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PSC SP400 Manual

Handheld laser scanners; rs-232 interface programming
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  • Page 1 ANDHELD ASER CANNERS RS-232 NTERFACE ROGRAMMING...
  • Page 2 However, PSC reserves the right to change any specification at any time without prior notice. PSC and the PSC logo are registered trademarks of PSC Inc. All other trademarks and trade names referred to herein are property of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Data Format Settings ................5 Handshaking ..................6 RS-232 ACK/NAK Options (QuickScan 6000 Plus ONLY) ....8 Host Echo (SP400 ONLY) ..............9 Intercharacter Delay ................. 10 Setting Prefix and/or Suffix Characters (Preamble/Postamble) ..11 Setting Symbology Specific Label Identifiers (Label I.D.) ....14 Universal Symbology Selection ............
  • Page 4 NOTES SP400 and QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 5: Rs-232 Interface Programming

    For your convenience, this guide provides minimal configuration and option settings for your scanner's RS-232 interface. For more detailed programming information and features, reference the SP400 Programming Guide (R44-1020) or the QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus Programming Guide (R44-1540), available from your dealer.

  • Page 6: Changing The Scanner's Interface

    Return to Factory label below. Use this label ONLY IF NECESSARY, since it will reset any changes made to this interface during any previous programming session. RETURN TO FACTORY SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 7: Programming Mode

    ROGRAMMING The scanner must be placed in Programming Mode before its configuration can be altered using the bar codes in this guide. Enter programming mode by scanning the SET barcode at the top of each programming set. The scanner's green light will flash continuously, indicating the scanner is in Programming Mode.

  • Page 8: Baud Rate

    = 19200 -------------------------- = 38400 (QS O ) ----------- Only SP400 units manufactured after Mar. 1, 1995 can use the 38,400 baud label below. To reset from 38,400 baud to 110 baud, use the “Reset 110 baud” label below. = 38400...

  • Page 9: Data Format Settings

    ORMAT ETTINGS Check your host system manual to find out your system's communications require- ments. This table shows the acceptable format options. Data Bits Start Bit Parity Bit(s) Stop Bit(s) Seven Seven Seven Eight Eight Eight Nine ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ------------------------------...

  • Page 10: Handshaking

    NOTE Hardware/software controls are mutually ex- clusive. Enable only one of these features at a time, as enabling multiple controls can pro- duce unpredictable results. SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 11 — ANDSHAKING CONTINUED ---------------------------------------------- ----- ISABLE ARDWARE ONTROL CTS S ---- NABLE ONTROL CTS/RTS --------------- NABLE ONTROL CTS/RTS -------------- ISABLE ---------------- NABLE ---------------- ISABLE ---------------------------------------------- R44-1541...

  • Page 12: Rs-232 Ack/Nak Options (Quickscan 6000 Plus Only)

    Enable ACK/NAK for host command acknowledge • Enable ACK/NAK for bar code transmission and host command acknowledge. 6000 P ONLY) HESE FEATURES AVAILABLE FOR UICK ---------------------------------------------- ACK/NAK -------------- ISABLE ---- RANSMISSION OMMAND CKNOWLEDGE ---- RANSMISSION ---------------------------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 13: Host Echo (Sp400 Only)

    Host Echo allows a dumb terminal (Host) to transmit keyboard data through the scanner (Echo) to a main computer. Scanned label data will take priority over keyboard data. SET---------------------------------------- --------------- NABLE (SP400 O -------------- ISABLE (SP400 O END --------------------------------------- This feature not available on SP400 units manufactured before Mar. 1, 1995. R44-1541...

  • Page 14: Intercharacter Delay

    MILLISECONDS = 30 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 40 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 50 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 60 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 70 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 80 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 90 ---------------- MILLISECONDS = 100 -------------- MILLISECONDS ---------------------------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 15: Setting Prefix And/Or Suffix Characters (Preamble/Postamble)

    ETTING REFIX AND UFFIX HARACTERS REAMBLE OSTAMBLE To set the prefix or suffix, identify your specific system requirements for modifica- tion of the settings, then follow these steps: Look at the ASCII chart on the inside back cover of this manual and identify the ASCII character and the corresponding Hex Code you will use as the prefix or suffix.
  • Page 16 You must scan the SET label and either the SET PREFIX or SET SUFFIX label before using the labels on this page. 0 ------------------------------------ 1 ------------------------------------ 2 ------------------------------------ 3 ------------------------------------ 4 ------------------------------------ 5 ------------------------------------ 6 ------------------------------------ 7 ------------------------------------ 8 ------------------------------------ 9 ------------------------------------ SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 17 —C ETTING REFIX AND UFFIX HARACTERS ONTINUED NOTE You must scan the SET label and either the SET PREFIX or SET SUFFIX label before using the labels on this page. A------------------------------------ B------------------------------------ C ----------------------------------- D ----------------------------------- E------------------------------------ F ------------------------------------ ------------ HARACTER ---------------------------------------------- R44-1541...

  • Page 18: Setting Symbology Specific Label Identifiers (Label I.d.)

    Scan the SET label below. Scan either the TRANSMIT LABEL I.D. AS PREFIX or TRANS- MIT LABEL I.D. AS SUFFIX, depending on your requirements. For our example, the 'transmit as prefix' label would be scanned. SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 19 I.D.) ETTING YMBOLOGY PECIFIC ABEL DENTIFIERS ABEL ONTINUED Scan the label representing the symbology whose label identifier you wish to modify. In our example, we would scan the 'UPC-A' symbology label. Identify and scan the digits that correspond to the Hex Values. The hex values from the ASCII chart that correspond to 'A1' from our example are as follows: = 'A', and...
  • Page 20 -------- DIGIT ADD UPC-A /C128 -------- UPC-E ---------------------------- UPC-E -------- DIGIT ADD UPC-E -------- DIGIT ADD UPC-E /C128 -------- EAN-8 ---------------------------- EAN-8 -------- DIGIT ADD EAN-8 -------- DIGIT ADD EAN-8 /C128 -------- EAN-13 --------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 21 I.D. S ABEL YMBOLOGY ELECTION ONTINUED EAN-13 ------ DIGIT ADD EAN-13 ------ DIGIT ADD EAN-13 /C128 ------- 39 --------------------------- --------------------------- ODABAR 5 --------------- NTERLEAVED 5 ----------------- TANDARD 93 --------------------------- 128 ------------------------- MSI/P ---------------------- LESSEY ---------------------------------------------- R44-1541...
  • Page 22 ( six rapid beeps ) to indicate that programming was incomplete, and the setting will remain as it was before entering Programming Mode. Scan the END label. You have changed the default label identifier for EAN-8 from 'FF' to '8'. SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 23 I.D. ISABLING ABEL FOR A PECIFIC YMBOLOGY This procedure is the same as setting a single character symbology identifier, except you should scan two zeros and the One Character Only labels before scanning the END label. YMBOLOGY PECIFIC ABEL DENTIFIERS HARACTERS Use the labels on this page to change or modify symbology identifiers.
  • Page 24 A------------------------------------ B------------------------------------ C ----------------------------------- D ----------------------------------- E------------------------------------ F ------------------------------------ ------------ HARACTER ---------------------------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 25: Universal Symbology Selection

    NIVERSAL YMBOLOGY ELECTION To set the scanner to read all symbologies, scan the ENABLE ALL SYMBOLO- GIES bar code below. NOTE DO NOT scan SET or END bar codes when programming universal symbology features. Programming mode is automatically entered and exited when one of the two special bar codes below are scanned. NABLE YMBOLOGIES ISABLE...

  • Page 26: Symbology Selection

    5 ----- ISABLE NTERLEAVED 5 -------- NABLE TANDARD Code 39 must first be enabled for the scanner to read PharmaCode 39 labels. Enabling PharmaCode 39 will convert Code 39 data to PharmaCode format whenever possible. SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 27 5 ------- ISABLE TANDARD IATA -------------------- NABLE IATA --------------------- ISABLE ------------------ NABLE ODABAR ----------------- ISABLE ODABAR 93------------------ NABLE 93 ----------------- ISABLE 128 ---------------- NABLE -------------- ISABLE MSI/P ------------ NABLE LESSEY MSI/P ------------ ISABLE LESSEY ---------------------------------------------- Standard 2 of 5 must first be enabled before IATA can be enabled, however, the scanner wil not read Standard 2 of 5 labels when IATA is enabled.

  • Page 28: Upc Data Format Settings

    5 - used for coupons If UPC-E is expanded to UPC-A, the transmission of Check Digit (CD) and NSD will be determined by the UPC-A settings on this page, not by these settings. SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 29: Ean Data Format Settings

    EAN D ORMAT ETTINGS These settings affect EAN data format when RS-232 is the active interface. ---------------- HECK IGIT -------- HECK IGIT ---------------- HECK IGIT -------- HECK IGIT ---------------------------------------------- R44-1541...

  • Page 30: Interleaved 2 Of 5

    Variable Length — If you select variable length, the scanner will recog- nize labels with an even number of digits between 04 and 50 digits. ---------------------------------------------- -------------------- T COMPUTE --------------------------- OMPUTE ------------------- T TRANSMIT --------------------------- RANSMIT ----------------------------- NABLE ----------------------------- ISABLE ---------------------------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 31 ETTING NTERLEAVED IXED AND INIMUM ABEL ENGTHS All interfaces that are shipped with the standard factory configuration are set to read variable length labels. If you switch from variable to fixed length labels (by disabling variable lengths on the previous page), the default fixed label lengths are 14 digits and 8 digits.
  • Page 32 ---------------------------------------------- --------- IRST IXED ENGTH ------ ECOND IXED ENGTH ------- ECOND IXED ENGTH ---- INIMUM ABEL ENGTH 0 ------------------------------------ 1 ------------------------------------ 2 ------------------------------------ 3 ------------------------------------ 4 ------------------------------------ 6 ------------------------------------ 8 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...

  • Page 33: Codabar Check Digit & Variable Length

    & V ODABAR HECK IGIT ARIABLE ENGTH These programming labels determine whether you compute and send the check digit contents and enables variable length. Check Digit — (See Interleaved 2 of 5 Check Digit.) Variable Length — If variable length is disabled, only labels of two specified lengths can be read.

  • Page 34: Codabar Fixed Length

    If you do not need to set a second fixed length, scan the NO SECOND FIXED LENGTH label below and skip to step seven. ---------------------------------------------- --------- IRST IXED ENGTH ------ ECOND IXED ENGTH ------- ECOND IXED ENGTH SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 35 Scan the SET SECOND FIXED LENGTH label. Set the second fixed label length by scanning the correct digits from this page. The selectable range is from 03 to 50. Scan the END label to complete the procedure. 0 ------------------------------------ 1 ------------------------------------ 2 ------------------------------------ 3 ------------------------------------ 4 ------------------------------------...

  • Page 36: Msi/Plessey Check Digit

    Number of Check Digits — specify either one or two Check Digits. ---------------------------------------------- ---------- ALCULATE HECK IGIT ALCULATE HECK IGIT ----------- RANSMIT HECK IGIT RANSMIT HECK IGIT ----------------- HECK IGIT --------------- HECK IGITS ---------------------------------------------- SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 37 NOTES R44-1541...
  • Page 38 NOTES SP400/QuickScan 6000/6000 Plus RS-232 Interface Programming...
  • Page 39 ASCII C HARACTER The table on this page shows a set of ASCII characters and their correspond- ing Hex Values. The Hex Values in this table are needed for setting symbol- ogy specific label identifiers, as well as enabling custom prefix and suffix characters.
  • Page 40 Telephone: [852]-2-584-6210 Fax: [39] (0) 39/685496 Fax: [852]-2-521-0291 Japan Australia PSC Japan K.K. PSC Asia Pacific Pty Ltd. Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan North Ryde, Australia Telephone: 81 (0)3 3491 6761 Telephone: [61] 0 (2) 9878 8999 Fax: 81 (0)3 3491 6656...

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