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Appendices
Appendix I — Bar Code Configuration
You can configure the MS-890 by presenting Code 128 symbols encoded with serial commands.
Note : Your scanner does not need to be enabled for Code 128 in order to enter Bar Code
Configuration.
Entering Bar Code Configuration
The symbol used to enter configuration is the 7-character code 128 symbol shown below.
It is not required that the scanner be configured to read code 128 symbols to read this start
symbol or the following configuration symbols.
To set up Bar Code Configuration:
1. Put the scanner in a read cycle mode.
2. Place a special Code 128 configuration
Start symbol (provided below) in the scanner’s
field of view.
If the scanner is able to read the Start symbol, it will begin to beep and the performance
LEDs will activate.
3. When the scanner starts to beep, remove the configuration symbol from the scanner’s
field of view.
The scanner is now in Bar Code Configuration mode.
During Bar Code Configuration mode, the LEDs will illuminate in a sequential pattern to
indicate that the scanner is ready to be configured.
You can create your own start symbol by encoding the following character sequence
in a Code 128 symbol:
FNC4 <_CFG>