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Contents

About This Guide

Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   xiii
Chapter Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Notational Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Service Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1-3
Unpacking the Scanner  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3
Setting Up the Scanner  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4

Installing the Interface Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
Connecting Power (if required)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
Configuring the Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4
Removing the Interface Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5

Chapter 2. Scanning

Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2-3
Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
Beeper Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6
LED Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7

Aiming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7
Decode Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8
Mounting Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-9

Summary of Contents for Symbol LS9203

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Page 4: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 72E 71538 03 Revision A February 2007...

Page 5: ...erivative work from a licensed program or use a licensed program in a network without written permission from Motorola The user agrees to maintain Motorola s copyright notice on the licensed programs...

Page 6: ...Description 72E 71538 01 3 2005 Initial release 72E 71538 02 10 2005 Update for additional Simple Comm Port Emulation bar code 72E 71538 03 2 2007 Update service information add parameter bar codes f...

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Page 8: ...Getting Started Introduction 1 3 Unpacking the Scanner 1 3 Setting Up the Scanner 1 4 Installing the Interface Cable 1 4 Connecting Power if required 1 4 Configuring the Scanner 1 4 Removing the Inte...

Page 9: ...ime Delay to Low Power Mode 4 13 Chapter 5 Keyboard Wedge Interface Introduction 5 3 Connecting a Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 3 Keyboard Wedge Default Parameters 5 4 Keyboard Wedge Host Types 5 5 Keybo...

Page 10: ...B Host Parameters 7 5 USB Device Type 7 5 USB Country Keyboard Types Country Codes 7 8 USB Keystroke Delay 7 14 USB CAPS Lock Override 7 16 USB Ignore Unknown Characters 7 17 Emulate Keypad 7 18 USB K...

Page 11: ...end 9 36 Bookland ISBN Format 9 37 UCC Coupon Extended Code 9 38 Linear UPC EAN Decode 9 39 Code 128 9 40 Enable Disable Code 128 9 40 Enable Disable UCC EAN 128 9 41 Enable Disable ISBT 128 9 42 Code...

Page 12: ...Editing 9 85 MSI 9 86 Enable Disable MSI 9 86 Set Lengths for MSI 9 87 MSI Check Digits 9 89 Transmit MSI Check Digit s 9 90 MSI Check Digit Algorithm 9 91 RSS Reduced Space Symbology 9 92 RSS 14 9 92...

Page 13: ...erence Symbol Code Identifiers B 3 AIM Code Identifiers B 4 Appendix C Sample Bar Codes Code 39 C 3 UPC EAN C 3 UPC A 100 C 3 EAN 13 100 C 3 Code 128 C 4 Interleaved 2 of 5 C 4 RSS 14 C 4 Appendix D N...

Page 14: ...About This Guide Chapter Contents Introduction xiii Chapter Descriptions xiii Notational Conventions xiii Related Publications xiv Service Information xiv...

Page 15: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide xii...

Page 16: ...ion Interface covers all information for setting up the scanner for Wand emulation operation Chapter 9 Symbologies describes all symbology features and provides the programming bar codes necessary for...

Page 17: ...Interaction Center in your area Before calling have the model number serial number and several bar code symbols at hand Call the Global Customer Interaction Center from a phone near the scanning equip...

Page 18: ...Chapter Contents Introduction 1 3 Unpacking the Scanner 1 3 Setting Up the Scanner 1 4 Installing the Interface Cable 1 4 Connecting Power if required 1 4 Configuring the Scanner 1 4 Removing the Inte...

Page 19: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 1 2...

Page 20: ...se and Japanese International Keyboards supported for Win XP 2000 environment French Canadian International Keyboards supported for Win 95 98 environment French Canadian Wand Emulation connection to a...

Page 21: ...cting Power if required If the host does not provide power to the scanner an external power connection to the scanner is required 1 Connect the interface cable to the back of the scanner as described...

Page 22: ...rface Cable To remove the interface cable 1 Unplug the installed cable s modular connector by depressing the connector clip and gently pulling back 2 Follow the steps for Installing the Interface Cabl...

Page 23: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 1 6...

Page 24: ...Scanning Chapter Contents Introduction 2 3 Scanning in Omni Mode 2 4 Beeper Definitions 2 7 LED Definitions 2 9 Aiming 2 9 Decode Zone 2 10 Mounting Template 2 11...

Page 25: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 2 2...

Page 26: ...igure 2 4 on page 2 5 or from side to side in a sweeping motion swipe scanning see Figure 2 5 on page 2 5 1 Ensure all cable connections are secure 2 Place the scanner in the stand see Figure 2 1 Figu...

Page 27: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 2 4 Figure 2 2 Hands Free Mode Figure 2 3 Hand Held Mode...

Page 28: ...e present it to the exit window of the scanner presentation scanning or move it from side to side in a sweeping motion swipe scanning as shown in Figure 2 4 and Figure 2 5 Figure 2 4 Presentation scan...

Page 29: ...e remain in program mode Hi lo beep Keyboard parameter selected Enter value using bar code keypad Hi lo hi lo beep Successful program exit with change in the parameter setting Low hi low hi beep Out o...

Page 30: ...ifficult The scanner can be tilted up to 45 forward or back and achieve a successful decode Figure 2 6 Simple practice quickly shows what tolerances to work within Figure 2 6 Maximum Tilt Angles and D...

Page 31: ...S9203 Product Reference Guide 2 8 Decode Zone Figure 2 7 Symbol LS9203 Decode Zone LS 9203 5 mil 1 0 2 5 0 5 0 12 7 12 7 5 in cm W i d t h o f F i e l d 8 5 7 8 mil 60 10 4 mil 80 6 0 7 5 13 mil 100 U...

Page 32: ...ing 2 9 Mounting Template Use the template to mount the optional hands free stand on a flat surface Two 6 32 screws 5 8 in long are recommended Figure 2 8 Detachable Stand Mounting Template 2 00 in 5...

Page 33: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 2 10...

Page 34: ...Maintenance and Technical Specifications Chapter Contents Introduction 3 3 Maintenance 3 3 Troubleshooting 3 3 Technical Specifications 3 4 Scanner Signal Descriptions 3 6...

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Page 36: ...rate power supply ensure it s connected to a working AC outlet Interface cable is not properly connected Check for loose cable connections Scan line s display but bar code cannot be read Scanner is no...

Page 37: ...Tolerance Typical Note 1 Omnidirectional 50 Roll Tolerance Typical Note 1 Omnidirectional 0 to 360 Print Contrast 25 minimum reflective difference Scan Patterns Omnidirectional 20 interlocking lines...

Page 38: ...ial indoor and natural outdoor direct sunlight lighting conditions Fluorescent Incandescent Mercury Vapor and Sodium Vapor 450 Ft Candles 4 844 Lux Sunlight 8000 Ft Candles 86 111 Lux Regulatory Elect...

Page 39: ...anner Signal Descriptions Figure 3 1 Scanner Cable Pinouts The signal descriptions in Table 3 2 apply to the connector on the scanner and are for reference only PIN 10 Back of scanner PIN 1 Interface...

Page 40: ...SB 1 Reserved Reserved Reserved Jump to Pin 6 2 Power Power Power Power 3 Ground Ground Ground Ground 4 TxD KeyClock DBP Reserved 5 RxD TermData CTS D 6 RTS KeyData RTS Jump to Pin 1 7 CTS TermClock R...

Page 41: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 3 8...

Page 42: ...Examples 4 3 Errors While Scanning 4 3 User Preferences Default Parameters 4 4 User Preferences 4 5 Set Default Parameter 4 5 Beeper Tone 4 6 Beeper Volume 4 8 Laser On Time 4 10 Beep After Good Decod...

Page 43: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 4 2...

Page 44: ...rmation After hearing the power up beeps select a host type This only needs to be done once upon the first power up when connected to a new host To return all features to their default values scan the...

Page 45: ...rd Default Parameters for all user preferences hosts symbologies and miscellaneous default parameters Table 4 1 User Preferences Default Table Parameter Default Page Number User Preferences Set Defaul...

Page 46: ...User Preferences 4 5 User Preferences Set Default Parameter Scanning this bar code returns all parameters to the default values listed in Table A 1 on page A 1 Set All Defaults...

Page 47: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 4 6 Beeper Tone To select a decode beep frequency tone scan the Low Frequency Medium Frequency or High Frequency bar code Low Frequency Medium Frequency...

Page 48: ...User Preferences 4 7 Beeper Tone Continued High Frequency...

Page 49: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 4 8 Beeper Volume To select a beeper volume scan the Low Volume Medium Volume or High Volume bar code Low Volume Medium Volume...

Page 50: ...User Preferences 4 9 Beeper Volume Continued High Volume...

Page 51: ...The default Laser On Time is 3 0 seconds To set a Laser On Time scan the bar code below Next scan two numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in D that correspond to the desired on time Single digit n...

Page 52: ...w to select whether or not the scanner beeps after a good decode If Do Not Beep After Good Decode is selected the beeper still operates during parameter menu scanning and indicates error conditions Be...

Page 53: ...can the bar code below then scan the 0 and 5 bar codes If an error is made or to change a selection scan Cancel on page D 8 Timeout Between Same Symbol Timeout Between Decodes Different Symbol This pa...

Page 54: ...r sets the time that the scanner remains active after any scanning activity Scan one of the five options Depending on the selection the scanner enters a low power mode 15 30 60 90 minutes or 127 5 hou...

Page 55: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 4 14 Time Delay to Low Power Mode Continued 60 Minutes 90 Minutes...

Page 56: ...User Preferences 4 15 Time Delay to Low Power Mode Continued Extended 127 5 Hours...

Page 57: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 4 16...

Page 58: ...board Wedge Host Types 5 5 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Country Codes 5 8 Ignore Unknown Characters 5 14 Keystroke Delay 5 15 Intra Keystroke Delay 5 17 Alternate Numeric Keypad Emulation 5 18 Caps Lo...

Page 59: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 5 2...

Page 60: ...ting a Keyboard Wedge Interface Figure 5 1 Keyboard Wedge Connection with Y cable To connect the Keyboard Wedge Y cable 1 Switch off the host and unplug the keyboard connector 2 Attach the modular con...

Page 61: ...fault Table Parameter Default Page Number Keyboard Wedge Host Parameters Keyboard Wedge Host Type IBM PC AT IBM PC Compatibles1 5 5 Country Types Country Codes North American 5 8 Ignore Unknown Charac...

Page 62: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 5 Keyboard Wedge Host Types Keyboard Wedge Host Types Select the keyboard wedge host by scanning one of the bar codes below IBM PC AT IBM PC Compatibles1 IBM PS 2 Model 30...

Page 63: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 5 6 Keyboard Wedge Host Types Continued IBM AT NOTEBOOK IBM XT...

Page 64: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 7 Keyboard Wedge Host Types Continued NCR 7052 1 User selection is required to configure this interface and this is the most common selection Note...

Page 65: ...uide 5 8 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Country Codes Scan the bar code corresponding to the keyboard type If the particular keyboard type is not listed see Alternate Numeric Keypad Emulation on page 5...

Page 66: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 9 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Continued French Windows French Canadian Win 95 98...

Page 67: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 5 10 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Continued French Canadian Windows XP 2000 Spanish Windows...

Page 68: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 11 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Continued Italian Windows Swedish Windows...

Page 69: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 5 12 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Continued UK English Windows Japanese Windows...

Page 70: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 13 Keyboard Wedge Country Types Continued Brazilian Portuguese Windows...

Page 71: ...acters is selected all bar code data is sent except for unknown characters and no error beeps sound on the scanner When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected bar code data is sent...

Page 72: ...Interface 5 15 Keystroke Delay This is the delay in milliseconds between emulated keystrokes Scan a bar code below to increase the delay when hosts require a slower transmission of data No Delay Mediu...

Page 73: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 5 16 Keystroke Delay Continued Long Delay 40 msec...

Page 74: ...nterface 5 17 Intra Keystroke Delay When enabled an additional delay is inserted between each emulated key depression and release This sets the Keystroke Delay parameter to a minimum of 5 msec as well...

Page 75: ...ric Keypad Emulation This allows emulation of most other country keyboard types not listed in Keyboard Wedge Country Types Country Codes on page 5 8 in a Microsoft operating system environment Enable...

Page 76: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 19 Caps Lock On When enabled the scanner emulates keystrokes as if the Caps Lock key is always pressed Enable Caps Lock On Disable Caps Lock On...

Page 77: ...e keyboard ignores the state of the Caps Lock key Therefore an A in the bar code is sent as an A no matter what the state of the keyboard s Caps Lock key Enable Caps Lock Override Disable Caps Lock Ov...

Page 78: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 21 Convert Wedge Data When enabled the scanner will convert all bar code data to the selected case Convert to Upper Case Convert to Lower Case...

Page 79: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 5 22 Convert Wedge Data Continued No Convert...

Page 80: ...normally sent as a control key sequences see Table 7 2 on page 7 24 When this parameter is enabled the keys in bold are sent in place of the standard key mapping Table entries that do not have a bold...

Page 81: ...e Guide 5 24 FN1 Substitution When enabled this allows replacement of any FN1 characters in an Code 128 or EAN 128 bar code with a Key Category and Key Value choose by the user see FN1 Substitution Va...

Page 82: ...Keyboard Wedge Interface 5 25 Send Make Break When enabled the scan codes for releasing a key are not sent Send Make and Break Scan Codes Send Make Scan Code Only...

Page 83: ...To program the prefix suffix values see the bar codes on page 10 6 Figure 5 2 IBM PS2 Type Keyboard Figure 5 3 IBM PC XT Figure 5 4 IBM PC AT 5001 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 5007 5008 5009 5010 7009 701...

Page 84: ...019 5001 5017 7013 5011 7013 if double key 1048 if double key 1048 5012 5009 5007 5008 5010 5002 5003 5004 5005 5006 1046 1045 5014 1043 5013 5015 5016 5018 5019 1086 1087 1088 1089 1090 5001 1066 107...

Page 85: ...ASCII Value Full ASCII Code 39 Encode Character Keystroke 1001 A CTRL A 1002 B CTRL B 1003 C CTRL C 1004 D CTRL D 1005 E CTRL E 1006 F CTRL F 1007 G CTRL G 1008 H CTRL H BACKSPACE1 1009 I CTRL I HORIZ...

Page 86: ...L 1045 1046 1047 O 1048 0 0 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4 4 1053 5 5 1054 6 6 1055 7 7 1056 8 8 1057 9 9 1058 Z 1059 F 1060 G 1061 H Table 5 2 Keyboard Wedge ASCII Character Set Continued ASCII Va...

Page 87: ...M 1078 N N 1079 O O 1080 P P 1081 Q Q 1082 R R 1083 S S 1084 T T 1085 U U 1086 V V 1087 W W 1088 X X 1089 Y Y 1090 Z Z 1091 K 1092 L 1093 M 1094 N Table 5 2 Keyboard Wedge ASCII Character Set Continu...

Page 88: ...n 1111 O o 1112 P p 1113 Q q 1114 R r 1115 S s 1116 T t 1117 U u 1118 V v 1119 W w 1120 X x 1121 Y y 1122 Z z 1123 P 1124 Q 1125 R 1126 S Table 5 2 Keyboard Wedge ASCII Character Set Continued ASCII...

Page 89: ...s Keystroke 2065 ALT A 2066 ALT B 2067 ALT C 2068 ALT D 2069 ALT E 2070 ALT F 2071 ALT G 2072 ALT H 2073 ALT I 2074 ALT J 2075 ALT K 2076 ALT L 2077 ALT M 2078 ALT N 2079 ALT O 2080 ALT P 2081 ALT Q 2...

Page 90: ...3051 GUI 3 3052 GUI 4 3053 GUI 5 3054 GUI 6 3055 GUI 7 3056 GUI 8 3057 GUI 9 3065 GUI A 3066 GUI B 3067 GUI C 3068 GUI D 3069 GUI E 3070 GUI F 3071 GUI G 3072 GUI H 3073 GUI I 3074 GUI J 3075 GUI K 3...

Page 91: ...Keys Keystroke 5001 F1 5002 F2 5003 F3 5004 F4 5005 F5 5006 F6 5007 F7 5008 F8 5009 F9 5010 F10 5011 F11 5012 F12 5013 F13 5014 F14 5015 F15 5016 F16 5017 F17 5018 F18 5019 F19 5020 F20 5021 F21 5022...

Page 92: ...ce 5 35 Table 5 6 Keyboard Wedge Numeric Keypad Character Set Numeric Keypad Keystroke 6042 6043 6044 undefined 6045 6046 6047 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 6056 8 6057 9 605...

Page 93: ...Keypad Character Set Extended Keypad Keystroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 Pg Up 7004 End 7005 Pg Dn 7006 Pause 7007 Scroll Lock 7008 Backspace 7009 Tab 7010 Print Screen 7011 Insert 7012 Home 7013 En...

Page 94: ...232 Host Types 6 7 Baud Rate 6 11 Parity 6 15 Check Receive Errors 6 18 Hardware Handshaking 6 19 Software Handshaking 6 22 Host Serial Response Time out 6 25 RTS Line State 6 28 Stop Bit Select 6 29...

Page 95: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 2...

Page 96: ...isted refer to the documentation for the host device Throughout the programming bar code menus default values are indicated with asterisks Connecting an RS 232 Interface This connection is made direct...

Page 97: ...Rate 9600 6 11 Parity None 6 15 Check Receive Errors Enable 6 18 Hardware Handshaking None 6 19 Software Handshaking None 6 22 Host Serial Response Time out 2 Sec 6 25 RTS Line State Low RTS 6 28 Stop...

Page 98: ...x Data Suffix Data Suffix Prefix Data Suffix Data Suffix Suffix CR LF 7013 CR 1013 CR 1013 CR 1013 CR 1013 ETX 1002 CR 1013 Baud Rate 9600 9600 9600 9600 9600 9600 9600 Parity None Even None Odd Odd E...

Page 99: ...B B B FF EAN 13 JAN 13 F F A A A F Code 39 C len None M M M len C len Codabar N len None N N N len N len Code 128 L len None K K K len L len I 2 of 5 I len None I I I len I len Code 93 None None L L...

Page 100: ...7 RS 232 Host Types To select an RS 232 host interface scan one of the following bar codes Standard RS 2321 ICL RS 232 1 User selection is required to configure this interface and this is the most com...

Page 101: ...Product Reference Guide 6 8 RS 232 Host Types Continued Wincor Nixdorf RS 232 Mode A Wincor Nixdorf RS 232 Mode B 1 User selection is required to configure this interface and this is the most common s...

Page 102: ...RS 232 Interface 6 9 RS 232 Host Types continued Fujitsu RS 232 Olivetti ORS4500 1 User selection is required to configure this interface and this is the most common selection Note...

Page 103: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 10 RS 232 Host Types continued Omron OPOS JPOS 1 User selection is required to configure this interface and this is the most common selection Note...

Page 104: ...s the number of bits of data transmitted per second The scanner s baud rate setting should match the baud rate setting of the host device If not data may not reach the host device or may reach it in d...

Page 105: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 12 Baud Rate continued Baud Rate 2400 Baud Rate 4800...

Page 106: ...RS 232 Interface 6 13 Baud Rate continued Baud Rate 9600 Baud Rate 19 200...

Page 107: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 14 Baud Rate continued Baud Rate 38 400...

Page 108: ...to host device requirements Select Odd parity and the parity bit value is set to 0 or 1 based on data to ensure that an odd number of 1 bits are contained in the coded character Odd Select Even parity...

Page 109: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 16 Parity Continued Select Mark parity and the parity bit is always 1 Mark Select Space parity and the parity bit is always 0 Space...

Page 110: ...RS 232 Interface 6 17 Parity Continued Select None when no parity bit is required None...

Page 111: ...ive Errors Select whether or not the parity framing and overrun of received characters are checked The parity value of received characters is verified against the parity parameter selected above Check...

Page 112: ...o assert CTS When the host asserts CTS data is transmitted If after 2 seconds default the CTS line is not asserted the scanner sounds a transmit error and discards the data When data transmission is c...

Page 113: ...de below to select Standard RTS CTS Hardware Handshaking Standard RTS CTS RTS CTS Option 1 When RTS CTS Option 1 is selected the scanner asserts RTS before transmitting and ignores the state of CTS Th...

Page 114: ...scanner issues an error indication and discards the data RTS CTS Option 2 RTS CTS Option 3 When Option 3 is selected the scanner asserts RTS prior to any data transmission regardless of the state of...

Page 115: ...When this option is selected after transmitting data the scanner expects either an ACK or NAK response from the host When a NAK is received the scanner transmits the same data again and waits for eith...

Page 116: ...data If an ENQ is not received within the Host Serial Response Time out the scanner issues an error indication and discards the data The host must transmit an ENQ character at least every Host Serial...

Page 117: ...d When the scanner has data to send it waits up to 2 seconds for an XON character before transmission If the XON is not received within this time the scanner issues an error indication and discards th...

Page 118: ...ameter specifies how long the scanner waits for an ACK NAK or CTS before determining that a transmission error has occurred This only applies when in one of the ACK NAK Software Handshaking modes or R...

Page 119: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 26 Host Serial Response Time out Continued Medium 5 Sec High 7 5 Sec...

Page 120: ...RS 232 Interface 6 27 Host Serial Response Time out Continued Maximum 9 9 Sec...

Page 121: ...l LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 28 RTS Line State This parameter sets the idle state of the Serial Host RTS line Scan a bar code below to select Low RTS or High RTS line state Host Low RTS Host Hig...

Page 122: ...ansmission of one character and prepares the receiving device for the next character in the serial data stream The number of stop bits selected one or two depends on the number the receiving terminal...

Page 123: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 30 Data Bits This parameter allows the scanner to interface with devices requiring a 7 bit or 8 bit ASCII protocol 7 Bit 8 Bit...

Page 124: ...er is enabled the scanner issues a beep when a BEL character is detected on the RS 232 serial line BEL is issued to gain a user s attention to an illegal entry or other important event Beep On BEL Cha...

Page 125: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 32 Intercharacter Delay This parameter specifies the intercharacter delay inserted between character transmissions Minimum 0 msec Low 25 msec...

Page 126: ...RS 232 Interface 6 33 Intercharacter Delay Continued Medium 50 msec High 75 msec...

Page 127: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 34 Intercharacter Delay Continued Maximum 99 msec...

Page 128: ...35 Nixdorf Beep LED Options When Nixdorf Mode B is selected this indicates when the scanner should beep and turn on its LED after a decode Normal Operation Beep LED immediately after decode Beep LED...

Page 129: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 36 Nixdorf Beep LED Options Continued Beep LED After CTS Pulse...

Page 130: ...selected all bar code data is send except for unknown characters and no error beeps sound on the scanner When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected bar code data is sent up to the...

Page 131: ...ode 39 Encode Character ASCII Character 1000 U NUL 1001 A SOH 1002 B STX 1003 C ETX 1004 D EOT 1005 E ENQ 1006 F ACK 1007 G BELL 1008 H BCKSPC 1009 I HORIZ TAB 1010 J LF NW LN 1011 K VT 1012 L FF 1013...

Page 132: ...047 O 1048 0 0 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4 4 1053 5 5 1054 6 6 1057 7 7 1056 8 8 1057 9 9 1058 Z 1059 F 1060 G 1061 H 1062 I 1063 J 1064 V 1065 A A 1066 B B 1067 C C 1068 D D 1069 E E Table 6 4...

Page 133: ...P P 1081 Q Q 1082 R R 1083 S S 1084 T T 1085 U U 1086 V V 1087 W W 1088 X X 1089 Y Y 1090 Z Z 1091 K 1092 L 1093 M 1094 N 1095 O _ 1096 W 1097 A a 1098 B b 1099 C c 1100 D d 1101 E e 1102 F f 1103 G g...

Page 134: ...o 1112 P p 1113 Q q 1114 R r 1115 S s 1116 T t 1117 U u 1118 V v 1119 W w 1120 X x 1121 Y y 1122 Z z 1123 P 1124 Q 1125 R 1126 S 1127 Undefined 7013 ENTER Table 6 4 RS 232 Prefix Suffix Values Continu...

Page 135: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 6 42...

Page 136: ...arameters 7 5 USB Device Type 7 5 USB Country Keyboard Types Country Codes 7 8 USB Keystroke Delay 7 14 USB CAPS Lock Override 7 16 USB Ignore Unknown Characters 7 17 Emulate Keypad 7 18 USB Keyboard...

Page 137: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 7 2...

Page 138: ...mputers that support more than one keyboard The following operating systems support the scanner through USB Windows 98 2000 ME XP MacOS 8 5 and above IBM 4690 OS The scanner will also interface with o...

Page 139: ...USB Default Parameters Table 7 1 lists the defaults for USB host parameters To change any option scan the appropriate bar code s provided in the Parameter Descriptions section beginning on page 7 5 S...

Page 140: ...vendor IBM Hand Held USB requires drivers supplied by the Point of Service POS device vendor Check with the POS vendor to verify the drivers used When connecting two scanners to a host IBM does not p...

Page 141: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 7 6 USB Device Type Continued IBM Table Top USB IBM Hand Held USB...

Page 142: ...USB Interface 7 7 USB Device Type Continued USB OPOS Hand Held Simple COM Port Emulation...

Page 143: ...bar code corresponding to the keyboard type This setting applies only to the USB HID Keyboard Emulation device When changing Country Selection the scanner automatically restarts The scanner issues th...

Page 144: ...USB Interface 7 9 USB Country Keyboard Types Continued German Windows French Canadian Windows...

Page 145: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 7 10 USB Country Keyboard Types Continued French Canadian Windows 2000 XP Spanish Traditional Windows...

Page 146: ...USB Interface 7 11 USB Country Keyboard Types Continued Italian Windows Swedish Windows...

Page 147: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 7 12 USB Country Keyboard Types Continued UK English Windows Japanese Windows ASCII...

Page 148: ...USB Interface 7 13 USB Country Keyboard Types Continued Portuguese Brazilian Windows...

Page 149: ...e Guide 7 14 USB Keystroke Delay This parameter sets the delay in milliseconds between emulated keystrokes Scan a bar code below to increase the delay when hosts require a slower transmission of data...

Page 150: ...USB Interface 7 15 USB Keystroke Delay Continued Long Delay 40 msec...

Page 151: ...the HID Keyboard Emulation device When enabled the case of the data is preserved regardless of the state of the caps lock key This setting is always enabled for the Japanese Windows ASCII keyboard typ...

Page 152: ...n Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected all bar code data is sent except for unknown characters and no error beeps sound When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected bar...

Page 153: ...ference Guide 7 18 Emulate Keypad When enabled all characters are sent as ASCII sequences over the numeric keypad For example ASCII A would be sent as ALT make 0 6 5 ALT Break Disable Keypad Emulation...

Page 154: ...the USB HID Keyboard Emulation device When enabled this allows replacement of any FN1 characters in a Code 128 or an EAN 128 bar code with a Key Category and value chosen by the user see FN1 Substitut...

Page 155: ...s a control key sequences see Table 7 2 on page 7 24 When this parameter is enabled the keys in bold are sent in place of the standard key mapping Table entries that do not have a bold entry remain th...

Page 156: ...USB Interface 7 21 Simulated Caps Lock Disable Simulated Caps Lock Enable Simulated Caps Lock...

Page 157: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 7 22 Convert Case When enabled the scanner will convert all bar code data to the selected case No Case Conversion Convert All to Upper Case...

Page 158: ...USB Interface 7 23 Convert Case Continued Convert All to Lower Case...

Page 159: ...G CTRL G 1008 H CTRL H BACKSPACE1 1009 I CTRL I HORIZONTAL TAB1 1010 J CTRL J 1011 K CTRL K 1012 L CTRL L 1013 M CTRL M ENTER1 1014 N CTRL N 1015 O CTRL O 1016 P CTRL P 1017 Q CTRL Q 1018 R CTRL R 101...

Page 160: ...47 O 1048 0 0 1049 1 1 1050 2 2 1051 3 3 1052 4 4 1053 5 5 1054 6 6 1055 7 7 1056 8 8 1057 9 9 1058 Z 1059 F 1060 G 1061 H 1062 I Table 7 2 USB Prefix Suffix Values Continued Prefix Suffix Value Full...

Page 161: ...N N 1079 O O 1080 P P 1081 Q Q 1082 R R 1083 S S 1084 T T 1085 U U 1086 V V 1087 W W 1088 X X 1089 Y Y 1090 Z Z 1091 K 1092 L 1093 M 1094 N 1095 O _ Table 7 2 USB Prefix Suffix Values Continued Prefi...

Page 162: ...o 1112 P p 1113 Q q 1114 R r 1115 S s 1116 T t 1117 U u 1118 V v 1119 W w 1120 X x 1121 Y y 1122 Z z 1123 P 1124 Q 1125 R 1126 S Table 7 2 USB Prefix Suffix Values Continued Prefix Suffix Value Full...

Page 163: ...2064 ALT 2 2065 ALT A 2066 ALT B 2067 ALT C 2068 ALT D 2069 ALT E 2070 ALT F 2071 ALT G 2072 ALT H 2073 ALT I 2074 ALT J 2075 ALT K 2076 ALT L 2077 ALT M 2078 ALT N 2079 ALT O 2080 ALT P 2081 ALT Q 2...

Page 164: ...067 GUI C 3068 GUI D 3069 GUI E 3070 GUI F 3071 GUI G 3072 GUI H 3073 GUI I 3074 GUI J 3075 GUI K 3076 GUI L 3077 GUI M 3078 GUI N 3079 GUI O 3080 GUI P 3081 GUI Q 3082 GUI R 3083 GUI S 3084 GUI T 308...

Page 165: ...GUI Z Table 7 4 USB GUI Key Character Set Continued GUI Key Keystroke Note GUI Shift Keys The Apple iMac keyboard has an apple key on either side of the space bar Windows based systems have a GUI key...

Page 166: ...Character Set F Keys Keystroke 5001 F1 5002 F2 5003 F3 5004 F4 5005 F5 5006 F6 5007 F7 5008 F8 5009 F9 5010 F10 5011 F11 5012 F12 5013 F13 5014 F14 5015 F15 5016 F16 5017 F17 5018 F18 5019 F19 5020 F...

Page 167: ...eference Guide 7 32 Table 7 6 USB Numeric Keypad Character Set Numeric Keypad Keystroke 6042 6043 6044 undefined 6045 6046 6047 6048 0 6049 1 6050 2 6051 3 6052 4 6053 5 6054 6 6055 7 6056 8 6057 9 60...

Page 168: ...et Extended Keypad Keystroke 7001 Break 7002 Delete 7003 PgUp 7004 End 7005 Pg Dn 7006 Pause 7007 Scroll Lock 7008 Backspace 7009 Tab 7010 Print Screen 7011 Insert 7012 Home 7013 Enter 7014 Escape 701...

Page 169: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 7 34...

Page 170: ...ing Wand Emulation 8 3 Wand Emulation Default Parameters 8 4 Wand Emulation Host Parameters 8 5 Wand Emulation Host Types 8 5 Leading Margin Quiet Zone 8 7 Polarity 8 9 Ignore Unknown Characters 8 10...

Page 171: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 8 2...

Page 172: ...alues are indicated with asterisks Connecting Using Wand Emulation To perform Wand Emulation connect the scanner to a portable data terminal or a controller which collects the wand data and interprets...

Page 173: ...rences hosts symbologies and miscellaneous default parameters Table 8 1 Wand Emulation Default Table Parameter Default Page Number Wand Emulation Host Parameters Wand Emulation Host Types Symbol OmniL...

Page 174: ...s Wand Emulation Host Types Select the wand emulation host by scanning one of the bar codes below Symbol OmniLink Interface Controller1 Symbol PDT Terminal MSI 1User selection is required to configure...

Page 175: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 8 6 Wand Emulation Host Types Continued Symbol PTC Terminal Telxon...

Page 176: ...ime that precedes the first bar of the scan in milliseconds The minimum allowed value is 80 msec and the maximum is 250 msec This parameter is used to accommodate older wand decoders which cannot hand...

Page 177: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 8 8 Leading Margin Quiet Zone Continued 200 msec...

Page 178: ...nned bar code Different decoders to which this device could be attached are expecting the DBP to be in a certain format The DBP either has the highs represent bars and the lows represent spaces margin...

Page 179: ...selected all bar code data is sent except for unknown characters and no error beeps sound on the scanner When Do Not Send Bar Codes With Unknown Characters is selected bar codes containing at least on...

Page 180: ...as uppercase characters This also allows ADF Formatting to occur If Ignore Unknown Characters is enabled any characters that do not have a corresponding character in the Code 39 symbology set are repl...

Page 181: ...mbology set are replaced by a space If this parameter is enabled the data sent to the Wand Interface will be encoded in Code 39 Full ASCII This setting requires that the Host be able to interpret Code...

Page 182: ...12 Enable Disable Bookland EAN 9 14 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals 9 15 UPC EAN Supplemental Redundancy 9 24 Transmit UPC A UPC E UPC E1 Check Digit 9 25 UPC A Preamble 9 28 UPC E Preamble 9 30 UPC E1 P...

Page 183: ...e 11 9 64 Code 11 9 64 Set Lengths for Code 11 9 65 Code 11 Check Digit Verification 9 67 Transmit Code 11 Check Digits 9 69 Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF 9 70 Enable Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 9 70 Set Leng...

Page 184: ...Symbologies 9 3 RSS Limited 9 93 RSS Expanded 9 94 Convert RSS to UPC EAN 9 95 Symbology Specific Security Levels 9 97 Redundancy Level 9 97 Security Level 9 99 Symbology Intercharacter Gap 9 101...

Page 185: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 4...

Page 186: ...n the Set All Defaults bar code on page 4 5 If using a USB cable select a host type Refer to each host chapter for specific host information Scanning Sequence Examples In most cases only scan one bar...

Page 187: ...9 10 UPC E1 Disable 9 11 EAN 8 JAN 8 Enable 9 13 EAN 13 JAN 13 Enable 9 12 Bookland EAN Disable 9 14 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals 2 and 5 digits Ignore 9 15 Decode UPC EAN Supplemental Redundancy 20 9...

Page 188: ...ode 39 Full ASCII Conversion Disable 9 54 Buffer Code 39 Disable 9 55 Code 39 Decode Performance Enable 9 58 Code 39 Decode Performance Level Level 3 9 59 Code 93 Code 93 Disable 9 61 Set Length s for...

Page 189: ...isable 9 85 MSI MSI Disable 9 86 Set Length s for MSI 1 to 55 9 87 MSI Check Digits One 9 89 Transmit MSI Check Digit Disable 9 90 MSI Check Digit Algorithm Mod 10 Mod 10 9 91 RSS Reduced Space Symbol...

Page 190: ...Symbologies 9 9 UPC EAN Enable Disable UPC A UPC E To enable or disable UPC A or UPC E scan the appropriate bar code below Enable UPC A Disable UPC A...

Page 191: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 10 Enable Disable UPC A UPC E Continued Enable UPC E Disable UPC E...

Page 192: ...Symbologies 9 11 Enable Disable UPC E1 To enable or disable UPC E1 scan the appropriate bar code below UPC E1 is not a UCC Uniform Code Council approved symbology Enable UPC E1 Disable UPC E1 Note...

Page 193: ...LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 12 Enable Disable EAN 13 JAN 13 EAN 8 JAN 8 To enable or disable EAN 13 JAN 13 or EAN 8 JAN 8 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable EAN 13 JAN 13 Disable EAN 13...

Page 194: ...Symbologies 9 13 Enable Disable EAN 13 JAN 13 EAN 8 JAN 8 Continued Enable EAN 8 JAN 8 Disable EAN 8 JAN 8...

Page 195: ...e appropriate bar code below Enable Bookland EAN Disable Bookland EAN If you enable Bookland EAN select a Bookland ISBN Format on page 9 37 Also select either Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Autodiscrimi...

Page 196: ...select 978 979 Supplemental Mode and are scanning Bookland EAN bar codes see Enable Disable Bookland EAN on page 9 14 to enable Bookland EAN and select a format using Bookland ISBN Format on page 9 3...

Page 197: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 16 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Ignore UPC EAN With Supplementals Decode UPC EAN Only With Supplementals...

Page 198: ...Symbologies 9 17 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Autodiscriminate UPC EAN Supplementals Enable 378 379 Supplemental Mode...

Page 199: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 18 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Enable 978 979 Supplemental Mode Enable 977 Supplemental Mode...

Page 200: ...Symbologies 9 19 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Enable 414 419 434 439 Supplemental Mode Enable 491 Supplemental Mode...

Page 201: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 20 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Enable Smart Supplemental Mode...

Page 202: ...Symbologies 9 21 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Supplemental User Programmable Type 1 Supplemental User Programmable Type 1 and 2...

Page 203: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 22 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Smart Supplemental Plus User Programmable 1 Smart Supplemental Plus User Programmable 1 and 2...

Page 204: ...Symbologies 9 23 Decode UPC EAN Supplementals Continued Supplemental User Programmable 1 Supplemental User Programmable 2...

Page 205: ...m two to thirty times Five or above is recommended when decoding a mix of UPC EAN symbols with and without supplementals and the autodiscriminate option is selected The default is set at 20 Scan the b...

Page 206: ...f the symbol used to verify the integrity of the data Scan the appropriate bar code below to transmit the bar code data with or without the UPC A UPC E or UPC E1 check digit It is always verified to g...

Page 207: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 26 Transmit UPC A UPC E UPC E1 Check Digit Continued Transmit UPC E Check Digit Do Not Transmit UPC E Check Digit...

Page 208: ...Symbologies 9 27 Transmit UPC A UPC E UPC E1 Check Digit Continued Transmit UPC E1 Check Digit Do Not Transmit UPC E1 Check Digit...

Page 209: ...y Code and System Character Three options are given for transmitting UPC A preamble to the host device transmit System Character only transmit System Character and Country Code 0 for USA and no preamb...

Page 210: ...Symbologies 9 29 UPC A Preamble Continued System Character Country Code COUNTRY CODE SYSTEM CHARACTER DATA...

Page 211: ...y Code and System Character Three options are given for transmitting UPC E preamble to the host device transmit System Character only transmit System Character and Country Code 0 for USA and no preamb...

Page 212: ...Symbologies 9 31 UPC E Preamble Continued System Character Country Code COUNTRY CODE SYSTEM CHARACTER DATA...

Page 213: ...y Code and System Character Three options are given for transmitting UPC E1 preamble to the host device transmit System Character only transmit System Character and Country Code 0 for USA and no pream...

Page 214: ...Symbologies 9 33 UPC E1 Preamble Continued System Character Country Code COUNTRY CODE SYSTEM CHARACTER DATA...

Page 215: ...converted to UPC A format before transmission After conversion the data follows UPC A format and is affected by UPC A programming selections e g Preamble Check Digit When disabled UPC E decoded data...

Page 216: ...rmat before transmission After conversion the data follows UPC A format and is affected by UPC A programming selections e g Preamble Check Digit When disabled UPC E1 decoded data is transmitted as UPC...

Page 217: ...EAN Zero Extend When enabled this parameter adds five leading zeros to decoded EAN 8 symbols to make them compatible in format to EAN 13 symbols When disabled EAN 8 symbols are transmitted as is Enab...

Page 218: ...ty Data starting with 979 is not considered Bookland in this mode Bookland ISBN 13 The scanner reports Bookland data starting with either 978 or 979 as EAN 13 in 13 digit format to meet the 2007 ISBN...

Page 219: ...pon Extended Code The UCC Coupon Extended Code is an additional bar code adjacent to a UCC Coupon Code To enable or disable UCC Coupon Extended Code scan the appropriate bar code below Enable UCC Coup...

Page 220: ...djacent blocks e g UPC A EAN 8 EAN 13 When enabled a bar code is transmitted only when both the left and right blocks are successfully decoded within one laser scan Enable this option when bar codes a...

Page 221: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 40 Code 128 Enable Disable Code 128 To enable or disable Code 128 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Code 128 Disable Code 128...

Page 222: ...Symbologies 9 41 Enable Disable UCC EAN 128 To enable or disable UCC EAN 128 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable UCC EAN 128 Disable UCC EAN 128...

Page 223: ...ble ISBT 128 ISBT 128 is a variant of Code 128 used in the blood banking industry To enable or disable ISBT 128 scan the appropriate bar code below Concatenation of the ISBT data if required must be p...

Page 224: ...rmance level reduces the amount of required bar code orientation which is useful when scanning very long and or truncated bar codes Increased levels reduce decode security If this option is enabled se...

Page 225: ...or Code 128 symbols Increasing the performance level reduces the amount of required bar code orientation which is useful when scanning very long and or truncated bar codes Increased levels reduce deco...

Page 226: ...Symbologies 9 45 Code 128 Decode Performance Level Continued Code 128 Decode Performance Level 3...

Page 227: ...ide 9 46 Code 39 Enable Disable Code 39 To enable or disable Code 39 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 When a large gap bar code is encountered refer to Symbology Inte...

Page 228: ...he marking of computer tape cartridges Trioptic Code 39 symbols always contain six characters To enable or disable Trioptic Code 39 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Trioptic Code 39 Disable...

Page 229: ...riant of Code 39 used by the Italian pharmaceutical industry Scan the appropriate bar code below to enable or disable converting Code 39 to Code 32 Code 39 must be enabled in order for this parameter...

Page 230: ...an the appropriate bar code below to enable or disable adding the prefix character A to all Code 32 bar codes Convert Code 39 to Code 32 must be enabled for this parameter to function Enable Code 32 P...

Page 231: ...Code 39 symbols containing a selected length Lengths are selected from the numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 For example to decode only Code 39 symbols with 14 characters scan Code 39 One Discre...

Page 232: ...s For example to decode Code 39 symbols containing between 4 and 12 characters first scan Code 39 Length Within Range Then scan 0 4 1 and 2 single digit numbers must always be preceded by a leading ze...

Page 233: ...all Code 39 symbols to verify that the data complies with specified check digit algorithm Only those Code 39 symbols which include a modulo 43 check digit are decoded when this feature is enabled This...

Page 234: ...Scan a bar code below to transmit Code 39 data with or without the check digit Transmit Code 39 Check Digit Enable Do Not Transmit Code 39 Check Digit Disable Code 39 Check Digit Verification must be...

Page 235: ...racter set To enable or disable Code 39 Full ASCII scan the appropriate bar code below Code 39 Full ASCII to Full ASCII Correlation is host dependent and therefore described in the ASCII Character Set...

Page 236: ...sion of the triggering symbol See the following pages for further details When the Do Not Buffer Code 39 option is selected all decoded Code 39 symbols are transmitted immediately without being stored...

Page 237: ...ash minus and a stop character The scanner issues a short hi lo hi beep The scanner erases the transmission buffer No transmission occurs Clear Buffer The Clear Buffer contains only the dash minus cha...

Page 238: ...ust read results in an overflow of the transmission buffer The scanner indicates that the symbol was rejected by issuing three long high beeps No transmission occurs The data in the buffer is not affe...

Page 239: ...duces the amount of required bar code orientation which is useful when scanning very long and or truncated bar codes Increased levels reduce decode security If this option is enabled select a Decode P...

Page 240: ...39 symbols Increasing the performance level reduces the amount of required bar code orientation which is useful when scanning very long and or truncated bar codes Increased levels reduce decode securi...

Page 241: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 60 Code 39 Decode Performance Level Continued Code 39 Decode Performance Level 3...

Page 242: ...Symbologies 9 61 Code 93 Enable Disable Code 93 To enable or disable Code 93 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Code 93 Disable Code 93...

Page 243: ...length Lengths are selected from the numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes For example to decode only Code 93 symbols with 14 characters scan Code 93 One Discrete Len...

Page 244: ...For example to decode Code 93 symbols containing between 4 and 12 characters first scan Code 93 Length Within Range Then scan 0 4 1 and 2 single digit numbers must always be preceded by a leading zer...

Page 245: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 64 Code 11 Code 11 To enable or disable Code 11 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Code 11 Disable Code 11...

Page 246: ...s are selected from the numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes For example to decode only Code 11 symbols with 14 characters scan Code 11 One Discrete Length then scan...

Page 247: ...eric Bar Codes For example to decode Code 11 symbols containing between 4 and 12 characters first scan Code 11 Length Within Range Then scan 0 4 1 and 2 single digit numbers must always be preceded by...

Page 248: ...ies with the specified check digit algorithm This selects the check digit mechanism for the decoded Code 11 bar code The options are to check for one check digit check for two check digits or disable...

Page 249: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 68 Code 11 Check Digit Verification Continued Two Check Digits...

Page 250: ...its This feature selects whether or not to transmit the Code 11 check digit s Transmit Code 11 Check Digit Enable Do Not Transmit Code 11 Check Digit Disable Code 11 Check Digit Verification must be e...

Page 251: ...rleaved 2 of 5 ITF Enable Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 To enable or disable Interleaved 2 of 5 scan the appropriate bar code below and select an Interleaved 2 of 5 length from the following pages Enable...

Page 252: ...numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes For example to decode only I 2 of 5 symbols with 14 characters scan I 2 of 5 One Discrete Length then scan 1 followed by 4 If a...

Page 253: ...ys be preceded by a leading zero If an error is made or to change a selection scan Cancel on page D 8 I 2 of 5 Length Within Range Any Length Scanning this option allows the scanner to decode I 2 of 5...

Page 254: ...his feature is enabled the scanner checks the integrity of all I 2 of 5 symbols to verify the data complies with either the specified Uniform Symbology Specification USS or the Optical Product Code Co...

Page 255: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 74 I 2 of 5 Check Digit Verification Continued OPCC Check Digit...

Page 256: ...9 75 Transmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit Scan the appropriate bar code below to transmit I 2 of 5 data with or without the check digit Transmit I 2 of 5 Check Digit Enable Do Not Transmit I 2 of 5 Check Di...

Page 257: ...nd transmits to the host as EAN 13 In order to accomplish this the I 2 of 5 code must be enabled and the code must have a leading zero and a valid EAN 13 check digit Scanning a single bar code below C...

Page 258: ...Symbologies 9 77 Discrete 2 of 5 DTF Enable Disable Discrete 2 of 5 To enable or disable Discrete 2 of 5 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Discrete 2 of 5 Disable Discrete 2 of 5...

Page 259: ...ted from the numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes For example to decode only D 2 of 5 symbols with 14 characters scan D 2 of 5 One Discrete Length then scan 1 follow...

Page 260: ...by a leading zero If an error is made or to change a selection scan Cancel on page D 8 D 2 of 5 Length Within Range Any Length Scanning this option allows the scanner to decode D 2 of 5 symbols conta...

Page 261: ...mbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 80 Chinese 2 of 5 Enable Disable Chinese 2 of 5 To enable or disable Chinese 2 of 5 scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Chinese 2 of 5 Disable Chinese 2 of...

Page 262: ...r NW 7 Enable Disable Codabar To enable or disable Codabar scan the appropriate bar code below Enable Codabar Disable Codabar When a large gap bar code is encountered refer to Symbology Intercharacter...

Page 263: ...d from the numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes For example to decode only Codabar symbols with 14 characters scan Codabar One Discrete Length then scan 1 followed b...

Page 264: ...s For example to decode Codabar symbols containing between 4 and 12 characters first scan Codabar Length Within Range Then scan 0 4 1 and 2 single digit numbers must always be preceded by a leading ze...

Page 265: ...he start and stop characters and inserts a space after the first fifth and tenth characters of a 14 character Codabar symbol Enable this feature if the host system requires this data format Symbol len...

Page 266: ...NOTIS Editing When enabled this parameter strips the start and stop characters from a decoded Codabar symbol Enable this feature if the host system requires this data format Enable NOTIS Editing Disab...

Page 267: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 86 MSI Enable Disable MSI To enable or disable MSI scan the appropriate bar code below Enable MSI Disable MSI...

Page 268: ...m the numeric bar codes beginning on page D 1 in Appendix D Numeric Bar Codes For example to decode only MSI symbols with 14 characters scan MSI One Discrete Length then scan 1 followed by 4 If an err...

Page 269: ...ys be preceded by a leading zero If an error is made or to change a selection scan Cancel on page D 8 MSI Length Within Range Any Length Scanning this option allows the scanner to decode MSI symbols c...

Page 270: ...the reader The second check digit is optional If the MSI codes include two check digits enable the verification of the second check digit by scanning the barcode below Refer to MSI Check Digit Algori...

Page 271: ...203 Product Reference Guide 9 90 Transmit MSI Check Digit s Scan a bar code below to transmit MSI data with or without the check digit Transmit MSI Check Digit s Enable Do Not Transmit MSI Check Digit...

Page 272: ...I Check Digit Algorithm Two algorithms are possible for the verification of the second MSI check digit Select the bar code below corresponding to the algorithm used to encode the check digit MOD 10 MO...

Page 273: ...uced Space Symbology The variants of RSS are RSS 14 RSS Expanded and RSS Limited The limited and expanded versions have stacked variants Scan the appropriate bar code below to enable or disable each v...

Page 274: ...Symbologies 9 93 RSS Limited Enable RSS Limited Disable RSS Limited...

Page 275: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 94 RSS Expanded Enable RSS Expanded Disable RSS Expanded...

Page 276: ...101234567890128 will be converted to 1234567890128 Symbols beginning with 0100 followed by 12 digits will be converted to UPC A and the leading 0100 will be stripped if the UPC A Preamble is System Ch...

Page 277: ...9203 Product Reference Guide 9 96 Convert RSS to UPC EAN Continued E g 0100000012345670 will remain 0100000012345670 Enable Convert RSS to UPC EAN Disable Convert RSS to UPC EAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X...

Page 278: ...ppropriate for the bar code quality Redundancy Level 1 The following code types must be successfully read twice before being decoded Redundancy Level 1 Redundancy Level 2 The following code types must...

Page 279: ...ead three times Redundancy Level 3 Redundancy Level 4 The following code types must be successfully read three times before being decoded Table 9 5 Redundancy Level 4 Code Types Redundancy Level 4 Tab...

Page 280: ...There is an inverse relationship between security and scanner aggressiveness so be sure to choose only that level of security necessary for any given application Security Level 0 This is the default...

Page 281: ...has been tried and are still experiencing misdecodes select this security level Be advised selecting this option is an extreme measure against misdecoding severely out of spec bar codes Selection of...

Page 282: ...to various bar code printing technologies this gap may grow larger than the maximum size allowed causing the scanner to be unable to decode the symbol If this problem is encountered then the Large Int...

Page 283: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 9 102...

Page 284: ...ples 10 3 Errors While Scanning 10 3 Miscellaneous Default Parameters 10 3 Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters 10 4 Transmit Code ID Character 10 4 Prefix Suffix Values 10 6 FN1 Substitution Values 10 9...

Page 285: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 10 2...

Page 286: ...Sequence Examples In most cases you need only scan one bar code to set a specific parameter value Parameters such as Prefix Value require that you scan several bar codes in the proper sequence Refer...

Page 287: ...ecoding more than one code type In addition to any single character prefix already selected the Code ID character is inserted between the prefix and the decoded symbol The user may select no Code ID c...

Page 288: ...Miscellaneous Scanner Options 10 5 Transmit Code ID Character Continued None...

Page 289: ...number i e four bar codes that corresponds to key codes for various terminals Code 39 Full ASCII to Full ASCII Correlation is host dependent and therefore described in the ASCII Character Set Table f...

Page 290: ...Miscellaneous Scanner Options 10 7 Prefix Suffix Values Continued Set Value 3 Set Value 4...

Page 291: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 10 8 Prefix Suffix Values Continued Set Value 5 Set FN1 Substitution Value Value 6...

Page 292: ...racter 0x1b in an EAN128 barcode is substituted for this value This value defaults to 7013 Enter Key 1 Scan the bar code below FN1 Substitution Value Value 6 2 Look up the keystroke for FN1 Substituti...

Page 293: ...s Data As Is DATA SUFFIX PREFIX DATA PREFIX DATA SUFFIX When you have made your selection scan the Enter bar code on page 10 12 If you make a mistake scan the Data Format Cancel bar code on page 10 13...

Page 294: ...Miscellaneous Scanner Options 10 11 Scan Data Transmission Format Continued DATA SUFFIX PREFIX DATA...

Page 295: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 10 12 Scan Data Transmission Format Continued PREFIX DATA SUFFIX Enter...

Page 296: ...Miscellaneous Scanner Options 10 13 Scan Data Transmission Format Continued Data Format Cancel...

Page 297: ...hether or not a No Read message is transmitted When enabled the characters NR are transmitted when a bar code is not decoded Any prefixes or suffixes which are enabled are appended around this message...

Page 298: ...Miscellaneous Scanner Options 10 15 Report Version Scan the bar code below to report the software revision installed in the scanner s primary microprocessor Report Software Version...

Page 299: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide 10 16...

Page 300: ...3 0 sec 4 10 Beep After Good Decode Enable 4 11 Time out Between Same Symbol 0 6 sec 4 12 Time out Between Different Symbols 0 2 sec 4 12 Time Delay to Low Power Mode 30 Minutes 4 13 Keyboard Wedge H...

Page 301: ...n Disable 5 18 Caps Lock On Disable 5 19 Caps Lock Override Disable 5 20 Convert Wedge Data No Convert 5 21 Function Key Mapping Disable 5 23 FN1 Substitution Disable 5 24 Send Make Break Disable 5 25...

Page 302: ...e Unknown Characters Send Bar Codes 6 37 USB Host Parameters USB Device Type HID Human Interface Device Keyboard Emulation 7 5 USB Country Keyboard Types Country Codes North American 7 8 USB Keystroke...

Page 303: ...ls 2 and 5 digits Ignore 9 15 Decode UPC EAN Supplemental Redundancy 20 9 24 Transmit UPC A Check Digit Transmit 9 25 Transmit UPC E Check Digit Transmit 9 25 Transmit UPC E1 Check Digit Transmit 9 25...

Page 304: ...Disable 9 52 Transmit Code 39 Check Digit Do Not Transmit 9 53 Code 39 Full ASCII Conversion Disable 9 54 Buffer Code 39 Disable 9 55 Code 39 Decode Performance Enable 9 58 Code 39 Decode Performance...

Page 305: ...e 9 80 Codabar NW 7 Codabar Disable 9 81 Set Lengths for Codabar 5 to 55 9 82 CLSI Editing Disable 9 84 NOTIS Editing Disable 9 85 MSI MSI Disable 9 86 Set Length s for MSI 1 to 55 9 87 MSI Check Digi...

Page 306: ...smit Code ID Character Disable 10 4 Suffix Value Value 1 CR LF 10 6 Prefix Value Value 2 None 10 6 FN1 Substitution Values 7013 10 9 Scan Data Transmission Format Data as is 10 10 Transmit No Read Mes...

Page 307: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide A 8...

Page 308: ...Programming Reference...

Page 309: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide B 2...

Page 310: ...Code Character Code Type A UPC EAN B Code 39 Code 39 Full ASCII Code 32 C Codabar D Code 128 ISBT 128 E Code 93 F Interleaved 2 of 5 G Discrete 2 of 5 IATA H Code 11 J MSI Plessey K UCC EAN 128 L Boo...

Page 311: ...93 c Code Character m Modifier Character Table B 2 AIM Code Characters Code Character Code Type A Code 39 Code 39 Full ASCII Code 32 C Code 128 all variants Coupon Code 128 portion E UPC EAN Coupon UP...

Page 312: ...first symbol position 1 Function code 1 in first symbol character position 2 Function code 1 in second symbol character position Example A Code EAN 128 bar code with Function 1 character in the first...

Page 313: ...13 symbol and 2 or 5 digits from a supplemental symbol 4 EAN 8 data packet Example A UPCA bar code 012345678905 is transmitted as E00012345678905 Bookland EAN 0 No options specified at this time Alway...

Page 314: ...Sample Bar Codes...

Page 315: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide C 2...

Page 316: ...Sample Bar Codes C 3 Code 39 UPC EAN UPC A 100 EAN 13 100 123ABC 0 12345 67890 5 3 456789 012340...

Page 317: ...ide C 4 Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 RSS 14 RSS 14 must be enabled to read the bar code below see RSS 14 on page 9 92 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2...

Page 318: ...Numeric Bar Codes...

Page 319: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide D 2...

Page 320: ...Numeric Bar Codes D 3 0 1 For parameters requiring specific numeric values scan the appropriately numbered bar code s 0 1...

Page 321: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide D 4 2 3 2 3...

Page 322: ...Numeric Bar Codes D 5 4 5 4 5...

Page 323: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide D 6 6 7 6 7...

Page 324: ...Numeric Bar Codes D 7 8 9 8 9...

Page 325: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide D 8 Cancel If an error is made or to change a selection scan the bar code below Cancel...

Page 326: ...rk element in a printed bar code symbol Bar Code Density The number of characters represented per unit of measurement e g characters per inch Bar Height The dimension of a bar measured perpendicular t...

Page 327: ...crete self checking code with a character set consisting of digits 0 to 9 and six additional characters Code 128 A high density symbology which allows the controller to encode all 128 ASCII characters...

Page 328: ...nterleaved spaces Interleaving provides for greater information density The location of wide elements bar spaces within each group determines which characters are encoded This continuous code type use...

Page 329: ...l conditioning circuit transforms optical detector output into a digitized bar pattern Scanning Mode The scanner is energized programmed and ready to read a bar code Scanning Sequence A method of prog...

Page 330: ...le deviation from the nominal bar or space width UPC Universal Product Code A relatively complex numeric symbology Each character consists of two bars and two spaces each of which is any of four width...

Page 331: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide GL 6...

Page 332: ...5 5 6 5 7 ignore unknown characters 5 14 intra keystroke delay 5 17 keystroke delay 5 15 5 16 laser on time 4 10 linear code type security level 9 97 miscellaneous transmit no read msg 10 14 numeric b...

Page 333: ...7 15 unknown characters 7 17 wand emulation code 39 full ASCII 8 12 convert all bar codes to code 39 8 11 default table 8 4 host types 8 5 8 6 leading margin quiet zone 8 7 8 8 polarity 8 9 unknown ch...

Page 334: ...ple 4 3 9 5 10 3 service information xiv setup connecting a USB interface 7 3 connecting an RS 232 interface 6 3 connecting interface cable 1 4 connecting keyboard wedge interface 5 3 connecting power...

Page 335: ...Symbol LS9203 Product Reference Guide IN 4...

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