How To Configure The Terminal; Learning About Configuration Parameters - Intermec Trakker Antares 2460 User Manual

This chapter explains how to configure the terminal, discusses the terminal's
configuration parameters, and tells you how to restore the default configuration.

How to Configure the Terminal

You can configure the TRAKKER Antares 246X terminal by scanning Code 39 or
Code 93 bar code labels that contain configuration commands. This method is a fast,
easy way to change the terminal's configuration. You can scan the bar code labels in
this manual, or you can create your own bar code labels.
You can also configure the terminal from a remote device. For example, you can
configure the 2461 from another device on the Ethernet network. Or, you can use the
DCS 300 or an application from the host to configure the 2461. You can configure any
246X terminal by sending commands from an application through the serial port. For
help, see Chapter 4, "Operating the Terminal in a Network."

Learning About Configuration Parameters

You can customize many operating characteristics of the 246X terminals, such as the
volume of its status beeps and the bar code symbologies it decodes. These
characteristics are controlled by configuration parameters. The values you set for the
configuration parameters determine how the terminal operates.
By customizing the terminal's configuration, you can set up the terminal to operate
easily and efficiently within your data collection system.
Note: To learn the purpose and syntax of each configuration parameter or command,
see Chapter 8, "Configuration Command Reference."
The configuration parameters can be organized into three groups, which are discussed
in the next sections: bar code symbologies, communications, and general operation.
When you configure the terminal, you are performing one or more of these tasks:
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Choosing the Symbologies the Terminal Decodes
Specifying How the Terminal Will Communicate
Controlling How the Terminal Will Operate
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