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Konstantin
February 28, 2025
dbs hc-3208rc (2.4+bt+cradle) (2d) - model
How to configure the scanner to output only 31 characters. And also how to save settings. Your manual says scan "Save" everywhere, but it doesn't save the settings.
Summary of Contents for DBS HC-3208
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Enter Setup 2D Barcode Scanner User Manual Version: v2.0 Modification date: 2019.5.11 Version change information V2.0 2019-5-5 1. The User Manual only for 2D Barcode Scanner Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Chapter 1: Factory Defaults Scan“Restore All Factory Defaults”Code , Restores all Settings to factory default , Setup code include“ * ”is the factory default setting. Restore All Factory Defaults Users can set it according to the corresponding requirements, then scan and save the current default as the custom defaults.
Enter Setup Chapter 2: Product Information Query Firmware Version Query Manufacturer Information Query Model Number Query products Serial Number Query Production Batch Query Production date Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Chapter 3: Communication Interface When connect USB,scan“USB-KBW”code to configure for standard keyboard output * USB-KBW When connect USB,scan“USB-COM”code to configure for virtual serial output USB-COM When connect Serial Line,scan“TTL/RS232”code to configure for serial output,Serial port related default configuration is:9600bps,8bits,No parity bit,1 stop bit. TTL/RS 232 Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Chapter4: Scan Mode 1、 Manual Reading Mode Manual mode-keep buttom down, press the buttib to trigger the reading, and release the button to end the reading. If the reading time is successful or the reading time exceeds the single reading time, the reading will end.
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Enter Setup Set reading time 1000ms Set reading time 2000ms Set reading time 3000ms *Set reading time6000ms Set reading time 10,000ms Set One Reading Time ( 100ms ~ 25,500ms) * Only Read One Code Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Enable Batch Reding code Max 2 codes Max 5 codes Max 10 codes Max 16 codes * Max 32 codes Set any number Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup After jumping from other modes to manual mode, it is allowed to return to the original mode after a period of off time. Read the following setting code to select different delays. default time is 4000ms After off 500ms to return After off 1000ms to return After off 2000ms to return After of 3000ms to return...
Enter Setup 2、Continuous Scanning Mode Continuous Scanning Mode, no manual trigger required, When reading succes or after end of single code reading time, will automatically start the next reading.( Continuous scanning period can switch to manual mode by press the button temporary.) Continuous Mode *Temporary switching Manual mode Do Not Temporary switching Manual Mode...
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Enter Setup Set reading time 3,000ms * Set reading time 6,000ms Set reading time 10,000ms Set reading time 20,000ms Set Single Reading Time(100ms ~ 25,500ms) Read interval setting The space time between two readings, that is, after the last reading (whether the reading is successful or not), there is no reading within the setting space time, and the next reading is not conducted until the end of the space time.
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Enter Setup Set Space time 100ms Set Space time 200ms * Set Space time 500ms Set Space time 1,000ms Set Space time 2,000ms Set Space time(0ms ~ 4,000ms) Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup The same bar code reading delay time In order to avoid repeated reading of the same barcode, when reading the same barcode again, only when the space time is longer than the delay time, can reading be allowed. Set Same Code Delay time 0ms Set Same Code Delay time 500ms *Set Same Code Delay time 1000ms...
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Enter Setup Set Same Code Delay time 10,000ms Set Same Code Delay time(0ms ~ 10,000ms) Exit Setup...
Enter Setup 3、Automatic Scanning Mode In Automatic Scanning Mode, No manual trigger required, The sensor will automatically detect the surrounding environment. When the scene changes, it will automatically trigger reading. When reading is successful or exceeds one reading time, reading will end.Whether the last reading is successful or not, the detection state will be re-entered.
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Enter Setup In order to avoid repeated reading of the same barcode, when reading the same barcode again, only when the space time is longer than the delay time, can reading be allowed. Set Same Code Delay time 500ms * Set Same Code Delay time 1,000ms Set Same Code Delay time 2,000ms Set Same Code Delay time 3,000ms Set Same Code Delay time 10,000ms...
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Enter Setup Set Image time 100ms Set Image time 200ms Set Image time 500ms *Set Image time 1,000ms Set Image time(100ms ~ 3,000ms) Sensitivity Detects the degree of change in the scene. * High Sensitivity Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Medium Sensitivity Low Sensitivity Set Single Reading Time In Automatic Scanning Mode,The maximum amount of time that continuous recognition is allowed before successful reading. Set Reading time 1,000ms *Set Reading time 2,000ms Set Reading time 3,000ms Set Reading time 5,000ms Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Set Reading time 10,000ms Set Reading time 20,000ms Set Reading time(100ms ~ 25,500ms) Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Chapter 5: Illumination and Aiming 1、Illumination Illuminating light provide illumination aids for reading,Improve reading performance and adaptability to weak ambient light. *Reading On 2、Aiming Aiming light can help users find the best reading area when reading. *Reading On Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Charpter 6:Output Remind The Indicator does not flash * The indicator flash 1 time The indicator flash 2 times The indicator flash 3 times The indicator flash 4 times The Indicator continue time100ms Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup The Indicator continue time 200ms The Indicator continue time500ms The Indicator continue time 1000ms The Indicator continue time1500ms The Indicator continue time 2000ms The Indicator Interval time 100ms The Indicator Interval time 200ms Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Set sound remind times(1~5) (3)Beep Frequency Set Beep Frequency 1600Hz *Set Beep Frequency2700Hz Set Beep Frequency 3200Hz Set Beep Frequency4200Hz Good Read Beep Frequency(100 ~ 20,000Hz) Exit Setup...
Enter Setup (4)Good Read Beep time Set Beep time 50ms * Set Beep time100ms Set Beep time 150ms Set Beep time 200ms Set Beep time 250ms Set Beep time 300ms Exit Setup...
Enter Setup 3、Decode status remind Enable NG(NoRead) *Disable NG(NoRead) Set NoRead information (1-16bytes) 4、Keyboard language United States Belgium Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Brazil Canada French Czech Denmark Finland France Germany Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Greek Hungary Israel Italy Latin America Dutch Netherlands Norway Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Sweden Switzerland German Turkey F Turkey Q Unite Kingdom Japan ASCII Italian 14 Exit Setup...
Enter Setup 5、Set Virtual Keyboard Output Characters ALT+Numeric keys * Output characters using a large keyboard Use "Ctrl" to combine output control characters *Original output control character Enable Small keypad * Disable Small keypad 6、Capslock Keyboard letter conver, in the output of the barcode with letter content, you can set the code to make the output result is all to Upper Case or Lower Case.
Enter Setup * No Case Conversion Conver All to Upper Case Conver All to Lower Case Letter case interchange Using Shift to unblock uppercase locking Using Capslock to unblock uppercase locking 7、Data encoding format To enable the host to print Chinese data in the specified encoding format, you can set it by reading "data encoding format"...
Enter Setup GBK Chinese direct transmission GBK-Unicode Chinese direct transmission BIG5 Chinese direct transmission BIG5-Unicode direct transmission *Disable Chinese direct transmission 8、VAT invoice automatic identification output function * on Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Charpter 7: Data editing 1、Data editing Enable/Disable *Enable Data editing Disable Data editing 2、Symbol name display Enable Symbol name display Disable Symbol name display 3、Symbol length display Enable Symbol length output Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Disable Symbol length output 4、CODE ID Users can identify different barcode types by Code ID. The corresponding Code ID of each barcode type can be modified by themselves (the corresponding setting Code can be found in the enable/disable configuration of barcode type). Code ID USES one character to identify , see appendix 3.
Enter Setup * Disable AIM ID output 5、Terminal Charater *Enable Terminal Charater Disable Terminal Charater Do Not Add Terminal Character Set Terminal CR Set Terminal CR+LF Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Set Terminal TAB Set Terminal CR+CR Set Terminal CR+LF+CR+LF Set Terminator Character (1-8 bytes) 6、Prefix/Suffix Setting Prefix/suffix is a user-defined modified charater string before or after decoding information, which can be added by scanning "Enable prefix" or "Enable suffix" setting code. Set prefix/suffix, scan setting codes of "set prefix"...
Enter Setup EAN-8 * Enable EAN-8 Disable EAN-8 Do Not Transmit Code 11 Check Character *Transmit Code 11 Check Character Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Convert EAN-8 to EAN-13 Do not Convert EAN-8 to EAN-13 Enable 2-Digit Add on code Disable 2-Digit Add-On Code Enable 5-Digit Add On Code Disable 5-Digit Add-On Code Equire Add-On Code Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Require Add-On Code Add Delimiter before the Add-on Code Do not Delimiter EAN-13 Enable EAN-13 Disable EAN-13 Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Transmit Check Character After Verification On ISBN/ISSN translation Off ISBN/ISSN translation 10 Digit ISBN 13 Digit ISBN Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Enable 2-Digit Add on code Disable 2-Digit Add-On Code Enable 5-Digit Add On Code Disable 5-Digit Add-On Code Equire Add-On Code Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Require Add-On Code Add Delimiter before the Add-on Code Do not Delimiter Exit Setup...
Enter Setup UPC-E * Enable UPC-E Disable UPC-E Do Not Transmit Code 11 Check Character * Transmit Code 11 Check Character Enable UPC-E1 * UPC-E1: Disable UPC-E1 Set No.1 Code ID Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Set No.2 Code ID Enable 2-Digit Add on code Disable 2-Digit Add-On Code Enable 5-Digit Add On Code Disable 5-Digit Add-On Code Equire Add-On Code Do Not Require Add-On Code Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Add Delimiter before the Add-on Code Do not Delimiter Add US country Code 0 Do Not add Country code System Character Do Not system Character Convert UPC-E1 to UPC-A Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Do Not Convert UPC-A UPC-A *Enable UPC-A Disable UPC-A Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Enable 2-Digit Add on code Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Disable 2-Digit Add-On Code Enable 5-Digit Add On Code Disable 5-Digit Add-On Code Equire Add-On Code Do Not Require Add-On Code Add Delimiter before the Add-on Code Do not Delimiter Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Add US country Code 0 Do Not add Country code System Character Do Not system Character Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Interleaved 2 of 5 *Enable Interleaved 2 of 5 Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID *Disable Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
Enter Setup China Post 2 of 5 Transmit Check Character After Verification *Disable Code 2 of 5 China Post Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID * Disable Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Matrix 2 of 5 Enable Matrix 2 of 5 Disable Matrix 2 of 5 Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID * Disable Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Industrial 2 of 5 Enable Code 2 of 5 Industrial Disable code 2 of 5 industrial Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID * Disable Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
Enter Setup IATA 2 of 5 Enable Code 2 of 5 IATA *Disable code 2 of 5 IATA Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID * Disable Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
Enter Setup ITF-14 Enable ITF-14 * Disable ITF-14 Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup DP-12 Enable DP-12 * Disable DP-12 Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
Enter Setup DP-14 Enable DP-14 * Disable DP-14 Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Enable MSI * Disable MSI Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Check Character Verification *One Check Character, No output One Check Character Input Two Check Characters, MOD10/MOD10 No output Two Check Characters, MOD10/MOD10 Input Two Check Characters, MOD10/MOD11 No output Two Check Characters, MOD10/MOD11 Input Disable Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Code 11 Enable Code 11 * Disable Code 11 Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Set No.2 Code ID Code 39 *Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 Transmit Start/Stop Character Do Not Transmit Start/Stop Character Enable Code 39 Full ASCII Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Disable Code 39 Full ASCI Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length * Disable Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Set No.1 Code ID Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Codabar *Enable Codabar Disable Codabar Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Transmit Start/Stop Character Do Not Transmit Start/Stop Character Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Check Character Verification * Disable Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verification Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Start/Stop Character * ABCD/ABCD ABCD/TN*E abcd/abcd abcd/tn*e Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Plessey Enable Plessey * Disable Plessey Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length Set No.1 Code ID Set No.1 Code ID * Disable Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Do Not Transmit Check Character After Verification Transmit Check Character After Verificatio RSS-14 * Enable RSS-14 Disable RSS-14 * Transmit Application Identifier “01” Do Not Transmit Application Identifier Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID RSS-Limited *Enable RSS-Limited Disable RSS-Limited * Transmit Application Identifier “01” Do Not Transmit Application Identifier Exit Setup...
Enter Setup QR Code * Enable QR Code Disable QR Code Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length *Allowable structural connection Do Not allowable structural connection *Read mirror symbol Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Do not read mirror symbol Set No.1 Code ID 、 Set No.2 Code ID Enable OR code *Disable QR code Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Data Matrix *Enable Data matrix Disable Data matrix Set the Minimum Length Set the Maximum Length *Enable Rectangular Barcode Disable Rectangular Barcode *Enable Inverse code Exit Setup...
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Enter Setup Disable inverse code *Read mirror symbol Do not read mirror symbol *Allowable structural connection Do Not allowable structural connection Set No.1 Code ID Set No.2 Code ID Exit Setup...
Enter Setup Appendix 2 ASCII Table Scanni Scanni Keybo Scanni Keybo Keyboard value value value value value value 1000 Null 1043 1086 1001 Keypad Enter 1044 1087 1002 Caps lock 1045 1088 1003 Right Arrow 1046 1089 1004 Up Arrow 1047 1090 1005...
Enter Setup ASCII Table 3 Defaults Table Symbol type Code ID Character Decimal value Hexadecimal value Code 128 GS1-128 Code 39 EAN-8 EAN-13 UPC-E UPC-A Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF-14 Codabar Plessey Matrix 2 of 5 Industrial 2 of 5 IATA 2 of 5 Chinese Post 2 of 5 DP12...
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Do you have a question about the HC-3208 and is the answer not in the manual?
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dbs hc-3208rc (2.4+bt+cradle) (2d) - model How to configure the scanner to output only 31 characters. And also how to save settings. Your manual says scan "Save" everywhere, but it doesn't save the settings.