1 2 3 Page 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 lt 0 gt 961 2 963 1 1 K L Q R 5 Page U V w 7 961 1 96N 960 96W A b B c C d D e E f F g 6 h H i D je k K 1 L m M H n N M
5. 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 5 as preamble and ETX as postamble Scan Enter Group 3 Scan PP to start preamble setting Scan 5 character from Full ASCII Table Scan PP to end preamble setting Scan to start postamble setting Scan ETX from Full ASCII Table Scan to end postamble setting Scan Exit 6 1 5 Predefined Labels The scanner provides three special labels encoded as FZ and F in Code 39 format The output from these labels be defined through 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 FZ F Page 17 18 example how to define the output of Label 0 5 Label 1 as ACCEPT and Label 2 as END Scan Enter Group 3 Scan 7 0 define Label 0 Scan S T and from Full ASCII chart Scan B7 to end Label 0 Scan 1 to define Label 1 Scan
6. lt gt 14 lt CR gt 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 28 Chapter 8 Pin Assignment and Specification 8 1 Pin Assignments ERE The modular connector Lt located at the bottom of the scanner handle has the pin numbering as 1111111111 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 GND 7 10 Note signal is bi directional for internal use 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 S 1 2 RS232 Interface scanner supports 5232 at modular connector and standard RS232 after the interface cable is attached Page 29 TTL RS232 Interface The following table shows pinout for TTL RS232 interface at modular connector VCC 5V output DET GND Power Input 5V CTS RTS Note 1 DET signal is bi directional I O pin and for internal use only 2 CTS and RXD are input signals and take OV to 5 only If the scanner is used to interface with a standard 5232 port those signals should not be connected Standard RS232 Interface
7. F12 VL Cursor Left FD Cursor Down FF PgDn FH Back Tab FJ Left Enter FL Right Enter FM Ins JEW Shift Break FS Ctrl Break FT Alt Break FU F1 F2 95 VB 96 F4 F5 VE F6 VP F7 VG F8 VH F9 VD F10 VJ 11 VK 212 96 VL Function Codes for Macintosh F13 70V M F14 F15 96 VO Cursor Left FD Cu rsor Right FC Cursor Down FF C ursor Up FE Page down FH Page up FG Ins FJ Tab FI Enter FL Page B 2 Esc FK Return FM Option Make 96 VP Option Break 96V Q Control Make VR Control Break VS Shift Make 96 VT Shift Break VU Apple Make 96V V Apple Break V W ppendix Function Codes for IBM Terminals F5 F7 VG F9 96 VT F11 96 VK F13 215 F17 VQ F19 VS F21 VU 223 VW Home FA TAB FI
8. To support standard RS232 interface an RS232 adapter cable from the manufacture must be used This cable is a special one and can not 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 25 14 DB25 Female Front View 7 25 Power Input 5V 5 o 95657 9 6 DB9 Female Front View 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 25 14 25 Female Front View Page 31 Terminal Side The connector for the terminal is a DB25 male and has following pinout 1 13 14 25 DB25 Front View 8 1 4 Wand Emulation The pinout on modular connector at the bottom of the scanner is 2 VCCGSV oupu Not Used 8 Page 32 On the other end of the wand emulation cable is squeeze released DB9 female connector The pinout for this connector is Pin Number 8 2 Specification Power Operating Voltage 5 5 DC Temperature Ope
9. Track 3 Track 2 Account Number Only 0 1 Yes Separator Character 5 from Full table 5 Default None Output Data even other selected tracks III E6 0 No 1 Yes Track I Output Sequence PP Track Output Sequence Scan characters from full ASCII Table Maximum is 8 character Scan right to end Default None Exit Page D 6 D 7 Code 39 12 of 5 S 2 015 Code 32 EAN128 III 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 III 9 Enter Group 7 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 0 48 Min length 0 Max length 48 Fl 12 of 5 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 not Calculate 7 First Digit Suppressed 8 Last Digit Suppressed 9 Not Suppressed 2 64 Min length 10 Max length 64 F2 52 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 le
10. 10 Editing Enter Group 10 Group Default Code Type roc cm 1 Code 39 Std 13 Code 32 2 EAN I3 7 142 Delta Code IN ID 3 UPC A 15 Label Code 5 UPC E 17 Code 11 Special 6 12045 18 China Postal Code LEN 2 7 Codabar 19 All Inputs 8 Code 128 9 Code 93 10 52 015 3 11 MSI Code 4 Input ID IN ID 101 Length LEN MIN Match MATCH 1 51 Pi Si A String abe 5 O String O STR 6 Si string abc number or string for start position N number of char or string to end position 7 Characters this sheet delimiter to separate parameters string specifier 8 Enter specify any digit or any position III specify letter last position Backspace Review Exit Pi position Page D 10 D 11 Dump Setup Strings See Section 6 3 for how to use the labels below Dump Settings Dump Settings on PC AT Page D 11 Appendix E Full ASCII Chart Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing NUL U
11. 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 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 I 2 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 Procedures 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 n
12. Example L smua nasaq sauti 27 7 6 2 Exaniple 2 x iie ine de diee 27 7 7 ADVANCED 8 27 CHAPTER 8 ASSIGNMENT AND SPECIFICATION 29 SA PINAASSIGNMENITS uy n exe eee 29 8 1 1 Keyboard Interface 29 6 1 2 R8232 Interface tede ep ente eerte ete 29 8 1 3 Terminal Interface eese ene 3l Wand Emulation iiie eet 32 8 2 SPECIFICATION MORE 33 APPENDIX 5 5 APPENDIX B FUNCTION CODES B 1 APPENDIX C FUNCTION CODES FOR TERMINALS C 1 APPENDIX D SETUP MENLU D 1 APPENDIX E FULL ASCII CHART A E 1 APPENDIX F BAR CODE TEST CHART 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 simpl
13. 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 i and k can be any character the position will be evaluated as Start from the first position of the original string and search character From the position next to in original data search for b Page 27 From the position next to 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 26B012345678901234 ABEL STEVE L MGR 90010129999999 in this message 96 18 start sentinel 012345678901234 is account number 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 0 STR 41 1 O STR 1 lt SP gt 1 lt CR gt 3
14. 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 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 5232 Serial Interface 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 5 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
15. 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 AC adaptor 1 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 Operating Parameters 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 erial 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 18 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
16. 0 1 Low 2 Medium 3 High 4 Low to High 5 High to Low Interblock Delay 0 0 ms 1 10 ms 2 50 ms 3 100 ms 4 500 ms 5 1 seconds 6 3 seconds 7 5 seconds Intercharacter Delay 0 0 ms 1 1 ms 2 2 ms 3 5 ms 4 10 ms 5 30 ms 6 500 ms 7 100 ms MPU Idle Status 0 MPU sleep mode 1 MPU watch mode 2 MPU stand by mode 1 2 selections are for power saving mode If you select this selection the scanner may loss some other benefits like Caps Lock Tracing function Page D 2 Group Default Al A2 A3 4 Exit D 3 Keyboard Wedge Settings Enter Group 3 III 0 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 III 8 9 Function Code 0 Off 1 ON Caps Lock 0 Auto Trace PC XT AT 1 Lower Case 2 Upper Case Language For PC XT AT 0 U S 5 Norwegian Danish 1 U K 6 Italian 2 Swiss 7 German 3 Swedish 8 French 4 Spanish 9 Alt Key Mode Output of Wand Emulation 0 Bar with High Space with Low 1 Bar with Low Space with High Level Duration of Mini Width 0 200us 1 600us Polarity of Idle Condition 0 Low 1 High Pre define Label O0 LabelO 1 Label 1 2 Label 2 See Pre defined label section for detail Use number keypad digits 0 Disable 1 Enable Page D 3 Group De
17. Duplex mode set to Send to Host and Terminal Block mode set to Send to Terminal Page 12 Chapter 5 Wand Emulation 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 000000 000000 000000 1 0000100000 000 000000 000 000 Figure 4 Installed as a Wand Emulation Scanner 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 application 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 Page 13 Output of Wand Emulation Appendix D 3 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
18. R P N 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 If P greater than the length of original data the O String will be skipped Page 26 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 Company and otherwise output the original data as it is IN ID O LEN 2 2 MATCH l 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 The output will be Personal ID first CR character Two interblock delay Name A CR character The Formula will be IN ID 8 0 STR 1 6 lt CR gt O STR 7 CR Enter CR 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
19. U o O P i q Q R s S t 4T UU u U Page E 4 v V w W x X y Y z Z 060 068 965 DEL Appendix F Bar Code Test Chart Code 39 W E D G E 834123 13 Code 39 with C D UNI TECH E 213453 EAN 128 01 054123456789 01 659344 128 x Unitech 128 UPCE ISBN 957 630 239 0 Codabar 22357000599876 MSI Code 0987654321 1234558 Page F 1
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21. e 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 RS232 terminal interface systems with ANSI 5 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 output 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 UPC EAN with supplement codes nterleaved 2 of 5 Standard 2 of 5 MSI code Plessey code China Postal Code Toshiba Code Page 3 Codabar UCC EAN128 Code 32 Italian pharmacy Code 93 Code 128 Label Code IV and V Delta Distance Code 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 sca
22. ecessary 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 The following example illustrates how to set Code 39 with minimum length of 5 and a maximum length of 20 Scan Enter Group 5 Scan F1 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 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 Symbology Pre Defined A T C Page 16 Those ID characters can be redefined through setup menu following example shows how to set Code 93 with ID and Code 128 without ID Scan Enter Group 3 Scan D2 to select Code ID Scan 1 for Yes Scan D3 to define IDs Scan 0 and 9 for selecting Code 93 Scan 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
23. ed 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 can not 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 You adjust the length of the dumped 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 can not delete any character from or add any character into the strings and the first three characters 5 must present in the first string e characters in dumped strings are in upper case If you see lowercase characters in dumped strings change them to upper case Page 20 Chapter 7 Output Data Editing The function described here can be replaced by the Pre defined Labels funct
24. fault Bl B2 B3 B4 5 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 0 7 1 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 Character for serial wedge 0 1 5 Time Out for serial wedge 0 1 sec 1 3 2 10sec 6 3 Unlimited Data direction for Terminal Wedge 0 Send to Host 1 Send to Host and Terminal 7 2 Send to Terminal 8 9 Page D 4 Group Default 1 2 C3 C4 5 6 7 C8 Exit D 5 Scanner Port Enter Group 5 Group Default Terminator 0 Return on digits keypad 0 2 Field Exit or Right Ctrl 3 None DI CodeID 0 disable 1 Enable Note This setting doesn t affect 128 Code EAN128 has its own Code ID setting on page D 7 D2 1 c ii RC ruv Za u Define Code ID 00 Code 39 Full 11 MSI Code Im 01 39 Standard 12 128 D3 02 EAN 13 13 Code32 Italian Surio dieti 2
25. fault Review To see the formulas programmed in the Wedge If scanning this label during 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 Delimiter to separate parameters 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 t For O String input For O String input Exit Save all formulas and exit setup Note The 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 special function is required 7 3 4 Parameter Entry a Digit Parameters and Numbers Each digit parameter or number is represented by one to three digits with as terminator For example 1 023 23 b String Parameters A string 16 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 BZ and wild characters setup sheet 7 4 Qualifier There a
26. g 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 the 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 42 Understanding the Operating Parameters Baud Rate Parity and Data Bit These parameters set the scanner s communication 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
27. 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 Character 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 supports serial TTL interface which follows the RS232 communication data format but with TTL voltage output ranged from to 5V Page 10 Chapter 4 Terminal Interface 41 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 male Ln female 0 Y Cable SCANNER Host AC adaptor 5232 Cable Figure 3 Installing Terminal Wedge Installation procedures 1 Power off the terminal and unplu
28. ion in 6 1 5 Predefined Labels So if data editing function 18 defined Pre defined Labels will be removed They can not 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 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 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 a
29. ke sure that you have the right selection you may scan the following label PC AT PS 2 22 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 scanner 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 Macintosh Page 5 2 4 Installed as 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 PC or iMAC SCANNER USB Interface Cable USB Connector E d N Modular Connector Keyboard Figure 1 1 Installed as an USB Interface factory default setting should work with either PC iMac USB Interface you may also scan the follo
30. n the data record For example in the following data BARCODE 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 Z N is valid Here N is a digit parameter The string parameter C can include for any digit or for any letter Examples MATCH 3 AB g Page 25 Checks if the original data has A at position 3 B at position 4 and last character is 7 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 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 ST
31. nd 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 Page 21 Formular Qualifier Modifier Input m Length Match Input m 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 label in programming sheet If a field 15 optional and missing the next one in the sequence 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 are needed Programming Sheet Setup Sheet in Appendix D Full ASCII Sheet Appendix E Function Code Sheet Appendix B or C Before programming Data Editing you should know the format of the original data record that may be altered by the setup groups Page 22 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 De
32. ngth 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 Reserve 5 128 0 1 disable Enable 2 3 Code ID disable Enable Note If EAN128 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 definition of Funcl F7 Min Length MM Max Length NN Page D 7 Exit D S Code 128 MSI Code Code 93 Codabar Label Code Enter Group 8 0 1 2 III III 3 4 5 6 7 III 8 9 128 0 1 Disable Enable 1 64 Min Length 1 Max Length 64 MSI Pleasey 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 Calcula
33. nner sends data to the host device by emulating the keyboard signals input and acts like an extension of the keyboard 21 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 Y Cable r4 Se To Keyboard Modular Figure 1 Installed 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 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 ma
34. rating 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 12292 Storage 20 C to 70 4 F to 158 F Humidity 096 to 9596 relative humidity Page 33 Appendix Quick Setup Sheet Device Type PC AT PS 2 Macintosh BM Terminal Keyboardless Code39 Wan Emulation Serial Interface Terminal W edge Scanner Mode Trigger Flash UPC E Default Cut Leading Digit Send Check Digit PC A Conversion None Medium Terminator Enter Field Exit Scan Code U S Alt Key Page A 1 Appendix Quick Setup Sheet EAN 8 Default Cut Leading Digit Cut Check Digit EAN 13 Default Cut Leading Digit Cut Check Digit BN Conversion Character Delay 20 ms Code ID No Yes UPC A Default Cut Leading Digit Cut Check Digit Supplement Code No Yes Menu Setup Enable Disable Display Version Display Version Factory Default Factory Default Page A 2 96V A 96V C F5 F7 VG F9 96 VT F11 Cursor Right FC Cursor Up FE PgUp FG TAB FI Esc FK Right Ctrl FO Shift Make FP Ctrl Make FQ Alt Make FR Del FX Appendix B Function Codes Function Codes for PC Page B 1 F2 F4 F6 F8 VH F10 960 VJ
35. re three conditional fields in the Qualifier Input ID Length and Match 7 4 1 Input ID Format IN ID IDI 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 are represented by digits The following Input IDs are available Code 39 Full ASCII Code 39 Standard EAN 13 EAN 8 UPCA UPCE 12015 128 93 0 52015 1 MSI 9 UCC EANI28 XO 01 26 There is no limitation on the number of IDs to be defined Example IN ID 0 11 means the original data can be Code 39 or MSI Page 24 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 Example LEN 9 48 means the length of original data must be within 9 and 48 7 4 3 Match Format MATCH P0 CO0 P1 CI 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 i
36. re 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 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 0 as START When dumping settings on a PC AT you have the following strings 800 060510028 080804007 005354 415254 Print Into Code 39 bar code labels 1800C06D51DIJ 8 0 8080A007C005354 415254 By scanning the labels from top to bottom sequentially you may duplicate the other scanners with the same settings Page 19 following issues should observed 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 replac
37. te 7 8 CLSI Format On Off 3 48 Min Length 3 Max Length 48 Label Code IV and V 20 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Checksum send No send Min Length M M Max Length NN Page D 8 Group Default G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 Exit D 9 UPC EAN Delta Code Enter Group 9 II 0 1 III 2 3 III 4 5 6 7 A 8 9 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send UPC E 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send 6 7 Zero Expansion On Off 8 9 Disable Enable NSC 1 EAN 13 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send 6 7 Bookland EAN Enable Disable EAN 8 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Leading Digit Send No Send 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send 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 Srace Separator Inserted Not Inserted Delta Distance Code 0 1 Disable Enable 2 3 Check Digit Claculated Not Calculated 4 5 Check Digit Send No Send Reserved Page D 9 Group Default 2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 Exit
38. unitech Hand Held Scanner User s Manual Date January 200 Version 3 0 CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW N 3 CHAPTER 2 KEYBOARD INTERFACE 4 2 1 INSTALLATION 4 2 2 INSTALLED ON PC AT WITHOUT 00 20 5 2 3 INSTALLED ON MACINTOSH 0 0400 NAS nna 5 2 4 INSTALLED AS AN USB INTERFACE eene eene nennen 6 2 5 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING 5 6 CHAPTER 3 5232 SERIAL 8 3 I INSTAEEATION zv a Gaan oes t E REO E 8 3 2 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING 9 SiS SERIAT TT 10 CHAPTER 4 TERMINAL INTERFACE 1 21 1 2 4 2 11 AO INSTALLATION odes REMANERE 11 4 2 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING 12 CHAPTER 5 WAND EMULATION 13 3 13 5 2 UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATING PARAMETERS 13 CHAPTER 6 SETUP enean euge gno cose cona turae 15 6 1 BAR CODE MENU 5 15 6 1 1 Setup 15 6 1 2 B
39. wing 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 slower than Page 6 your scanning speed 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
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