
24 
APPLICATIONS AND
P
ROTOCOLS
The model number on each scanner includes the scanner number and factory 
default communications protocol. 
S
CANNER
 V
ERSION 
I
DENTIFIER
 C
OMMUNICATION 
P
ROTOCOL
(
S
) 
11  IBM 468X/469X, RS232-TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS 
14  RS232  (TX, RX, RTS, CTS, DTR) 
38  Low Speed USB 
40 Full-speed USB 
MS1890 - 
47  Keyboard Wedge, Stand-Alone Keyboard and  
RS232 Transmit/Receive 
The MS1890-47 with a built-in PC Keyboard Wedge Interface is designed for 
Keyboard emulation use only.  Many RS232 configurable functions available in 
other Metrologic scanners are also available as keyboard wedge functions. 
The following are the most important selectable options specific to the keyboard 
wedge. 
Keyboard Type 
•  **AT (includes IBM® PS2 models 50, 55, 60, 80) 
•  IBM PS2 (includes models 30, 70, 8556) 
Keyboard Country Type 
• **USA  • German  • Spanish 
• Belgium  • Italian  • Swiss 
• French  • Japanese  • United Kingdom 
**  For additional information on the MS1890’s default settings refer to  
pages 25-28.  For information on how to change the default settings, refer to 
help files in MetroSet2 or the MetoSelect Single-Line Configuration Guide 
(
MLPN
 00-02544).