Motorola Symbol LS2208 Revision History

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Revision History

Changes to the original manual are listed below:

Change Date Description

-01 Rev A 3/2003 Initial release.

-02 Rev A 10/2003 Updated with additional bar codes and vari ous other changes.

-03 Rev A 1/2007 Updated service information, added parameter bar codes for Bookla nd ISBN, new

UPC supplemental decode options, report software version, report MIMIC version,

report Synapse cable, COM port, prefix/suffix value.

-04 Rev A 9/2007 Motorola rebranding, changed Set Length(s) for MSI parameter defaul t to 4-55,

changed RSS references to GS1 DataBar.

-05 Rev A 10/2007 Added bar codes for "Timeout Between Decodes" to U ser Preferences.

-06 Rev A 5/2008 Updated service information, removed IBM XT bar code and key board from

Keyboard Wedge chapter, add French Belgian country codes, adde d note regarding

Code ID and No Read, added Send Pause and Com ma bar codes to ADF chapter.

-07 Rev A 7/2010 Corrected the Send Alt @ parameter number and ad ded the Send Alt 2 parameter,

updated the default interfaces to Keyboard Wedge and USB, remov ed patent and

regulatory information, updated web addresses, Scan1232 ch apter and Feedback

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Contents

Main Page Page ii Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Warranty iii Revision History Page Table of Contents vi Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Table of Contents vii viii Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Table of Contents ix x Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Table of Contents xi Page About This Guide Chapter Descriptions xiv Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Notational Conventions * About This Guide xv Related Documents Service Information Page Page 1 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Unpacking Your Scanner Getting Started 1 - 3 Setting Up the Scanner Installing the Interface Cable 1 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Power (if required) Configuring Your Scanner Getting Started 1 - 5 Connecting a Synapse Cable Interface Removing the Interface Cable Page Page 2 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Beeper Definitions Scanning 2 - 3 LED Definitions 2 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Scanning in Hand-Held Mode Page 2 - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Decode Zone Depth of Field * Figure 2-4 Symbol LS2208 Decode Zone Scanning in Hands-Free Mode Assembling the Stand 2 - 8 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Mounting the Stand (optional) Screw Mount Tape Mount Scanning 2 - 9 Scanning in Hands-Free Mode Scanning in the Hands-Free Mode Page Chapter 3 Maintenance and Technical Specifications Maintenance 3 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Troubleshooting Maintenance and Technical Specifications 3 - 3 3 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Technical Specifications Maintenance and Technical Specifications 3 - 5 3 - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Scanner Signal Descriptions Scanner Cable Pinouts Maintenance and Technical Specifications 3 - 7 Page Chapter 4 User Preferences * 4 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide User Preferences Default Parameters Page Page Page Page Page Page User Preferences 4 - 9 Timeout Between Decodes Timeout Between Decodes, Same Symbol Timeout Between Decodes, Different Symbol Page Chapter 5 Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Connecting a Keyboard Wedge Interface Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 3 Keyboard Wedge Default Parameters 5 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Host Types Keyboard Wedge Host Types Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 5 Keyboard Wedge Country Types (Country Codes) * Page Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 7 * Page Page Page Page Page Page 5 - 14 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Maps NCR 7052 32-KEY Figure 5-4 Figure 5-2 IBM PS2 Type Keyboard Keyboard Maps (continued) Figure 5-5 NCR 7052 58-KEY 5 - 16 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 17 5 - 18 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 19 5 - 20 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 21 Keyboard Wedge ALT Keys ALT Keys Keystroke 5 - 22 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge GUI Keys GUI Keys Keystroke Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 23 Keyboard Wedge F Keys Keyboard Wedge GUI Keys (continued) GUI Keys Keystroke 5 - 24 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Numeric Keypad Numeric Keypad Keystroke Keyboard Wedge F Keys (continued) Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 - 25 Keyboard Wedge Extended Keypad Extended Keypad Keystroke Page Chapter 6 RS-232 Interface * 6 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Connecting an RS-232 Interface RS-232 Interface 6 - 3 RS-232 Default Parameters 6 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host Parameters RS-232 Interface 6 - 5 RS-232 Host Parameters (continued) Page Page Page Page 6 - 10 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Parity Page Page Page 6 - 14 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Hardware Handshaking None Standard RTS/CTS RS-232 Interface 6 - 15 6 - 16 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Software Handshaking None ACK/NAK ENQ RS-232 Interface 6 - 17 ACK/NAK with ENQ XON/XOFF 6 - 18 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Host Serial Response Time-out * RS-232 Interface 6 - 19 RTS Line State * Beep on <BEL> * Page RS-232 Interface 6 - 21 Nixdorf Beep/LED Options 6 - 22 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Interface 6 - 23 6 - 24 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Interface 6 - 25 6 - 26 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Chapter 7 USB Interface Connecting a USB Interface * 7 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 3 USB Default Parameters 7 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB Host Parameters USB Device Type USB Interface 7 - 5 USB Device Type (continued) 7 - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB Country Keyboard Types (Country Codes) * Page Page Page 7 - 10 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB CAPS Lock Override * USB Interface 7 - 11 USB Ignore Unknown Characters Page Page Page USB Interface 7 - 15 7 - 16 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 17 7 - 18 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB Interface 7 - 19 7 - 20 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB ALT Keys ALT Keys Keystroke USB Interface 7 - 21 USB GUI Shift Keys GUI Shift Keys Keystroke 7 - 22 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB GUI Shift Keys (continued) GUI Shift Keys Keystroke USB Interface 7 - 23 USB F Keys 7 - 24 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide USB Keypad Keys Keypad Keys Keystroke USB Interface 7 - 25 USB Extended Keypad Extended Keypad Keystroke Page Chapter 8 IBM 468X/469X Interface 8 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Connecting to an IBM 468X/469X Host IBM 468X/469X Interface 8 - 3 IBM Default Parameters 8 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide IBM 468X/469X Host Parameters Port Address * Page Page Chapter 9 Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Using Wand Emulation Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 3 Wand Emulation Default Parameters 9 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Wand Emulation Host Parameters Wand Emulation Host Types Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 5 Leading Margin (Quiet Zone) * 9 - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Polarity * Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 7 Convert All Bar Codes to Code 39 * Convert Code 39 to Full ASCII * Page Page 10 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Using Undecoded Scanner Emulation Undecoded Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 3 Undecoded Scanner Emulation Default Parameters Page Undecoded Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 5 Undecoded Scanner Emulation Host Parameters Beep Style 10 - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Parameter Pass-Through Undecoded Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 7 Convert Newer Code Types Module Width Page Undecoded Scanner Emulation Interface 10 - 9 Transmission Timeout Page Page Page Chapter 11 123Scan2 Communication with 123Scan 123Scan2 Requirements Page Page Page Chapter 12 Symbologies 12 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Symbology Default Parameters Symbologies 12 - 3 12 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide UPC/EAN Page Page 12 - 8 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Enable/Disable Bookland EAN * Symbologies 12 - 9 Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals 12 - 10 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals (continued) * Page 12 - 12 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide User-Programmable Supplementals UPC/EAN/JAN Supplemental Redundancy Page 12 - 14 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide UPC-A Preamble Symbologies 12 - 15 UPC-E Preamble 12 - 16 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide UPC-E1 Preamble Symbologies 12 - 17 Convert UPC-E to UPC-A * 12 - 18 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Convert UPC-E1 to UPC-A * EAN-8/JAN-8 Extend * Symbologies 12 - 19 Bookland ISBN Format 12 - 20 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide UPC/EAN Security Level UPC/EAN Security Level 0 * UPC/EAN Security Level 1 UPC/EAN Security Level 2 UPC/EAN Security Level 3 Symbologies 12 - 21 UCC Coupon Extended Code Code 128 Page 12 - 24 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Enable/Disable Code 39 * Enable/Disable Trioptic Code 39 * * Code 32 Prefix * 12 - 26 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Code 39 Symbologies 12 - 27 Code 39 Check Digit Verification * Transmit Code 39 Check Digit * 12 - 28 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Full ASCII Conversion * Symbologies 12 - 29 Code 39 Buffering (Scan & Store) * Buffer Data 12 - 30 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Clear Transmission Buffer Transmit Buffer Symbologies 12 - 31 Overfilling Transmission Buffer Attempt to Transmit an Empty Buffer Page Symbologies 12 - 33 Set Lengths for Code 93 Page Symbologies 12 - 35 Set Lengths for Code 11 12 - 36 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Code 11 Check Digit Verification * Symbologies 12 - 37 Transmit Code 11 Check Digits * Page Symbologies 12 - 39 Set Lengths for Interleaved 2 of 5 Page Symbologies 12 - 41 Transmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit * Convert I 2 of 5 to EAN-13 * Page Symbologies 12 - 43 Set Lengths for Discrete 2 of 5 Page Page 12 - 46 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Codabar Symbologies 12 - 47 CLSI Editing * NOTIS Editing * Page Symbologies 12 - 49 Set Lengths for MSI 12 - 50 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide MSI Check Digits * Transmit MSI Check Digit(s) Page GS1 DataBar (Formerly RSS, Reduced Space Symbology) Symbologies 12 - 53 GS1 DataBar (continued) * Convert GS1 DataBar to UPC/EAN * 12 - 54 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Redundancy Level Redundancy Level 1 Redundancy Level 2 Symbologies 12 - 55 Redundancy Level 3 Redundancy Level 4 Security Level Page Page Page Page Chapter 13 Miscellaneous Scanner Options 13 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Miscellaneous Default Parameters Miscellaneous Scanner Options 13 - 3 Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters Transmit Code ID Character 13 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Prefix/Suffix Values Scan Data Transmission Format Page 13 - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide FN1 Substitution Values Transmit No Read Message * Miscellaneous Scanner Options 13 - 7 Synapse Interface Page Chapter 14 Advanced Data Formatting Rules: Criteria Linked to Actions 14 - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Using ADF Bar Codes ADF Bar Code Menu Example Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 3 Rule 1: The Code 128 Scanning Rule Rule 2: The UPC Scanning Rule Alternate Rule Sets 14 - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Rules Hierarchy (in Bar Codes) Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 5 Default Rules Special Commands Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 9 Criteria Code Types 14 - 10 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Page Page Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 17 Message Containing A Specific Data String Specific String at Start Specific String, Any Location Any Message OK 14 - 18 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Numeric Keypad Page 14 - 20 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Actions Send Data Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 21 Send Data (continued) Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 23 Setup Field(s) 14 - 24 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Move Cursor Send Pause Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 25 Skip Ahead 14 - 26 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Skip Back Page 14 - 28 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Modify Data Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 29 Pad Data with Spaces 14 - 30 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 31 14 - 32 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 33 Pad Data with Zeros 14 - 34 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 35 14 - 36 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 14 - 54 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Send ALT Characters Page Page Page 14 - 58 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters Page 14 - 60 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (continued) Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 61 Send Keypad Characters (continued) 14 - 62 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 63 Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 65 14 - 66 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Send Right Control Key Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 67 Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters Page Page Page Page Page Advanced Data Formatting 14 - 73 Alphanumeric Keyboard 14 - 74 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) Page 14 - 76 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Page Page Page Page Page Page Appendix A Standard Default Parameters A - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Standard Default Parameters A - 3 A - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Standard Default Parameters A - 5 A - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Standard Default Parameters A - 7 Page Appendix B Programming Reference Symbol Code Identifiers B - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide AIM Code Identifiers Programming Reference B - 3 ] B - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Appendix C Sample Bar Codes Code 39 UPC/EAN UPC-A, 100 % C - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 GS1 DataBar-14 Page Page Page Page Glossary A B Glossary - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide C Glossary - 3 D E H Glossary - 4 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide I K L Glossary - 5 M N O P Glossary - 6 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide Q R S Glossary - 7 T U V Page Index Numerics A Index - 2 Symbol LS2208 Product Reference Guide B Index - 3 C D G H I K M N P Q Page Tell Us What You Think...