Once you know the scanner’s current settings, you can determine what changes will be required to allow communication with your host system and/or optional features you choose to modify to customize your installa- tion. After recording the modifications needed, finish reading this section, then turn to the appropriate page and follow the instructions to program the scanner.

When all scanner features are programmed to your satisfaction, the scanner is ready to be placed into operation.

Customizing Your Scanner’s OperationMost scanner programming falls within three general categories:

•General Scanner and Scale Features - are features common to all interface types. Examples include beeper adjustments such as vol- ume and length, read verification settings, etc.

•Interface Related Features - are the mandatory settings necessary to allow communication with your host terminal. Examples of these settings are: RS-232 baud rate and parity.

 

It is possible, via programming bar codes, to change the interface type (for

 

example: from RS-232 to IBM Port 17). Great care should be taken to select the

 

correct interface type, since you can cause damage to the scanner and/or

CAUTION

POS terminal by attempting to change to an incompatible interface. ALWAYS

make interface selections with the host cable DISCONNECTED.

 

 

Ensure that your planned modifications are compatible with the current inter- face. For example, baud rate selections are only valid in the RS-232 interface. The scanner will sound an error tone when scanning programming labels for features invalid to the current interface group.

NOTE

•Symbology Programming - gives the scanner the capability to autodiscriminate as few as one, and as many as all available sym- bologies. For optimal scanner performance enable only those symbologies required. Additionally the scanner may be pro- grammed with the standard options available for the various sym- bologies, such as check digit, minimum label length, fixed and variable length bar codes, etc.

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