Connecting The Scanner When Powered By Host (Keyboard Wedge) - Hand Held Products 3800i User Manual

Connecting the Scanner When Powered by Host
(Keyboard Wedge)
A scanner can be connected between the keyboard and PC as a "keyboard
wedge," plugged into the serial port, or connected to a portable data terminal in
wand emulation or non decoded output mode. The following is an example of a
keyboard wedge connection:
1. Turn off power to the terminal/computer.
2. Disconnect the keyboard cable
from the back of the terminal/
computer.
3. Connect the
appropriate
interface
cable to the
scanner and
to the
terminal/
computer.
4. Turn the terminal/computer power back on. The scanner beeps.
5. Verify the scanner operation by scanning a bar code from the
Symbols in the back of this manual. The scanner beeps once.
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