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CS3290 Cordless Barcode Scanner User Manual Version: CS3290_UM_EN_V1.2.15...
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Notice Make sure you carefully read the following information to ensure that your barcode scanner is able to perform at the level for which it is designed. All software, including firmware, furnished to the user is on a licensed basis. The right is reserved to make changes to any software or product to improve reliability, function, or design.
Safety precautions – Danger! Be sure to read the following safety precautions carefully before trying to use the barcode scanner for the first time. Keep this manual in handy place for future reference. Danger! This symbol indicates information that, if ignored or applied incorrectly, creates the danger of death or serious personal injury.
Safety precautions – Warning! Warning! This symbol indicates information that, if ignored or applied incorrectly, can create the possibility of death or serious personal injury. Disassembly and modification Never try to disassemble or modify the unit in any way. High voltage inside creates the danger of electrical shock.
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Cradle with RS-232 cable and adaptor Power the cradle only with a power outlet whose voltage matches that marked on the adaptor specified in this manual. Avoid conditions that can cause damage or breaks in the power cord. Do not place heavy objects on the power cord.
Safety precautions – Caution! Caution! This symbol indicates information that, if ignored or applied incorrectly, can create the possibility of personal injury or material damage. Foreign objects Take care to ensure that metal or combustible objects are not inserted into the openings of the unit. Such objects create the danger of fire and electrical shock.
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Cradle with RS-232 cable and adaptor Keep the power cord away from stoves and other sources of extreme heat. Heat can melt the insulation of the power cord and create the danger of fire and electrical shock. Never pull on the power cord when unplugging it. Doing so can damage the cord and create the danger of personal injury, fire and electrical shock.
1 Technical specifications Handheld unit Working range Up to 200 meters (open air) Radio link 430.5~432.0MHz , 433.05~434.79MHz with adaptive frequency hopping Dimensions Length × Width × Depth: 17.0 × 7.0 × 8.3 cm Weight 201 g Color Gray Case material ABS+TPU Exit window material Tempered optical glass...
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Protection class: IP52 Test condition: temperature at 27 ° C, sunny day, and visibility of 5 kilometers. Natural Note: surroundings significantly affect the communication distance in practice. The distance drops quickly in the rainy, high-humidity, or heavy haze day; radio interference also shortens the communication distance.
2 Cable connector pin-outs descriptions for cradle Figure 2-1 Cable connector interface pin-outs The pin-outs descriptions in Table 1 apply to the cable connector on the cradle and are for reference only. Table 2-1 Cable connector pin-outs descriptions RS232 Keyboard (PS2) Power (+5V) Power (+5V) +3.3V ( for interface auto selection purpose)
6 Parts of the scanner Handheld unit ① Exit window ② Trigger ③ Red LED (Charging indicator) ④ Communication/Charge socket ⑤ Power button ⑥ Sound hole ⑦ Red LED (Not successful transmission); Blue LED (Power); Green LED (Setting) Cradle ① B button (Reserved); S button (Upgrade / Reset); P button (USB Emulate) ②...
7 Power on, power off handheld unit and charge battery 6 Parts of the scanner Power on handheld unit: Press the power button (see ) for two seconds. Power off handheld unit: Press the power button for two seconds. Charge battery: 1.
8 Installation of cradle Note: If any of the below operation is incorrect, turn off the power immediately and check the scanner for any improper connections. Go through all steps again. With PS/2 keyboard cable Plug one end of the PS/2 keyboard cable to the cradle, one end to PS2 port on PC, and one end to the keyboard.
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With RS-232 cable Connect the DB9 serial communication cable with the cradle and the COM port of the computer. Plug the output of the AC/DC adaptor into the power terminal of on the cradle. Plug the AC/DC adaptor provided by the manufacturer into an electrical outlet.
9 Programming menu Note: Throughout the programming bar code menus, the factory default settings are indicated with asterisks (*). When the scanner is scanning, ensure the scan line crosses every bar and space of the symbol. RIGHT WRONG 9-1 Example: Programming instruction The steps of programming are: 1.
9-2 Description of point coordination and distributed coordination wireless network Notes: 1. In this section, “cluster” denotes an association of a cradle and a number of handheld units. 2. In this section, “RF” is the abbreviation for “radio frequency”. The scanner offers two kinds of wireless network topology: point coordination and distributed coordination.
9-2-1 Sketch map of point coordination operating mode The scanner utilizes 430.5 ~ 432.0MHz, 433.05 ~ 434.79MHz RF wireless communication with LR-433-WPAN wireless communication protocol. LR-433-WPAN protocol first time introduces self-adaptive frequency hopping technique. With this new protocol, a cordless scanner is able to pick up a high-quality RF channel from a cluster of channels in terms of consolidated communication.
9-2-2 Sketch map of distributed coordination operating mode This series of cordless barcode scanner is working at 430MHz ~432MHz, 433.05MHz~434.79MHz and is covered by a patent of wireless communication method named LR-433-WPAN wireless communication protocol. Single cluster - single handheld unit Single cluster –...
9-3 Point coordination wireless communication setting 9-3-1 Point coordination wireless communication setting for handheld unit Wireless network topology for handheld unit: There are two kinds of wireless network topology that can be employed: point coordination and distributed coordination. Handheld unit RF channel No.: The scanner offers 16 different radio frequency channels for the data transmission between handheld unit and cradle.
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the power LED flashes 2 times by pulling the scanner trigger. Enter sleeping mode interval: If it is enabled, the handheld unit will enter sleeping mode while no operation beyond the time interval defined; the handheld unit will return to normal mode by pulling the scanner trigger.
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3)Operations to be performed by the base unit / cradle after receiving the command data packet sent from PC. Command packet Operations of base unit / cradle LED indication Red LED flashes once, VALID Send VALID command packet to the handheld unit. green LED on.
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SETUP Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Wireless network topology for Point coordination handheld unit Distributed coordination Handheld unit RF channel No. 02-16 02-16 Handheld unit ID 01-16 01-16 10dbm 7dbm 5dbm Radio power level for handheld unit 0dbm -5dbm -10dbm -15dbm Frequency hopping Disable...
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SETUP Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Waiting for command packet interval Always 01-99(100ms) 01-99 Enter batch mode Send batch data Show channel information of handheld unit ※ Note: The settings indicated with (※) are valid only when the cradle is in upgrade ready mode.
9-3-2 Point coordination wireless communication setting for cradle Wireless network topology for cradle: There are two kinds of wireless network topology that can be employed: point coordination and distributed coordination. Cradle RF channel No.: The scanner offers 16 different radio frequency channels for the data transmission between handheld unit and cradle.
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SETUP Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Wireless network topology for cradle ※ Point coordination Distributed coordination Cradle RF channel No. ※ 02-16 02-16 Bind the first handheld unit ID ※ 01-16 01-16 Recruit a next handheld unit ID ※ 01-16 01-16 10dbm 7dbm...
9-4 Distributed coordination wireless communication setting 9-4-1 Cluster establishment example Ⅰ The flow chart of the general architecture of establishing a cluster is shown below. Set RF channel No. (0701) and address (0712) for the first handheld unit. Note that this channel No. is the channel No.
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the cradle. Scan BIND barcode to pair the handheld unit and the cradle. The handheld unit is dedicated to the cradle. Any previous bound handheld units will be excluded. If the cradle in not bound to a handheld unit, its address assumes a random value which can cause conflicts and malfunctions to other cradles within it range.
9-4-2 Distributed coordination wireless communication setting for handheld unit Wireless network topology for handheld unit: There are two kinds of wireless network topology that can be employed: point coordination and distributed coordination. Handheld unit RF channel No.: The scanner offers 16 different radio frequency channels for the data transmission between handheld unit and cradle.
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SETUP Option barcode Options Value Wireless network topology for handheld unit Point coordination Distributed coordination Handheld unit RF channel No. 02-16 02-16 Handheld unit address 0000-1999 0000-1999 0000* 10dbm 7dbm 5dbm Radio power level for handheld unit 0dbm -5dbm -10dbm -15dbm Interval for radio communication 02-20(second)...
9-4-3 Distributed coordination wireless communication setting for cradle Wireless network topology for cradle: There are two kinds of wireless network topology that can be employed: point coordination and distributed coordination. Radio power level for cradle: By selecting, you can change the radio frequency power level for cradle. SETUP Option barcode Options...
9-5 Keyboard wedge interface for Cradle Keyboard type: As a keyboard interface, the scanner supports most of the popular PCs and IBM terminals. Keyboard layout: The scanner supports different national keyboard layouts. Clock period: According to the PS2 protocol, the clock is provided by the device, e.g. keyboard or scanner, with the period between 60us to 100us.
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry IBM AT, PS/2 Keyboard type Apple Mac compatibles Reserved Turkish F Turkish Q French Italian Keyboard layout Spanish Slovak Denmark Japanese German Belgian Russian 60us 70us Clock period 80us 90us 100us 200us 10ms Delay-after-compound-key 20ms 40ms...
9-6 RS-232 interface for Cradle Flow control: None-The communication only uses TxD and RxD signals without any hardware or software handshaking protocol. RTS/CTS-If the scanner wants to send the barcode data to host computer, it will issue the RTS signal first, wait for the CTS signal from the host computer, and then perform the normal data communication.
9-7 USB interface for Cradle USB device type: When the cradle is connected to a PC with a USB cable, it will be identified as a HID keyboard. HID keyboard– By setting, the scanner is used as a USB HID keyboard emulation device. The keyboard layout setting follows the setting of keyboard layout in the chapter of Keyboard wedge.
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry HID keyboard USB device type HID keyboard for Apple Mac USB virtual COM Simple COM Port Emulation Turkish F Turkish Q French Italian Keyboard layout Spanish Slovak Denmark Japanese German Belgian Russian Host comm. port speed 00-08 (0: highest;...
9-8 Handheld scan & some global settings Scanning mode: Good-read off-The trigger button must be pressed once to activate scanning. The light source of scanner stops scanning when there is a successful reading or no code is decoded after the Stand-by duration elapsed.
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Decoder optimization: If it is enabled, the scanner will optimize the decoder with error correction. This function is not effective for all types of barcodes. SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Good-read off Momentary Scanning mode Alternate Continue Timeout off Standby duration 01-99 (second) 01-99...
9-9 Visual and audio indication for handheld unit Power on alert: After power-on the scanner will generate an alert signal to indicate a successful self-test. LED indication: After each successful reading, the LED above the scanner will light up to indicate a good barcode reading.
9-10 UPC-A Read: Format System character Data digits (10 digits) Check digit Check digit verification: The check digit verification is optional. Check digit trans.: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. Code ID setting: Code ID is a one-or-two-character string used to represent the symbol upon a succeeding reading.
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Read Disable Enable Check digit verification Disable Enable Check digit trans. Disable Enable Code ID setting 00-FF 00-FF (ASCII) <A>* Insert group selection 00-66 00-66 None Supplement digits 2 digits 5 digits 2 or 5 digits None Truncate leading zeros Truncation/Expansion...
9-11 UPC-E Read: Format System character “0” Data digits (6 digits) Check digits Check digit verification: The check digit verification is optional and made as the sum of the numerical value of the data digits. Check digit trans.: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A...
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Read Disable Enable Check digit verification Disable Enable Check digit trans. Disable Enable Code ID setting 00-FF 00-FF (ASCII) <D>* Insert group selection 00-66 00-66 None Supplement digits 2 digits 5 digits 2 or 5 digits None Truncate leading zeros Truncation/Expansion...
9-12 UPC-E1 Read: Format System character “1” Data digits (6 digits) Check digits Check digit verification: The check digit is optional and made as the sum of the numerical value of the data digits. Check digit trans.: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A...
9-13 EAN-13 (ISBN/ISSN) Read: Format Data digits (12 digits) Check digit Check digit verification: The check digit is optional and made as the sum of the numerical value of the data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-10 UPC-A EAN-13 code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A...
9-14 EAN-8 Read: Format Data digits (7 digits) Check digit Check digit verification: The check digit is optional and made as the sum of the numerical value of the data digits. Check digit trans.: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A...
9-15 Code 39 (Code 32, Trioptic Code 39) Read: Format Data digits (variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is optional and made as the sum module 43 of the numerical value of the data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. Max./Min.
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Check digit transmission Disable Enable Max. code length 00-99 00-99 Min. code length 00-99 00-99 Code ID setting 00-FF 00-FF (ASCII) <M>* Insert group selection 00-66 00-66 Format Standard Full ASCII Start/End transmission Disable Enable “*”...
9-16 Interleaved 2 of 5 Read: Format Data digits (Variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 10 of the numerical values of all data digits. There are two optional check digit algorithms: the specified Uniform Symbol Specification (USS) and the Optical Product Code Council (OPCC).
9-17 Industrial 2 of 5 Read: Format Data digits (variable) 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min. code length: Refer to Max./Min. code length of 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of SETUP Option bar code Option...
9-18 Matrix 2 of 5 Read: Format Data digits (variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 10 of the numerical values of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min.
9-19 Codabar Read: Format Start Data digits (variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 16 of the numerical values of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min.
9-20 Code 128 Read: Format Data digits (variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 103 of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min.
9-21 UCC/EAN 128 Read: Format Data digits (variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 103 of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max.
9-22 ISBT 128 Read: Format “=” or “&” Data digits (variable) Check digit (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 103 of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min.
9-23 Code 93 Read: Format Data digits (variable) 2 check digits (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is made as the sum module 47 of the numerical values of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min.
9-24 Code 11 Read: Format Data digits (variable) Check digit 1 (optional ) Check digit 2 (optional) Check digit verification: The check digit is presented as the sum module 11 of all data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit 1 and check digit 2 will be transmitted upon your selected check digit verification method.
9-25 MSI/Plessey Read: Format Data digits (variable) Check digit 1 (optional) Check digit 2 (optional) Check digit verification: The MSI/Plessey has one or two optional check digits. There are three methods of verifying check digits, i.e. Mod10, Mod10/10 and Mod 11/10. The check digit 1 and check digit 2 will be calculated as the sum module 10 or 11 of the data digits.
9-26 UK/Plessey Read: Format Data digits (variable) 2 check digits (optional) Check digit verification: The UK/Plessey has one or two optional check digits. The check digit 1 and check digit 2 will be calculated as the sum module 10 or 11 of the data digits. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted.
9-27 China Post Read: Format 11 Data digits 9-15 Code 39 Max. /Min. code length: Refer to Max./Min. code length of . The code length of China Post is 11. 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of SETUP...
9-28 GS1 DataBar (GS1 DataBar Truncated) GS1 DataBar Truncated is structured and encoded the same as the standard GS1 DataBar format, except its height is reduced to a 13 modules minimum; while GS1 DataBar should have a height greater than or equal to 33 modules. Read: Format 16 Data digits...
9-29 GS1 DataBar Limited Read: Format 16 Data digits 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of 9-28 GS1 DataBar (GS1 DataBar Truncated) Conversion: Refer to Conversion of SETUP Option bar code Option...
9-30 GS1 DataBar Expanded Read: Format Data characters (variable) 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of Conversion: 9-35 String transmission UCC/EAN 128- Refer to Code ID transmission of , ]Cm will be identified as AIM ID.
9-31 China Finance Note: This type of barcode is not Omni-directionally decodable. The encodable character set includes numeric 0 to 9. Among the symbol of 0 to 9, 0 and 2, 4 and 9, 5 and 8, 6 and 7, have the symmetrical pattern;...
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Read Disable Enable Max. code length 00-99 00-99 Min. code length 00-99 00-99 Check digit verification Disable Reserved Disable Enable Leading character 5/6/7/8/9 Only 5 converted to A converted to A/B/C/D/E Only 6 converted to B Only 7 converted to C Only 8 converted to D Only 9 converted to E...
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Laser Light Direction Setting: By scanning the barcode above, the decoding direction of the scanner’s laser light is from left to right. By scanning the up-side-down barcode above, the decoding direction of the scanner’s laser light is from right to left.
3-32 Telepen Read: Format Start character (_) Data digits (variable) Check digit End character (z) Check digit verification: The check digit verification is optional. Check digit transmission: By setting Enable, check digit will be transmitted. 9-15 Code 39 Max./Min. code length: Refer to Max./Min. code length of 9-10 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 9-10 UPC-A...
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Read Disable Enable Check digit verification Disable Enable Check digit transmission Disable Enable Max. code length 00-99 00-99 Min. code length 00-99 00-99 Code ID setting 00-FF 00-FF Insertion group selection 00-66 00-66 Type Alphanumeric Numeric...
9-33 G1-G4 & FN1 substitution string setting Format of barcode data transmission Prefix Code name Preamble Code ID Code length Code data Code ID Postamble Suffix Suffix string setting: The <enter > key is represented in different ASCII when it is applied by different OS. For a Windows/DOS OS, <enter>...
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FN1 substitution string setting: The FN1 character (0x1D) in an UCC/EAN128 barcode, or a Code 128 barcode, or a GS1 DataBar barcode can be substituted with a defined string. Single character C1/C2 replacement: By setting, a defined character in the data string can be replaced by another defined character.
9-34 G1-G4 string position & Code ID position Format of barcode data transmission Prefix Code name Preamble Code ID Code length Code data Code ID Postamble Suffix Insert G1/G2/G3/G4 string position: The scanner offers 4 positions to insert strings among the symbol. In case of the insertion position is greater than the length of the symbol, the insertion of string is not effective.
9-35 String transmission Note: The information in this chapter is closely related to the chapter of String setting. Format of barcode data transmission Prefix Code name Preamble Code ID Code length Code data Code ID Postamble Suffix Prefix transmission: By setting Enable, prefix will be appended before the data transmitted. Suffix transmission: By setting Enable, suffix will be appended after the data is transmitted.
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SETUP Option bar code Option Alpha. entry Prefix transmission Disable Enable Suffix transmission Disable Enable Code name transmission Disable Enable Preamble transmission Disable Enable Postamble transmission Disable Enable Disable Code ID transmission Proprietary ID AIM ID Code length transmission Disable Enable Disable Upper (data only)
11 Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes Possible solutions No power to the Check the system power. Ensure the power Nothing happens when you scanner. supply is connected. follow operating Incorrect cables. Use the original cables. instructions, or the scanner Connections are Check for loose cable connections.
12 Maintenance Cleaning the exit window is the only maintenance required. A dirty window may affect scanning accuracy. Do not allow any abrasive material to touch the window. Remove any dirt particles with a damp cloth. Wipe the window using a tissue moistened with water. Do not spray water or other cleaning liquids directly into the window.
13 ASCII table for keyboard wedge for RS-232 Null Down Left Right PgUp PgDn Home Enter Insert Ctrl+ Delete Alt+ Notes: The 2nd and the 3rd columns above are used for keyboard wedge only. “ & ‘ < > Example: ASCII “A” = “41”.
14 Barcode representing non-printable character Notes to make the following barcode: 1. According to different barcode printing software, the method of printing following barcode is different. 2. If using CODESOFT software, firstly read the information through “Help→Index→Code128→Special input syntax”. Also refer to ASCII table. For example, if we wish to make “F1” barcode, select “code128”, then select “CODE A”...
15 Return default parameters All parameters of handheld unit return to default setting WARNING: If you wish to return all parameters of the handheld unit, including radio communication setting, to default setting, please scan the barcode above. All parameters of cradle return to default setting※...
16 Display firmware version & radio communication setting Cradle firmware version display If you wish to display the firmware version of the cradle, please scan the barcode above. Handheld unit firmware version display If you wish to display the firmware version of the handheld unit, please scan the barcode above.
17 Quick setting to point or distributed coordination wireless network The steps of setting are: 1. Both the handheld unit and the cradle are in normal working mode. Normally it means that only the blue LED on the handheld unit and only the blue LED on the cradle are ON as shown below. The scanner offers two kinds of wireless network topology: point coordination and distributed coordination.
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