Unitech MS840 manual

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i Preface About This Manual This manual explains how to install, operate and maintain the MS840 Wireless Scanner. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any electric al or mechanical means, such as photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems , without permission in writing from the manufac[...]

ii Regulatory Compliance S t atement s FCC W ar ning St atement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 o f the FCC rules. These li mits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential inst allation. This equipment generates, use[...]

iii European Conf ormity St atement Declaration of Conformity with regards to the R&TTE 1999/5/EC and EMC 89/336/ EEC directives. RoHS St atement This device conforms to RoHS (Reduction Of Hazardous Substance s) European Union regulations that set maximum concentration limits on hazardous materials used in electrical and electronic equipment. T[...]

iv Battery Notices The MS840 is equipped with a Lithium -Ion battery . The battery will discharge after an extended period of no use. W hen the battery is discharged, recharge the unit for some 4.5 hours in order to fully charge the battery . Note: To guarantee optimal performance, it is advised that recharge able batteries be replaced every year, [...]

v W arranty The following items covered under the Unitech Limited Wa rranty are free fro m defects duri ng normal use:  MS840/MS084 – 1-year limited warranty .  Lithium-Ion battery – 6-month limited warranty . Warr anty becomes v oid if equipment is modified, improperly inst alled or used, damaged by accident or neglect, or if any par ts [...]

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i Table of Contents PREF ACE A BOUT THIS M ANUAL .............................................................................................................. I Regulatory Compliance St ateme nt s .................................................................................... ii FCC Warning S tatement .........................................[...]

ii Inventory Mode ................................................................................................................. 13 LED / Beeper Indication for Scanner ................................................................................. 15 LED Indication for Scanner ................................ ..................................[...]

iii A PPENDIX A QUICK SETUP SHEET ................................................................ ............................................ 30 A PPENDIX B FUNCTION CODES ................................................................................................................. 31 Function Codes for PC .....................................[...]

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1 Chapter 1 Overview Introducing the MS840/MS084 First of all, thank you for choosing Unitech‘ s product s. This scanner has cap ability of precise barcode scanning, reconnecting automatically a fter of f -line in a long transmitting distance. It not only provides convenient and high ef ficient performance but also is well featured with wireless [...]

2 Package Content s Please make sure the following contents are in the MS840 package box . If something is missing or damaged, please cont act your Unitech represent ative. Scanner Only p ac kage W ireless laser scanner Power adapter (1010-601959G) User's m anual CD Quickly reference guide Scanner and cradle p ackage W ireless laser scanner Po[...]

3 [ Scanner Body A spect ] 1 LED indicator 2 Scanner Grip 3 Laser Exit W indow 4 Trigg er 5 Scanner Contact Points for Charge 6 Reset Pinhole [ Cradle A spect ] 1 Antenna 2 Comm unication S tatus LED 3 Page Button 4 Wedge Note 1 5 Power LED 6 Cradle Contact Points for Charge 7 Cradle Foot Note 2 8 Cradle address barcode 9 Interface Switch Note 3 10[...]

4 Note: 1. If you remove the wedge and flip i t upsi de down, it ac ts as a clip to hold up the scanne r when the base is mounted to the wal l. 2. The cradle foo t serves for table mount whe n being fixed to the upper por tion adjacent to the antenna; the cradle foot se rves for w all mount w hen being fixed to the low er portion on the guidance gr[...]

5 Chapter 2 Battery Charging and Co nnection Cradle Mode, Battery Charging The battery is in advance loaded into the compartment of th e scanner and m ay not be fully charged before shipment. W hen you r eceive the package and use the MS840 for the first time, you will need to fully charge the battery . Note: It takes approx imately 4.5 hours to fu[...]

6 3. Place the scanner in the cradle. T he scanner LED will be red to indicate charging. W hen the scanner is charged, the LED will turn of f. Cradle Mode, Connection Cradle Mode ( w ith SCM support) In order to establish a proper connection betw een your computer and a scanner through a cradle, we suggest that you follow these step- by -step instr[...]

7 W all-Mount Inst all ation of a Crad le Before mounting the cradle onto the wall, read the instruction made below . Mounting Kit (Optional article 4070 -900011G ) If you want to mount the MS840 cradle onto the wall, an iron plate, tw o screws, and two plastic conical anchors are required. Iron Plate 2 Screws 2 Plastic Conical Anchors Before mount[...]

8 Follow the steps below to mount the cradle onto the wall. S tep 1 : Loose a nd remove 2 screws f rom the stand of cradle by using a screwdriver . Then, remove the stan d from the cradle. S tep 2: Move the stand of cradle to the lower portion of the cradle from the upper portion adjacent to the antenna. Then, secure the st and to the cradle w ith [...]

9 S tep 4: Place the iron plate against the wall, and mark the 2 screw hole locations with a pen or pencil. Drill the screw locations somewhat deep. Insert 2 plastic conical anchors into the screw holes. Attach and secure the plate to the wall with the 2 screws. S tep 5: Align the two holes on the bottom surface of the cradle respectiv ely with the[...]

10 Cradle-less, Battery Charging T o charge the scanner w ithout a crad le, follow the instructions below: 1. Plug the adapter cable into the power socket of the foot of scanner . 2. Plug the AC adapter cord into an electrical outlet. Now , check whether the scanner LED will be bright in solid red during charging. W hen t he charging is done, the s[...]

11 6. At this step, re ferring to the ba rcode tab le below , scan the pin code one after another you got from your PC; for exa mple, if you get the pin code ― 241657 ‖ , then scan the barco des ― 2 ‖ – ― 4 ‖ – ― 1 ‖ – ― 6 ‖ – ― 5 ‖ – ― 7 ‖ listed in the t able in the order . 0 8 1 9 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 E 7 F[...]

12 7. After you finish in scanning the pin c ode, scan the barcode as shown below : CR($M) 8. W hen t he pairing is successful, the scanner LED is off and ha s a short beep. The scanner will operate as HID (keyboard) tow ards host. Note: Scanning the DLE($P) will erase the previous entered link keys. DLE($P) Change bet ween Cradle Mod e and Cradle-[...]

13 Memory Buffer Setting The collected data can be sent back to a host computer one by one via the W PAN connection as the scanner is set to the Batch Mode, or can be stored in the f lash memory of the scanner being set to the Inventory M ode. By default, the Batch Mode is enabled for use when the scanner is out of range. Up on reading a barcode su[...]

14 Bear in mind the fact that the scanner operating in the inventory mode does not sent out the scanned data automatically but keeps the data in its memory buffer. If you want to make the scanner output the data it scanned be fore, please scan the Read Buffer barcode as shown below: R e a d Bu ff e r Note: After scanning the Read Buffer barcode, th[...]

15 LED / Beeper Indication for Scanner LED Indication for Scanner The LED lights on the MS840 scanner turn on to indicate the st atus of the battery , a successful read of a barcode, or the status of the wireless connection. MS840 Lights: Th e sta tus LED turns green, blue, or red to indicate the status of the battery and scanning. LED Light St ate[...]

16 Chapter 3 Barcode Setting The scanner interface can be configured to fit the user's speci fic application. All configuration paramete rs are stored in a non-volatile memory , which is retained even if power is lost. Barcode Menu Setting The setup menu in A ppendix D contains eig ht groups: * Group 1: Device selection. * Group 2: Beep and de[...]

17 Barcode Length Setting The following example illustrates how to set Code 39 with a minimum length of 5 and a maximum length of 20. * Scan ―Enter Group 7‖. * Scan ―F1‖ to select Code 39. * Scan ―MIN LENGTH‖ to enter minimum length setting. * Scan ―0‖ and ―5‖ to select length 5. * Scan ―MIN LENGTH‖ to end minimum length set[...]

18 Those ID characters can be redefined through setup menu. The following example shows how to set Code 93 with ID ‗O‘ and Code 128 without ID: * Scan ―Enter Group 5‖. * Scan ―D2‖ to select Code ID. * Scan ―1‖ for "Enable". * Scan ―D3‖ to define IDs. * Scan ―0‖ and ―9‖ for selecting Code 93. * Scan ―O‖ from[...]

19 * Scan ―B7‖ to end ―Label 2‖ * Scan ―Exit‖ to quit setup After programming, sc anning ―Label 0‖, ―Label 1‖ , and ―Label 2‖ listed above will have the output of ―ST ART‖, ―ACCEPT‖ , and ―END‖ , respectively . The characters defined in these labels can be ASCII characters or Function keys. To eliminate the defin[...]

20 Print into Code 39 bar code labels: . . . I 8 0 0 C 0 6 D 5 1 D J 8 0 8 0 8 0 A 0 O 7 C 0 0 5 3 5 4 4 1 5 2 5 4 . By scanning the labels from top to bottom sequentially , you may duplica te the rest of scanners with the same settings. The following issues should be observed:  The sequence of the strings that the scanner dumped is important. Y[...]

21 Scanner Configuration Manager Sof tw are Scanner Configuration Manager is a utility program de signed for users to configure scanner settings on a computer by using the Microsoft W i ndows based operating system. Use this program to define the settings and then dow nload the parameters to the scan ner . Download the program from our web site : h[...]

22 Chapter 4 Output Data Editing The Output Data Editing feature was removed from this barcode setup manual. It is implemented to the Scanner Configuration Manager So ftware providing a u ser-friendly interface for easier operation. Please download the latest program from Unitech‘ s web site at http://www .ute .com . This chapter w ill mainly des[...]

23 Formula S tructu re Programming Programming Seq uence Each Formula is entered into the reader by the following sequence: Input_ID >> Length >> Match >> A- String >> O-S tring >>...>> O-String >> Enter A Formula start s with Input_ID and ends w ith ― Enter” (a label in programming sheet). If a field i[...]

24 Programming She et The bold and italiciz ed characters in following sections mean a barco de label on the Programming Sheet. Enter Group 10 Scan this label to start the formula input. Group Default Erase all formulas. Review T o see the formulas programmed in the Wedge. I f scanning this label during a formula input (without finished by scanning[...]

25 Here * and # are wild characters on the setup sheet. Qualifier There are three conditional fields in the Qualifier: Input ID, Length and Match. Input ID Format: IN_ID ,ID1, ... , IDi, Input ID is required and the original data record must correspond to Input ID of a formula in order to be processed. ID1 to IDi are represented by digit s. The fol[...]

26 Match Format: MA TCH , P0 , " C0 " , P1 , " C1 " , ... , Pn , " Cn " , A pair of Pn and Cn forms a Match fi eld (n indicates a sequential integer number). T o define a Match field, two parameters are required. T he first is character position (Pn) and the second is a string (Cn). Character position means the number [...]

27 O-Str ing Format: O-STR , P , N, O-S tring always applies to the original data. It cont ains two para meters. The first is position parameter (P) that spe cifies the start output position in the orig inal data. Parameter N tells how many characters will be included beginning from P . Example: Original data is: Barcode Then O-Str , 4, 4 , Gives o[...]

28 Both parameters o f O -S tring mentioned above are numbers. But both param eters can be specified as strings. If N is a string, it becomes a position and the meaning of O-String wil l be "Output from position P to position N". If P is de fined as: " ab...ik " a, b, I , and k can be any character , the position will be evaluat[...]

29 The output of above input will be ABEL,STEVE[CR] 012345678901234[CR] 9001[CR][...]

30 Appendix A Quick Setup She et Scanner Mode Tri g ge r F l a sh UPC-E D e fa u lt C u t L e a di n g D i g it S e n d C h e ck D ig it U P C - A C o n v e rsi o n EAN -8 D e fa u lt C u t L e a d in g D i g it C u t C h e ck D i g i t EAN - 13 D e fa u l t C u t L e a di n g D ig i t C u t C h e ck D ig i t IS BN C o nv e rsi o n Beep N o n e M e[...]

31 Appendix B Fun ction Codes Function Codes for PC F1 (%V A) F3 (%VC) F5 (%VE) F7 (%VG ) F9 (%VI ) F1 1 (%VK) Cursor Right (/F C) Cursor Up (/F E) PgUp (/FG ) T AB (/FI) Esc (/FK ) Right Ctrl (/F O) Shift Make (/FP ) Ctrl Make (/FQ ) Alt Make (/FR) De l (/FX) F2 (%VB) F4 (%VD) F6 (%VF ) F8 (%VH) F10 (%VJ) F12 (%VL ) Cursor L eft (/FD) Cursor Dow n[...]

32 F1 (%V A) F2 (%VB) F3 (%VC) F4 (%VD) F5 (%VE) F6 (%VF ) F7 (%VG ) F8 (%VH) F9 (%VI ) F10 (%VJ) F1 1 (%VK) F12 (%VL ) F13 (%VM) F14 (%VN) F15 (%VO) Cursor L eft (/FD) Cursor Right (/F C) Cursor Dow n (/FF) Cursor Up (/F E) page down (/F H) page up (/FG ) ins (/FJ) tab (/FI ) Enter (/FL ) Esc (/FK ) return (/FM) Option Make (%VP ) Option Break ( %[...]

33 Reset (/FV ) Function Codes for IBM T erminals F1 (%V A) F3 (%VC) F5 (%VE) F7 (%VG ) F9 (%VI ) F1 1 (%VK) F13 (%VM) F15 (%VO) F17 (%VQ) F19 (%VS) F21 (%VU) F23 (%VW) Home (/F A) T AB (/FI) Return (/FM) Field + (/FP) C le a r (/ F R ) F2 (%VB) F4 (%VD) F6 (%VF ) F8 (%VH) F10 (%VJ) F12 (%VL ) F14 (%VN) F16 (%VP) F18 (%VR) F20 (%VT) F22 (%VV) F24 ([...]

34 Appendix C Setup Menu D. 1 Beeps and Del ays Enter Group 2 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Beep T one: 0 – None 1 -- Low 2 -- Medium 3 -- High 4 -- Low to High 5 -- High to Low A 1 Interblock Delay: 0 -- 0 ms 1 -- 10 ms 2 -- 50 ms 3 -- 100 ms 4 -- 500 ms 5 -- 1 seconds 6 -- 3 seconds 7 -- 5 seconds A 2 Intercharacter Dela y: 0 -- 0 ms 1 -- 1[...]

35 D. 2 Ke y board Wedge Settings Enter Group 3 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Function Code : 0 -- Of f 1 -- ON B 1 Cap s- Lock: 0 – A uto T race(PC/XT , A T) 1 – Lower Case 2 – Upper Case B 2 Language (For PC/XT/A T): 0-U.S. 5-Norwegian :-Danish 1-U.K. 6-Italian ;-Partial Alt 2-Swiss 7-German <-Japane se 3-Swedi sh 8-French 4-S panish[...]

36 D. 3 RS232 Settings Enter Group 4 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baud Rate: 0 -- 300 4 – 4800 1 -- 600 5 – 9600 2 -- 1200 6 – 19200 3 – 2400 7 – 38400 C1 Parity: 0 – Even 3 -- S pace 1 – Odd 4 -- None 2 – Mark C2 Dat a Bit: 0 – 7 1 – 8 C3 Handshaking (for serial wedge ): 0 – Ignore 1 – RTS Ena bled in Communication 2 ?[...]

37 D. 4 Scanner Port Enter Group 5 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T erminator: 0 — Enter 1 -- Return (on digits keypad) 2 -- Field Exit or Right Ctrl 3 -- None D 1 Code ID: 0 – dis able 1 – En able Note: This setting doesn‘t affect EAN128 Code ID . EAN128 has its own Code I D setting on page D .7. D 2 Define Code ID: 00 – Code 39 Full [...]

38 D. 5 Operating Modes Enter Group 6 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Buffer Mo de 0 — Disabled 1 — Inventor y Mo de 2 — Batch M ode E 1 Reserve E 2 Buffer T ransmit delay 0 — 50ms 1 — 100ms 2 — 300m s 3 — 600ms 4 — 1s 5 — 2s 6 — 3s 7 — 5s E 3 Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve Reserve Exit[...]

39 D. 6 Code 39 / I 2 of 5 / S 2 of 5 / Code 32 / EAN128 Enter Group 7 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Code 39: 0/ 1 -- Disable/ Enabl e. 2/ 3 -- Full A SCII / S t andard. 4 -- Check Digit (CD) Calcu late & Send. 5 -- CD Calculate, not send. 6 -- CD not Calculate. 7/ 8 -- Send/ No Send S tart/ S top 9 /: -- Double labels deco ding Off /On 0 -[...]

40 D. 7 Code 128 / MSI Code / Code 93 / Codabar/ Label Code Enter Group 8 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Code 128: 0/ 1 -- Disable/ Enable 1- 64 -- Min Length 1 / Max Length 64 G 1 MSI /Plessey Code: 0 /1 -- Disable /Enable 2/ 3 -- Check Digit Send / No Send 4 -- Check Digit Double M odul e 10 5 -- Check Digit Module 1 1 plus 10 6 -- Check Digit[...]

41 D. 8 UPC / E A N / Delt a Code Enter Group 9 Group Default 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UPC- A: 0/ 1 -- Disable/ Enable 2 /3 -- Leading Digit Se nd / No Send 4 /5 -- Check Digit Send / No Send H1 UPC- E: 0/ 1 -- Disable/ Enable 2 /3 -- Leading Digit Send / No Send 4/ 5 -- Check Digit Send / No Send 6/ 7 -- Zero Expansion On / Off 8 /9 – Disable /Enable[...]

42 D. 9 Dump Setup Strings See the section Batch Setup fo r how to use the labels below . Dump Settings Dump Settings on PC/A T (Speed=9600,Databit=8,Parity = None, S top=1 Flow Control = None) RS232 Interface Keyboard Setting PC/A T I nterface Keyboard setting[...]

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

44 RS (% D) US (%E) SP ! (/A) ” (/B) # (/C) $ % & (/F) ’ (/G) ( (/H) ) (/I) * (/J) + , (/L) - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : (/Z) ; (%F) < (%G) = (%H) > (%I)[...]

45 ? (%J) @ (%V) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ (%K) (%L) ] (%M) ^ (%N) _ (%O)[...]

46 ` (%W) 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) DEL (%T)[...]

47 Appendix E Barcode Test Cha rt EAN-13 3 0 4 5 2 1 4 8 3 4 1 2 3 EAN-8 8 0 1 2 3 4 5 3 UPC-A UPC-E 0 2 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 9 ISBN 957-630-239-0 9 7 8 9 5 7 6 3 0 2 3 9 8 0 7 2 0 0 Interleaved 2 of 5 0987 6543 21 Code 39 W + E + D + G + E Code 39 with C/D U N I T E C H - E EAN 128 (01)054123456789(01)659344 Code 128 Unitech 128 Codabar A 2 2 3 5 7 0 0 0[...]

48 Appen dix F Worldwide Support Unitech‘s professional support team is available to quickly answ er questions or technical-related issues. Should a set of equipment problem occur s, please cont act the nearest Unitech regional service representativ e. For complete contact information please visit the Web sites listed below: Region Web Site Globa[...]