PSC SP400rf ii

ii

SP400RF

Programming Guide

RS-232

RS-232 Interface Selection.................................... 15

SNI RS-232 Interface Selection ............................. 15

Hardware Control................................................... 18

Software Control.................................................... 19

Keyboard Wedge

PC Keyboard Wedge Interface Selection................ 22

PC Keyboard Wedge –

Connect to a Laptop/No Keyboard Attached ...... 23

STI Keyboard Wedge Interface Selection............... 26

Label Transmit Format Configuration Items ................ 27

Prefix & Suffix ....................................................... 27

ASCII Character Set ............................................... 33

Symbologies

Symbology Options Overview...................................... 42

Symbology Selection................................................... 43

UPC/EAN Options ........................................................ 45

UPC/EAN Expansion .............................................. 46

UPC/EAN Add-Ons................................................. 47

Price/Weight Check Digit ....................................... 50

Code 39 Options.......................................................... 51

Interleaved 2 of 5......................................................... 55

Check Digit and Variable Length Label Selections . 56

Standard 2 of 5............................................................ 60

Normal or IATA Selection ...................................... 61

Check Digit and Variable Length Label Selections . 62

Codabar Options.......................................................... 65

Codabar Check Digit & Variable Length................. 66

Codabar Start/Stop Character................................ 67

Codabar Fixed Length............................................ 68

MSI/Plessey Options ................................................... 70

MSI/Plessey Check Digit........................................ 70

MSI/Plessey Fixed Length...................................... 71

Contents

Main PSC Scanning, Inc. Contents Introduction Interface Selection ii Symbologies Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Page I SP400RF SP400 I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BASICS INTEGRATING PERIPHERALS WITH HOST SYSTEMS C HANGING I C USTOMIZING Y OUR S CANNER O 4 PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW WHAT IS PROGRAMMING MODE? HOW TO PROGRAM USING BARCODES THE PROGRAMMING SESSION SCANNER RESPONSE WHEN IN PROGRAMMING MODE IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE... RETURN TO FACTORY SETTINGS CONFIGURATION UPLOAD UPLOAD BASE STATION CONFIG - WHERE TO GO FROM HERE IBM 4683/84 4693/94 PORT 5B INTERFACE SELECTION1 IBM 4683/84 4693/94 PORT 5B SETTINGS IBM 4683/84 4693/94 P ORT 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E I/F S IBM 4683/84 4693/94 P ORT 9A, 9B, 9C, 9E S IBM 4682/92 P ORT E I NTERFACE S IBM 4682/92 PORT E SETTINGS R44-1027 11 OCIA I PSC1 OCIA INTERFACE SELECTION Scan this label to enable the Spectra-Physics OCIA interface. NCR OCIA EIGHT BIT (SHORT FORMAT) INTERFACE SELECTION Scan this label to enable the NCR OCIA (short format) interface. NCR OCIA NINE BIT (LONG FORMAT) INTERFACE SELECTION OCIA O WAND EMULATION INTERFACE SELECTION Page RS-232 RS-232 INTERFACE SELECTION SNI RS-232 INTERFACE SELECTION Communication Parameter Page # Page Page RS-232 H HARDWARE CONTROL SOFTWARE CONTROL Page Page PC KEYBOARD WEDGE INTERFACE SELECTION PC K A K /N L Page Page K W STI KEYBOARD WEDGE INTERFACE SELECTION IMPORTANT IBMXXXX STI W LABEL TRANSMIT FORMAT CONFIGURATION ITEMS (RS-232 AND KEYBOARD WEDGE INTERFACES ONLY) PREFIX & SUFFIX Using this feature requires a thorough under- standing of your specific system requirements. Page Page SETTING NON-SYMBOLOGY SPECIFIC SUFFIX(ES) SET SUFFIX ------------------- GO TO THE NEXT TWO PAGES AND SCAN THE APPROPRIATE CHARACTERS BEFORE Page Page ASCII CHARACTER SET SP400RF SETTING SYMBOLOGY SPECIFIC LABEL IDENTIFIERS (LABEL I.D.) SP400RF TABLE 1. INDUSTRY STANDARD LABEL IDENTIFIERS (ALL ARE PREFIXES) R44-1027 35 SETTING SYMBOLOGY SPECIFIC LABEL IDENTIFIERS (LABEL I.D.) C 4. Scan the label representing the symbology whose label identifier you wish to modify. In our example, we would scan the 'UPC-A' symbology label. 5. Identify and scan the digits that correspond to the Hex Values. 6. Scan the END label. Page Page HOW TO SET SINGLE CHARACTER LABEL I.D. Page Page S INTERFACE TYPE SYMBOLOGIES SUPPORTED 42 SYMBOLOGY OPTIONS OVERVIEW SYMBOLOGY SELECTION Page UPC/EAN O UPC/EAN E UPC/EAN ADD-ONS Page Page PRICE/WEIGHT CHECK DIGIT CODE 39 OPTIONS 52 CODE 39 (CONTINUED) Page INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 LABEL LENGTHS I 2 OF 5 C HECK D IGIT AND V ARIABLE L ENGTH L ABEL S SETTING INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 FIXED AND MINIMUN LABEL LENGTHS Page Page 60 STANDARD 2 OF 5 STANDARD 2 OF 5 LABEL LENGTHS NORMAL OR IATA SELECTION NORMAL STANDARD 2 OF 5 ---- IATA STANDARD 2 OF 5 ------ STD 2 OF 5 CHECK DIGIT AND VARIABLE LENGTH LABEL SELECTIONS SET FIRST FIXED LENGTH ------ Page CODABAR OPTIONS CODABAR CHECK DIGIT & VARIABLE LENGTH CODABAR START/STOP CHARACTER C SET FIRST FIXED LENGTH ------ SET SECOND FIXED LENGTH ---- NO SECOND FIXED LENGTH ----- CODABAR FIXED LENGTH Page MSI/PLESSEY CHECK DIGIT MSI/PLESSEY FIXED LENGTH ENABLE MSI/PLESSEY FIXED--- DISABLE MSI/PLESSEY FIXED-- MSI/P ENABLE FIXED LENGTHS Page CODE 128 OPTIONS Page COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL Page STX/ETX ASCII CHARACTER SET Page WHEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE ACK WACK ACK ACK CTS enabled WACK ACK WACK MODE RECOMMENDATION Page WHEN TO BEEP OPTIONS Page TABLE 2 Page W HEN TO BEEP OPTIONS C BEEPER VOLUME RADIO CHANNEL FREQUENCY RADIO TRANSMIT POWER WAIT TIME FOR HOST ACKNOWLEDGE Page READ VERIFICATION Page LOW BATTERY INDICATION METHOD APPENDIX A STANDARD FACTORY SETTINGS FACTORY DEFAULTS SYMBOLOGY SELECTION Page GENERAL FEATURES INTERFACE-DISCRETE DEFAULTS RS-232/KEYBOARD WEDGE COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS RS-232/KEYBOARD WEDGE DEFAULT SYMBOLOGY IDENTIFIERS IBM I APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HOST PROGRAMMING CREATING MULTIFUNCTION LABELS NEED MORE INFORMATION APPENDIX C SAMPLE BARCODES UPC-A W/2 DIGIT ADD-ON UPC-A W/ 5 DIGIT ADD-ON UPC-E APPENDIX B ADDITIONAL INFO APPENDIX C TEST BARCODES EAN-8 NOTES Page Asia Pacific Australia France Germany Italy