Opticon 25-WEDGE-04 manual

Users Manual Smart Wand Wedge Interface 25-WEDGE-04 Ver. May 2000 8 Olympic Drive Orangeburg, NY 10962 T el 845.365-0090 F ax 845.365-1251 www .opticonUSA.com[...]

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NOTICE Opticon has taken every step to ensure that the information included in this manual is accur ate, however we reserv e the right to change any specification at any time without prior notice. Table of Contents PART I  Set-Up Gener al Information .......................................... 1 W edge Interface ..................................[...]

Part II Bar Code Menu Functions Reset All Defaul ts ............................................ 1 7 Computer T ype Selection ................................. 18 Symbology Selection ....................................... 19 Symbology Additions ....................................... 20 UPC Settings ................................................[...]

Page 1 General Information The Opticon smart wand is an intelligent wand with a built-in, state-of-the-art 16-bit single chip decoder . Housed in a durable ABS plastic case, the Opticon smart wand offers unpar alleled perfor- mance at an economical price with the following features:  Built-in internal decoder  Optional Good Read LED ind[...]

Page 2 Wedge Interface The Opticon smart wand has built-in intelligence to connect directly to a personal computer without the need for a separ ate decoder box. Scanned bar codes appear to the computer as if the data was typed into the keyboard. Normal oper ation of the keyboard is unaffected. The wedge interf ace is compatible with virtually any a[...]

Page 3 Set Up Unpacking Remove the smart w and from its packaging and inspect it f or damage. If the smart wand was damaged in transit, call the Opticon Customer Service Dept. at 800-636-0090. Installation A Y connection cable is provided for installation. The smart wand is installed or wedged between the keyboard and the computer s [...]

Page 4 User Maintenance There is no user maintenance required for the OPTICON smart wand. R eplacement wand tips and cables are av a ilable from Opticon. T o remove wand tip , simply rotate the tip counter-clockwise. T o remove cable, simply pry the rubber co v er backward and remove the cable fr om the wand. Programming the Smart Wand This User[...]

Page 5 Scanning If the wand has a trigger switch, press button near the tip. R ed LED illumination will emit from the ruby ball tip of the wand. If the wand does not have a trigger switch, then the red LED will remain illuminated as long as the computer system is on. 1. Place the tip of the wand about ¼ to ½ inch to the right or left of the bar c[...]

Page 6 Troubleshooting A. If LED s do not light up when instal lation instructions are followed:  Make sur e there is power to the system  Recy cle computer power  Confirm computer fuses ar e ok.  Check for loose cable connection B. If the wand tip lights up, Good R ead beep is audible, but outputs random char acters to screen,[...]

Page 7 Factory Service When calling Opticon T echnical Support, please have the unit model number and sever al bar code labels readily at hand.[...]

Page 8 Technical Specifications Physical Case Material ABS Plastic Tip Synthetic Ruby Ball Cable Str aight Dimensions 159 x 32 x 19 mm (6.25 x 1.25 x 0. 75 in) W eight 85 g (3 oz. ) Cable Length 5 ft. (approx. ) Optical Light Source Red LED; λ = 660 nm Tilt Angle 35° max. Resolution 5 mil (min. ) Depth of Field Contact scanner Scan Speed 2 to 60 [...]

Page 9 Accessories Available P art Number Description 28-W AND2-01 Desktop Stand 61-MSH02-01 Ruby ball wand tip replacement 41-W0001-01 Y Cable /A T 41-W0002-01 Y Cable /PS2 25-WEDGE-04 Manual/Wedge Interf ace[...]

Page 10 FCC Information This equipment has been tested and is found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pro vide reasonable protection against harmful interfer ence when the equipment is operated in a commercial en vironment. This equipment generates, uses, and [...]

Page 11 Warranty This smart wand is warr anted for a period of five (5) years from date of shipment from Opticon, including all defects in material and workmanship for the first year and electr onics only thereafter . Opticon will, at its option, repair or replace products which prov e to be defective in material or workmanship under proper use wit[...]

Page 12 Glossary ASCII - American Standard Code for Inf ormation Interchange. A 7 bit plus parity code representing 128 letters, numer als, punctuation marks, and control char acters. It is a standard data transmis- sion code in the US. Autodiscrimination - The ability of bar code reading equipment to recognize and correctly decode more than one sy[...]

Page 13 Glossary (cont.) Code 3 of 9 (Code 39) - A versatile and widely used alphanumeric bar code symbology with a set of 43 characters types, including all upper case letters, numer als from 0 to 9 , and 7 special characters (- / . + % $ and space). The code name is derived from the fact that 3 of 9 elements representing a char acter are wide, wh[...]

Page 14 Glossary (cont.) Interleaved 2 of 5 - A binary code symbology representing char acter pairs in groups of five bars and five interleaved spaces. Interleaving pr ovides for greater inf ormation density . The location of wide elements (bars/spaces) within each group determines which characters ar e encoded. This continuous code type uses no In[...]

Page 15 Glossary (cont.) Symbology - The structur al rules and conventions for repr esenting data wi thin a particular bar code type. UPC (Universal Product Code) - A relatively complex numeric symbology . Each character consists of two bar codes and two spaces, each of which can be any of f our widths. The standard symbology for retail food packag[...]

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Page 17 Part II Bar Code Menu Functions Reset All Defaults The following commands reset all pr eviously progr ammed options and return the unit to factory default settings. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, U1 Reset all default s ,U1, B[...]

Page 18 Computer Type Selection The W edge interface program is designed to oper ate on IBM personal computers and com- patibles. NOTE : If the scanner has not been set to the correct host computer , the scanner will display random char acters on the screen after reading a bar code label. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, K0 IBM PC/XT ,K0, K1 IBM AT &[...]

Page 19 Symbology Selection The scanner autodiscriminates many bar code sym- bologies. However , if only one symbology is required, progr amming the scanner to read only that symbol- ogy will speed operation and eliminate r ead errors. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, A0 Read all codes ,A0, B A1 UPC & all variants only ,A1, A2 Code 39 only ,A2, A[...]

Page 20 Symbology Additions Use this menu to add a second, third, fourth, etc. symbology to be read if scanner is not pro- grammed to r ead al l symbologies. T o speed operation and eliminate read err ors, add only the symbologies that are requir ed. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, B1 Enable UPC & all variants ,B1, B2 Enable Code 39 ,B2, B3 Enab[...]

Page 21 UPC Settings Options for UPC. NO TE : Abbreviations: Xmit = transmit; NSC = Number S ystem Character; CD = Check digit CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, C8 EAN-13 as UPC-A off ,C8, B C9 EAN-13 as UPC-A on ,C9, CA EAN-13 CD Xmit on ,CA, B CB EAN-13 CD Xmit off ,CB, L0 Enable add-on code ,L0, L1 Disable add-on code ,L1[...]

Page 22 UPC Settings CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... Z9 Start/End Pro gra m Menu ,Z9, M2 UPC -A CD Xmi t off ,M 2, M3 UPC -A CD Xmi t on ,M3, B M4 UPC-E ; NS C = 1 off ,M 4, B M5 UPC-E ; NS C = 1 on ,M5, M6 Xmi t ISBN as EAN- 13 ,M6, M7 Xmi t ISBN as UPC -A ,M 7, M8 Xmi t ISBN w/o ut CD ,M8, M9 Xmi t ISBN wit h CD ,M9, N0 Xmi t UPC -A w/out NSC ,N0,[...]

Page 23 UPC Settings Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, N1 Xmit UPC-A with NSC ,N1, B N2 Xmit UPC-E w/out leading "0" ,N 2, B N3 Xmit UPC-E with leading "0" ,N3, N4 UPC-E expansion off ,N4, B N5 UPC-E expansion on ,N5, N6 Xmit UPC-A as EAN-13 off ,N 6, B N7 Xmit UPC-A as EAN-13 on ,N7, N8 Xmit EAN-13 as ISBN off ,N8, B N9 Xmit EAN-1[...]

Page 24 Code 39 Settings CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, C0 Code 39 CD computation off ,C0, B C1 Code 39 CD computation on ,C1, C2 Code 39 CD Xmit off ,C2, B C3 Code 39 CD Xmit on ,C3, C4 Code 39 full ASCII off ,C4, B C5 Code 39 full ASCII on ,C5,[...]

Page 25 Code 39 Settings Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, D0 Code 39 Xmit start/stop off ,D0, B D1 Code 39 Xmit start/stop on ,D1, D2 Code 39 single d igit on ,D2, D3 Code 39 single d igit off ,D3, B[...]

Page 26 Codabar Settings Options for Codabar (also known as NW-7). CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, E0 Codabar CD computation off ,E0, B E1 Codabar CD computation on ,E1, E2 Codabar CD Xmit off ,E2, E3 Codabar CD Xmit on ,E3, E4 Codabar start/stop match off ,E4, E5 Codabar start/stop match on ,E5, B[...]

Page 27 Codabar Settings Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, F0 Codabar start/stop xmit off ,F0, F1 Codabar start/stop a s ABCD/TN*E ,F1, F2 Codabar start/stop a s abcd/tn *e ,F2, F3 Codabar start/stop a s ABCD/ABCD ,F3, F4 Codabar start/stop a s abcd/abc d ,F4, B F5 Codabar single d igit off ,F5, B F6 Codabar single d igit on ,F6,[...]

Page 28 2 of 5 Settings Options for I 2 of 5 (I nterleaved 2 of 5) and D 2 of 5 (Industrial 2 of 5). CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, G0 I 2 of 5 CD computation off ,G0, B G1 I 2 of 5 CD computation on ,G1, G2 I 2 of 5 CD Xmit off ,G2, G3 I 2 of 5 CD Xmit on ,G3, B G4 I 2 of 5 leading "0" Xmit off ,G4, G5 I 2 of 5[...]

Page 29 Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, G7 D 2 of 5 CD computation on ,G7, G8 D 2 of 5 CD Xmit off ,G8, G9 D 2 of 5 CD Xmit on ,G9, B 2 of 5 Settings[...]

Page 30 Code 128 & MSI/Plessey Settings Z9 Sta rt/ End Pro gra m Me nu ,Z9, C6 Code 128 CD computation of f ,C6, C7 Code 128 CD computation on ,C7, B J0 MSI/Plessey CD Xmit on ,J0, B J1 MSI/Plessey 1 CD Xmit off ,J1, J2 MSI/Plessey bot h CD X mit off ,J2, J3 MSI/Plessey wit h 1 CD ,J3, B J4 MSI/Plessey wit h m od 10 /m od 1 0 ,J4, J5 MSI/Plesse[...]

Page 31 Bar Code Length Options One or two lengths may be selected for f ree format bar codes. Only f ree format bar codes of the selected length(s) will be accepted. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, H0 Fixed length mode ,H0, H1 Free 2 of 5 length ,H1, H2 Free Codabar length ,H2, H3 Free MSI/ Plessey length ,H3, H4 Free Code 39 length ,H4, H5 Free al[...]

Page 32 Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, L2 2 ms delay ,L2, B L3 4 ms delay ,L3, L4 6 ms delay ,L4, L5 8 ms delay ,L5, L6 10 ms delay ,L6, L7 12 ms delay ,L7, Scan Code Delay The timing of he keyboar d house-keeping codes are set by these commands.[...]

Page 33 Intercharacter Delay For some appl ication programs and IBM com- patibles, the scanner may send data f aster than the computer or application program can ac cept. this is called keyboard buf fer overrun . If data appears to be missing, random r ead errors occur or the scanner locks up and will not scan, experi- ment with the various k[...]

Page 34 Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, I5 50 ms delay ,I5, I6 60 ms delay ,I6, I7 70 ms delay ,I7, Intercharacter Delay[...]

Page 35 Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, W0 Disable beeper ,W0, W1 Enable beeper ,W1, B W2 Disable good rea d light ,W2, W3 Enable good rea d light ,W3, B W4 Good Rea d with be ep ,W4, B W5 Good Rea d after beep ,W5, Beeper Settings[...]

Page 36 Trigger Options (MSH-220 Only) Select the appropriate bar code to enable or disable the trigger . By disabling the trigger , the scanner LED s remain on as long as the computer power is on. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, Y 0 Enable trigger ,Y0, Y 1 Disable trigger ,Y1, B[...]

Page 37 Suffix Options The suffix menu enables the user to tr ansmit a carriage return (CR ), line feed (LF), tabs, etc. after transmission of the bar code data. NO TE: Only one suffix selection can be progr ammed at a given time. Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, O0 No suffix ,O0, O1 Carriage return ,O1, B O2 Line feed ,O2, O3 Carriage re[...]

Page 38 Keyboard Emulation Options Keyboar d emulation options al low the user to emulate the function, arrow and other k eys on the computer keyboard. Also , the user has the option of transmitting all upper case or all lower case characters. T o begin Keyboard emulation mode, first scan  Start  , then  Keyboard Emulation On  , then ?[...]

Page 39 Keystroke Emulation Options List of all keystrok e emulated bar code that are only functional when K eyboard Emulation is on. Scanning Start is not required to read these codes. CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... /-1 F1 */-1* /-2 F2 */-2* /-3 F3 */-3* /-4 F4 */-4* /-5 F5 */-5* /-6 F6 */-6* /-7 F7 */-7* /-8 F8 */-8* /-9 F9 */-9*[...]

Page 40 Keystroke Emulation Options CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... /-A F1 0 */ -A* /-B F1 1 */ -B* /-C F1 2 */ -C* /-D Page u p */-D* /-E Page d o wn */ -E* /-F Home */ -F* /-G En d */ -G* /-H A rrow up */ -H* /-I A rrow down */-I*[...]

Page 41 Keystroke Emulation Options /-J Arrow lef t */-J * /-K Arr ow righ t */ -K* /-L Enter */-L*[...]

Page 42 Transmit Current Settings These codes transmit the current set tings (check digit transmission, for example) f or the symbolo- gies listed. CONTINUED ON NEXT P AGE... Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, Q0 Send software switches ,Q0, Q1 Send Code 39 info ,Q1, Q2 Send Codabar info ,Q2, Q3 Send I 2 of 5 Info ,Q3, Q4 Send D 2 of 5 info ,Q4,[...]

Page 43 Transmit Current Settings Z9 Start/End Program Menu ,Z9, Q5 Send Code 12 8 & 93 info ,Q5, Q6 Send MSI/ Plessey info ,Q6, Q7 Send UPC-A info ,Q7, Q8 Send UPC-E info ,Q8, Q9 Send EAN-13 & EAN-8 info ,Q9, QB Send system info ,QB,[...]