Unitech MS840B manuale d’uso

Wireless Scanner - MS840B/MS840P/MS084 - User ’ s Manual V ersion 1.3[...]

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i Preface About This Manual This manual explains how to install, operat e and maintain the MS840-series wireless scanner. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any electrical or mechanical means, such as photocopying, reco rding, or information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the [...]

ii Regulatory Compliance S t atement s FCC W arning S t atement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. T hese limit s are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi dential installation. This equipment generates, us[...]

European Conformity S t atement Declaration of Conformity with regards to the R&TTE 1999/5/EC and EMC 89/336/ EEC directives. RoHS S t atement This device conforms to RoHS (Reduction Of Hazardous Substances) European Union regulations that set maximum concentration limits on hazardous materials used in electrical and electronic equipment. T aiw[...]

iv Battery Notices The MS840 is equipped with a Lithium-Ion batte ry . The battery will discharge after an extended period of no use. When the battery is discharged, recharge the unit for some 4.5 hours in order to fully charge the battery . Note: To guarantee optimal performance, it is adv ised that rechargeable batteries be replaced every year, o[...]

v W arranty The following items covered under the Unitech Li mited W arranty are free from defects during normal use:  MS840B/MS840P/MS084 – 1-year limited warranty .  Lithium-Ion battery – 6-month limited warranty . W arranty becomes void if equipment is modifi ed, improperly installe d or used, damaged by accident or neglect, or if any [...]

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vii Table of Contents PREF ACE ABOUT THIS MANUAL .............................................................................................................. I Regulatory Complian ce S t atement s .................................................................................... ii ...............................................................[...]

viii Dongle Mode (with SCM suppor t) ..................................................................................... 14 ............................................................................................ .. 16 Co r ............................................................................................ 17 LE r ...................[...]

ix Exampl es ....................................................................................................................... ...... 30 Example 1 ...................................................................................................................... ... 30 Advanced F eatures ....................................................[...]

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1 Chapter 1 Overview Introducing the MS840B/MS840P/MS084 First of all, thank you for choosing Unitech’ s products. This scanner has cap ability of precise barcode scanning, reconnecting aut omatically after of f-line in a long transmitting distance. It not only provides convenient and high ef ficient performance but also is well featured with wir[...]

2 Package Content s Please make sure the following c S840 package box. If something is missing or damage r Unitech represent ative. a ontents are in the M d, please contact you Scanner-only p ckage (MS840B) Wireless lase r scanner Power adapter (1010-601959G) User's manual CD Scanner-and-cradle p ackage (MS840B) Wireless lase r scanner Power a[...]

Scanner-and-USB dongle p ackage (MS840P) Wireless lase r scanner Power adapter (1010-601959G) USB dongle / USB cable (1550-900054G) User's manual CD Scanner-and-Cradle p ackage (MS840P) Wireless lase r scanner USB dongle Cradle (5500-900008G) (5000-900008G) Power adapter (1010-601959G) USB Cable (1550-600626G) User's manual CD Note: 1. Th[...]

[ Scanner Body Aspect ] 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 LED indicator 2 Scanner Grip 3 Laser Exit Window 4 T rigger 5 Scanner Cont act Point s for Charge 6 Reset Pinhole [ Cradle Aspect ] 4 1 Antenna 2 Communication S tatus LED 3 Page Button 4 Wedge Note 1 5 Power LED 6 Cradle Cont act Points for Charge 7 Cradle Foot Note 2 8 Cradle address barcode 9 Interface Switc[...]

Note: 1. If you remove the wedge and flip it upside down, it act s as a clip to hold up the scan ner when the base is mounted to the wall. 2. The cradle f the antenna; on the guida 3. When using (default). The USB cable can sup Before changing the swit Operation in USB COM requires additional driver which is available http://www .ute.com oot serves[...]

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7 Chapter 2 Battery Charging and Connection Cradle Mode, Battery Charging The battery is in advance loaded into t he comp artment of t he scanner and may not be fully charged before shipment. When you receive the package and use the MS840 for the first time, you will Note: It takes approximately 4.5 hours to ful l T o charge the scanner with a crad[...]

3. Place the scanner in the cradle. The scanner LED will be red to indicate charging. When the scanner is charged, the LED will turn off. Cradle Mode, Connection Cradle Mode (with SCM support) In order to establish a proper connecti on between your computer a through a cradle, we suggest that you fo llow these step-by-step in nd a scanner struction[...]

W all-Mount Installation of a Cradle Before mounting the cradle onto the wall, read Mounting Kit (Optional article the instruction made below . 4070-900011G ) If you want to mount the MS840 cradle onto the wall, an iron plate, two screws, and two plastic conical anchors are required. rs rewdriver . Iron Plate 2 Screws 2 Plastic Conical Ancho Before[...]

S tep 3: Push up and shift out the wedge and then inversely insert the wedge. Note that the protruding portion is upward. S tep 4: Place the iron plat e against the wall, and mark the 2 screw hole locations with a pen or pencil. Drill secure the screw locations somewhat deep. Insert 2 plastic conical anchors into the screw holes. Attach and the pla[...]

S tep 6: mpleted, as shown in the figure below . The cradle wall-mount installation is co Cradle-less, Battery Charging T o charge the scanner without a cradl e, follow the instructions below: 1. Plug the adapter cable into the power socket of the foot of scanner . 2. Plug the AC adapter cord into an electrical outlet. Now , check whether the scann[...]

Cradle-less, Connection Cradle-less Mode (without SCM support) MS840 can connect directly to a Host with proper supported wireless technology . In order to establish a proper connection betwe en your Host with wireless technology and the scanner , we suggest that you follow these step-by-step instructions: 1. T urn on your Host. 2. Change the defau[...]

7. After you fi nish in scanning the pin code, scan the barcode as shown below: CR($M) 8. When the pairing is successful, the scanner LED is off and has a short beep. The scanner will operate as HID (keyboard) towards host. Note: When scanning a wrong character, scan the DLE($P) to erase the character(s). After scanning the DLE($P) bar code, please[...]

Dongle Mode, Connection (for MS840P ONL Y) Dongle Mode (with SCM support) In order to establish a proper connecti en your computer and a scanner on betwe through a dongle, we suggest that you fo llow these step-by-step instructions: 1. T urn on your computer or laptop PC. 2. Insert a dongle into a USB port of the computer or laptop PC. 3. Scan the [...]

2. Insert another dongle into a USB port of the computer or laptop PC. 3. Scan the MAC address of the dongle by using the MS840B scanner . 4. When being successfully connected to the dongle, the scanner will beep shortly one time with a high tone. Memory Buffer Setting The collected data can be sent back to a host computer one by one via the WPAN c[...]

MS840 features 2 memory mode Note: The 4 KB of memory buffer in t based on se ttings: Batch Mode and Inventory Mode he scanner can hold as many as 256 scans EAN-13 barcodes. Data will be cleared out once the scanner is not powered! Batch Mode Batch Mode is the default setting. To set the scanner to the Ba tch Mode, scan the following barcodes in th[...]

If you are out of range of t he cradle or the host PC when reading out the scanned data, the scanner will keep the data in its memory buffer until the buffer is full; only the scanner is within the specified range of the cradle or the host, and you when scan the Read Buffer barcode the data will be sent. When the buffer is disabled and the scanner [...]

Beeper Indication for Scanner The MS840 uses beeps to give you audio feedback when it performs some functions. For example, you hear a beep each time you scan a valid barcode. Beep Sequence What it means One short beep with a Hi tone 1. Successful barcode reading 2. Pin code setting (waiting to enter a pin code) One beep with a Hi tone Successful p[...]

19 e confi application. All e hich is retained Chapter 3 Barcode Setting The scanner interface can b gured to fit the user's specific configuration parameters are stor d in a non-volatile memory , w even if power is lost. Barcode Menu Setting The setup menu in Appendix D contains eight group s: elay . * Group and Emulation. 232 Settings canner[...]

20 Barcode Length Setting The following example illustrates how to set Code 39 with a minimum length of 5 and a maximum length of * Scan “Enter Group 7”. Scan “F1” to select Code 39. Scan “MIN LENGTH” to enter minimum length setting. um length setting. 20. * * * Scan “0” and “5” to select length 5. * Scan “MIN LENGTH” to end[...]

* Scan “NULL” character from Full ASCII T able for none ID. * Scan “Exit” to end setup. Preamble (Prefix) and Post amble (Suffix) Regarding Preamble, the scanner adds the star t of text characte rs before the input scanner adds the end of text characters after the ets ‘STX’ as preamble and II T able. ble setting. data; regarding Post am[...]

* Scan “B7” to end * Scan “Exit” to exit setup There is only total 24 characters sp ace avai lable for defining these one of the labels has been defined for the output with 24 characters three labels. If , the other two labels cannot be defined further . Quick Setup Appendix A has a quick setup chart, wh ich gives you one-label-for-one-func[...]

By scanning the labels from top to botto m sequentially , you may duplicate the rest settings. scan them in the same sequence as the one that ped. ous that are different fr om the default values will be dumped. So bels produced depends on how many settings being changed al evious Wedge” as De vice T ype is equivalent to a PC/A T not of scanners w[...]

Scanner Configuration Manager Sof tware Scanner Configuration Manager is a utility program designed for users to the program from our web site: configure scanner settings on a computer by using the Microsoft Windows based operating system. Use this program to define the settings and then download the parameters to the scanner . Download http://www [...]

Output Data Editing Chapter 4 s remo ved from this barcode setup manual. It is anager Software providing a user-friendly ad t he latest program from Unitech’ s web site at ttp://www .ute.com The Output Data Editing feature wa implemented to the Scanner Co nfiguration M interface for easier operation. Please downlo h . This chapter will mainly des[...]

26 Formula S tructure Programming Programming Sequence Each Formula is entered into the reader by the following sequence: Input_ID tring >> Enter A Formu (a label in programming sheet). If a field is optional equence can be entered. But “ Enter” must be the f a formula. x E). mming Data Editing, you should know the format of the orig inal[...]

27 Programming Sheet The bold and italicized characters in fo llowing sections mean a barcode label on the Programming Sheet. Enter Group 10 Scan this label to start the formula input. Group Default Erase all formulas. Review T o see the formulas programmed in the Wedge. If scanning this label during a formula input (without finished by scanning ?[...]

28 Here * and # are wild characters on the setup sheet. Qualifier The three co re are t ID, Length nditional fields in the Qualifier: d Match. Inpu an Inp For Input ID is required correspond to Input ID of a formula in order to be proces ID1 to IDi are repre t IDs are available: 0 = Co 1 = Co 4 = UP 5 = UP 6 = I 2 7 = Co 8 = Co = Co = S = MS All I [...]

29 Match Format: MA T CH , P0 , " C0 " ,P1, " C1 " ,.. atch field (n i ndicate .,Pn, " Cn " , s a sequential integer number). T o define a re required. The first is character position (Pn) and the second is means the number of characte rs, counting from the first to the one to be positioned in the data record. ... &apo[...]

30 O-S tring O-S tr , 4, 4, ut as code er of remaining characters counting from P , the remaining Format: O-STR , P, N, O-S tring always applies to the original data. It c ontains two p arameters. The first is position parameter (P) that specifies the st art output posit ion in the original dat a. Parameter N tells how many characters will be inclu[...]

31 Both param specified eters of O-S tring mentioned above are numbers. But both p arameters can be gs. If N is a string, it becomes a position and the meaning of O-S tring will be "Output itio . e evaluated as the first posit ion of the original string and search character 'a'. -- From the position next to 'a' in original [...]

32 The output of above input will be ABEL,STEVE[CR] 012345678901234[CR] 9001[CR][...]

Appendix A Quick Setup Sheet Scanner Mode T rigge r Fla sh UPC-E De fa u lt Cut Le a ding Digit Send Check Digit UPC-A Co nv e rsi o n EAN-8 De f a ul t C u t L eadi n g D ig i t Cut Che ck Dig it 33 EAN-13 De fa ul t C u t Lead i n g D ig i t Cut Ch e ck Di gi t ISBN Con v ersio n Beep No ne Me dium rminator T e Ente r Fie ld Exit Scan Code U.S. A[...]

Appendix B Function Codes Function Codes for PC F1 (%V A) F3 (%VC) F2 (%VB) F4 (%VD) F6 (%VF) F5 (%VE) F7 (%VG) F9 (%VI) F8 (%VH) F10 (%VJ) F12 (%VL) F1 1 (%VK) Cursor Right (/FC) Cursor Up (/FE) Cursor Left (/FD) Cursor Down (/FF) PgDn (/FH) PgUp (/FG) T AB (/FI) Esc (/FK) Back T ab (/FJ) Left Enter (/FL) Right Enter (/FM) Ins (/FW) Shift Break (/[...]

35 F1 (%V A) F13 (%VM) F2 (%VB) F3 (%VC) F4 (%VD) F5 (%VE) F6 (%VF) F7 (%VG) F8 (%VH) F9 (%VI) F10 (%VJ) F1 1 (%VK) F12 (%VL) F14 (%VN) F15 (%VO) Cursor Left (/FD) Cursor Right (/FC) Cursor Down (/FF) Cursor Up (/FE) page down (/FH) page up (/FG) ins (/FJ) tab (/FI) Enter (/FL) Esc (/FK) return (/FM) Option Make (%VP) Option Brea (%V Q) k Control M[...]

36 Reset (/FV) Function Codes for IBM T erminals F1 (%V A) F3 (%VC) F5 (%VE) F7 (%VG) F9 (%VI) F1 1 (%VK) F13 (%VM) F15 (% O) V F17 (%VQ) F19 (%VS) F21 (%VU) F23 (%VW) Home A) (/F T AB (/FI) Return (/FM) Field + (/FP) Clear ( /FR ) F2 (%VB) F4 (%VD) F6 (%VF) F8 (%VH) F10 (%VJ) F12 (%VL) VN) F14 (% F16 (%VP) F18 (%VR) F20 (%VT) F22 (%VV) F24 (%VX) E[...]

pendix C Setup Menu D.1 Beep s and D Ap elays Group Default Enter Group 2 Beep T one: 0 – None - Low 1 - 2 -- Medium 37 3 - - H i g - Low to High 5 -- High to Low h 4 - A 1 0 1 Interblo 0 -- 0 ms ck Delay: 1 -- 10 s - 50 ms 3 -- 100 ms 500 ms 1 seconds 6 -- 3 seconds - 5 s e c o n d s m 2 - 4 -- 5 -- 7 - 2 A 2 3 4 Intercharacter Delay: 0 m 0 -- s[...]

D.2 Keyboard W edge Settings Enter Group 3 Group Default Function Code: 0 - - O f f 1 -- ON 38 B 1 0 Cap s-Lock: 0 – Auto T race(PC/XT ,A T) 1 – o w e r C a s e – U p p e r C a s e L 2 B 2 1 Language (For PC/XT/A T): 0-U.S. 5-Norwegian :-Danish 1 ;-Partial Alt 2-Swiss 7-German <-Japanese 3-S 4-S ode -U.K. 6-Italian wedish 8-French panish 9[...]

D.3 RS232 Settings Enter Group 4 Group Default Baud Ra 3 te: 0 -- 1 - - 6 39 00 4 – 4800 0 0 5 – 9600 200 6 – 19200 38400 2 -- 1 3 – 2400 7 – C1 Parity: 0 – Even 0 1 3 -- S p ace 1 – O d d 4 -- None C2 2 2 – M a r k Dat a Bit: – 7 8 0 1 – C3 3 Handsha edge): king (for serial w 0 – Ignore 1 – RTS Enabled in Communication 2 ?[...]

D.4 Scanner Port Enter Group 5 Group Default T erminator: 0 — Enter 1--Return (on it s ypad) D 1 40 dig ke r Right C 2--Field Exit o trl 3 - - N o n e Code ID: 0 – disa 0 1 ble 1 – Enable Code ID. n C de page D.7. Note: This se tting doesn’t affect EAN128 EAN128 has it s ow o ID setting on D 2 2 D 3 Define Code ID Full : ASCII S tandard 00?[...]

D.5 Operating Modes 41 Enter Group 6 Group Default Buffer Mode 0 — D i s a b l e d 1— Inventory Mode 2 — Batch Mode E1 Reserve E2 Buffer T ransmit delay 0—50ms 1— 100ms 2— 300ms 3— 600ms 4— 1s 5— 2s 6— 3s 7— 5s E3 Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 E x i t[...]

D.6 Code 39 / I 2 of 5 / S 2 of 5 / Code 32 / EAN128 42 Enter Group 7 Group Default Code 39: 0/ 1 --Disable/ Enable. 2/ 3-- Full ASCII / S tan C dard. alculate & Send. t send. 4--Check Digit (CD) 5--CD Calculate, no 6 -- CD not Calculate. 7/ 8 -- Send/ No Send S tart/S top 9 /: -- Double labels de coding Off /On 0 - 48 -- Min length 0 / Max len[...]

D.7 Code 128 / MSI Code / Code 93 / Codabar/ Label Code 43 Enter Group 8 Group Default Code 12 8: 0 / 1 -- Disable/ Enable 1-64 -- Min Length 1 / Max Length 64 G1 MSI /Plessey Code: 0 /1 -- Disable /Enable 2 / 3 -- Check Digit Send / No 0 G2 Send 10 4 -- Check Digit Double Module 5 -- Check Digit Module 1 1 plus 10 6 -- Check Digit Single Module 10[...]

D.8 UPC / EAN / Delt a Code 44 Enter Group 9 Group Default UPC-A: 0 / 1 -- Disable/ Enable 2 /3 -- Leading Digit Send / No Send 4 /5 -- Check Digit Send / No Send H1 UPC-E: 0 / 1 -- Disable/ Enable 2 /3 -- Leading Digit Send / No Send 4 / 5 -- Check Digit Send / No Send 6 / 7 -- Zero Expansion On / Off 8 /9 – Disable /Enable NSC=1 0 H2 EAN-13: 0 [...]

D.9 Dump Setup Strings See the section Batch Setup for how to use the labels below . Dump Settings Dump Settings on PC/A T ,Parity = None, S top=1 Flow Control = None) (Speed=9600,Databit=8 R d setting S232 Interface Keyboard Setting PC/A T Interface Keyboar 45[...]

Appendix D Full ASCII Chart Characters in p arentheses r epresent Code 39 barcode printing NUL (%U) SOH ($A) STX ($B) DC4 ($T) NAK ($U) SYN ($V) ETB ($W) CAN ($X) LF ($J) VT ($K) FF ($L) CR ($M) SO ($N) ETX ($C) EOT ($D) SI ($O) EM ($Y) ENQ ($E) SUB ($Z) ESC (%A) FS (%B) ACK ($F) BEL ($G) BS ($H) DLE ($P) DC1 ($Q) DC2 ($R) GS (%C) HT ($I) DC3 ($S) [...]

) (/I) RS (%D) 4 5 US (%E) * (/J) 6 SP + ! (/A) , (/L) 7 ” (/B) 8 - 9 # (/C) . : (/Z) / $ ; (%F) % 0 < (%G) & (/F) 1 = (%H) ’ ( / G ) 2 > (%I) ( ( / H ) 3 47[...]

48 ? (% J) @ (% V) A B C D E F G H I U J V K W L X M Y N Z O [ (%K) P (%L ) Q ] (%M ) R ^ (%N ) S _ (%O) T[...]

49 ` (%W) a (+A) k (+K) b (+B) c (+C) d (+D) e (+E) f ( ) +F g (+G) h (+H) i (+I) j (+J) l (+L) m (+M) n (+N) o (+O) p (+P) q (+Q) r (+R) s (+S) t (+T) u (+U) v (+V) w ) (+W x (+X) y ( ) +Y z (+Z) { (%P) | (%Q) } (%R) ~ (%S) DEL (%T)[...]

Appendix E Barcode Test Chart EAN-13 3 0 45214 50 834123 EAN-8 8012 34 UPC-A 53 UP -E C 02 9 9 95 -630-239-0 123457 ISBN 7 9 89 7 576 302 398 7 2 0 0 Interleaved 2 of 5 0 09876543 21 Code 39 W+ E + D + G + E Code 39 with C/D UNI T E C H - E EAN 128 (01)054123456789(01)659344 Code 128 i t e c h 1 2 8 Codabar U n A 2235 700059987 6B MSI Code 06 47669[...]

Appendix F Worldwide Support Unitech’ s professional support team is av ailable to quick technical-related issues. Should a set of equipment problem o Unitech regional service representative. For complete cont act information please visit the Web sites listed below: ly answer questions or ccurs, please contact the nearest 51 Region We b S it e Gl[...]