Worth Data RF Laser manual

RF Laser Users Manual and Setup Menu Worth Data Inc. August 2006[...]

The LZ400-RF and the B78 Base St ation have been test ed and found to comply with t he limits for a Clas s A digital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecti on against harmful in terference in a resid ential insta llation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency [...]

T able Of Contents RF Laser Reader Users Manual Introduction .....................................................................................................1 Installation .......................................................................................................2 Configuring the RF Laser Reader ....................................[...]

1 Intr oduction The Worth Data RF Lase r has the following feature s: 1) The LZ400-R F Laser Scanner for the USA and Canada. This laser has a range of up to 500 feet (open ar ea) and has collisio n detect and retry logic built within. Th e LZ400-RF Laser communicates with the B78 Base Station. The Base Station commun icates with a host PC through t[...]

2 Installation Components of RF Laser Readers In the event the shipping box s hows damage on a rrival, please n ote the damage on the carrier's recei pt log . The suppose d contents of y our Reader shi pment is the foll owing: 1. An B78 RF Base Station with 1-10 LZ400-RF Lasers. 2. A Worth Data regulated 5V po wer supply with each LZ400-RF Las[...]

3 USB Installation USB attachment does no t require the Worth Data F1 0 5v power supp ly for the B78 Base Station. If for some reason you r USB port or hub does not have enough power to operate th e Base Station correctly, you may use our F10 power supply, bu t you must plug it in AFTER you h ave powered up on the USB cable only. The Base Station w[...]

4 Installing the R/F Reader with a dedicated serial port The Base Station can be direc tly attach ed to a spare serial port as shown below. Thi s configurati on requi res the Wort h Data F10 5v power suppl y for powering the Base Station. Upon power-up, the Base Station LED will flash with 3 more flashes than the chann el setting; i.e. if it is set[...]

5 Installing the R/F Reader between a computer and terminal If you attach the s Base between your computer and a terminal, as shown below, using Cable Selection F45-1 , bar code data will be sent to the co mputer as if it had been typed on that terminal. Refer to page 8 for the details of the pin-outs for each connector on the cab le. You will also[...]

6 R/F Laser Serial Model Pin-outs F34, DB25 Null Modem Ca ble These are the p in-outs for Ca ble F34, a DB2 5 Female, with pins 2 and 3 crossed, used for connection dir ectly to a DB25 male host COM. Mod 8 DB25F Function Pin Pin Frame Ground 1 1 Transmit Data 2 3 Receive Data 3 2 Signal Ground 4 7 F36, DB9 Straight Cable Pin-outs These are the pin-[...]

7 Configuring the RF Laser Reader f or y our computer and application The RF Laser Setup Menu is located in Appendix J of this manual. This simp le menu lets you easily configure the RF Laser to work with almost any computer system, and to tailor its bar code readin g and data format characteristics. Be sure to rea d the scanning i nstructions on t[...]

8 Laser Scanning Instructions Using a laser scanner is basically as simp le and intuitive as "poin t and shoot" at a distance o f 0-24", depe nding on the density of t he bar code . Basically, the laser scanner's beam must cross every bar and space on the bar code, witho ut touching a ny other ba r codes, as sho wn in the first [...]

9 For example, to read this "5" bar cod e on th e Se tup Menu, you w ould need to cov er any adjacent bar codes with paper or a finger first, as shown. Don't forget t o take the R/F L aser Scanner of Set up Mode by sca nning End Setup , otherwise the batteries will run down totally because th e radio transmitter remains on. Using The[...]

10 RF Laser Setup Parameters Channel Default Channel 0 • The default Channel is always shippe d as 0 . There are 10 chan nels in the USA a nd Canada. T he Channel for the RF Laser Reader is set by scanning the Setup Me nu. • All Lasers and associated Base St ation must be set to the same channel. If you have more than one RF Laser per Base Stat[...]

11 If you've enabled the check digit , ena bling Check Digit transmission causes the reader to transmit it to your computer along with the bar code data. "Caps Lock ON" mean s that for all codes lowe r case letters read as data will be transmitted as upper ca se, and upper case as lower. Numbers, punc tuation & control characte r[...]

12 UPC-E can be use d in either normal UPC-E format (implicit NSC of 0) or UPC-E1 format (NSC of 1). UPC-E1 i s enabled by scanning 2 of 5 Code and 8 (9 disables U PC-E1). It is very easy to partially read EAN-13 as UPC-E1, so don't enable UPC-E1 if reading EAN-13. If you wish to transmit UPC-A d ata in EAN-13 form at , (an a dded leadi ng 0 f[...]

13 MSI and Plessey Disable MSI 0 Enable MSI with 1 Mod 10 check dig it 1 Enable MSI with 2 Mod 10 check dig its 2 Enable MSI with 1 Mod 11 and 1 M od 10 check digit 3 Transmit No Check Digits 4 Transmit 1 Check digit 5 Transmit 2 Check digits 6 Enable Plessey (mutually ex clusive with MSI) 7 Enable LabelC ode5 8 Enable LabelC ode4 9 For more in for[...]

14 2 of 5 Data Length 2 of 5 Code is so susceptible to int erpreting partial scans a s valid reads that the RF Las er uses fixed-le ngth data as a safeguard. To choose a data length , scan it as a two- digit number using the Barpa d Table. For exa mple, to select 8-digit data length, you would sca n a 0 and t hen an 8. Because Interleaved 2 of 5 is[...]

15 The default is no preamble. To select a preamble, scan up to 15 characters from the "FULL ASCII MENU" on the back of the RF Laser Setup Menu , and then scan SET when you're done. To return to the no preamble sett ing, scan Clear here instead of scanning SET or any characters from the FULL ASCII MENU. You can trim 1-15 leading char[...]

16 Bar Code Data Postamble Data Transmitted 123 XYZ 123XYZ 12345678 ~3X YZ 12345XYZ 12345678 ~9 12345678 12345 ~A 123 45 123456 ~5 1 Bar codes that are shorter than the sum of the Postamble tri mming and Preamble trimming will be transmitted w ithout trimming. Selective trimmin g and min/max bar code data is also supported through Postambl e specif[...]

17 the Setup Mode when performing the link test. This code is the same as the " Clear Buffer " code on t he Barpad Menu . Reset Once you are i n the Setup Mo de, don't scan Reset unl ess you're sure you want to restore the RF Laser to its default settings (as described on page 7 ), eras ing all changes you've made. DIFFICUL[...]

18 Scan Start Setu p Scan Term inator Scan B to select "delayed transmission" Scan End Setu p To disable "delayed transmissi on", repeat the ab ove substituti ng A for B . "Difficult Code 39 Reading ": Th is feature facilitates reading of he VIN number on a utomobiles, whic h is often a difficult-to- read bar code, es [...]

19 RF Base Station Parameters The following parameters apply only to a base station attached seria lly. Baud rate 300 0 600 1 1200 2 2400 3 4800 4 9600 5 19,200 6 Data bits 7 Bits 0 8 Bits 1 Set the data bits ("word length") to the same setting your termin al is using, or you want t o use with y our serial port . Parity None 0 Even 1 Odd [...]

20 If you want the host computer program t o analyze the data and to send back different beep patterns to the laser scanner, enable Host Controlled Acknowledge . With this parameter enabled , the data is pa ssed to the comp uter and no acknowled gement is se nt to the scanne r until the h ost computer rep lies to the base station with one of three [...]

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22 Radio Considerations Operating Instructions Operational Details The RF Laser: 1. chirps on a "good rea d" or successful s can while turning off the scan ner beam, and 2. beeps loudly when it gets the acknowledgement back from the Base Station that it has received the data. The yellow light on the back of the scanner in dicates that it [...]

23 Accum ulate Mode Accumulate M ode is an opti on (which can be ena bled or disabl ed using the RF Laser Reader Setup Menu' s Code 39 section) allowing the reader to accumulate multiple bar codes in its buffer, t hen transmit them to the computer as if they ha d been a single ba r code. Thi s is useful for e ntering quant ities and other vari[...]

24 Function/Contr ol Ke y Support The RF Laser can also transmit key seq uences for function, con trol, alt (command and option keys on Macs), cur sor and shift keys, for ease of use with the ma ny software pac kages using t hese keys for menus or comman ds. You can include these codes i n other bar codes, or you can scan these “keystrokes” int[...]

25 Simply scan the c orrect bar code(s ) from the FULL ASC II MENU. For example, if the WDP reads the bar code SOH (ASCII 00 1 -- a control-A) from the FULL ASCII MENU, it will transmit an F1 key. Shift, Ctrl and Alt keys require three sequences: 1) The ON code generated when the Shift, Ctrl o r Alt key is pressed. 2) The ot her key to be used in c[...]

26 T r oubleshooting All Models Troubleshooting The beam won’t stay on, or I ju st get a narrow beam when I pu ll the trigger , or The scanner won’t turn on when I pull the trigger and I get 3 beeps • All of the above problems are an indication that your BATTERIES ARE TOO LOW. With any of the above symptoms, recharge t he battery in the RF La[...]

27 USB Trouble Shooting The Base Station's light flashes in Red cycles when the USB cable is connected. • The Base Station cannot enumerat e. The driver is probably not installed correctly. Occasionally the user will be unawa re that he aborted his driver installation. Once the pro cess has started, it should finish successfully. If it doesn[...]

28 Win2000: 1. Log on as A dministrator and ope n the “ Administrative Tools ” fold er in your Control P anel . 2. Run the “ Computer Manage ment ” utility. 3. Select the “ Tree ” tab on the left panel 4. Find the “ Device Manager ” entr y under “ Sy stem Tools ” and click on it. The right panel will display current devices. 5. [...]

29 Data characte rs are garbled or mi ssing. • Make sure yo u've set the reader to the same baud rate, parity, data bit s and stop bits as your serial po rt. • If Code 39 bar codes are transmitting in the wrong case (upper and lower transposed), set Caps Lock Off on the Setu p Menu. • If you're getting occasional extraneo us charact[...]

29 Appendix A Changing J umper s and Channels You may want to change the c hannel on the Ba se Station or you may want to set the unit to use a Serial Y Cabl e. To do so, open up the case. Turn your Base unit upsid e-down and unscrew its single Ph illips screw. If you don't completely remove the screw you can use it as a lever to pull up on th[...]

30 Serial Users , if you are going to use the Serial Y Cable (F45-1), you will n eed to change the JP2 (Jumper 2) from S to Y . This permit s Half Dupl ex transmissions and interface between a host and terminal.[...]

31 Appendix B Rechar ging the Batteries The LZ400-RF Laser has a rechargeab le lithium ion battery built-in . When not in use, the RF Laser should be plugged in to the supplied, regulated Worth Data 5V po wer adapter ( DO NOT USE ANY Supply Except Worth Data ), so that it will always be rechar ged. The built-in recharger is a smart charger, so you [...]

32 Appendix C Specifications f or Code 39 Code 39 (o r Code 3 of 9) is the de fact o standard of non-retail American industry. It is widely used in the automo tive industry (AIAG specifications) as well as in government and military app lications (LOGMARS specifications). Code 39 is flexible, features a large character set, variable data length and[...]

33 Code 39 Advanced Features and Functions Mod 43 Check Character Standard Co de 39 can be printed with a " Mod 43 Check Character ". This Mod 43 check character cannot be used with Full ASCII Code 39 . The check character is derived by assigni ng a value to each c haracter in the data to be bar coded from the table as fol lows: Char valu[...]

34 Full ASCII Extension to Code 39 " Full-ASCII Code 39 " expands the Code 39 c haract er set to include all 128 ASCII characters. Symbols 0-9, A-Z and punct uation characte rs. and - are identical to their Cod e 39 representations. Lower-case letters, add itional punctuation characters and c ontrol charact ers are re presented by se quen[...]

35 Appendix D Code 93 Specifications Code 93 is va riable length, co ntinuous, bi-di rectional, compact code. Code 93 is an alpha numeric bar c ode, whic h consists of 43 data characters ( 0-9 , A-Z , $/+%.- and Space ), 4 contr ol characters , a nd a unique st art/stop c haracter . The entire set of 128 ASCII characters is represented in Code 93 u[...]

36 a12345b Appendix E Codabar Specifications Codabar is widely used in libraries, blood b anks, the cotton industry and transportation indu stries. Its' ch aracter set consists of numbers 0 through 9 , and punctuation characters + . - / : and $ . Symbols a, b, c , d, t, n, * and e are used as start and stop cha racters. Char acters are constru[...]

37 Appendix F Code 128 Specifications Code 128 i s a very powerf ul bar code , combining an exte nsive character set and variable l ength wit h compactness and er ror checking. The character set contains all 128 ASCII characters with each cha racter made up of three bars and three spaces. Each elem ent (bar or space) varies from one to four units i[...]

38 UCC 128 Shipping Conta iner Code The Mod 10 Check digit is ca lculated the same as the Interleaved 2 of 5 example in Append ix G . It is the data leng th as well as the MOD 10 check digit that distinguish es the UCC Serial Shipping C ontainer Code from other UCC /EAN 128 bar codes. UCC/EAN 128 i s enabled by scan ning the approp riate bar codes [...]

39 Appendix G Interlea ved 2 of 5 Code Interleaved 2 of 5 Code is a numeri c-only, even-number-of-digi ts bar code. It is widely used in warehouse and industrial applications. A combination of five elements, two wide and three narrow represent each character. Odd-number position digits are encoded in the bars, even-number p ositions in the spaces. [...]

40 6. Subtract the result of step 5 from the nex t highest multiple of 10: 60 - 57 = 3 7. The checksum becomes the low-order digit: 1987 3 8. Because the data now has an odd le ngth, a leading zero is adde d, for the final res ult of 019873[...]

41 Appendix H UPC Specifications UPC symbols are found o n almost all grocer y products a nd many othe r retail items. The UPC code most people are familiar with (UPC-A) is a fixed-len gth (12 digi ts) numer ic only code , with the first digit controlled by UPC coding assignments and t he last digit a checksum. UPC- E and UPC-E1 are variations of t[...]

42 • The leading N umber S ystem C ha racter, (the first n umber of the 11 digits to be entered) shoul d conform t o these UPC assig nments: 0,6,7,8 Regular UPC 12 digit codes with numb ers assigned by the GS1 US. (D o not use 0 as the leading number for in- store marking). 2 Store-marked ra ndom weight i tems of meat and p roduce. 3 Reserved for[...]

43 ISBN specifications are available from: American National Standa rds Institute (ANSI) 11 West 42nd Street, 13th Fl. New York, New Yor k 10036 Tel. 212.642.4900 www.ansi .org document ISO 2108:19 92 The UPC/EAN checksum character The last charact er in a UPC-A , UPC-E, UPC -E1, EAN-13 or E AN-8 bar code is the checksum. For reference, th ese are [...]

44 UPC-E Checksum Calculation Use the sample data of 123456 to demonstrate the UPC-E checksum calculation: 1. The 6 digit UPC-E c ode is converted to a 10-digi t code, using an expansion scheme based on the sixth digit: If the code ends in: UPC-E Data Insertion Digits Insertion Position 10 digit code 0 abcde 0 000 00 3 Ab 00000 cde 1 abcde 1 100 00[...]

45 Appendix I MSI/Plesse y Specifications Plessey is a variable length numeric only bar code. MSI Bar Code is a variable length, nu meric-only code with an auto matically appended Modulus 10 check digit. MSI is sometimes called Modified Plessey Code . If the user specifies an ad ditional check di git, the MSI code can be 14 di gits long, otherwise [...]

46 The MSI Mod 11 check digit is calculated as follo ws: The example b ar code data is: 943457842 1. Assign a checking factor to ea ch number, starting with the units position of the number (i n this example, t he 2 ) up to t he highest order position (the 9 ). Use checking factors of: 2,3,4,5,6,7,2,3,4,5,6,7... 2. Multiply the ch ecking factor wit[...]

47 Appendix J RF Laser Setup Menu T o change a setting using the RF Laser Setup Menu: • Scan ST ART SETUP to enter setup mode • Scan the parameter you want to change (i.e. Code 3 of 9) • Choose the setting you want to change and scan the corresponding letter or number from the Barpad T able (0-9, A-F) • When all changes hav e been made, sca[...]

48 Start Setup End Setup */+/* */-/* Code 3 of 9 UPC/EAN */A/* */B/* 0 Enable Code 39 1 Disable Code 39 2 Enable Full ASCII Code 39 3 Disable Full ASCII Code 39 4 Enable Accumulate Mode 5 Disable Accumulate Mode 6 T ransmit Start/Stop characters 7 Don’t transmit Start/Stop characters 8 Enable Mod 43 Check Character 9 Disable Mod 43 Check Characte[...]

49 Start Setup End Setup */+/* */-/* B ARP AD T ABLE 08 *0* 19 *1* 2A *2* 3B 4C 5D 6E 7F *3* *4* *5* *6* *7* *8* *9* *A* *B* *C* *D* *E* *F* Code 93 Code 128 */S/* 0 Disable 128 1 Enable 128 2 Disable UCC/EAN-128 3 Enable UCC/EAN-128 * * 0 Enable Code 93 1 Disable Code 93 2 Enable Full ASCII Code 93 3 Disable Full ASCII Code 93 */W/* * * SET CLEAR [...]

50 RF Base Station Setup Menu This menu applies only to the setup for a Serial RF Base Station. Start Setup (FOR B ASE ONL Y) End Setup *.+.* */-/* Baud Rate 4) 4800 5) 9600 6) 19,200 7) 38,400 */F/* Data Bits 0) 7 bits 1) 8 bits */I/* Stop Bits 0) 1 bit 1) 2 bits */J/* Parity 0) None 1) Even 2) Odd */G/* Protocol 0) None 1) Host Controlled acknowl[...]

51 Full ASCII Menu NUL SOH(f1) STX(f2) ETX(f3) *%U* *$A* *$B* *$C* 000 00 001 01 002 02 003 03 EO T(f4) ENQ(f5) A CK(f6) BEL(f7) *$D* *$E* *$F* *$G* 004 04 005 05 006 06 007 07 BS T AB LF VT(Pg Up) *$H* *$I* *$J* *$K* 008 08 009 09 010 0A 011 0B FF(Pg Dn) CR SO(f8) SI(f9) *$L* *$M* *$N* *$O* 012 0C 013 0D 014 0E 015 0F DLE(f10) DC1(Del) DC2(Ins) DC[...]

52 89 : ; *8* *9* */Z* *%F* 056 38 057 39 058 3A 059 3B <= > ? *%G* *%H* *%I* *%J* 060 3C 061 3D 062 3E 063 3F @A B C *%V* *A* *B* *C* 064 40 065 41 066 42 067 43 DE F G *D* *E* *F* *G* 068 44 069 45 070 46 071 47 HI J K *H* *I* *J* *K* 072 48 073 49 074 4A 075 4B LM N O *L* *M* *N* *O* 076 4C 077 4D 078 4E 079 4F PQ R S *P* *Q* *R* *S* 080 5[...]

53 tu v w *+T* *+U* *+V* *+W* 116 74 117 75 118 76 119 77 xy z { *+X* *+Y* *+Z* *%P* 120 78 121 79 122 7A 123 7B | } ~ DEL *%Q* *%R* *%S* *%T* 124 7C 125 7D 126 7E 127 7F[...]

54 Inde x 2 2 of 5 Code........................................ 7 about ........................................... 39 data le ngth .................................. 39 Data Lengt h ................................ 14 default se ttings ........................... 13 8 8 beep pa tte rn.................................... 2 A Accumulate Mode .......[...]

55 E EAN-128 Shipping Serial Container Code. 12 Enabling 2 of 5 Code ................................. 13 Codaba r....................................... 13 Code 128 ..................................... 12 Code 93 ....................................... 14 MSI/Plessey ................................ 13 UPC/EAN ................................... [...]

56 component s .................................. 2 testing ......................................... 20 RF Laser defa ult set tings .................. 7 RS-232 pi nouts ................................. 6 S Scanner Beeps and LED s ................. 2 Scanning tec hniques ......................... 8 scanning through a windshie ld ....... 18 Selecti[...]