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Imager 8000

 2D Handheld Reader

Pointer Timeout (0 to 99)

 [Default = 5 (500 milliseconds or 0.05 

seconds)]. Pointer timeout allows you to set a timeout 
representing the amount of time the pointers remain on 
for aiming before an image capture. The timeout can be 
set for 0 to 9.9 seconds in 100 millisecond intervals (1 = 
100ms, 12 = 1200 ms, 99 = 9.9 seconds). If set to zero, the 
Pointer LED will not be on at all. If Pointer On Prior to 
Reading/Decoding is enabled, this also will apply.

Figure 36. Pointer/Illuminating LED Settings

Image Capture Control

A selection of modes are available for employing the AGC/AEC 
algorithms, which sense ambient illumination and control gain and 
exposure to provide adequate illumination during image capture (see 
Figure 37 on page 55)

AGC Mode

 [Default = Apply To All Frames But First] 

Apply to All Frames But First 

— In this mode, manual gain 

and exposure are used only on the first frame.

Disabled

 — When AGC is disabled, manual gain and 

exposure are used on every frame.

Apply To All Frames 

— Manual gain and exposure are 

never used.

Apply To Alternating Frames 

— The AGC/AEC algorithm is 

applied to alternating frames starting with the first frame 
(which does not have gain applied). For example, AGC  
is not applied to the first frame, is applied to the second 
frame, is not applied to the third, etc.

Summary of Contents for Imager 8000

Page 1: ...On Screen Programming and Viewing Guide...

Page 2: ...busi ness purposes Purchaser shall not remove or alter any proprietary notices including copyright notices contained on this documentation and shall ensure that all notices appear on any reproductions...

Page 3: ...11 Advanced 13 Window Menu 16 Help Menu 17 Speed Buttons 17 Shortcut Function Keys 18 Command Text 18 Status Bar 18 Received Data Window 19 Image Window 20 Reader Configuration 21 Introduction 21 If Y...

Page 4: ...eld Setting 44 Composite Code Symbology 44 Output 45 Decoded Data Formatting 45 Preamble 45 Postamble 46 Send Symbology ID AIM 46 Image Transfer 47 Image Capture Mode 47 Image Data Format 48 Image Com...

Page 5: ...ts A 1 Appendix B Troubleshooting Maintenance B 1 Cable Connections B 1 If OSPV cannot detect the Reader B 3 Problems Reading Bar Codes B 5 Technical Support B 6 Worksheet Form B 6 Contacting PSC B 6...

Page 6: ...iv Imager 8000 2D Handheld Reader NOTES...

Page 7: ...entified and a baud check is run Your Reader should now be connected From the Advanced menu choose Display Config Software Version The text for the current Reader configuration will appear in the Rece...

Page 8: ...ders plug them into the host PC individu ally and click the Write To Device button This completes the QuickStart procedures to install and use the OSPV software CAUTION Your Reader may have been order...

Page 9: ...r The manual provides Instructions to install OSPV software Descriptions of the menus and options on the OSPV desktop Instructions on how to configure the Reader Helpful information in the appendices...

Page 10: ...the DC connector For more information on connecting the Reader to the host PC refer to the section Connecting Your Reader in the Imager 8000 2D User s Guide part number R44 2115 System requirements f...

Page 11: ...OSPV desktop Each feature is described starting on the page shown A Pull down menus see page 7 File see page 7 Edit see page 8 View see page 9 Communications see page 11 Advanced see page 13 Window se...

Page 12: ...cut Keys see page 18 F1 Reset to Defaults F2 Display System Configuration F3 Display Decoder Configuration F4 Transfer Decoded Data to Host After Read F5 Transfer Images to host After Read F6 F11 unas...

Page 13: ...Figure 2 to close save or print text and image data The menu has the following choices Close Removes the active text or image window without saving it to file Save Saves the active window using its d...

Page 14: ...m the Received Data Window and copy it to the clipboard Copy Copies selected text from the Received Data Window to the clipboard Paste Pastes text from the clipboard to the cursor location in the Rece...

Page 15: ...at Convert Unprintable ASCII Data All unprintable characters are converted to the hexadecimal format Convert All ASCII Data All characters are converted to hexa decimal Display AGC Bytes Selecting thi...

Page 16: ...scription of Send Command under the Advanced Menu on page 13 for more information Map Command Requires you to select an actual Reader command from a scroll box Clear Mapping Disassociates a function k...

Page 17: ...ut of a low power state To cancel this setting click on the menu choice again Figure 6 Communications Menu COM Port Setup Use for configuring baud rate number of start stop parity bits and the RTS lev...

Page 18: ...12 Imager 8000 2D Handheld Reader Figure 7 Com Port Setup...

Page 19: ...Advanced Pull down Menu The options under the Advanced pull down menu include Display Data Received This window is open by default when the OSPV program is activated The choices are All Data or Bar C...

Page 20: ...ommand sequence and execute the command Figure 9 Send Command To Reader dialog box Non text characters and unprintable ASCII characters are recognized in the dialog box For example to display the oper...

Page 21: ...default Figure 10 Reader Defaults Menu Display Config This option causes the Reader to show the text of the current Reader configuration information in the Received Data Window Communication This comm...

Page 22: ...Triggering are available AutoSense can also be configured in this menu System Parameters The System Parameters menu provides settings for Power Conservation Sleep Mode Power On Messaging and Command B...

Page 23: ...e Figure 1 on page 5 They provide quick access to frequently used commands File Saved Brings up the Save As dialog box so that files can be named and saved to a directory of your choice Get Image Trig...

Page 24: ...nfigure Shortcut Function Key and follow the procedures under View as described on page 10 Command Text When Use Command Sent Display is checked in the View pull down menu the text of all commands sen...

Page 25: ...ware will automati cally create a new one when data is next received You can save the text to file using the standard Save or Save As options under the File pull down menu Data is not normally display...

Page 26: ...r capture and download an image You depress the trigger to capture an image when the Reader is programmed to automatically send an image You attempt to capture and decode a symbol but the Reader faili...

Page 27: ...usly avail able Most Reader programming falls within three general categories Communication Interface Selection and Settings These are the mandatory settings necessary to allow communication with your...

Page 28: ...for your environment Reset to Customer Defaults will return the Reader to the same settings as the PSC defaults A complete listing of the factory default settings for the Reader Con figuration Setup i...

Page 29: ...he Reader communicates with the host terminal 1 D 2 D Postal Symbologies and Composite Code These four menus have configurable options that control how symbols are captured and decoded and sent to the...

Page 30: ...turing and handling read mode selection continuous or multiple bar code capture and the AutoSense feature are configured here Advanced The Advanced menu controls use of power con servation sleep mode...

Page 31: ...n menu These settings affect the Reader s communications Baud Default 115200 The baud rate can be set to any of 12 rates 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 14400 19200 38400 28800 57600 or 115200 Data Format...

Page 32: ...ACK is received within two seconds or a NAK is received the decoded symbol data is retransmitted This process is repeated three times before abandoning the effort and sending three beeps to indicate...

Page 33: ...the Reader when it has no data to transmit High On Transmit Ready RTS will be set high by the Reader when it wants to signal that it is ready to transmit data RTS will be set low by the Reader when i...

Page 34: ...lt D Along with the generic pream ble and postamble and the symbolic specific AIM1 ID you can also edit decoded data uniquely for each sym bology This feature gives you the ability to format and edit...

Page 35: ...Include I characters beginning at position p If the n contains more characters than the decoded data the output data is padded with fill characters space or zeros To illustrate with an example if the...

Page 36: ...cifiers Resulting Data Output from Reader L0 1234500000a345 carriage return P r e a m b l e 2 d o l l a r s i g n s A I M I D f o r P D F 4 1 7 L L i t e r a l o p e n p a r e n s y m b o l L i t e r...

Page 37: ...the check character may be enabled or disabled Send Start Stop Default enabled The transmission of the start stop characters which identifies the end of a variable argument may be enabled or disabled...

Page 38: ...m Length 1 to max setting Default 1 This option sets the minimum number of characters in the decoded symbol Range is from 1 to maximum length setting Maximum Length min setting to 99 Default 99 This o...

Page 39: ...on of the start stop characters which identifies the end of a variable argument may be enabled or disabled Character Set Default Standard ASCII character set is enabled Code 39 may be configured to re...

Page 40: ...sets the minimum number of characters in the decoded symbol The range is from 1 to maximum length setting Maximum Length min setting to 98 Default 99 The maxi mum number of characters in the decoded...

Page 41: ...nabled disabled independently Send Check Characters Default enabled This option allows the transmission of data with or without sending a check character Transmission of the EAN 8 and EAN 13 check cha...

Page 42: ...lt enabled This option allows the transmission of data with or without sending a check character Transmission of UPC A and UPC E Check Characters may be enabled disabled indepen dently Short Quiet Zon...

Page 43: ...cter may be enabled or disabled Minimum Length 2 to max setting Default 14 This option sets the minimum number of characters in the decoded symbol Range is from 2 to maximum length setting Maximum Len...

Page 44: ...ed Reduced Space Symbology RSS types supported are RSS 14 RSS 14 Truncated RSS Limited and RSS Expanded Transmission of RSS symbols may be enabled or disabled see Figure 25 Edit Format Default D See p...

Page 45: ...marking techniques on certain sub strates see Figure 26 Data Matrix Black on White Default enabled Enabling activates negative black on white symbols as a read able decodable symbol Data Matrix White...

Page 46: ...rier Message Only Default dis abled Maxicode by design is comprised of a primary and a secondary message For modes 2 and 3 the most common modes the primary message is a strictly for matted entity ref...

Page 47: ...ked PDF417 Default enabled PDF417 is a 2D stacked symbology Transmission of the PDF417 symbol may be enabled or disabled see Figure 28 Edit Format Default D See page 28 for more information Figure 28...

Page 48: ...ol see Figure 29 Black on White Default enabled Enabling this option activates negative black on white symbols as a read able decodable symbol White on Black Default enabled Enabling this option activ...

Page 49: ...t when either Japan or Australian Postal is enabled Japan Postal Symbology Default disabled Transmission of Japan Postal Sym bology may be enabled or disabled It cannot be enabled when either US Postn...

Page 50: ...nality man dates that a 1D component be used in conjunction with a 2D component The 1D component can be UPC EAN UCC 128 or RSS the 2D component can be either PDF417 or micro PDF Composite symbols are...

Page 51: ...ling For Reads and Errors Decoded Data Formatting Data formatting is the structure of the data made up of a decoded string that is sent from the Reader to the host along with the data decoded from the...

Page 52: ...ion character The default pos tamble is 013 a carriage return and 010 a line feed Send Symbology ID AIM Default disabled This option see Figure 32 is pro vided so the host computer can identify the ty...

Page 53: ...ers the image only directly to the host PC Send Bar Code Data The Reader decodes the images of a 1D or 2D symbol and sends the data to the host Symbology AIM ID Codabar F Code 39 A Code 93 G Composite...

Page 54: ...captured image remains the same only the down loaded image is formatted Table 3 shows the image size in pixels of the various formats Figure 33 shows the rel ative size of transferred image sizes Tab...

Page 55: ...R44 2080 49 Figure 33 Full Half Quarter and CIF Image Formats Figure 34 Image Transfer Settings Half Image 320 x 240 Quarter Image 160 x 120 Full Image 640 x 480 CIF Mode 320 x 240 subsampled by 4...

Page 56: ...re is no compression of the captured image data Lossless The enhanced Huffman encoding lossless technique is applied to the captured image data Image data is restored after decompression compares to t...

Page 57: ...ad Beeper Duration 0 to 99 milliseconds Default 15 150 milliseconds The duration of the beeper indicator can be set from 0 to 990 in ten millisecond increments 1 10 2 20 3 30 51 510 74 740 etc This du...

Page 58: ...lt in an error message NR being transmitted by the Reader Normal reporting or optional Code 39 format is available for the error message Normal Reporting Just NR is transmitted Code 39 Format Besides...

Page 59: ...ed to be always off the illumination LEDs will never come on LEDs On During Read The illumination LEDs are acti vated during an actual image capture when this option is is selected LEDs On Until Good...

Page 60: ...f modes are available for employing the AGC AEC algorithms which sense ambient illumination and control gain and exposure to provide adequate illumination during image capture see Figure 37 on page 55...

Page 61: ...0 to 36 Default 16 Permits setting the exposure manually between a range of 0 to 36 with 0 the minimum and 36 the maximum exposure Bar Code Capture Control Read Mode Default Single Read Single Read Th...

Page 62: ...entering mode Image Decoding Timeout 2 to 99 Default 2 seconds This fea ture differs from Reading Timeout in that it controls the decode timeout on a single image captured The select able range for th...

Page 63: ...r Image Mode Default Normal Image Mirror Image Figure 39 decoding allows the decoder to capture mir ror 2D matrix symbols Mirror image decoding mode only applies to the Reader s decoding function and...

Page 64: ...n ambient light conditions and wear dirt on retro reflec tive surfaces the environmental conditions may occa sionally require adjustment other than the default value The selectable range for this sett...

Page 65: ...2 seconds This option specifies the number of seconds of no activity that must elapse before the Reader enters Power Conservation Sleep mode see Power Conservation Mode above when enabled Power On Mes...

Page 66: ...ng the changes Click on the Write To Device button to download the new configuration to your Reader Save the configuration to file by selecting Save File If you select Close without writing the config...

Page 67: ...button 4 Download the configuration to each device via the Write To Device button at the bottom of the Reader Configuration Setup menu 5 Repeat steps 1 through 5 until all Readers are configured If a...

Page 68: ...62 Imager 8000 2D Handheld Reader NOTES...

Page 69: ...tion Baud 115200 Data Format 8 data bits no parity bit 1 stop bits Software Flow Control No flow control CTS CTS Off RTS RTS High on receive ready Read Ahead Mode Disabled Intercharacter Delay 1 99 0...

Page 70: ...nimum Length 1 Maximum Length 99 Code 39 Code 39 Symbology Enabled Check Character Required Disabled Send Check Character Enabled Send Start Stop Disabled Character Set Standard Edit Format D Minimum...

Page 71: ...13 Add ons Supplement Report ing Disabled EAN 13 Short Quiet Zone Enabled UPC UPC A Symbology Enabled UPC A Edit Format D UPC A Send Check Character Enabled UPC A Add on Supplement Reporting Disabled...

Page 72: ...r Interleaved 2 of 5 I 2 of 5 Symbology Enabled Check Character Required Disabled Send Check Character Enabled Edit Format D Minimum Length 14 Maximum Length 98 RSS Symbology Enabled Edit Format D Con...

Page 73: ...te Enabled White On Black Enabled Rectangular Symbols Enabled Edit Format D Maxicode Maxicode Symbology Enabled Edit Format D Structure Carrier Message Only Disabled Mode 0 Enabled Mode 1 Enabled Mode...

Page 74: ...abled Edit Format D Postal Symbologies US Postnet Symbology Disabled US Planet Symbology Disabled Japan Postal Symbology Disabled Australian Postal Symbology Disabled Edit Format D Composite Composite...

Page 75: ...age Disabled Good Read Beeper Duration 0 to 99 x 10ms 15 150ms Good Read LED Duration 0 to 99 x 10ms 15 150ms General Reading Pointer Illuminating LEDs Pointer Pointer on during read Illuminating LEDs...

Page 76: ...Timeout 0 to 99 6 seconds Image Decoding Timeout 2 to 99 2 seconds AutoSense AutoSense Configuration Disabled Autosense Read Timeout 0 to 99 sec 1 second Autosense Sensitivity 1 to 9 2 Autosense Dete...

Page 77: ...stem follow these instructions refer to Figure B 1 1 With the host powered down connect the I F cable to the proper port on the host terminal 2 Connect the power cord to the I F cable 3 Connect the AC...

Page 78: ...to the Reader 4 Read a test bar code You should hear a beep indicating a good read 5 Data is displayed in the Received window 1 Imager 8000 2D Reader 2 10 Pin Modular Plug 3 10 Pin Modular Plug 4 25...

Page 79: ...t 3 Click on Communications COM Port_Setup 4 Make necessary corrections 5 Read a known good bar code data should appear in Received Data Window If you do not know the Reader s configuration 1 Read the...

Page 80: ...ion 1 Click on Advanced Reader Defaults Customer Defaults 2 Select View Customer Defaults This will display the Cus tomer Default Reader Configuration Setup window 3 Record configuration close window...

Page 81: ...ata Matrix 6 Verify that symbology is enabled and all parameters match 7 If not correct make corrections and read test label Be sure to click on Write To Device button and then on Close button This wi...

Page 82: ...indow Worksheet Form To ensure any problems are resolved promptly please record the fol lowing information and have it ready when you contact your service representative Contacting PSC If you need tec...

Page 83: ...tom of the handle down and release the keyed 10 pin modular plug from the socket Insert the new cable and reassemble the handle If you need to order a new cable ensure you have the part number of the...

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Page 88: ...phone 39 0 39 62903 1 Fax 39 0 39 685496 Japan PSC Japan K K Shinagawa ku Tokyo Japan Telephone 81 0 3 3491 6761 Fax 81 0 3 3491 6656 Latin America PSC S A INC Miami Florida USA Telephone 305 539 0111...

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