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Data Collection Wedge Introduction
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Data Collection
This software component is the interface between data collection devices such as bar code scanners, or imagers, externally
connected to a COM port on the Thor VM1 or bar code scanners wirelessly connected via Bluetooth to your Thor VM1. This
software component collects the data from the varied sources and presents it to applications on your Thor VM1 in a transparent
manner.
Note: When a HID enabled USB scanner is connected to the Thor VM1 the scanned data is transmitted to
the active window as keystroke messages. The data bypasses the data collection wedge. Any data
handling to be applied to the scanned data, for example strip leading or trailing characters, must be
programmed into the scan engine via configuration bar codes or handled by the application accepting
the data.
Use the options on the control panels to set Thor VM1 data collection keyboard wedge parameters, enable or disable allowed
symbologies and assign scan key settings.
Assign baud rate, parity, stop bits and data bits for available COM ports.
Parameters on the Main tab and the COM tab(s) apply to this device only.
Bar code manipulation parameter settings on the Data Options tab are applied to the incoming data resulting from successful
bar code scans received by the Thor VM1 for processing. The successful bar code scan data may be sent by
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a wireless Bluetooth Handheld Scanner,
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or a tethered serial scanner.
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