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2020 Cordless Base Accessory User’s Guide ™...
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The information in this publication does not represent a commitment on the part of Honeywell. Honeywell shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions con- tained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
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2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Caution: Any changes or modifications made to this equipment not expressly approved by Honeywell may void the FCC authorization to operate this equipment. UL Statement UL listed: UL60950-1 for I.T.E product safety.
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5627 BT Eindhoven The Netherlands Honeywell shall not be liable for use of our product with equipment (i.e., power supplies, personal computers, etc.) that is not CE marked and does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive. This equipment is intended for...
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If your product is marked with the GS symbol, then the product has been issued a GS certificate showing compliance to IEC 60950-1. Australia/NZ C-Tick Statement Conforms to AS/NZS 3548 EMC requirements. Japan (2020-5B) Complies with Technical Regulations Conformity Certification of Specified Radio equipment. Mexico Safety approval conforms to NOM-019.
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Patents Please refer to product packaging for patent information.
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Required Safety Labels Scanner Compliance Label locations Item Number, Serial Number and Revision Information location...
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Base Compliance Label locations Item Number, Serial Number and Revision Information location...
Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Getting Started About This Manual ............1-1 Unpacking the System ..........1-1 Models .................1-1 Cordless System: Main Components......1-2 About the Battery ............1-2 Proper Disposal of the Battery ........1-3 Connecting the Base............1-3 Connecting the Base with USB ......1-4 Connecting the Base with Keyboard Wedge..1-4 Connecting the Base with RS-232 Serial Port ..1-6 Connecting the Base with RS-232 Wedge.....1-6...
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Data Accumulation Mode On ......3-2 Base Charge Mode ............. 3-3 Beeper and LED Sequences and Meaning ....3-4 Image Scanner LED Sequences and Meaning..3-4 2020 LED Sequences and Meaning ...... 3-4 Image Scanner Modes..........3-5 Unlinking the Image Scanner......... 3-5...
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Single Image Scanner Operation .........3-5 Locked Link Mode - Single Image Scanner ...3-6 Open Link Mode - Single Image Scanner ....3-6 Override Locked Image Scanner ......3-6 Multiple Image Scanner Operation.......3-7 Image Scanner Name ..........3-8 Image Scanner Report ..........3-10 Application Work Groups ...........3-10 Application Work Group Selection .......3-11 Resetting the Standard Product Default Settings: All Application Work Groups ........3-12...
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Repairs ................ 7-1 Maintenance ..............7-1 Cleaning the Device..........7-1 Inspecting Cords and Connectors ......7-1 Replacing the 2020 Interface Cable: ..... 7-2 Assembling the Battery Charge Sleeve Kit....7-3 Troubleshooting Base..........7-4 Chapter 8 - Customer Support Technical Assistance ........... 8-1 Online Technical Assistance........
2020 system. Product specifications, dimensions, warranty, and customer support information are also included. Honeywell products are factory programmed for the most common terminal and communications settings. If you need to change these settings, programming is accomplished by scanning the barcodes in this guide.
2020 Cordless Base About the Battery Use only the Li-ion battery packs provided by Honeywell. Use of any battery not sold/manufactured by Honeywell may result in damage not covered by the warranty. Power is supplied to the cordless image scanner by a rechargeable battery that is integrated in the image scanner handle.
Replace it after the battery is unable to hold an adequate charge. • If you are not sure if the battery or charger is working properly, send it to Honeywell or an authorized Honeywell service center for inspection. Contact the Product Service Department (page 8-1) for additional information.
2-5. 3. Verify the base operation by scanning a barcode. For additional USB programming and technical information, refer to the Honeywell “USB Application Note,” available at www.honeywell.com/aidc Connecting the Base with Keyboard Wedge 1. Turn off power and disconnect the keyboard cable from the back of the ter- minal/computer.
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3. Turn the terminal/computer power back on. 4. Program the base for the keyboard wedge interface. See "Keyboard Wedge Connection" on page 2-1. 5. Verify the base operation by scanning a barcode. 2020 User’s Guide 1 - 5...
4. Once the image scanner has been fully connected, power up the computer. Connecting the Base with RS-232 Wedge The 2020 uses TTL signal levels to wedge into an RS-232 serial network. Use only 2020 serial wedge cables to prevent damage to the base. Refer to...
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5. Plug the other serial connector into the host connection and tighten the two screws. 6. Plug the power supply to the base and plug into the AC source. 7. Once the base has been fully connected, power up the computer. 2020 User’s Guide 1 - 7...
At this point, you are set to one image scanner to one base. Image Scanner Green LED 2020 Cordless Base Red LED 1. Provide power to the base. 2. Place the image scanner into the base. The image scanner and base link.
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If it cannot be determined that the data has been properly sent to the base, the image scanner issues an error indication. You must then check to see if the scanned data was received by the host system. 3) Base sends data to host 2020 User’s Guide 1 - 9...
The following Laptop Direct Connect barcode selects terminal ID 03, programs a carriage return (CR) suffix and turns on Emulate External Keyboard (page 2-13). Laptop Direct Connect with CR suffix 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 1...
Idle State to high. (If you want to change the terminal ID only , without changing any other image scanner settings, please refer to Programming the Interface - Terminal ID Method on page 2-7.) Wand Emulation Plug & Play (Code 39 Format) Wand Emulation Plug & Play Same Code 2 - 2 2020 User’s Guide...
* Suffixes programmed for Code 128 with IBM 4683 Port 5B, IBM 4683 Port 9B HHBCR- 1, and IBM 4683 Port 17 Interfaces **Suffixes programmed for Code 128 with IBM 4683 Port 9 HHBCR-2 Interface 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 3...
Each barcode above also programs the following suffixes for each symbology: Symbology Suffix EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A UPC E Code 39 00 0A 0B Interleaved 2 of 5 00 0D 0B Code 128 00 18 0B 2 - 4 2020 User’s Guide...
USB Japanese Keyboard (PC) USB HID Scan the following code to program the image scanner for USB HID barcode image scanners. Scanning this code changes the terminal ID to 131. USB HID Barcode Image 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 5...
Scan the following code to program the image scanner to emulate a regular RS- 232-based Com Port. If you are using a Microsoft® Windows® PC, you will need to download a driver from the Honeywell website (www.honeywell.com/aidc). The driver will use the next available Com Port number. Apple® Macintosh computers recognize the image scanner as a USB CDC class device and automatically uses a class driver.
Terminal ID barcode, scan the digits, and the Save code again. Note: The default interface is Keyboard Wedge (Term ID = 003). Terminal ID Save Note: After scanning one of these codes, you must power cycle your computer. 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 7...
IBM Thinkpad 365, 755CV 003 * I/O 122 key 2676D, 2677C, 2677D 9271 Lee Data 98XX Series Olivetti M19, M200 Olivetti M240, M250, M290, M380, P500 RS-232 TTL Serial Wedge Silicon Graphics Indy, Indigoll 2 - 8 2020 User’s Guide...
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Wand Emulation (Code 39 Format) Wand Emulation (Same Code Format) * Default for 2020-5B and 2020-5BE models **It is best to use the Plug and Play barcodes, beginning on page 2-1 to program these in- terfaces, rather than scanning the terminal ID listed in this table.
United States: @ | $ # { } [ ] = / ‘ \ < > ~ * United States Belgium Brazil Canada (French) Czech Republic Denmark Finland (Sweden) France Germany/Austria Greece Hungary Israel (Hebrew) 2 - 10 2020 User’s Guide...
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Keyboard Country (continued) Italy Latin America Netherlands (Dutch) Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland (German) 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 11...
Turkey F Turkey Q U.K. Please refer to the Honeywell website (www.honeywell.com/aidc) for complete keyboard country support information and applicable interfaces. If you need to program a keyboard for a country other than one listed above, scan the Program Keyboard Country barcode below, then scan the numeric barcode(s) for the appropriate country from the inside back cover, then the Save barcode.
(IBM AT or equivalent). Emulate External Keyboard Note: After scanning the Emulate External Keyboard barcode, you must power cycle your computer. Keyboard Modifiers This modifies special keyboard features, such as CTRL+ ASCII codes and Turbo Mode. 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 13...
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Turbo Mode. Default = Off Turbo Mode On * Turbo Mode Off Numeric Keypad Mode: Sends numeric characters as if entered from a numeric keypad. Default = Off Numeric Keypad Mode On * Numeric Keypad Mode Off 2 - 14 2020 User’s Guide...
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Automatic Direct Connect Mode: This selection can be used if you have an IBM AT style terminal and the system is dropping characters. Default = Off Automatic Direct Connect Mode On * Automatic Direct Connect Mode Off 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 15...
Baud Rate sends the data from the image scanner to the terminal at the specified rate. The host terminal must be set for the same baud rate as the image scanner. Default = 115,200. 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57,600 * 115,200 2 - 16 2020 User’s Guide...
XOFF was sent. Default = RTS/ CTS, XON/XOFF and ACK/NAK Off . RTS/CTS On * RTS/CTS Off XON/XOFF On * XON/OFF Off ACK/NAK On * ACK/NAK Off 2 - 18 2020 User’s Guide...
A time-out occurs if the imager does not receive a valid escape command before within 10 seconds. A time-out is indicated by a triple beep. If a time-out occurs, the operator should check the host system to understand why a response to the imager was not received. 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 19...
Host ACK Enable Host ACK On * Host ACK Off 2 - 20 2020 User’s Guide...
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2020 Host Escape Commands Command Action <ESC> a Double beeps to indicate a successful menu change was made. <ESC> b Triple beeps to indicate a menu change was unsuccessful. <ESC> 1 The green LED illuminates for 135 milliseconds followed by a pause.
Code Format barcode sets the terminal ID to 64. Default = Code 39 Format. Code 39 Format Same Code Format Wand Emulation Data Block Size This transmits the data in smaller blocks to prevent buffer overflow. Default = 40. * 40 2 - 22 2020 User’s Guide...
The check character is the character which when Exclusive-OR’d with every preceding character of the message yields a result of 0x00 (00H). Default = Off. Wand Emulation Overall Checksum On * Wand Emulation Overall Checksum Off 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 23...
Default = 25 inches/second. * 25 Wand Emulation Polarity The Polarity can be sent as standard with black bars high, or reversed with white spaces high. Default = Black High. * Black High White High 2 - 24 2020 User’s Guide...
When in Wand Emulation mode, you must set the image scanner’s idle state to match the idle state for the device to which the image scanner is connected. Default = Idle High . * Idle High Idle Low 2020 User’s Guide 2 - 25...
(parameter menuing, visual indicator support, low battery indication), and data translation required for the host system. The RF communication module performs the data exchange between the image scanner and the base. 2020 User’s Guide 3 - 1...
Once the radio connection is made, the image scanner produces a series of beeps while the data is being transferred to the base. 3 - 2 2020 User’s Guide...
12V host applications and only serves as a backup if the system goes down. Scan the appropriate barcode for your application. Default = Automatic . * Automatic Full Charge Rate Low Charge Rate Battery Charge Off 2020 User’s Guide 3 - 3...
Slow flash, 1 second on, 1 second off <30% charged Fast flash, 300 mSec on, 300 mSec off Note: Charging only occurs with external power applied to the 2020 or 12 volt host power. 3 - 4 2020 User’s Guide...
LED is on Power On/Diagnostic Error Blink LED for long duration, pulsing indefinitely Receiving Data (2020 only) Blink LED for short duration in multiple pulses. Occurs while transferring data to/from the RF module or the Host port. Base requests status from Blink LED once (occurs approx.
The locked link will be overridden; the broken or lost image scanner’s link with the base will be removed, and the new image scanner will be linked. Override Locked Image Scanner (Single Image Scanner) 3 - 6 2020 User’s Guide...
To put the image scanner in multiple image scanner mode, scan the barcode below. Once you scan this barcode, the image scanner is unlinked from the base and must be placed into the base to re-link. Multiple Image Scanner 2020 User’s Guide 3 - 7...
If you wish to change the names of additional image scanners, re-link them one at a time and repeat the “:4820:BT_NAM name .” or “:4820i:BT_NAM name .” command for each image scanner. 3 - 8 2020 User’s Guide...
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Save. Then scan the Reset barcode and wait for the scanner to re-link to the base before scanning the next barcode. Repeat that process for image scanner number 2, 3, 4 etc. Image Scanner Name 2020 User’s Guide 3 - 9...
You may use Barcode Builder, which is included with QuickView. Refer to QuickView on page 4-4 for instructions about downloading QuickView from the Honeywell website: www.honeywell.com/aidc Image Scanner Report Scan the barcode below to generate a report for the connected image scanners.
You may then program the settings (e.g., beeper volume, prefix/suffix, data formatter) that your application requires. * Group 0 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 2020 User’s Guide 3 - 11...
30 seconds of beeping while all image scanners are re-linked from the base and the settings are defaulted to * settings. The default interface is keyboard wedge and the default image scanner mode is single image scanner locked link mode. 3 - 12 2020 User’s Guide...
Show Data Format Scan the barcode below to show current data format settings. Data Format Settings Base Address Scan the barcode below to determine the address of the base you are using. Base Address 2020 User’s Guide 4 - 1...
The following barcode defaults all of the work groups to the factory settings. Standard Product Default Settings: All Application Groups Menu Commands starting on page 5-4 list the standard product default settings for each of the commands (indicated by an asterisk (*) on the programming pages). 4 - 2 2020 User’s Guide...
The "Configure" tree option has all the programming and configuration parameters specified for an imager. You can set or modify these parameters as required. You can later write the modified settings to the imager, or save them to a dcf file. 2020 User’s Guide 4 - 3...
(for instance, ID photographs) from the imager. Barcode information and images are displayed in the QuickView window. Installing QuickView from the Web 1. Access the Honeywell web site at www.honeywell.com/aidc. 2. Click on Software Downloads. 3. Select your product from the dropdown list.
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Note: If you have a unit capable of keyboard wedge mode, scan the barcode below and the unit will communicate in RS-232 mode, allowing it to work with QuickView. To convert the imager back to keyboard wedge communication, cycle the power. QuickView 2020 User’s Guide 4 - 5...
Tag of 232. SubTag A 3 character case-insensitive field that identifies the desired menu command within the tag group. For example, the SubTag for the RS-232 baud rate is BAD. 2020 User’s Guide 5 - 1...
(,) and only the SubTag and Data fields of the additional command are issued. If the additional command requires a different Tag field, the command is separated from previous commands by a semicolon (;). 5 - 2 2020 User’s Guide...
(CBRENA) is 1, or on. Example #3: What is the device’s current setting for Codabar Coding Enable? Enter: cbrena?. Response: CBRENA1[ACK] This response indicates that the device’s Codabar Coding Enable (CBRENA) is set to 1, or on. 2020 User’s Guide 5 - 3...
Maximum Message Length (MAX) is set to 60 characters; and the Default setting (DFT) has no value. Menu Commands Serial Setting Command Selection Page * Indicates default # Indicates a numeric entry Programming the Interface Terminal ID *003 TERMID### 5 - 4 2020 User’s Guide...
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Work Group Standard Product Default - All Work Groups 3-12 Defaults: All Application PAPDFT Work Groups Batch Mode Transmit *Off 3-23 BATDLY0 Delay Short (ms) 3-23 BATDLY250 Medium (ms) 3-23 BATDLY500 Long (ms) 3-23 BATDLY1000 5 - 8 2020 User’s Guide...
Inspect the base’s interface cable and connector for wear or other signs of damage. A badly worn cable or damaged connector may interfere with image scanner operation. Contact your Honeywell distributor for information about cable replacement. Cable replacement instructions are on page 7-2.
Replacing the 2020 Interface Cable: 1. Turn the power to the host system OFF. 2. Disconnect the base’s cable from the terminal or computer. 3. Turn the base upside down. 4. Pull the connector out while maintaining pressure on the connector release clip.
Note: For best adhesion, allow a 24 hour cure time before placing stress on the metal plate. Remove Battery Remove the end cap of the image scanner (turn the thumbwheel or use a hex wrench). 2020 User’s Guide 7 - 3...
If the green LED isn’t illuminated, check that: • The image scanner is correctly placed in the base. • There is external power or 12 volt host power. • Charge mode is turned on. (See "Base Charge Mode" on page 3-3) 7 - 4 2020 User’s Guide...
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The battery is not bad or deeply discharged. In some cases, the image scanner’s battery may trickle charge to bring it into an acceptable level and then transition to a normal charge cycle. 2020 User’s Guide 7 - 5...
Product Service and Repair Honeywell provides service for all its products through service centers throughout the world. To obtain warranty or non-warranty service, contact the appropriate location below to obtain a Return Material Authorization number (RMA #) before returning the product.
Honeywell or its authorized representatives. This warranty shall extend from the time of shipment for the duration published by Honeywell for the product at the time of purchase ("Warranty Period"). Any defective product must be returned (at purchaser’s expense) during the War- ranty Period to Honeywell’s factory or authorized service center for inspection.
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Honeywell extends these war- ranties only to users of the products. These warranties are non-transferable. The duration of the limited warranty for the 2020 is three (3) year(s). 8 - 4 2020 User’s Guide...
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Programming Chart Save Discard Reset Note: If you make an error while scanning the letters or digits (before scanning Save), scan Discard, scan the correct letters or digits, and Save again. Prog Chart - 2 2020 User’s Guide...
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Programming Chart Save Discard Reset Note: If you make an error while scanning the letters or digits (before scanning Save), scan Discard, scan the correct letters or digits, and Save again.
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Honeywell 700 Visions Drive P.O. Box 208 Skaneateles Falls, NY 13153-0208 2020-UG Rev (a) 6/08...
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“Este produto está homologado pela ANATEL, de acordo com os procedimentos regulamentados pela Resolução 242/2000, e atende aos requisitos técnicos aplicados” Para maiores informações, consulte o site da ANATEL www.anatel.gov.br Modelo: 2020-5 1881-11-7084 (01) 07898927490119...