About This Manual; Host Communications - Microscan MS-820 User Manual

About This Manual

This manual provides complete information on setting up, installing, and configuring the
MS-820 scanner. The chapters follow the ESP menus which are presented in the order in
which a scanner might be setup and made ready for industrial operation.
Chapter 1, "Quick Start" provides overall step-by-step instructions for getting your
scanner operational with specific "go to" references to other chapters and appendices.
Chapter 3, "Communications"
setup and configuration options.
Chapter 9, "Laser Control" will help you setup your raster and laser framing envel-
ops.
Chapter 10, "Terminal Mode"
The appendices include specifications, reference tables of serial commands, ASCII char-
acters, multidrop setup and addresses, as well as other useful information relating to
bar coding and electrical and mechanical setups for the scanner.
Highlighting
Serial commands, selections inside instructions, and menu defaults are highlighted in
red bold. Cross-references are highlighted in
ences are highlighted in blue bold
Bold Initial Caps. References to topic headings within this manual or other documents
are enclosed in quotation marks.

Host Communications

There are three ways the scanner can communicate with a host:
1. Microscan's Windows-based ESP, the preferred method which offers point-
and-click ease of use and visual responses to user adjustments.
2. Serial commands such as <Kr1>
also be sent from the Terminal window within ESP.
3. Embedded onboard menus are accessed from a terminal window with a
command.
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through Chapter 8, "Diagnostics"
describes the use of the Terminal window.
blue bold. Web links and outside refer-
italics. References to menu topics are highlighted in
can be sent from a terminal program. They can
are general
<D>
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