Symbol Technologies LS 3603 Set Up

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LS 3603 Product Reference Guide

Set Up

Unpacking

Remove the scanner from its packing and inspect it for damage. If the scanner

was damaged in transit, call the Symbol Support Center at one of the telephone

numbers listed on page 1-15. KEEP THE PACKING. It is the approved shipping

container and should be used if you ever need to return your equipment for

servicing.

Switching Cables

Different cables are required for different hosts. To change the scanner cable:

•Slide collar down over cable

•Plug in modular connector

•Slide collar up into keys

•Twist to snap in place

Power Options

Three power options are available:

•External power supply

•Battery Box

•Direct Host Power

Available power options are host dependent.

Connecting Your Scanner

With some terminal types, the LS 3603 is unable to answer host terminal polls

until the appropriate host type is selected. This may result in an err or message

generated by the host. To correct this si tuation, selec t the pr oper pa rameter set

and initialize the host term inal. See Chapter 2 for more informat ion.

Contents

Main Page Page ii 1999 by Symbol Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. iii Contents Chapter 1. Users Guide iv Chapter 2. Programming v Chapter 3. Parameter Menus Chapter 4. Glossary vi Chapter 1 Users Guide Scanning Made Easy Set Up Unpacking Switching Cables Power Options Connecting Your Scanner RS-232C RS-232C (Contd) For battery operation: Wand Emulation For external power operation: For direct host power operation: For battery operation: Page Ready, Test, Scan Aim and press the trigger. Aiming Scan the Entire Symbol Hold at an Angle Problems Beeper Definitions Hands Free Scanstand Plus Operation IntelliStand Operation Battery Box Operation Changing the Battery Recharging a Nickel-Cadmium Battery Page Maintenance What If... Nothing happens when you follow the operating instructions? Symbol is decoded, but not transmitted to the host terminal? Scanned data is incorrectly displayed on the terminal? Factory Service Symbol Support Center Accessories 1-17 Technical Specifictions Table 1-1. Technical Specifications Page Pin-outs Page Chapter 2 Programming Overview Page Page Parameter Descriptions Set Parameter Defaults Host Interface Code Code Types Code Lengths Code 39 Full ASCII Decode Options Transmit UPC-E/UPC-A Check Digit Convert UPC-E to UPC-A EAN Zero Extend Decode UPC/EAN Supplemental Code 39 Check Digit ITF-14/EAN-13 Conversion MSI Plessey Check Digit MSI/Plessey 2 Check Digit Algorithm Code 39 Buffering (Scan & Store) Beep After Good Decode CLSI Editing NOTIS Editing UPC/EAN Security Level Decode Redundancy for Codabar UPC A and E Preamble Data Transmission Formats Prefix/Suffix Values Laser On Time-out RS-232C Options Baud Rate Parity Beep on BEL Hardware Handshaking Page Page Software Handshaking Stop Bit Select ASCII Format Intercharacter Delay Transmit Code ID Character Transmit AIM ID Character Power Mode Scanstand/IntelliStand Time-out Wand Emulator Options Wand Emulator Bar Output Variable Leading Margin Supported Features By Host Type Table 2-1. Supported Features by Host Type 2-18 Table 2-1. (Continued) Supported Features by Host Type Beeper Indications Page Code 39 Buffering Buffer Data Clear Transmission Buffer Transmit Buffer Overfilling Transmission Buffer Attempt to Transmit an Empty Buffer 2-23 ASCII Character Set Table 2-3. ASCII Character Set 2-24 2-25 2-26 2-27 2-28 2-29 Default Table Table 2-4. Default Table 2-30 Table 2-4. (Continued) Default Table 2-31 Terminal Specific RS-232C Table 2-5. Terminal Specific Defaults Page Chapter 3 Parameter Menus Page Set Default Parameters Page 3-5 Fixed Format Options Select fixed format options for the terminals listed below. 3-6 3-7 3-8 Page 3-10 3-11 3-12 3-13 3-14 Page 3-16 3-17 UPC-A Preamble Select one option for UPC-A preamble by scanning the appropriate bar code. 3-18 UPC-E Preamble Select one option for UPC-E preamble by scanning the appropriate bar code. Intercharacter Delay 3-20 Intercharacter Delay Page Page 3-23 Page Page Page Page Page 3-29 Baud Rate Set the baud rate for RS-232C transmission. Page Page Page 3-33 Software Handshaking Select the type of RS-232C software handshaking protocol. Page Page Page Page 3-38 3-39 3-40 Page 3-42 3-43 3-44 Page Page Page Page Page 3-50 Variable Leading Margin Select a variable leading margin. 3-51 Variable Leading Margin Page 3-53 3-54 3-55 Page 3-57 3-58 3-59 3-60 3-61 Page 3-63 3-64 UPC-A Preamble Select one option for UPC-A preamble by scanning the appropriate bar code. 3-65 Synaps UPC-E Preamble Select one option for UPC-E preamble by scanning the appropriate bar code. Page Page 3-68 Page Page Page Page Page Page Chapter 4 Glossary