User manual ‘DT3212’ Introduction Thank you for trusting a product from DTRONIC. Please read the contents of the user manual carefully in order to use the products safely and effectively. You are advised to keep this manual correctly for your installation and as a reference. Please do not disassemble the product or tear off the seal, otherwise we will not provide warranty or replacement service.
- Basically the scanner scans the 95% of bar codes, remaining 5% can be set as desired with this manual. - There are patented parts in the scanner, DTRONIC has the rights to sell these items on the Dutch, Belgian and German market 1.2 Unbox...
User manual ‘DT3212’ 1.5 Reading If the bar code is small, it should be closer to the scan window; if the bar code is large, it should be further away from the scan window for easier reading. If the bar code is highly reflective (for example, the coated surface), you may need to tilt the bar code at an angle to scan the bar code.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2. System Setup 2.1 System Setup Option and function setting mainly by reading a series of special bar codes. In this chapter, we give you a detailed introduction to the options and functions available for user setup and the corresponding setup code.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.1.4 Product User Settings Save user default settings Restore user default settings 2.1.5 Set the beep switch Open (default) Close 2.1.6 Power on beep switch Open (default) Close 2.1.7 Read success beep switch Open (default) Close Datum : feb-2024 pagina 8 van 58 Versie : 1.0...
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.2 Reading mode settings 2.2.1 Level trigger mode Enter the reading state when the trigger key pin is at low level. Press and hold the trigger key to start reading code. After reading the code successfully or releasing the trigger key, the code reading ends and the next decoding needs to re-enter the low level state.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.2.4 One read timeout One time reading timeout time, the unit is 0.1 seconds. The default value is 30 (3 seconds), when set to 0, it means that the device is always in the reading state, and the time range can be set: 0~999.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.3 Communication settings 2.3.1 Communication settings USB HID (default) USB CDC serial port RS-232 serial port 2.3.2 USB keyboard Portuguese (Brazil) cannot output "?" and "/" . Nederlands Italian Spanish (Brazil) Portuguese Portuguese (Brazil) French Datum : feb-2024 pagina 11 van 58 Versie : 1.0...
User manual ‘DT3212’ German (Austria) Turkish Q Turkish F English (UK) Japanese German (Switzerland) French (Belgium) 2.3.3 USB keyboard sending speed If there is missed data at the receiver side, the occurrence speed should be turned down, which is easy to occur at the receiver side with poor performance.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 20 ms 2.3.4 Control Characters Specific reference to the control character table, only the data content of the barcode is converted. Off (default) Control + ASCII mode Alt + Keypad mode 2.3.5 Serial communication settings The serial data bit is 8 and the serial stop bit is 1.
User manual ‘DT3212’ Baud rate 19200 Baud rate 38400 Baud rate 57600 Baud rate 115200 2.3.7 Serial port parity bit setting No checksum (default) Odd calibration Even Check 2.4 Data format setting Length of custom prefix and suffix: (0~10) characters, if set to "on", "Code ID prefix", "custom prefix", "end suffix", etc.
User manual ‘DT3212’ the data "123", the scanner adds the string "AB" before the string "123", and the host side receives "AB123". After the barcode reading data is "123", the scanner will add the string "AB" before the string "123", and the host side will receive "AB123".
User manual ‘DT3212’ Enable Disable (default) 2.4.4 Custom suffixes Custom suffix adds a user-defined string after the decoded information, and the output format after customization is "barcode content + custom content". Set the custom suffix to 'a' (the hex value of a is 0x61) 1.
User manual ‘DT3212’ Disable CODE ID (default) Code ID prefix Code ID suffix Clear all custom Code IDs 2.4.6 Customize Code ID Please refer to the following example for how to modify the Code ID. Modify the Code ID of Codabar (Code ID:0x61) to "Y" (hexadecimal value 0x59).
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User manual ‘DT3212’ No terminator Enter (default) Line Feed (Down) Carriage return + Line feed (Enter+Down) Datum : feb-2024 pagina 18 van 58 Versie : 1.0...
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.5 Symbologies Each type of barcode has its own unique properties, and the setup codes in this chapter allow you to adjust the scanner to accommodate these property changes. The fewer barcode types that are turned on, the faster the scanner will Scan. You can turn off the barcode types that will not be used to improve the performance of the scanner.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.5.5 ISBN setting Convert EAN13 to ISBN Do not Convert EAN13 to ISBN (default) 2.5.6 UPC-A settings Transmit UPC-A check character (default) Do not Transmit UPC-A check character Convert UPC-A to EAN13 (default) Do not Convert UPC-A to EAN13 2.5.7 UPC-E settings...
User manual ‘DT3212’ Convert UPC-E to UPC-A Do not Convert UPC-E to UPC-A (default) 2.5.8 Code 39 Settings Code 39 on (default) Code 39 Off Enable Code 39 Check Character Disable Code 39 Check Character (default) Do not Transmit Code 39 Check Character...
User manual ‘DT3212’ Full ASCII On Full ASCII Off (default) 2.5.9 Code 39 Length Setting OPMERKING: If the maximum length is less than the minimum length, only the barcode of these two lengths will be Scan. If the maximum length is equal to the minimum length, only this length is supported.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.5.11 Code 128 settings Code 128 on (default) Code 128 Off 2.5.12 Code 128 length setting OPMERKING: If the maximum length is less than the minimum length, only the barcode of these two lengths will be Scan. If the maximum length is equal to the minimum length, only this length is supported.
User manual ‘DT3212’ Enable Code 93 Check Character (default) Disable Code 93 Check Character Transmit Code 93 check digit Do not Transmit Code 93 Check Digit (default) 2.5.14 Code 93 Length Setting OPMERKING: If the maximum length is less than the minimum length, only the barcode of these two lengths will be Scan.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.5.15 Codabar Settings Codabar on (default) Codabar Off Transmit Codabar start and stop characters Do not Transmit Codabar start and stop characters (default) 2.5.16 Codabar Length Setting OPMERKING: If the maximum length is less than the minimum length, only the barcode of these two lengths will be Scan.
User manual ‘DT3212’ 2.5.17 Interleave 2 of 5 (ITF5) setting ITF5 on (default) ITF5 off Enable ITF25 check character (default) Disable ITF25 Check Character Transmit ITF25 Check Character Do not Transmit ITF25 Check Charcter (default) 2.5.18 ITF25 length setting OPMERKING: If the maximum length is less than the minimum length, only the barcode of these two lengths will be Scan.
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User manual ‘DT3212’ 6. Scan Digital Code "1" "2" (see Appendix 1) 7. Scan "Save" (see Appendix 1 to save or cancel) 8. Scan "Exit Settings". Datum : feb-2024 pagina 28 van 58 Versie : 1.0...
User manual ‘DT3212’ ~ 3.1.2 Appendix B: Parameter setting example ◆ Example 1: Modify the prefix and customize it as DATA 1. Query the character table to obtain the hexadecimal value corresponding to the four characters of "DATA": "44", "41", "54", "41"...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ 1. Query the character table to obtain the hexadecimal value corresponding to the "A" character: "41" 2. Read the "Enable Setting Code"; (If it is already enabled, you can skip this step) 3. Read the setting code of "Modify EAN13 CODE ID"...
User manual ‘DT3212’ 3. Read the "modify RF information" setting code 4. Read the data codes "4" "6" "4" "1" "4" "9" "4" "C" one by one 5. Read the "Save" setting code ◆ Example 8: Modify the GS replacement character to "D"...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Trigger method Level trigger Scope:100ms~25500ms, Single reading time 5000ms Step length 100ms, Manual mode 0 means unlimited Sleep time: 0-3276700ms Deep sleep closure Step length: 100ms Trigger conditions Command trigger 7E 00 08 01 00 02 01 AB CD...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Power-on prompt Turn on Prompt for successful reading Turn on Duration of the prompt tone for successful 60ms Range 0-255ms reading LED prompt for successful reading Turn on Set code reading prompt Turn on Output data format...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ EAN-13 Read allow Force output additional code No requirement 2-digit additional code prohibit 5-digit additional code prohibit Check digit output Output EAN-8 Read allow Force output additional code No requirement 2-digit additional code prohibit 5-digit additional code...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ 5-digit additional code prohibit Check digit output Output Code128 Read allow Min length of information Max length of information Add prefix (11) function closure Code 39 Read allow Min length of information Max length of information Start character...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Min length of information Max length of information Check format None Check Bit Output No Output Industrial 25 Read prohibit Min length of information Max length of information Check format None Check Bit Output No Output Matrix 2 of 5...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Read prohibit AI with parentheses With brackets Limited RSS Read prohibit AI with parentheses With brackets Extended RSS Read prohibit Min length of information Max length of information AI with parentheses With brackets Standard 2 of 5...
User manual ‘DT3212’ Read allow Mode 1 reading closure Add prefix (11) closure PDF417 Read allow Data Matrix Read allow Read multiple DM barcodes at the same time prohibit Micro QR Read allow Han Xin Code Read prohibit Micro PDF417...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ (Both the positioning light and the fill light will light up when taking pictures) Switch sensing mode (Both the positioning light and the 7E 00 08 0100 00 D7 CF 03 02 00 00 01 00 33 31...
User manual ‘DT3212’ 3.1.8 Appendix G: List of Batch Setting Code Parameters Setting code Setting code function parameter content Remark If the setting code off, need to Setting code on 00000000 turn on the setting code firstly TTL-232 Serial mode...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Single reading time-unlimited 02020000 Command trigger mode 02000001 Continuous mode 02000002 Trigger command response allowed 020A0001 Trigger command response prohibition 020A0000 Continuous mode button pause is not supported 020A0010 Continuous mode button pause support 020A0011 Reading interval-no interval...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Active working level-high level 04010003 Active working level-low level 04010004 Set the alert tone-on 04020000 Set the alert tone-off 04020001 Boot Prompt-On 04030000 Boot Prompt-Off 04030001 LED prompt for successful reading-on 04040000 LED prompt for successful reading-off...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Local invoicing mode 040B1000 Online billing mode 040B1100 Keypad digital output on 040C0000 Keypad digital output off 040C0001 Keypad operator output on 040C0002 Keypad operator output off 040C0003 Allow prefix 05000000 Prohibit adding prefix 05000001 Modify prefix...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Add terminator CR 05040001 Add terminator TAB 05040002 Add terminator CRLF 05040003 Transfer the entire data 05050000 Only the Start segment is transmitted 05050001 Only the End segment is transmitted 05050002 Only the Center segment is transmitted...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ EAN8-5 bit additional code disable 07023100 Allow sending EAN8 check digit 07024000 Prohibit sending EAN8 check digit 07024100 Enable UPC-A 07030000 Disable UPC-A 07030100 UPC-A forced output additional code 07031000 UPC-A does not require additional codes to be...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Code128 plus prefix (11)-off 07062100 Enable Code39 07070000 Disable Code39 07070100 The minimum length of Code39 information is 0 07071000 The minimum length of Code39 information is 4 07071004 Other lengths can modify the last two digits of the parameter...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Enable Interleaved 2 of 5 070A0000 Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 070A0100 The minimum length of Interleaved 2 of 5 information is 0 070A1000 The minimum length of Interleaved 2 of 5 information is 4 070A1004 Other lengths can modify the last...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ Disable MSI Plessey 070E0100 The minimum length of MSI Plessey message is 070E1000 The minimum length of MSI Plessey message is 070E1004 Other lengths can modify the last two digits of the parameter The maximum length of MSI Plessey information is...
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User manual ‘DT3212’ The minimum length of Plessey message is 0 07211100 The minimum length of Plessey message is 4 07211104 Other lengths can modify the last The maximum length of Plessey information is two digits of the parameter 07211120...
User manual ‘DT3212’ Allow to read multiple DMs at the same time 07151000 Prohibit reading multiple DM barcodes at the same time 07151100 Enable PDF417 07160000 Disable PDF417 07160100 Enable Hanxin code 07170000 Disable Hanxin code 07170100 Enable Micro PDF417...
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