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vii Contents Factory ServiceSymbol Support Center Chapter 1. Introduction and Set-up IntroductionAudienceSet-Up3 UnpackingInstalling the CableSwitching Cables Connecting to a Host Chapter 2. Scanning IntroductionReady, Test, ScanAiming Chapter 3. Maintenance & Specifications IntroductionMaintain...

viii PPT 4600 Product Reference Guide: Contents Decode Attempt TimeOperating ModeAggressive Scan ModeTransmit “No Decode” MessageDecode RedundancyCode TypesUPC/EANCode 128Code 39Code 93Interleaved 2 of 5Discrete 2 of 5CodabarData OptionsRS-232C Chapter 5. Glossary Chapter 6. ASCII Character Set ASCI...

1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction and Set-up Introduction Symbol Technologies Inc., the world leader in hand-held laser scanning now offers 21st century technology, while maintaining compatibility with today’s existing systems. The LS 1000 Series of hand-held laser scanners offers the best performance in r...

1-2 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup Audience The intended audience for this manual is personnel performing installation/setup and programming of LS 100x scanners. coverBook Page 2 Monday, December 1, 1997 2:19 PM

1-3 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup Set-Up Unpacking Remove the scanner from its packing and inspect it for damage. If the scanner was damaged in transit, call the Symbol Support Center at one of the telephone numbers listed in the front of this manual. KEEP THE PA...

1-4 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup 2. Twist the cable to the left to lock in place, as shown below: Switching Cables Different cables are required for different hosts. To change the scanner cable: 1. “Unlock” the cable by twisting to the right. 2. Pull the cable o...

1-5 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup Connecting to a Host With some terminal types, the LS 100x is unable to answer host terminal polls until the appropriate host type is selected. This may result in an error message generated by the host. To correct this situation,...

1-6 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup For external power operation with Flying Lead Connector • Plug the cable into the scanner. • Plug the Power Supply into the receptacle on the Flying Lead connector. Figure 1-2. RS-232C External Power Connection: Flying Lead Conne...

1-7 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup For external power operation with 25-pin Host Connector • Plug the cable into the scanner. • Plug the Power Supply into the receptacle on the side of the 25-pin Host Connector Figure 1-3. RS-232C External Power Connection: 25-pin...

1-8 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup RS-232C (Contd) For battery operation: • Insert a 9-volt battery into the battery box. See Battery Box Operation . • Plug the scanner's 9-pin connector at the end of the cord into one end of the battery box. • An output cable fro...

1-9 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup IBM 468X/9X Plug the SDL modular connector at the end of the selected Synapse “Smart” cable into the appropriate port ( 5B , 9B , 9C , 9E , or 17 ). Check that the connection is secure. To install an LS 1004 on an IBM 468X/469X h...

1-10 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup IBM 468X/9X (Contd) Figure 1-6. IBM 4683 Rear Panel with Cover Removed Figure 1-7. IBM 4684 Rear Panel with Cover Removed PORT 9B PORT 5B PORT 17 9B 5B 17 coverBook Page 10 Monday, December 1, 1997 2:19 PM

1-11 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 1, Introduction and Setup IBM 468X/9X (Contd) Figure 1-8. IBM 4693 Rear Panel with Cover Removed Figure 1-9. IBM 4694 Rear Panel with Cover Removed Wand Emulation, OCIA, OCR, and Keyboard Wedges A Synapse Adaptor Cable is required when connecting the LS ...

2-1 Chapter 2 Scanning Introduction This chapter covers the techniques involved in scanning bar codes. Included are specific instructions on how to hold the scanner at the appropriate angle to ensure an accurate decode. coverBook Page 1 Monday, December 1, 1997 2:19 PM

2-2 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 2, Scanning Ready, Test, Scan 1. Ready Make sure all connections are secure. 2. Test Aim the scanner away from you and press the trigger. When you press the trigger, the scanning beam is energized. On the LS 1000, the length of time the beam remains on de...

2-3 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 2, Scanning Aiming Scan the Entire Symbol • Your scan beam must cross every bar and space on the symbol. • The larger the symbol, the farther away you should hold the scanner. • Hold the scanner closer for symbols with bars that are close together. • A sh...

2-4 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 2, Scanning Hold at an Angle Do not hold the scanner directly over the bar code. Laser light reflecting directly back into the scanner from the bar code is known as specular reflection. This strong light can “blind” the scanner and make decoding difficult...

3-2 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 3, Maintenance and Specifications Maintaining the LS 1000 Scanner Battery Box Operation When using the LS 1000 Series with a battery box, you can use either an alkaline battery (recommended), or a nickel-cadmium rechargeable battery. Low power is signalle...

3-3 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 3, Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance Cleaning the exit window is the only maintenance required. • Do not allow any abrasive material to touch the window. • Remove any dirt particles with a damp cloth. • Wipe the window using a damp cloth, and if ...

3-4 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 3, Maintenance and Specifications Accessories Required Accessories Required accessories are listed in the Product Ordering Guide . Optional accessories are available at extra cost. Optional Accessories Optional accessories, listed in the Product Ordering ...

3-5 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 3, Maintenance and Specifications What If... Nothing happens when you follow the operating instructions? You Should • Check the system power; is there a battery in the battery box? • Be sure the scanner is programmed for the terminal in use. • Make sure t...

4-1 Chapter 4 Programming The LS 1004 Introduction This chapter provides information on how to program the LS 1004 scanner. Before programming the scanner, follow the instructions in the Appendix section of Chapter 1. The default table, shown on the following page, illustrates the default values wit...

4-2 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 The following table lists the defaults for all parameters. If you wish to change any option, scan the appropriate bar code(s) Table 4-1. Default Table Parameter Default Appendix All Defaults Appendix RS-232C Appendix Disable App...

4-5 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Scanning Sequence A scanning sequence establishes a value for one parameter type. During a scanning sequence, bar codes are scanned to select a parameter. All bar codes necessary for programming the scanner are provided in the A...

4-6 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Parameter Descriptions Refer to the Default table in the front of this chapter for the default settings for each parameter type. Set Parameter Defaults Scanning the SET ALL DEFAULTS bar code returns all parameters to the default...

4-7 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Power On Beep Enable/Disable This option, if selected, causes the beeper to sound at power-up (in continuous power mode only). Beeper after Decode This option determines whether the beeper sounds during normal scanning. Usually,...

4-8 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Beeper Volume Three options are available for beeper volume; low, middle, and high. Beeper Volume Low Beeper Volume Mid Beeper Volume High coverBook Page 8 Monday, December 1, 1997 2:19 PM

4-9 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Decode Attempt Time This parameter sets the length of time the scanner laser beam will remain on while attempting to scan a symbol. 0.5 seconds 1.0 seconds 1.5 seconds 2.0 seconds 2.5 seconds 3.0 seconds 3.5 seconds 4.0 seconds ...

4-10 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Decode Attempt Time (cont’d) Operating Mode This parameter determines whether or not power remains on after a decode attempt. The LOW POWER option provides for power-down after each scan attempt, while the CONTINUOUS option pro...

4-11 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Transmit “No Decode” Message This feature gives you the option to transmit “NR” when a symbol does not decode. Prefixes and suffixes enabled will be appended around this character. Decode Redundancy When you select ENABLE CODAB...

4-12 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Code Types Selecting the ENABLE ALL CODE TYPES bar code below enables the following symbologies: • UPC Versions A and E (EAN 8 and 13) • Code 39 • Interleaved 2 of 5 • Code 93 • Codabar • Discrete 2 of 5 • Code 128 • Code 39 Fu...

4-14 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Convert UPC-E to UPC-A Select this option to convert UPC-E (zero suppressed) decode data to UPC-A format before transmission. After conversion, data follows UPC-A format and is affected by UPC-A programming selections (e.g., Pr...

4-15 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Decode UPC/EAN Supplemental This option is used to select whether UPC/EAN is decoded with or without supplemental characters, or whether the unit will autodiscriminate between the two. Supplementals are additionally appended ch...

4-17 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 UPC/EAN Security Level The scanner offset four levels of decode security for UPC/EAN bar codes. Increasing levels of security are provided for decreasing levels of bar code quality. There is an inverse relationship between secu...

4-18 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Code 128 Enable/Disable Code 128 Send CODE 128 Function Character If selected, CODE 128 function characters are sent as: • FN1=0X1D • FN2=0X81 • FN3=0X82 • FN4=0X83 This option will be enabled when data format is 8 bits. Even i...

4-19 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Code 39 Enable/Disable Code 39 CODE 39 Modulo 43 Check When enabled, this parameter checks the integrity of a CODE 39 symbol to ensure it complies with specified algorithms. Transmit CODE 39 Check Digit When enabled, CODE 39 Ch...

4-20 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Code 93 Enable/Disable Code 93 Enable Code 93 Disable Code 93 coverBook Page 20 Monday, December 1, 1997 2:19 PM

4-21 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Interleaved 2 of 5 Enable/Disable Code I 2 of 5 Fixed Lengths for Code I 2 of 5 Select one or two lengths for the Interleaved 2 of 5 codes. If you set both Length 1 and Length 2 to 0, the scanner can read any length within 36 c...

4-24 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Discrete 2 of 5 Enable/Disable D 2 of 5 D 2 of 5 Modulo 10 Check When enabled, this parameter checks the integrity of a Discrete 2 of 5 symbol to ensure it complies with specific algorithms. Fixed Lengths for Code 2 of 5 Select...

4-26 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Codabar Enable/Disable Codabar CLSI Editing Use this parameter to insert a space after the 1st, 5th, and 10th characters of a 14-character Codabar symbol. This symbol length includes start and stop characters. NOTIS Editing Thi...

4-27 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Data Options Transmit Code ID Character A code ID character identifies the code type of a scanned bar code. This may be useful when the scanner is decoding more than one code type. In addition to any single-character prefixes a...

4-28 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Prefix The scanner adds one of the following start-of-text characters to transmitted data. • None • Start-of-text (STX) • One user-defined prefix (can be any ASCII character) See the ASCII Character Table in Appendix A for more...

4-29 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Suffix • Select one or two end-of-text characters to be added to transmitted data. • None • CR (Carriage Return) - Returns the cursor to the same position on the line after each decode. • LF (Line Feed) - Moves the cursor down ...

4-31 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 RS-232C Baud Rate Baud Rate is the number of bits of data transmitted per second. The unit’s baud rate setting should match the data rate setting of the host device. If not, data may not reach the host device, or may reach it i...

4-32 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Parity A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII coded character. If you select ODD parity, the parity bit will have a value of 0 or 1, based on data, to ensure that an odd number of 1 bits are contained in t...

4-33 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Data Format This parameter sets the transmit data format. The options are: • 7 Data Bits (With Parity) (default) • 8 Data Bits (With Parity) • 8 Data Bits (Without Parity) Stop Bit Select The stop bit(s) at the end of each tran...

4-34 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Hardware Handshaking Hardware handshaking allows you to check the readiness of the receiving device before data is transmitted. If the receiving device is periodically occupied with other tasks, hardware handshaking is needed t...

4-35 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Software Handshaking This parameter offers control of the data transmission process in addition to, or instead of, that offered by hardware handshaking. These options may be combined; for example, ACK/NAK with ENQ. • No softwar...

4-37 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide: Chapter 4, Programming the LS 1004 Hardware and Software Handshaking Sequence NO REPONSE. AFTER 2 SECONDS, THE UNIT BEEPS 4 TIMES TO INDICATE A TRANSMISSION ERROR. NO YES HARDWARE HANDSHAKING SOFTWARE HANDSHAKING NO REPONSE. AFTER 2 SECONDS, THE UNIT BEEPS 4 TIM...

5-1 Chapter 5 Glossary ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A 7 bit code representing 128 letters, numerals, punctuation marks, and control characters. It is a standard data transmission code in the U.S. BIT - Binary digit. One bit is the basic unit of binary information. Gene...

6-1 Chapter 6 ASCII Character Set ASCII Character Set Table 6-1. ASCII Character Set ASCII Value Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char. Keystroke ASCII Value Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char Keystroke 000 %U CTRL 2 024 $X CTRL X 001 $A CTRL A 025 $Y CTRL Y 002 $B CTRL B 026 $Z CTRL Z 003 $C CTRL C 027 %A CTR...

6-2 PPT 4600 Product Reference Guide: Getting Started 021 $U CTRL U 045 - - 022 $V CTRL V 046 . . 023 $W CTRL W 047 / / ASCII Value Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char. Keystroke ASCII Value Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char Keystroke 048 0 0 073 I I 049 1 1 074 J J 050 2 2 075 K K 051 3 3 076 L L 052 4 4 0...

A-1 Appendix A Errata Table A-1. ASCII Character Set 264 ALT 2 275 ALT K 286 ALT V 265 ALT A 276 ALT L 287 ALT W 266 ALT B 277 ALT M 288 ALT X 267 ALT C 278 ALT N 289 ALT Y 268 ALT D 279 ALT O 290 ALT Z 269 ALT E 280 ALT P 291 ALT [ 270 ALT F 281 ALT Q 292 ALT \ 271 ALT G 282 ALT R 293 ALT ] 272 ALT...

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