LXE MX5X, Reference Manual

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134 Main Tab
MX5X Reference Guide E-EQ-MX5CERG-D
Main Tab
Access: | Settings | Control Panel | Scanner | Main tab
Factory Default Settings
Main
Port 1
Internal
Port 2 Disabled
Enable Internal Scanner
Sound Enabled
Send key messages
(WEDGE) Enabled
Output enable Disabled (Dimmed)
Figure 4-1 Scanner Control / Main
Adjust the settings and tap the OK box to save the changes. The changes take effect immediately.
Note: The left and right Scan buttons have no effect on tethered external scanners.
Parameters
Port -- Port 1 default is Internal. Port 2 default is Disabled.
Send Key Messages (WEDGE) -- The default setting is Enabled. This feature coexists with the
parameters and settings located on the Barcode tab. When Send Key Messages (WEDGE) is
checked any data scan is converted to keystrokes and sent to the active window. When this box is
not checked, the application will need to use the set of LXE Scanner APIs to retrieve the data from
the scanner driver. Note that this latter method is significantly faster than using Wedge.
Even if Send Key Messages is enabled (key mode), the data is still available using the scanner
APIs (block mode).
When using the scanner APIs, refer to the CE API Programming Guide and the ClearBuf setting.
When two applications are reading the data using block mode, ClearBuf must be off so that the
data is not erased when read.
Note: The user can also open the WDG: device and perform standard OS read functions to
retrieve the data without using the LXE APIs.
Enable Internal Scanner Sound -- The default is Enabled. Functionality of the internal scanner
driver engine includes audible tones on good scan (at the maximum db supported by the speaker)
and failed scan. Disable this parameter when good scan/bad scan sounds are to be handled by
alternate means e.g. application-controlled sound files. Rejected barcodes generate a bad scan
beep. In some cases, the receipt of data from the scanner triggers a good scan beep from a tethered
scanner, and then the rejection of scanned barcode data by the processing causes a bad scan beep
from the MX5X on the same data.