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  • Page 1 User Guide BCST-33 Barcode Scanner English...

  • Page 2: Notice To Operation

    Notice to Operation Safety Precautions Please don’t disassemble the scanner on your own, or place parts not belonging to the scanner inside it to prevent short-circuit or circuit damage. Maintenance Precautions You can wipe the surface of the scanner using a piece of wet cloth. Please contact our customer service to report your problem when malfunctions occur.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Exit without Save Restore Factory Defaults Check Software Version Save Custom Settings Chapter 1 Features and Basic Setups 1.1 Basic Operation of Inateck BCST-33 Barcode Scanner 1.2. LED Indicator 1.3. Beeper 1.3.1 Volume Control 1.4. Scanning modes 1.4.1. Auto laser-off Mode 1.4.2.
  • Page 4 3.2.1. Enable/Disable Code 11 3.2.2. Checksum Verification 3.3. Code 128 3.3.1. Enable / Disable Code 128 3.4. Code 39 3.4.1. Enable/Disable Code 39 3.4.2. Start/Stop Transmission 3.4.3. Checksum Verification 3.4.4. ASCII Code Recognition Range Setting 3.4.5. VIN 3.4.6. Code 32 3.5.
  • Page 5 3.13.1. Enable or Disable Matrix 25 3.13.2. Checksum Verification 3.14. Standard 2 of 5 / Industrial 2 of 5 3.14.1. Enable / Disable Standard 25 3.14.2. Checksum Verification 3.15. China Postal Code 3.15.1. Enable/Disable China Postal Code 3.15.2. Checksum Verification 3.16.

  • Page 6: Overview Of Bcst-33 Wired Barcode Scanner

    Overview of BCST-33 Wired Barcode Scanner Laser Window Buzzer Trigger USB Port Shockproof Cover...

  • Page 7: Product Specification

    Product Specification Physical Characteristics Material ABS+PC+TPU Size Length*width*height = 104mm*68mm*164mm Color Black Indicator Buzzer LED Voltage DC 5V Performance Characteristics Light Source Laser LED 655 ± 5nm Sensor Linear image sensor Applicable Barcode Codabar, Code 11, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, EAN-8, EAN-13, ISBN, ISSN, MSI, UPC-A, UPC-E, IATA 25, Industrial 25 / Standard 25, Interleaved 25, Matrix 25, China Postal Code, GS1-128 Resolution...

  • Page 8: Correct Aiming

    Incorrect Aiming QUICK START Settings of the Inateck BCST-33 Barcode Scanner can be changed by Scanning the setup barcodes included in this manual. This section describes the procedure of setting the Inateck BCST-33 Barcode Scanner by scanning the setup barcodes.

  • Page 9: The Flow Chart Of Setup

    Enter the Setting Mode “Enter setup” barcode will emerge in this and the following chapters of manual, the Inateck BCST-33 scanner will go into setting mode once this barcode is scanned successfully. Once the barcode is scanned successfully, the Inateck BCST-33 Barcode Scanner will respond with three chord sounds, and the LED2 indicator will be on with color becoming green.

  • Page 10: Exit Without Save

    3. You are to use a function which is not usually used and want to restore defaults after using it. Check Software Version If you want to check the software version of Inateck BCST-33, you should scan the “Enter Setup” and “Output Software Version” barcode: Enter Setup...

  • Page 11: Save Custom Settings

    Save Custom Settings 1. You may change factory defaults and customize some functions suitable for your own applications when using the inateck BCST-33. You need to scan ‘Enter Setup’ → ‘Function setup barcode you want to customize(e.g.: Output Code ID)’...

  • Page 12: Chapter 1 Features And Basic Setups

    This chapter introduces the features and usage of the barcode Scanner. 1.1 Basic Operation of Inateck BCST-33 Barcode Scanner Turn on the scanner Hold BCST-33 with one hand, and connect USB cable to computer. The scanner will power on automatically with a beam of laser coming out. Scan barcode...

  • Page 13: Led Indicator

    Barcode successfully read and uploaded to computer Green LED lit BCST-33 is under standby mode 1.3. Beeper The beeper built in Inateck BCST-33 can help the user to know about the current operation status. Beeping Meaning One short high note (100ms)
  • Page 14 For example: Steps to set Minimum Volume for beeper are as below: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Minimum Volume" barcode; 3. Read the "Exit with Save" barcode. Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...

  • Page 15: Scanning Modes

    By default, the scanning mode is set to Auto laser-off Mode. If the user click the Scan Trigger, the Inateck BCST-33 Scanner will emit a red light line. This indicates the scanner could scan barcode. If the barcode is not successfully scanned, the laser will be off automatically after auto laser-off waiting time, which usually defaults to 2 seconds and can be setup to 1s, 2s, 3s and 5s.

  • Page 16: Continuous Scanning Mode

    The laser of the scanner will not go off until Inateck BCST-33 scans barcode. And the laser will go off once the scanner scans barcode successfully. And then the scanner...
  • Page 17 （*）2s For Example, steps to set the scanner into Continuous Scanning mode are as below: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Continuous Scanning Mode" barcode; 3. Read the "Exit with Save" barcode. Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...

  • Page 18: Manual Mode

    1.4.3. Manual Mode Under this Manual Mode, the Inateck BCST-33 Scanner will emit a red light line which indicates the scanner could scan if the user keeps pressing the Trigger. And the scanning will not stop until the scanner under the following situation.

  • Page 19: Hands-Free Mode

    And each barcode will be recognized once even when the laser has been focused on it a long time. When install the BCST-33 on the scanner stand, it will shift to hands-free mode automatically, and exit hands-free mode automatically when taken from stand.

  • Page 20: Types Of Keyboard

    2. Scan “MacOS device mode”; 3. Scan “Save and exit”. Note: If you are to use BCST-33 with Android devices, make sure to apply Gboard as the input method. Apart from setting the scanner under “Windows/Android” mode, you also need to set the scanner keyboard language as American English that supports “Gboard”...
  • Page 21 Italian Keyboard UK Keyboard Japanese Keyboard Canadian French Keyboard For example, steps to set the keyboard type into “German Keyboard” are as below: 1. Scan the “ Enter Setup” barcode; 2. Scan the “German Keyboard” barcode; 3. Scan the “Exit with Save” barcode to end language setting. Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...

  • Page 22: Symbologies Supported

    1.6. Symbologies Supported Most of the popular barcode symbologies are supported by the Inateck BCST-33 Scanner. You can check them in list below. Symbologies Supported Defaults Codabar Enable Code 11 Disable Code 128 Enable Code 39 Enable Code 93 Enable...

  • Page 23: Chapter 2 How To Connect With Computer/Phone/Pos

    Chapter 2 How to Connect with Computer/phone/ 2.1. USB Wired Data Transmission Following the USB-HID agreement, the Inateck BCST-33 supports timely data transmission through USB cable connection. Data connection through USB is preferred when it's connected via USB cable. 2.2. Transmission Speed The scanner works in high speed transmission mode by default with default data transmission interval at 0 ms.
  • Page 24 Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 Symbology Settings

    3.1. Codabar 3.1.1. Enable / Disable Codabar Decide whether to enable Codabar through selecting correspondent barcode below. The Inateck BCST-33 Scanner defaults enable Codabar contents. (*)Enable Codabar Disable Codabar Note: Scanning the "Disable Codabar" barcode will result in the scanner being unable to read the Codabar barcode.

  • Page 26: Start/Stop Transmission

    3.1.2. Start/Stop Transmission Decide whether to include Start/Stop characters in the data being transmitted by scanning relevant barcodes below, with Transmit Codabar Start/Stop Characters as default. (*)Transmit Codabar Start/Stop Characters Do not transmit Codabar Start/Stop Characters For example: Do Not Transmit Codabar Start/Stop Characters. 1.

  • Page 27: Code

    3.2. Code 11 3.2.1. Enable/Disable Code 11 Decide whether to include Enable/Disable code 11 in the data being transmitted by scanning relevant barcodes below, with disable Code 11 as default. Enable Code 11 (*)Disable Code 11 Note: Read the "Disable Code 11" barcode will make the scanner not being able to read the Code 11 barcode.

  • Page 28: Checksum Verification

    If the check passes, the scanner will output the checksum characters as the last one or two characters of normal data. Inateck BCST-33 default outputs checksum characters. If the scanner is set to "Verify without Output Checksum Character", the scanner will not output checksum character.
  • Page 29 For example, Operations are as below if you want to set Verify with two digits Output Checksum Character: 1. Scan the “Enter Setup” barcode； 2. Read the "Verify with two digits Output Checksum Character" barcode; 3. Read the "Verify without Output Checksum Character" barcode； 4.

  • Page 30: Code 128

    3.3. Code 128 3.3.1. Enable / Disable Code 128 Decide whether to enable Code 128. Inateck BCST-33 Scanner defaults “Enable Code 128”. (*)Enable Code 128 Disable Code 128 Note: Read the "Disable Code 128" barcode will make the scanner unable to read Code 128 barcode.

  • Page 31: Code

    3.4. Code 39 3.4.1. Enable/Disable Code 39 Decide whether to enable Code 39. Inateck BCST-33 Scanner defaults “Enable Code 39”. (*)Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 3.4.2. Start/Stop Transmission Decide whether to include the Start/Stop characters in the data being transmitted through selecting correspondent barcode below.

  • Page 32: Checksum Verification

    3.4.3. Checksum Verification Checksum character is not enforced to be included in the data of Code 39. If checksum character is included, it should be the last character of the barcode data. As a calculate value based on all of the data, Checksum character is used to check whether the data is correct or not.

  • Page 33: Ascii Code Recognition Range Setting

    Decide whether to support Code 39 Full ASCII that includes all the alphanumeric and special character by selecting the correspondent barcodes below. The inateck BCST- 33 Scanner takes “Disable Code 39 Full ASCII” as defaults. It could Disable full ASCII Code 39”...

  • Page 34: Vin

    3.4.5. VIN Code 39 can be used to make VIN (Vehicle Identification Number), which consists of 17 characters. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Disable VIN”. Enable VIN (*)Disable VIN Operations are as below if you want to enable VIN: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode;...
  • Page 35 (*)Disable Code 32 The first character of Code 32 is fixed to be “A”. Decide whether to output the first character of Code 32 via selecting correspondent barcode to scan. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Disable first character of Code 32”. Enable First Character of Code 32...

  • Page 36: Enable/ Disable Code

    3.5. Code 93 3.5.1. Enable/ Disable Code 93 Decide whether to read Code 93 by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults Enable Code 93. (*)Enable Code 93 Disable Code 93 Note: Read the "Disable Code 93" barcode will make the scanner not able to read the Code 93 barcode.

  • Page 37: Ean-8

    3.6. EAN-8 3.6.1. Enable/Disable EAN-8 Decide whether to read EAN-8 by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Enable EAN-8”. (*)Enable EAN-8 Disable EAN-8 3.6.2. Checksum Verification Decide whether to transmit EAN-8 Checksum via selecting correspondent barcode below to scan. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Transmit EAN-8 Checksum”.

  • Page 38: Ean-13

    Disable EAN-13 3.7.2. Checksum Verification Decide whether to Transmit EAN-13 Checksum via selecting correspondent barcode below to scan. Inateck BCST-33 defaults transmit EAN-13 Checksum. (*)Transmit EAN-13 Checksum Do Not Transmit EAN-13 Checksum Operations are as below if you want to Enable EAN-13 and transmit EAN-13 Checksum: 1.

  • Page 39: Isbn

    3.7.3. ISBN Decide whether to convert the EAN-13 to ISBN by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Do Not convert EAN-13 to ISBN”. Convert EAN-13 to ISBN (*)Do Not Convert EAN-13 to ISBN Operations are as below if you want to convert EAN-13 to ISBN: 1.

  • Page 40: Issn

    3.7.4. ISSN Decide whether to convert the EAN-13 to ISSN by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Do Not convert EAN-13 to ISSN”. Convert EAN-1 to ISSN (*)Do Not Convert EAN-13 to ISSN Operations are as below if you want to convert EAN-13 to ISSN: 1.

  • Page 41: Msi

    3.8. MSI 3.8.1. Enable / Disable MSI barcode Decide whether to enable MSI barcode by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Disable MSI barcode”. Enable MSI (*)Disable MSI Note: Read the "Disable MSI" barcode will make the scanner unable to read the MSI barcode.

  • Page 42: Checksum Verification

    Inateck BCST-33 takes outputting checksum characters as default. If the scanner is set to "Verify without Output Checksum Character", the scanner will not output the checksum character.
  • Page 43 Operations are as below if you want to verify with one digit checksum character and do not transmit checksum character: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Verify with one digit Checksum Character" barcode; 3. Read the "Verify without Output Checksum Character" barcode; 4.

  • Page 44: Upc-A

    Disable UPC-A 3.9.2. UPC-A output “0” Decide whether to add "0" in the output of UPC-A data by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 takes UPC-A Do Not output “0” as default. UPC-A Output “0” (*)UPC-A Do Not Output “0”...

  • Page 45: Upc-E

    3.10. UPC-E 3.10.1. Enable / Disable UPC-E Decide whether to Enable UPC-E by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Enable UPC-E”. (*)Enable UPC-E Disable UPC-E 3.10.2. Enable / Disable UPC-E 1 Decide whether to Enable UPC-E 1 by scanning correspondent barcode below.

  • Page 46: Convert Upc-E To Upc-A

    3.10.4. Convert UPC-E to UPC-A Decide whether to convert the UPC-E to UPC-A by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults “Convert UPC-E to UPC-A”. Convert UPC-E to UPC-A (*) Do Not Convert UPC-E to UPC-A 3.10.5. Checksum Verification Decide whether to transmit UPC-E Checksum by scanning correspondent barcode below.

  • Page 47: Iata 2 Of

    If the check passes, Inateck 0CST-33 will read and output the Checksum Character as the last character of normal data; However, it will not be able to read IATA 25 without checksum character.

  • Page 48: Interleaved 2 Of

    3.12. Interleaved 2 of 5 3.12.1. Enable / Disable Interleaved 25 Decide whether to enable Interleaved 25 by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Enable Interleaved 25”. (*)Enable Interleaved 25 Disable Interleaved 25 Operations are as below if you want to enable Interleaved 25: 1.

  • Page 49: Matrix 2 Of

    3.13. Matrix 2 of 5 3.13.1. Enable or Disable Matrix 25 Decide whether to enable Matrix 25 by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Disable Matrix 25”. Enable Matrix 25 (*)Disable Matrix 25 3.13.2. Checksum Verification Checksum character is not enforced to be included in the Matrix 25 data. If checksum character is included, it should be the last character of the barcode data.

  • Page 50: Standard 2 Of 5 / Industrial 2 Of

    Standard 2 of 5 is also known as Industrial 2 of 5. 3.14.1. Enable / Disable Standard 25 Decide whether to enable Standard 25 by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Disable Standard 25”. Enable Standard 25 (*)Disable Standard 25 3.14.2.

  • Page 51: China Postal Code

    3.15. China Postal Code 3.15.1. Enable/Disable China Postal Code Decide whether to enable China Postal Code by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Disable China Postal Code”. Enable China Postal Code (*)Disable China Postal Code 3.15.2. Checksum Verification Checksum character is not enforced to be included in the data of China Postal Code.

  • Page 52: Gs1-128

    3.16. GS1-128 3.16.1. Enable/Disable GS1-128 (*)Enable GS1-128 Disable GS1-128 3.16.2. FUNC1 The FUNC1 in GS1-128 is replaced with ‘I’ by default. The FUNC1 can also be replaced by ASCII GS character (which is 29). Replace FUNC1 with ASCII “29” (*)Replace FUNC1 with '|' How to Enable GS1-128: 1.

  • Page 53: Chapter 4 Defining Output Format

    Matrix 2 of 5 IATA 2 of 5 Code 11 China Postal Code ISBN ISSN Decide whether to add code ID in front of the data of barcode. Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Ignore Code ID”. Apply Code ID (*)Ignore Code ID...
  • Page 54 Steps to apply Code ID are as below: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Apply Code ID" barcode; 3. Read the "Exit with Save" barcode. Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...

  • Page 55: Stop Code Of Barcode Setting

    4.2. Stop Code of Barcode Setting Decide whether to apply Enter as the stop character of barcode data by scanning correspondent barcode below. Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Apply Enter as the stop character of barcode”. (*) Apply Enter as Stop Character...

  • Page 56: Customized Settings Of Prefix And Suffix Code Of Barcode

    4.3. Customized Settings of Prefix and Suffix Code of Barcode Customized 1 to 32 digits prefix / suffix setting is supported by Inateck BCST-33. Though Inateck BCST-33 takes recovering the prefix and suffix as default, Hiding the prefix and suffix is also available through scanning correspondent barcode.

  • Page 57: Delete Character(S) On Output Result

    4.4. Delete Character(s) on Output Result Inateck BCST-33 can help users delete 0 to 99 digits of both the beginning and the ending characters before outputs result. As default setting, no character, or 0 digit being deleted as output result. More details are as below.
  • Page 58 For example, if you want to delete the beginning 12 characters and the ending four characters of result, you can follow the steps below: 1. Read “Enter Setup”; 2. Read “Delete Beginning Characters”; 3. Read “1 Digit”; 4. Read “2 Digits”; 5.

  • Page 59: Letter Case Setting

    4.5. Letter Case Setting Inateck BCST-33 can change all the letter cases of barcode into uppercase or lowercase. Though it takes “Not to Alter the Letter Case of barcodes” as default, letter case of barcodes can be altered through scanning correspondent bar code below.

  • Page 60: Additional Code

    8, EAN-13, ISBN, ISSN, UPC-A and UPC-E. Being 2 or 5 characters, additional code is usually on the right side of the main code but with shorter height. Inateck BCST-33 will only be able to read the main code if additional code is disabled.
  • Page 61 How to enable 2-digit additional code and 5-digit additional code at the same time: 1. Read “Enter Setup”; 2. Read “Enable Two Digits Additional Code”; 3. Read “Enable Five Digits Additional Code”; 4. Read “Exit with Save”. Enter Setup Exit with Save Exit without Save...

  • Page 62: Separator

    Decide whether to add separator “-” between a barcode data by selecting barcodes below to scan. This setting is only available for additional code, ISBN code and ISSN code. The Inateck BCST-33 defaults to “Disable separator”. Enable Separator (*) Disable Separator Steps to enable separator are as below: 1.

  • Page 63: Short Barcode

    ITF25, IATA25, Standard 25, Matrix 25, Code 11, MSI, China postal code, Code39 and Codabar, is supported by Inateck BCST-33. Though disabling the reading of short barcode is taken as default as it would increase the anti-jamming capability of Inateck BCST-33 and prevent error scanning from happening.

  • Page 64: Caps Lock Control

    4.9. Caps Lock Control When you operate Inateck BCST-33 on a Windows system, the barcode output might change with the status of the key Caps Lock. To avoid mistakes caused this way, you can activate the “Rid Barcode of Caps Lock control”.

  • Page 65: Recognize Barcode With Specific Initial Character Only

    (*)Recognize Barcodes with Random Beginning Character Specific Beginning Character Setting For example, if you want the BCST-33 to read only barcodes starting with “A” or “6”, Please follow the steps below: 1. Read “Enter Setup”; 2. Read “Recognize Specific Beginning Characters”;...

  • Page 66: Read Barcode Of Inverse Color

    4.11. Read Barcode of Inverse Color Barcode of inverse color refers to barcodes with black background color and white vertical bar. Inateck BCST-33 can recognize barcodes of inverse color, and defaults disabling the function. Recognize Inverse Color Barcode (*)Do Not Recognize Inverse Color Barcode How to set the barcode scanner to “Recognize Inverse Color Barcode”:...

  • Page 67: Hide Special Starting Code

    “Q” indicates quantity. Inateck BCST-33 supports hiding such special starting codes. With the function on, result will not output special starting code for code128 and code39 like “D”, “K”, “P”, “Q”, “S”, “V”, “1P”, “1T”, “10D”, “17V”, “2P” or “4L”. Inateck BCST-33 defaults turning off the function.

  • Page 68: Appendix 1 Prefix/Suffix Number And Symbol List

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  • Page 78 Addr.: F&M Technology GmbH, Montgolfierstraße 6, 04509 Wiedemar Japan Email: support@inateck.com Web: www.inateck.com/jp/ Addr.: Inateck 株式会社 〒 547-0014 大阪府大阪市平野区長吉川辺 3 丁目 10 番 11 号 Company of License Holder F&M Technology GmbH Add: Montgolfierstraße 6, 04509 Wiedemar, Germany Tel.: +49 342-07673081 Manufacturer Information Shenzhen Lixin Technology Co.,Ltd...

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