Unitech MS146I manual

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Improper handling, storage, environmental influences and /or product modification can lead to problems during use. This is particularly true if rep airs and maintenance work are not performed by trained personnel. We reserve the right to make technical modifications in accor- dance with technological advancements as they occur . General Advisory FC[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS SPECIFICA TIONS 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 W ARRANTY 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAR CODE TEST CHAR T 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCANNER CONFIGURA TION MANAGER 3 . . . . . . . . Device 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beeps and Delays 6 . . . .[...]

MS146 Manual 1 INTRODUCTION The MS146 is a family of bar code slot readers specifically designed for reading ID, membershop, or other types of cards that contain bar codes. The MS146 comes in four interfaces: PS/2, RS232, USB, and TTL Wand. The MS146 also comes in two different optical types: V isible Light (660nm) for reading normal bar codes, and[...]

MS146 Manual 2 MS146-3PS2 and MS146I-3PS2 The PS/2 Keyboard Wedge interface is the most popular and straightfor- ward. The MS146-3PS2 has a “Y” interface cable with a PS/2 male plug on one end and a PS/2 female plug on the other . The cable end with the male plug is inserted into your computer ’s keyboard port (not the mouse port!) and your k[...]

3 MS1 46 Man ual The above icons, from left to right, represent download settings (from computer to scanner), and upload settings (from scanner to computer). The third icon opens a T est Pad where you can view the actual scanner output. Scanner Configuration Manager software is the simplest and most foolproof way to configure your scanner settings.[...]

MS1 46 Manual 4 The above four icons are used in the “Data Editing” feature of SCM. From left to right they are the “Add a Formula” icon, the “Remove a Formula” icon, and the right-hand two are the “Move Formula” icons that move selected formulas up or down in relation to each other . For information on data editing, see page 22. Cl[...]

5 MS1 46 Man ual The screen to the left appears. Click on any of the selections under “Current Settings” to view its “Attributes”. Click the upload icon (see page 3 ) and the following pop-up screen will appear: (alternatively , you can click on the “New Document” icon, page 3 , in which case the second screen will appear) First Look En[...]

6 MS1 46 Man ual Beep T one Select a value from “None” to “High” to set the loudness of the tone, or select “Low to High” or “High to Low” to set the characteristic of the tone. Default is “Medium”. Intercharacter Delay Intercharacter Delay is the time duration between data characters sent from the scanner to the computer . Inte[...]

7 MS1 46 Man ual Keyboard Wedge Y our Unitech keyboard contains a built in data decoder or “wedge” that translates raw bar code input into Keyboard Scan Code, with the result that bar code data exit s the scanner as if you had typed the text. Seven keyboard wedge parameters are listed below: Function Code Function Code determines how function c[...]

8 MS1 46 Man ual Keyboard Wedge, continued Use Numeric Keypad The ASCII code for numeric input from the keypad part of the keyboard is different from that of the upper row of the keyboard proper . Some accounting programs require keypad input, and for that reason, the keyboard decoder can output scanned or read numbers as either keypad or keyboard [...]

9 MS1 46 Man ual Baud Rate Baud Rate (bits per second) refers to the speed of the data through the RS232 port. If the data error rate is unaccept ably high, setting the baud rate lower should help. Default is “9600 Baud”. RS232 ACK/NAK Data characters that are sent from the receiver to the sender in order to “acknowlege” or “not acknowleg[...]

10 MS1 46 Man ual Dat a Direction Three options are available for data direction: “Send to Host”, “Send to Host & T erminal”, and “Send to T erminal”. Default is “Send to Host”. Time Out The ACK/NAK function (see page 9 ) can be given a limited (ranging from 1 second to 10 seconds) or unlimited amount of time to operate. Default[...]

11 MS1 46 Man ual T erminator The T erminator is a command that follows the input of bar code data. Four dif ferent terminators can be selected here: “Enter”, “Return (on numeric keypad)”, “Field Exit or Right Control”, or “None”. Alternative terminators (such as T ab) can be be configured via the Postamble function (see page 1 3 ).[...]

1 2 MS1 46 Man ual Aim Function for Long Range Engine The Aim Function causes a laser scanner to output a “pin-point” aiming aid for a specified period of time (see below) to enable the user to more easily scan distant bar code labels. This function can be toggled on or off. Default is “No”. Scanner Port, continued Label T ype T oggle betwe[...]

1 3 MS1 46 Man ual Aiming Time for Long Range Engine The Aiming T ime function specifies the duration of the Aim Function (see previous page). Length of duration can be specified from 500ms to 2 seconds, in half-second increments. Default is “1 second”. Post amble Identical to Preamble (above), but characters are inserted after scanned data. A [...]

14 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies Modify the output characteristics of 16 of the most popular bar code symbologies in current use. Following are the bar code symbolo- gies and their modifiable parameters. Code 39 Maximum Length defines the maximum length the user will accept for a valid bar code. Default is “48”. • Minimum Length defines [...]

15 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued St andard 2 of 5 / T oshiba Code (China Postal Code) Maximum Length defines the maximum length the user will accept for a valid bar code. Default is “48”. • Minimum Length defines the minimum length the user will accept for a valid bar code. Default is “4”. • Check Digit defines whether o[...]

16 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued Code 128 Enabled toggles the ability for the keyboard/scanner to read Code 128 on or off. Default is “Y es”. • Code ID is a user-definable identification letter for Code 128, which is referred to in the “Use Code ID” function (see page 11 ). Default is letter “K”. • Minimum Length def[...]

17 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued Code 93 Enabled toggles the ability for the keyboard/scanner to read Code 93 on or off. Default is “Y es”. • Code ID is a user-definable identification letter for Code 93, which is referred to in the “Use Code ID” function (see page 11 ). Default is letter “L”. • Minimum Length define[...]

18 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued UPC-A Send Check Digit toggles whether or not to send a check digit. Default is “Send”. • Send Leading Digit toggles sending or not sending a leading (“start bar code”) digit. Default is “Send”. • Code ID is a user-definable identification letter for UPC-A, which is referred to in the[...]

19 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued EAN-8 Send Check Digit toggles whether or not to send a check digit. Default is “Send”. • Send Leading Digit toggles sending or not sending a leading (“start bar code”) digit. Default is “Send”. • Code ID is a user-definable identification letter for EAN-8, which is referred to in the[...]

2 0 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued Code 1 1 Maximum Length defines the maximum length the user will accept for a valid bar code. Default is “48”. • Minimum Length defines the minimum length the user will accept for a valid bar code. Default is “1”. • Send Check Digit toggles whether or not to send a check digit. Default i[...]

2 1 MS146 Man ual Bar Code Symbologies, continued Label Code IV and V • Enabled toggles the ability for the keyboard/scanner to read Label Code IV and V on or off. Default is “No”. Send Check Digit toggles whether or not to send a check digit. Default is “Send”. • Code ID is a user-definable identification letter for Code IV and V , whi[...]

2 2 MS146 Man ual Dat a Editing Qualifier The Qualifier section defines the conditions that must be present for the bar code to be modified, such as what type of bar code it must be (Code 39, EAN-13, etc.), what length the bar code must be, or what characters (defined by a match string) the bar code must contain. When the conditions of the Qualifie[...]

2 3 MS146 Man ual Dat a Editing, continued Delete deletes existing modifier strings. Move Up / Move Down moves the modifiers up and down in relation to each other . The top modifier will be performed first and each one down the list will be performed in se- quence. The original data (modified or unmodified) will be output according to its position [...]

24 MS146 Man ual Dat a Editing, continued The “Everything Else” Formula If a formula is entered into the Data Editing area, then all scanned bar codes will be evaluated according to this formula. If the scanned bar code does not satisfy the requirements of the Qualifier (see page 2 2 ), then no data is output. Practically speaking, the scanner [...]

25 MS1 46 Manual Function Codes for PC (Code 39) (Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing) F1 (%V A) F4 (%VD) F7 (%VG) F10 (%VJ) Esc (/FK) T ab (/FI) Back T ab (/FJ) Shift Make (/FP) Shift Break (/FS) Ctrl Make (/FQ) Ctrl Break (/FT) F3 (%VC) F6 (%VF) F9 (%VI) F12 (%VL) Delete (/FX) Left Enter (/FL) Right Enter (/FM) Page Up ([...]

26 MS146 Manual ASCII Chart (Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing) VT ($K) FF ($L) CR ($M) SO ($N) SI ($O) DLE ($P) DC1 ($Q) DC2 ($R) DC3 ($S) DC4 ($T) NAK ($U) ENQ ($E) NUL (%U) SOH ($A) STX ($B) ETX ($C) EOT ($D) ACK ($F) BEL ($G) BS ($H) LF ($J) T ab (%I) SYN ($V) ETB ($W) CAN ($X) EM ($Y) SUB ($Z) FS (%B) GS (%C) RS (%D[...]

27 MS146 Manual ASCII Chart, continued (Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing) , (/L) - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : (/Z) ; (%F) < (%G) = (%H) > (%I) ? (%J) @ (%V) ! (/A) " (/B) # (/C) $ % & (/F) ( (/H) ) (/I) * (/J) + ` (/G)[...]

28 MS146 Manual ASCII Chart, continued (Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing) L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ (%K) (%L) ] (%M) ^ (%N) _ (%O) ' (%W) A B E F G H I J K C D[...]

29 MS146 Manual ASCII Chart, continued (Characters in parentheses represent Code 39 bar code printing) a (+A) b (+B) c (+C) d (+D) e (+E) f (+F) g (+G) h (+H) i (+I) j (+J) k (+K) l (+L) m (+M) n (+N) o (+O) p (+P) q (+Q) r (+R) s (+S) t (+T) u (+U) v (+V) w (+W) x (+X) y (+Y) z (+Z) { (%P) | (%Q) } (%R) ~ (%S) Delete (%T)[...]

MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL Scanning Area: 0.43” (1 1mm) from bottom of card Max Card Thickness: 54 mils (.054”, 1.37mm) V oltage: 5 V olts DC TTL (Undecoded): 35mA Power consumption: Decoded: 70mA Cord: 6’ 0” (1.83m) Wei gh t: 6.7 oz. (190 grams) with cable Dimensions: 3.75” L x 1.375” W x 1.1875” H (95mm L x 35mm W x 30mm H) ENVIRONMENT[...]

PINOUTS Pin 1 N/C Pin 2 TXD (Transmit Data) Pin 3 RXD (Receive Data) Pin 4 N/C Pin 5 GND (Ground) Pin 6 N/C Pin 7 CTS (Clear to Send) Pin 8 RTS (Request to Send) Pin 9 VCC (+5V DC Input) RS232 Interface (DB9 female) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data (Connect to PC Dat a) Pin 1 Reset (Connect to PC Reset) Pin 2 Ground Pin 3 +5V DC Input Pin 4 Clock (Connect to[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING MS146 Manual 32 Most problems that you might encounter with your scanner can be solved using the following procedures: T est the scanner on other ports. Unitech scanners are built to the highest standards, and a perceived scanner malfunction may actually be a malfunction in the host computer . T est the scanner on the host’s other[...]

MS146 Manual 33 Problems and Solutions Problem: Scanner doesn’t light up. If the scanner does not emit a light when plugged in, check the interface. If the scanner uses an RS232 interface, you will very likely need a power supply (5V , 300mA). Unplug the scanner and plug it back in. T ry the scanner on another port if possible. Re-boot the comput[...]

MS146 Manual 34 Problems and Solutions Problem: Scanner Configuration Manager cannot upload or download. Scanner Configuration Manager can currently upload and download only in the Windows operat- ing system (NT excluded). If you have a different OS, or the download function doesn’t work, prepare your scanner ’s configuration in SCM in the usua[...]

35 MS146 Manual Limited Hardware W arranty The Limited W arranty terms described below are solely applicable to the Cus- tomer of Unitech America, Inc’s (af terwards simply referred to as Unitech) products. This warranty applies to equipment only . All consumables and accessories are exempted. Unitech warranties its product s to be delivered free[...]

36 MS146 Manual BAR CODE TEST CHART 8012 3453 EAN-8 Unitech 128 Code 128 A 2235700059987 6B Codabar 123456789-0 Code 1 1 Code 32 AO23399013 Code 93 123ABC 0123456 Delta Code W E D G E Code 39 UNITECHE Code 39 with Check Digit[...]

37 MS146 Manual 3 045214 834 123 EAN-13 06 47669 13716 UPC-A 02 123457 9 9 UPC-E (01)054123456789(01)659344 EAN 128 1234558 MSI Code 0987654321 Interleaved 2 of 5 9 789576 302 398 0 7 2 0 0 ISBN 957-630-239-0 Standard 2 of 5 1 122334455 10017 Label Code IV T oshiba Code 20132000400 BAR CODE TEST CHART[...]