Usb Serial Number; When The Serial Number Should Be Ignored; Ignoring The Serial Number In Windows 2000/Xp - Hand Held Products 3800i Application Note

Scan one of the following bar codes to program the imager for a SurePos interface.
Make sure the cash register is set up with the appropriate configuration. By default, the scanner ignores any settings commands
from the cash register. Once the cash register is up and running, you can enable the settings commands. Scan one of the
following bar codes to program the imager to ignore or use the cash register's configuration commands.
Hand Held Device is the recommended setting for Adaptus Imaging Technology devices. However, if two Adaptus Imaging
Technology devices are connected, set one of them as the Hand Held Device, and the other as a Tabletop Device Emulation.
Some older versions of 4690OS require UPC/EAN data to be sent in BCD rather than ASCII. (Newer versions accept both
formats.) Scan one of the following bar codes to program the imager to send UPC/EAN data as either BCD or ASCII.

USB Serial Number

Note: If you scanned the Serial Number OFF bar code (page 1-4), none of the following USB Serial Number programming is
required.
Hand Held Products writes a unique serial number string to all of its USB devices. No matter which USB port the device is
plugged into, the operating system uses the serial number to identify the device. See COM Port Naming, page 1-4, for further
information.

When the Serial Number Should be Ignored

Whenever a USB device is connected, an entry is made in the computer's registry. If there is no serial number associated with
the device, the entry is built with the USB tree in the name. All similar devices share that entry if they are plugged into the same
USB port.
When the device has a serial number, the entry is built with the serial number in the name. This can result in many entries; one
for each individual device. Usually this is not a problem, but if you plug many devices into your PC, the registry can fill quickly.
In this case, you may wish to ignore the serial numbers of the devices. You can instead assign a COM port number to each USB
port. Then any device plugged into that USB port assumes the assigned COM port number.

Ignoring the Serial Number in Windows 2000/XP

If you want to turn off and on serial number reporting for all Adaptus Imaging Technology products, scan one of the following bar
codes.
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