Symbol Technologies LS 9208 manual

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    LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    LS 9208 Product Refe rence Guide 72-60833-01 Revision A March 2003[...]

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    © 2003 by Symbol T echnologie s, Inc . All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any electrical or mechanical mea ns, without permission in writing from Symbol. This includes electronic or mechanical means, such as ph otocopying, reco rding, or inform ation storage and retri eval systems. The ma[...]

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    iii Content s About This Guide Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Notational Convention[...]

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    iv LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Chapter 3. Maintenance an d Technical Specifications Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    v Content s FN1 Substitut ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Send Make Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 OnKeyboard Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    vi LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Chapter 8. IBM 468X/469X Interface Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 Connecting to an IBM 468X/469X Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8- [...]

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    vii Content s Convert UPC-E to UPC-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21 Convert UPC-E1 to UP C-A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22 EAN Zero Extend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    viii LS 9208 Product Reference Guide MSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-67 Enable/Disable MSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-67 Set Lengths for MSI . . . [...]

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    ix Content s Save Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 Quit Entering Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    x LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Glossary Index Feedback[...]

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    xi About This Guide Introduction The LS 9208 Product Refere nce Guide provides general instructions for setting up, operating, maint aining and troubleshooting the L S 9208 scanner . Chapter Descriptions • Chapter 1, Getting Started provides a product o verview and unp acking instructions. • Chapter 2, Scanning describes part s of the scanner ,[...]

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    xii LS 9208 Product Reference Guide • Chapter 10, 123Scan (PC based scanne r configuration tool) provid es the bar code you must scan to communicate with the 123Sca n program. • Chapter 1 1, Symbologies describes all sym bolo gy features and provides the programming bar co des necessary fo r selecting these features for your scanner . • Chapt[...]

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    xiii About This Guide Not a tional Conventions The following conventions ar e us ed in this documen t: • Bullets (•) indicate: • action items • lists of alternatives • lists of require d steps that are not necessarily sequential • Sequential list s (e.g., those that describe step-by-step p rocedures) appear as numbered lists. • Throug[...]

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    xiv LS 9208 Product Reference Guide If your problem cann ot be solve d over the p hon e, you may need to return your eq uipment for servicing. If that is necessary , you will be given specific directions. Note: Symbol T echnologies is not responsible for any damages incurred duri ng shipment if the a pproved shipping container i s not used. Shippin[...]

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    xv About This Guide Denmark/Danmark Symbol T echnologies AS Dr . Neergaardsvej 3 2970 Hørsholm 7020-1718 (Inside Denmark) +45-7020-1718 (Outside Denmark) Europe/Mid-East Distribu to r Operations Contact your local distributor or call +44 1 18 945 7360 Finland/Suo mi Oy Symbol T echnologies Kaupintie 8 A 6 FIN-00440 Helsinki, Finland 9 5407 580 (In[...]

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    xvi LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Netherlands/Nederland Symbol T echnologies Kerkplein 2, 7051 CX Postbus 24 7050 AA V arsseveld, Netherlands 315-271700 (Inside Nethe rl ands) +31-315-271700 (Outside Netherlan ds) Norway/Norge Symbol’s registered and mailing address: Symbol T echnologies Norwa y Hoybratenveien 35 C N-1055 OSLO, Norway Symbol’[...]

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    xvii About This Guide Sweden/Sverige “Letter” address: Symbol T echnologies AB Box 1354 S-171 26 SOLNA Sweden Visit/shipping address: Symbol T echnologies AB Solna S trandväg 78 S-171 54 SOLNA Sweden Switchboard: 08 445 29 00 (dome stic) Call Center: +46 8 445 29 29 (internatio nal) Support E-Mail: Sweden.Support@se.symbol.com 1 Customer suppo[...]

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    1-1 Chapter 1 Getting S t arted Introduction The LS 9208 projection scanner provides multiple scan patt ern capabilities that support various applications at the POS (point of sale). For fast, intuitive, hands-fr ee scanning, use the rastering, 100-line, omni-direction al scan pattern. T o rea d bar code menus and pick lists, use the Single-Scan li[...]

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    1-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide The LS 9208 scanner support s the following inte rfaces: • S tandard RS-232 connection to a host. Pro per communications of the scanner with the host is set up by scannin g ba r co de me nu s. • Keyboard W edge connection to a host. Scanned dat a is interpreted by your host as keystrokes. • International Ke[...]

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    1-3 Getting Started Setting Up the Scanner Installing the Interface Cable 1. Connect the interface cable to the ho st computer . 2. Plug the interface cable m odular connector into the interface cable port on the rear of the LS 9208 (See Figure 1-2 .) 3. Push the connector into th e housing until a “ click” sound is heard . The gr een LED light[...]

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    1-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Powe r (if required) If your host does not provide power to t he scanner , you will need an external power connection to the scanner : 1. Connect the interface cable to the back of th e scanner , as described in Installing the Interface Cable on p age 1-3. 2. Connect the other end of th e interface cab[...]

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    1-5 Getting Started Synapse Interface (continued) Auxiliary Synap se Port C onnection "Plug and Play" Synap se Connec tio n[...]

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    1-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting a Synapse Cable Interface Note: See the Synapse Interface Gu ide provided with your Synapse cable for detailed setup instructions. Symbol’ s Synapse Smart Cables enable interfac ing to a variety of host s. The appropriate Synapse cable has th e built-in intelligence to detect the host to which it is [...]

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    1-7 Getting Started Removing the Interface Cable T o remove the interfac e cable: 1. Unplug the inst alled cable’ s modular connecto r by depressing the conn ector clip and gently pulling back. 2. Follow the steps for Installing the Interface Cable on page 1-3 to co nnect a new cable.[...]

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    2-1 Chapter 2 Scanning Introduction This chapter covers the techniques involved in scanning bar codes, b eeper and LED definitions, and general instructions and tip s about scanning. Figure 2-1. Scanner Part s Decode LED Exit Window Beeper Hands -Free Adjustable St a n d (Optional) Finger Grips Single Scan Line T rigger and V olume Control[...]

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    2-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Scanning in Single-Line Mode Install and prog ram your scanner . (Refer to each host chapter and Chapter 4, User Preferences , Chapter 1 1, Symbologies , Chapter 12, Mi scellane ous Scan ner Option s , and Chapter 13, Advanced Data Formatting for instructions on programming your scanner .) If you need assistance,[...]

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    2-3 Scanning Scanning in Omni Mode In this mode, an omni scan pattern provides rapid, orien t ation-free scanning. This scan pattern is used with e ither hands-free or hand-held scanning . . T o scan a bar code, direct it in towa rd the window of the scanne r (“presentation” scanning, see Figure 2-7 on p age 2-6 ) or from side to side in a swee[...]

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    2-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Figure 2-3. Scanner in the S t and Figure 2-4. Scanner S t anding Alone[...]

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    2-5 Scanning A rastering, 100-line, om ni- directional scan pattern provides rapid, orient ation-free scanning. This scan p attern can be used in either hands-free or han d-held mode. Figure 2-5. Hands-Fr ee Mode Figure 2-6. Hand-Held Mode (with stand) (on table -top)[...]

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    2-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T o scan a bar code, p rese nt it to the exit window of the scanner (“presentatio n” scanning) or move it from side-to-side in a sweepi ng motion (“ swip e” scanning) as show below: Figure 2-7. “Present ation” scanning Figure 2-8. “Swipe” scanning[...]

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    2-7 Scanning Beeper Definitions The scanner communicates with the user by emitting dif ferent beeper sequences and patterns. T able 2-1 defines beep sequences that occur during both no rmal scanning and while programming the scanner . T able 2-1. Standard Beeper Definition s Beeper Sequence Indication Standa rd Us e 3 short high beeps Power up. Sho[...]

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    2-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Selecting Beeper V o lume using Trigger The scanner emit s a short beep when it successfully re ads a ba r co de. The vo lume of the beep can be changed either by scan ning the appropriate ba r code in Beeper V olume on page 4-7, or by utilizing the trigger as follows: 1. Press and hold the trigger for an extende[...]

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    2-9 Scanning LED Definitions In addition to beeper sequence s, the scanner communicates with the user using an LED display . T able 2-2 defines LED flashes that display during scanning. T able 2-2. S t andard LED Definiti ons LED Indication Off No power is applied to the scanner . Green The scanner is on and “ready to scan.” Momentary flash A b[...]

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    2-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Aiming Do not hold the scanner directly o ver the bar code. Laser light reflecting directly back into the scanner from the ba r code is known as spec ular reflection. This specular reflection can make decoding dif ficult. Y ou can tilt the sc anner up to 45 ° forward or back and achieve a successful decode ( Fi[...]

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    2-1 1 Scanning Decode Zone Figure 2-10. LS 92 08 Decode Zone LS 9208 5 mil 1.0 2.5 0 5 0 12.7 12.7 5 in. cm W i d t h o f F i e l d Note: T ypical performance at 73.4 F (23 C) on high quality symbols. 9.0 7.8 mil (60%) 10.4 mil (80%) 6.0 7.5 13 mil 100% UPC 0 0 0[...]

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    3-1 Chapter 3 Maintenance and T echnical Specifications Introduction This chapter covers suggested scanner mainte nance, troubleshooting, technical specifications, and signal descriptions (pinout s). Maintenance Cleaning the exit window is t he only mainte na nce re qu ir ed . A dirty windo w ma y affect scanning accuracy . • Do not allow any abr[...]

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    3-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T roubleshooting Problem Possible Cau ses Possible Solutions The omni-line scan pattern does not display when yo u follow the directi ons for installing the interface cable on 1-3 No power to the scanner . Ensure the host has power , and is on. If the scanner uses a separate power supply , ensure it’s connected[...]

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    3-3 Maintenance and Technical Specifications Note: If after performing these checks the symbol still does not scan, contact your distributo r or call the local Sym bol Support Cent er . See pag e x i v for the telephone numbers. Although the green Power LED is on, the scanner doe s not produce the omni-directi onal scan pattern. The scanner has go [...]

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    3-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T echnical S pecifications T able 3-1. T echni cal Spec ifications Item Desc ription Physical Character istics Dimensions: without stand: Height Width Depth with stand: Height Width Depth 5.51 in. (14 cm) 3.49 in. (8.8 cm) 2.96 in. (7.5 cm) 7.18 in. (18.24 cm) 4.83 in. (12.27 cm) 3.73 in. (9.47 cm) Wei gh t Scann[...]

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    3-5 Maintenance and Technical Specifications Scan Patterns Omnidirectional: 20 interlocking lines, 5 scan lines, 4 lines per angle rastering @ 5Hz Single scan line capability Scan Rate Omnidirectional: 1500 scans/second Single scan line: 75 scans/second Depth of Field 0-9 in./0-22.9 cm @ 13 mil (100% UPC/EAN) Nominal Working Range 5 mil: (38%) 1 to[...]

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    3-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Ambient Light Immunity Immune to normal artificial indoor and natural o utdoor (direct sunlight) lighting conditi ons. Fluorescent, Incandescent, Mercury V apor and Sodium V apor: 450 Ft Candles (4,844 Lux) Sunlight: 8000 Ft Candles (86,1 1 1 Lux) EAS Support Optional Checkpoint Ele ctronic Article Surveillance E[...]

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    3-7 Maintenance and Technical Specifications Scanner Signal Descriptions Figure 3-1. Scanner Cable Pinout s PIN 10 Back of scanner PIN 1 Interface cable modular connect or Cable interface port[...]

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    3-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide The signal descriptions in T able 3-2 ap ply to the connector on the scanner and are for reference on ly . T a ble 3-2. Scanner Signal Pin-out s LS 9208 Pin IBM Synaps e RS-232 Keyboard Wed g e Wan d US B 1 Reserved SynClock Reserved Reserved Reserved Jump to Pin 6 2 Power Power Power Power Power Power 3 Ground G[...]

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    4-1 Chapter 4 User Preferences Introduction Y ou have the option to program the LS 92 08 scanner to p erform var ious funct ions, or activate dif ferent features. This cha pter de scribes each user preference feature an d provides th e program ming bar code s necessar y for selecting these features for your LS 9208 scanne r . Before program m ing ,[...]

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    4-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide If you are not using a Synapse or USB cable you must select a host type (see each host chapter for specific host info rmation). After you h ear the power-up beep s, select a host type. This only needs to be done once, upon the first power-u p when connected to a new host. T o return all features to the ir defau l[...]

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    4-3 User Preferences User Preferences Default Parameters T able 4- 1 lists the default s for user prefer enc es parameters. If you wish to chan ge an y option, scan the appropr iate bar code(s) provided in the User Preferen ces section beginning on p age 4-5 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Parameter s for all user preferences, host s, sy[...]

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    4-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Linear UPC/EAN Decode Disable 4-18 T able 4-1. User Prefere n ce s De fa u lt T abl e Parameter Default Page Number[...]

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    4-5 User Preferences User Preferences Set Default Parameter Scanning this bar code returns all p arameters to the default values listed in T able A-1 on pag e A - 1 . Set All Default s[...]

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    4-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Beeper T one T o select a decod e beep frequency ( tone), scan the Low Frequency , Medium Fre quency , or High Frequency bar code. Low Frequen c y Medium Frequen cy * High Freque ncy[...]

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    4-7 User Preferences Beeper V olume T o select a beeper volume, scan the Low Vo l u m e , Me dium Vo l u m e , or High Vo l u m e bar code. Low V o lume Medium V olume * High V olume[...]

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    4-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide V olume Change Trigger Delay The volume on the LS 9208 scanner is adjusted by pr essing and holding the trigger for a certain a mount of time, af ter which the sca nner changes the volume s, an d beep s with the new volume. The parame ters below control the length of time neede d to hold the trigger before the vo[...]

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    4-9 User Preferences Laser On T ime This parameter set s the maximum tim e that decode processing con tinues during a scan attempt. It is programmable in 0.1 second in crement s from 0.5 to 10 se conds. The de fault Laser On T ime is 3.0 seconds. T o set a Laser On T ime, scan the bar code below . Next, scan two numeric bar codes beginning on p age[...]

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    4-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Beep After Good Deco de Scan a bar code below to select whethe r or not the scan ner be ep s af ter a g ood decode . If Do Not Beep Af ter Good Decode is selected, the beeper st ill operates during p a rameter menu scanning and indicates error co nditions. * Beep After Good Decode (Enable) Do Not Beep After Good[...]

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    4-1 1 User Preferences Low Power Blink After a period of inactivity , the scanner will go into a reduced power mode. This parameter controls how aggressively power is conserve d, and therefore determines the metho d of waking the scanner up . If “Low Power - Blink Mode” is selected, then the scanner (af ter a period of inactivity) wil l blink i[...]

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    4-12 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Scan Pattern Mode The LS 9208 has a very aggressive scan p atter n that is not only omnidirectional, bu t also raster . If a static omnidir ectional pattern is d esired, scan the “Omnid irectional Pa ttern” parameter below t o change t he scan pattern. * Rastering Omnidirec t io na l Patt ern Omnidirect io n[...]

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    4-13 User Preferences Single-Line Aim Duration The LS 9200 can enter the single-line scan mode b y tapping the trigge r . Once in this mode, each trigger pull will attempt to de code the barcode in front of t he scanner . Af ter a period of inactivity while the trigger is not pressed, the scanner will re vert to the omnidirectional pattern. This pa[...]

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    4-14 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Single-Line Aim Duration (Con tinued) Aim Duration 4 sec Aim Duration 5 sec[...]

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    4-15 User Preferences T imeout Between Decodes Timeout Between Decodes, Same Symbol This parameter set s the minimum time be tw een decodes of dif ferent symbols. It is programmab le in 0.1- second increm ents from 0.0 to 9.9 seconds . Setting this above 0. 4 seconds is recommended.) The de fault fo r this parameter is 0.6 seconds. Scan the bar cod[...]

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    4-16 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T ime Delay to Low Power Mode This parameter set s the ti me that the scanne r remains active after any scanning activity . Scan one of the four options. Depending on the selection, the scanner enters a sleep mo de 15, 30, 60 or 90 minutes after the last attemp ted decode. T o awaken the scanner , please refer t[...]

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    4-17 User Preferences T ime Delay to Low Power Mode (Continued) 60 Minutes 90 Minutes[...]

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    4-18 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Linear UPC/EAN Decode This option applies to code types cont aining two adjacent blocks ( e.g., UPC-A, EAN-8 , EAN-13). When enabled, a bar code is transmitted only when both the left and right blocks are successfully decoded withi n one lase r sc an. Ena ble thi s option wh en bar co de s are in proximity to ea[...]

  • Page 67

    5-1 Chapter 5 Keyboard W edge Interface Introduction This chapter covers Keyboard W edge interface informatio n for setting up your scanner . This interface type is used to attach the sc anner between the keyboard and host computer . The scanner translates the bar code dat a into keystrokes. The host computer accepts the keystrokes as if they origi[...]

  • Page 68

    5-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting a Keyboard W edge Interface Figure 5-1. Keyboard We dge Connection with Y -cable T o connect the Keyboard W edge Y -cable: 1. Switch off the ho st and unplug the keyboard connector . 2. Attach the modular con nector of the Y - cable to the cable interface port on the scanner . (See Installing the Inter[...]

  • Page 69

    5-3 Keyboard Wedge Interface Keyboard W edge Default Parameters T able 5- 1 lists the defau lts for Keyboard W edge host parameters. If you wish to change any option, scan the ap propriate bar code( s) provided in the Keyboard W edge Host Parameters section beginning on p age 5-4 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Parameter s for all user p[...]

  • Page 70

    5-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard W edge Host T ypes Keyboard Wedge Host T ypes Select your keyboa rd wedge host by scanning one of the bar co des below . IBM PC/A T & IBM PC Compatibles 1 IBM PS/2 (Model 30) IBM A T NOTEBOOK[...]

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    5-5 Keyboard Wedge Interface Keyboard Wedge Host T ypes (Continued) IBM XT NCR 7052 Note: 1 User selection is required to config ure this interface and this is the most common selection.[...]

  • Page 72

    5-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Country T ypes (Co un try Codes) Scan the bar code correspon ding to your keyboar d typ e. If your particular keyboard type is not listed, see Alternate Numeric Keypa d Emulation on page 5- 13 . * North Ame r ic an German Wind ows French Window s[...]

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    5-7 Keyboard Wedge Interface Keyboard Wedge Country T ypes (Continued) French C anadian W in 95/9 8 French Cana dian Windows XP/2000 Sp anish Windows[...]

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    5-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Wedge Country T ypes (Co ntinued) Italian Windows Swedish W indows UK English Window s[...]

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    5-9 Keyboard Wedge Interface Keyboard Wedge Country T ypes (Continued) Japanese Windows Brazilian/ Por tuguese Window s[...]

  • Page 76

    5-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Ignore Unknow n Characters Unknown characters are characters the ho st does not recogn ize. When Se nd Bar Codes With Unknown Ch aracters is selected, all bar co de data is sent except for unknown characters, and no error beep s sound on the scanner . When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selecte[...]

  • Page 77

    5-1 1 Keyboard Wedge Interface Keystroke Delay This is the delay in millisecon ds between emulated keystrokes. Scan a bar code below to increase the delay when host s require a slower transmission of da t a. * No Delay Medium Delay (20 msec) Long Delay (40 msec)[...]

  • Page 78

    5-12 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Intra-Keystroke Delay When enabled, an ad ditional delay is insert ed between each emulated ke y depression and release. This set s the Keyst roke Delay p arameter to a minimum of 5 msec as well. Enable * Disable[...]

  • Page 79

    5-13 Keyboard Wedge Interface Alternate Numeric Keypad Emulation This allows emulation of most other country keyboard ty pes not listed in Keyboard Wedge Country T ypes (Country Co des) on page 5-6 in a Microsoft operating syste m environmen t. Enable Alternate Numeric Keypad * Disable Alternate Numeric Keypad[...]

  • Page 80

    5-14 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Caps Lock On When enabled, the scanner emul ates ke ystrok es as if the C aps Lock key is always pressed. Enable Cap s Lock On * Disable Caps Lock On[...]

  • Page 81

    5-15 Keyboard Wedge Interface Caps Lock Override When enabled , on A T or A T No tebook ho sts, the keyboard ig nores the state of the Caps Lock key . Ther efore, an ‘A ’ in the bar code is sent as an ‘A ’ n o matter what the state of the keyboard’s Caps Lock key . Enable Caps Lock Override * Disable Caps Lock Override Note: If both Caps [...]

  • Page 82

    5-16 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert We dge Data When enabled, the scanner will convert all bar code data to the selected case. Convert to Upper Case Convert to Lower Case * No Convert[...]

  • Page 83

    5-17 Keyboard Wedge Interface Function Key Mapping ASCII values under 32 are normally se nt as a control-key seque nces (see T ab le 7-2 on page 7-18). When this p arameter is enabled, the keys in bold are sent in place o f the standard key mapping. T able entries that do not have a bold en try remain the same whe ther or not this param eter is ena[...]

  • Page 84

    5-18 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide FN1 Substitution When enabled, this allows replace ment of any FN 1 characters in an EAN 128 bar code with a Key Category and Key V alue choos e by the user (see FN1 Substitution V alues on p age 12-6). Enable *Disable[...]

  • Page 85

    5-19 Keyboard Wedge Interface Send Make Break When enabled, the scan codes for releasing a key are not sent. *Send Make and B reak Scan Code s Send Make Scan Code Only[...]

  • Page 86

    5-20 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide OnKeyboard Maps The following keyboard ma ps are provide d fo r prefix/suffix keystroke p arameters. T o program t he prefix/su ffix values, see the bar codes o n page 12-5 . Figure 5-2. IBM PS2 T ype Keyboard . Figure 5- 3. IBM PC/ XT 7013 7014 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 5008 5009 5010 7013 5011 5012 70[...]

  • Page 87

    5-21 Keyboard Wedge Interface Figure 5-4. IBM PC/A T Figure 5-5. NCR 7052 32-KEY 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 5008 5009 5010 7009 7008 7013 7012 7004 7011 7003 7002 7014 5007 5008 5010 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 1046 1045 5014 1043 5013 5015 5016 5018 5019 5001 5017 7013 5011 (7013 if double k ey) (1048 if double k ey) 1048 5012 5009[...]

  • Page 88

    5-22 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Figure 5-6. NCR 7052 58-KEY 5007 5008 5010 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 1046 1045 5014 1043 5013 5015 5016 5018 5019 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 5001 1066 1072 1073 1079 1080 1065 1070 1076 1077 1083 1084 1071 1078 1085 1069 5017 7013 5011 1082 1075 1068 1067 (1043 if double ke y) (1048 if double ke y) 1048 5012 5009 1[...]

  • Page 89

    5-23 Keyboard Wedge Interface ASCII Character Set Note: Code 39 Full ASCII interprets th e bar code special character ($ + % /) preceding a Code 39 character and assigns an ASCII character value to the p air . For example, when Code 39 Full ASCII is enabled and a +B is scanned, it is in terpreted as b , %J as ? , and %V as @ . Scanning ABC%I output[...]

  • Page 90

    5-24 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 1016 $P CTRL P 1017 $Q CTRL Q 1018 $R CTRL R 1019 $S CTRL S 1020 $T CTRL T 1021 $U CTRL U 1022 $V CTRL V 1023 $W CTRL W 1024 $X CTRL X 1025 $Y CTRL Y 1026 $Z CTRL Z 1027 %A NONE/ ESC a 1028 %B NONE 1029 %C NONE 1030 %D NONE 1031 %E NONE 1032 S pace S pace 1033 /A ! 1034 /B ‘ 1035 /C # 1036 /D E 1037 /E % 1038 [...]

  • Page 91

    5-25 Keyboard Wedge Interface 1043 /K + 1044 /L , 1045 - - 1046 . . 1047 / / 1048 0 0 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4 4 1053 5 5 1054 6 6 1055 7 7 1056 8 8 1057 9 9 1058 /Z : 1059 %F ; 1060 %G < 1061 %H = 1062 %I > 1063 %J ? 1064 %V @ 1065 A A 1066 B B 1067 C C 1068 D D 1069 E E T able 5-2. Keyboard W edge ASCII Character Set (Continued)[...]

  • Page 92

    5-26 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 1070 F F 1071 G G 1072 H H 1073 I I 1074 J J 1075 K K 1076 L L 1077 M M 1078 N N 1079 O O 1080 P P 1081 Q Q 1082 R R 1083 S S 1084 T T 1085 U U 1086 V V 1087 W W 1088 X X 1089 Y Y 1090 Z Z 1091 %K [ 1092 %L 1093 %M ] 1094 %N ^ 1095 %O _ 1096 %W ‘ T able 5-2. Keyboard W edge ASCII Character Set (Continued)[...]

  • Page 93

    5-27 Keyboard Wedge Interface 1097 +A a 1098 +B b 1099 +C c 11 0 0 + D d 11 0 1 + E e 11 0 2 + F f 11 0 3 + G g 11 0 4 + H h 11 0 5 + I i 11 0 6 + J j 11 0 7 + K k 11 0 8 + L l 11 0 9 + M m 111 0 + N n 1111 + O o 111 2 + P p 111 3 + Q q 111 4 + R r 111 5 + S s 111 6 + T t 111 7 + U u 111 8 + V v 111 9 + W w 11 2 0 + X x 11 2 1 + Y y 11 2 2 + Z z 11[...]

  • Page 94

    5-28 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 11 2 4 % Q | 11 2 5 % R } 11 2 6 % S ~ AL T Keys Keystroke 2065 AL T A 2066 AL T B 2067 AL T C 2068 AL T D 2069 AL T E 2070 AL T F 2071 AL T G 2072 AL T H 2073 AL T I 2074 AL T J 2075 AL T K 2076 AL T L 2077 AL T M 2078 AL T N 2079 AL T O 2080 AL T P 2081 AL T Q 2082 AL T R 2083 AL T S 2084 AL T T 2085 AL T U 20[...]

  • Page 95

    5-29 Keyboard Wedge Interface 2088 AL T X 2089 AL T Y 2090 AL T Z GUI Shift Keys The Apple ™ iMac keyboard has an apple key on either side of the space bar . Window s-based systems have a GUI key to the left of the left AL T key , and to the right of the right AL T key . Other Va l u e Keystroke 3000 Right Control Key 3048 GUI 0 3049 GUI 1 3050 G[...]

  • Page 96

    5-30 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 3073 GUI I 3074 GUI J 3075 GUI K 3076 GUI L 3077 GUI M 3078 GUI N 3079 GUI O 3080 GUI P 3081 GUI Q 3082 GUI R 3083 GUI S 3084 GUI T 3085 GUI U 3086 GUI V 3087 GUI W 3088 GUI X 3089 GUI Y 3090 GUI Z F Keys Keystroke 5001 F1 5002 F2 5003 F3 5004 F4 5005 F5 5006 F6 5007 F7 5008 F8 T able 5-2. Keyboard W edge ASCII [...]

  • Page 97

    5-31 Keyboard Wedge Interface 5009 F9 5010 F10 501 1 F1 1 5012 F12 5013 F13 5014 F14 5015 F15 5016 F16 5017 F17 5018 F18 5019 F19 5020 F20 5021 F21 5022 F22 5023 F23 5024 F24 Numeric Keypad Keystroke 6042 * 6043 + 6044 undefined 6045 - 6046 . 6047 / 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 T able 5-2. Keyboard W edge ASCII Character Set (Continued)[...]

  • Page 98

    5-32 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 6056 8 6057 9 6058 Enter 6059 Num Lock Extended Keypad Keystroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 Pg Up 7004 End 7005 Pg Dn 7006 Pause 7007 Scroll Lock 7008 Backspace 7009 T ab 7010 Print Scre en 701 1 Insert 7012 Home 7013 Enter 7014 Escape 7015 Up Arrow 7016 Dn Arrow 7017 Lef t Arrow 701[...]

  • Page 99

    5-33 Keyboard Wedge Interface a. The Keystroke in bold is sent only if the “Function Key Mapping” parameter is en- abled. Otherwise, the unbolded keystroke is sent.[...]

  • Page 100

    5-34 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

  • Page 101

    6-1 Chapter 6 RS-232 Interface Introduction This chapter covers RS-232 host information for setting up your scanner . The RS-232 interface is used to attach the scann er to poin t-of-sale devic es, host c omputers, o r other devices with an available RS-232 port (e.g., com port). This scann er uses TTL RS-232 levels which will interface with all PC[...]

  • Page 102

    6-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting an RS-232 Interface This connection is made directly fr om the scanner to the host co mputer . Figure 6-1. RS-232 Direct Connectio n 1. Connect the RS-232 interface ca ble to the rear of the scanner , as described in Installing the Interface Cable on page 1-3. 2. Connect the other end of the interface [...]

  • Page 103

    6-3 RS-232 Interface Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Parameter s for all user preferences, host s, symbologies, and miscellaneous default parame ters. T able 6-1. RS-232 Host Default T able Parameter Default Page Number RS-232 Host Parameters RS-232 Host T y pes S tandard 1 6-6 Baud Rate 9600 6-9 Parity None 6-1 1 Check Receive Errors Enab[...]

  • Page 104

    6-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host Parameters V arious RS-232 host s are set up with their own pa rameter default settings ( T ab le 6-2 ). Selecting the ICL, Fujit su, Wincor-Nixdorf Mode A, Wincor -Nixdorf Mode B, Olivetti, Omron, or terminal sets th e defaults listed below . T a ble 6-2. T erminal S pecific RS-232 Parameter St andar[...]

  • Page 105

    6-5 RS-232 Interface RS-232 Host Parameters (continued) Selecting the ICL, Fujitsu, Wincor -Nixdorf M ode A, Wincor-Nixdorf Mod e B, OPOS, JPOS terminal enables the transmission of code ID characters listed in T able 6-3 below . These code ID characters are not pr og rammable and are se p arate from the T ransmit Code ID feature. The T ransmit Code[...]

  • Page 106

    6-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host T ypes T o select an RS-232 host interf ace, scan one of the following bar codes. St andard RS-232 1 ICL RS-232 Wincor-Nixdorf RS-232 Mode A Note: 1 User selection is required to confi gure this interface and this is the most common selection.[...]

  • Page 107

    6-7 RS-232 Interface RS-232 Host T ypes (continued) Wincor-Nixdorf RS-2 32 Mod e B Fujitsu RS-232 Olivetti ORS4500[...]

  • Page 108

    6-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host T ypes (continued) Omron OPOS/JPOS Note: 1 User selection is required to confi gure this interface and this is the most common selection.[...]

  • Page 109

    6-9 RS-232 Interface Baud Rate Baud rate is the number of bit s of data transmitted per secon d. The scanner's baud rate setting should match the baud rate setting of the host device. If not, dat a may not reach the host device or may reach it in distorted form. Baud Rate 600 Baud Rate 1200[...]

  • Page 110

    6-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Baud Rate (continued) Baud Rate 2400 Baud Rate 4800 * Baud Rate 9600[...]

  • Page 111

    6-1 1 RS-232 Interface Baud Rate (continued) Baud Rate 19,200 Baud Rate 38,400 Parity A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII coded characte r . Select the p arity type according to host device requirement s. Select Odd p arity an d the p arity bit value is set to 0 or 1, ba sed on dat a, to ensure th at an odd number of 1 bit [...]

  • Page 112

    6-12 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Parity (continued) Select Even parity and th e parity bit value is set to 0 or 1, based on d ata, to ensure t hat an even numb er of 1 bits ar e contained in th e coded ch aracter . Even Select Mark parity and the parity bit is always 1. Mark Select Sp ace parity and the p ar ity bit is always 0. Spac e[...]

  • Page 113

    6-13 RS-232 Interface Parity (continued) Select None when no parity bit is required. * None Check Receive Errors Select whether or not the p arity , framing, an d overrun of received characters are checked. The pari ty value of received characters is ve rified agai nst the parity p arameter selected above. * Check For Received Error s Do Not Check [...]

  • Page 114

    6-14 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Hardware Handshaking The data in terface consists of an RS-232 port designed to operate either with or without the hardware handshaking lines, Request to Send ( RTS ) , and Clear to Send ( CTS ) . If S tandard R TS/CTS handshaking is not selected , scan data is transmitt ed as it becomes available. If S tandard [...]

  • Page 115

    6-15 RS-232 Interface None Scan the bar code below if no Hardware Handshaking is desired. * None St andard RTS/CTS Scan the bar code below to select S tandard R TS/CTS Hardware Hand shaking. St andard RTS/CTS[...]

  • Page 116

    6-16 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide RTS/CTS Option 1 When RTS/CTS Option 1 is selected, the scanner a sserts RTS before transmitting and ignores the st ate of CTS. The sca nner de-asser ts R TS when the transmission is complete. RTS/CTS Option 1 RTS/CTS Option 2 When Option 2 is selected, RTS is alwa ys high or low (user-programme d logic level) .[...]

  • Page 117

    6-17 RS-232 Interface RTS/CTS Option 3 When Option 3 is selected, the scanner assert s RT S prior to any data transmission , regardless of the st ate of CTS. The scanner wa it s up to 2 seconds (default) fo r CTS to be asserted. If CTS is not asserted during th is ti me, the scanner issues an error indication and discards the dat a. The scanner de-[...]

  • Page 118

    6-18 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide ACK/NAK When this option is se lected, after transmitting dat a, the scanner expect s either an ACK or NAK response from the host. When a NAK is received, the scanner transmit s the same dat a again and wait s for either a n ACK or NAK. Af ter thre e unsu ccessful a ttempt s to send d at a when NAKs are received[...]

  • Page 119

    6-19 RS-232 Interface ACK/NAK with ENQ This combines the two previous options. ACK/NAK with ENQ XON/XOFF An XOFF character turns the scanner tr ansmission of f until the scanner receives an XON character . There are two situations for XON/XOFF: • XOFF is received befor e the scanner has dat a to send. When the scanner has data to send, it wait s [...]

  • Page 120

    6-20 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Host Serial Response Ti me-out This parameter specifies how long the sc anner waits for an ACK, NAK, or CTS befo re determining that a tran smission error has occurred . This only applies when in one of the ACK/NAK Software Handshakin g modes, or R TS/CTS Hardware Handsh aking option. * Minimum: 2 Sec Low: 2.5 S[...]

  • Page 121

    6-21 RS-232 Interface Host Serial Response Ti me-out (Continued) High: 7.5 Sec Maximum: 9.9 Sec[...]

  • Page 122

    6-22 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide RT S L i n e St a t e This parameter set s the idle st ate of the Serial Host RTS line. Sca n a bar code below to select Low RTS or High RTS line state. * Host: Low RTS Host: High RTS[...]

  • Page 123

    6-23 RS-232 Interface S top Bit Select The stop bit(s) at the end of each transmitt ed character mar ks the end of transmission of one chara cter and pr epares the rece iving device f or the nex t character in the seri al data stream. The number of stop bit s selected (one or two ) depends on the number the re ceiving terminal is progr ammed to acc[...]

  • Page 124

    6-24 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Data Bits This parameter allows t he scanner to interface with devices requiring a 7- bit or 8-bit ASCI I protocol. 7-Bit * 8-Bit[...]

  • Page 125

    6-25 RS-232 Interface Beep on <BEL> When this parameter is enable d, the scanner issues a beep when a <BEL> character is detected on the RS-232 serial line. <BEL> is i ssued to gain a user's attention to an illegal entry or other im po rtant eve nt . Beep On <BEL> Character (Enable) * Do Not Beep On <BEL> Characte[...]

  • Page 126

    6-26 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Intercharacter Delay This parameter spe cifies the intercharacter delay inserted betwe en character transmissions. * Minimum: 0 msec Low: 25 msec Medium: 50 msec[...]

  • Page 127

    6-27 RS-232 Interface Intercharacter Delay (Continued) High: 75 msec Maximum: 99 msec[...]

  • Page 128

    6-28 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Nixdorf Beep/LED Options When Nixdorf Mode B is selected, this indicates when the scan ner should beep and tu rn on its LED af ter a decode. *Normal Operation (Beep/LED immediately after decode) Beep/LED After T ransmission Beep/LED Af ter CTS Pulse[...]

  • Page 129

    6-29 RS-232 Interface Ignore Unknow n Characters Unknown characters are characters the ho st does not recogn ize. When Se nd Bar Codes With Unknown Ch aracters is selected, all bar co de data is send except for unknown characters, and no error beep s sound on the scanner . When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected, bar code dat[...]

  • Page 130

    6-30 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide ASCII / Character Set The values in T able 6-4 can be assigned as prefixes o r suffixes for ASCII character d ata transmission. T a ble 6-4. ASCII Character Set ASCII V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Character ASCII Character 1000 %U NUL 1001 $A SOH 1002 $B STX 1003 $C ETX 1004 $D EOT 1005 $E ENQ 1006 $F ACK 100[...]

  • Page 131

    6-31 RS-232 Interface 1022 $V SYN 1023 $W ETB 1024 $X CAN 1025 $Y EM 1026 $Z SUB 1027 %A ESC 1028 %B FS 1029 %C GS 1030 %D RS 1031 %E US 1032 S pace S p ace 1033 /A ! 1034 /B " 1035 /C # 1036 /D $ 1037 /E % 1038 /F & 1039 /G ‘ 1040 /H ( 1041 /I ) 1042 /J * 1043 /K + 1044 /L , 1045 - - 1046 . . 1047 / / T a ble 6-4. ASCII Character Set AS[...]

  • Page 132

    6-32 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 1048 0 0 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4 4 1053 5 5 1054 6 6 1057 7 7 1056 8 8 1057 9 9 1058 /Z : 1059 %F ; 1060 %G < 1061 %H = 1062 %I > 1063 %J ? 1064 %V @ 1065 A A 1066 B B 1067 C C 1068 D D 1069 E E 1070 F F 1071 G G 1072 H H 1073 I I T a ble 6-4. ASCII Character Set ASCII V alue Full ASCII Code 39 E[...]

  • Page 133

    6-33 RS-232 Interface 1074 J J 1075 K K 1076 L L 1077 M M 1078 N N 1079 O O 1080 P P 1081 Q Q 1082 R R 1083 S S 1084 T T 1085 U U 1086 V V 1087 W W 1088 X X 1089 Y Y 1090 Z Z 1091 %K [ 1092 %L 1093 %M ] 1094 %N ^ 1095 %O _ 1096 %W ` 1097 +A a 1098 +B b 1099 +C c T a ble 6-4. ASCII Character Set ASCII V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Character ASC[...]

  • Page 134

    6-34 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 11 0 0 + D d 11 0 1 + E e 11 0 2 + F f 11 0 3 + G g 11 0 4 + H h 11 0 5 + I i 11 0 6 + J j 11 0 7 + K k 11 0 8 + L l 11 0 9 + M m 111 0 + N n 1111 + O o 111 2 + P p 111 3 + Q q 111 4 + R r 111 5 + S s 111 6 + T t 111 7 + U u 111 8 + V v 111 9 + W w 11 2 0 + X x 11 2 1 + Y y 11 2 2 + Z z 11 2 3 % P { 11 2 4 % Q |[...]

  • Page 135

    6-35 RS-232 Interface 11 2 6 % S ~ 1 127 Undefined 7013 ENTER T a ble 6-4. ASCII Character Set ASCII V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Character ASCII Character[...]

  • Page 136

    6-36 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

  • Page 137

    7-1 Chapter 7 USB Interface Introduction This chapter covers the con nection and setup of the scanne r to a USB host. The scanner attach es directly to a USB host, or a powered USB hub, and is powered by it. No additio nal power supply is required. Throughout the programming bar code menus, defa ult valu es are indicated with aste risks ( * ). Feat[...]

  • Page 138

    7-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting a USB Interface Figure 7-1. USB Connection The scanner connect s with USB capab le hosts includ ing: • Desktop PCs and Notebooks • Apple™ iMac, G4, iBooks (North America only) • IBM SurePOS terminals • Sun, IBM, and other network computers that support more tha n one keyboard. The following o[...]

  • Page 139

    7-3 USB Interface 2. Plug the series A conn ector in the USB host or hub, or plug the Plus Power connector in an available port of the IBM SurePOS terminal. 3. Select the USB device type. See USB Device T ype on p age 7-5. 4. On first instal lation when using Windows, the software prompt s you to select or insta ll the "Human Interface Device&[...]

  • Page 140

    7-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Default Parameters T able 7-1 lists the default s for USB host parameters. If you wish to change any option, scan the appro priate bar code(s) provid ed in the Pa rameter Desc riptions sectio n beginning on pag e 7-5 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Para meters for all user preferences, host s, symb[...]

  • Page 141

    7-5 USB Interface USB Host Parameters USB Device T ype Select the desired USB device typ e. Note: When changing USB Device T y pes, the scanner automatically restart s. The scanner issue s the standard st artup beep sequences. I B M Ta b l e To p U S B *HID Keyboard Emulation IBM Hand-Held USB[...]

  • Page 142

    7-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Country Keyboard T ypes (Country Codes) Scan the bar code corresponding to your ke yb oa rd type. This setting applies only to the USB HID Keyboard Emul ation device. Note: When changing Country Selection, the scanner automatically restart s. The scanner issue s the standard st artup beep sequences. * North A[...]

  • Page 143

    7-7 USB Interface USB Country Keyboard T ypes (Continued) Sp anish (T raditional), Windows French Cana di an, Windows French Canadian, Windows 2 000/XP[...]

  • Page 144

    7-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Country Keyboard T ypes (Continued) Swedish, W in dow s UK English, W indows It alian, W indows[...]

  • Page 145

    7-9 USB Interface USB Country Keyboard T ypes (Continued) Portuguese-Braz ilian, Wind ows Japanese, Wi ndows (ASCII)[...]

  • Page 146

    7-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Keystroke Delay This parameter sets the delay , in milliseconds, between emul ated keystrokes. Scan a bar code below to increase the delay when host s require a slower transmission of dat a. * No Delay Long Delay (40 msec) Medium Delay (20 msec)[...]

  • Page 147

    7-1 1 USB Interface USB CAPS Lock Override This option applies o nly to the HID Keyboard Emula tion device. When enabled, the case of the data is preser ved regardless of the st ate of the caps lock key . This setting is always enabled for the “Jap anese, Windows (ASCII )” keyboard type and can n ot be disabled. * Do Not Override Caps Lock Key [...]

  • Page 148

    7-12 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Ignore Unknown Characters This option applies only to the HID Keyboard Emulation device and IBM device. Unkno wn characters ar e ch ar ac te rs th e ho st do es not recognize. Wh en Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected, all bar code dat a is sent except for unknown characters, and no err or bee[...]

  • Page 149

    7-13 USB Interface Emulate Keypad When enabled, all characters ar e sent as ASCII se qu ences over the numeric keyp ad. For example ASCII A would be sen t as “AL T m ake” 0 6 5 “AL T Break ”. *Disable Keypad Emulation Enable Keypad Emulation[...]

  • Page 150

    7-14 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Keyboard FN1 Substitution This option applies only to the USB HID Ke yb oard Emulation devi ce . When enabled, this allows replacement of any FN1 characters in an EAN 128 ba r code with a Key Category and value chosen by the user (see FN1 Substitution V alues on page 12-6 to set the Key Category and Key V al[...]

  • Page 151

    7-15 USB Interface Function Key Mapping ASCII values under 32 are normally se nt as a control-key seque nces (see T ab le 7-2 on page 7-18). When this p arameter is enabled, the keys in bold are sent in place o f the standard key mapping. T able entries that do not have a bold en try remain the same whe ther or not this param eter is enabled. *Disa[...]

  • Page 152

    7-16 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Simulated Caps Lock *Disable Simulated Cap s Lock Enable Simulated Cap s Lock[...]

  • Page 153

    7-17 USB Interface Convert Case When enabled, the scanner will convert all bar code data to the selected case. *No Case Conversion Convert All to Upper Case Convert All to Lower Case[...]

  • Page 154

    7-18 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Set T a ble 7-2. USB ASCII Character Set ASCII V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char. Keystroke 1001 $ A CTRL A 1002 $ B CTRL B 1003 $C CTRL C 1004 $D CTRL D 1005 $ E CTRL E 1006 $F CTRL F 1007 $G CTRL G 1008 $H CTRL H/ BACKSP ACE a 1009 $I CTRL I/ HORIZONT AL TA B a 1010 $J CTRL J 101 1 $K CTRL [...]

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    7-19 USB Interface 1022 $ V CTRL V 1023 $W CTRL W 1024 $ X CTRL X 1025 $ Y CTRL Y 1026 $Z CTRL Z 1027 %A NONE/ ESC a 1028 %B NONE 1029 %C NONE 1030 %D NONE 1031 %E NONE 1032 S pace S pace 1033 /A ! 1034 /B ‘ 1035 /C # 1036 /D E 1037 /E % 1038 /F & 1039 /G ‘ 1040 /H ( 1041 /I ) 1042 /J * 1043 /K + 1044 /L , 1045 - - 1046 . . 1047 / / 1048 0 [...]

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    7-20 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4 4 1053 5 5 1054 6 6 1055 7 7 1056 8 8 1057 9 9 1058 /Z : 1059 %F ; 1060 %G < 1061 %H = 1062 %I > 1063 %J ? 1064 %V @ 1065 A A 1066 B B 1067 C C 1068 D D 1069 E E 1070 F F 1071 G G 1072 H H 1073 I I 1074 J J 1075 K K T able 7-2. USB ASCII Char acter Set (Cont inued)[...]

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    7-21 USB Interface 1076 L L 1077 M M 1078 N N 1079 O O 1080 P P 1081 Q Q 1082 R R 1083 S S 1084 T T 1085 U U 1086 V V 1087 W W 1088 X X 1089 Y Y 1090 Z Z 1091 %K [ 1092 %L 1093 %M ] 1094 %N ^ 1095 %O _ 1096 %W ` 1097 +A a 1098 +B b 1099 +C c 1 100 +D d 1 101 +E e 1 102 +F f T able 7-2. USB ASCII Cha racter Set (Con tinued)[...]

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    7-22 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 1 103 +G g 1 104 +H h 1 105 +I i 1 106 +J j 1 107 +K k 1 108 +L l 1 109 +M m 111 0 + N n 1111 + O o 111 2 + P p 111 3 + Q q 111 4 + R r 111 5 + S s 111 6 + T t 111 7 + U u 111 8 + V v 111 9 + W w 1 120 +X x 1 121 +Y y 1 122 +Z z 1 123 %P { 1 124 %Q | 1 125 %R } 1 126 %S ~ AL T Keys Keystroke 2065 AL T A 2066 AL [...]

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    7-23 USB Interface 2067 AL T C 2068 AL T D 2069 AL T E 2070 AL T F 2071 AL T G 2072 AL T H 2073 AL T I 2074 AL T J 2075 AL T K 2076 AL T L 2077 AL T M 2078 AL T N 2079 AL T O 2080 AL T P 2081 AL T Q 2082 AL T R 2083 AL T S 2084 AL T T 2085 AL T U 2086 AL T V 2087 AL T W 2088 AL T X 2089 AL T Y 2090 AL T Z T able 7-2. USB ASCII Cha racter Set (Con t[...]

  • Page 160

    7-24 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide GUI Shift Keys The Apple ™ iMac keyboard has an apple key on either side of the space bar . Windows-based systems have a GUI key to the left of the lef t AL T key , and to the right of the right AL T key . Other V alue Keystroke 3000 Right Control Key 3048 GUI 0 3049 GUI 1 3050 GUI 2 3051 GUI 3 3052 GUI 4 3053[...]

  • Page 161

    7-25 USB Interface 3076 GUI L 3077 GUI M 3078 GUI N 3079 GUI O 3080 GUI P 3081 GUI Q 3082 GUI R 3083 GUI S 3084 GUI T 3085 GUI U 3086 GUI V 3087 GUI W 3088 GUI X 3089 GUI Y 3090 GUI Z F Keys Keystroke 5001 F1 5002 F2 5003 F3 5004 F4 5005 F5 5006 F6 5007 F7 5008 F8 5009 F9 5010 F10 501 1 F1 1 T able 7-2. USB ASCII Cha racter Set (Con tinued)[...]

  • Page 162

    7-26 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 5012 F12 5013 F13 5014 F14 5015 F15 5016 F16 5017 F17 5018 F18 5019 F19 5020 F20 5021 F21 5022 F22 5023 F23 5024 F24 Numeric Keypad Keystroke 6042 * 6043 + 6045 - 6046 . 6047 / 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 T able 7-2. USB ASCII Char acter Set (Cont inued)[...]

  • Page 163

    7-27 USB Interface 6056 8 6057 9 6058 Enter 6059 Num Lock Extended Keypad Keystroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 PgUp 7004 End 7005 Pg Dn 7006 Pause 7007 Scroll Lock 7008 Backspace 7009 T ab 7010 Print Screen 701 1 Insert 7012 Home 7013 Enter 7014 Escape 7015 Up Arrow 7016 Down Arrow 7017 Left Arrow 7018 Right Arrow a. The Keystroke in bold is sent [...]

  • Page 164

    7-28 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    8-1 Chapter 8 IBM 468X/469X Interface Introduction This chapter covers IBM 468X/469X host information for setting up your scanner . Throughout the programming bar code menus, defa ult valu es are indicated with aste risks ( * ). * Disable Convert Unknown to Co de 39 Feature/Option * Indicates Default[...]

  • Page 166

    8-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting to an IBM 468X/469X Host This connection is made directly from the scanner to th e host inter face. Figure 8-1. IBM Direct Connec tion 1. Connect the interface cable to the rear of the scann er , as described in Installing the Interface Cable on p age 1-3. 2. Connect the other end of the interface ca b[...]

  • Page 167

    8-3 IBM 468X/469X Interface IBM Default Parameters T able 8-1 lists the defaults for IBM host p arameters. If you wish to change any option, scan the appropriate bar code(s) pr ovided in the Parameter Descr i ptions section beginning on pag e 8-4 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Parameter s for all user preferences, host s, symbologies, a[...]

  • Page 168

    8-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide IBM 468X/469X Host Parameters Port Address This parameter set s the IBM 468X/46 9X port being used. Note: Scannin g on e of the se ba r co de s en ab le s the RS-4 85 inte rfa ce on the scanner . Note: 1 User selection is required to config ure this interface and this is the most common selection. Hand-held Sca n[...]

  • Page 169

    8-5 IBM 468X/469X Interface Port Address (Continued) T able-top Scanner Emulation (P ort 17) Non-IBM Scanner Emu lation (Port 5B)[...]

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    8-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert Unknown to Code 39 Scan a bar code below to enable or disable the conversion o f unknown bar code type dat a to Code 39. Enable Convert to Code 39 Enable Conve rt Unknown to Co de 39 * Disable Con v ert Unknown to C ode 39[...]

  • Page 171

    9-1 Chapter 9 W and Emulation Interface Introduction This chapter covers W and Emulation host informa tion for setting up yo ur scanner . This mode is used whenever W and Emulation commu nication is neede d. The scanner will attach either to an e xternal wand decoder or to a decoder integrated in a por t able te rminal or Point-of-Sale (POS) termin[...]

  • Page 172

    9-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Connecting Using W and Emulation T o perform W and Emulation, connect the scanne r to a port able dat a terminal, or a controller which collects th e wand data and inte rprets it for the host. Figure 9-1. W and Emula tion Conne ction 1. Connect the W and Emulation interface cable to the rear of the scanner , as d[...]

  • Page 173

    9-3 Wand Emulation Interface W and Emulation Default Parameters T able 9-1 lists the default s for W and Emulation host types. If you wish to change any op tion, scan the appropriate bar co de(s) provided in the W and Emulation Host Par ameters section beginning on p age 9-4 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Parameter s for all user prefer[...]

  • Page 174

    9-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide W and Emulation Host Parameters Wa nd Emulation Host T ypes Select you r wand emu lation host by scannin g one of th e bar code s below . Symbol Omni Link In terface Contr oller 1 Symbol PDT T erminal (MSI) Symbol PTC T erminal (T elxon) Note: 1 User selection is required to config ure this interface and this is [...]

  • Page 175

    9-5 Wand Emulation Interface Leading Margin (Quiet Zone) Scan a bar code below to select a leading marg in duration. A leading ma rgin is the time that precedes the first bar of the scan, (in millisec onds). The minimum allowed value is 80 msec and the m aximum is 250 msec. Th is parameter is used to accom modate ol der wand decoders which cannot h[...]

  • Page 176

    9-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Polarity Polarity determines how the scanner's wand emulat ion interface cr eates the Digitized Barcode Patter n (D BP). DBP is a digital signal that repre se nts the scanne d ba r co de . Diffe rent decoders, to which this de vice could be attach ed, are expecting the DBP to be in a certain format. The DBP [...]

  • Page 177

    9-7 Wand Emulation Interface Ignore Unknow n Characters Unknown characters are characters the ho st does not recogn ize. When Se nd Bar Codes With Unknown Ch aracters is selected, all bar co de data is sent except for unknown characters, and no error beep s sound on the scanner . When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected, bar c[...]

  • Page 178

    9-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert All Bar Codes to Code 39 By default, th e W and Emulat ion Interfac e sends da ta to the attached host in the same symbology that was decoded. This may pr esent a problem for custom e rs with legacy systems that do not re cognize some newer symbo logies (for ex ample, RSS) . Enabling this parameter ignore[...]

  • Page 179

    9-9 Wand Emulation Interface Convert Code 39 to Full ASCII By default, any characters that do not have a correspond ing character in the Code 39 symbology set are replaced by a space. If this pa rameter is enabled, the data sent to the W a nd Interface will be encoded in Code 39 Full ASCII. This sett ing requires that the Host be able to interpre t[...]

  • Page 180

    9-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

  • Page 181

    10-1 Chapter 10 123Scan Introduction This chapte r includes the bar code you must s can to us e the 123Sc an progra m. 123Scan is a W indows ® based utility that allows the scan ner to be set up and programmed with all parameters including Ad vanced Data Form atting (ADF) Rules. An ADF rule allows bar code data to be modified be fore it is sent on[...]

  • Page 182

    10-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 123Scan Parameter In order to co mmunicate with the 123Scan p rogram, load 123Scan o nto your PC and scan the bar code below . Refer to 123Scan inst ru ctio ns for programm ing you r sca nn e r . Note: Scanning this bar code enable s the 123Scan interface on the scanner . 123Scan Configur ation[...]

  • Page 183

    11 - 1 Chapter 1 1 Symbologies Introduction This chapter descr ib es all symbology features and prov ides the pr ogramming bar codes necessary for selecting these featur es for your LS 9208 scanner . Before programm i ng, follow the instructions in Chapter 1, Getting St arted . Y our scanner is shipped with the settings shown in the Symbology Defau[...]

  • Page 184

    11 - 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Scanning Sequence Examples In most cases you need only scan one bar co de to set a specific parameter value. For example, if you want to transmit bar co de data without the UPC-A che ck digit, simply scan the Do Not T ransmit UPC-A Check Digit bar code listed under T ransmit UPC-A/UPC-E/UPC- E1 Check Digit on [...]

  • Page 185

    11 - 3 Symbologies Symbology Default Parameters Ta b l e 1 1 - 1 lists the defa ults for all symbologies p arameters. If you wish to change any option, scan the appropr iate bar cod e(s) provid ed in the Symbologies Param eters section beginning on 11 - 8 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Parameter s for all user preferences, host s, symbo[...]

  • Page 186

    11 - 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide UPC-A Preamble System Character 11 - 1 8 UPC-E Preamble System Character 11 - 1 9 UPC-E1 Pream ble System Character 11 - 2 0 Convert UPC-E to A Disab le 11 - 2 1 Convert UPC-E1 to A Disab le 11 - 2 2 EAN-8 Zero Extend Disable 11 - 2 3 UCC Coupon Extended Code Disable 11 - 2 4 Code 128 Code 128 Enable 11 - 2 5 [...]

  • Page 187

    11 - 5 Symbologies T ransmit Code 39 Check Digit Do not transmit 11 - 3 7 Code 39 Full ASCII Conversion Disab le 11 - 3 8 Buffer Code 39 Disable 11 - 3 9 Code 39 Decode Performance Enable 11 - 4 3 Code 39 Decode Performance Level Level 3 11 - 4 4 Code 93 Code 93 Disable 11 - 4 5 Set Length(s) for Code 93 4 to 55 11 - 4 6 Code 1 1 Code 1 1 Disable 1[...]

  • Page 188

    11 - 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Discrete 2 of 5 Disable 11 - 5 9 Set Length(s) for D 2 of 5 12 11 - 6 0 Codabar ( NW - 7) Codabar Disable 11 - 6 2 Set Lengths for Codabar 5 to 55 11 - 6 3 CLSI Editing Disable 11 - 6 5 NOTIS Editing Disable 11 - 6 6 MSI MSI Disable 11 - 6 7 Set Length(s) for MSI 1 to 55 11 - 6 8 MSI Check Digits One 11 - 7 0 [...]

  • Page 189

    11 - 7 Symbologies Security Level 0 11 - 8 0 Bi-directional Redunda ncy Disab le 11 - 8 2 Symbology - Inte rcharacter Ga p Intercharacter Gaps Normal 11 - 8 3 T a ble 1 1-1. Symbology Def ault T able (Continued) Parameter Default Page Number[...]

  • Page 190

    11 - 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide UPC/EAN Enable/Disable UPC-A/ UPC-E T o enab le or disable UPC-A or UPC-E, scan the approp riate bar code below . * Enable UPC-A Disable UPC-A * Enable UPC-E[...]

  • Page 191

    11 - 9 Symbologies Enable/Disable UPC-A/ UPC-E (Continued) Disable UPC-E Enable/Disable UPC-E1 T o enable or di sable UPC-E1, scan the appropr iate bar code below . Note: UPC-E1 is not a UCC (Uniform Code Council) approv ed symbology . Enable UPC-E1 * Disable UPC-E1[...]

  • Page 192

    11 - 1 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Enable/Disable EAN-13/JAN-13/EAN-8/JAN-8 T o enable or disable EAN-13/JAN-13 or EA N-8/JAN- 8, scan the appropria te bar code below . * Enable EAN-13/JAN-13 Disable EAN-13/JAN-13 * Enable EAN-8/JAN-8[...]

  • Page 193

    11 - 11 Symbologies Enable/Disable EAN-13 /EAN-8 (Continued) Disable EAN-8/JAN-8 Enable/Disable Bookland EAN T o enab le or disable Bookland EAN, scan the appr opriate bar code below . Enable Book land EAN * Disable Boo kland EAN[...]

  • Page 194

    11 - 1 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Decode UPC/EAN Supplementals Supplement als are bar codes appended according to sp ecific for mat conventions (e.g., UPC-A+2, UPC-E+2, EAN 13+2). Three options are available. • If Decode UPC/EAN Only With Supplement als is selected, UPC/EAN symbols without suppleme n tals are not de co de d . • If Ignore[...]

  • Page 195

    11 - 1 3 Symbologies Decode UPC/EAN Supplementals (Continued) * Ignore Supplementals Autodiscriminate UPC/EAN Supplementals Enable 378/379 Supplemen tal Mode ³ 2010E04[...]

  • Page 196

    11 - 1 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Decode UPC/EAN Supplementals (Continued) Enable 978 Supplemental Mode Enable Smart Su pplemen ta l Mode[...]

  • Page 197

    11 - 1 5 Symbologies UPC/EAN Supplemental Redundancy With Autodiscriminate UPC/EAN Supplement als selected, this opt ion adjusts the number of times a symbol without suppleme nt als is decoded be fore transmission. The range is from two to thirty ti mes. Five or above is recommended when de coding a mix of UPC/EAN symbols with and without supplemen[...]

  • Page 198

    11 - 1 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T ransmit UPC-A/UPC-E/UPC-E1 Che ck Digit The check digit is the last character of the sym bol use d to verify the integrity of the dat a. Scan the ap propriate ba r code belo w to transmit the bar code data with or without the UPC- A, UPC-E or UPC-E1 check digit. It is always verified to guarantee the integ[...]

  • Page 199

    11 - 1 7 Symbologies T ransmit UPC-A/UPC-E/UPC-E1 Che ck Digit (Continued) * T ran smit UPC-E Check Digit Do Not T ransmit UPC-E Check Digit * T ransmit UPC-E1 Che ck Digit[...]

  • Page 200

    11 - 1 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T ransmit UPC-A/UPC-E/UPC-E1 Che ck Digit (Continued) Do Not T ransmit UPC-E1 Check Digit UPC-A Preamble Preamble characte rs are p art of the UPC sym bol consisting of Co untr y Code and System Character . Three options are given for trans mitting UPC-A preamble to the host device: transmit System Character[...]

  • Page 201

    11 - 1 9 Symbologies UPC-A Preamble (Continued) System Char acter & Country Cod e (< COUNTR Y CODE> <SYST EM CHARACTER> <DA T A>) UPC-E Preamble Preamble characte rs are p art of the UPC sym bol consisting of Co untr y Code and System Character . Three options are given for trans mitting UPC-E preamble to the host device: tran[...]

  • Page 202

    11 - 2 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide UPC-E Preamble (Continued) System Char acter & C ountry Cod e (< COUNTR Y CODE> <SYST EM CHARACTER> <DA T A>) UPC-E1 Preamble Preamble characte rs are p art of the UPC sym bol consisting of Co untr y Code and System Character . Three options are given for transmitting UPC-E1 preamble to[...]

  • Page 203

    11 - 2 1 Symbologies UPC-E1 Preamble (Continued) System Char acter & Country Cod e (< COUNTR Y CODE> <SYST EM CHARACTER> <DA T A>) Convert UPC-E to UPC-A When enabled , UPC-E (zero suppressed) decoded d ata is converted to UPC-A format before transmis sio n. After conversion , th e da ta follows UPC-A format and is affected by[...]

  • Page 204

    11 - 2 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert UPC-E1 to UPC-A When enabled, UPC-E1 decoded dat a is converted to UPC-A format be fore transmission. After conver sion, the dat a follows UPC-A forma t and is af fected by UPC-A programming selections (e.g., Prea mble, Check Digit) . When disabled, UPC- E1 decoded dat a is transmitted as UPC-E1 data[...]

  • Page 205

    11 - 2 3 Symbologies EAN Zero Extend When enabled, this p arameter adds five leading ze ros to decoded EAN-8 symbols to make them compatible in format to EAN-13 symbols. When disabled, EAN-8 symbols are tr ansmitted as is. Enable EAN Zero Extend * Disable EAN Zero Extend[...]

  • Page 206

    11 - 2 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide UCC Coupon Ex tended Code The UCC Coupon Extended Code is an additional bar code adjacent to a UCC Coupon Code. T o enable or disable UCC Coupon Exte nded Code, scan the appropriate bar code below . Enable UCC Coupon Exte nd ed Code * Disable UCC Coupon Extended Code[...]

  • Page 207

    11 - 2 5 Symbologies Code 128 Enable/Disable Code 128 T o enable or disa ble Code 128, scan the appropriate bar code be low . * Enable Code 128 Disabl e C od e 128[...]

  • Page 208

    11 - 2 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Enable/Disable UCC/EAN-128 T o enable or di sable UCC/EAN-128, scan the appropriate bar code below . * Enable UCC/EAN-128 Disable UCC/EAN-128[...]

  • Page 209

    11 - 2 7 Symbologies Enable/Disable ISBT 128 ISBT 128 is a variant of Code 128 used in th e blood banking industry . T o enable or disabl e ISBT 128, scan the appropriate bar code be low . Concatenation of the ISBT data, if required, m ust be pe r formed in the host. * Enable ISBT 128 Disable ISBT 128[...]

  • Page 210

    11 - 2 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 128 Decode Perfor mance This option offer s three levels of decode per formance or “aggressiveness” for Code 12 8 symbols. Increasing the performa nce level reduces the amount of requ ired bar code orientation, which is useful if you are scanning very long and/or truncate d bar codes. Increased leve[...]

  • Page 211

    11 - 2 9 Symbologies Code 128 Decode Performance Level This option offer s three levels of decode per formance or “aggressive ness” for Code 128 symbols. Increasing the performa nce level reduces the amount of requ ired bar code orientation, which is useful if you are scanning very long and/or truncate d bar codes. Increased levels reduce decod[...]

  • Page 212

    11 - 3 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Enable/Disable Code 39 T o enable or di sable Code 39, scan the appropr iate bar code below . * Enable Co de 39 Disable Code 39 Note: When a large gap bar code is encoun tered, refer to Symbology - Intercharacter Gap on page 1 1-83[...]

  • Page 213

    11 - 3 1 Symbologies Enable/Disable T rioptic Code 39 T rioptic Code 39 is a varia nt of Code 39 use d in the marking of computer t ape cartridges. T rioptic Code 39 symbols always contain six cha racters. T o enab le or disable T rioptic Code 39, scan the appr o pr iat e ba r cod e below . Enable T rioptic Code 39 * Disable T rioptic Code 39 Note:[...]

  • Page 214

    11 - 3 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert Code 39 to Code 32 Code 32 is a v ariant of Code 39 us ed by the Italian pharma ceutical industry . Scan the appropriate b ar code below to enab le or disable con verting Code 3 9 to Code 32. Note: Code 39 must be enabled in order for this p arameter to function. Enable Convert Code 39 to C ode 32 * [...]

  • Page 215

    11 - 3 3 Symbologies Code 32 Prefix Scan the ap propriate b ar code belo w to enable or disable adding the prefix characte r “A” to all Code 32 bar codes. Note: Conver t Code 39 to Code 32 must b e enabled for this parameter to function. Enable Code 32 Prefix * Disable Code 3 2 Prefix[...]

  • Page 216

    11 - 3 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Code 39 The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including check digit(s) th e code cont ains. L ength s for Code 39 may be set for any length, one or two discrete leng ths, or lengths withi n a specific range. If Code 39 Full ASCII is ena[...]

  • Page 217

    11 - 3 5 Symbologies Set Lengths for Code 39 (Continued) Code 39 - T wo Discrete Lengths Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode a Code 39 sym bol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from numeric ba r codes beginning on p a g e D-1 in Appendix D. For example, to decode Co de 39 symbols cont aining between 4 an[...]

  • Page 218

    11 - 3 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Check Digit V erification When this feature is enabled, the scanne r che cks the integrity of all Code 39 symbols to verify that the dat a complies with specified check digit algo r ithm. Only those Code 39 symbols which include a modu lo 43 check digit a re deco ded when this fea ture is ena bled. T[...]

  • Page 219

    11 - 3 7 Symbologies T ransmit Code 39 Check Digit Scan a bar code below to tr ansm it C ode 39 data with or without the check digit. T ransm it Cod e 39 Check Digit (Enable) * Do Not T ransmit C ode 39 Check Digit (Disable) Note: Code 39 Check Digit V erification must be enabled for this p arameter to function.[...]

  • Page 220

    11 - 3 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Enable/Disable Code 39 Full ASCII Code 39 Full ASCII is a variant of Code 39 which p airs characters to en code the full ASCII character set. T o ena ble or disable Code 39 Full ASCII, scan the appropriate bar code below . Code 39 Full ASCII to Full ASCII Corelation is host-dependent, a nd therefore describe[...]

  • Page 221

    11 - 3 9 Symbologies Code 39 Buf fering (Scan & S tore) This feature allows th e sca nn e r to ac cum u late data from mult iple Code 39 symbols. When you se lect the Scan an d S tore option ( Buf fe r Co de 39), all Co de 39 symbo ls having a leading space as a first char acter are temporarily bu ffered in th e unit to be transmitted later . T[...]

  • Page 222

    11 - 4 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Buf fering (Scan & S tore)(Continued) * Do Not Buffer Code 39 While there is dat a in the tr ansmission buffer , selecting Do Not Buffer Code 39 is not allowed. The b uffer holds 200 byt es of inform ation. T o disable Code 39 buf fering when there is dat a in the transmission buffer , first forc[...]

  • Page 223

    11 - 4 1 Symbologies Note: The Clear Buffer contains only th e dash (minus) character . In order to scan this command, be sure Code 39 length is set to include length 1. T ransmit Buffer There are two methods to tran smit the Code 39 buffer . 1. Scan the T ransmit Buffer b ar code below . Only a st art character , a plus (+), and a stop character .[...]

  • Page 224

    11 - 4 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Overfilling T ransmission Buffer The Code 39 buf fer holds 200 characters. If t he symbol just re ad results in an overflow of the transmissio n bu ffer: • The scanner indicate s th at th e sym b ol was reje cted by iss uing th re e lon g , high beeps. • No transmiss ion occurs . The data in the buffer i[...]

  • Page 225

    11 - 4 3 Symbologies Code 39 Decode Performance This option offer s three levels of decode per formance or “aggressive ness” for Code 39 symbols. Increasing the performa nce level reduces the amount of requ ired bar code orientation, which is useful if you are scanning very long and/or truncate d bar codes. Increased levels reduce decode securi[...]

  • Page 226

    11 - 4 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 39 Decode Performance Level This option offer s three levels of decode per formance or “aggressiveness” for Code 39 symbols. Increasing the performa nce level reduces the amount of requ ired bar code orientation, which is useful if you are scanning very long and/or truncate d bar codes. Increased le[...]

  • Page 227

    11 - 4 5 Symbologies Code 93 Enable/Disable Code 93 T o enable or di sable Code 93, scan the appropr iate bar code below . Enable Code 93 * Disabl e C od e 93[...]

  • Page 228

    11 - 4 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Code 93 The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including check digit(s) th e code cont ains. L ength s for Code 93 may be set for any length, one or two discrete lengths, or lengths within a specific ra nge. discr ete lengths, or length [...]

  • Page 229

    11 - 4 7 Symbologies Set Lengths for Code 93 (Continued) Code 93 - T wo Discrete Lengths Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode a Code 93 sym bol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from numeric ba r codes beginning on p a g e D-1 in Appendix D. For example, to decode Co de 93 symbols cont aining between 4 an[...]

  • Page 230

    11 - 4 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 1 1 Code 1 1 T o enable or disa ble Code 1 1, scan the appropriate bar code below . Enable Code 1 1 * Disable Code 1 1[...]

  • Page 231

    11 - 4 9 Symbologies Set Lengths for Code 1 1 The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including check digit(s) the code con t ains. Lengths fo r Code 1 1 may be set for any length, one or two discrete lengths, or lengths within a specific ra nge. discr ete lengths, or length s within a specific[...]

  • Page 232

    11 - 5 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Code 1 1 (C ontinued) Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode a Code 1 1 symbol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from nume ric bar codes beginning on p a g e D-1 in Appendix D. For example, to decode Code 1 1 symbols conta ining between 4 a nd 12 char[...]

  • Page 233

    11 - 5 1 Symbologies Code 1 1 Check Digit V erification This feature allows th e sca nn e r to check the in tegrity of all Code 1 1 symbols to verify that the data complies with the specif ied che ck di git algorithm. This selects the check digit mechanism for the decoded Code 1 1 bar code. The options a re to check for one check digit, check for t[...]

  • Page 234

    11 - 5 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T ransmit Code 1 1 Check Digits This feature selects wheth er or not to transmit the Code 1 1 check digit(s). T ransmit Co de 1 1 Check Digit (Enable) * Do Not T ransmit C ode 1 1 Che ck Digit (Disable) Note: Code 1 1 Check Digit V erific ation mu st be enabled for this p arameter to function.[...]

  • Page 235

    11 - 5 3 Symbologies Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) Enable/Disable In terleaved 2 of 5 T o enable or disable Interleaved 2 o f 5, scan the appropriate bar code below , and select an Interleaved 2 of 5 length from the following pages. Enable Interleaved 2 of 5 * Disable Interleaved 2 of 5[...]

  • Page 236

    11 - 5 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Interleaved 2 of 5 The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including c heck digit(s) the code c ontains. L engths for I 2 of 5 may be set for any length, one or two discrete leng ths, or lengths within a specific range. Note: When setting[...]

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    11 - 5 5 Symbologies Set Lengths for Interleaved 2 of 5 (Continued) Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode an I 2 of 5 symbol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from numeric ba r codes beginning on p a g e D-1 in Appendix D. For example, to decode I 2 of 5 sym bols containing between 4 and 12 cha ra c t er s[...]

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    11 - 5 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide I 2 of 5 Check Digit V erification When this feature is enabled, th e scanner checks the integr ity of all I 2 of 5 symbols to ver ify the data complies with either the spec ified Un iform Symbology S pecification (USS), or the Optical Product Code Coun cil (OPCC) check digit algor ithm. * Disable USS Check [...]

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    11 - 5 7 Symbologies T ransmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit Scan the appropri ate bar code below to transmit I 2 of 5 data with or without the check digit. T ransm it I 2 o f 5 Check Digit (Enable) * Do Not T ransmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit (Disable)[...]

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    11 - 5 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert I 2 of 5 to EAN-13 This parameter converts a 14 ch aracter I 2 of 5 code into EAN-13 , and transmits to the host as EAN-13. In order to accomplish this, the I 2 of 5 code must be enabled , and the code must have a leading zero an d a valid EAN-13 check digit. Scanning a s ingle bar code below , Conve[...]

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    11 - 5 9 Symbologies Discrete 2 of 5 (DTF) Enable/Disable Discrete 2 of 5 T o enable or di sable Discrete 2 of 5, scan the appropr iate bar code below . Enable Discrete 2 of 5 * Disable Discrete 2 of 5[...]

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    11 - 6 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Discrete 2 of 5 The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including c heck digit(s) the code c ontains. L engths for D 2 of 5 may be set for any length, one or two discrete leng ths, or lengths within a specific range. Note: When setting le[...]

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    11 - 6 1 Symbologies Set Lengths for Discrete 2 of 5 (Continued) Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode an D 2 of 5 symbol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from numeric ba r codes beginning on p a g e D-1 in Appendix D. For example, to decode D 2 of 5 sym bols containing between 4 and 12 characters, first [...]

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    11 - 6 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Codabar (NW - 7) Enable/Disable Codabar T o enable or disable Codabar , scan the appropr iate bar code below . Enable Codabar * Disable Codabar Note: When a large gap bar code is encoun tered, refer to Symbology - Intercharacter Gap on page 1 1-83[...]

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    11 - 6 3 Symbologies Set Lengths for Codabar The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including check digit(s) the code cont ains. Le ngths for Codab ar may be set for any length, one or two discrete leng ths, or lengths within a specific range. Note: When set ting lengths for different bar code[...]

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    11 - 6 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Codab ar (Continued) Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode a Codaba r symbol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from nume ric bar codes beginning on p a g e D-1 in Appendix D. For example, to decode Coda bar symbols contain ing between 4 and 12 charac[...]

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    11 - 6 5 Symbologies CLSI Editing When enabled, this p arameter strips the st art and stop characters and insert s a space after the first, fifth, and tenth ch ar acters of a 14-chara cter Coda bar symbol. Ena ble this feat ure if your host system requ ires this data format. Note: Symbol length does not include st art and stop char acters. Enable C[...]

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    11 - 6 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide NOTIS Editing When enabled, this p arameter str ips the st art and sto p characters from a decod ed Codabar symbol. Enable this feature if your ho st system requires this data format. Enable NOTIS Editing * Disable NOTIS Editin g[...]

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    11 - 6 7 Symbologies MSI Enable/Disable MSI T o enable or disable MSI, scan the appropriate b ar code below . Enable MSI * Disable MSI[...]

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    11 - 6 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for MSI The length of a code refer s to the numb er of characters (i.e., h uman readable chara cters), including check digit(s) the code cont ains. Lengths for MSI may be set for any len gth, one or two disc rete lengths, or lengths within a specif ic range. Note: When setting lengths for differe[...]

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    11 - 6 9 Symbologies Set Lengths for MSI (Continued) Length Within Rang e - This option allows you to decode an MSI symbol with a specific length range. The length range is selected from numeric ba r codes beginning on page D-1 in Appendix D. For examp le, to decode MSI symbols cont aining b e t w e en 4 and 12 characters, first scan MS I - Length [...]

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    11 - 7 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide MSI Check Digits With MSI symbols, one check digit is mandator y and always verified by the reader . The second check digit is optional. If your MS I codes include two check digits, enable the verification of the se cond check di git by sca nnin g the barcode below . Refer to MSI Check Digit Algorithm on pag[...]

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    11 - 7 1 Symbologies T ransmit MSI Check Digit(s) Scan a bar code below to transmit MSI data with or witho ut the chec k digit. T ran smit MSI Check Digit(s ) (Enable) * Do Not T ransmit MSI Check Digit(s) (Disable)[...]

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    11 - 7 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide MSI Check Digit Algorithm T wo algorithms are possible for the verificati on of the second MSI check digit. Select the bar code below corr esp o nd in g to th e alg or ith m used to en co de you r che ck digit. MOD 10/MOD 1 1 * MOD 10/MOD 10[...]

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    11 - 7 3 Symbologies RSS (Reduced Sp ace Symbology) The variant s of RSS are RSS 14, RSS Expa nded, and RSS Limited. The limited and expanded versio ns have stacked varia nts. Scan the appr opriate ba r code below to enable or disable each varian t of RSS. RSS 14 * Enable RSS 14 Disable RSS 14[...]

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    11 - 7 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide RSS Limited Enable RSS Limited * Disable RSS Limited[...]

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    11 - 7 5 Symbologies RSS Expanded * Enable RSS Exp anded Disable RSS Expanded[...]

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    11 - 7 6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Convert RSS to UPC/EAN This parameter only applies to RSS-14 and RSS Limite d symbol s not decoded as part of a Composite symbol. When this conversion is enabled, RSS-14 and RSS Limited symbols encoding a single zero as the first digit have the leading '010' stripped an d th e ba r co de reported a[...]

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    11 - 7 7 Symbologies Symbology - Sp ecific Security Levels Redundancy Level The LS 9208 of fer four levels of decode redundan cy . Higher redund ancy levels are selected for decreasing levels of bar code quality . As redundancy levels in crease, the scanner’s aggressiveness decrease s. Select the redundancy level appro priate for the bar code qua[...]

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    11 - 7 8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Redundancy Level 2 The following code types must be successfully read twice before being de coded: T able 1 1-3. Redundancy Level 2 Code T ypes Redundancy L evel 2 Redundancy Level 3 Level 3 ensures that the enab led linear bar code types are read twice befo re reporting a good decode. The following co des m[...]

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    11 - 7 9 Symbologies Redundancy Level 4 The following code types must be successfully read three times be fore being decoded: T able 1 1-5. Redundanc y Level 4 Code T ypes Redundancy L evel 4 Code T ype Length All All[...]

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    11 - 8 0 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Security Level The LS 9208 of fer four levels o f decode security for the delt a bar codes. These in clude the Code 128 family , UPC/EAN, Code 93 and Scan let. Increasing levels of security are provided for decrea sing levels of bar code quality . There is an inverse relationship between security and scanner[...]

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    11 - 8 1 Symbologies Security Level 2 Choose this option if Security Lev el 1 fails to eliminate misdecodes. Security Leve l 2 Security Level 3 If you have tried Security Level 2, and are still experi encing misdecodes, select this security level. Be advised, selecting th is option is an extreme measure against misd ecoding severely out of spec bar[...]

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    11 - 8 2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Bi-directional Redundancy Bi-Directional Redundancy is used for added se curity to linear code type security levels. When enabled, a bar code must be successfully scanned in both directions (forward and reverse) before reporting a good decode. Enable Bi-directional Re dundancy * Disable Bi-directional Redund[...]

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    11 - 8 3 Symbologies Symbology - Intercharacter Gap The Code 39 and Codabar symbologies have an intercharacter gap th at is customarily quite small. Due to various bar code-pri nting technologies, this gap may grow larger tha n the maximum size allowed, causing the scann er to be unable to decode the symbo l. If this problem is encountered, then th[...]

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    11 - 8 4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    12-1 Chapter 12 Miscellaneous Scanner Options Introduction This chapter inclu des commonly used bar codes to customize how your dat a is transmitted to your host device. In addition to these bar codes for da t a formatting, refer to each h ost chapter for the appropr iate host connections and host device featur es for your scanner . Refer to Chapte[...]

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    12-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Scanning Sequence Examples In most cases you need only scan one bar code to set a specific parameter value. Parameters , such as Prefix V alue , require that you scan several bar codes in the prope r sequence. Refer to each in dividual p arameter for descriptions of this procedure. Errors While Scanning Unless o[...]

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    12-3 Miscellaneous Scanner Options Miscellaneous Default Parameters T able 12 -1 lists the default s for miscellaneous sc anner options para meters. If you wish to change any option, scan the appropriate ba r code(s) provided in the Miscellan eous Scanner Parameters section beginning on pag e 12-4 . Note: See Appendix A, S t andard Default Paramete[...]

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    12-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters T ransmit Code ID Character A Code ID character identif ies the code type of a scanned bar code. This may be useful when the scan ner is decoding mo re than one c ode type. In addition to any single character prefix already selected, the Code ID charac ter is inserted between the[...]

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    12-5 Miscellaneous Scanner Options T ransmit Code ID Ch aracter (Continued) * None Prefix/Suf fix V alues A prefix/suf fix may be append ed to scan dat a fo r use in data editing. These value s are set by scanning a four-dig it number (i.e., four bar codes) that corresponds to key codes for various termin als. Code 39 Full ASCII to Fu ll ASCII Coor[...]

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    12-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide FN1 Substitution V alues The Wedg e and USB HID Keyboard host s suppor t a FN1 Substitution feature. In this feature, if e nabled, a ny FN1 char acter (0x 1b) in an EAN128 barcode is substituted for this value. This value defaults to 7013 (Ente r Key) 1. Scan the bar co de below . 2. Look up th e keystroke for F[...]

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    12-7 Miscellaneous Scanner Options Scan Data Options T o change the Scan Dat a T ransmission Format, scan the Scan Options ba r code below . Then select one of four options: •D a t a A s I s • <DA T A> <SUFFIX> • <PREFIX> <DA T A> • <PREFIX> <DA T A> <SUFFIX > When you have made your selection, scan[...]

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    12-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Scan Data T ransmissi on Format (Continued) *Data As Is <DA T A> <SUFFIX> <PREFIX> <DA T A>[...]

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    12-9 Miscellaneous Scanner Options Scan Data Tr ansmissi on Format (Continued) <PREFIX> <DA T A> <SUFFIX> Enter Data Format Cancel[...]

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    12-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T ransmit “No Read” Message Scan a bar code below to sele ct whether or not a “No Read” messag e is transmitte d. When enabled, th e character s NR are tran smitted wh en a bar code is not decoded. Any prefixes or suffixes which ar e enabled are appended aro und this message. Wh en d isabled, if a symbo[...]

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    13-1 Chapter 13 Advanced Dat a Formatting Introduction Advanced Data Form atting (ADF) is a means of customizing da ta before transmission to your host device. Scan dat a can be edited to suit your particul ar r equirement s. ADF can be implemented throug h scanning a related series o f bar codes, which begin on pag e 13-7 , or by installing th e 1[...]

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    13-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide If a Code 39 bar code of 1299X1559828 is scanned, th e fo llowing is transmitted: 00001299<spa ce>. If a Code 39 bar code of 1299X15598 is scanne d, this rule is ignored because the len gt h crit er ia ha s no t be en me t. The rule specifies the editing co nditions and requirement s before data transmissi[...]

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    13-3 Advanced Data Formatting products that carry UPC bar codes, placed th ere by the manufacturer . The Code 128 bar codes have the following format: MMMMMPPPPPDD Where: M = Manufactur er ID P = Part Number D = Destination Code The distribution center uses a PC with dedicat ed control char acters for manufacturer ID <CTRL M>, part number <[...]

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    13-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Rule 2: The UPC Scanning Rule Step Bar Code On Page Beep Indication 1 Begin New Rule 13-7 High High 2 UPC/EAN 13-17 High High 3 Send all remaining data 13-33 High High 4 Send <CTRL M> 13-80 High High 5 Save R ule 13-8 High Low High L ow If you made any mist akes while enterin g this rule, scan the Quit Ent[...]

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    13-5 Advanced Data Formatting T o implement this, you would first enter an ADF ru le that applies to the normal situation. This rule may look like this: When scanning a bar code of lengt h 15, send the next 2 characte rs, send the class key , send the next 8 characters, sen d the stock key , send the dat a that remains, send the Enter key . The “[...]

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    13-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide All programmed rules are sto red in a buff er . As they are programmed, they are stored at the “top” of a rules list. If three rules have b een created, the list would be configured as follows: Third Rule Second Rule First Rule When data is scanned, the ru les list is checked fr om top to bottom to dete rmin[...]

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    13-7 Advanced Data Formatting S pecial Commands Pause Duration This parameter allows a pause to be inserted in the data transmissio n. Pauses are set by scanning a two-digit nu mber (i.e., two bar codes), and are measur ed in 0.1 seco nd intervals. For example, scan ni ng bar codes “0” and “1” inser ts a 0.1 second p ause; “5” and “0 [...]

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    13-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Save Rule Scan this bar code to save the rule you entered. Erase Use these bar codes to erase criteria, actions, or rules. Save Rule Erase Criteria And St art Again Erase Actions And St art Again[...]

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    13-9 Advanced Data Formatting Erase (Continued) Quit Entering Rules Scan this bar code to quit entering rules. Erase Previously Saved Rule Erase All Rules Quit Entering Rules[...]

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    13-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Disable Rule Set Use these bar codes to disable rule set s. Disable Rule Set 1 Disable Rule Set 2 Disable Rule Set 3[...]

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    13-1 1 Advanced Data Formatting Disable Rule Set (Continued) Disable Rule Set 4 Disable All Rule Sets[...]

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    13-12 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Criteria Code T ypes Select any number of code types to be affe cted. All selected codes must be scanned in succession, prior to sele cting ot he r crit er ia. If you don't select a code type, all code types will be affected. Code 39 Codabar[...]

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    13-13 Advanced Data Formatting Code T ypes (Continued) RSS 14 RSS Limited RSS Exp anded[...]

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    13-14 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code T ypes (Continued) Scan the ba r codes for a ll code types desired be fore selecting other crit eria. Code 128 D 2 OF 5[...]

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    13-15 Advanced Data Formatting Code T ypes (Continued) Scan the ba r codes for a ll code types desired be fore selecting other crit eria. I 2 OF 5 IA T A 2 OF 5 Code 93[...]

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    13-16 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code T ypes (Continued) Scan the ba r codes for a ll code types desired be fore selecting other crit eria. UPC-A UPC-E EAN-8[...]

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    13-17 Advanced Data Formatting Code T ypes (Continued) EAN-13 EAN 128 MSI[...]

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    13-18 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code T ypes (Continued) UPC-E1 Bookland T rioptic[...]

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    13-19 Advanced Data Formatting Code Lengths Define the number of char acters t he selected code type must cont ain. If you d on't select a code length, sele cted code types of any length will be affected . Scan these bar codes to define the num ber of characters the selected cod e typ es mus t contain. Select one length p er rule only . 1 Char[...]

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    13-20 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (Continued) 4 Characters 5 Characters 6 Characters[...]

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    13-21 Advanced Data Formatting Code Lengths (Continued) 7 Characters 8 Characters 9 Characters[...]

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    13-22 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (Continued) 10 Characters 1 1 Characters 12 Characters[...]

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    13-23 Advanced Data Formatting Code Lengths (Continued) 13 Characters 15 Characters 14 Characters[...]

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    13-24 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (Continued) 16 Characters 17 Characters 18 Characters[...]

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    13-25 Advanced Data Formatting Code Lengths (Continued) 20 Chara cters 19 Characters 21 Characters[...]

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    13-26 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (Continued) 23 Chara cters 24 Characters 22 Characters[...]

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    13-27 Advanced Data Formatting Code Lengths (Continued) 25 Characters 26 Characters 27 Characters[...]

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    13-28 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (Continued) 28 Characters 29 Characters 30 Characters[...]

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    13-29 Advanced Data Formatting Message Containing A Specific Data S tring Use this feature to select whether the forma tting af fects data that begins with a specific character or dat a string, or cont ains a specific character or dat a string. There are 4 features: • S pecific S tring at S tart • S pecific S tring, Any Location • Any Message[...]

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    13-30 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Specific S t rin g, Any Location Scan this bar code, then, u sin g the Numeric Bar Cod es on page D-1, scan a two-digit number repr esenting the position (use a leading “zero” if necessary). Then scan the desired characte r or characters (u p to a total of 8) on the Alphanumer ic Keyboard on p age 13-177, f[...]

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    13-31 Advanced Data Formatting Rule Belongs T o Set Select the set a rule be longs to. (There are four po ssible rule sets.) Refe r to Alternate Rule Sets on p age 13-4 for more information abo ut rule sets. Scan a bar code below to selec t which set a rule belongs to. Rule Belongs T o Set 1 Rule Belongs T o Set 2[...]

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    13-32 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Rule Belongs T o Set (Continued) Rule Belong s T o Set 3 Rule Belongs T o Set 4[...]

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    13-33 Advanced Data Formatting Actions Select how to format the dat a for tr an smission. Send Data Send all data that remain s, send all data up to a specific char acter selected from the Alphanumeric Keyboard on pa ge 13-177, or send the next N characters. N = a ny number from 1 to 254, selected from the Alphanume ric Keyboard . Use these bar cod[...]

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    13-34 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Data (Continued) Send Next 3 Characters Send Next 2 Characters Send Next 4 Characters[...]

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    13-35 Advanced Data Formatting Send Data (Continued) Send Next 5 Characters Send Next 7 Characters Send Next 6 Characters[...]

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    13-36 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Data (Continued) Send Next 8 Characters Send Next 9 Characters Send Next 10 Characters[...]

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    13-37 Advanced Data Formatting Send Data (Continued) Send Next 11 C h a r a c t e r s Send Next 12 Characters Send Next 13 Characters[...]

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    13-38 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Data (Continued) Send Next 16 Characters Send Next 14 Characters Send Next 15 Characters[...]

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    13-39 Advanced Data Formatting Send Data (Continued) Send Next 19 Characters Send Next 18 Characters Send Next 17 Characters[...]

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    13-40 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Data (Continued) Send Next 20 Characters[...]

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    13-41 Advanced Data Formatting Setup Field(s) T able 13-1. Setup Field(s) Defin itions Parameter Description Page Move Cursor Move Cur sor T o a Character Scan the Move Cursor T o Character bar code on page 13-42 , then any printabl e ASCII character from th e Alphanumeric Keyboar d . When this is used, th e cursor moves to the position after the m[...]

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    13-42 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Move Cursor Scan a bar code below to move the cursor in relation to a specified chara c ter . Then enter a characte r by scannin g a bar cod e from the Alphanumeric Keyboar d beginning on page 13-177. Note: If there is no match when the rule is interpreted an d the rule fails, the next rule is checked. Move Cur[...]

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    13-43 Advanced Data Formatting Move Cursor (Continued) Scan the barcod e be lo w to insert a pause in the trans mission of data. The length of this pause is controlled by the value of the Pause Duration para meter . Skip Ahead Use the following bar codes to skip ah ead characters. Move Cursor Past Character Send Pause Skip Ahead 1 Character[...]

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    13-44 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Skip Ahead (Continued) Skip Ahead 4 Characters Skip Ahead 3 Characters Skip Ahead 2 Characters[...]

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    13-45 Advanced Data Formatting Skip Ahead (Continued) Skip Ahead 5 Characters Skip Ahead 6 Characters Skip Ahead 7 Characters[...]

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    13-46 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Skip Ahead (Continued) Skip Ahead 9 Characters Skip Ahead 10 Characters Skip Ahead 8 Characters[...]

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    13-47 Advanced Data Formatting Skip Back Use the following bar codes to skip ba ck characters. Skip Back 1 Characters Skip Back 3 Characters Skip Back 2 Characters[...]

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    13-48 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Skip Back (Continued) Skip Back 4 Characters Skip Back 6 Character s Skip Back 5 Characters[...]

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    13-49 Advanced Data Formatting Skip Back (Continued) Skip Back 7 Characters Skip Back 8 Characters Skip Back 9 Characters[...]

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    13-50 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Skip Back (Continued) Send Preset V alue Use these bar codes to send preset values. Skip Back 10 Characters Send V alue 2 Send V alue 1[...]

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    13-51 Advanced Data Formatting Send Preset V a lue (Continued) Send V alue 4 Send V alue 3 Send V alue 5[...]

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    13-52 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Preset V a lue (Continued) Modify Data Modify data in the ways listed. The following a ctions work for all send co mmands that follow it within a rule. If you program p ad zeros to length 6, send next 3 characters, stop paddin g, send next 5 characters, three zeros are ad ded to the first send, and the nex[...]

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    13-53 Advanced Data Formatting Modify Data (Continued) Use the bar codes below to modify data. Remove All Sp aces Crunch All Sp aces Stop Sp ace Removal[...]

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    13-54 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Modify Data (Continued) Pad Dat a with Sp aces T o pad data to the left, scan the bar code co ntaining the des ired numbe r of spaces. This parameter is activate d by Send commands Remove Leading Zeros Stop Zero Removal Pad Sp aces T o Length 1[...]

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    13-55 Advanced Data Formatting . Pad Dat a with S p aces (Continued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 2 Pad Sp aces T o Length 4 Pad Sp aces T o Length 3[...]

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    13-56 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 5 Pad Sp aces T o Length 6 Pad Sp aces T o Length 7[...]

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    13-57 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 9 Pad Sp aces T o Length 10 Pad Sp aces T o Length 8[...]

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    13-58 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 12 Pad Sp aces T o Length 1 1 Pad Sp aces T o Length 13[...]

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    13-59 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 14 Pad Sp aces T o Length 16 Pad Sp aces T o Length 15[...]

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    13-60 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 17 Pad Sp aces T o Length 18 Pad Sp aces T o Length 19[...]

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    13-61 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 20 Pad Sp aces T o Length 21 Pad Sp aces T o Length 22[...]

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    13-62 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 24 Pad Sp aces T o Length 23 Pad Sp aces T o Length 25[...]

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    13-63 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 26 Pad Sp aces T o Length 28 Pad Sp aces T o Length 27[...]

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    13-64 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Dat a with Sp aces (Contin ued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 29 Pad Sp aces T o Length 30 Stop Pad Sp aces[...]

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    13-65 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Data with Zeros T o pad data to the left, scan the bar code co ntaining the des ired numbe r of zeros. This parameter is activated by Send commands. Pad Zeros T o Length 1 Pad Zeros T o Length 2 Pad Zeros T o Length 3[...]

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    13-66 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 4 Pad Zeros T o Length 5 Pad Zeros T o Length 6[...]

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    13-67 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 8 Pad Zeros T o Length 7 Pad Zeros T o Length 9[...]

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    13-68 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 10 Pad Zeros T o Length 12 Pad Zeros T o Length 1 1[...]

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    13-69 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 13 Pad Zeros T o Length 14 Pad Zeros T o Length 15[...]

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    13-70 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 17 Pad Zeros T o Length 18 Pad Zeros T o Length 16[...]

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    13-71 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 19 Pad Zeros T o Length 20 Pad Zeros T o Length 21[...]

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    13-72 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 23 Pad Zeros T o Length 22 Pad Zeros T o Length 24[...]

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    13-73 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 25 Pad Zeros T o Length 27 Pad Zeros T o Length 26[...]

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    13-74 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 28 Pad Zeros T o Length 29 Pad Zeros T o Length 30[...]

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    13-75 Advanced Data Formatting Pad Data with Zeros (Continued) Beeps Select a beep sequence fo r each ADF rule. Stop Pa d Ze ro s Beep Once Beep T wice[...]

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    13-76 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Beeps (Continued) Send Keystroke (Control Characters and Keyboard Characters) Control Characters Scan the “Send __” bar code for the keystroke you wish to send. Beep Three Times Send Control 2 Send Co ntrol A[...]

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    13-77 Advanced Data Formatting Control Characters (Continued) Send Control C Send Control B Send Control D[...]

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    13-78 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Control Characters (Continued) Send Con trol E Send Control G Send Control F[...]

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    13-79 Advanced Data Formatting Control Characters (Continued) Send Control H Send Control I Send Control J[...]

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    13-80 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Control Characters (Continued) Send Control K Send Control L Send Control M[...]

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    13-81 Advanced Data Formatting Control Characters (Continued) Send Control P Send Control O Send Control N[...]

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    13-82 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Control Characters (Continued) Send Control Q Send Control S Send Control R[...]

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    13-83 Advanced Data Formatting Control Characters (Continued) Send Control T Send Control U Send Control V[...]

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    13-84 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Control Characters (Continued) Send Control X Send Control Y Send Control W[...]

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    13-85 Advanced Data Formatting Control Characters (Continued) Send Control [ Send Control Z Send Control [...]

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    13-86 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Control Characters (Continued) Send Control ] Send Control - Send Control 6[...]

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    13-87 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters Scan the “Send __” bar code for the keyboard characters you wish to send. Send Sp ace Send ! Send “[...]

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    13-88 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send # Send $ Send %[...]

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    13-89 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send ‘ Send & Send ([...]

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    13-90 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send ) Send + Send *[...]

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    13-91 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send , Send - Send .[...]

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    13-92 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send 0 Send 1 Send /[...]

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    13-93 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send 3 Send 2 Send 4[...]

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    13-94 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send 5 Send 7 Send 6[...]

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    13-95 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send 8 Send 9 Send :[...]

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    13-96 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send ; Send < Send =[...]

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    13-97 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send ? Send > Send @[...]

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    13-98 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send A Send C Send B[...]

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    13-99 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send D Send E Send F[...]

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    13-100 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send H Send I Send G[...]

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    13-101 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send K Send J Send L[...]

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    13-102 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send M Send O Send N[...]

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    13-103 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send P Send Q Send R[...]

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    13-104 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send S Send T Send U[...]

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    13-105 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send X Send W Send V[...]

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    13-106 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send Y Send [ Send Z[...]

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    13-107 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send Send ] Send ^[...]

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    13-108 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send ‘ Send a Send _[...]

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    13-109 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send c Send b Send d[...]

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    13-1 10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send e Send g Send f[...]

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    1 3 - 111 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send h Send i Send j[...]

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    13-1 12 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send k Send l Send m[...]

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    13-1 13 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send p Send n Send o[...]

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    13-1 14 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send q Send s Send r[...]

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    13-1 15 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send t Send u Send v[...]

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    13-1 16 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send x Send y Send w[...]

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    13-1 17 Advanced Data Formatting Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send { Send z Send |[...]

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    13-1 18 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (Continued) Send AL T Characters Send } Send ~ Send Alt 2[...]

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    13-1 19 Advanced Data Formatting Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt A Send Alt C Send Alt B[...]

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    13-120 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt D Send Alt E Send Alt F[...]

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    13-121 Advanced Data Formatting Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt H Send Alt I Send Alt G[...]

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    13-122 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt K Send Alt J Send Alt L[...]

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    13-123 Advanced Data Formatting Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Al t M Send Alt O Send Alt N[...]

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    13-124 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt P Send Alt Q Send Alt R[...]

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    13-125 Advanced Data Formatting Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt S Send Alt T Send Al t U[...]

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    13-126 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt X Send Alt V Send Alt W[...]

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    13-127 Advanced Data Formatting Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt Y Send Alt [ Send Alt Z[...]

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    13-128 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Alt Send Alt ] Send Alt 6[...]

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    13-129 Advanced Data Formatting Send AL T Characters (Continued) Send Keyp ad Characters Send Alt - Send Keypad * Send Keyp ad +[...]

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    13-130 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Keyp ad . Send Keyp ad - Send Keypad /[...]

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    13-131 Advanced Data Formatting Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Keyp ad 0 Send Keypad 2 Send Keyp ad 1[...]

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    13-132 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Keypad 5 Send Keypad 4 Send Keypad 3[...]

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    13-133 Advanced Data Formatting Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Keypad 6 Send Keypad 8 Send Keypad 7[...]

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    13-134 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Keypad 9 Send Keyp ad Enter Send Keyp ad Numlock[...]

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    13-135 Advanced Data Formatting Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Break Key Send Delete Key Send Page Up Key[...]

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    13-136 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send End Key Send Page Down Key Send Pause Key[...]

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    13-137 Advanced Data Formatting Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Backspace Key Send Scroll Lock Key Send T ab Key[...]

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    13-138 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Insert Key Send Home Key Send Print Screen Key[...]

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    13-139 Advanced Data Formatting Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Enter Key Send Up Arrow Key Send Escape Key[...]

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    13-140 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Lef t Arrow Key Send Down Arrow Key Send Right Arrow Key[...]

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    13-141 Advanced Data Formatting Send Keypad Characters (Continued) Send Function Key Send Back T ab Character Send F1 Key Send F2 Key[...]

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    13-142 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send F4 Key Send F3 Key Send F5 Key[...]

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    13-143 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send F6 Key Send F8 Key Send F7 Key[...]

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    13-144 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send F9 Key Send F10 Key Send F1 1 Key[...]

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    13-145 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send F12 Key Send F14 Key Send F13 Key[...]

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    13-146 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send F15 Key Send F16 Key Send F17 Key[...]

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    13-147 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send F18 Key Send F20 Key Send F19 Key[...]

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    13-148 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send F21 Key Send F22 Ke y Send F23 Key[...]

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    13-149 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send F24 Key Send F25 Key Send F26 Key[...]

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    13-150 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send F28 Key Send F27 Key Send F29 Key[...]

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    13-151 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF1 Key Send PF2 Key Send F30 Key[...]

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    13-152 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF4 Key Send PF5 Key Send PF3 Key[...]

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    13-153 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF6 Key Send PF8 Key Send PF7 Key[...]

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    13-154 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF10 Ke y Send PF9 Key Send PF1 1 Key[...]

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    13-155 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF12 Ke y Send PF14 Key Send PF13 Key[...]

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    13-156 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF15 Key Send PF16 Ke y Send PF17 Key[...]

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    13-157 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF18 Key Send PF20 Key Send PF19 Key[...]

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    13-158 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF21 Key Send PF22 Key Send PF23 Key[...]

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    13-159 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF24 Key Send PF25 Key Send PF26 Key[...]

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    13-160 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (Continued) Send PF28 Key Send PF27 Key Send PF29 Key[...]

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    13-161 Advanced Data Formatting Send Function Key (Continued) Send Right Control Key The “Send Right Cont rol Key” action will send a t ap (press and release) of the Right Control Key . Send Right Control Key Send PF30 Ke y[...]

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    13-162 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interface Characters The “Send Graphic User Interface Character” actions will tap the specified key while holding the System Dependant Gr ap hic User Interface (GUI) Key . The definition of the Graphic User Interface key is dependant upon the att ached system Send GUI 2 Send GUI 1 Send GU[...]

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    13-163 Advanced Data Formatting Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI 5 Send GUI 4 Send GUI 3[...]

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    13-164 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI 8 Send GUI 7 Send GUI 6[...]

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    13-165 Advanced Data Formatting Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI B Send GUI A Send GUI 9[...]

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    13-166 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI E Send GUI D Send GUI C[...]

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    13-167 Advanced Data Formatting Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI H Send GUI G Send GUI F[...]

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    13-168 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI K Send GUI J Send GUI I[...]

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    13-169 Advanced Data Formatting Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI N Send GUI M Send GUI L[...]

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    13-170 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI Q Send GUI P Send GUI O[...]

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    13-171 Advanced Data Formatting Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI T Send GUI S Send GUI R[...]

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    13-172 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI W Send GUI V Send GUI U[...]

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    13-173 Advanced Data Formatting Send Graphic User Interf ace Characters (Continued) Send GUI Z Send GUI Y Send GUI X[...]

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    13-174 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T urn On/Off Rule Sets Use these bar codes to turn rule set s on and off. T urn On Ru le Set 1 T urn On Rule Set 2[...]

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    13-175 Advanced Data Formatting T urn On/Off Rule Sets (Continued) T urn On Rul e Set 4 T urn On Ru le Set 3 T urn Off Rule Set 1[...]

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    13-176 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T urn On/Off Rule Sets (Continued) T urn Off Rule Set 2 T urn Off Rule Set 4 T urn Off Rule Set 3[...]

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    13-177 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard Sp ace # $[...]

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    13-178 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) % * +[...]

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    13-179 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) . - /[...]

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    13-180 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) “ & ![...]

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    13-181 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) ( ‘ )[...]

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    13-182 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) : < ;[...]

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    13-183 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) ? = >[...]

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    13-184 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) @ [[...]

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    13-185 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) ] ^ _[...]

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    13-186 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) Bar codes on this p age should not be confused with those on the numer ic keypad. 0 1 `[...]

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    13-187 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) Bar codes on this p age should not be confused with those on the numeric keyp ad. 3 2 4[...]

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    13-188 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) Bar codes on this p age should not be confused with those on the numer ic keypad. 7 6 5[...]

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    13-189 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) Bar codes on this p age should not be confused with those on the numeric keyp ad. 9 8 A[...]

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    13-190 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) B D C[...]

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    13-191 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) E F G[...]

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    13-192 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) H J I[...]

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    13-193 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) K L M[...]

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    13-194 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) N O P[...]

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    13-195 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) R Q S[...]

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    13-196 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) U V T[...]

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    13-197 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) X W Y[...]

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    13-198 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) Z End Of Message Cancel[...]

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    13-199 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) a b c[...]

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    13-200 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) d e f[...]

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    13-201 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) h g i[...]

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    13-202 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) k l j[...]

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    13-203 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) n m o[...]

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    13-204 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) p r q[...]

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    13-205 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) u s t[...]

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    13-207 Advanced Data Formatting Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) y z {[...]

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    13-208 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (Continued) | ~ }[...]

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    A-1 Appendix A S tandard Default Parameters T able A-1. St andard De fault Paramete rs T able Parameter Default Page Number User Preferences Set Default Parameter All Defaults 4-5 Beeper T one High 4-6 Beeper V olume High 4-7 V olume Chan ge T rigger Delay 5 sec 4-8 Laser On T ime 3.0 Sec 4-9 Beep After Good Decode Enable 4-10 Low Power Blink Blink[...]

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    A-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide T ime-out Between Same Symbol 0.6 sec 4-15 T ime-out Between Different Symbols 0.2 sec 4-15 T ime Delay to Low Power Mode 30 Minutes 4-16 Linear UPC/EAN Decode Disable 4-18 Keyboard Wedge Host Parameters Keyboard Wedge Host T ype IBM PC/A T& IBM PC Compatibles 1 5-4 Country T ypes (Coun try Codes) North Ameri[...]

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    A-3 Standard Default Parameters Baud Rate 9600 6-9 Parity None 6-1 1 Check Receive Errors Enable 6-13 Hardware Handshaking None 6-14 Software Handshaking None 6-17 Host Serial Response Time-out 2 Sec 6-20 RTS Line S tate Low RTS 6-22 S top Bit Select 1 6-23 Data Bits 8-Bit 6-24 Beep on <BEL> Disable 6-25 Intercharacter Delay 0 msec 6-26 Nixdo[...]

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    A-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide USB Ignore En able T ransmission Enable 7-1 1 Emulate Keypad Disable 7-13 USB Keyboard FN1 Substitution Disable 7-14 Function Key Mapping Disable 7-15 Simulated Caps Lock Disab le 7-16 Convert Case Disable 7-17 IBM 468X/469X Host Parameters Port Address None Selected 1 8-4 Convert Unknown Bar Co de 39 Disable 8-6[...]

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    A-5 Standard Default Parameters UPC-A Enable 11 - 8 UPC-E Enable 11 - 8 UPC-E1 Disable 11 - 9 EAN-8/JAN-8 Enable 11 - 1 0 EAN-13/JAN-13 Enable 11 - 1 0 Bookland EAN Disable 11 - 11 Decode UPC/EAN Supplementals (2 and 5 digits) Ignore 11 - 1 2 Decode UPC/EAN Supplemental Redund ancy 20 11 - 1 5 T ransmit UPC-A Check Digit Transmit 11 - 1 6 T ransmit[...]

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    A-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Code 128 Enable 11 - 2 5 UCC/EAN-128 Enable 11 - 2 6 ISBT 128 (non-concatenated ) Enable 11 - 2 7 Code 128 Decode Performance Enable 11 - 2 8 Code 128 Decode Performance Level Level 3 11 - 2 9 Code 39 Code 39 Enable 11 - 3 0 T rioptic Code 39 Disable 11 - 3 1 Convert Code 39 to Code 32 (Italian Farmer Code) Disab[...]

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    A-7 Standard Default Parameters Set Length(s) for Code 93 4 to 55 11 - 4 6 Code 1 1 Code 1 1 Disable 11 - 4 8 Set Lengths for Code 1 1 4 to 55 11 - 4 9 Code 1 1 Check D igit V erification Disab le 11 - 5 1 T ransmit Code 1 1 Check Digit Do Not T ransmit 11 - 5 2 Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) Enable 11 - 5 3 Set Length(s) for I 2[...]

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    A-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide NOTIS Editing Disable 11 - 6 6 MSI MSI Disable 11 - 6 7 Set Length(s) for MSI 1 to 55 11 - 6 8 MSI Check Digits One 11 - 7 0 T ransmit MSI Check Digit Disable 11 - 7 1 MSI Check Digit Algorithm Mod 10/Mod 10 11 - 7 2 RSS (Reduced Space Symbology) RSS 14 Enable 11 - 7 3 RSS Limited Disable 11 - 7 4 RSS Expanded En[...]

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    A-9 Standard Default Parameters T ransmit Code ID Character Disable 12-4 Prefix V alue None 12-5 Suffix V alue <CR><LF> 12-5 FN1 Substitution V alues 7013 12-6 Scan Data Options Data “as is” 12-7 T ransmit “No Read” Message Disable 12-10 T able A-1. S t andard Default Parameters T able (Continued) Parameter Default Page Number 1[...]

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    A-10 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    B-1 Appendix B Programming Reference Symbol Code Identifiers T able B-1. Code Characte rs Code Character Code T ype A UPC/EAN B Code 39, Code 39 F ull ASCII, Code 32 C Codabar D Code 128, ISBT 128 E Code 93 F Int erleav e d 2 of 5 G Discrete 2 of 5, IA T A H Code 1 1 J MSI Plessey K UCC/EAN-128 L Bookland EAN[...]

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    B-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide M Code 39 Trioptic N Co upon Code RR S S T a ble B-1. Code Characters (Cont in ued) Code Character Code T ype[...]

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    B-3 Programming Reference AIM Code Identifiers Each AIM Code Identifier contai ns the thr ee-character string ]cm where: ]=Flag Character (ASCII 93) c=Code Charac te r m=Modifier Character T able B-2. AIM Code Characters Code Character Code T ype A Code 39, Code 39 F ull ASCII, Code 32 C Code 128 (all variants), Coupon (Code 128 portion) E UPC/EAN,[...]

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    B-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide The modifier character is the sum of the ap plicable option values base d on Ta b l e B - 3 . T a ble B-3. Modifier Characters Code T ype Option V alue Option Code 39 0 No Check character . 1 Reader has checked one check ch aracter. 3 Reader has checked and stripped check charac ter. 4 Reader has performed Full A[...]

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    B-5 Programming Reference I 2 of 5 0 No check digit processi ng. 1 Reader has validated check digit. 3 Reader has validated and stripped check digit. Example: An I 2 of 5 bar code without check digit, 41 23, is transmitted as ]I0 4123 Codabar 0 S tandard Codabar 1 ABC Codabar Example: A standard Codabar bar cod e, 4123, is transmitted as ]F0 4123 C[...]

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    B-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide UPC/EAN 0 S tandard p acket in full EAN country code format, which is 13 digits for UPCA and UPCE (not including suppl emental data). 1 T wo digit supplem en t da ta onl y . 2 Five digit supplement data only . 4 EAN-8 data packet. Example: A UPCA bar code 012345678905 is transmi tted as ]E0 00123 45678905 Booklan[...]

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    B-7 Programming Reference RSS Family No option specified at this time . Always transmit 0. RSS-14 and RSS-Limited transmit with an Application Identifier “01”. Note: In UCC/EAN-128 emulation mode, RSS is transmitted using Code 128 rules (i.e., ]C1). Example: An RSS-14 bar code 100123456788902 is transmitted as ]e 001 1001234567889 02. T a ble B[...]

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    B-8 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    C-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 Appendix C Sample Bar Codes Code 39 UPC/EAN UPC-A, 100 % 123ABC[...]

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    C-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide UPC/EAN (Continued) EAN-13, 100 % Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 0 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 12345678901231[...]

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    C-3 Sample Bar Codes RSS 14 Note: RSS 14 must be enabled to read the bar code below (see RSS 14 on page 1 1-73). 7612341562341[...]

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    C-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    D-1 Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes 0, 1 For par ameters requiring specific num eric values, scan the ap propriately numbered bar code(s). 0 1[...]

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    D-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 2, 3, 4 2 3 4[...]

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    D-3 Numeric Bar Codes 5, 6, 7 5 6 7[...]

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    D-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide 8, 9 9 8[...]

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    D-5 Numeric Bar Codes Cancel If you make an error or wish to ch an g e you r se lec tio n, sca n the ba r co de belo w . Cancel[...]

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    D-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide[...]

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    Glossary-1 Glossary Aperture The opening in an optical system defin ed by a lens or baffle that establishes the field of view . AIM The Automatic Identification Manufacturer s Inc., a tra de association. ASCII American S tandard Code for Information Interchange. A 7 bit-plus- parity code representing 128 letter s, numerals, p unctuation marks, and [...]

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    Glossary-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Byte On an addressable boundary , ei ght adja cent binary digits (0 and 1) combined in a pattern to represent a specific characte r or nume ric value. Bits are numbered from the right, 0 through 7 , with bit 0 the low- order bit. One byte in memory is used to stor e one ASCII chara cter . CDRH Center for D[...]

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    Glossary-3 Glossary Code Length Number o f data characters in a bar code between the start and stop characters , not includi ng those cha racters. Continuous Cod e A bar code or symbol in which all spaces within the symbol are parts of characters. There are n o intercha racter g aps in a continuous code . The absence of gaps allows for greater info[...]

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    Glossary-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide IEC (825) Class 1 This is the lowest power IEC laser classification. Conformity is ensured through a software restriction of 120 seconds of laser operation within any 1000 second window and an automa ti c laser shutdown if the scanner's oscillating mirror fails. Intercharacter Gap The space between tw[...]

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    Glossary-5 Glossary Percent Decode The avera ge probability that a singl e scan of a bar code would result in a successful decode. In a well-desi gned bar code scanning system, that probability should approach ne ar 100%. Print Contrast Signal (PCS) Measurement of the contra st (brigh tness di fference) between the bars and spaces of a symbol. A mi[...]

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    Glossary-6 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide Start/ Stop Ch ar ac ter A pattern of bars and spaces that provides the scanner wi th start and stop reading instructions and scanni ng direction. The start and stop characters are normally to the left and right margins of a horizontal code. Substrate A foundation material on which a substance or image is [...]

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    Index-1 Numerics 123Scan parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 A actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2 ADF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1, 13-32, 13-33 move cursor . . . . . . . . . 13-42, 13-43 send data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Index-2 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide send preset value . . . 13-50, 13-51, 13-5 2 skip ahead characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-43, 13-45, 13-46 skip back characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-47, 13-49, 13-50 space removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-52 special commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 specific data string . .[...]

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    Index-3 Index code 39 lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-34 code 39 transmit check digit . . . 11-37 code 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-45 code 93 lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-46 convert UPC-E to UPC-A . . . . . 11-21 convert UPC-E1 to UPC-A . . . . 11-2 2 default table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3 discrete 2 of 5 . . . [...]

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    Index-4 LS 9208 Product Reference Guide connecting power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 D default parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 IBM 468X/469X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 keyboard wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 miscellaneous scanner options . . . . . 12 -3 RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Index-5 Index hands-free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 sequence example . . . . . . 4-2, 11-2, 12-2 service information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii setup connecting a USB interface . . . . . . . . . 7-2 connecting an RS-232 interface . . . . . 6-2 connecting interface cable . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 connecting keyboa[...]

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