Preface; About This Guide; Manual Overview - Datalogic PowerScan M8500 Product Reference Manual

About this Guide

This Product Reference Guide (PRG) is provided for users seeking advanced technical
information, including connection, programming, maintenance and specifications. The
Quick Reference Guide (QRG) and other publications associated with this product are
downloadable free of charge from the website listed on the back cover of this manual.
Typically, units are factory-programmed for the most common terminal and communications
settings. If you need to modify any programmable settings, custom configuration can be
accomplished by scanning the programming barcodes within this guide.
Programming can alternatively be performed using the Datalogic Aladdin™ Configuration
application which is downloadable from the Datalogic website listed on the back cover of this
manual. This multi-platform utility program allows device configuration using a PC. It
communicates to the device using a serial or USB cable and can also create configuration
barcodes to print.

Manual Overview

Chapter 1, Introduction
Chapter 2, PowerScan M8500 Setup
running.
Chapter 3, Configuration Using Code Symbols
provides programming barcodes necessary for configuring these features.
Chapter 4, Advanced Data
parameters.
Chapter 5, References
parameters.
Chapter 6, Message Formatting
and the host.
Appendix A, Technical Features
environmental and regulatory specifications and functions and behaviors of the reader's LED
and Beeper indicators.
Appendix B, Host Configuration Strings
configuration using serial strings sent from the host.
Appendix C, Programming for Expert Users
users who want to define a personalized code formatting.
Appendix D, Code Identifier Table
Appendix E, Sample Barcodes
functioning.
Appendix F, Hex & Numeric Table
parameter settings.
Product Reference Guide
gives an general description of the product.
provides information needed to get the device up and
Formatting, provides information about advanced formatting
gives additional, more detailed information for some complex
explains the communication format between the reader
lists physical and performance characteristics, as well as
provides a description of how to modify the device
describes programming language for expert
lists Code IDs for various symbologies.
provides test code symbols allowing you to check the reader's
includes numeric barcodes to be scanned for certain
defines options for all symbologies and

Preface

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