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Worth Data WDP Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 ™ Second Keyboard and USB Bar Code Readers Bar Codes appear as keyed data on PC or Macintosh computers Owner’s Guide...
  • Page 2 This manual contains confidential and proprietary information and is copyrighted. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be photocopied or reproduced in any form without the prior written consent of Worth Data® Inc. PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: This product, its packaging, and/or components may contain...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USB Installation on a PC or Mac ........1-3 Keyboard Wedge Installation on PC ........1-5 Chapter 2 WDP Reader Setup Configuring the WDP Reader..........2-1 Using the WDP Reader Setup Menu ........2-2 WDP Setup Parameters............2-3 Chapter 3 Scanners and Scanning Technique Laser Scanners ..............3-1 Laser Scanning Options ............3-4...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction Worth Data's WDP Readers are versatile bar code readers that attach to the IBM PC, any PC keyboard-compatible computer, and all PC or Mac USB ports. The WDP provides bar code input data to any host computer program exactly as if the data had been typed at the keyboard, including function and control key support.

  • Page 5: Installation

    If there is visible damage, or if the unit fails to work, contact us with the details of the trouble; we will be happy to send you a replacement. The contents of your WDP Reader shipment should include some or all of the following: 1.
  • Page 6 The Reader is attached directly to the USB port of the computer using a USB Cable C21 (on a P22), C40 (for the LZ160-USB, the LZ310-USB and the LZ410-USB) or the C44-A for the SLV and SLI-WDP Slot Badge Readers. The Windows® or Macintosh® operating systems provide the software required to access the USB port.

  • Page 7: Usb Installation On A Pc Or Mac

    USB Installation for PC or Mac Model LZ160-USB, LZ310-USB, LZ410-USB, SLV-USB and SLI-USB The Integrated WDP Readers have an integrated USB port that can be attached directly to the USB port on any PC or Macintosh. The LZ160-USB, LZ310- USB, and LZ410-USB Readers use the C40 USB Cable, and the SLV-WDP and SLI-WDP use the C44-A USB Cable.
  • Page 8 1. Plug the flat USB connector end of the C21 cable into a USB port on the host computer or USB hub. 2. Plug the small square end of the C21 cable into the USB port on the WDP. On the P22, the USB port is next to the power jack.

  • Page 9: Keyboard Wedge Installation On Pc

    All of the above models af the Integrated Readers use Keyboard Y-Cables to connect between the keyboard and PC. This cable will come already attached to the Reader. The cable for the LZ160-WDP, LZ310-WDP and LZ410-WDP Lasers is the C41.
  • Page 10 Be sure not to plug into the mouse port by mistake. 4. Plug the modular telephone style jack (RJ45) at the Y end of the "Y" cable into the WDP P22 Reader's "Y" cable port. 5. Plug the wand, laser scanner, or bar code slot scanner into the P22 Reader's Scanner port.

  • Page 11: Wdp Reader Setup

    Start Setup, Reset and End Setup bar codes on the WDP Reader Setup Menu. If you need to change any settings, or want to learn more about the WDP Reader options, the next pages explain, step by step, how to set them and what they do.

  • Page 12: Using The Wdp Reader Setup Menu

    Using the WDP Reader Setup Menu You may use a WDP Setup Menu provided in Appendix J of this manual or on the Utilites CD-ROM or on our website www.barcodehq.com/downloads.html. If you have never scanned before, refer to Chapter 3 for scanning instruc- tions.

  • Page 13: Wdp Setup Parameters

    4 Second Aiming Dot 5 Second Aiming Dot 6 Second Aiming Dot The WDP Reader gives you a choice of five different beep pitches. The aiming dot settings are for use with an LZ400-D laser only. Code 39 Enable Code 39...
  • Page 14 "Caps Lock ON" means that lowercase letters read as data will be transmitted as uppercase, and uppercase as lower. Numbers, punctuation and control characters are not affected. "Caps Lock OFF" means that letters will be transmitted exactly as read. UPC/EAN Enable UPC/EAN Disable UPC/EAN Enable UPC/EAN Supplements...

  • Page 15: Of 5 Data Length

    2 of 5 Code is so susceptible to interpreting partial scans as valid reads that the WDP Reader uses fixed-length data as a safeguard. To choose a data length, scan it as a two-digit number using the Barpad Table. For example, to select 8-digit data length, you would scan a 0 and then a 8.

  • Page 16: Code 128

    For information about Codabar, see Appendix B. CLSI format is a form of Codabar often used by libraries Enabling Start/Stop character transmission means that the WDP will transmit the Start and Stop characters to your computer along with the bar code data. Enable transmission if you are varying the Start and Stop characters according to label type in order to differentiate between bar code data and data from the keyboard.

  • Page 17: Msi And Plessey

    PC Keyboard PC "learned timing" If you are connecting to a USB (PC or Mac) port with any WDP, the Reader will sense the USB interface. No Computer Interface setting is necessary. The WDP automatically senses if you have a Y cable plugged into a PC keyboard port.
  • Page 18 Preamble A "Preamble" is a user-specified data string transmitted at the beginning of each bar code. For example, if you specify the preamble @@ and read data of 123456, "@@123456" would be transmitted to your computer. The default is no preamble. To select a preamble, scan up to 15 characters from the "FULL ASCII MENU"...
  • Page 19 12. First you'd scan a 1 and then a 2. Next, the break code. Let's say your computer uses keycode 2 break codes of F0 followed by the make code. Finally, a right apostrophe to mark the end of the scan codes. ` 1 2 F 0 1 2 ' (scanned from the Full ASCII Menu) The preamble is limited to 15 characters.
  • Page 20 Reset Don't scan Reset unless you're sure you want to restore the WDP Reader to its default settings (as described on page 2-1), erasing all changes you've made, because that's exactly what Reset will do.

  • Page 21: Keyboard Country

    -- instead, use the Keyboard Country option described below.) For example: Suppose you want the WDP Reader to output a hex 92 character every time you scan a 1 (hex 31); you want to remap hex 31 to hex 92, (If you're using 8 data bits, output of 80-F8 codes is possible.) Your Full ASCII...

  • Page 22: Terminator Characters

    Enter (carriage return) None Depending on your application, you may wish the WDP Reader to transmit bar code data to your computer with an Enter (carriage return), a Tab at the end, or with no extra terminating character at all.

  • Page 23: Scanners And Scanning Technique

    Laser Scanners Worth Data offers Integrated Laser Readers (scanner has decoder built-in; LZ160-WDP/USB, LZ310-WDP/USB, and LZ410-WDP/USB) as well as separate undecoded Laser scanners that plug into the P22 WDP Decoder. Laser’s offer these advantages: Fast reading of difficult-to-read bar codes •...
  • Page 24 . LZ300, LZ310-USB & LZ310-WDP The LZ300 (for P22), the LZ310-USB and the LZ310-WDP Keyboard Wedge Integrated Laser Readers are triggered, 5 volt, visible light, moving beam laser scanners. They can read from 0" to 12" away, depending on the length of the bar code.
  • Page 25 LZ4xx can read the same code from up to 18" away. You should be able to read the Test Label shown below with any Worth Data Laser - LZ160, LZ3xx or LZ4xx - from anywhere between 2" and 10" away - probably...
  • Page 26 WDP Setup Menu: Double-Scan Checking By default, the WDP reader keeps reading until it gets two results that are exactly the same. This “double-scan checking” takes a little longer but minimizes the possibility of misreads - especially when reading poorly printed codes or reading through windsheilds.
  • Page 27 The LZ160, LZ160-USB, LZ160-WDP LZ300, LZ400, LZ310-USB, LZ310-WDP, LZ410-USB and LZ410-WDP are covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: Patent#:4,360,798; 4,387,297; 4,460,120; 4,496,831; 4,593,186; 4,603,262; 4,607,156; 4,652,750; 4,673,805; 4,736,095;...

  • Page 28: "Hands-Free" Scanning

    "Hands-Free" Scanning A stand is available for the all of the Worth Data Lasers that allows for "hands- free" bar code reading. The stand is available in a mountable "goose neck" (S11) or in a free-standing version with a base (S21). Just before placing the scanner in the stand, scan the “Stand On/Off”...

  • Page 29: Wands

    Wands If ordered with a wand, your P22 WDP Reader comes with an F52 medium/high resolution bar code wand, capable of reading bar codes ranging in quality from dot- matrix printed up to bar codes printed on a laser or thermal transfer printer.

  • Page 30: Using The Bar Code Slot Scanner

    If you have ordered only a slot scanner (you don't have a wand, Laser or CCD) for the P22 or you have a SLV or SLI-WDP Integrated Slot Badge Reader model, you will need the WDP Card Setup Deck in addition to or instead of the Reader Setup Menu.

  • Page 31: Using The Magstripe Slot Scanner

    The MagStripe Slot Scanner options (track 1, track 2, track 3, or track 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 or Track 1/2/3) enable the WDP Reader to read credit and other magnetic-strip cards without disconnecting or disabling the bar code wand. It's a stationary scanner which reads tracks 1 and 2 of magnetically-encoded cards meeting the standards defined by ANSI x 4.13, ANSI x 4.16 1983, ISO 3554...

  • Page 32: Special Features Function And Control Key Support

    Special Features Function and Control Key Support The WDP Reader can also transmit key sequences for function, control, alt (command and option keys on Macs), cursor and shift keys, for ease of use with the many software packages using these keys for menus or commands.
  • Page 33 For example, if the WDP reads the bar code SOH (ASCII 001 -- a control-A) from the FULL ASCII MENU, it will transmit an F1 key sequence to your computer. Function keys F11 and F12 Function keys F11 and F12 require two bar codes to be scanned to make these functions keys.

  • Page 34: Accumulate Mode

    Accumulate Mode Accumulate Mode is an option (which can be enabled or disabled using the Reader Setup Menu's Code 39 section) allowing the reader to accumulate multiple bar codes in its buffer, then transmit them to the computer as if they had been a single bar code.

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    - will probably still correct the problem. If you are using a USB reader and there many devices, you may need either a power supply on the WDP (P22 only), or you may need a powered USB hub device.
  • Page 36 Reread page 2-7 and make sure you chose the proper Computer Interface. • If part of the data is correct and part missing, you need to tell the WDP Reader to transmit data at a different rate. First try Learned Timing on page 2-7, and if that doesn't work, resort to changing Data Transmission Timing on page 2-10 (Keyboard Interface ONLY).
  • Page 37 If the WDP Reader has a much higher read rate without the keyboard attached, you can probably solve the problem by using a Worth Data regulated 5-volt external power supply (F10).

  • Page 38: Appendix A Specifications For Code

    Code 39 uses an asterisk (*) as a start and stop character. This character must precede and follow the data in the bar code. The WDP gives you the option of transmitting or not transmitting these characters when the bar code is read.
  • Page 39 Mod 43 Check Character Standard Code 39 can be printed with a "Mod 43 Check Character". This Mod 43 check character cannot be used with Full Ascii Code 39. The check character is derived by assigning a value to each character in the data to be bar coded from the table as follows: Char Value...

  • Page 40: Full Ascii Extension To Code 39

    Full ASCII Extension to Code 39 "Full-ASCII Code 39" expands the Code 39 character set to include all 128 ASCII characters. Symbols 0-9, A-Z and punctuation characters . and - are identical to their Code 39 representations. Lower-case letters, additional punctuation charac- ters and control characters are represented by sequences of two Code 39 characters.

  • Page 41: Appendix B Codabar

    Codabar start/stop transmission The Codabar section on the WDP Setup Menu lets you determine whether Codabar start/stop characters are transmitted or not. If you are varying start/ stop characters with different types of labels, you'll want to "Enable Stop/Start...

  • Page 42: Code 128 Specifications

    ]C1 Start C/Function Code 1 ^] (GS) Function Code 1 as a variable string terminator If UCC/EAN 128 is enabled, the WDP reader looks for the Start C/Function Code 1 characters to indicate a UCC/EAN 128 bar code. The UCC Serial Shipping Container Code specification calls for a 19 digit UCC/EAN 128 code with an additional Mod 10 Check Digit (20 digits in all for the code).
  • Page 43 GS1-128 UCC/EAN 128 is enabled by scanning the appropriate bar codes on the WDP Reader Setup Menu. If UCC/EAN 128 is enabled, you will be able to read both standard Code 128 as well as the UCC/EAN 128 bar codes with the Function 1 character and the Mod 10 check digit.

  • Page 44: Interleaved 2 Of 5 Code

    TriCoder to check each field for the proper length. • Use a check digit. Worth Data' LabelRIGHT printing program automatically calculates and prints a check digit upon request using the method below: Interleaved 2 of 5 Mod 10 check digit calculation 1.
  • Page 45 6. Subtract the result of step 5 from the next highest multiple of 10: 60 - 57 = 3 7. The checksum becomes the low-order digit: 19873 8. Because the data now has an odd length, a leading zero is added, for the final result of: 019873...

  • Page 46: Upc/Ean Specifications

    Appendix E UPC/EAN Specifications UPC symbols are found on almost all grocery products and many other retail items. The UPC code most people are familiar with (UPC-A) is a fixed-length (12 digits) numeric only code, with the first digit controlled by UPC coding assignments and the last digit a checksum.

  • Page 47: Isbn Specifications

    Mod-11 check digit. For example, a bar code containing the numbers 978055337062153495 would transmit as 0553370626 in the ISBN format. The WDP has the option of transmitting in the ISBN format. ISBN specifications are available from: American National Standards...
  • Page 48 For reference, these are the methods of calculation: Checksum calculation for UPC-A, EAN-13 and EAN-8 Use Worth Data’s phone number (it's not a real UPC-A code) as sample data: 18314589938 Assign even and odd positions, starting at the right and moving left:...
  • Page 49 UPC-E Checksum Calculation Use the sample data of 123456 to demonstrate the UPC-E checksum calculation: 1. The 6 digit UPC-E code is converted to a 10-digit code, using an expansion scheme based on the sixth digit: code f the code UPC-E data Insertion digits Insertion...

  • Page 50: Msi/Plessey Specifications

    Appendix F MSI/Plessey Specifications Plessey is a variable length numeric only bar code. MSI Bar Code is a variable length, numeric-only code with an automatically appended Modulus 10 check digit. MSI is sometimes called Modified Plessey Code. If the user specifies an ad- ditional check digit, the MSI code can be 14 digits long, otherwise it has a maxi- mum length of 13 characters.
  • Page 51 The MSI Mod 11 check digit is calculated as follows: The example bar code data is: 943457842 1. Assign a checking factor to each number, starting with the units position of the number (in this example, the 2) up to the highest order position (the 9). Use checking factors of: 2,3,4,5,6,7,2,3,4,5,6,7...

  • Page 52: Code 93 Specifications

    Appendix G Code 93 Specifications Code 93 is variable length, continuous, bi-directional, compact code. Code 93 is an alphanumeric bar code which consists of 43 data characters (0-9,A-Z,$/+% .- and Space), 4 control characters, and a unique start/stop character. The entire set of 128 ASCII characters is represented in Code 93 using combinations of control characters and data characters.

  • Page 53: Ascii Code Equivalent Table

    Appendix H ASCII Code Equivalent Table The 128 ASCII codes and their 3 digit decimal equivalents are detailed in the table below. Char hex ASCII Char ASCII Char ASCII Char ASCII ‘ “ & ‘ < >...

  • Page 54: Appendix I Resolving Usb Installation Issues

    Appendix I Resolving USB Installation Issues The USB HID (Human Interface Device) keyboard driver is standard with Windows®. Most recent versions of Windows include necessary files in the installed Windows system folders so driver installation is easy if not automatic. It is possible for the user to cancel the HID driver installation before it is completed and this results in a problem.
  • Page 55 Windows® 2000: 1. Log on as Administrator and open the Administrative Tools folder in your Control Panel. 2. Run the Computer Management utility. 3. Select the Tree tab on the left panel 4. Find the Device Manager entry under System Tools and click on it. The right panel will display current devices.

  • Page 56: Wdp P22 Board Diagram

    Typically, there will be no reason to have to open the WDP P22 decoder case. or screwdriver blade But, if you have ordered your P22 to replace an older WDP reader and you are open using the same wand as before, you may need to change a switch on the WDP P22 circuit board.

  • Page 57: Wdp Setup Menu

    Appendix K WDP Setup Menu To change a setting using the WDP Setup Menu: • Scan START SETUP to enter setup mode • Scan the parameter you want to change (i.e. Code 3 of 9) • Choose the setting you want to change and scan the corresponding letter or number from the Barpad Table (0-9, A-F) •...
  • Page 58 Start Setup End Setup */+/* */-/* Code 93 Code 128 */S/* */W/* 0 Disable 128 0 Enable Code 93 1 Enable 128 1 Disable Code 93 2 Disable UCC/EAN-128 2 Enable Full ASCII Code 93 3 Enable UCC/EAN-128 3 Disable Full ASCII Code 93 Codabar MSI/Plessey */D/*...
  • Page 59 Clears Preamble & Postamble and resets current individual parameter back to default settings. STAND MODE */++/* Scan this bar code to put the WDP into and out of “hands-free” stand mode when using the S21 and S11 Stands. Future Code 1 */6/*...

  • Page 60: Full Ascii Menu

    Char (function) *%U* BARCODE Full ASCII Menu Decimal SOH(f1) STX(f2) ETX(f3) * A* *%U* * B* * C* EOT(f4) ENQ(f5) ACK(f6) BEL(f7) * D* * E* * F* * G* VT(Pg Up) * I* * J* * K* * H* FF(Pg Dn) SO(f8) SI(f9)
  • Page 61 */Z* *%F* < > *%G* *%H* *%I* *%J* *%V* *%K* *%L* *%M* *%N* *%O* *%W* *+A* *+B* *+C* *+D* *+E* *+F* *+G* *+H* *+I* *+J* *+K* *+L* *+M* *+N* *+O* *+P* *+Q* *+R* *+S*...
  • Page 62 *+T* *+U* *+V* *+W* *+X* *+Y* *+Z* *%P* *%Q* *%R* *%S* *%T*...

  • Page 63: Index

    3-8 Enabling the Mod 43 Check Digit, 2-3 specifications for cards to use with, 3-8 Full ASCII Extension to Code 39, A-3 WDP Card Setup Deck, 3-8 LOGMARS, A-1 Bar Codes Mod 43 Check Character, A-2 Accumulate mode, 4-3...
  • Page 64 Keyboard Country, 2-11 choosing installation method, 1-2 Keyboard error, 5-1 Computer Interface selection, 2-7 Keyboard scan codes in pre/postamble, 2-8 configuring the WDP for, 2-7 Keyboard Wedge Installation keyboard plug types, 1-6 Model LZ160-WDP, LZ310-WDP, LZ410- Poor read rates, 5-3...
  • Page 65 Timing problems,2-10, 5-2 Wand port, 1-6 Trailing character - trimming,2-9 WDP Reader Setup Menu, 2-1, K-1 Transmitting NSC and check digit on WDP Reader Setup Menu. See also WDP UPC/EAN,2-4 Setup Parameters Trimming characters WDP Setup Parameters, 2-3 from end of data,2-9...

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