POS-X ION Short Range User Manual

Barcode Scanner

User’s Guide

ION Short Range

POINT OF SALE SIMPLIFIED

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 System Information

1.1 About this manual 3

1.2 How to set up the parameter 3

1.3 How to set up the parameter - II 4

Chapter 2 System Setup

2.1 Interface selection 5

2.1.1 Keyboard emulation parameters setting 6

2.1.2 RS-232 communication setting 11

2.2 Scanning mode selection 16

2.3 Beeper tone selection 17

2.4 String Options (Prefix & Suffix) 18

2.5 Setup Insertion 19

Chapter 3 BarCode parameters setting

3.1 UPC-A 23

3.2 UPC-E 26

3.3 EAN-13 29

3.4 EAN-8 31

3.5 Code39 33

3.6 Codabar 36

3.7 Code93 40

3.8 Code128 42

3.9 Interleaved2 of 5 45

3.10 Industrial 2of 5 47

3.11 Matrix 2 of 5 49

3.12 China Postage 51

3.13 MSI/Plessey 53

3.14 Code 32 55

3.15 Code 11 57

3.16 Telepen 59

3.17 GS1 Data Bar 61

3.18 Function Key Emulation & Function Code

62

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Chapter 1 - System Informa on

1.1 About this manual

This User's Guide provides detailed programming instruc

ons. Barcode

scanners are factory programmed for the most common communica

on

se

ngs. If you need to change these se ngs, programming is accomplished

by scanning the bar codes in this guide.

1.2 How to set up the parameter -I

(1) Scan Start Conﬁgura

on

(2)

(3) Scan End Conﬁgura

on to end the programming

Start conﬁgura on End conﬁgura on

Standard Product Defaults Se

ng

Check Version

An asterisk (*) next to an op

on indicates the default se ng.

Scan all necessary barcodes

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1.3 How to set up the parameter - II

 

you scan the parameter barcode. Below is the ﬂow chart to explain two

Hexadecimal barcodes, such as, preﬁx or suﬃx

Numeric barcode, such as, inter-character delay or min/max length.

Generally, you will only need to scan one barcode for most parameters.

You will hear two beeps when you successfully set the new values. In some

cases, when using special parameters you may need to read more than

one barcode. For example:

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Chapter 2 - System setup

2.1 Interface selec

on

The scanner is designed to switch easily from interfaces.

Start conﬁgura

on End conﬁgura on

ITEM OPTION

KEYBOARD

RS-232

* USB

Interface Selec on

USB COM

No conﬁguraon is required for USB interface. Simply plug the scanner in

and you are ready to scan.

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2.1.1 Keyboard emulation parameters setting

Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

*IBM AT

IBM XT

IBM PS/2 30-80

IBM 5550

PS/2 25，30

NEC 9801

Reserved 1

Device Selection for keyboard

Interface

Reserved 2

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Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

* USA

ITALIAN

SPANISH

FRENCH

GERMAN

JAPANESE

Multi-Language Support

Language for Keyboard Interface

Reserved 1

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Start conﬁgura

on End conﬁgura on

ITEM OPTION

* Disable

Func on Key

Enable

* Disable

Emulate External Keyboard

Enable

* Disable

ALT Mode

Enable

NOTE : Emulate External Keyboard

Scan the “Enable” barcode if you do not have an external keyboard.

Aer scanning the Enable barcode, you will need to restart your

computer.

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Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

* Disable

Caps Lock

Enable

* Disable

Num Lock

Enable

Inter Character Delay

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix（00—64H）

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Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

None

* CR

Tab

ESC

Terminator

CR + LF

Block transmission delay

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix（00—0AH）

Keyboard Speed

(Default 00: high clock rate)

Ref: Appendix（00—08H）

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2.1.2 RS-232 communication setting

Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

1200bps

2400bps

4800bps

* 9600bps

19200bps

Baud Rate

38400bps

7 Bits

Data Bits

* 8 Bits

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Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

* 1 Stop Bits

Stop Bits

2 Stop Bits

* NONE

ODD

EVEN

Mark

Parity

Space

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Start conﬁgura

on End conﬁgura on

ITEM OPTION

Inter-character delay

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix（00—64H）

Block transmission delay

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix (00-0AH)

Response delay

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix (00-0AH)

* None

RTS/CTS

ACK/NAK

Xon/Xoﬀ

Handshaking

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Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

None

* CR+LF

CR

LF

Tab

STX/ETX

Terminator

For RS-232

EOT

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Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

* None

RTS/CTS

ACK/NAK

Handshaking

Xon/Xoff

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2.2 Scanning mode selection

Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

* Trigger On/Good Read Off

Trigger On/Off

Continuous/Trigger Off

Continuous/Testing

Continuous/Trigger on

Continuous /Auto power on

Flash

Reading Mode

Flash / Auto Power On

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2.3 Beeper tone selection

Start configuration End configuration

ITEM OPTION

Beep Tone

(Default：09H)

Ref: Appendix (00-10H)

Beep Sound Duration

(Default：05H)

Ref: Appendix (00-10H)

* Enable

Power On Beeper

Disable

* ON

Beeper

OFF

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2.4 String Op ons (Preﬁx & Suﬃx)

This sec

on describes the altera ons which can be made to the format of

the transmi

ed data string.

Format

{Preﬁx} {Code ID} {Bar Code} {Suﬃx}

How to set up a preﬁx?

To conﬁgure “## “as preﬁx

(1) Scan Start Conﬁgura

on barcode

(2) Scan Preamble bar code

(

3) Scan ‘#” twice from FULL ASCII table

(4) Scan Conﬁrm conﬁgura

on barcode

(5) Scan End Conﬁgura

on barcode.

How to set up a suﬃx?

To conﬁgure “$$” as suﬃx

(1) Start conﬁgura

on barcode

(2) Scan Postamble barcode (3) Scan ‘$” twice from FULL ASCII table (4) Scan Conﬁrm conﬁgura

on barcode

(5) Scan End conﬁgura

on barcode.

A preﬁx and suﬃx, 10 characters maximum, may

be included in front of or at the end of a scanned barcode.

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2.5 Setup Inseron

This secon describes how to setup the inseron of output.

NOTE :

 Max. 10 charters can be inserted each me  Max. Inseron group is two 

Insertion Group (01) or (02) can be used on dierent barcode

symbologies at the same time

G1 Inseron

Character

G2 Inseron

Character

G2 Character

Posion

Inseron Group

Selecon (02)

Inseron Group

Selecon (02)

G1Character

Posion

Inseron Group

Selecon (01)

Inseron Group

Selecon (01)

=+

Insertion Groups (01) (02) can be applied to many dierent barcode symbologies.

UPC-A

UPC-E

EAN-13

EAN-8

Code 39

Codabar

Code 93

Code 128

Interleaved 2 of 5

Industrial 2 of 5

Matrix 2 of 5

China postage

MSI/Plessey

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Example:

To insert character “A” before the third digit(3)

12A3456789

How to set up a character you want to insert

(1) Scan Start Conﬁgura

on barcode

(2) Scan “G1 Inser

on character”

(3) Scan “4” and “1” from FULL ASCII Table (4) Scan Conﬁrm conﬁgura

on barcode

(5) Scan End conﬁgura

on barcode

How to set up posi

on you wish to place the character

(6) Scan Start Conﬁgura

on barcode

(7)

Scan “G1 Character Posi

on”

(8) Scan “0” and “3” from FULL ASCII Table (which pr ee sents the posi

on)

(9) Scan Conﬁrm conﬁgura

on barcode

(10) Scan End conﬁgura

on barcode

How to set up inser

on for code 39

Go to chapter 3.5 (code 39)

(11) Scan Start Conﬁgura

on barcode

(12) Scan “Insert group selec

on” bar code

(13) scan “0” and “1” from FULL ASCII Table

(which presents the group- 01 you just set up previou

sly)

(14) Scan Conﬁrm conﬁgura

on barcode

(15) Scan End conﬁgura

on barcode

Final Output will be:

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Start configuration End configuration

Confirm configuration

ITEM OPTION

Preamble

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix

Postamble

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix

G1 Insertion character

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix

G2 Insertion character

(Default：00)

Ref: Appendix

G1 Character Position to be

inserted (Default：00)

Ref: Appendix

G2 Character Position to be

inserted (Default：00)

Ref: Appendix

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