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  • Page 1 CT30 Barcode Scanner User Manual...

  • Page 2: Maintenances Precaution

    IMPORTANT NOTICE Safety Precaution * DO NOT disassemble the scanner, or place foreign matter into the scanner cause a short circuit or circuit damage. * DO NOT expose the scanner or battery to any flammable sources. Maintenances Precaution * Use a clean cloth to wipe dust off the body of the scanner. * If you find the scanner abnormal, write down the specific scenario and consult the maintenance person.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents IMPORTANT NOTICE........................2 Safety Precaution..........................2 Maintenances Precaution........................2 Enviromental Paramenter........................2 Contents...............................3 Overview of CT30 Barcode Scanner.................... 5 Features of the Scanner........................5 Appearance............................5 Introduction of Key Function......................6 Specifications............................. 6 Correct Aiming............................7 Incorrect Aiming..........................7 QUICK START..........................
  • Page 4 2.2 Setting up a BT connection....................28 2.3 Connect to PC via BT......................29 2.4 Connect to PDA via BT...................... 35 2.4.1 One-click Android Connection................39 2.4.2 One-click iOS Connection..................42 2.4.3 Connect via BT Input Method................. 45 Chapter 3 SYMBOLOGY SETTINGS................... 54 3.1 CODABAR.........................

  • Page 5: Overview Of Ct30 Barcode Scanner

    ,1D bar code scanner. CT30 bar code scan parts using the 1D bar code scanning solutions of red light bar code scanning patent technology of CILICO, Using 630nm red light indicates a CCD...

  • Page 6: Appearance

    ppearance Introduction of Key Function...

  • Page 7: Specifications

    Note: Press Power button turn on/off Turn off the scanner,press the mutifunction with Power button to clear the lastest pair information of record in the CT30. Press the multifunction to send the recorded bar code. After turn off the scanner,press the scan button with Power button to clear the recording bar code and turn on the scanner.

  • Page 8: Incorrect Aiming

    Incorrect Aiming QUICK START The setting of the CT30 Barcode Scanner can be changed by reading the setup barcodes contained in this manual. This section describes the procedure of setting the CT30 Barcode Scanner by reading the setup barcodes and provides some example for demonstration.

  • Page 9: Enter The Setting Mode

    Exit with Save Note: When any setup error occurs, the CT30 Barcode Scanner will respond with a long beep (low tone), and its LED indicator will flashing purple. Steps of Setup: Enter Setup...

  • Page 10: Exit The Setting Mode Without Save

    Exit without Save Restore Factory Defaults "Restore Factory Defaults" is a special barcode. The CT30 Barcode Scanner will respond with a short beep (high tone) after reading this barcode. At this time, the scanner system could restore factory defaults, and no need to read "Exit with Save" barcode again. The Scanner defaults enable HID, PIN defaults 10010.

  • Page 11: Check Software Version

    Check Software Version If you want to know the software version of CT30, should read the ‘Enter Setup’ and ‘Output Software Version’ barcode: Enter Setup Output Software Version Checking the software version is done at the enter setup mode, so after output the software version, need to read ‘Exit without Save’...
  • Page 12 Exit with Save 2. If you want to restore to custom settings after resetting the barcode scanner, just need to read ‘Enter Setup – Restore Custom Settings – Exit with Save’ barcodes as above.

  • Page 13: Chapter 1 Features And Basic Setups

    Chapter 1 Features and Basic Setups This chapter will introduce the features and usage of the CT30 barcode scanner. Contents 1.1 Battery..........................13 1.1.1 Mounting the battery（charging）.................13 1.1.2 How to operate CT30 Barcode Scanner..............13 1.1.3 Auto Power Off......................14 1.2 Transmit Buffer.

  • Page 14: Battery

    2）Press the back case and push like picture. 3) put in the batteries. 4）close the back case. 1.1.2 How to operate CT30 Barcode Scanner Turn on the scanner Press the Power key for about 2 seconds. The scanner will respond with a long beep (high tone), and its LED indicator is flashing.

  • Page 15: Auto Power Off

    1.1.3 Auto Power Off In order to conserve battery power, the user can specify the time interval for the scanner to automatically turn off. By default, it is set to 10 minutes. Enter Auto Power Off 5min （*）10min 30min 20min Exit Auto Power Off For example: Set 20 minutes for the scanner to automatically turn off.

  • Page 16: Transmit Buffer

    1.2 Transmit Buffer During the Bluetooth connection, the CT30 Scanner uses a 2KB memory as a data buffer, and sends the collected data to the host computer one by one via the Bluetooth. Upon reading a barcode successfully, the scanner responds with one short beep and its LED indicator becomes green and goes off quickly.

  • Page 17: Inventory Mode

    1.2.1 Inventory Mode If you want to keep the barcodes in the buffer of CT30 for multiple uploading, you can choose inventory mode. In inventory mode, CT30 will count the number of the barcodes automatically, and control the time, position etc. for uploading. Also, you can clear the barcodes in the buffer after uploading.

  • Page 18: Led Indicator

    1.3 LED Indicator The LED indicators on CT30 can help the user know about the current operation status. Color of LED Indicator Meaning Green LED on and off quickly Good Read, with one short beep (high tone) Green LED on Every 5s...

  • Page 19: Beeper

    1.4 Beeper The beeper built in CT30 can help the user know about the current operation status. Beeping Meaning Power on. If the scanner has no BT address which could One long beep, high tone connect with, flashing red. If the scanner has BT address which could connect with, flashing blue.

  • Page 20: Beeper Volume

    1.4.1 Beeper Volume Mute Minimum Volume （*）Medium Volume Maximum Volume For example: Set Minimum Volume for beeper. 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 21: Scan Modes

    By default, the scan mode is set to Manual Mode. If the user keeps press the Scan Key, the CT30 Scanner will emit a red light line. This indicates the scanner could scan, the scanning will not stop until the scanner under the following situation.

  • Page 22: Continuous Mode

    1.5.2 Continuous Mode When you active the “Continuous Mode”, you don’t need to trigger the “Scan Key”. After a successful decoding, the removal of barcode is required. It is not allowed to proceed to decode until the decoding delay time has passed. To decode the same barcode repeatedly, move away the barcode and put it back again and again for scanning.

  • Page 23: Auto Power Off Mode

    1.5.3 Auto Power Off Mode Under this function,there is red right belt come out once press scan button,it means that you can start to scan,and it will dispeare when: *read the bar code successful *exceed the scan time (2s) (*)Auto Power Off Mode Setup Auto Power Off Time Enter Setup Exit with Save...
  • Page 24 Delay Between Re-Read The delay time between re-read of above scan modes could be set by the following barcode. 400ms 800ms （*）2s For Example: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Auto Power off Mode" barcode; 3. Read the "1s" of the time interval between each scanning barcode; 4.

  • Page 25: Symbologies Supported

    Symbologies Supported Most of the popular barcode symbologies are supported by the CT30 Scanner, as listed below. Refer to Chapter 4 for details of each symbology. Symbologies Supported: Enable/Disable Pre-Set Codabar Disable Code 11 Disable Code 93 Disable Disable Code 128...

  • Page 26: Chapter 2 How To Connect With Bt

    4、Have the scanner read the barcodes for related settings. 5、Have the scanner read the barcode to exit the setting mode. 6、The CT30 Scanner will stay active for 1 minute waiting for a connection request from the host(SPP) or trying to connect to the host(HID).

  • Page 27: Select Output Interface

    You can setup SPP data batch upload or single upload according to your requirements. SPP Data Batch Upload SPP Data Single Upload 2.1.2 BT HID Mode By default, BT H ID is activated on the CT30 Scanner, and the keyboard type is set to PCAT (US). （*）Enable HID Enter Setup...

  • Page 28: Setting Up A Bt Connection

    Before the CT30 Scanner connects with the other devices, the user should pre-set the scanner. For example: The CT30 Scanner is trying to connect with a host computer, the setting operation is according to the following steps: 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode;...

  • Page 29: Connect To Pc Via Bt

    2.3 Connect to PC via BT Steps：Turn on Bluetooth of your computer (take Win7 as example) (Note: If your computer without Bluetooth, you should prepare a Bluetooth Adapter, Insert the adapter to USB port)  Click ‘Add a Device’， It will search for the devices, show the following window:...
  • Page 30  The computer will search Bluetooth devices automatically. A few seconds later, you will find CT30 in the available devices list, click ‘Next’ Select ‘Enter the device’s pairing code’, and click ‘Next’.  Input the pairing code 10010, and click ‘Next’...
  • Page 31  You can find a prompting at the lower right corner of your computer desktop, as following. After around 5 seconds, you will hear a beep from CT30, and the indicator from red to blue. Then connect successfully.
  • Page 32 You can open a editable textbox (Notepad, word etc.), and read the barcodes. （ Note ： After pairing successfully, open Bluetooth Chat, then you can read the barcodes in SPP mode.）  Now, you click ‘Show Bluetooth Devices’, you can find the CT30 in Devices and Printers.
  • Page 33 If you want to change PIN code or switch output interface, you must remove the paired CT30 on the computer first.
  • Page 34 Note: CT30 default mode is H ID Mode, if you want to use SPP mode, just read following barcodes before pairing, other operations is same as HID mode.

  • Page 35: Connect To Pda Via Bt

    PDA is trying to connect to the CT30 Scanner (BT SPP). 1. Press the Power key and turn on the CT30 Scanner with correct BT settings, such as setting up SPP as BT transmit interface, and BT PIN code specified, etc.
  • Page 36 4. Choose "CT30", click [Next]. 5. Enter the PIN Code. When setting up a BT connection, if you choose "The Default Value 1", input 10010; If you choose "The Default Value 2", input 40510; if you specified a unique PIN code on your own, input it. Click [Next].
  • Page 37 7. Choose port number for added device. [COM0] is chosen here. Click [OK].
  • Page 38 8. Enter serial port application, choose the port number you just set, click [open]. The CT30 Scanner respond with two short beeps, and the indicator is flashing blue (On/Off ratio 20ms:3s), indicating the connection between PDA and CT30 is established...

  • Page 39: One-Click Android Connection

    1. Turn on CT30, read the following barcodes continuously Enter Setup One-click android connection Exit with Save 2. Bluetooth Pairing  Turn on Bluetooth in your android device, search CT30 in available devices, and click It will popup Bluetooth pairing request dialog, input the PIN code 10010 ...
  • Page 40  Click OK, you will hear a beep from CT30, that means pairing successfully, you can find paired CT30 on the android device.
  • Page 41  Open a textbox, for example short message, the CT30 can read barcodes into the textbox.

  • Page 42: One-Click Ios Connection

    2.4.2 One-click iOS Connection 1. Turn on CT30, and read the following barcodes continuously Enter Setup One-click iOS Connection Exit with Save 2．Bluetooth Pairing  Turn on Bluetooth in your ios device, search CT30 in available devices, and click...
  • Page 43 Find above mentioned numbers in following barcodes, read them continuously, and then read ‘Exit without Save’ barcode Exit without Save You will hear a beep from CT30 if connect successfully, and it will show in the paired  devices on iOS device.
  • Page 44 3. Active or Hide the Input Method During the scanning, you may use the soft keypad if you want to add remark information, you just need double click Power key quickly, it will active the soft keypad. If you double click Power key quickly again, the soft keypad will hide.

  • Page 45: Connect Via Bt Input Method

    2.4.3 Connect via BT Input Method Turn on Bluetooth barcode scanner CT30 or CT30 for setup Read ‘Enter Setup’ barcode Read ‘Bluetooth Input Method’ barcode Bluetooth Input Method Read ‘Exit with Save’ barcode Setup ‘CILICO Bluetooth barcode input method’ Step 1: Tap ‘Select Input Method’...
  • Page 46 Select Cilico Bluetooth Input method (support Chinese, English and Japanese)
  • Page 47 Step 2：Bluetooth Pairing Turn on Bluetooth Click ‘Search for devices’, and will find CT30/CT30 in available devices...
  • Page 48 Click for pairing, and input the PIN code in following window, then click OK. You will find CT30/CT30 in Paired Devices if pairing successfully.
  • Page 49 Step 3：Tap ‘Select Bluetooth device’ Click CT30/CT30 in Bluetooth Paired Device List, it will connect automatically...
  • Page 50 You will hear a beep if connect successfully Step 4：Tap ‘Switch Input Method’ Select Cilico Bluetooth Input method (support Chinese, English and Japanese), the user can choose according to their requirement...
  • Page 51 Step 5：Tap ‘Finish’...
  • Page 52 Step 6：Open a editable textbox, then can read the barcodes Switch to Chinese input method...
  • Page 53 Switch to English input method Switch to Japanese input method...

  • Page 54: Chapter 3 Symbology Settings

    Chapter 3 SYMBOLOGY SETTINGS In this chapter, a brief on the symbology setting is provided for your reference. Contents 3.1 CODABAR......................... 49 3.2 CODE 25 –INDUSTRIAL25....................50 3.3 CODE 25 –INTERLEAVED 25..................51 3.4 CODE 25 –MATRIX 25..................... 52 3.5 CODE 25-STANDARD 25....................53 3.6 CODE 39..........................54 3.6.1 Enable/Disable Code 39...................54 3.6.2 START/STOP Transmission..................

  • Page 55: Codabar

    3.1 CODABAR Decide whether or not to enable Codabar. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Codabar. Enable Codabar （*）Disable Codabar Note: Read the "Disable Codabar" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Codabar barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Codabar barcode, please trying to read "Enable Codabar"...

  • Page 56: Code 25 -Industrial25

    3.2 CODE 25 –INDUSTRIAL25 Decide whether or not to enable Industrial 25. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Industrial 25. Enable Industrial25 （*）Disable Industrial25 Note: Read the "Disable Industrial 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Industrial 25 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Industrial 25 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Industrial 25"...

  • Page 57: Code 25 -Interleaved 25

    3.3 CODE 25 –INTERLEAVED 25 Decide whether or not to enable Interleaved 25. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Interleaved 25. Enable Interleaved 25 （*）Disable Interleaved Note: Read the "Disable Interleaved 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Interleaved 25 barcode.

  • Page 58: Code 25 -Matrix 25

    3.4 CODE 25 –MATRIX 25 Decide whether or not to enable Matrix 25. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Matrix 25 Enable Matrix 25 （*）Disable Matrix 25 Note: Read the "Disable Matrix 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Matrix 25 barcode.

  • Page 59: Code 25-Standard 25

    3.5 CODE 25-STANDARD 25 Decide whether or not to enable Standard 25. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Standard 25. Enable Standard 25 （*）Disable Standard 25 Note: Read the "Disable Standard 25" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Standard 25 barcode.

  • Page 60: Code 39

    3.6 CODE 39 3.6.1 Enable/Disable Code 39 Decide whether or not to enable Code 39, The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Code 39. （*）Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 3.6.2 START/STOP Transmission Decide whether or not to include the start/stop characters in the data being transmitted.

  • Page 61: Checksum Verification

    3.6.3 Checksum Verification It is not enforced to include the checksum character in the Code 39 data. If checksum character is included, it should be the last character of the barcode data. Checksum character is a calculate value bases on all of the data, and is used to check the data is correct or not.

  • Page 62: Standard/Full Ascii Code 39

    STANDARD/FULL ASCII CODE 39 Decide whether or not to support Code 39 Full ASCII that includes all the alphanumeric and special character. The CT30 Scanner defaults full ASCII Code 39. It could disable full ASCII Code 39 via set. Disable Code39 Full ASCII...

  • Page 63: Code 93

    3.7 CODE 93 Decide whether or not to enable Code 93. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Code 93. Enable Code93 （*）Disable Code93 Note: Read the "Disable Code 93" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Code 93 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Code 93 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Code 93"...

  • Page 64: Code 128

    3.8 Code 128 Decide whether or not to enable Code 128. The CT30 Scanner defaults enable Code 128. （*）Enable Code128 Disable Code128 Note: Read the "Disable Code 128" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Code 128 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Code 128 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Code 128"...

  • Page 65: Ean-8

    3.9 EAN-8 3.9.1 Enable/Disable EAN-8 Decide whether or not to enable EAN-8. The CT30 Scanner defaults enable EAN-8. （*）Enable EAN-8 Disable EAN-8 3.9.2 Convert to EAN-13 There is two ways for EAN-8 to change, convert to EAN-13, or add "0" ahead of EAN-8, and the EAN-8 ID is not change.

  • Page 66: Checksum Transmission

    3.9.3 Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to transmit Checksum. *Transmit EAN-8 Checksum Do Not Transmit EAN-8 Checksum For example: Enable EAN-8, and Convert to EAN-13. 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Enable EAN-8" barcode; 3. Read the "Convert to EAN-13" barcode; 4.

  • Page 67: Ean-13

    3.10 EAN-13 3.10.1 Enable/Disable EAN-13 Decide whether or not to read EAN-13. The CT30 Scanner defaults enable EAN-13. （*）Enable EAN-13 Disable EAN-13 3.10.2 Convert to ISBN Decide whether or not to convert the EAN-13 to ISBN. Convert EAN-13 to ISBN...

  • Page 68: Checksum Transmission

    3.10.3 Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted. *Transmit EAN-13 Checksum Do Not Transmit EAN-13 Checksum For example: Convert EAN-13 to ISBN. 1. Read the "Enter Setup" barcode; 2. Read the "Convert EAN-13 to ISBN" barcode; 3.

  • Page 69: Upc-A

    3.11 UPC-A 3.11.1 UPC-A Output ‘0’ Decide whether or not to add "0" in the output of UPC-A data. UPC-A Output ‘0’ *UPC-A Do Not Output "0" 3.11.2 UPC-A Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted. *Transmit UPC-A Checksum Do Not Transmit UPC-A Checksum For example: UPC-A Output "0", Do Not Transmit UPC-A Checksum.

  • Page 70: Upc-E

    3.12 UPC-E 3.12.1 Enable/Disable UPC-E Decide whether or not to enable UPC-E. The CT30 Scanner defaults enable UPC-E. （*）Enable UPC-E Disable UPC-E 3.12.2 UPC-E Checksum Transmission Decide whether or not to include the checksum character in the data being transmitted.

  • Page 71: Msi

    3.13 MSI Decide whether or not to enable MSI. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable MSI. Enable MSI （*）Disable MSI Note: Read the "Disable MSI" barcode will make the scanner can not read the MSI barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the MSI barcode, please trying to read "Enable MSI"...

  • Page 72: Code 11

    3.14 CODE 11 Decide whether or not to enable Code 11. The CT30 Scanner defaults disable Code 11. Enable Code11 （*）Disable Code11 Note: Read the "Disable Code 11" barcode will make the scanner can not read the Code 11 barcode. Thus, if the scanner can not read the Code 11 barcode, please trying to read "Enable Code 11"...

  • Page 73: Chapter 4 Defining Output Format

    Chapter 4 DEFINING OUTPUT FORMAT Before data transmission to the host or device, you can pre-process the data and decide the format of the data transfer. Contents _Toc347386307 4.1 CODE ID..........................67 4.2 Suffix Code of Barcode Settings..................68 APPENDIX I.............................69...

  • Page 74: Code Id

    4.1 CODE ID Code ID List Code Type Code ID Hex Value Codabar Code 39 UPC-E EAN-13 Interleaved 2 of 5（ITF） Code 2 of 5 (Standard) Code 11 Code 93 Code 128 Matrix 2 of 5 2/5 Industrial EAN-8 ISBN UPC-A Decide whether or not to add Code ID in the barcode data of output.

  • Page 75: Suffix Code Of Barcode Settings

    Suffix Code of Barcode Settings Decide whether or not to apply Enter for suffix of barcode data. (*) Apply Enter for suffix Do not Apply Enter for suffix Decide whether or not to apply Alt to suffix of barcode data. suffix （*）Apply Alt for suffix Do not Apply Alt for...
  • Page 76 APPENDIX I The setting barcodes of parameters' value.

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