Symbol Technologies 72E-86039-04 manual

Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide[...]

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Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 72E-86039-04 Revision A October 2008[...]

ii Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide © 2007-2008 by Moto ro la, Inc. All right s reserved. No part of this publicatio n may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any electrica l or mechanica l means, without permission in writing from Motorola. This includes electronic or mechanical mean s, such as photocopying, recording, [...]

iii Revision History Changes to the original manual are listed below: Change Date Description -01 Rev A 01/2007 Initial Release. -02 Rev A 04/2007 Update service in form ation, update oper ating temp erature and drop sp ecifications, remove sealing specification, correct Symbol P TC T erminal bar code, add new UPC/EAN supplemental o ptions, Booklan[...]

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Table of Contents Patents ............................................... ..................................................... .................... ... ii Warranty ............................................ ..................................................... ...................... . i i Revision History ........................................[...]

vi Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Chapter 2: Scanning Introduction ....................................... .......................................... ................................. . 2 - 1 Beeper Definitions ....................................... ..................................................... ............ 2-2 LED [...]

Table of Contents vii Chapter 5: Decoding Prefere nces Introduction ....................................... .......................................... ................................. . 5 - 1 Scanning Sequence Examples .............................................................. ....................... 5-2 Errors While Scanning .................[...]

viii Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Ignore Unknown Characters ................................................. .................................. 7-18 ASCII Character Set for RS-232 ....................................................................... ............ 7-19 Chapter 8: IBM 468X / 469X Interface Introduction ...[...]

Table of Contents ix Chapter 11: Scanner Emulation Interface Introduction ....................................... .......................................... ................................. . 11-1 Connecting Using Scanner Emulation ........................................ .................................. 11-2 Scanner Emulation Parameter Default [...]

x Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Enable/Disable Code 128 ................................ ..................................................... .. 13-23 Set Lengths for Code 128 ..................................................... .................................. 13-23 Enable/Disable GS1-128 (formerly UCC/EAN-128) ........[...]

Table of Contents xi Dutch Postal .......................................................................... .................................. 13-57 4State Postal .......................................... ..................................................... ............ 13-57 Post US4 .............................................................[...]

xii Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Chapter 14: Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) Introduction ....................................... .......................................... ................................. . 14-1 Driver’s License Parsing ........................................................................ ....[...]

Table of Contents xiii Appendix A: Standard Default Parameters Appendix B: Programming Reference Symbol Code Identifiers .................................................... ............................................ B-1 AIM Code Identifiers ......................................................................................... ............ B-3[...]

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About This Guide Introduction The Symbol DS6708 Digit al Scanner Product Reference Guid e provides general instructions for setting up, operating, maint aining, and troublesh ooting the Symbol DS6708 digit al scanner . Configurations This guide includes all operating feature s of t he Symbol DS67 08 S tandard Range digit al scanner . Chapter Descri[...]

xvi Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide • Chapter 8, IBM 468X / 469X Interface describes h ow to set up t he digital scanner with IBM 468X /469X POS systems. • Chapter 9, Wand Emulation Inte rface describes how to set up the digital scann er with a W and Emulation host. • Chapter 10, Keyboard W edge Interface describes how t[...]

About This Guide xvii • Sequential lists (e.g., tho se th at desc rib e ste p -by -s te p pr oc ed ur e s) ap pe a r as nu m be re d lists. • Throughout the pr ogramming bar code me nus, asterisks ( * ) are used t o denote d e fault parameter settings. Related Documents The Symbol DS6708 Quick S tart Guide , p/n 72-83973-xx, provides general in[...]

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Chapter 1 Getting Started Introduction The Symbol DS6708 combines superio r 1D and 2D omni directiona l bar cod e sca nn ing an d su b- se co nd imag e capture and transfer to provide the best value in a digit al scanner . Whether in hand-held mode or presentation mode in a stand, th e digital sca nner ensures comfor t and ease of use for extended [...]

1 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Supported Interfaces The DS 6708 digital scann er support s: • Keyboard W edge connection to a host. The host inter prets scanne d data as keystrokes. This interface support s the following international ke yboards (for Windows® en vironment): North America, Germ an, French, French Can[...]

Getting Started 1 - 3 Setting Up the Digital Scanner Installing the Interface Cable 1. Plug the interface cable mo dular connector into the ca ble in terface port on the bo ttom of the scanne r handle (see Figure 1-2 ). 2. Gently tug the cable to ensure the co nnector is secure. 3. Connect the other end of the interface cable to th e host (see the [...]

1 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Connecting a Synapse Cable Inte rface (Symbol DS6708 0nly) Synapse Smart Cables enable interfacing to a vari ety of hosts. The Synapse cable has built-in intelligence to detect that host. Figure 1-4 Synapse Cab l e Connection 1. Plug the Synap se adapter cable (p/n 25-32 463 -xx) into the[...]

Getting Started 1 - 5 Mounting the Digital Scanner Desk Mount Use the optional desk mount fo r convenient and protective placement of the digit al sc anner on a flat surface. Simply place the mount on the surf ace. The rubber feet hold the mount securely in place when inser ting and removing th e digital scanner . Figure 1-5 Inserting the Digita l [...]

1 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide For convenience, print this p age and use the template below for mounting hole loca tio ns. Figure 1-7 Wall Mounting T emplate 2.98” Insert mounting screw Insert mounting screw[...]

Chapter 2 Scanning Introduction This chapter pro vides beeper an d LED definitions, techniqu es involved in scanning bar codes, general instructions and tips about sca nning, and decode zone diagrams. Figure 2-8 Parts Scan Window T rigger LED Beeper[...]

2 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Beeper Definitions The digit al scanner issues dif ferent beep se quences and p a tterns to indicate status. T able 2-1 defines beep sequences th at occur du ring both nor mal scanning and while pr ogramming th e digital scanner . T abl e 2-1 Beeper Definitions Beeper Sequence Indication [...]

Scanning 2 - 3 Fast warble beep Aborting MPDF sequence. Low/high beeps Flushing an already emp ty MPDF buffer . ADF Programming: Norma l Da ta Entry . Durati on of tone s are short. High/low beeps Enter another digit. Add leading zeros to the front if necess ary . Low/low beeps Enter another alphabetic c haracter or scan the End of Message bar code[...]

2 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide LED Definitions In addition to beep sequences, the digit al scanner uses a two-color LED to indicate status. T able 2-2 defines LED colors that disp lay during scanning. Scanning in Hand-Held Mode Install and prog ram the digital scan ner (see Setting Up the Digit al Scanner on pa ge 1-3 [...]

Scanning 2 - 5 4. Center the symbol in any orientation with in th e aiming pattern. Be sure th e en tire symbol is within the rectangula r area formed by the brackets in the pattern. Figure 2-11 Centering Sy mbol in Aiming Pa ttern 5. Hold the trigger until the digit al sca nner beeps, indicating th e bar code is successfully decoded. For more info[...]

2 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Scanning in Presentation Mode The optional Intellistand adds greater flexibility to scanning operation . When you place the digital scanner in the stand’ s “cup,” the digital scanner’s built-in sensor plac es the digit al scanner in present ation mode. When you remove the digit al[...]

Scanning 2 - 7 Decode Zones Figure 2-14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Decode Zone for 1D Bar Cod es In . cm 0 0 DS6708 5 mil (Code 39) 5.4 13 mil (100% UPC/EAN) 8.4 12.9 0 5 5 In . cm W i d t h o f F i e l d 10 10 0 12.7 12.7 25.4 31. 6 0.9 20 mil (Code 39) Note: T ypical performance at 73.4 F (23 C) on high quality symbols. Depth of Field 5 12.7 1[...]

2 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Figure 2-15 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Decode Zone for 2D Bar Cod es In . cm 0 0 6.2 7.50 0 5 5 In . cm W i d t h o f F i e l d 10 10 0 12.7 12.7 25.4 31. 6 PDF417 (10 mil) Datamatrix (10 mil) Note: T ypical performance at 73.4 F (23 C) on high quality symbols. Depth of Field 5 12.7 10[...]

Chapter 3 Maintenance & Technical Specifications Introduction This chapter provides suggeste d scan ner maintenance, troubleshooting , technical specifications, and signal descriptions (pinouts). Maintenance Cleaning the s can windo w is the on ly maintenance required. A dirty window can affect scanning accuracy . • Do not allow abrasive mate[...]

3 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide T roubleshooting T abl e 3-1 T roubleshooting Problem Possible Causes Possible Solutions The aiming patter n does not appear when pressing the trigger . No power to the digi tal scanner . If the configuration req uires a power supply , re-connect the power supply . Incorrect host inter fa[...]

Maintenance & Technical Specifications 3 - 3 Digital scanner decodes bar code, but does not transmit the data to th e host. Digital scanner is not programmed fo r the correct host type. Scan the appropriate h ost type programming bar code. Se e the chapter correspondin g to the host type. Interface cable is loose. Re-connect the cable. If 4 lon[...]

3 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Digital scanner emit s low/high/low beep s. Clearing Code 39 buf fer . Normal when scanning the Code 39 Buff ering Clear Buffer bar code or upon attempt to transmit an empty Code 39 buffer . Digital scanner emits a power-up beep afte r changing USB host type. The USB bus re-est ablished p[...]

Maintenance & Technical Specifications 3 - 5 T echnical Specifications T abl e 3-2 T e chnical Specifications Item Description Physica l C haracter is tics Dimensions 6.55 in. x 4.72 in. x 2. 82 in. (16.6 cm x 1 1.9 cm x 7.1 cm) (H x L x W) Weight: 6.4 oz. (182 gm) V oltage & Current: 5 +/-10%VDC @ 350 mA Color Cash Register White or T wili[...]

3 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Print Contrast 25% minimum reflect ance Motion T olerances Horizontal V elocity: 5 in. (12.7 cm) per second Interfaces Supported RS-232C (S tandard, Nixdorf, ICL, & Fujit su); USB (S tanda rd, IBM SurePOS, Macintosh); IBM 468x/46 9x; Keyboard W edge; and, Synap se Connectivity all ows[...]

Maintenance & Technical Specifications 3 - 7 Digital Scanner Signal Descriptions Figure 3-1 Digital Scan ner Cable Pinout s The signal descriptions in T able 3-3 ap ply to the connectors on the Symbol DS6708 digit a l scanner and are for reference on ly . Pin 10 Bottom of digital scanner Pin 1 Interface cable modular connector Cable interface p[...]

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Chapter 4 User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options Introduction Y ou can program th e digital scan ner to perform vari ous fu nctions, or activate dif fer ent featur es. This chapter describes each user preference feature and pr ovides programming bar codes for selecting th ese features. The digit al scanne r ship s with the set[...]

4 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Scanning Sequence Examples In most cases, scanning one b ar code set s th e p arame ter va lue. For example, to set the bee per tone to high, scan the High Frequency (beeper tone) ba r code listed under Beeper T one on page 4- 5 . The digit al scanner issues a fast warble beep and the LED[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 3 Fuzzy 1D Processing F1h, 02h Enable 4-1 1 Decode Mirror Images F1 h, 19h Never 4-12 Miscellaneous Options T ransmit Code ID Character 2Dh None 4-13 Prefix V alue 63h, 69h 7013 <CR><LF> 4-14 Suffi x 1 V alue Suffi x 2 V alue 62h, 68h 64h, 6Ah 7013 <CR><LF> 4-1[...]

4 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide User Preferences Set Default Parameter Scan this bar code to return all para meters to the defaul t values listed in T able A-1 on page A-1 . Parameter Scanning Parameter # ECh T o disable decoding of p a rameter b ar codes, scan the Disable Parame ter Sca nning bar code below . Note that[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 5 Beeper T one Parameter # 91h T o select a decode beep fr equency (tone), scan the Low Frequency , Medium Frequency , or High Frequen cy bar code. Low Freque ncy (02h) * Medium Frequency (Optimum Setting ) (01h) High Freque ncy (00h)[...]

4 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Beeper V olume Parameter # 8Ch T o select a beeper volume, scan the Low Vo l u m e , Medi um Vo l u m e , or High Vo l u m e bar code. Power Mode Parameter # 80h This para meter determ ines whether or no t power remain s on af ter a decode attemp t. In reduced power mode, the digital scan[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 7 T ime Delay to Low Power Mode Parameter # 92h This parameter set s the time the digital scanner r emains active after decoding . The digital scan ner wakes upon trigger pull or when the host attempt s to communicate with the digital scanner . NOTE This parameter only applies when Po[...]

4 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide T ri gger Mode Parameter # 8Ah Select one of the following trigge r modes for the digit al scanner: • Level - A trigger pull activates de code proces sing. Decode proc essing continu es until the bar code decodes, you release the trigger , or the Decode Session T imeout occurs. • Blin[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 9 Picklist Mode Parameter # F0h 92h Picklist mode enables the digit al scanner to decode only bar codes that are align ed under the laser crosshai r . Select one of the following picklist modes for the digital scanner: • Disabled Always - Picklist mode is always disabled. • Enable[...]

4 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Decode Session T imeout Parameter # 88h This parameter sets the maximum t ime decod e proces sing continues during a scan attempt. It is programmable in 0.1 second increments from 0.5 to 9.9 seco nds. The default tim eout is 9.9 seconds. T o set a Decode Session T imeout, scan the bar cod[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 11 Beep After Good Decode Parameter # 38h Scan a bar code b elow to select whethe r or not the digit al scanner beeps af ter a good decode. If selecting Do Not Beep Af ter Good Decode , the beeper still oper ates during parameter menu sca nning and to in dicate error conditions. Fuzzy[...]

4 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Decode Mirror Images (Data Matrix Only) Parameter # F1h 19h Select an option for decoding mirr or image Dat a Matrix bar co des: • Always - decode only Data Matrix bar codes that are mirror images • Never - do not decode D ata Matrix bar co des that ar e mirror imag es • Auto - deco[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 13 Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters T ransmit Code ID Character Parameter # 2Dh A Code ID cha racter identif ies the code type of a s canned bar code. This is useful when decoding more than one code type. In addition to an y single character prefix already selected, the Code ID charac[...]

4 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Prefix/Suffix V alues Key Category Parameter # P = 63h, S1 = 62h, S2 = 64h Decimal V alue Parameter # P = 69h, S1 = 68h, S2 = 6Ah Y ou can app end a prefix and/or one or two suffixes to scan data for use in data editing. T o set a value for a pref ix or suffix, scan a four-digit number (i[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 15 Scan Data T ransmissi on Format Parameter # EBh T o change the scan dat a format, scan one o f the following eight bar cod es corresponding to th e desired format. T o set values for the prefix and/or suf fix, see Prefix/Suffix Values on page 4-14 . NOTE If using this parameter do [...]

4 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide FN1 Substitution V alues Key Category Parameter # 67h Decimal V alue Parameter # 6Dh The Wedg e and USB HID Keyboard host s support a FN1 Subs titution featur e. Enab ling this substitutes any FN1 character (0x1b) in an EAN128 bar cod e with a value. This value defaults to 7013 (Enter Key[...]

User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options 4 - 17 T ransmit “No Read” Message Parameter # 5Eh Scan a bar code below to select whether or not to transmit a No Read me ssage. Enable this to transmit the characters NR when a bar code does not decoded. Disabl e this to send nothing to the host if a symbol does not decode. NOTE If [...]

4 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Synapse Interface Parameter # F0h, ACh The auto-detectio n of a Synapse ca bl e varies in duration depending on the type of Synapse connection. If you connected a digital scanner to another scanner using a Synapse cable, use t he Auxiliary Synapse Port connection. In all other cases, when[...]

Chapter 5 Decoding Preferences Introduction Y ou can program th e digital scan ner to perform vari ous fu nctions, or activate dif fer ent featur es. This chapter describes decoding pr eference features and provides prog ramming bar codes for selecting these features. The digit al scanner ships with th e settings shown in the Decoding Prefere nces [...]

5 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Scanning Sequence Examples In most cases scanning one bar code se ts the par ameter value. For example, to disable the d ecode aiming pattern, scan the Disable Decode Aiming Pattern bar code listed under Decode Aiming Pattern on page 5-5 . The digital scanner issues a fast warble beep and[...]

Decoding Preferences 5 - 3 Decoding Preferences The paramete rs in this chapter control bar code decoding characteristics. Decoding Illumination Parameter # F0h, 2Ah Selecting Enable Decoding Illuminati on causes the digital scanner to flash illumination to aid decoding. Select Disable Decoding Illumina tion to prevent the digital scanner from usin[...]

5 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Illumination Bank Control Parameter # F1h 3Bh Select an illumination bank control parameter to control the illumination banks on the scan engine. • Full (0) (default): Enable the full illumination system. • Auto (1): The illumination system automatic ally switches from left to right b[...]

Decoding Preferences 5 - 5 Decode Aiming Pattern Parameter # F0h, 32h This parameter only applies in Decode Mode. Select Enable Decode Aiming Pattern to project the aim ing pattern during bar code captur e, or Disable Decode Aiming Pattern to turn the aiming pattern of f. Low Light Enhancement Parameter # F1h, 64h In Scansta nd m ode, selecting Ena[...]

5 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Presentation Mode Field of View Parameter # F1h, 61h In presentation mode, the digital scann er searches for a bar code in a smaller regio n around the aiming p attern’s center cross to sp eed search time. T o use a full field of view , scan Presentat ion Mode Full Field of V iew . This[...]

Chapter 6 USB Interface Introduction This chapter describe s how to set up the digit al scanner wit h a USB host. The digit al scanner connect s directly to a USB host, or a powered USB hub, which powers it. No additional power supply is required. Throughout the p rogramming bar code me nus, asterisks ( * ) indicate de fault values. * North America[...]

6 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Connecting a USB Interface Figure 6-1 USB Connection The digit al scanner connects with USB-capable host s including: • Desktop PCs and notebooks • Apple™ iMac, G4, iBooks (North America only) • IBM SurePOS terminals • Sun, IBM, an d other ne twork comp uters that s upport more [...]

USB Interface 6 - 3 5. T o modify any other parameter options, scan the app ro priate bar codes in this chapter . If problems occur with the system, see T roubleshooting on page 3-2 . USB Parameter Defaults T able 6-1 lists the defa ults for USB ho st parameters. T o change any option, scan the appropriate bar code( s) provided in the Parameter Des[...]

6 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide USB Host Parameters USB Device T ype Select the desired USB device type. NOTE When changing USB Device T y pe s, the digital scanner automatically resets and issues the standard startup beep sequences. * HID Keyboard Emulation IBM T able T op USB IBM Hand-Held USB USB OPOS Handheld Simple[...]

USB Interface 6 - 5 USB Country Keyboard T ypes - Country Codes Scan the bar code corresponding to the keyboard ty pe. Th is setting applies only to the USB HID Keyboard Emulation device. NOTE When changing USB country keyboard types the d igital scanner automatically resets and i ssues the standard startup beep sequences. * North American St a nda[...]

6 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide USB Country Keyboard T ypes - Country Codes (continued) Sp anish Windows Italian Windows Swedish Wi ndows UK English Windows Jap anese W indows (A SCII) Portuguese-Brazilian Windows[...]

USB Interface 6 - 7 USB Key s troke Delay This parameter sets the dela y , in milliseconds , between em ulated keystrokes. Scan a ba r code below to increase the delay when hosts require a slo wer transmission of data. USB CAPS Lock Override This option applies only to the HID Keyboard Emulation device. Enable this to preserve the case of the dat a[...]

6 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide USB Ignore Unknown Characters This option applies only to the HID Keyboard Emulatio n device and IBM device. Unknown characters are characters the host d oes not r ecog nize. Select Send Bar Codes W i th Unk nown Charact ers to se nd all ba r cod e data except for unknown ch aracters. T h[...]

USB Interface 6 - 9 Emulate Keypad with Leading Zero Enable this to send character sequences sent over the numeric ke ypad as ISO characters which ha ve a leading zero. For example ASCII A transmits as “AL T MAKE” 0 0 6 5 “AL T BREAK”. USB Keyboard FN 1 Substitution This option applies only to the USB HI D Keyb oard Emulat ion device. Enab [...]

6 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Function Key Mapping ASCII values under 32 ar e no rm a lly sen t as a co nt ro l-ke y sequ en ce s (se e T able 6-2 on page 6-12 ). Enable this parameter to send the keys in bold in place of the stan dard key mapping. T able entries that do not have a bold entry remain the same whether o[...]

USB Interface 6 - 11 Convert Case Enable this to c onvert all ba r code data to the selected case . * No Case Conversion Convert All to Upper Case Convert All to Lower Case[...]

6 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Set for USB T abl e 6-2 USB Prefix/Suffix V alues Prefix/ Suffix V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char .acter Key stroke 1000 %U CTRL 2 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 1 100[...]

USB Interface 6 - 13 1025 $Y CTRL Y 1026 $Z CTRL Z 1027 %A CTRL [/ ESC 1 1028 %B CTRL 1029 %C CTRL ] 1030 %D CTRL 6 1031 %E CTRL - 1032 S pace S pace 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 /O / 1048 0 0 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4[...]

6 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 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 1076 L L 1077 M M 1078 N N 1079 O O 1080 P P T abl e 6-2 USB Prefix/S[...]

USB Interface 6 - 15 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 1 103 +G g 1 104 +H h 1 105 +I i 1 106 +J j 1 107 +K k 1 108 +L l T abl e 6-2 USB Prefix/Suffix V alues (Continued) [...]

6 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 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 ~ T abl e 6-2 USB Prefix/Suffix V alues (Continued) Prefix/ Suffix V alue Full ASCII[...]

USB Interface 6 - 17 T abl e 6-3 USB AL T Key Character Set AL T Key s Key stroke 2064 AL T 2 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 2086[...]

6 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T abl e 6-4 USB GUI Key Character Set GUI Key Key stroke 3000 Rig ht Control Key 3048 GUI 0 3049 GUI 1 3050 GUI 2 3051 GUI 3 3052 GUI 4 3053 GUI 5 3054 GUI 6 3055 GUI 7 3056 GUI 8 3057 GUI 9 3065 GUI A 3066 GUI B 3067 GUI C 3068 GUI D 3069 GUI E 3070 GUI F 3071 GUI G 3072 GUI H 3073 GUI I[...]

USB Interface 6 - 19 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 T abl e 6-4 USB GUI Key Character Set (Continued) GUI Key Key stroke Note: GUI Shift Key s - The Apple™ iMac keyboard has an apple key on ei ther side of t he space bar . Windows-based sy stems have a GUI key to the l[...]

6 - 20 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T abl e 6-5 USB F Key Character Set F Key s Key stroke 5001 F1 5002 F2 5003 F3 5004 F4 5005 F5 5006 F6 5007 F7 5008 F8 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[...]

USB Interface 6 - 21 T abl e 6-6 USB Numeric Keypad Character Set Numeric Keypad Key s troke 6042 * 6043 + 6044 undefined 6045 - 6046 . 6047 / 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 6056 8 6057 9 6058 Enter 6059 Num Loc k[...]

6 - 22 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T abl e 6-7 USB Extended Keyp ad Character Set Extended Keypad Key stroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 PgUp 7004 End 7005 Pg Dn 7006 Pause 7007 Scr oll Lock 7008 Backspa ce 7009 T ab 7010 Prin t Screen 701 1 Insert 7012 Home 7013 Enter 7014 Escape 7015 Up A rrow 7016 Down Ar row 7017 Lef t[...]

Chapter 8 IBM 468X / 469X Interface Introduction This chapter describes how to set up the digit a l scanner with an IBM 468X/469X host. Throughout the p rogramming bar code me nus, asterisks ( * ) indicate de fault values. * Disable Convert to Co de 39 Fe ature/Option * Indicates Default NOTE Most computer monitors allow scanning the bar co des dir[...]

8 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Connecting to an IBM 468X/469X Host Connect the digit al scanner directly to the host interfa ce. Figure 8-1 IBM Direct Connection 1. Attach the modular connector of the IBM 46XX interface cable to the cable interface port on the digit al scanner . See Installing the Interface Cable on p [...]

IBM 468X / 469X Interface 8 - 3 IBM Parameter Defaults T able 8-1 lists the defa ult s for IBM host parameters. T o change any option, scan the appropriate bar code(s) provided in the Parameter Descriptions sectio n beginning on pa ge 8-4 . NOTE See Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters for all user preferences, hosts, symbologies, and miscellane[...]

8 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide IBM 468X/469X Host Parameters Port Address This parameter sets the IBM 468X/469X port used. NOTE Scanning one of these bar codes enables the RS-485 interface on the dig ital scanner . None Selected Hand-held S canner Emulation (Po rt 9B) Non-IBM Scanner Emu lation (Port 5B) T able-top Sca[...]

IBM 468X / 469X Interface 8 - 5 Convert Unknown to Code 39 Scan a bar code below to enable or disable the conversion of unknown bar code typ e data to Co de 39. Enable Convert Unknown to Code 39 * Disable Conve rt Unknown to Code 39[...]

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Chapter 7 RS-232 Interface Introduction This chapter describe s how to set up the digita l scanner wi th an RS- 232 host. Use the RS-232 interface to connect the digita l scanner to point-of-sale d evices, host comput ers, or other devices with an available RS-232 port (e.g., com port). If your host does not a ppear in T able 7-2 , refer to the doc[...]

7 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Connecting an RS-232 Interface Connect the digit al scanner directly to the host co mputer . Figure 7-1 RS-232 Direct Conn ection 1. Attach the modular connector of the RS-232 interface ca ble to the cable inte rface port on the digit al scanner (see Installing the Interfac e Cable on pag[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 3 RS-232 Parameter Defaults T able 7-1 lists the defa ults for RS- 232 host para meters. T o change any option, scan the appro priate bar code(s) provided in the RS-2 32 Host Parameters section b eginning on p age 7-4 . NOTE See Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters for all user preferences, hosts, symbologies, and miscellane[...]

7 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host Parameters V ar iou s RS -2 3 2 ho sts use their ow n parameter default sett ings. Selecting standar d, ICL, Fujit su, Wincor-Nixdorf Mode A, Wincor-Nixdorf Mode B, OPOS/JPOS , O livetti, or Omron sets the defaults listed in T able 7-2 . T abl e 7-2 T erminal Specific RS-232 P[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 5 RS-232 Host Parameters (continued) Selecting ICL, Fujitsu, Wincor -Nixdo rf Mode A, Wincor-Nixdor f Mode B, OPOS/JPOS, Olivetti, or O mron enables the transmission of code ID characters listed in T able 7-3 . These cod e ID chara cters are no t program mable and are separate from the T ransmit Code ID feature. Do not enab le [...]

7 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide RS-232 Host T ypes T o select an RS-232 host interface, scan one of the following bar codes. 1 Scanning S tandar d RS-232 activates the RS-232 driver , bu t does not change port settings (e.g., p a rity , data bit s, handshaking). Selecting a nother RS-232 ho st type bar code changes thes[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 7 RS-232 Host T ypes (continued) Baud Rate Baud rate is the number of bit s of data transmitted per second. Set the digit al scanner's baud rate to match the baud rate setting of the host device. Otherwise, dat a ma y not reach the host de vice or may re ac h it in distorted form. OPOS/JPOS Fujitsu RS-232 Baud Rate 600 Bau[...]

7 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Baud Rate (continued) * Baud Rate 9600 Baud Rate 19,200 Baud Rate 38,400 Baud Rate 57,600 Baud Rate 1 15,200[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 9 Parity A parity check bit is the most significant bit of each ASCII coded character . Select the parity type according to host device require m en ts. • Select Odd parity to set the parity bit value to 0 or 1, based on dat a, to ensure that the coded character contains an odd n umber of 1 bits. • Select Even parity to set[...]

7 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Stop Bit Select The stop bit(s) at the end of each transmitted charac ter marks the end of transmission of one character and prepares the receiving device for the next character in the se r ial data stream. Se lect the number of stop bit s (one or two) based on the number th e receiving t[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 11 Check Receive Errors Select whether or not to check the parity , framing, and ov errun of received char acters. The par ity value of rece ived characters is verified against the parity p arameter selected above. Hardware Handshaking The dat a interface consist s of an RS-232 port desig ned to operate either with or withou t [...]

7 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Hardware Handshaking (continued) • None : Scan this bar code to disable ha rdware handsh aking . • St andard RTS/CTS : Scan this bar c ode to select S t andard RTS/CTS Hardware Ha ndshaking. • RTS/CTS Option 1 : If you select R TS/CTS Option 1, the digit al scanner assert s R TS bef[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 13 Software Handshaking This paramete r offers con trol of the dat a transmission proces s in add ition to, or instead of, that offere d by hardware handshaking. Ther e are five options. If software handsha king and hardware h andshaking ar e both enabled, hardwar e ha ndshaking takes pr ecedence. • None : Select this to tran[...]

7 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Software Handshaking (continued) * None ACK/NAK ENQ ACK/NAK with ENQ XON/XOFF[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 15 Host Serial Response T ime-out This parameter specifies how long the digital scanne r waits for an ACK, NAK, or CTS before dete rmining that a transmission error occurred. This only applies when in one of the ACK/NAK software handshaking modes, or RTS/CTS har dware handshaking mode. * Minimum: 2 Sec Low: 2.5 Sec Medium: 5 Se[...]

7 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide RTS Line State This parameter set s the idle state of the Serial Host R TS line. Scan a bar code below to select Low RTS or High RTS line state. Beep on <BEL> If you enable this parameter , the digital scanner issues a beep when it dete cts a <BEL> charact er on the RS -232 se[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 17 Intercharacter Delay This parameter specifies the intercharacter delay inserted between character transmission s. * Minimum: 0 msec Low: 25 msec Medium: 50 msec High: 75 msec Maximum: 99 msec[...]

7 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Nixdorf Beep/LED Options If you selected Nixdorf Mode B, this indi ca tes when the digit a l scanner beep s and turns on it s LED after a decode. Ignore Unknown Characters Unknown characters ar e characters th e host does not recognize. Select Send Bar Codes with Unknown Characters to sen[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 19 ASCII Character Set for RS-232 Y ou can assign the values in T able 7-4 as prefixes or suffixes for ASC II character data transmission. T abl e 7-4 Prefix/Suffix V alues Prefix/Suffix 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[...]

7 - 20 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 1027 %A ESC 1028 %B FS 1029 %C GS 1030 %D RS 1031 %E US 1032 Sp a c e Sp a c e 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 /O / 1048 00 1049 11 1050 22 1051 33 1052 44 1053 55 1054 [...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 21 1057 99 1058 /Z : 1059 %F ; 1060 %G < 1061 %H = 1062 %I > 1063 %J ? 1064 %V @ 1065 AA 1066 BB 1067 CC 1068 DD 1069 EE 1070 FF 1071 GG 1072 HH 1073 II 1074 JJ 1075 KK 1076 LL 1077 MM 1078 NN 1079 OO 1080 PP 1081 QQ 1082 RR 1083 SS 1084 TT 1085 UU 1086 VV T abl e 7-4 Prefix/Suffix V alues (Continued) Prefix/Suffix V alue[...]

7 - 22 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 1087 WW 1088 XX 1089 YY 1090 ZZ 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 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[...]

RS-232 Interface 7 - 23 111 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 ~ 1 127 Undefined 7013 ENTER T abl e 7-4 Prefix/Suffix V alues (Continued) Prefix/Suffix V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Character ASCII Character[...]

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Chapter 9 Wand Emulation Interface Introduction This chapter descr ib es ho w to set up the digi tal scann er with a wand emulation host when you need W and Emulation communication. The d igit al scanner connect s to an externa l wand decod er or to a decode r integr ated in a mobile computer or Poin t- of -Sa le (PO S ) term in al. In this mode th[...]

9 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Connecting Using W and Emulation T o perform W and Emulation, connect the digital scan ner to a mobile computer , or a controller which collects the wand data and interprets it for the ho st. Figure 9-1 Wand Emulation Conn ection 1. Attach the modular connector of the W and Emulation in t[...]

Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 3 W and Emulation Pa rameter De faults T able 9-1 lists the defaults for Wand Emulation host types. T o change any option, scan the appropri ate bar code(s) provided in Wan d Emulation Host Parameters on p age 9-4 . NOTE See Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters for all user preferences, hosts, symbologies, and miscel[...]

9 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide W and Emulation Host Parameters W and Emulation Host T ypes Select a Wand Emulation hos t by scanning one of the bar codes below . Symbol OmniLink Inte rface Controller Symbol PDT T erminal (MSI) Symbol PTC T erminal (T elxon)[...]

Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 5 Leading Margin (Quiet Zone) Scan a bar code be low to select a lead ing margin duration. A leading margin is the time that preced es the first bar of the scan, in milliseconds . The minimum allowed value is 80 msec and the max imum is 250 msec. This parame ter accommodates older wand decod ers which cannot handle shor[...]

9 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Polarity Polarity determines how the digital scan ner's W and Emul ation interface crea te s the Digitized Barc ode Pattern (DBP). DBP is a digit al signal that r epresents the scanned bar code . Different decoder s expect the DBP in a certain format. The DBP either has the "hig[...]

Wand Emulation Interface 9 - 7 Convert All Bar Codes to Code 39 By default, the W an d Emulation interface sends da ta to th e att ached host in the decoded sym bology . This can be a problem for customers with ol der systems that do not re cognize newer symbologies (f or example, GS1 Dat aBar). Enable this pa rameter to ignore the decoded symbolo [...]

9 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Convert Code 39 to Full ASCII By default, a space r eplaces characters th at do not ha ve a corre sponding character in the Code 39 symbology set. Enable this parameter to encode data sent to the wand Interface in Code 39 Full ASCII. This setting requires that the host be able to int erpr[...]

Chapter 10 Keyboard Wedge Interface Introduction This chapter describes how to set up a Keyboard W edge interf ace with the digital scann er . With this interface, the digital scann er is connected between th e keyboard and host comp uter , and translates bar code data into keystrokes. The host computer accept s the keystrokes as if they originated[...]

10 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Connecting a Keyboard W edge Interface Figure 10-1 Keyboard W edge Connection with Y -cable T o connect the Keyboard W ed ge interface Y -cable: 1. T urn off the host and unplug the keyboard connector . 2. Attach the modular connector of the Y -cable to the cable interface port on the dig[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 3 Keyboard W edge Pa rameter Defaults T able 10-1 lists the default s for Keyboard W edge host p arameters . T o change any option, scan the appropriate ba r code(s) in the Keyboard W edge Host Parameters section beginning on page 10 -4 . NOTE See Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters for all user preferences, hosts,[...]

10 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard W edge Host Parameters Keyboard W edge Host T ypes Select the Ke yboard Wedge host b y scanning on e of the ba r codes below. IBM PC/A T & IBM PC Compatibles IBM PS/2 (Model 30) IBM A T Notebook NCR 7052[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 5 Keyboard W edge Country T ypes - Country Codes Scan the bar code corresponding to the keyboard type. If your keyboard type does no t appear , see Alternate Numeric Keypad Emul ation on page 10-8 . * North Ame rican German Windows French Window s French Cana dian Windows 95/98 French Cana dian Windows XP/2000 Sp anish[...]

10 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard W edge Country T ypes - Country Codes (continued) Italian Windows Swedish Wi ndows UK English Windows Japanese Windows Portuguese -Brazilian Wi ndows[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 7 Ignore Unknown Characters Unknown characters ar e characters th e host does not recognize. Select Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters to send all ba r code data exce pt for unknown char acters. The digital sca nner issues no error b eeps. Select Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters to send bar code data u[...]

10 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Intra-Key stroke Delay Enable this to insert an ad ditional dela y between eac h emulated k ey depressio n and releas e. This sets the Keystroke Delay paramete r to a minimum of 5 msec as well. Alternate Numeric Keypad Emulation This allows emulation of most other country keyboard types n[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 9 Caps Lock On Enable this to emulate keystrokes as if t he Cap s Lock k ey is always pressed. Caps Lock Override If you enable this, on A T or A T Notebook hosts, the keyboard ignores the st ate of the Cap s Lock key . Ther efore, an ‘A ’ in the ba r co de transm its as an ‘A ’ regardle ss of th e state of the[...]

10 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Convert W edge Data Enable this to c onvert all ba r code data to the selected case . Function Key Mapping ASCII values under 32 are normally sent as control key seque nces (see T able 10-2 on page 10-1 4 ). Enable this parameter to send the keys in bold in place of the stan dard key map[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 11 FN1 Substitution Enable this to replace FN1 charac ters in an EAN128 bar code with a user-selected keystroke (see FN1 Substitution on p age 10-1 1 ). Send Make and Break Enable this to prevent sending the scan codes for rel easing a key . Enable * Disable *Send Make and B reak Scan Codes Send Make Scan Code Only[...]

10 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Maps Refer to the following keyboard maps for prefix/suf fix keystroke par ame ters. T o program the prefix/suf fix values, see the bar codes on pag e 4-14 . Figure 10-2 IBM PS2 T ype Keyboard Figure 10-3 IBM PC/A T Figure 10-4 NCR 7052 32-Key 7013 7014 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 [...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 13 Figure 10-5 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 1074 [...]

10 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide ASCII Character Set for Keyboard W edge NOTE Code 39 Full ASCII interprets the bar code special character ($ + % /) preceding a Code 39 character and assigns an ASCII charac ter value to the pair . For example , if you enable Code 39 Full ASCII an d scan +B , it transmits as b , %J as ? [...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 15 1024 $X CTRL X 1025 $Y CTRL Y 1026 $Z CTRL Z 1027 %A CTRL [ / ESC 1 1028 %B CTRL 1029 %C CTRL ] 1030 %D CTRL 6 1031 %E CTRL - 1032 S pace Sp 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 /O / 1048 0 0 1049 [...]

10 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 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 1076 L L 1077 M M 1078 N N 1079 O O T abl e 10-2 Keyboard W[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 17 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 1 103 +G g 1 104 +H h 1 105 +I i 1 106 +J j 1 107 +K k T abl e 10-2 Keyboard Wedg e ASCII Cha[...]

10 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 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 ~ T abl e 10-3 Keyboard We dge AL T Key Character Set AL T Key s Key str[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 19 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 abl e 10-4 Keyboard Wedg e GUI Key Character Set GUI Key s Key strokes 3000 Rig ht Cont[...]

10 - 20 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 3056 GUI 8 3057 GUI 9 3065 GUI A 3066 GUI B 3067 GUI C 3068 GUI D 3069 GUI E 3070 GUI F 3071 GUI G 3072 GUI H 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 30[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 21 T abl e 10-5 Keyboard Wedge F K ey Characte r Set F Key s Key stroke 5001 F1 5002 F2 5003 F3 5004 F4 5005 F5 5006 F6 5007 F7 5008 F8 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 T abl e 10-6 Keyboard We dge Numeric Ke[...]

10 - 22 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 6046 . 6047 / 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 6056 8 6057 9 6058 Enter 6059 Num Loc k T abl e 10-7 Keyboard We dge Extended Keyp ad Character Set Extended Keypad Key stroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 Pg Up 7004 End 7005 Pg Dn 7006 Pause 7007 Scr oll Lock 7008 Bac[...]

Keyboard Wedge Interface 10 - 23 7015 Up A rrow 7016 Dn A rrow 7017 Lef t Arrow 7018 Rig ht Arrow T abl e 10-7 Keyboard We dge Extended Keyp ad Character Set (Con tin ued) Extended Keypad Key stroke[...]

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Chapter 11 Scanner Emulation Interface Introduction This chapter descr ib es ho w to set up the digi tal scanner with a Scanner Emulation host. In this mode, the digital scanner connects to an external decoder or to a decod e r integrated in a mobile computer or Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal. Throughout the p rogramming bar code me nus, asterisks ( [...]

11 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Connecting Using Scanner Emulation T o perform Scanner Emulation, connect the dig it al scanner to a mobile computer , or a controller which collects th e data and inter prets it for the host. Figure 11-1 Scanner Emulation Co nne ction 1. Attach the modula r connector of the Scann er Emul[...]

Scanner Emulation Interface 11 - 3 Scanner Emulation Parameter Defaults Ta b l e 1 1 - 1 lists the defaults for the Scanne r Emulation host. T o change any option, scan the appropriate bar code(s) provided in the Scanne r Emulation Host Parameters section beginning on page 11 - 4 . NOTE See Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters for all user prefe[...]

11 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Scanner Emulation Host Scan the bar code be low to enable the Scann er Emulation host. Scanner Emulation Host Parameters Beep Style The Scanner Emula tio n ho st supp o rts three bee p style s. • Beep On Successful T ransmit : The digital scanner beep s when the attached decoder issues [...]

Scanner Emulation Interface 11 - 5 Parameter Pass-Through The Scanne r Emulation ho st can proc ess parameter ba r code mess ages and sen d them to th e attached decode r . In this way , customers using Symbol compliant decoders ca n contro l the behavior o f the entire system by scanning the necessary parameters only once. For example, to enable D[...]

11 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Convert Newer Code T ypes The digit al scanner supp ort s a variety of code typ es that are not decodable by att ached deco der systems. T o allow compatibility in these enviro nments, the digit al scanner converts thes e code types to more commonly decodable symbologies, as per the follo[...]

Scanner Emulation Interface 11 - 7 Convert All Bar Codes to Code 39 Scan a bar code below to enable or disable conv ertin g all bar code data to Code 39. Code 39 Full ASCII Conversion By default, a space r eplaces any characters that do not have a corresponding characte r in the Code 39 symbology set. Enable this paramete r to encode data sent to t[...]

11 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T ransmission T imeout The Scanner Emulation ho st transmits bar cod e data to the attached d ecoder and waits for the deco der to assert the Decode signal, indicating successful transmission. If, af ter a specified amoun t of time , the Decode signal is not asserted (indicating that the [...]

Scanner Emulation Interface 11 - 9 Ignore Unknown Characters Unknown characters are characters the decod er does not recognize. Select Ignore Unkn own Characters to send all bar code data exce pt fo r unknown characters. The digit al scanner issues no error beep s. Select Convert Error on Unknown Characters to prevent sending bar codes contai ning [...]

11 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Leading Margin (continued) Check For Decode LED The attached de coder normally assert s the Decode line to sign al to the Sca nner Emulation host to indica te that it successfully decoded th e tr ansm itted bar code. Some de code rs , however , do not assert the Decode signal. In this ca[...]

Chapter 12 123Scan Introduction 123Scan is a Windows ® -based utility that programs the digital scan ner with all paramete rs including Advanced Data Formatting (A DF) rules. An ADF rule mo difies bar c ode data before it transmits to the host to ensure compatibility between bar coded data and the host application. Y ou can prog ram digital scanne[...]

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Chapter 13 Symbologies Introduction This chapter describes symbo logy features and pro vides programming bar codes for selecting th ese featur es. Before programming, follo w the instructions in Chapter 1, Getting S tarted . T o set feature values, scan a single bar co de or a sh or t bar code sequen ce . The settings a re stored in non-vola t ile [...]

13 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Errors While Scanning Unless otherwise specified, to corr ect an error during a scanning sequence, just re-scan the correct paramete r . Symbology Parameter Defaults T able 13-1 lists the defaults for all symbolo gies parameters. There are two ways to ch ange the default values: • Scan [...]

Symbologies 13 - 3 UPC-E1 Preambl e 24h System Chara cter 13-18 Convert UPC-E to A 25h Disable 13-19 Convert UPC-E1 to A 26h Disable 13-19 EAN-8/JAN-8 Extend 27h Disable 13-20 Bookland ISBN Format F1h 40h ISBN-10 13-21 UCC Coupon Extended Code 55h Disable 13-22 Code 128 Code 128 08h Enable 13-23 Set Length(s) for Code 12 8 D1h D2h Any Length 13-23 [...]

13 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) 06h Enable 13-39 Set Lengths for I 2 of 5 16h 17h 14 13-40 I 2 of 5 Check Digit V erification 31h Disable 13-42 T ransmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit 2Ch Disable 13-42 Convert I 2 of 5 to EAN 1 3 52h Disable 13-43 Discrete 2 of 5 (DTF) Discrete 2[...]

Symbologies 13 - 5 Post US4 F1h 63h Disable 13-58 T ransmit US Post al Check Digit 5Fh Enable 13-58 GS1 Dat aBar (formerly Reduced Sp ace Symbology) GS1 DataBar -14 F0h 52h Enable 13-59 GS1 DataBar Limited F 0h 53h Enable 13-59 GS1 Dat aBar Expande d F0h 54h Enable 13-60 Convert GS1 Data Bar to UPC/EA N F0h 8Dh Disable 13-60 Composite Composite CC-[...]

13 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Security L evel 4Dh 1 13-72 Intercharacter Gap Size F0h 7Dh Normal 13-73 Report V ersion 13-73 Macro PDF Flush Macro PDF Buf fer 13-74 Abort Macro PDF Entry 13-74 T abl e 13-1 Parameter Defaults (Continued) Parameter Parameter Number Default Page Number[...]

Symbologies 13 - 7 UPC/EAN Enable/Disable UPC-A Parameter # 01h T o enable or d isable UPC-A, scan the appropriate bar code below . Enable/Disable UPC-E Parameter # 02h T o enable or d isable UPC-E, scan the appropriate bar code below . * Enable UPC-A (01h) Disable UPC-A (00h) * Enable UPC-E (01h) Disable UPC-E (00h)[...]

13 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Enable/Disable UPC-E1 Parameter # 0Ch UPC-E1 is disabled by default. T o enable or disable UPC-E1, scan the appropriate ba r co de below . Enable/Disable EAN-8/JAN-8 Parameter # 04h T o enable or disable EAN-8/JAN-8, scan th e appropriate bar code belo w . NOTE UPC-E1 is not a UCC (Unifor[...]

Symbologies 13 - 9 Enable/Disable EAN-13/JAN-13 Parameter # 03h T o enable or disable EAN-13/JAN-1 3, scan the appropriate ba r code below . Enable/Disable Bookland EAN Parameter # 53h T o enable or d isable Bookland EAN, scan the appropriate b ar code below . * Enable EAN-13/JAN-13 (01h) Disable EAN-13/JAN-13 (00h) Enable Bookla nd EAN (01h) * Dis[...]

13 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals Parameter # 10h Supplement als are bar codes appended according to specif ic format conventions (e.g ., UPC A+2, UPC E+2, EAN 13+2). The following options ar e available: • If you select I g n o r e U P C / E A N with Supplement als , a n d t he scanner[...]

Symbologies 13 - 11 Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals (continued) Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Only With Supp lemen t als (01h) * Ignore Supplement als (00h) Autodiscriminate UPC/ EAN/JAN Supplementals (02h) Enable 378/379 Supplemental Mode (04h) Enable 978/979 Supplemental Mode (05h) Enable 977 Supplement al Mode (07h)[...]

13 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals (continued) Enable 414/419/434/439 Suppleme nt al Mode (06h) Enable 491 Supplement al Mode (08h) Enable Smart Su pplemental Mode (03h) Supplement al User-Programmab le T ype 1 (09h) Supplement al User-Programmable T ype 1 and 2 (0Ah) Smart Supplement al P[...]

Symbologies 13 - 13 User -Programmable Supplementals Supplemental 1: Parameter # F1h 43h Supplemental 2: Parameter # F1h 44h If you selected a Supplement al User-Programmable optio n from Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals on page 13-10 , select User-Programmable Supplement al 1 to set the 3- dig it pr ef ix. Th e n sele ct the 3 digits using the num[...]

13 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T ransmit UPC-A Check Digit Parameter # 28h The check digit is the last character of the symbol use d to verify the integrity of the dat a. Scan the appropriate bar code below to transmit th e bar code data with or without t he UPC-A check digit. It is always verified to guarantee the in[...]

Symbologies 13 - 15 T ransmit UPC-E1 Check Digit Parameter # 2Ah The check digit is the last character of the symbol use d to verify the integrity of the dat a. Scan the appropriate bar code below to t ransmit the ba r code data with or wit hout the UPC-E1 c heck digit. It is always verified to guarant ee the integrity of the dat a. * T ransmit UPC[...]

13 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide UPC-A Preamble Parameter # 22h Preamble characters are p art of the UPC symbol, and in clude Countr y Code and System Character . There are three options for transmitting a UPC-A preamble to the host device: transm it System Character only , transmit System Character and Co untry Code (?[...]

Symbologies 13 - 17 UPC-E Preamble Parameter # 23h Preamble characters are p art of the UPC symbol, and in clude Countr y Code and System Character . There are three options for transmitting a UPC-E preamble to the host device: transm it System Character only , transmit System Character and Co untry Code (“0” for USA), a nd tr ansmit no preambl[...]

13 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide UPC-E1 Preamble Parameter # 24h Preamble characters are p art of the UPC symbol, and in clude Countr y Code and System Character . There are three options for transmitting a UPC-E1 prea mble to the host device: transmit System Character only , transmit System Character and Co untry Code [...]

Symbologies 13 - 19 Convert UPC-E to UPC-A Parameter # 25h Enable this to convert UPC-E (zero su ppressed) decoded dat a to UPC-A format before transmission. After conversion, the data follows U PC-A fo rmat and is affected by UPC-A progra mming selections (e .g., Preamble, Check Digit). Disable this to transmit UPC- E decoded da ta as UPC- E dat a[...]

13 - 20 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide EAN-8/JAN-8 Extend Parameter # 27h Enable this parameter to add five le ading zeros to decoded EAN-8 symbols to make them comp atible in format to EAN-13 symbols. Disable this to transmit EAN-8 symbols as is. Enable EAN/JAN Zero Extend (01h) * Disable EAN/JAN Zero Extend (00h)[...]

Symbologies 13 - 21 Bookland ISBN Format Parameter # F1h 40h If you enabled Bookla nd EA N using Enable/Disable Bookland EAN on page 13- 9 , select one of the following formats for Bookl and data : • Bookland ISBN-10 - The sca nner report s Bookland dat a st arting with 978 in traditional 10-digit format with the special Bookland check digit fo r[...]

13 - 22 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide UCC Coupon Extended Code Parameter # 55h Enable this parameter to decode UP C-A bar co de s starting with digit ‘5’, EAN-1 3 ba r co de s starting with digit ‘99’, an d UPC- A/EAN-128 Coupon Codes. UPCA, EAN-13, a nd EAN-128 must be enabled to scan all types of Coupon Codes. Enab[...]

Symbologies 13 - 23 Code 128 Enable/Disable Code 128 Parameter # 08h T o enable or disable Code 128, scan the approp riate bar code below . Set Lengths for Code 128 Parameter # L1 = D1h, L2 = D2h The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit(s) the code cont ains. Set lengths for [...]

13 - 24 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Code 128 (continued) Code 128 - One Discrete Length Code 128 - T wo Discrete Lengths Code 128 - Length W ithin Range *Code 128 - Any Length[...]

Symbologies 13 - 25 Enable/Disable GS1-128 (formerly UCC/EAN-128) Parameter # 0Eh T o enable or disable GS1-1 28, scan the appropriate ba r code below . Enable/Disable ISBT 128 Parameter # 54h ISBT 128 is a variant of Code 128 used in the blood bank industry . Scan a bar code below to enable or disable ISBT 128. If necessary , the host must perform[...]

13 - 26 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code 39 Enable/Disable Code 39 Parameter # 00h T o enable or disable Code 39, scan th e appropriate bar code belo w . Enable/Disable T ri optic Code 39 Parameter # 0Dh T rioptic Code 39 is a variant of Co de 39 used in th e marking of c omputer tape cartridg es. T rioptic Code 39 symbols[...]

Symbologies 13 - 27 Convert Code 39 to Code 32 Parameter # 56h Code 32 is a v ariant of Co de 39 used by the Italian pha rmaceutical ind ustry . Scan the ap propriate bar code belo w to enable or disable con verting Code 39 to Code 32. Code 32 Prefix Parameter # E7h Scan the appropriate bar code below to enable or disable adding the pref ix cha rac[...]

13 - 28 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Code 39 Parameter # L1 = 12h, L2 = 13h The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit(s) the code co ntains. Set lengths f or Code 39 to any length, one or two discrete length s, or lengths within a spec [...]

Symbologies 13 - 29 Set Lengths for Code 39 (continued) Code 39 - One Discrete Length Code 39 - T wo Discrete Lengths Code 39 - Length Withi n Ran ge Code 39 - Any Length[...]

13 - 30 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code 39 Check Digit V erif ication Parameter # 30h Enable this feature to check the integrity of all Code 39 symbols to verify tha t the data complies with specified check digit algorithm. Only Code 39 symbols which incl ude a m odulo 43 check dig it are decode d. Enable this feature if [...]

Symbologies 13 - 31 Code 39 Full ASCII Conversion Parameter # 11h Code 39 Full ASCII is a variant of Code 39 which pairs char acters to encode the full ASCII characte r set. T o enable or disable Code 39 Full ASCII, sca n th e ap pr o pr iat e ba r cod e belo w . Code 39 Buffering - Scan & Store Parameter # 71h This feature allows th e dig ital[...]

13 - 32 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code 39 Buffering - Scan & Store (continued) This featur e affects Code 39 only . If selectin g Buffer Code 39 , we recommend configuring the digit al scanner to decode Code 39 symb ology only . While there is data in the transmission buf fer , you cannot select Do Not Buffer Code 39[...]

Symbologies 13 - 33 T ransmit Buffer There are two methods to tran smit the Code 39 buf fer . 1. Scan the T ransmit Buffer bar code below , which includes only a star t character , a plus (+), and a stop character . 2. The digit al scanner transmits and clea rs the buffer . • The digit al scanner issues a low/high beep. 3. Scan a Code 39 bar code[...]

13 - 34 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code 93 Enable/Disable Code 93 Parameter # 09h T o enable or disable Code 93, scan th e appropriate bar code belo w . Set Lengths for Code 93 Parameter # L1 = 1Ah, L2 = 1Bh The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit([...]

Symbologies 13 - 35 Set Lengths for Code 93 (continued) Code 93 - One Discrete Length Code 93 - T wo Discrete Lengths Code 93 - Length Withi n Ran ge Code 93 - Any Length[...]

13 - 36 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code 11 Code 11 Parameter # 0Ah T o enable or disable Code 1 1, scan the appropriate bar code below . Set Lengths for Code 11 Parameter # L1 = 1Ch, L2 = 1Dh The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit(s) the code con [...]

Symbologies 13 - 37 Set Lengths for Code 11 (continued) Code 1 1 - One Discrete Length Code 1 1 - T wo Discrete Lengths Code 1 1 - Length Within Range Code 1 1 - Any Length[...]

13 - 38 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code 11 Check Digit V erif ication Parameter # 34h This feature allows the digit a l scanne r to che ck the integr it y of all Code 1 1 symbols to verify that the data complies with the specified check digit algorithm. This sele cts th e ch eck digit mechanism for the de coded Code 1 1 b[...]

Symbologies 13 - 39 T ransmit Code 11 Check Digits Parameter # 2Fh This feature selects wheth er or not to transmit the Code 1 1 check digit(s). Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) Enable/Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 Parameter # 06h T o enable or disable Interlea ved 2 of 5, scan the appropriate bar code below , and select an Interleaved 2 of 5 length from the [...]

13 - 40 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Interleaved 2 of 5 Parameter # L1 = 16h, L2 = 17h The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit(s) the code co ntains. Set lengths f or I 2 of 5 to any length, one or two discrete length s, or lengths wi[...]

Symbologies 13 - 41 Set Lengths for Code 11 (continued) I 2 of 5 - One Discrete Length I 2 of 5 - T wo Discrete Leng ths I 2 of 5 - Length Within Range I 2 of 5 - Any Length[...]

13 - 42 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide I 2 of 5 Check Digit V erification Parameter # 31h Enable this feature to check the integrity of all I 2 of 5 symbols to verify the dat a complies with either the specifi ed Uniform Symbology S pecification (USS), or the Optica l Pro duct Code Council (OPCC) check digit algorithm. T rans[...]

Symbologies 13 - 43 Convert I 2 of 5 to EAN-13 Parameter # 52h Enable this paramete r to convert 14-character I 2 of 5 c odes to EAN-13, and transmit to the host as EAN-13. T o accomplish this, the I 2 of 5 code must be enab led, and the code must have a leading zero and a valid EAN-13 check digit. Discrete 2 of 5 (DTF) Enable/Disable Discrete 2 of[...]

13 - 44 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for Discrete 2 of 5 Parameter # L1 = 14h, L2 = 15h The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit(s) the code co ntains. Set lengths f or D 2 of 5 to any length, one or two discrete length s, or leng th s wit[...]

Symbologies 13 - 45 Set Lengths for Discrete 2 of 5 (continued) D 2 of 5 - One Discrete Length D 2 of 5 - T wo Discrete Lengths D 2 of 5 - Length Withi n Ran ge D 2 of 5 - Any Length[...]

13 - 46 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Codabar (NW - 7) Enable/Disable Codabar Parameter # 07h T o enable or disable Codaba r , scan the appropriate bar code below . Set Lengths for Codabar Parameter # L1 = 18h, L2 = 19h The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including che[...]

Symbologies 13 - 47 Set Lengths for Codabar (continued) Codabar - One Discrete Length Codabar - T wo Discrete Lengths Codabar - Length With i n Range Codabar - Any Length[...]

13 - 48 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide CLSI Editing Parameter # 36h Enable this parame ter to strip the start and sto p characters and insert a space after the first, fifth, and tenth characters of a 14-characte r Codabar symbol. Enable this feature if the host system re quir es this data format. NOTIS Editing Parameter # 37h[...]

Symbologies 13 - 49 MSI Enable/Disable MSI Parameter # 0Bh T o enable or di sable MSI, scan the appr opriate bar code below . Set Lengths for MSI Parameter # L1 = 1Eh, L2 = 1Fh The length of a code refers to the numbe r of characters (i.e., human readable characte rs), including check digit(s) the code conta ins. Set lengths for MSI to any le ngth,[...]

13 - 50 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Set Lengths for MSI (continued) NOTE Due to the construction of the MSI sym bology , it is possible for a scan line covering only a portion of the code to transmit as a complete scan, yielding less data than is encoded in the bar code. T o prevent this, select specific lengths ( MSI - On[...]

Symbologies 13 - 51 MSI Check Digits Parameter # 32h With MSI symbols, one check digit is mandatory and always ver ified by the reader . The second check digit is optional. If the M SI codes include two check digits, scan the T wo MSI Check Digits bar cod e to enable ve rification of the second check digit. See MSI Ch eck Digit Algor ithm on page 1[...]

13 - 52 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide MSI Check Digit Algorithm Parameter # 33h T wo algorithms are possible for the veri fication of the second MSI check dig it. Select the bar code below correspond ing to the algorithm used to encode the check dig it. MOD 10/MOD 1 1 (00h) * MOD 10/MOD 10 (01h)[...]

Symbologies 13 - 53 Inverse 1D Parameter # F1h 4Ah This parameter se ts the 1D inverse decoder settin g. Options are: • Regular Only - the sca nner decodes regu lar 1D bar codes only . • Inverse Only - the scanner decodes inverse 1D ba r codes only . • Inverse Autodetect - the scanner de codes both regula r and inverse 1D bar codes. *Regular [...]

13 - 54 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Postal Codes US Postnet Parameter # 59h T o enable or disable US Postnet, scan the ap propriate bar code below . US Planet Parameter # 5Ah T o enable or disable US Planet, scan the app ro priate bar code below . * Enable US Postnet (01h) Disable US Postnet (00h) * Enable US Planet (01h) [...]

Symbologies 13 - 55 UK Postal Parameter # 5Bh T o enable or d isable UK Post al, scan the appr opriate bar code below . T ransmit UK Postal Check Digit Parameter # 60h Select whether to transmit UK Post al data with or without th e check digit. * Enable UK Post al (01h) Disable UK Postal (00h) * T ransmit UK Postal Check Digit (01h) Do Not T ransmi[...]

13 - 56 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Japan Postal Parameter # F0h, 22h T o enable or disable Jap an Posta l, scan the appropriate bar code below . Australian Postal Parameter # F0h, 23h T o enable or disable Australian Post al, scan the appropr iate bar code below . * Enable Japan Post al (01h) Disable Japan Postal (00h) * [...]

Symbologies 13 - 57 Dutch Postal Parameter # F0h, 46h T o enable or disable Dutch Post al, scan the appropriate bar co de below . 4State Postal Parameter # F1h 50h T o enable or di sable 4S tate Post al, scan the appropriate bar code be low . * Enable Dutch Post al (01h) Disable Dutch Postal (00h) Enable 4S tate Post al (01h) * Disable 4St ate Post[...]

13 - 58 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Post US4 Parameter # F1h 63h T o enable or disable Post US4, scan th e appropriate bar code belo w . T ransmit US Postal Check Digit Parameter # 5Fh Select whether to transmit US Post al data with or without th e check digit. Enable Post US4 (01h) * Disable Post US4 (00h) * T ransmit US [...]

Symbologies 13 - 59 GS1 DataBar (formerly Reduced Space Symbology) The variant s of GS1 Data Bar are Dat aBar-14, Dat aBar Exp anded, and Dat aBar Lim ited. The limited a nd expand ed versions have stacked varian ts. Scan the appr opriate bar co des to enable or disable each variant of GS1 Dat aBar . GS1 DataBar -14 Parameter # F0h 52h. GS1 DataBar[...]

13 - 60 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide GS1 DataBar Expanded Parameter # F0h 54h. Convert GS1 DataBar to UPC/EAN Parameter # F0h, 8Dh This parameter o nly applie s to GS1 DataBar-14 and GS1 Dat aBar Limited symbols not decoded as part of a Composite symbol. Enable this to strip th e leading '010 ' from Dat aBar-14 an[...]

Symbologies 13 - 61 Composite Composite CC-C Parameter # F0h 55h Scan a bar code below to enable or disable Composite ba r codes of type CC-C. Composite CC-A/B Parameter # F0h 56h Scan a bar code below to enable or disable Composite ba r codes of type CC-A/B. Enable CC-C (01h) * Disable CC-C (00h) Enable CC-A /B (01h) * Disable CC-A/B (00h)[...]

13 - 62 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Composite TLC-39 Parameter # F0h 73h Scan a bar code below to enable or disable Composite ba r codes of type TLC-39. UPC Composite Mode Parameter # F0h 58h Select an option for linking UPC symbols with a 2D symbol during transmission a s if they were one symbol: • Select UPC Never Link[...]

Symbologies 13 - 63 Composite Beep Mode Parameter # F0h, 8Eh T o select the number of decode beep s when a composite bar code is decode d, scan the appropriate bar code. GS1-128 Emulation Mode for GS1 Composite C odes (formerly UCC/EAN Code 128 Emulation Mode for UCC/EAN Composite Codes) Parameter # F0h, ABh Select whether to enable or disable this[...]

13 - 64 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide 2D Symbologies Enable/Disable PDF417 Parameter # 0Fh T o enable or disable PDF417, scan the app ropriate bar code below . Enable/Disable MicroPDF417 Parameter # E3h T o enable or d isable MicroPDF417, scan the appropriate bar code below . * Enable PDF417 (01h) Disable PDF417 (00h) Enable[...]

Symbologies 13 - 65 Code 128 Emulation Parameter # 7Bh Enable this paramete r to transmit data from cer tain MicroPDF41 7 symbols as Code 128. AIM Code ID Character (01h) on p age 4-13 must be enabled for th is p arameter to work . Enable Code 128 Emulation to tr an smit these MicroPDF417 symbols with one of the following prefixes: ]C1 if the first[...]

13 - 66 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Data Matrix Parameter # F0h, 24h T o enable or di sable Data Matrix, scan the appropria te bar code below . Data Matrix Inverse Parameter # F1h 4Ch This parameter set s the Data Matrix inverse decoder settin g. Options are: • Regular Only - the sca nner decodes regu lar Data Matrix bar[...]

Symbologies 13 - 67 Maxicode Parameter # F0h, 26h T o enable or disable Maxico de, scan the appropriate ba r code below . QR Code Parameter # F0h,25h T o enable or disable QR Code, scan the appropria te bar code below . * Enable Maxi code (01h) Disable Maxicode (00h) * Enable QR Cod e (01h) Disable QR Code (00h)[...]

13 - 68 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide MicroQR Parameter # F1h 3Dh T o enable or disable MicroQR, scan the app ropriate bar code below . QR Inverse Parameter # F1h 4Bh This par ame ter sets the QR inve rse decoder setting . Opt ions are: • Regular Only - the sca nner decodes regu lar QR bar codes only . • Inverse Only - t[...]

Symbologies 13 - 69 Aztec Parameter # F1h 3Eh T o enable or disable Aztec, sca n the appropriate bar code belo w . Aztec Inverse Parameter # F1h 4Dh This parameter set s the Aztec inverse decoder setting. Options are: • Regular Only - the sca nner decodes regular Aztec bar codes only . • Inverse Only - the scanner decodes inverse Aztec ba r cod[...]

13 - 70 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Redundancy Level Parameter # 4Eh The digit a l scann er of fers four levels of decode redun dan cy . Select higher redundancy leve ls for de crea sin g le vels of bar code quality . As redundancy levels increase , the digital scanner’s aggressiveness decreases. Select the redundancy le[...]

Symbologies 13 - 71 Redundancy Level 4 The following code types must be successfully read three times before being decoded: T abl e 13-5 Redundancy Level 4 Codes Code T ype Code Length All All * Redundancy L evel 1 (01h) Redundancy Le v el 2 (02h) Redundancy L evel 3 (03h) Redundancy Le v el 4 (04h)[...]

13 - 72 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Security Level Parameter # 4Dh The digit al scanner of fers four levels of decode security for delt a bar codes, which include the Code 128 family , UPC/EAN, and Code 93. Select increasing levels of security for de creasing levels of bar code quality . There is an inverse relationship be[...]

Symbologies 13 - 73 Intercharacter Gap Size Parameter # F0h, 7Dh The Code 39 and Codaba r symbolo gies have a n intercharacte r gap th at is typically quit e small. Due to va rious bar code-printing technologi es, this gap can grow larger than the maximum size allowed, preventing the digit al scanner from decoding the symbol. If th is proble m occu[...]

13 - 74 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Macro PDF Features Macro PDF is a special feature for concatenating multip le PDF symbols into one file. The digit al scanner can decode symbols that ar e encoded with this feature, and c an store mor e than 64 Kb of decoded dat a stored in up to 50 MacroPDF symbols. Flush Macro Buffer T[...]

Chapter 14 Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) Introduction The DS6708-DL d igital scann er is capable of par sing ou t informa tion from sta ndard US driver's licenses and certain other American A sso cia tio n of Moto r V ehicle Admi nis trators (AAMV A) co mpliant ID card s. Parsing can be achieved two dif ferent ways: with internally emb[...]

14 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Driver’ s License Parsing There are thre e options available for pr ogramming the dig ital scanne r: • No driver's license parsing ( default) - disabl es the feature. • Embedded driver's license parsing - Moto rola software (.DL L) is NOT required. Scan the bar code s on t[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 3 Parsing Driver’ s License Data Fields (Embedded Driver 's License Parsing) T o begin programming a p arsing rule: 1. Scan Begin New Driver ’ s License Parse Rule below . 2. Scan any of the field bar codes on the following pages, or Send Keystroke (Control Character s and Keyboard Characte rs) on[...]

14 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Driver’ s License Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) The currently supp orted par se fields begin below . Not all IDs present dat a in the same format. For exam ple, some IDs may have sep arate fields for fir st name, last name a nd middle init ial and othe rs may have a single field wit[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 5 Driver’ s License Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Issue Date ID Number (Formatted)[...]

14 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes AAMV A Issuer ID Full Name Last Name First Name Middle Name / Initi al Name Suffix Name Prefix[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 7 AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Mailing Addre ss Line 1 Mailing Address Line 2 Mailing Address City Mailing Address St ate Mailing Address Postal Code Home Address Line 1 Home Address Line 2[...]

14 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Home Address City Home Address State Home Address Postal Code License ID Number License Class License Rest ric tions License Endors ements[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 9 AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Height (Feet and/or Inches ) Height (Centimeters) Weig ht (Pou nds) Weigh t (Kilograms) Eye Color Hair Color License Expiration D ate[...]

14 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Birth Date Gender License Issue Date Social Security Number Permit Class Permit Expiration Date Permit ID Number[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 11 AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Permit Issue Date Permit Restrictions Permit Endorsements AKA Social Security Name AKA Full Name AKA Last Name AKA First Name[...]

14 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) AKA Middle Name / Initial AKA Name Suffix AKA Name Prefix AKA Birth Date Issue Timestamp Number of Duplicates Medical Codes[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 13 AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Organ Donor Nonresident Customer ID Wei gh t R an ge Document Discrimin ator Country Federal Commission Code s[...]

14 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Place of Birth Audit Information Inventory Control Race / Ethnicity St d V ehicle Class St d End orsements St d Restrictions[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 15 AAMV A Parse Field Bar Codes (continued) Class Description Endorsement Descr iption Restrictions Description Height in Inches Height in Centimeters[...]

14 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Parser V ersion ID Bar Codes Include this field to emit embedded p a rser sof tware version identification Parser V ersion ID[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 17 Parsing Rule Example Scan the fo llowing bar co des in sequ ence to prog ram the di gital scanner to extract and tr ansmit first, middle and last names; mailing address lin e 1; mailing address line 2; mailing address city; maili ng address state; mailing address postal code; a nd, date of birth. Then, [...]

14 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Parsing Rule Example (continued) 7 Last Name 8 Send Control M (Carriage Return) 9 Mailing Addre ss Line 1 10 Send Sp ace 11 Mailing Addre ss Line 2 12 Send Control M (Carriage Return)[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 19 Parsing Rule Example (continued) 13 Mailing Address City 14 Send Sp ace 15 Mailing Address State 16 Send Sp ace 17 Mailing Address Postal Code[...]

14 - 20 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Parsing Rule Example (continued) 18 Send Control M (Carriage Return) 19 Birth Date 20 Send Control M (Carriage Return) 21 Save Driver ’s Licence Parse Rule[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 21 Field Update Procedure Scan the following bar codes in order to perform a field up da te. This update COMPLETEL Y REPLACES any prior updates that were done an d overrides any embedded p arsing software currently progr ammed in the digit al scanner . 1. Field Up date St art . Field Update S tart 2. Scan [...]

14 - 22 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide User Preferences Set Default Parameter Scan this bar code to return all para meters to the defaul t values listed in T able A-1 on page A-1 . Send Key stroke (Control Characters and Keyboard Characters) Control Characters Scan a Send bar code for the ke ystroke to send. * Set All Default[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 23 Control Characters (continued) Send Control C Send Control D Send Control E Send Control F Send Control G Send Control H Send Control I (T ab)[...]

14 - 24 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Control Characters (continued) Send Control J Send Control K Send Control L Send Control M (Carriage Return) Send Control N Send Control O Send Control P[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 25 Control Characters (continued) Send Control Q Send Control R Send Control S Send Control T Send Control U Send Control V Send Control W[...]

14 - 26 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Control Characters (continued) Send Control X Send Control Y Send Control Z Send Control [ Send Control Send Control ][...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 27 Keyboard Characters Scan a Send bar code for the ke yboard characters to send. Control Characters (continued) Send Control 6 Send Control - Send Sp ace Send ! Send “ Send #[...]

14 - 28 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send $ Send % Send & Send ‘ Send ( Send ) Send *[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 29 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send + Send , Send - Send . Send / Send 0 Send 1[...]

14 - 30 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send 2 Send 3 Send 4 Send 5 Send 6 Send 7 Send 8[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 31 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send 9 Send : Send ; Send < Send = Send > Send ?[...]

14 - 32 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send @ Send A Send B Send C Send D Send E Send F[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 33 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send G Send H Send I Send J Send K Send L Send M[...]

14 - 34 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send N Send O Send P Send Q Send R Send S Send T[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 35 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send U Send V Send W Send X Send Y Send Z Send [[...]

14 - 36 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send Send ] Send ^ Send _ Send ` Send a Send b[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 37 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send c Send d Send e Send f Send g Send h Send i[...]

14 - 38 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send j Send k Send l Send m Send n Send o Send p[...]

Driver’s License Set Up (DS6708-DL) 14 - 39 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send q Send r Send s Send t Send u Send v Send w[...]

14 - 40 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send x Send y Send z Send { Send | Send } Send ~[...]

Chapter 15 Advanced Data Formatting Introduction Advanced Dat a Formatting (ADF) is a me ans of customizing da t a before tran smission to the host device. Use ADF to edit scan data to su it particular requ irements. T o implement ADF , scan a r elated series of bar codes, which begin on p age 15-7 , or install the 123Scan utility (see Chapter 12, [...]

15 - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Using ADF Bar Codes When programming a rule, make su re the rule is logi cally correct. Plan ahead before scannin g. T o program each data form atting rule: • St art the Rule . Scan the Be gin New Ru le bar code on p age 15-7 . • Spe cify Criteria . Scan the b ar codes for all pertine[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 3 Rule 1: The Code 128 Scanning Rule Step Bar Code On Page Beep Indication 1 Begin New Rule 15-7 High High 2 Code 128 15-10 High High 3 Send next 5 characters 15-27 High High 4 Send <CTRL M> 15-47 High High 5 Send next 5 characters 15-27 High High 6 Send <CTRL P> 15-47 High High 7 Send next 2 characters 15-[...]

15 - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide and the cashier keys the price manually . T o implement this, first ent er an ADF rule t hat applies to the normal situation, such as: Scan Rule Belongs to Set 1 . When scanning a bar code of leng th 15, send the next 2 chara cters, send the class key , s end the ne xt 8 charac ters, send[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 5 Note that using th e standard data editing functions also cre ates ADF rules. Scan option s are entered as ADF rules, and the hierarchy mentione d above also applies to them. For the digit al scanner , this applies to prefix/suffix programming in the p arameter Scan Data T ransm ission Format on page 4-15 . These rul[...]

15 - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Numeric Keypa d 15-23 Rule Belongs T o Set 15-25 Actions 15-26 Send Data 15-26 Send Data Up T o Character 15-26 Send Next Character 15-26 Send All Data That Remains 15-26 Send Next 2 Characters - Send Next 20 Characters 15-26 Move Cursor 15-30 Send Pause 15-30 Skip Ahead 15-31 Skip Back 1[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 7 Special Commands Pause Duration Use this parameter , along with Send Pause on p a ge 15-30 , to insert a pause in the dat a transmission. Set the pause by scanning a two-digit nu mber (i.e., two bar codes) from Appendix D, Numeric Bar Co des in 0.1 second intervals. For exampl e, scann ing bar codes 0 and 1 in serts [...]

15 - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Save Rule Scan the bar code belo w to save the rule. Save Rule Erase Use these bar codes to erase criteria, actions, or rules. Quit Entering Rules Scan the bar code belo w to qu it en terin g ru les . Quit Entering Rules Erase Criteria And Start Again Erase Actions And Start Again Erase P[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 9 Disable Rule Set Use these bar codes to disable ru le sets. Disable Rule Set 1 Disable R ul e Set 2 Disable Rule Set 3 Disable R ul e Set 4 Disable All Rule Set s[...]

15 - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Criteria Code T ypes Scan the bar codes for all code to be af fected by the ru le. Scan the codes in succe ssion, prior to selecting other criteria. T o select all code types, do not scan any code type . Code 39 Codabar GS1 DataBar-14 GS1 DataBar Limited GS1 DataBar Exp anded Code 128 D [...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 11 Code T ypes (continued) IA T A 2 OF 5 I 2 OF 5 Code 93 UPC-A UPC-E EAN-8 EAN-13[...]

15 - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code T ypes (continued) MSI GS1-128 (formerly UCC/EAN-128 UPC-E1 Bookland EAN T riopti c Code 39 Code 1 1 Code 32[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 13 Code T ypes (continued) ISBT 128 Coupon Code US Postne t US Planet UK Postal Japan Postal Australian Postal[...]

15 - 14 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code T ypes (continued) Dutch Postal 4St a te Postal Post US4 PDF417 MicroPDF Macro PDF Macro MicroPDF[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 15 Code T ypes (continued) MaxiCode Dat a Matrix QR Code MicroQR TLC 39 UPC/EAN Composites GS1 DataBar and EAN128 Composites[...]

15 - 16 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code T ypes (continued) Aztec Aztec Rune NOTE When selecting composite bar codes, enable AIM IDs if parsing UPC or EAN comp osite data, or data from an application that uses symbol separators.[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 17 Code Lengths Scan these bar codes to define the num ber of characters the selected code type must cont ain. Select one length per rule only . Do not select any code length to select code types of any length . 1 Character 2 Character s 3 Characters 4 Character s 5 Characters 6 Character s[...]

15 - 18 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (continued) 7 Characters 8 Character s 9 Characters 10 Characters 1 1 Charac ters 12 Characters 13 Chara cters[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 19 Code Lengths (continued) 14 Characters 15 Chara cters 16 Characters 17 Chara cters 18 Characters 19 Chara cters 20 Characters[...]

15 - 20 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Code Lengths (continued) 21 Chara cters 22 Characters 23 Chara cters 24 Characters 25 Chara cters 26 Characters 27 Chara cters[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 21 Message Containing A Specific Data String Use this feature to select whether the fo rmatting affects data that begins with a specific character or data str ing, or contains a specific character or dat a string. There are 5 features: • Sp e c i f i c St r i n g a t St a r t • S pecific S tring, Any Location • A[...]

15 - 22 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Specific String, Any Location 1. Scan the following bar code. 2. Enter a location by scanning a two-digit number repr esenting the position (use a leading “zero” if necessar y) using the Numeric Keyp ad on p age 15-23 . 3. Scan the bar codes repr esenting the desired character or cha[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 23 Numeric Keypad Do not confuse bar codes on this pa ge with those on the alphanumeric keyboard. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6[...]

15 - 24 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Numeric Keypad (contin ued) 7 8 9 Cancel[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 25 Rule Belongs T o Set Select the set to which a ru le belongs. T here are four poss ible rule sets. See Alternat e Rule Sets on page 15-3 for more information a bout rule set s. Rule Belongs T o Set 1 Rule Belongs T o Set 2 Rule Belongs T o Set 3 Rule Belongs T o Set 4[...]

15 - 26 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Actions Select how to format the dat a for transmission. Send Data Send all data that follows, send all data up to a specific characte r selected from the Alphanumeric Keyboard on pag e 1 5- 8 9 , or s end the ne xt X characters. Note that only bar codes fo r Send Next 1 to 20 appear her[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 27 Send Data (continued) Send Next 5 Characters Send Next 6 Char acters Send Next 7 Characters Send Next 8 Char acters Send Next 9 Characters Send Next 10 Characters Send Next 1 1 Cha racters[...]

15 - 28 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Data (continued) Send Next 12 Characters Send Next 13 Characte rs Send Next 14 Characters Send Next 15 Characte rs Send Next 16 Characters Send Next 17 Characte rs Send Next 18 Characters[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 29 Setup Field(s) Send Data (continued) Send Next 19 Characte rs Send Next 20 Characters T abl e 15-2 Setup Field(s) Definitions Parameter Description Page Move Cursor Move Cursor T o a Character Scan the Move Cursor T o Character , then any print able ASCII character from the Alphanumeric Keyboard on page 15-89 . This[...]

15 - 30 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Move Cursor Scan a bar code below to move the cur s or in relation to a specified character . Then enter a character b y scanning a bar code from th e Alphanumeric Keyboard on page 15- 89 . Send Pause Scan the bar code b elow to in sert a p ause in the transmission of dat a. See Pause Du[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 31 Skip Ahead Use the following bar codes to skip ah ead characters. Skip Ahead 1 C haracter Skip Ahead 2 Characters Skip Ahead 3 Char ac ters Skip Ahead 4 Characters Skip Ahead 5 Char ac ters Skip Ahead 6 Characters Skip Ahead 7 Char ac ters[...]

15 - 32 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Skip Back Use the following bar codes to skip ba ck characters. Skip Ahead (continued) Skip Ahead 8 Char ac ters Skip Ahead 9 Characters Skip Ahead 10 C haracters Skip Back 1 Charac ter Skip Back 2 Characters Skip Back 3 Characters[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 33 Skip Back (continued) Skip Back 4 Characters Skip Back 5 Characters Skip Back 6 Characters Skip Back 7 Characters Skip Back 8 Characters Skip Back 9 Characters Skip Back 10 Characters[...]

15 - 34 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Preset V alue Use these bar codes to send prese t values. See Prefix/Suffix V alues on page 4-14 to set these values. Send Prefix Send Suffix[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 35 Modify Data Modify data as descr i bed below . The following action s work for all commands th at follow it within a rule. Programming p ad zeros to length 6, send next 3 characte rs, stop p adding, send next 5 characters, adds thr ee zeros to the first send, and the next send is unaffe ct ed by the paddin g. These [...]

15 - 36 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Spaces T o pad data to the le ft, scan the bar code containing t he desired number of spaces. Use Send commands to activate this parameter . Pad Sp ac es T o Len gth 1 Pad Sp a ces T o Length 2 Pad Sp ac es T o Len gth 3 Pad Sp a ces T o Length 4 Pad Sp ac es T o Len gth 5 [...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 37 Pad Data with Spaces (continued) Pad Sp a ces T o Length 8 Pad Sp ac es T o Len gth 9 Pad Sp aces T o Length 10 Pad Sp aces T o Length 1 1 Pad Sp aces T o Length 12 Pad Sp aces T o Length 13 Pad Sp aces T o Length 14[...]

15 - 38 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Spaces (continued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 15 Pad Sp aces T o Length 16 Pad Sp aces T o Length 17 Pad Sp aces T o Length 18 Pad Sp aces T o Length 19 Pad Sp aces T o Length 20 Pad Sp aces T o Length 21[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 39 Pad Data with Spaces (continued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 22 Pad Sp aces T o Length 23 Pad Sp aces T o Length 24 Pad Sp aces T o Length 25 Pad Sp aces T o Length 26 Pad Sp aces T o Length 27 Pad Sp aces T o Length 28[...]

15 - 40 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros T o pad dat a to the lef t, scan the bar code c onta ining the desired numb er of zeros. Use Send commands to activate this parameter . Pad Data with Spaces (continued) Pad Sp aces T o Length 29 Pad Sp aces T o Length 30 Sto p Pa d Spa ce s Pad Zeros T o Length 1 Pad [...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 41 Pad Data with Zeros (continued) Pad Zeros T o Leng th 4 Pad Zeros T o Length 5 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 6 Pad Zeros T o Length 7 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 8 Pad Zeros T o Length 9 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 10[...]

15 - 42 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 1 1 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 12 Pad Zeros T o Length 13 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 14 Pad Zeros T o Length 15 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 16 Pad Zeros T o Length 17[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 43 Pad Data with Zeros (continued) Pad Zeros T o Leng th 18 Pad Zeros T o Length 19 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 20 Pad Zeros T o Length 21 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 22 Pad Zeros T o Length 23 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 24[...]

15 - 44 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Pad Data with Zeros (continued) Pad Zeros T o Length 25 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 26 Pad Zeros T o Length 27 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 28 Pad Zeros T o Length 29 Pad Zeros T o Leng th 30 Stop Pad Zeros[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 45 Beeps Select a beep sequence fo r ea ch ADF rule. Send Key stroke (Control Characters and Keyboard Characters) Control Characters Scan a Send bar code for the ke ystroke to send. Beep Once Beep T wice Beep Three Times Send Control 2 Send Control A Send Control B[...]

15 - 46 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Control Characters (continued) Send Control C Send Control D Send Control E Send Control F Send Control G Send Control H Send Control I[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 47 Control Characters (continued) Send Control J Send Control K Send Control L Send Control M Send Control N Send Control O Send Control P[...]

15 - 48 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Control Characters (continued) Send Control Q Send Control R Send Control S Send Control T Send Control U Send Control V Send Control W[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 49 Control Characters (continued) Send Control X Send Control Y Send Control Z Send Control [ Send Control Send Control ][...]

15 - 50 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters Scan a Send bar code for the ke yboard characters to send. Control Characters (continued) Send Control 6 Send Control - Send ! Send “ Send #[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 51 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send $ Send % Send & Send ‘ Send ( Send ) Send *[...]

15 - 52 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send + Send , Send - Send . Send / Send 0 Send 1[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 53 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send 2 Send 3 Send 4 Send 5 Send 6 Send 7 Send 8[...]

15 - 54 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send 9 Send : Send ; Send < Send = Send > Send ?[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 55 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send @ Send A Send B Send D Send E Send F[...]

15 - 56 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send G Send H Send I Send J Send K Send L Send M[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 57 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send N Send O Send P Send Q Send R Send S Send T[...]

15 - 58 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send U Send V Send W Send X Send Y Send Z Send [[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 59 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send Send ] Send ^ Send _ Send ` Send a Send b[...]

15 - 60 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send d Send e Send f Send g Send h Send i[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 61 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send j Send k Send l Send m Send n Send o Send p[...]

15 - 62 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Keyboard Characters (continued) Send q Send r Send s Send t Send u Send v Send w[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 63 Keyboard Characters (continued) Send x Send y Send z Send { Send | Send } Send ~[...]

15 - 64 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters Send Alt 2 Send Alt A Send Alt B Send Alt C Send Alt D Send Alt E Send Alt F[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 65 Send AL T Characters (continued) Send Alt G Send Alt H Send Alt I Send Alt J Send Alt K Send Alt L Send Alt M[...]

15 - 66 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (continued) Send Alt N Send Alt O Send Alt P Send Alt Q Send Alt R Send Alt S Send Alt T[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 67 Send AL T Characters (continued) Send Alt U Send Alt V Send Alt W Send Alt X Send Alt Y Send Alt Z Send Alt [[...]

15 - 68 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send AL T Characters (continued) Send Alt Send Alt ][...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 69 Send Keypad Characters Send Keypad * Send Keyp ad + Send Keypad - Send Keyp ad . Send Keypad / Send Keypad 0 Send Keyp ad 1[...]

15 - 70 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (contin ued) Send Keypad 2 Send Keyp ad 3 Send Keypad 4 Send Keyp ad 5 Send Keypad 6 Send Keyp ad 7 Send Keypad 8[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 71 Send Keypad Characters (contin ued) Send Keyp ad 9 Send Keyp ad Enter Send Keypad Numlock Send Break Key Send Delete Key Send Page Up Key Send End Key[...]

15 - 72 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Keypad Characters (contin ued) Send Page Down Key Send Pause Key Send Scroll Lock Key Send Backspace Key Send T ab Key Send Print Screen Key Send Insert Key[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 73 Send Keypad Characters (contin ued) Send Home Key Send Enter Key Send Escape Key Send Up Arrow Key Send Down Arrow Key Send Left Arrow Key Send Right Arrow Key[...]

15 - 74 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Function Key Send F1 Key Send F2 Key Send F3 Key Send F4 Key Send F5 Key Send F6 Key Send F7 Key[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 75 Send Function Key (contin ued) Send F8 Key Send F9 Key Send F10 Key Send F1 1 Key Send F12 Key Send F13 Key Send F14 Key[...]

15 - 76 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (contin ued) Send F15 Key Send F16 Key Send F17 Key Send F18 Key Send F19 Key Send F20 Key Send F21 Key[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 77 Send Function Key (contin ued) Send F22 Key Send F23 Key Send F24 Key Send PF1 Key Send PF2 Key Send PF3 Key Send PF4 Key[...]

15 - 78 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (contin ued) Send PF5 Key Send PF6 Key Send PF7 Key Send PF8 Key Send PF9 Key Send PF10 Key Send PF1 1 Key[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 79 Send Function Key (contin ued) Send PF12 Key Send PF13 Key Send PF14 Key Send PF15 Key Send PF16 Key Send PF17 Key Send PF18 Key[...]

15 - 80 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Function Key (contin ued) Send PF19 Key Send PF20 Key Send PF21 Key Send PF22 Key Send PF23 Key Send PF24 Key Send PF25 Key[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 81 Send Right Control Key The Send Right Control Key action sends a t ap (press and relea se) of the Right Control Key . Send Right Control Key Send Function Key (contin ued) Send PF26 Key Send PF27 Key Send PF28 Key Send PF29 Key Send PF30 Key[...]

15 - 82 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters The Send Gra phic Us er Int er fa ce Ch ara cte r actions tap s the specified key while holding the System Dependent Graphic User Interface (GUI) Key . The definition of t he Graphic User Interface key depends on the att a ched system. Send GU[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 83 Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters (continued) Send GUI 6 Send GUI 7 Send GUI 8 Send GUI 9 Send GUI A Send GUI B Send GUI C[...]

15 - 84 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters (continued) Send GUI D Send GUI E Send GUI F Send GUI G Send GUI H Send GUI I Send GUI J[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 85 Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters (continued) Send GUI K Send GUI L Send GUI M Send GUI N Send GUI O Send GUI P Send GUI Q[...]

15 - 86 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters (continued) Send GUI R Send GUI S Send GUI T Send GUI U Send GUI V Send GUI W Send GUI X[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 87 T urn On/Off Rule Sets Use these bar codes to turn rule se ts on and of f. Send Graphic User Interface (GUI) Characters (continued) Send GUI Y Send GUI Z T urn On Rule Set 1 T urn On Rule Set 2 T urn On Rule Set 3 T urn On Rule Set 4[...]

15 - 88 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T urn On/Of f Rule Sets (continued) Use these bar codes to turn rule se ts on and of f. T urn Off Rule Set 1 T urn Off Rule Set 2 T urn Off Rule Set 3 T urn Off Rule Set 4[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 89 Alphanumeric Keyboard Spac e # $ % * + - (Dash)[...]

15 - 90 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) . , / ! “ & ‘ ([...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 91 Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) ) : ; < = > ?[...]

15 - 92 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) @ [ ] ^ _ (Underscore) `[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 93 Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) NOTE Do not confuse the numeric bar codes be low with tho se on the numeric keyp ad. 0 1 2 3 4 5[...]

15 - 94 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) 6 7 8 9 A B C[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 95 Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) D E F G H I J[...]

15 - 96 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) K L M N O P Q[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 97 Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) R S T U V W X[...]

15 - 98 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) Y Z Cancel End of Messag e a b c[...]

Advanced Data Formatting 15 - 99 Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) d e f g h i j[...]

15 - 100Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) k l m n o p q[...]

Advanced Data Formatting15 - 101 Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) r s t u v w x[...]

15 - 102Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keyboard (continued) y z { | } ~[...]

Appendix A Standard Default Parameters T able A-1 S tand ard Default Para meters T able Parameter Parameter Number Default Page Number User Preferences Set Default Parameter All Defaults 4-4 Parameter Scanning ECh Enable 4-4 Beeper T one 91h Medium 4-5 Beeper V olume 8Ch High 4-5 Power Mode 80h Continuous On 4-6 T ime Delay to Low Power Mode 92h 1 [...]

A - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Miscellaneous Scanner Options T ransmit Code ID Character 2Dh None 4-13 Prefix V alue 63h, 69h 7013 <CR><LF> 4-14 Suffix 1 V alue Suffix 2 V alue 6 2h, 68h 64h, 6Ah 7013 <CR><LF> 4-14 Scan Data T ransmission Format EBh Dat a as is 4-15 FN1 Substitution V alues 67h,[...]

Standard Default Parameters A - 3 RS-232 Host Parameters RS-232 Host T ypes S tandard 1 7-6 Baud Rate 9600 7-7 Parity T ype None 7-9 S top Bit Select 1 S top Bit 7- 10 Da ta B its 8- Bi t 7-10 Check Receive Errors Enable 7-1 1 Hardware Handshaking None 7-1 1 Software Handshaking None 7-13 Host Serial Response T ime-out 2 Sec 7-15 RTS Li ne S tate L[...]

A - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Keyboard W edge Host Parameters Keyboard Wedge Host T ype IBM PC/A T& IBM PC Compatibles 1 10 -4 Country T ypes (Country Codes) North American 10-5 Ignore Unknown Ch aracters T ransmit 10-7 Keystroke De lay No Delay 10-7 Intra-Keystroke Delay Disable 10-8 Alternate Numeric Keyp ad Emu[...]

Standard Default Parameters A - 5 UPC/EAN UPC-A 01h Enable 13-7 UPC-E 02h Enable 13-7 UPC-E1 0Ch Disable 13-8 EAN-8/JAN 8 04h Enable 13-8 EAN-13/JAN 13 03h Ena ble 13-9 Bookland EAN 53h Disable 13-9 Decode UPC/EAN/JAN Supplementals (2 and 5 digits) 10h Igno re 13-10 User-Programma ble Supplement als Supplemental 1: Supplemental 2: F1h 43h F1h 44h 1[...]

A - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Code 39 Code 39 00h Ena ble 13-26 T rioptic Code 39 0Dh Disable 13-26 Convert Code 39 to Code 32 (Itali an Pha rmacy Code) 56h Disable 13-27 Code 32 Prefix E7h D isable 13-27 Set Length(s) for Code 39 12h 13h 2 to 55 13-28 Code 39 Check Digit V erification 30h D isable 13-30 T ransmit Cod[...]

Standard Default Parameters A - 7 Codabar (NW - 7) Codabar 07h Disable 13-46 Set Lengths for Codabar 18h 19h 5 to 55 13-46 CLSI Editing 36h Disable 13-48 NOTIS Editing 37h Disable 13-48 MSI MSI 0Bh Disable 13-49 Set Length(s) for MSI 1Eh 1Fh 4 to 55 13-49 MSI Check Digits 32h One 13 -51 T ransmit MSI Check Digit 2Eh Disable 13-51 MSI Check Digit Al[...]

A - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Composite Composite CC-C F0h 55h Disable 13-61 Composite CC-A/B F0h 56h Disable 13-61 Composite TLC-39 F0h 73h Disable 13-62 UPC Composite Mode F0h 58h Always Linked 13-62 Composite Beep Mode F0h 8Eh B eep As Each Code T ype is Decoded 13-63 GS1-128 Emulation Mo de for GS1 Composite Codes[...]

Standard Default Parameters A - 9 Abort Macro PDF Entry 13-74 Drivers License Pars ing (DS6708-DL only ) Driver ’s License Parsing N o Driver ’s License Parsing 14-2 T able A-1 S tandard Defaul t Paramete rs T able (Co ntinued) Parameter Parameter Number Default Page Number 1 User selection is required to con figure this interface and this is t[...]

A - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide[...]

Appendix B Programming Reference Symbol Code Identifiers T able B-1 Symbol Code Characters Code Character Code T ype A UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC-E1, EAN-8, EAN-13 B Code 39, Code 32 C Codabar D Code 128 E Code 93 F Interleaved 2 of 5 G Discrete 2 of 5, or Discrete 2 of 5 IA T A H Code 1 1 JM S I K GS1-128 (formerly UCC/EAN-128) L Bookland EAN M T rioptic C[...]

B - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide P00 Data Matr ix P01 QR Code, MicroQR P02 Maxicode P03 US Postnet P04 US Planet P05 Japan Post al P06 UK Postal P08 Dutch Postal P09 Australian Postal P0A 4S tate Post al P0B Post US4 T able B-1 Symbol Code Characters (Continued) Code Character Code T ype[...]

Programming Reference B - 3 AIM Code Identifiers Each AIM Code Identifier contai ns the thr ee-character string ]cm where: ] = Flag Charac ter (ASCII 93) c = Code Character (see Ta b l e B - 2 ) m = Modifier Character (see T able B-3 ) T able B-2 Aim Code Characters Code Character Code T ype A Code 39, Co de 39 Full ASCII, Code 32 C Code 128, Coup [...]

B - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide The modifier character is the sum o f the applicable option values base d on Ta b l e B - 3 . T able B-3 Modifier Characters Code T ype Option V alue Option Code 39 0 No check character or Full ASCII processing. 1 Reader has checked one check character . 3 Reader has checked and stripp ed[...]

Programming Reference B - 5 D 2 of 5 0 No optio ns spec ifie d at th is time. Always transmit 0. Example: A D 2 of 5 bar code 4123 , is tran sm itt ed as ]S0 4123 UPC/EAN 0 S tandard data p acket in full EAN format, i.e. 13 digit s for UPC-A, UPC-E, and EAN-13 (not including sup plemental dat a). 1 T wo digit supplement a l data only . 2 Five digit[...]

B - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide PDF417, Micro PDF417 0 Reader set to conform to protocol defined in 1994 PDF417 symbology specifications. Note: When this option is transmitted, the receiver cannot reliably de te rmine whether ECIs have been invoked or whether data byte 92 DEC has been doubled in transmission. 1 Reader s[...]

Programming Reference B - 7 QR Code 0 Model 1 symbol. 1 Model 2 / MicroQR symbol , ECI protocol not implemented. 2 Model 2 symbol, ECI protocol implemented. 3 Model 2 symbol, ECI protocol no t implemented, FNC1 implied in first positio n. 4 Model 2 symbol, ECI protocol impl emented, FNC1 implied in first position. 5 Model 2 symbol, ECI protocol no [...]

B - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide[...]

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

C - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide EAN-13, 100% Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 0 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234 12345678901231[...]

Sample Bar Codes C - 3 GS1 DataBar -14 7612341562341 PDF417 Data Matrix NOTE DataBar-14 must be enabled to read the bar code below (see GS1 DataBar-14 on page 13-59 ).[...]

C - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Maxicode QR Code US Postnet UK Postal[...]

Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes Numeric Bar Codes For par ameters requiring specific num eric values, scan the ap propriately numbered bar code( s). 0 1 2 3 4[...]

D - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide Cancel T o correct an error or change a sele ction, scan the bar code below . Numeric Bar Codes (continued) 5 6 7 8 9 Cancel[...]

Appendix E ASCII Character Sets T able E-1 ASCII V alue T able ASCII V alue Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Char Key stroke 1000 %U CTRL 2 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 1 1009 $I CTRL I/ HORIZONT AL T AB 1 1010 $J CTRL J 101 1 $K CTRL K 1012 $L CTRL L 10[...]

E - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner 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 CTRL [ 1028 %B CTRL 1029 %C CTRL ] 1030 %D CTRL 6 1031 %E CTRL - 1032 S pace S pace 1033 /A ! 1034 /B “ 1035 /C [...]

ASCII Character Sets E - 3 1044 /L , 1045 - - 1046 . . 1047 /o / 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 1070 F F 1071 G G T able E-1 ASCII V alue T able (Continued) ASCII V alue [...]

E - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide 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 ‘ 1097 +A a 1098 +B b 1099 +C c T able E-1 ASCII V alue T [...]

ASCII Character Sets E - 5 1 100 +D d 1 101 +E e 1 102 +F f 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 I 1 125 %R } 1 126 %S ~ T able E-1 ASCII [...]

E - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide T able E-2 AL T Key Standard Default T a ble s AL T Key s Key stroke 2064 AL T 2 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[...]

ASCII Character Sets E - 7 T able E-3 USB GUI Key Character Set GUI Key Key stroke 3000 Right Control Key 3048 GUI 0 3049 GUI 1 3050 GUI 2 3051 GUI 3 3052 GUI 4 3053 GUI 5 3054 GUI 6 3055 GUI 7 3056 GUI 8 3057 GUI 9 3065 GUI A 3066 GUI B 3067 GUI C 3068 GUI D 3069 GUI E 3070 GUI F 3071 GUI G 3072 GUI H 3073 GUI I 3074 GUI J 3075 GUI K 3076 GUI L 30[...]

E - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digital S canner Product Reference Guide 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 T able E-3 USB GUI Key Character S et (Continued ) GUI Key Key stroke Note: GUI Shift Key s - The Appl e™ iMac keyboard has an apple key on either side of the space bar . Win do[...]

ASCII Character Sets E - 9 T able E-4 PF Key Standard Default T able PF Key s Key stroke 4001 PF 1 4002 PF 2 4003 PF 3 4004 PF 4 4005 PF 5 4006 PF 6 4007 PF 7 4008 PF 8 4009 PF 9 4010 PF 10 401 1 PF 1 1 4012 PF 12 4013 PF 13 4014 PF 14 4015 PF 15 4016 PF 16[...]

E - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T able E-5 F key Standard Default T a ble F Key s Key stroke 5001 F 1 5002 F 2 5003 F 3 5004 F 4 5005 F 5 5006 F 6 5007 F 7 5008 F 8 5009 F 9 5010 F 10 5 0 11 F 11 5012 F 12 5013 F 13 5014 F 14 5015 F 15 5016 F 16 5017 F 17 5018 F 18 5019 F 19 5020 F 20 5021 F 21 5022 F 22 5023 F 23 5024 [...]

ASCII Character Sets E - 11 T able E-6 Numeric Key S tandard Default T able Numeric Keypad Key stroke 6042 * 6043 + 6044 Undefin ed 6045 - 6046 . 6047 / 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 6056 8 6057 9 6058 Enter 6059 Num Lock[...]

E - 12 Symbol DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide T able E-7 Extended Keypad Standard Default T able Extended Keypad Key stroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 Pg Up 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 Dn Arrow 7017 Left Ar[...]

Glossary A Aperture. The opening in an optical system defined by a lens or baffle that e stablishes the field of view . API. An interface by mean s of which one software component comm unicates with or controls a nother. Usually used to refer to services provided by one software component to an other, usually via software interrupts or function cal[...]

Glossary - 2 Symbol DS6708 Digi tal Scanner Product Reference Guide Bit. Binary dig it. One bit is th e basic unit o f binary infor mation. Gen erally, eight co nsecutive bi ts compose one byte of da ta. The pattern of 0 and 1 value s within the byte determines its meanin g. Bits per Second (bps). Bits tra nsmitted or received. Boot or Boot-up. The[...]

Glossary - 3 Code Length. Number of data characte rs in a ba r cod e bet w ee n t he start and stop characters, not including those characters. Cold Boot. A cold boot restarts the mobile computer and er ases all user stored records and entries. COM port. Communication port; ports are identifie d by number, e.g., COM1, COM2. Continuous Code. A bar c[...]

Glossary - 4 Symbol DS6708 Digi tal Scanner Product Reference Guide F Flash Disk. An additional megabyte of non-vo latile memory for storing application and configuration files. Flash Memory. Flash mem ory is respon sible for s toring the syst em fi rmware and is non-volatile . If the system power is interrupte d the data is not be lost. FTP. See F[...]

Glossary - 5 group determ ines which characters ar e enco ded. This continuous code type uses no interchar acter spaces. Only numeric (0 to 9) and START/STOP characters may be encoded . I/O Ports. interface The connection between two devices, defi ned by common physical characterist ics, signal characteristics, and signal meanings. Types of interfa[...]

Glossary - 6 Symbol DS6708 Digi tal Scanner Product Reference Guide M MIL. 1 mil = 1 thou sandth of an inch. Misread (Misdecod e). A condition which o ccurs when the data output of a reader or interface con troller does not agree with the data encoded within a bar code symbol. N Nominal. The exact (or ideal) intended value for a specified p aramete[...]

Glossary - 7 Percent Decode. The average probability that a single scan of a bar code would result in a successful decode. In a well-designed bar code scanning system, that probability should approac h near 100%. PING. (Packet Internet Grop er) An Internet utility us ed to determine wh ether a particular IP address is online. It is used to test and[...]

Glossary - 8 Symbol DS6708 Digi tal Scanner Product Reference Guide S Scan Area. Area intended to contain a symbol. Scanner. An electronic device us ed to scan bar code symbols and p r oduce a digitized pa ttern that correspo nds to the bars and spaces of the symbol. Its three main components are: 1) Light source (laser or photoelect ric cell) - il[...]

Glossary - 9 Symbol Length. Length of symbol m easured from the beginning of th e quiet zone (margin) adj acent to the sta rt chara cte r to the end of the quiet zone (margin) adja cent to a stop character. Symbology. The structural rules and conven tions for representing data within a particular ba r code type (e.g. UPC/EAN, Code 39, PDF4 17, etc.[...]

Glossary - 10 Symbol DS6708 Digi tal Scanner Product Reference Guide UPC. Universal Product Code. A relatively comple x numeric symbology. Each character consists of two bar s and two spaces, eac h of which is any of four wid ths. The stan dard symbol ogy for reta il food package s in the Unit ed States. V Visible Laser Diode (VLD). A solid state d[...]

Index Numerics 123Scan parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 2D bar codes aztec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-69 aztec inverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-69 code 128 emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-65 Data Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Index - 2 DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1, 15-10 default rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5 numeric keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-23, 15-24 pad spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-36 pad zero[...]

Index - 3 MicroPDF417 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-64 MicroQR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-68 miscellaneous scan data options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 transmit no read msg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 module width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Index - 4 DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide UPC-E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 UPC-E1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 USB caps lock override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 country keyboard types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 default table . [...]

Index - 5 E exposure o ptions illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 illumination bank control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 low light enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 presentation mode field of view . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 G GS1 DataBar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Index - 6 DS6708 Digital Scanner Product Reference Guide scanning errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2, 5-2, 13-2 hand-held . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 sequence example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2, 5-2, 13-1 servic[...]

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