To communicate with a scanner, EZConfig requires that the PC have at least one available serial communication port, or a serial port emulation using a physical USB port. If you are using the serial port and RS232 cable, an external power supply is required. When using a USB serial port emulation, only a USB cable is required.

EZConfig Operations

The EZConfig software performs the following operations:

Scan Data

Scan Data allows you to scan bar codes and display the bar code data in a window. Scan Data lets you send serial commands to the scanner and receive scanner response that can be seen in the Scan Data win- dow. The data displayed in the Scan Data window can either be saved in a file or printed.

Configure

Configure displays the programming and configuration data of the scanner. The scanner's programming and configuration data is grouped into different categories. Each category is displayed as a tree item under the "Configure" tree node in the application explorer. When one of these tree nodes is clicked, the right-hand side is loaded with the parameters' form belonging to that particular category. The "Con- figure" tree option has all the programming and configuration parameters specified for a scanner. You can set or modify these parameters as required. You can later write the modified settings to the scanner, or save them to a dcf file.

Imaging

Imaging provides all the image-related functions that a 2D Scanner can perform. You can capture an image using the current settings, and the image will be displayed in an image window. Images captured from the scanner can be saved to files in different image formats. You can modify the image settings and save the image settings to an INI file, which can be loaded later to capture new images. Imaging also lets you preview the images continuously captured by the scanner.

Installing EZConfig from the Web

Note: EZConfig requires .NET software. If .NET is not installed on your PC, you will be prompted to install it during the EZConfig installation.

1.Access the Honeywell web site at www.honeywellaidc.com

2.Click on the Resources tab. Select Product Downloads-Software.

3.Click on the dropdown for Select Product Number. Click on Xenon.

4.Click on the listing for EZConfig.

5.When prompted, select Save File, and save the files to the c:\windows\temp directory.

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