POSIFLEX Business Machines LS-1000 User Manual

LS-1000 Series

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Laser Barcode Scanner

User’s Manual

Rev. A0

FCC Notes: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions manual,
may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to EN55022 and 47
CFR, Part 2 and subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference when operated in a commercial
environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to
take whatever measures to correct the interference.
For CE -countries: This scanner is in conformity with CE standards. Please note that an approved, CE-marked power supply unit should be used in order to
maintain CE conformance.
Laser Safety: The laser scanner complies with safety standard IEC 60825 –1 for a Class I laser produce. It also complies with CDRH as applicable to a
Class IIa laser product. Avoid long term staring into direct laser light.
Radiant Energy: The laser scanner uses one low-power visible laser diodes operating at 650nm in an opto-mechanical scanner resulting in less than 3.9μW
radiated power as observed through a 7mm aperture and averaged over 10 seconds.
Do not attempt to remove the protective housing of the scanner, as unscanned laser light with a peak output up to 0.8mW would be accessible inside.
Laser Light Viewing: The scan window is the only aperture through which laser light may be observed from this product. A failure of the scanner motor,
while the laser diode continues to emit a laser beam, may cause emission levels to exceed those for safe operation. The scanner has safeguards to prevent
this occurrence. If, however, a stationary laser beam is emitted, the failing scanner should be disconnected from its power source immediately.
Adjustments: Do not attempt any adjustments or alteration of this product. Do not remove the protective housing of the scanner. There are no user­serviceable parts inside.

Caution: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous laser light exposure.
Optical: The use of optical instruments with this product will increase the eye hazard. Optical instruments include binoculars, magnifying glasses, and

microscopes but do not include normal eye glasses worn by the user.
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FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION

MODEL NAME: LS-1000
CONTENT (Besides this guide):

Fig. 1 Box content besides this guide

INSTALLATION GUIDES

1. Install the USB or RS232 interface cable onto
the scanner by inserting the 8 pin RJ45 type

modular plug (Fig. 2) of the cable into the

scanner until a firm click is heard.

2. Use the stand fixing
screw to fit the stand on a

wooden desktop (Fig. 3).

3. Seat the scanner unit into the
stand and connect the
interface cable to an
appropriate USB or RS232

port (Fig. 4). Connect the

Fig. 3 Fix The Stand

input connector on interface cable (Fig. 5) or set the

+5V power support in pin 9 of the system COM port
for RS232 model. Set the COM port protocol to 9600, n,

Fig. 5 RS232 Power Connection

power adaptor to the power

8, 1 and no handshaking for RS232
model. Peel off the protective film on
scanner for ready to use after all the
operations done. The scanner will always
be in omni-directional scan mode when it
is in the stand.

Scanner UnitStandInterface CableStand Fixing Screw

Fig. 2 RJ45 Type Modular Plug

Fig. 4 LS-1000 in Stand

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USING THE SCANNER

SCANNER INTRODUCTION

Features

The scanner unit is a compact and space-saving hands-free omni-directional laser
scanner. It can operate in a single-line laser scan mode by pressing down a button.
Featured with Z-scan hardware decode technology, it guarantees the real-time decode
and provide the best scanning performance you could expect.

The scanner includes key features as:

z Button switch in between omni-directional and single–line scanning

capability, ideal for increasing your operating efficiency.

z Powerful 20-line scan pattern yields:

9 1400 scans per second for omni-directional scanning
9 74 scans per second for single-line scanning

z Implement with the proprietary real-time hardware decoding technology

that ensures instant recognition and decoding barcodes

Parts Identification

Each part of the scanner as indicated in the front and rear pictures below is
described in the table below.

Function Button

Scan Window

Mounting Screw Hole

Object Detector

Beeper Hole

Interface Cable Connector

Description Function

Scan Window Reads barcodes
Object Detector Trigger and wake up scanner automatically when

presented with barcode in its range

Beeper Hole For beep tone indication

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Function Button
(Embedded with the LED
Indicator)

Mounting Screw Holes To fix the scanner onto the bracket of SK-200 kit.
Interface Cable Connector For USB interface cable connection.

Operation Status

When the scanner powers up, the buzzer gives four beeps and the LED indicator
in function button glows.

Present a known-good test barcode to the scanner. The scanner should issue a
short beep and the LED should flash red momentarily.

Note: Refer to LED Indications and Beeper Indications sections for operation status or

refer to the section on Troubleshooting Guide for diagnostic tips.

Wake up scanner

When the scanner enters the sleep mode, pressing this
switch can wake the scanner up. The sleep mode
feature can be programmed using the menu labels
from the Programming Guide.

NOTE: The default time-out value is set to 10

minutes after laser slept, 30 minutes after motor slept.
When the scanner is in sleep mode, the LED inside
function button is intermittently flashing Blue.

Single -line mode

Press and release the button will activate single line
scan mode if the scanner is not seated in the stand.

Supported Bar Code Types

Supported Bar Code (Symbol) Type Default Status

UPC, EAN, JAN Enabled
ITF 2 of 5 Disabled
Code 39 Enabled
Codabar Disabled
Chinese Post Code Disabled
MSI / PLESSY Disabled
Code 93 Disabled
Code 128 Disabled
Code 32 (Italian Pharmacode) Disabled
ISSN / ISBN Disabled
EAN-128 Disabled

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SCANNER SETUP (PROGRAMMING)

In most of the cases no setup is required. The default setup of the scanner makes
the scanner able to detect automatically the most commonly applied bar code types as
tabulated above and send the data to the host system as if they are read from an USB or
RS232 keyboard. To read the disabled bar code types, the programming barcodes
enclosed in the later sections of this booklet are required to enable the required bar code
type.

There are other advanced features like beep tone, sleep mode timings, same-code
delay time, setting headers and trailers for data output and setting some particular
parameters within each code type, or even the communication interface types (However,
must select only the type of the interface cable physically applied.) can be achieved by
downloading the advanced programming bar codes from our web site and scanning the
printed programming codes.

Individual parameters may be set at any time without affecting the other
parameters.

Scan Test

With the scanner running (LED blue) and the host system on with an active
window of a text editor, try to scan several known-good barcodes.

Check the results on the system screen. If the scanner is reading okay, no further
setup may be necessary.

If the POS screen does not show the expected scans, go to Set Up, below.

Reset to Default Status

Since the scanner firmware covers several interface types, when you want to reset
the scanner to default status, please scan <Enter/Exit programming mode>, <.RESET>,
<Return to USB default> (or <Return to RS232 default> if it is RS232 model), <Return
to customer default> (if a customer preference has been saved previously) and
<Enter/Exit programming mode> consecutively.

Set Up

When the scanner is powered on (LED blue), present the <Enter/Exit
programming mode> barcode, found in the Programming Codes section, to the scanner.
The scanner gives two beeps: low and high, and the LED turns red. The scanner enters
programming mode.

Decide which parameters are required and find their barcodes in the
programming codes section.

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Cover unwanted codes with your hand and present the desired codes, one by one,

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to the scanner, the scanner beeps once as it accepts each code.

When done, again present the <Enter/Exit programming mode> barcode. The
scanner beeps twice, once long and once short, and the LED returns to blue. The
scanner has been programmed. Of course you may also read the <Abort> to exit the
programming mode if the changes made are not desired.

Test again with known-good barcodes. If results are good, you are done setting
up. Otherwise, return to step 1 and try again.

A demonstrative process flow chart is given below to illustrate the whole setup
process.

Read <Enter/Exit programming mode> barcode

to start confi

Change scanner setting by scanning required

mode barcode

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Display Firmware

Version?

No

Secondary parameters
required for this item?

No

More parameter items to

be changed?

No

Read <Enter/Exit programming mode> barcode

to save and exi

Yes

Yes

Read <Set>

barcode to confirm

Yes

Send firmware version to host

system and save and exit

Read required barcode

from code 39 full ASCII

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SCANNER OPERATION

Operating the Scanner

The scanner reads barcodes in omni-directional scan mode as regular practice. It
can also operate in single-line mode for a better aiming on a specific barcode that is
printed on a surface with more than one barcode printed closely.

Single Line Scan Mode

In this mode the scanner can emit a single line pattern for user to selectively scan
at a barcode among multiple barcodes on one object. Please first pick
the scanner unit up from the stand if the stand is used before pressing
function button to enter this mode. Press and then release the
function button (where the indicator LED resides), a line pattern
appears, it allows you to aim at the barcode.

Ensure the scan line crosses every bar and space of the symbol
code as indicated in the right.

Press the function
button to decode and transmit
the barcode, the good read
beeps once. For consecutive
single line scan, present the
next barcode and press the function button within 5 seconds.

When the function button is released, it automatically switches back to
omni-directional scan mode in 5 seconds. Press the button again to switch to single­line scan when necessary.

Omni -Directional Scan Mode

The scanner will always stay active in
Omni-Directional Scan mode in normal operation.
In other words, the scanner will always emit
multiple scan lines for the convenience in reading
a barcode. To have successful barcode reading in
this mode, the barcode must be presented in the
way that there is at least one of the scan lines
crosses every bar and space of the symbol code
as indicated in the right.

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