Fixed Usb-Com Port; Connection Method; Com To Hid Output (Wime) - Opticon MDI-4000 Series Serial Interface Manual

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3. Expand Ports (COM & LPT). All ports recognized by the PC are listed.
4. Make sure the Opticon USB Code Reader appears in the list of ports.
4.2.6

Fixed USB-COM Port

This option enables a fixed USB-COM Port number. The COM port number assigned to the
USB connected Windows PC will always be the same port number.
You need to reboot and initialize the scan engine to make fixed USB-COM Port settings active.
Fixed USB-COM Port Number and Driver Selection Commands
Command
[EGC Q0
Q1
4.2.7

Connection Method

After you install the driver and configure the fixed USB-COM port setting, you can connect the
scan engine to the host PC.
Connect to the Host PC
1. Start the serial communications tool (emulator or UniversalConfig).
2. Connect to the COM port configured with the basic settings. For more information, see
"USB-COM Basic Information" on page
3. Send the command packet. For help, see
4.2.8

COM to HID Output (WIME)

The WIME Windows .NET application converts data received by the scan engine through a
virtual COM port (USB-COM) to HID-like data and transfers the data to the application that has
focus.
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Description
Do not assign a fixed COM port number.
Assign a fixed COM port number.
29.
"Command Packet" on page
Default
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