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AML 2500 User Manual

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Model 2500
USER'S MANUAL
2190 Regal Parkway • Euless, TX 76040
(817) 571-9015 • (800) 648-4452 • FAX (817) 685-6232

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  • Page 1: Magnetic Stripe Reader

    Bar Code Magnetic Stripe Reader Model 2500 USER'S MANUAL 2190 Regal Parkway • Euless, TX 76040 (817) 571-9015 • (800) 648-4452 • FAX (817) 685-6232...

  • Page 2: Fcc Notice

    FCC NOTICE WARNING: Rev 2.7a...
  • Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS...
  • Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont)
  • Page 5 INTRODUCTION FEATURES:...

  • Page 6: Installation Instructions

    INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW NOTE: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5:...

  • Page 7: Connecting Input Devices

    Step 6: CONNECTING INPUT DEVICES: Installing A Wand MICROSCANNER Installing A Laser Scanner MICROSCANNER NOTE: "External Power Supply Requirements".
  • Page 8 Installing A CCD Scanner MICROSCANNER Installing A Magnetic Stripe Reader MICROSCANNER...
  • Page 9 Installing A Slot Reader (Badge Reader) MICROSCANNER Step 7: NOTE: "External Power Supply Requirements".
  • Page 10 Step 8:...
  • Page 11 Step 9: Step 10: Step 11: Step 12: NOTE:...

  • Page 12: Half Duplex Mode

    CONNECTING THE MODEL 2500 TO THE PC'S SERIAL PORT Step 1: TERMINAL CABLE ASSEMBLY: HOST CABLE ASSEMBLY: HOST CABLE ASSEMBLY HOST CABLE ASSEMBLY "TERMINAL" Step 2: HOST CABLE ASSEMBLY Step 3: HALF DUPLEX MODE. Step 4: SOFTCOM SOFTCOM SOFTCOM INSTALL Step 5: SCONFIG Step 6:...
  • Page 13 DAISY CHAIN INSTRUCTIONS Daisy Chaining Using SOFTCOM Keyboard Emulation Software to Poll M2500's SOFTCOM Daisy Chaining Using SOFTCOM Keyboard Emulation Software and a Master M2500 to Poll the Other M2500's in the Daisy Chain SOFTCOM NOTE: The MASTER M2500 cannot be used for data entry. Daisy Chaining Using an M2000/M2002 to Poll the M2500's in the Daisy Chain NOTE: Daisy Chaining Using Your Own Polling Software...
  • Page 14 DAISY CHAIN CONNECTION DIAGRAMS PC-M2500 Daisy Chain Using Softcom Communications Software as the Controller PC-M2500 Controller-M2500-M2500 Using M2500 Controller & Softcom Communication Software PC-M2000 Controller-M2500-M2500...

  • Page 15: Scanning Bar Codes

    SCANNING BAR CODES WAND SCANNING Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5:...

  • Page 16: Laser Scanning

    LASER SCANNING **CAUTION** ALTHOUGH THE LIGHT EMITTED FROM CLASS II AND CLASS IIA LASERS IS NOT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS, AVOID STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE LIGHT BEAM. EXTENDED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR EYES. Step 1: NOTE:...
  • Page 17 Step 2: RIGHT 123456 WRONG 123456 Step 3: NOTE: Step 4:...

  • Page 18: Installation

    INSTALLING AND USING THE MS941 TRIGGERLESS LASER INSTALLATION Step 1: MICROSCANNER Step 2:...
  • Page 19 SCANNING WITH THE MS941 TRIGGERLESS LASER Step 1: **CAUTION** ALTHOUGH THE LIGHT EMITTED FROM CLASS II LASERS IS NOT CONSIDERED HAZARDOUS, AVOID STARING DIRECTLY INTO THE LIGHT BEAM. EXTENDED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR EYES.
  • Page 20 Step 2: RIGHT 123456 WRONG 123456 Step 3:...
  • Page 21 SCANNING THE READER SETUP MENU WITH THE MS941 TRIGGERLESS LASER NOTE: "Changing the Default Settings" SETTING UP THE MS941 TRIGGERLESS LASER NON-CONTINUOUS SCANNING - DEFAULT MODE Recommended Usage: Operation Description:...
  • Page 22 Settings: CONTINUOUS SCANNING - REFLECTIVE SURFACE REQUIRED Recommended Usage: Operation Description: Settings:...
  • Page 23 CONTINUOUS SCANNING NON-REFLECTIVE SURFACES ACCEPTED, "BLINK" MODE Recommended Usage: Operation Description: Settings:...

  • Page 24: Ccd Scanning

    CD SCANNING Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: NOTE: Step 4: NOTE: "LASER/CCD CONTINUOUS RUN LASER/CCD TRIGGER SHUTOFF...
  • Page 25 SLOT READER (Badge Reader) Step 1: VIDEO WORLD ID CARD 837611 Step 2: Step 3: NOTE: Step 4: Step 5:...

  • Page 26: Magnetic Stripe Reader

    SCANNING MAGNETIC STRIPES/CARDS MAGNETIC STRIPE READER Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5:...

  • Page 27: Default Settings

    DEFAULT SETTINGS CODE 39 ECODER ECODER XTENSION ONVERT HECK IGIT ONVERT HECK IGIT UMBER YSTEM ONCATENATE UMBER YSTEM HECK IGIT HECK IGIT UPC/EAN SUPPLEMENTS ECODER UPPLEMENTS ECODER LLOW IGIT UPPLEMENTS OUNTRY LLOW IGIT UPPLEMENTS OUNTRY EQUIRE UPPLEMENTS HECK IGIT EPARATOR PACE HECK IGIT...

  • Page 28: Serial Port

    PREAMBLES SERIAL PORT NTER REAMBLE NTER TRIPE REAMBLE UPLEX NTER HARACTER ELAY ELAY TRIPE ELAY AISY HAIN CTIVE AISY HAIN ESPONSE TERMINATION CHARACTER ESPONSE IMEOUT NABLE ERMINATION HARACTER BEEP ARITY ENGTH POSTAMBLES OSTAMBLE BAR CODE EDIT TRIPE OSTAMBLE ELAY DITING TRIPE ELAY NTER...

  • Page 29: Changing The Default Settings

    CHANGING THE DEFAULT SETTINGS Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: EXAMPLE: EXAMPLE:...
  • Page 30 Step 5: Step 6: NOTE:...

  • Page 31: Programming Guide

    PROGRAMMING GUIDE START EXIT (SAVE CHANGES) EXIT (IGNORE CHANGES) RESET ALL DEFAULTS NOTE 0-9 BAR CODES NOTE: FULL ASCII CHART ADDITIONAL NOTES:...

  • Page 32: Full Ascii

    CODE 39 0) CODE 39 DECODER 1) FULL ASCII 2) MOD 43 CHECK DIGIT 3) SEND CHECK DIGIT 4) CONCATENATE MODE...
  • Page 33 0) UPC DECODER 1) CONVERT UPC-E TO UPC-A 2) CONVERT UPC-A TO EAN-13 3) SEND UPC-A NUMBER SYSTEM 4) SEND UPC-E NUMBER SYSTEM 5) SEND UPC-A CHECK DIGIT 6) SEND UPC-E CHECK DIGIT...

  • Page 34: Isbn Conversion

    0) EAN DECODER 1) ZERO FILL EAN-8 TO EAN-13 2) SEND EAN-13 COUNTRY CODE 3) SEND EAN-8 COUNTRY CODE 4) SEND EAN-13 CHECK DIGIT 5) SEND EAN-8 CHECK DIGIT 6) ISBN CONVERSION...

  • Page 35: Upc/Ean Supplements

    UPC/EAN SUPPLEMENTS 0) SUPPLEMENTS DECODER 1) ALLOW 2 DIGIT 2) ALLOW 5 DIGIT 3) REQUIRE SUPPLEMENTS 4) SEND SEPARATOR SPACE...

  • Page 36: Fixed Length

    INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 0) I 2 OF 5 DECODER 1) CHECK DIGIT: 0=NONE, 1=USS, 2=OPCC 2) SEND CHECK DIGIT 3) FIXED LENGTH 4) SET FIXED LENGTH #1 (02-60) 5) SET FIXED LENGTH #2 (02-60)
  • Page 37 CODABAR 0) CODABAR DECODER 1) SEND START/STOP 2) CLSI FORMATTING 3) CLSI CHECK DIGIT CODE 128 0) CODE 128 DECODER 1) UCC-128 VERIFICATION 2) SEND MOD 10 CHECK DIGIT...
  • Page 38 CODE 93 0) CODE 93 DECODER 1) CONCATENATE MODE CODE 11 0) CODE 11 DECODER 1) TWO CHECK DIGITS REQUIRED 2) SEND FIRST CHECK DIGIT 3) SEND SECOND CHECK DIGIT...
  • Page 39 MSI/PLESSEY 0) MSI/PLESSEY DECODER 1) TWO CHECK DIGITS REQUIRED 2) FIRST CHECK DIGIT MOD 11 3) SEND FIRST CHECK DIGIT 4) SEND SECOND CHECK DIGIT 5) ISBN PLESSEY...

  • Page 40: Serial Port

    SERIAL PORT 0) DATA TYPE: 0=ASCII 1=PC SCAN CODES 1) DUPLEX MODE: 0=FULL 1=HALF 2) INTERCHARACTER DELAY (00 - 99 msec) 3) DAISY CHAIN (ON/OFF, ID)
  • Page 41 4) SEND DAISY CHAIN ID (ON/OFF) 5) HOST RESPONSE (ON/OFF) 6) HOST RESPONSE TIMEOUT (00-99 SEC) 7) HOST BEEP ENABLE (ON/OFF)
  • Page 42 BAUD RATE PARITY DATA BITS...
  • Page 43 PREAMBLES 0) ENTER BAR CODE PREAMBLE 1) ENTER MAG STRIPE PREAMBLE 2) BAR CODE SEND DELAY (0.0 - 9.9 SEC) 3) MAG SEND DELAY (0.0 - 9.9 SEC) 4) ACTIVE TYPES...
  • Page 44 POSTAMBLES 0) ENTER BAR CODE POSTAMBLE 1) ENTER MAG STRIPE POSTAMBLE 2) BAR CODE SEND DELAY (0.0 - 9.9 SEC) 3) MAG SEND DELAY (0.0 - 9.9 SEC) 4) ACTIVE TYPES...

  • Page 45: Termination Character

    TERMINATION CHARACTER BEEP LENGTH & TONE (0-3) (4-7) LENGTH: TONE: OFF:...

  • Page 46: Mag Stripe Options

    MAG STRIPE OPTIONS #1 0) SEND ACCOUNT NUMBER 1) SEND NAME (TRACK 1 ONLY) 2) SEND EXPIRATION DATE 3) SEND ALL TRACK DATA NOTE: (0), (1) (2), and (5). 4) ENTER TRACK 1 SEPARATOR CHARACTER...
  • Page 47 5) FORMAT EXPIRATION DATE MMYY 6) ENTER TRACKS 2 & 3 SEPARATOR CHAR...
  • Page 48 MAG STRIPE OPTIONS #2 0) OUTPUT NOTE: 1) REQUIRE TWO TRACKS (or more) NOTE: 2) SEND START & END SENTINELS...
  • Page 49 3) BETWEEN TRACKS/FIELDS TERM CHARACTER 4) SEND ENDING TERMINATION CHARACTER 5) STRIP SPACES...

  • Page 50: Bar Code Edit

    BAR CODE EDIT 0) BAR CODE EDITING 1) ENTER # OF LEADING CHAR TO STRIP (0-9) 2) ENTER # OF TRAILING CHAR TO STRIP (0-9) NOTE: 3) ENTER BAR CODE TYPE TO EDIT 4) STRIP LEADING & TRAILING SPACES...
  • Page 51 OPTIONS #1 0) SEND BAR CODE TYPE ID 1) DUPLICATE READS ALLOWED 2) LASER / CCD TIMEOUT (0 - 9) CAUTION: IF THE ABOVE OPTION IS SET AT ZERO (0) SECONDS, IT WILL OVERRIDE THIS SAFETY FEATURE. 3) LASER / CCD TRIGGER SHUTOFF (2), NOTE:...
  • Page 52 4) LASER / CCD CONTINUOUS RUN 5) CONTINUOUS RUN READ DELAY (0.0 - 9.9 SEC) 6) BAR CODE FUNCTION KEYS Appendix A NOTE: SOFTCOM 7) KEYBOARD CAPS LOCK STATUS NOTE: SOFTCOM...
  • Page 53 OPTIONS #2 0) BAR CODE SPECIAL KEYS Appendix A EXAMPLE: NOTE: SOFTCOM 1) KEYBOARD NUM LOCK STATUS NOTE: SOFTCOM...
  • Page 54 2) MAG STRIPE SPECIAL / FUNCTION KEYS Appendix A. NOTE: SOFTCOM 3) TERM CHAR OVERRIDE DIAGNOSTICS NOTE:...
  • Page 55 CLONING SETUP INFORMATION CLONING FROM COMPUTER TO READER NOTE: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5:...
  • Page 56 Step 6: CLONE Step 7: Step 8: Step 9: Step 10: Step 11: Step 12: Step 13: Step 14:...
  • Page 57 CLONING FROM READER TO READER Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: CLONE Step 5: Step 6: Step 7: Step 8: Step 9:...

  • Page 58: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS BAR CODES SUPPORTED INPUT DEVICES SUPPORTED USER PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES Bar Code Selection: Preambles/Postambles: Laser Configuration: Beep Tone and Length Mag Stripe Data Format Inter-Character Delay RS-232 SERIAL PORT INDICATORS POWER REQUIREMENTS CONNECTORS ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS...

  • Page 59: Signal Definitions

    SIGNAL DEFINITIONS WAND/MAG STRIPE INTERFACE ____ _____ ___________ DUAL MAG STRIPE INTERFACE ____ _____ ____ _____ ___________ LASER INTERFACE RS-232C HOST /TERMINAL INTERFACE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY INTERFACE...

  • Page 60: Appendix A - Function & Special Keys

    APPENDIX A - FUNCTION & SPECIAL KEYS ASCII CHARACTERS FUNCTION KEYS ASCII VALUES SPECIAL KEYS ASCII CHARACTERS SPECIAL KEYS ASCII VALUES HOME DELETE PAGE UP PAGE DOWN SHIFT ON SHIFT OFF CTRL ON CTRL OFF ALT ON ALT OFF...

  • Page 61: Appendix B - External Power Supply Requirements

    APPENDIX B - EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS NOTE...

  • Page 62: Appendix C - Code 39 Specifications

    APPENDIX C - CODE 39 SPECIFICATIONS 0123456789 ABCDE12345 CHARACTERISTICS:...
  • Page 63 CODE 39 CHARACTER SET:...

  • Page 65: Appendix D - Full Ascii Extension To Code

    APPENDIX D - FULL ASCII EXTENSION TO CODE 39 ASCII CODE ASCII CODE ASCII CODE ASCII CODE...

  • Page 66: Appendix E - Upc Specifications

    APPENDIX E - UPC SPECIFICATIONS UPC VERSION A 12345 67890 UPC-A BAR CODE...
  • Page 67 UPC VERSION E 173559 8...
  • Page 68 Version E Insertion Insertion Resultant Number Digits Location Version A 173559 8 17355 00009 VERSION E VERSION A EQUIVALENT UPC/EAN SUPPLEMENTS 12345 12345 67890 01234 56789...

  • Page 69: Appendix F - Ean Specifications

    APPENDIX F - EAN SPECIFICATIONS 5012 3452 012345 678900 EAN 13 EAN 8...

  • Page 70: Appendix G - Interleaved 2 Of 5 Specifications

    APPENDIX G - INTERLEAVED 2 of 5 SPECIFICATIONS CHARACTERISTICS: CHARACTER SET: 0123456789...
  • Page 71 OPTIONAL CHECK DIGIT: USS CHECK DIGIT CALCULATION: EXAMPLE: NOTE: OPCC CHECK DIGIT CALCULATION: EXAMPLE:...

  • Page 72: Appendix H - Codabar Specifications

    APPENDIX H - CODABAR SPECIFICATIONS CHARACTERISTICS: CHARACTER SET: CHARACTER PATTERN A123456B...

  • Page 73: Appendix I - Code 128 Specifications

    APPENDIX I - CODE 128 SPECIFICATIONS CHARACTERISTICS: 0123456789 ABCD123 UCC-128 MOD 10 SERIAL SHIPPING CONTAINER CODE: 00000123455555555558...
  • Page 74 CHARACTER SET: CODE 128 (USD-6)
  • Page 75 CODE 128 (USD-6)
  • Page 76 CODE 128 (USD-6)

  • Page 77: Appendix J - Code 93 Specifications

    APPENDIX J - CODE 93 SPECIFICATIONS CHARACTERISTICS CHARACTER SET Table 1. USS-93 Character Assignments...
  • Page 78 Table 2. Encoding the Full ASCII Character Set 0123456789...
  • Page 79 APPENDIX K CARD DATA FORMAT FOR TRANSACTION CARDS Recording Character Information Density Configuration Content TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3 TRACK COMMON FIELD ENCODING Account Field Name Field Start Exp Date Number Separator Separator Sentinel Char. Sentinel & Addit'l Data Account Field Exp Date End Start...

  • Page 80: Appendix L - Sources Of Bar Code And Magnetic Stripe Standards

    APPENDIX L - SOURCES OF BAR CODE AND MAGNETIC STRIPE STANDARDS...

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