Chapter 1 Quick Start; About This Manual - Microscan MS-9 User Manual

About This Manual

This manual provides complete information on setting up, installing, and configuring the
MS-9 scanner. The chapters follow the ESP menus which are presented in the order in
which a scanner might be setup and made ready for industrial operation.
Chapter 1, "Quick Start"
scanner operational with specific "go to" references to other chapters and appendices.
Chapter 3, "Communications"
setup and configuration options.
Chapter 10, "Laser Control"
ops.
Chapter 11, "Terminal Mode"
The appendices include specifications, reference tables of serial commands, ASCII char-
acters, multidrop setup and addresses, as well as other useful information relating to
bar coding and electrical and mechanical setups for the scanner.
Highlighting
Serial commands, selections inside instructions, and menu defaults are highlighted in
bold. Cross-references are highlighted in
red
ences are highlighted in
Bold Initial Caps. References to topic headings within this manual or other documents
are enclosed in quotation marks.
Host Communications
There are four ways the scanner can communicate with a host:
1. Windows based ESP, the preferred method which offers point-and-click ease
of use and visual responses to user adjustments.
2. Serial commands such as
can also be sent from the Terminal window within ESP.
3. Embedded onboard menus are accessed from a terminal window with a
command.
4. Bar code symbol configuration.
5. (See
"Test Decode Rate" on page
In the App Mode, click the
configuration views for Read Cycle, Symbologies, I/O, Match-
code and Diagnostics.
For more information, see
provides overall step-by-step instructions for getting your
through
will help you setup your raster and laser framing envel-
describes the use of the Terminal window.
italics. References to menu topics are highlighted in
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"Using ESP" in chapter
Chapter 9, "Diagnostics"
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can be sent from a terminal program. They
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