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    Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion KEmul RS2 32 for PC User Guide ©Baracoda TM – September 2009[...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 2 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion SUMMARY SUMMARY ................................................................... 2 REVISION HISTORY .......................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION .............................................................. 4 1. INSTALLA[...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 3 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Revision History Changes to the origin al manu al are listed belo w. Documen t Date Description 3.34 19 th June 08 Initial release 3.35 18 th December 0 8 Version upd ate 3.36 2 nd March 0 9 Vers ion upd ate 3.36.3 11 th Septemb er 09 Version upd ate fo[...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 4 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion Introduction The Keyboard Emulator R S232 for PC ( KEmul ) is a program that allows the user to send dat a coming from a Baracoda reader t o any app lication that can accept virtua l key strokes. The RS232 KEmu l software is designed to work with th e R[...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 5 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 1. Installation instructions - Download th e RS232_Kemul. exe file from the Bara coda w ebsite - Save RS232_Kemul. exe to a fo lder that will allow the user to locat e the program ea sily. - To activate th e program, dou ble click the RS2 32_Kemul.ex e [...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 6 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 2. KEmul configuration 2.1. COM port configuration When the user ha s noted the COM p ort number, they ca n launch the KEmul application. Next, the reader model should be con figured. The followin g screenshot shows the application ’s icon in th e sys[...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 7 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion The RS 232 K emul is p reset to default settings that reflect ty pical serial app lications. These settings should b e modified to fit the cu rrent ap plication p arameters. 1. COM Port The COM Port is the com municat ion p ort tha t the RS232 dongle is[...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 8 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 2.2. Keyboard emulation conf iguration The KEmul applica tion can ad d a prefix an d suffix to data i ncoming from th e connect ed reader (b arcode/RFID tag). Th e most common settin g is to not use any prefix and En ter as suffix (default values). I f [...]

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    Baracoda KEmul RS 232 for PC – User Guid e v3.36.3 - 9 - Data Capture for W orkforce in Motion 3. Running KEmul As p resented p reviously, the KEmul has no actua l main w indow (beside s th e configurat ion wind ows) and wh en it is running, one can on ly see its icon in th e system tray: Pic. 7 KEmul icon in the system tray As long as th e barco[...]