Velocity Micro manual Operating the Microscan MS-3 Laser with diagnostics

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Chapter 2: Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner

Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner Device Driver User Guide

Operating the Microscan MS-3 Laser with diagnostics

About this topic This topic describes how to:

❑Initialize the Microscan MS-3 Laser

❑Scan a barcode

Read this topic if you are an operator who wants to troubleshoot or operate the Microscan MS-3 Laser using direct commands.

Before you start Before you can send commands to the Microscan MS-3 Laser, or receive status information from the Microscan MS-3 Laser, you need to initialize it.

To initialize the Microscan MS-3 Laser:

1.Open Microscan Bar Code Reader Diagnostics.

2.Click the Profiles tab.

3.Select a profile from the Profile name list.

4.Click Initialize this profile.

Scanning a barcode To scan a barcode:

1.Open Microscan Bar Code Reader Diagnostics. Click the Controls tab.

2. Place the labware on the device that has the Microscan MS-3 Laser.

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Contents Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner Device Driver User Guide July VWorks3 and BenchWorksCopyright 2007 Velocity11 Contents Table of Contents Introduction1 Who should read this guide Job rolesRelated topics Where to find user information Online help About Velocity11 user guidesAbout this topic To open the online helpPrinting and searching More information What this guide covers Also readDriver version What this guide does not coverAbout devices Device definedDevice file defined About device drivers IWorks interface What functions do the device drivers provide? Related topicsInstalling device drivers ProcedureTo install device drivers Adding devices To add devices to a device fileAbout diagnostics BackgroundOpening diagnostics To open DiagnosticsIf you are using VWork3 or BenchWorks software Related topics Stored settings About profilesProfiles defined Setting the properties for a device Before you start Setting general propertiesTo set the general properties for a device Setting teachpoints Setting location propertiesTo set the teachpoint properties To set the barcode readers propertySetting the Use linked location Adding and linking Sub Process tasks Sub Process task defined Adding a SubTo link the Sub Process task to the correct sub-process To link a Sub Process task to a device Using JavaScript to set task parameters Where scripts are writtenPlug-in default About reader output filesOutput file Profile default output file name Filename suffixes ExampleOverriding output file names with tasks Homing motors Setting profile parameters About device initializationIntroduction Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner Workflow for configuring the Microscan MS-3 Laser WorkflowCreating a Microscan MS-3 Laser profile Before you startTo create an Microscan MS-3 Laser profile Setting Microscan MS-3 Laser task parameters About Microscan MS-3 Laser tasksTo set the Scan bar code task parameters Operating the Microscan MS-3 Laser with diagnostics Scanning a barcode To scan a barcodeTo initialize the Microscan MS-3 Laser Managing Microscan MS-3 Laser profiles Managing profiles To manage Microscan MS-3 Laser profilesRelated topics