Unitech Hand Held Scanner Installed as an USB Interface, Understanding the Operating Parameters

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2.4Installed 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.

PC or iMAC

SCANNER

USB Interface Cable

USB Connector

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

2.5Understanding 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

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Contents User’s Manual RS232 Serial Interface PIN Assignment and Specification Chapter Overview Installation procedures InstallationKeyboard Interface Installed on Macintosh Installed on PC/AT without keyboard or laptop computerUnderstanding the Operating Parameters Installed as an USB InterfaceIntercharacter Delay Interblock DelayFunction Code Alt Key ModeCaps-Lock RS232 Serial Interface Installed as a Serial InterfaceBaud Rate, Parity and Data Bit Device TypeHandshaking BCC Character Serial TTLTime Out Terminal Interface Installing as a Terminal WedgeData Direction Code 39 Output Wand EmulationNative Output Level Duration of Minimum Width Appendix D Output of Wand Emulation Appendix DPolarity of Idle Appendix D Bar Code Menu Setup Chapter SetupSetup Procedures Code ID Setting Bar Code Length SettingPredefined Labels PreamblePrefix and PostambleSuffixBatch Setup Quick SetupI800C06D51DJ8 08080A0O7C005354 I800C06D51DJ8080 80A0O7C005354415254 General Output Data EditingFormula Preparation ProgrammingProgramming Sequence InputIDLengthMatchA-StringO-String...O-String EnterParameter Entry Programming SheetInput ID Format QualifierMatch Format LengthString Format ModifierExamples Advanced FeaturesExample Example Keyboard Interface Pin Assignment and SpecificationPin Number Signal Pin AssignmentsStandard RS232 Interface PinNumber TTL RS232 InterfaceTerminal Interface Host Side connectorPin Number Signal Terminal Side connectorWand Emulation Specification A.1 A.2 Device Selection and Default Appendix D. Setup MenuDevice ID Device Type MPU Idle Status Beeps and DelaysKeyboard Wedge Settings RS232 Settings Define Code ID Scanner PortMagnetic Reader Reserve Code 39 / I 2 of 5 / S 2 of 5 / Code 32 / EAN128MSI /Pleasey Code Code 128 / MSI Code / Code 93 / Codabar/ Label CodeUPC-E UPC / EAN / Delta CodeData Editing Dump Setup Strings E.1 Appendix E. Full Ascii ChartE.2 E.3 E.4 Appendix F. Bar Code Test Chart