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I/O SETTINGS
HOST (Computer Interface)
The TriCoder is shipped with the HOST Computer Interface set to USB FULL SPEED as the default.
I/O SETTINGS
HOST ---------------- USB-FULL SPEED 1
TERMINATOR CHARACTER - CR 2
SINGLE CYCLE UPLOAD OFF 3
BAUD RATE ---------------------- 9600 4
PARITY ---------------------------- NONE 5
DATA BITS ----------------------- 8 BITS 6
USB ENUMERATION DELAY: 0 7
USB HID SPEED ---------------- FAST 8
USB HID ALT OUTPUT ---------- OFF 9
DONE/EXIT ------------------------------------ 0
CHANGE SETTING #: _
You have 3 choices for HOST Settings – pressing the 1 key at the I/O SETTINGS menu cycles through the 3 choices:
1. USB-FULL SPEED
2. HID KEYBOARD
3. SERIAL
When the TriCoder is turned on it will detect the cable t ype and set it to USB or Serial depending on the cable you have plugged in.
Based on that determination it will default to the settings shown above until those are changed.
HID KEYBOARD
If you have a Mac, you must choose HID KEYBOARD. You are limited to Non-Portable Mode and Data Upload as a HID USB
Keyboard to a Mac. There isn‟t support for full speed USB on a Mac.
If you are using Windows-98SE or later (Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, ME) and you wish to upload your files directly into your
application through the keyboard, you must choose HID KEYBOARD . After specifying HID KEYBOARD, the first time you plug
in a USB cable to the TriCoder and host, you will be asked to install the USB Keyboard HID driver, which is probably on your hard
disk, but if not, is on your original Windows CD-ROM; just keep clicking on NEXT until you are forced to supply the original
Windows CD-ROM.
Data uploads using HID KEYBOARD will b e slower than SERIAL or FULL SPEED USB, but you will still be able to use the Full
Speed program uploads/downloads, firmware upgrades, voice uploads, and table downloads; the first time you attempt a Full Speed
USB operation, you will be required to install another driver for high speed support, TRICODERUSB, which is supplied on the
Utilities CD-ROM, (it is also on our website, www.barcodehq.com under Downloads).