Datalogic PowerScan PM8300 manual

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    P ow erScan™ M8300 Readers Industrial Handheld Laser Bar Code Reader with Datalogic’ s ST AR C ordless S ystem™ Quick Refer ence Guide[...]

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    Datalogic Scanning , Inc. 959 T err y Street Eugene, Oreg on 97402 USA T elephone: (541) 683-57 00 F ax: (541) 345-7140 An Unpublish ed Work - All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this documentation or the procedures described th erein may be rep roduced or transmitted in any f orm or by any means with- out prior written permission of Da[...]

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    Quick Reference Guide 1 UPDATES AND LANGU AGE AVAILABILITY UK/US The latest drivers and documentatio n update s for this product are available on the Datalogic website at www.datalogic.com. I Su Internet sono disponibili le versioni aggiornate di driver e documentazione di questo prodotto. Collegarsi a : www.datalogic.com F Les versions mises à jo[...]

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    Using PowerScan™ M8300 2 PowerScan™ M8300 USING POWERSCAN ™ M8300 The PowerSca n ™ M8300 series readers can be used with either an BC-80X0 cradle or Stargate™ radio base station to build a Co rdless Reading S ystem for the collection, decoding and transmission of barcoded data. PowerScan ™ M8300 laser readers automatically scan b arcode[...]

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    Using PowerScan™ M8 300 Quick Reference Guide 3 AIMING SYSTEM PowerScan ™ M 8 3 0 0 p r o v i d e s a n a i m i n g s y s t e m . I f e n a b l e d , a p a r t i a l t r i g g e r p r e s s produces a red spot, which should be aime d over the code center to get the best reading performanc e, see figure (1) above. By completely pressing the trig[...]

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    Charging the Batteries 4 PowerScan™ M8300 CHARGING THE BATTERIES Once the BC-80X0/C-8000 i s powered, yo u can charge the reader's batteries. Place the PowerScan ™ M8300 into the BC-80X0 cradle or the C-8000 battery charger. The "Reader" LED on the crad le/battery char ger turns red. The battery is completely charged when the &qu[...]

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    Charging the Batteries Quick Reference Guide 5 SETUP PowerScan ™ M8300/BC-80X0 Po int-to Point Configuration 1. Connect an BC-80X0 cradle to the Host. F or installation and connection infor- mation see the BC-80X0 Quick Referenc e Manual. 2. Charge the Po werScan ™ M8300 battery using an BC-80X0 or the C-8000 charger as described in this Quick [...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Configuration 6 PowerScan™ M8300 POWERSCAN ™ M8300 CONFIGURATION PowerScan ™ M8300/BC-80X0 Poi nt-to-Point Setup A rapid configuration procedure has been devised for point-to-point applications where a single reader is associated exclusively wi th its own BC-80X0 base station and where it is not necessary to set the Date an[...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Configuration Quick Reference Guide 7 POWERSCAN ™ M8300/BC-80X0 STAND ALONE SETUP When the BC-80X0 cradle is connected and powere d, configure the PowerScan ™ M83 00 by reading the following codes in the given sequence and follow the instructions. Note: for the numeric code selection of steps 3, 4, and 5 use the table at the [...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Configuration 8 PowerScan™ M8300 E ND o f p r oc e d ur e . YOUR READER I S NOW READ Y TO READ CODE S. 7. Read the Bind code to pair the PowerScan ™ M8300 to the BC-80X0 cradle. The reader is dedicated to the cradle. Any previously bound r e a d e r w i l l b e excluded. To connect several readers to the same cradle see the f[...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Configuration Quick Reference Guide 9 USING MULTIPLE READERS WITH SAME CRADLE If you want to use several readers asso ciat ed with the same cradle, you must first Bind the cradle with one of the reader s (see prev iously described configuration procedure). Successive readers c a n b e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e s a m e c r[...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Configuration 10 PowerScan™ M8300 POWERSCAN ™ M8300/STAR-SYSTEM™ SETUP The follo wing proced ure allows configuring a Powe rScan ™ M8300 reader to communicate with various ST AR-System™ devi ces such as Stargate™ RF b ase stations: 1. Restore PowerScan ™ M8300 Default Ì$+$*oÎ 2. Ent er Configura tion Ì$+;Î 3. Se[...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Configuration Quick Reference Guide 11 END of procedure. YOUR READER IS NOW READY TO READ CODES. 6. Set Radio Address ÌRF8Î + four digits from the Numeric Table for the PowerScan ™ M8300 Address (from 0000 to 1999 ). All readers used in the same area must have different addresses. 7. Set First STAR-System™ Address ÌRSRÎ +[...]

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    PowerScan™ M8300 Default Configura tion 12 PowerScan™ M8300 POWERSCAN ™ M8300 DEFAULT CONFIGURATION DATA FORMAT code identifier disabled, field adjustment disabled, code length not transmitted, character replacement disabled CODE SELECTION enabled codes • EAN 8/EAN 13 / UPC A/UPC E without AD D ON check digit transmitt ed, no convers ions ?[...]

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    Technical Features Quick Reference Guide 13 TECHNICAL FEATURES Electrical Features Battery Type 2150 Li-Ion battery pack Time of recharge max. 4 hours with external power supply max. 10 hours with Host power Operating autonomy (continuous reading) 60,000 reads ( typ ica l) Display (Only available with some model s) LCD 4 lines x 16 chars Programmab[...]

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    Reading Diagrams 14 PowerScan™ M8300 READING DIAGRAMS PowerScan™ M8300 PowerScan ™ M8300 AR *on reflect ive labels 12 24 36 48 60 96 36 24 12 0 12 24 36 cm 72 84 108 cm 0.19 mm ( 7.5 mils ) 0.25 mm ( 10 mils ) 0.33 mm ( 13 mils ) 0.50 mm ( 20 mils ) 1.00 mm ( 40 mils ) 1.38 mm ( 5 5 mils ) 0.13 mm ( 5 mils ) 0.38 mm ( 15 mils ) 100 200 300 40[...]

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    Warranty Quick Reference Guide 15 WARRANTY Datalogic warranties this product against de fects in workmanship and m aterials, for a period of 3 years from the date of shipme nt, provided that the product is operated under normal and proper conditions. Datalogic has the faculty to repair or repl ace the product; these provisions do not prolong the or[...]

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    Compliance 16 PowerScan™ M8300 COMPLIANCE This devic e must be opened by qualified pe rsonnel only. The batt eries must be remo ved befor e opening the devic e. FCC COMPLIANCE Modifications or changes to this equipm ent without the expres sed written approval of Datalogic could void the authority to use the equi pment. T h i s d e v i c e c o m p[...]

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    Compliance Quick Reference Guide 17 The laser scanner utilizes a low-power laser diode. Although staring directly at the laser beam momentarily causes no known biological damage, av oid staring at the beam as one would with any very strong ligh t source, such as the sun. Avoid that t he laser beam hits the eye of an observer, even thr ough reflecti[...]

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    Compliance 18 PowerScan™ M8300 WEEE COMPLIANCE English For information about the disposal of Wa ste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), please refer to the websit e at www.scanning.datalogic.com. Italian Per informazioni sullo smaltimento delle a pparecchiature elettric he ed elettroniche consultare il sito Web www.scanning.datalogic.com.[...]

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    Numeric Table Quick Reference Guide 19 NUMERIC TABLE Ì01Î 0 Ì12Î 1 Ì23Î 2 Ì34Î 3 Ì45Î 4 Ì56Î 5 Ì67Î 6 Ì78Î 7 Ì89Î 8 Ì9:Î 9[...]

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    Numeric Table 20 PowerScan™ M8300 NOTES[...]

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    dichiara che declares that the déclare que le bescheinigt, daß das Ger ät declare que el Pow erSc an™ Mxxx; Cordless Barcode Reader sono conformi alla Dir ettiva del Consiglio E urop eo sottoelencata: are in c onformity with the requirements of the Europ ean Council Dir ec tive listed below: sont conformes aux spécifications de la Dir ective [...]