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    Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion DualRunne rs User Gui de ©Baracoda TM – November 2009[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 2 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion SUMM A R Y SUMMARY ................................................................... 2 REVISION HISTORY .......................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 5 1. STATUS DISPLAY SU[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 3 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion O THERS INDICA TIONS : ......................................................... 24 LIMITED WARRANTY. ........................................................ 25[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 4 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Re vision History Changes to the origin al manu al are listed belo w. Documen t Date Description 1.0 31 March 09 Initial release 1.1 29 April 09 Modify “Installin g / Replacing batteries” & “ Safety / Regulat ory” sections 1.2 to 1.4 18 June 09 Modify ?[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 5 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Introduction DualRunners is a " 2-in-1" read er that combin es assets of bot h Road Runners (barcode scan ner) and TagRunners (Contact RFID R eader/Encode r HF 13,56Mhz), so 2 techn ologies in the sam e product , and very easy t o use. Just press the trig[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 6 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Reading Status Led (RSL) 1. S t atus Dis pla y Summar y The DualRunners has two ( 2) LEDs. There are p rovidin g a status re garding the Blu etooth co nnection and t he reading statu s. The right one is th e Bluetooth connection LED (BCL) an d the left one is th e [...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 7 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion BCL LED: Single Blinks (e. g. *pause*pau se*…) The scanner is read y to be co nnected Double fast Blin ks (e.g. **pau se**pause**…) The scanner is con nected The led colour i s Green The Scanner is s et in Real Tim e mode or in Ma ster mode The Led Colour i s O[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 8 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 2. PDA stylus In ord er to a ttach t he P DA st ylus to the Du alRun ners, in sert th e stylus into th e hol e, as showed in Fig.1. Note that t here are two holes, sy mmetric around th e principa l axe o f DualRunn ers. Push downwards, as shown by the arrow n° 2 i[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 9 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 4. Inst allin g / replacing batteries Only use Baracoda approved rechargeab le batteries. The use of any other batteries ma y damage th e scanner and void th e warranty. P lease remove the bat teries when y ou are storing t he scanner for more than 30 d ays. To ins[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 10 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 6. Configuring your Product There are two (2 ) ways to con figure your p roduct: • W hen connected to a hos t device, the Baracoda Manager s oftware (v3.3 6 min) c an be used for multiple setting c hanges. • The Conf iguration barcod es In the Program m ing Gu[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 11 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 6.3 RFID Protoco ls list You can enab le/disable any type of RFID protoco ls suppo rted b y the reader with the BaracodaM anager software (v3.36 min). DualRunners Fir mware version : v1.40 / RFID card: 1.49.1 RFID Protocol s supported TagRunners Protocols Examples[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 12 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 6.5 Data format The data format is th e follo wing: Nature of data* Timestamp Data Prefix Capture Prefix Symbology /ProtocolPrefix *** AIM/Protocol Identifier ** Barcode / RFID TagID data Symbology /ProtocolSuffix *** Capture Suffix Data Suffix 1 byte 12 bytes 0 -[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 13 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 6.5.5 Barcode Identifier The scanner can transmit a maximum of 3 d igit barco de identifier code s for differe nt typ es of barcodes (symbologies). If the option is selected, the B arcode Identifier i s added at the beginnin g of the barcod e frame. List of identi[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 14 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 6.5.7 Data Identifier The DualRunner s allows to id entify the nat ure of the d ata scanned/read ed: RFID or Barco de. This option is the “ DATA NA TURE BYTE”. When it enab les, an identifier number i s added before th e data: - “0” for a ba rcode data - ?[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 15 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 7. Quick St art up gui de 7.1 How to read b arcodes In order to switch on the scan ner, please pre ss the trigg er. Position the scanner so the light beam fully overlap s an d crosses the barcod e. Th e s canner will e mit a beep when the scan i s successful. Samp[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 16 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Proper scanning posi tion BDR –L Evolution : CMOS 40° BDR-LA Evolution : Laser 47° BDR-Fs Evolution : 2D Imager 40°[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 17 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 7.2 How to read T ags In order to switch on the read er, please press th e trigger bu tton. The reader will emit a beep w hen the read is successful. The DualRunner s is a cont act RFID Reade r/Encode r , and the RFID anten na is fixed on the top of the device. Pr[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 18 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 7.3 How to Read / Write TA G Memory All RFID ta gs have an unique identifier (Tag ID), a nd some of them hav e also a non-volatile memory (TAG Memory) in whi ch it is possibl e to read a nd write (with o r withou t security). Note : the TAG ID of a RFID ta g is di[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 19 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Once conn ected, the scann er will wait for the appro priate c ommand in ord er to start up loading the da tas: this command can com e from: • The BaracodaMana ger softwa re: The user has to click on the butt on “Upload ”. • A configuration scan barcode: t[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 20 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 7.6 The different c onnection methods There are two (2 ) different wa ys to create a con nection fro m a Host and a scanner: - Slave mode (b y default) The Host (PC, Bar acodaManager so ftware, …) i s creating th e connection onto the scann er. - Master m ode (o[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 21 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Option: DualRu nners allows t o activate the o ption “N o duplicate scan s” order to not scan/read t wice in the same barcode/Ta gID. By defa ult, this op tion is disabled, but can be ch anged throu gh both Baracod aManager software (v3.36min ) or Progra mming[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 22 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 3. Configure the Bara codaMana ger. • Start the Baracoda Manager by selectin g Start> Program s> BaracodaMa nager> BaracodaMan ager. The applic ation aut omatically searche s for wireless s canners. • Place the scanner in discovery mode by pressing th[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 23 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 8. Safety / Regulat or y . FCC: Product FCC Id: QSHAIRRFI Interference stateme nt: This device compli es with Part 15 of the FCC Ru les. Operation is subject to the fol lowing two conditio ns: (1) this device may not cause harmful interf erence, and (2) this devic[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 24 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion EU: This equip ment is intend ed t o be commerciali sed in all t he count ries of t he E uropean Union and there i s no commercialisation or operatio nal restrictions in any of the cou ntries. Hereby, Baracoda W ireless T echnology declar es that th is Bluetooth b[...]

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    Baracoda DualRunners – User Guide v1.7 - 25 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Limited W arra nty . Manufacturer warrants t hat th e p roduct will b e free o f de fects in mat erial and workmanship for on e (1) y ear from the date of shipment. Man ufacturer will, at its option, either repair, replace or r efun d th e purch ase price paid by [...]