Honeywell 1200g Connecting with RS485, Bad Read, Good Read

Connecting with RS485

A scanner can be connected for an IBM POS terminal interface.

1.Connect the appropriate interface cable to the device, then to the com- puter.

2.Turn the terminal/computer power back on. The scanner beeps.

3.Verify the scanner operation by scanning a bar code from the Sample Symbols in the back of this manual. The scanner beeps once.

For further RS485 settings, refer to RS485, page 2-2.

Reading Techniques

The scanner has a view finder that projects a bright red aiming beam that corresponds to the scanner’s horizontal field of view. The aiming beam should be centered horizontally over the bar code and must highlight all the vertical bars of the bar code. It will not read if the aiming beam is in any other direction.

Good Read Bad Read

The aiming beam is smaller when the scanner is closer to the code and larger when it is farther from the code. Symbologies with smaller bars or elements (mil size) should be read closer to the unit. Symbologies with larger bars or ele-

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