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MD62xx Image Barcode Scanner User Manual Version: MD62xx_UM_EN_V1.1.16...
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Warning: Ensure that the optional DC adapter works at +5V, especially for the RS-232 interface cable. NOTICE 1. All software, including firmware, furnished to the user is on a licensed basis. 2. The right is reserved to make changes to any software or product to improve reliability, function, or design.
2 Cable connector pin-outs descriptions Figure 2-1 Cable connector interface pin-outs The pin-outs descriptions in Table 2-1 apply to the cable connector on the scanner and are for reference only. Table 2-1 Cable connector pin-outs descriptions RS232 Keyboard (PS2) Power (+5V) Power (+5V) Power (+5V) +3.3V ( for interface auto...
5 Parts of the scanner Figure 5-1 ① LED ② Exit window ③ Trigger ④ Cable interface port ⑤ Release-hole of the cable ⑥ Beeper Figure 5-2 Remove the interface cable: 1. Find the release-hole. 2. Insert a thin wire into the hole and pull out the cable gently.
6 Introduction to installation 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. 6-1 Installation - keyboard wedge 1. Switch off the host and unplug the keyboard connector. 2.
6-3 Installation - USB The scanner attaches directly to a USB host, and is powered by it. No additional power supply is required. Refer to Figure 6-3, connect the USB interface cable to the bottom of the scanner. Plug the series A connector in the USB host, or an available port of the terminal. Windows will automatically detect the USB device.
7 Auto-detection Scan mode The auto-detection Scan mode has two operating modes: in-stand and always ON. The following is an introduction to in-stand auto-detection mode. When the scanner is seated in the stand, the scanner operates in auto-detection mode (see Figure 7-1).
8 Programming 8-1 Example: Single-parameter setting by scanning 1D barcodes Important notes: 1. During the process of programming, LED is lighting to indicate the programming correctness. LED will go off if any incorrect programming operation performed. 2. After each successful programming, LED will go off and the scanner will beep twice. 3.
8-2 Multiple-parameter setting by scanning a QR code barcode User can customize a QR code barcode to set multiple parameters. The scanner can set multiple parameters by scanning this single QR code barcode. 1. The data format of the QR code barcode is as following. Note that: <Option barcode index>...
8-3 Operate the scanner by receiving command via UART Note: 1- The information in this chapter is provided for the scanner with RS232 cable or USB cable. 2- If the scanner is with USB cable, the setting of USB device type must be set as “USB virtual COM”. Please refer to 8-7 USB interface.
8-4 Interface selection This scanner supports interfaces such as keyboard wedge, RS-232 serial wedge, and USB interface. In most of the cases, simply selecting an appropriate cable provided by the manufacturer will work for a specific interface. Interface selection: Auto detection- By setting this function, the scanner will automatically detect the keyboard wedge, RS-232 or USB interface for user.
8-5 Keyboard wedge interface 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. Commonly an appropriate 8-8 Scan mode & encoding system must be selected. Please refer to Character encoding system of some global settings for details.
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry IBM AT, PS/2 Keyboard type Apple Mac compatibles Turkish F Turkish Q French Italian Spanish Keyboard layout Slovak Denmark Japanese German Belgian Russian Czech Character encoding system 8-8 Scan mode & some global settings Refer to 60us 70us...
8-6 RS-232 interface Host type: Standard- The scanner is connected to a standard RS-232 interface. OPOS/JPOS- The scanner is connected to a POS terminal which may be necessary to install the OPOS/JPOS driver to be compatible with the manufacturer's scanner. The OPOS/JPOS driver is provided by the scanner manufacturer;...
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry 19200 38400 57600 115200 None Parity bit Even 8 bits Data bit 7 bits One bit Stop bit Two bits...
8-7 USB interface USB device type: HID keyboard– By setting, the scanner is used as a USB HID keyboard emulation device. The 8-5 Keyboard wedge interface keyboard layout setting follows the setting of keyboard layout in HID keyboard for Apple Mac– By setting, the scanner is compatible with Apple Mac. USB virtual COM–...
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry HID keyboard HID keyboard for Apple Mac USB device type USB virtual COM Simple COM Port Emulation HID for OPOS/JPOS Turkish F Turkish Q French Italian Spanish Keyboard layout Slovak Denmark Japanese German Belgian...
8-8 Scan mode & some global settings Scan 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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Character output restraint: Printable character only- If this option is selected, the scanner will output the printable characters only, i.e. in ASCII from 20H to 7EH. Alphanumeric character only- If this option is selected, the scanner will output the alphanumeric characters only, i.e.
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Good-read off Momentary Scan mode Alternate continue Continue Timeout off 01-99 Standby duration 01-99 (second) 00-FF Same barcode delay time 00-FF (50ms) 00-09 Double confirm 00-09 (00: no ) Global max. code length for 1D 04-99 symbol 04-99...
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Alphanumeric character only Disable Decoder optimization Enable Data output delay in 00-FF 00-99 (100ms) continue-scan mode FF (Never) ASCII Character encoding system UTF-8 Windows-1251 Complete data output before Disable next decode attempt Enable...
8-9 Auto-detection scan setting Auto-detect sensor: By setting Enable, the scanner will start operating if any nearby object has been detected. The decode illumination of scanner turns off when there is a successful reading or no code is decoded after the Stand-by duration elapsed. Once the decode illumination turns off, the present object must be removed to enable Auto-detect sensor.
8-10 Indication 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. Beeper indication: After each successful reading, the scanner will beep to indicate a good barcode reading, and its beep tone duration is adjustable.
8-11 Decode illumination and decode aiming pattern Decode illumination mode: Enable illumination causes the scanner to turn on the illumination to aid decoding. Disable illumination to turn off illumination for the scanner during decoding. Better quality images could be obtained with illumination support. The effectiveness of the illumination decreases as the distance to the target increases.
8-12 DPM, Multiple symbols, Structured append, etc. read setting 2D symbols read: A global setting of 2D symbols readability. DPM format read: By setting Enable, the scanner can read 2D symbols in DPM (Direct Park Marking) format. Some barcodes in DPM format are shown below. Multiple symbols &...
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Vertical centering read: By setting Enable, the scanner reads only the barcode centered by the aimer in vertical direction. However, the scanner will read either one of two barcodes which are positioned horizontally. See example below.
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Follow respective 2D symbol setting All 2D OFF All 2D ON Only PDF417 ON 2D symbols read Only QR code ON Only Data Matrix ON Only MaxiCode ON Only Aztec Code ON Only Han Xin Code ON Disable DPM format read...
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Note: The instruction of calibrating the aimer in vertical centering direction. Scan the barcode on this page. The scanner will give three musical short beeps to indicate entering calibration mode. Press the trigger of the scanner while maintaining the distance of about 15cm between the exit window of the scanner and this paper.
8-13 UPC-A Read: Format System character Data digits (10 digits) Check digit Check digit verification: The check digit 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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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry 00-FF Code ID setting 00-FF (ASCII) <A>* 00-66 Insert group selection 00-66 None 2 digits Supplement digits 5 digits 2 or 5 digits None Truncate leading zeros Truncation/Expansion Expand to EAN-13 Truncate system character Add country code...
8-14 UPC-E Read: Format System character “0” Data digits (6 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. 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A...
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry 00-66 Insert group selection 00-66 None 2 digits Supplement digits 5 digits 2 or 5 digits None Truncate leading zeros Truncation/Expansion Expand to EAN-13 Expand to UPC-A Truncate system character...
8-15 UPC-E1 Read: Format System character “1” Data digits (5 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. 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A...
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry None 2 digits Supplement digits 5 digits 2 or 5 digits None Truncate leading zeros Truncation/Expansion Expand to EAN-13 Expand to UPC-A Truncate system character...
8-16 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. 8-13 UPC-A EAN-13 code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A...
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8-17 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. 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A...
8-18 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.
8-19 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).
8-20 Industrial 2 of 5 (Discrete 2 of 5) Read: Format Data digits (variable) 8-18 Code 39 Max./Min. code length: Refer to Max./Min. code length of 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode...
8-21 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. 8-18 Code 39 Max./Min.
8-22 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. 8-18 Code 39 Max./Min.
8-23 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. 8-18 Code 39 Max./Min.
8-24 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. 8-18 Code 39 Max.
8-25 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. 8-18 Code 39 Max./Min.
8-26 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. 8-18 Code 39 Max./Min.
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8-27 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.
8-28 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.
8-29 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.
8-30 China Post Read: Format 11 Data digits 8-18 Code 39 Max. /Min. code length: Refer to Max./Min. code length of . The code length of China Post is 11. 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of Multiple-scan setting...
8-31 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...
8-32 GS1 DataBar Limited Read: Format 16 Data digits 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of 8-31 GS1 DataBar (GS1 DataBar Truncated) Conversion: Refer to Conversion of Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode...
8-33 GS1 DataBar Expanded Read: Format Data characters (variable) 8-13 UPC-A Code ID setting: Refer to Code ID setting of 8-13 UPC-A Insertion group selection: Refer to Insertion group selection of Conversion: 8-43 String transmission UCC/EAN 128- Refer to Code ID transmission of , ]Cm will be identified as AIM Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting...
8-34 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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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Only 7 converted to C Only 8 converted to D Only 9 converted to E Disable Assigned to 0 Assigned to 5(A) Assigned to 6(B) Assigned to 7(C) Leading character assignment Assigned to 8(D) Assigned to 9(E) Assigned to 1...
8-41 G1-G6 & C1-C3 & 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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Testing barcode: 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. Truncate leading G5 string setting: By setting, a defined leading character or string can be truncated. Also a single character can be un-defined.
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Testing barcode: Multiple characters C3 replacement: By setting, a number of defined characters in the data string can be replaced by other defined characters. The maximum number of characters to replace is 11. Example: Replace all the “A” character in a data string with “B” character; replace “C” with “D”; replace “E”...
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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. Entry Once Repeat of a G5 character setting Defined times 01-22 Un-defined times (All) A un-defined character Truncate ending G6 string setting 1-22 defined characters 01-7F <0> Once Repeat of a G6 character setting Defined times 01-22 Un-defined times (All)
8-42 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.
8-43 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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Multiple-scan setting Single-scan setting Option barcode Option Alpha. entry Keyboard wedge/USB RS-232 Keyboard wedge / USB / RS-232 All-non-printable-character string Disable transmission with string setting Enable Transmit the first N data characters only 01-99 Transmit the last N data characters only 01-99...
9 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.
10 Assembling the stand See the figure above, tighten the screws. Bend the neck to the desired position for scanning. Screw mounting: Screw one #10 wood screw into each screw-mount-hole until the base of the stand is secured. Tape mounting: ①Peel the paper liner off one side of each piece of tape and place the sticky surface over each of the three rectangular tape holders.
11 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”...
12 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 Return default parameters & firmware version WARNING: Default value initialization If you wish to return the scanner to all the factory default settings, scan the barcode above. Firmware version list If you wish to display the firmware version, scan the barcode above.
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