MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Table of Content CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................. 7 .................................... 7 PECIFICATIONS ..................................9 EEPER NDICATION LED I ..................................10 NDICATION CHAPTER 2 GENERAL SETTINGS..........................11 ) ..........................11 ARCODE ONFIGURABILITY ETUP ..................................11 ACTORY EFAULT ..................................11...
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 ................................... 24 EMORY Delete Last Record ................................24 Clear All Record ..................................24 Data Format ................................... 25 Field Separator ..................................25 Date Format ................................... 26 Time Format ..................................26 Date & Time Setup ................................27 USB HID ...................................... 28 Keyboard Layout ...................................
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Chapter 1 Introduction This user’s manual is dedicated to MT820, a portable 2D scanner that can send data to the host up to 20 meters away. This economical, ergonomic pocket-sized wireless 2D barcode scanner is a high efficient companion for users who work with laptops, tablets, smart phones and other ®...
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Memory 2MB (20,000 barcodes) 5 Mil Code 39 : 39 ~ 198mm 13 Mil UPC/EAN : 52 ~ 355mm Typical D.O.F 15 Mil QR Code : 30 ~ 250mm (Environment: 800 lux) 6.67 Mil PDF417 : 41 ~ 165mm...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 LED Indication Status Power off / Standby / Connected Flashing green Disconnected / Discoverable One green flash Good read Flashing red Low power Solid red Charging...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Chapter 2 General Settings Barcode Configurability (Setup Code) Scanning below configuration barcodes will allow/prohibit user to change settings by scanning configuration barcodes in this manual. Enable Barcode Configurability* Disable Barcode Configurability Factory Default Scanning below configuration barcode will reset all parameters to factory default settings (the ones...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Data Format UTF-8/Shift-JIS to Unicode Conversion Disable* UTF-8 to Unicode (Word) Shift-JIS Shift-JIS to Unicode (Notepad) (Word) HT/CR/ESC Converts to TAB/ENTER/ESCAPE Off* Note: 1. By default, HT [$I], CR [$M] and ESC [%A] is transmitted as <0x09>, <0x0D> and <0x1B>...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Function Code Conversion Note: Once disabled, the scanner will output the original encoded data of the barcodes in Appendix - Function/Navigation/Modifier Keys. Control Code Output Method Ctrl Mode* Alt Mode Disable Output Note: Control code (0x01 ~ 0x1A) can be sent by two methods: (1) Ctrl Mode: A barcode of “A<HT>F”...
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Since “Ctrl+I” is shortcut for italicizing text in some software applications, the result of above output sequence can be a regular A plus an italic F. (2) Alt Mode: For <HT>, the output sequence of virtual keyboard is: Enter “Alt + 0 + 0 + 0 + 9”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 28 Alt+0+0+2+8 Alt+0+0+2+8 29 Alt+0+0+2+9 Alt+0+0+2+9 30 Alt+0+0+3+0 Alt+0+0+3+0 31 Alt+0+0+3+1 Alt+0+0+3+1 Numeric Key Numeric Key Alphanumeric Key* Note: 1. By default, the alphanumeric key is used for trasmitting digits. Scan NUMERIC KEY if you want to use the keys on the numeric keypad.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Surround GS1 Application Identifiers (AI’s) with Parentheses Not Surround AI’s with Parentheses* Surround AI’s with Parentheses When enabled, all GS1 AI in barcode(GS1-128, GS1-DataMatrix, UDI…) will be surrounded with parentheses. Imaging Settings 1D Inverse Barcode Disable 1D Inverse Barcode*...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Chapter 3 Interface BT HID Getting Connected 1. Press the function button on the top to power up the scanner. 2. Scan “Disconnect”, the scanner will emit two beeps. Disconnect 3. Scan “BT HID”, the scanner will emit two beeps.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 BT SPP Getting Connected 1. Press the function button on the top to power up the scanner. 2. Scan “Disconnect”, the scanner will emit two beeps. Disconnect 3. Scan “BT SPP”, the scanner will emit two beeps.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 General Bluetooth Settings Power Off Timeout The power off timeout is 3 minutes & 0 second by default. They are configurable from a minimum of 10 seconds (00:10) to a maximum of 60 minutes and 59 seconds (60:59)
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 iOS Touch Keyboard To toggle iOS touch keyboard, please scan below configuration barcode. Toggle iOS Touch Keyboard Alternatively, you may simply press the function button. Set Bluetooth Device ID Bluetooth device name is configurable up to 16 alphanumeric characters:...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 To add the last 6 digits of MAC address to Bluetooth Device ID (“Wireless-xxxxxx”), scan below barcode: Add MAC Address to Bluetooth Device ID Check Bluetooth Firmware Version To check scanner’s Bluetooth firmware version, please connect to a host device via BT HID or BT SPP and scan below configuration barcode.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Check Battery Life To check scanner’s battery life, please connect to a host device and scan below configuration barcode. Check Battery Life ScanLink ScanLink is a connection method that turns the scanner into a master device, which initiates the Bluetooth connection with the target host device (now a slave device).
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Memory Mode Memory Mode After scanning the above barcode, the scanner will be able to collect barcode data off-line. The barcode data will be stored in the format of: <Date>, <Time>, <Barcode Data> <CR> To retrieve stored data, please connect the scanner to the host with USB cable, access removable storage device “MiniScan”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Data Format The default Data Format in memory mode is <Date>, <Time>, <Barcode Data>. Data Format Below are configurable items and their setup codes: Code Item Date Time Barcode Data Example: Set Data Format as <Barcode Data>, <Date>, <Time>...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Date Format The default Date Format is DD/MM/YYYY (Code = 09) Date Format Below are available Date Format and their setup codes: Code Date Format Code Date Format DD-MM-YYYY DD/MM/YYYY MM-DD-YYYY MM/DD/YYYY DD-MM-YY DD/MM/YY MM-DD-YY MM/DD/YY...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Example: Set Time Format as HH:MM (Code = 02) Step1: Scan “Time Format” Step2: Scan “0” “2” respectively in Appendix – Numbers Step3: Scan “Time Format” Date & Time Setup Set Date Set Time Example: Set date as 2022-07-27, set time as 08:10:30 am (HH:MM:SS) Step1: Scan “Set Date”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 USB HID Scanning below configuration barcode will configure the scanner to USB HID interface, in which the scanner becomes an HID keyboard device. USB HID Keyboard Layout English (US)* English (UK) Danish Spanish Hungarian (QWERTZ) Hungarian (QWERTY)
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Italian French German Swiss German Swiss French Swedish Czech (QWERTZ) Czech (QWERTY) Norwegian Belgian Portuguese Slovak Brazilian (QWERTY) Canadian (Traditional)
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Japanese Alt Code Intercharacter Delay The configurable range is from 0 to 255ms. The larger the number, the longer the delay. Set Intercharacter Delay (Default = 4ms) Example: Set Intercharacter Delay to 8ms Step1: Scan Set Intercharacter Delay Step2: Scan “0”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 USB VCP Scanning below configuration barcode will configure the scanner to USB VCP interface. The scanner will be able communicate with the host via USB Virtual COM. Normally virtual COM port can be recognized by the host. If it is not recognizable by the host, please download VCP driver from our website.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Chapter 4 Reading Mode Trigger Mode In Trigger Mode the LED will stay on once trigger is pressed and held, and will turn off automatically once a barcode is read or LED Auto-Off timeout expires. Trigger Mode...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Batch Mode In Batch Mode the LED will stay on when trigger is pressed and held, during which the scanner will read each unique barcode once. It cannot be read again until the next cycle. Batch Mode Auto-sensing Mode In Auto-sensing Mode the LED will turn off automatically after LED Auto-Off timeout expires.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Chapter 5 Data Format By default data format is as follows: <Preamble> <Code ID> <Barcode Length> <Barcode Data> <Postamble> <Terminator> Code ID Disable Code ID* Enable Factory ID Enable AIM ID Enable Set ID Set ID Set ID can be 0 ~ 2 alphanumerics for each symbology.
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Set ID – EAN-8 Set ID – UPC-A Set ID – UPC-E Set ID – Interleaved 2 of 5 Set ID – Matrix 2 of 5 Set ID – Industrial 2 of 5 Set ID – Code93 Set ID –...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Set ID – Aztec Set ID – UK Plessey Set ID – GS1 DataBar Set ID – MaxiCode Set ID – HanXin Set ID – DotCode Set ID – Composite Example: Set Code39 Set ID as XY"...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Preamble Preamble can be up to 16 bytes of data. Set Preamble Example: Set XYZ123 as Preamble Step 1: Scan “Set Preamble” Step 2: Scan “X” “Y” “Z” “1” “2” “3” in Appendix - Upper Case Alphabets & Numbers Step 3: Scan “Set Preamble”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Terminator None <LF> <CR>* <CR><LF> <TAB> <Space> <ESC> Note: 1. Default Terminator for BT HID or USB HID interface = <CR> (or Enter) 2. Default Terminator for BT SPP or USB VCP interface = <CR><LF> 3. <CR><LF> or <LF> is treated as Enter for BT HID or USB HID interface.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Chapter 6 Symbologies General Settings Enable All Symbologies Disable All Symbologies Enable All 1D Symbologies Disable All 1D Symbologies Enable All 2D Symbologies Disable All 2D Symbologies Note: When all symbologies are disabled, configuration barcodes are still readable.
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 UPC-E Enable/Disable UPC-E Enable UPC-E* Disable UPC-E UPC-E System Number UPC-E0 Off & UPC-E1 Off UPC-E0 On Only* UPC-E1 On Only UPC-E0 On & UPC-E1 On Check Digit Send Check Digit* Not Send Check Digit Lead Digit (System Number)
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Code 128 Enable/Disable Code 128 Enable Code 128* Disable Code 128 Code 128 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Code 128 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 GS1-128(UCC/EAN 128) Enable/Disable GS1-128 Enable GS1-128* Disable GS1-128 GS1-128 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for GS1-128 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Full ASCII Code39 Enable Full ASCII Code39* Disable Full ASCII Code39 Code39 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Code39 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Code 32 Enable/Disable Code 32 Enable Code 32 Disable Code 32* Notw: Please make sure Code39 is enabled with verification disabled before enabling Code32. Leading/Tailing Not Send Leading & Tailing Send Leading Only Send Tailing Only...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Code 93 Enable/Disable Code 93 Enable Code 93* Disable Code 93 Code 93 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Code93 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Code 11 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Code11 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length” Step2: Scan “0” “8” in Appendix - Numbers Step3: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Codabar Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Codabar Step1: Scan “Set Min Length” Step2: Scan “0” “8” in Appendix - Numbers Step3: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 CDV & Send CD CDV & Not Send CD Interleaved 2 of 5 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Interleaved 2 of 5 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Matrix 2 of 5 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Matrix 2 of 5 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Industrial 2 of 5 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Industrial 2 of 5 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Standard 2 of 5 (IATA) Enable/Disable Standard 2 of 5 Enable Industrial 2 of 5 Disable Industrial 2 of 5* Verification Disable CDV* CDV & Send CD CDV & Not Send CD...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Standard 2 of 5 Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for Standard 2 of 5 Step1: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 MSI Plessey Enable/Disable MSI Plessey Enable MSI Plessey Disable MSI Plessey* Verification CDV & Send CD* CDV & Not Send CD Check Digit Single Mod 10* Double Mod 10 Mod 11 Plus Mod 10...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 MSI Plessey Min/Max Length Set Min Length Set Max Length (Default = 01) (Default = 99) Example: Set Min Length as 8, Max Length as 12 for MSI Plessey Step1: Scan “Set Min Length” Step2: Scan “0” “8” in Appendix - Numbers Step3: Scan “Set Min Length”...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 QR Code Enable/Disable QR Code Enable QR Code* Disable QR Code Micro QR Code Enable/Disable Micro QR Code Enable Micro QR Code Disable Micro QR Code* Data Matrix Enable/Disable Data Matrix Enable Data Matrix* Disable Data Matrix...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Appendix – Modifier Keys Alt (Left) make *1 Alt (Left) break Alt (Right) make Alt (Right) break Shift (Left) make *2 Shift (Left) break Shift (Right) make Shift (Right) break Win (Left) make Win (Left) break...
MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Appendix - Default Table Function Default Remark General Settings Barcode Configurability (Setup Code) Beep Tone High (4.0KHz) Beep Mode Normal Vibrator Data Format UTF-8/Shift-JIS to Unicode Conversion HT/CR/ESC Converts to TAB/ENTER/ESCAPE Function Code Conversion Control Code Output Method...
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Toggle Mode Continuous Mode Batch Mode Auto-sensing Mode Trigger / Toggle / Auto-sensing 5 sec Mode – LED Auto-Off Timeout Data Format Code ID Disable Set ID Data Length Preamble Postamble CR (BT HID / USB HID)
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 ISSN Code 128 Enable/Disable Min Length Max Length GS1-128(UCC/EAN 128) Enable/Disable Min Length Max Length Code 39 Enable/Disable Verification Disable CDV Start/Stop Not Send Full ASCII Code39 Min Length Max Length Code 32 Enable/Disable Leading/Tailing Send Leading & Tailing...
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MT820 User’s Manual V1.0 Matrix 2 of 5 Enable/Disable Verification Disable CDV Min Length Max Length Industrial 2 of 5 Enable/Disable Verification Disable CDV Min Length Max Length Standard 2 of 5 (IATA) Enable/Disable Verification Disable CDV Min Length Max Length...
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