Baracoda BLUETOOTH RS232RS232, RS232 User Manual

RS232

dongle Plug & Scan

User Guide

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SUMMARY

SUMMARYSUMMARY

SUMMARY

SUMMARY ................................................................... 2

REVISION HISTORY .......................................................... 3

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 4

2. TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION .............................................. 5

2.1. H

ARDWARE DESCRIPTION

.................................................. 5

2.2. S

CANNER STATUS - DONGLE LINK

........................................... 6

2.3. N

O DATA LOSS MODE

..................................................... 7

2.4. B

ATCH MODE

.......................................................... 7

H

OW TO USE WITH ROADRUNNERS

.................................................... 8

H

OW TO USE WITH PENCIL2 & ROADRUNNERS EVOLUTION & DUALRUNNERS

....................... 8

3. HOW TO CONNECT YOUR BARACODA BARCODE SCANNER ....................... 10

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR BARACODAPENCIL/PENCIL

2 ...................................... 10

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR

BC2604/BL2604/BLR2604.................................... 10

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR

BCM2604-L/BCM2604-F...................................... 11

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR

D-FLY .................................................... 11

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR ROADRUNNERS/ROADRUNNERS EVOLUTION

............................. 12

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR SCANWEAR

.................................................. 12

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR TOUGHRUNNERS

............................................... 12

H

OW TO CONNECT YOUR DUALRUNNERS

............................................... 13

4. HOW TO DISCONNECT YOUR PLUG & SCAN DONGLE .......................... 14

5. ADDITIONAL FEATURES ................................................ 15

P

REFIX

.................................................................... 15

S

UFFIX

.................................................................... 15

UART S

ETTINGS

............................................................. 16

O

NLY FOR

BC2604/BL2604/BLR2604

PRODUCTS

..................................... 17

P

RINT FIRMWARE VERSION

....................................................... 19

T

RANSPARENT MODE

............................................................ 19

6. COMPATIBILITY ...................................................... 20

LIMITED WARRANTY. ........................................................ 21

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Revision History

Revision HistoryRevision History

Revision History

Changes to the original manual are listed below.

Document Date Description

3.27.1 30 Jun 08 Initial release

3.27.2 08 Jul 08 added schemes and transparent mode description

3.27.3 06 Aug 08 added Hardware description section

3.27.4 14 Aug 08 Modify the Batch section

3.28 27 March 09 Add DualRunners

3.28.2 17 April 09 Modify “Hardware Description” section

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1.

1.1.

1. Introduction

IntroductionIntroduction

Introduction

This document concerns the RS232 dongle Plug & Scan v3.28 (see “Print Firmware Version” section for how to
get the firmware version).

The RS232 Plug & Scan dongle is a connectivity solution and allows to simplify the connection between the
Baracoda scanners and all laptops, PCs, Tablet PCs, or all devices equipped with a RS232 COM port.

The Baracoda RS232 Plug & Scan dongle has the Bluetooth drivers and the Bluetooth application embedded in
the RS232 device. This configuration avoids the installation of the drivers and the software for the end-user.

The RS232 Plug & Scan solution allows users to have an acknowledgement beep, automatic reconnection, and
bufferisation of the incoming barcode data. Bufferisation of the barcode data allows the Baracoda scanner to
store incoming barcodes even when the scanner is not connected to the dongle (this is the ‘No data loss mode’)

Simply plug the RS232 Plug & Scan dongle in your computer, scan a “connect barcode” with a Baracoda
barcode scanner, and the Bluetooth connection will be automatically established.

NOTE:

Please note that the BaracodaManager software for PC does not work

with Plug & Scan solutions.

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2.

2.2.

2. Technical Introduction

Technical IntroductionTechnical Introduction

Technical Introduction

2.1.

2.1.2.1.

2.1. Hardware description

Hardware descriptionHardware description

Hardware description

Baracoda Serial Dongle has a 9-PIN SUB-D female (DCE) connector as shown in the Figure below.

Block diagram

3 ways available to power on the RS232 dongle Plug&Scan:

- With its External Power Adaptor.

- On the PIN9 of the RS232 connector if the Terminal gives 5V on this PIN.

- With its USB Power Adapter (“option not included with the product, please contact our Sales

Department to buy this accessory).

Note: The 4 switchs available on the front casing are not used to configure the RS232 dongle adapter. So you
can let all switchs to OFF.

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2.2.

2.2.2.2.

2.2.

Scanner Status

Scanner Status Scanner Status

Scanner Status

The

Plug & Scan dongle is only able to establish point

connect simultaneously to more than one device.

The Plug & Scan dongle can have

three (

• Disconnected

: The dongle can accept connections from any Baracoda scanner (see how to connect

your Baracoda scanner).

•

Paired and waiting for connection

switch on this scanner inside the Bluetooth range of the dongle and the connection will be

automatically established.

This mode allows other Baracoda scanners to connect to the

barcode, then the previous Baracoda scanner will disconnect and the new Baracoda scanner will

connect to the dongle.

• Connected: The

Plug & Scan

data will be t

ransmitted to the terminal

This mode allows other Baracoda scanners to connect to the dongle. Scan the “connect” barcode, then

the previous Baracoda scanner will disconnect and the new Baracoda scanner will connect to the

dongle.

Using the RS232 P&S don

gle is quite simple. In three steps, it can be installed and ready to operate:

As shown in the above diagram, once the connection is done, the scanned data is transmitted

through the RS232 link.

which is compatible with the RS232 Plug&Scan solution. Using this, each scanned data will

appear on the PC as if it had been typed on the keyboard.

1/ Plug the dongle

Plug the RS232
Plug&Scan dongle
in the host
terminal's RS232

COM Port and set it

up (9600bps...).

– User Guide v3.28.2

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ongle linkongle link

ongle link

-to-point connections.

This means that the dongle ca

3) states:

: The dongle has already been paired to a Baracoda scanner. Just

Plug & Scan d

ongle. Scan the “connect”

dongle is connected to the Baracoda scanner. Just scan barcodes and the

.

Please note that Baracoda provides a keyboard emulation s

2/ Scan to connect

Scan the barcode
placed on the
dongle in order to
connect to it.

3/ work !

The scanner is

automatically

configured and the

scanned data arrive

in the host terminal

via the serial COM

port on which the

dongle is plugged.

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2.3.

2.3.2.3.

2.3. No data loss mode

No data loss modeNo data loss mode

No data loss mode

The ‘No data loss mode’ is activated by default for all scanners supporting the feature (RoadRunners,
BaracodaPencil2, RoadRunners Evolution, D-fly, ScanWear, ToughRunners, DualRunners). When you leave the
connection zone, the ‘No data loss mode’ allows a bufferisation of scanned barcodes. All scans will be
automatically uploaded to the host when reconnected.

If your application is unable to handle all of the incoming barcode scans, disable this feature by scanning the
‘no data loss mode’ barcode. Your scanner and any future connected scanners will retain this configuration.

Enable ‘no data loss mode’ (*)

Disable ‘no data loss mode’

Note : This feature is enabled by default.

2.4.

2.4.2.4.

2.4. Batch

BatchBatch

Batch mode

modemode

mode

The batch mode can be used with scanners supporting batch mode:

- RoadRunners Evolution (CPU firmware version 1.33 and newer)

- RoadRunners (CPU firmware version 3.20 and newer)

- BaracodaPencil2 (CPU firmware version 1.34 and newer)

- DualRunners (CPU firmware version 1.38 and newer)

This functionality is only available for Plug&Scan dongles with firmware version 3.27 and newer (see “Print
Firmware Version” section for how to get the firmware version).

NOTE: For an application requiring batch mode feature, please note that the RS232 Plug & Scan forces the
settings of the scanner to which it gets connected in the last configuration used by the RS232 dongle. So it’s
very important before to connect a new scanner using Batch mode (and with datas in its Batch memory) to
check that the RS232 Plug & Scan is already configured in Batch mode, and not in Real Time mode. So you have
to respect the following process:

1) Associate the scanner to the RS232 Plug &Scan FIRST (by scanning its CONNECT barcode).

2) Configure your scanner in Batch mode AFTER (by scanning the configuration barcodes available in this

document), and start your work.

The upload process consists of temporarily switching the scanner into Real time with “no data loss mode” ON
(all the barcodes or RFID Tag ID in memory will be sent using the no data loss protocol). Then the scanner
switches back to batch mode when all the barcodes are properly sent.