Honeywell 2700 manual Programming an Auxiliary Scanner, Scanner to Bioptic Communication

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Programming an Auxiliary Scanner

Introduction

This chapter describes how to program auxiliary scanners that will be connected to the Stratos bioptic.

Scanner to Bioptic Communication

The following settings are used to set up communication between Honeywell scanners and bioptic scanners.

Note: The scanner’s baud rate must be set to 38400 and the RS232 Timeout must be set to 3000 in order to communicate with a bioptic scanner. See "RS232 Baud Rate" on page 3-24,and RS232 Timeout on page 3-29for further information.

Scanner-Bioptic Packet Mode

Packet Mode On must be scanned to set the scanner’s format so it is compatible with a bioptic scanner. Default = Packet

Mode Off.

* Packet Mode Off

Packet Mode On

ACK/NAK

After transmitting data, the scanner waits for an ACK character (hex 06) or a NAK character (hex 15) response from the host. If ACK is received, the communications cycle is completed and the scanner looks for more bar codes. If NAK is received, the last set of bar code data is retransmitted and the scanner waits for ACK/NAK again. Turn on the ACK/NAK protocol by scanning the ACK/NAK On bar code below. To turn off the protocol, scan ACK/NAK Off. Default = ACK/NAK Off.

ACK/NAK On

* ACK/NAK Off

Communication Timeout

This allows you to set the length (in milliseconds) for a timeout for the host ACK/NAK response. Scan the bar code below, then set the timeout (from 1-65535 milliseconds) by scanning digits from the Programming Chart, then scanning Save. Default = 2000 ms.

Communication Timeout

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