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Summary of Contents for Mini PowerWedge

Page 1: ...Mini PowerWedge Fixed Station Decoder User s Guide...

Page 2: ...86879 5115120 5144118 5146463 5179270 5198649 5200597 5202784 5208449 5210397 5212371 5212372 5214270 5229590 5231293 5232185 5233169 5235168 5237161 5237162 5239165 5247161 5256864 5258604 5258699 52...

Page 3: ...8 Symbol Blinking Mode 8 Serial Input Mode 8 Programming the Mini PowerWedge 9 Predefined Defaults 10 Auto Learn 11 Batch Programming 12 Using Provided Bar Codes 12 Creating Your Own Bar Codes 13 Menu...

Page 4: ...ii Mini PowerWedge Reseller Technical Support 66 E Mail Technical Support 66 Telephone Technical Support 66 PSC Solutions Group 66...

Page 5: ...parallel cable connector the Mini PowerWedge has many features you would expect to find only in larger more expensive decoders PRGM OFF ON INPUT H O S T I N T E R F A C E Figure1 1 The Mini PowerWedge...

Page 6: ...netic stripe Bar Code Symbologies The Mini PowerWedge recognizes and decodes the following symbologies T Codabar Ames T JAN 8 13 T Code 11 T Labelcode 4 5 T Code 128 T Matrix 2 of 5 T Code 39 includi...

Page 7: ...On Off Program switch on the Mini PowerWedge to the ON position see Figure 1 1 5 Turn on the computer or terminal The decoder should beep and the green LED light emitting diode should light up 6 Plug...

Page 8: ...ble number 00 001 00 Your computer or terminal may require a different cable Figure 2 1 Connecting the Mini PowerWedge drawing not to scale Male plug connect to keyboard input jack on computer Female...

Page 9: ...the OFF position see Figure 1 1 2 Remove any device attached to the INPUT connector on the Mini PowerWedge 3 Plug the MSR or badge reader connector into the INPUT con nector 4 Move the On Off Program...

Page 10: ...the ON position 3 Scan the following bar code with the bar code reader D410EE This puts the Mini PowerWedge into serial input mode see Laser Input Modes on page 8 4 Move the On Off Program switch on...

Page 11: ...an still use a wand to input data However input from lasers CCDs and magnetic stripe readers is disabled To program the Mini PowerWedge while it is in serial input mode use a wand to read batch or men...

Page 12: ...returns the laser to the ready to read state immediately after each read Multiscan Mode This mode allows you to scan bar codes without pressing and releas ing the trigger for each read In this mode t...

Page 13: ...Batch programming see page 12 Menu programming see page 14 On screen programming see page 16 Cloning see page 20 NOTE The section in this user s guide titled Bar Codes for Programming the Mini PowerWe...

Page 14: ...1 turns every on off parameter on and sets all maximum lengths as high as possible It also sets bar code and magnetic stripe preambles and postambles This default set gives you the best chance of read...

Page 15: ...0 before starting Auto Learn To program the Mini PowerWedge using Auto Learn 1 Scan the START bar code below The bar code also appears on the last page of this booklet 2 Scan a sample of each of your...

Page 16: ...gramming parameters for the Mini PowerWedge To use the provided bar codes to program the Mini PowerWedge 1 Use the contents list on page 21 to find the bar codes for the parameter you are looking for...

Page 17: ...bar codes using the standard Code 39 character set not the full ASCII character set The decoder must read the bar codes in full ASCII Code 39 mode how ever The first and last character of each bar cod...

Page 18: ...e I D number of the parameter you want to set and the acceptable input for that parameter This information is available in the Mini PowerWedge Pro gramming Reference To program the Mini PowerWedge usi...

Page 19: ...ntering Strings To enter a string such as a preamble or postamble look in the Mini PowerWedge Programming Reference for the ASCII values of the charac ters you want to enter and then scan the bar code...

Page 20: ...d settings on your screen You can select parameters and change their settings using the computer s keyboard To program the Mini PowerWedge on screen 1 Open a text editor for example the DOS EDIT utili...

Page 21: ...press ENTER For example enter 3 to dis play the current parameter settings for UPC A bar codes This will also display the parameters and settings for the other subcategories using 3 as an I D as shown...

Page 22: ...and press ENTER The list of options will be redisplayed to verify the change you made 7 Select another option from the list or press the BACKSPACE key to return to the main menu NOTE To return to the...

Page 23: ...ress ENTER A list of all the parameters will appear on your screen To pause the display of the list at any time press the PAUSE key on your keyboard then press any key to continue the display If you a...

Page 24: ...an the following bar code EC This puts the programmed Mini PowerWedge into cloning mode While the decoder is in cloning mode the red and green light emit ting diodes LEDs alternate flashing twice that...

Page 25: ...lave to the PRGM position The parameter settings from the master Mini PowerWedge will immediately be copied into the slave The slave will indi cate successful programming by beeping three times and re...

Page 26: ...betical List of Contents Cloning on page 23 Codabar Ames on page 37 Code 11 on page 34 Code 128 on page 42 Code 39 on page 23 Code 93 on page 48 EAN JAN on page 46 Host Device on page 58 Interleaved 2...

Page 27: ...User s Guide 23 Auto Learn Start Save and Exit E Exit without Saving E Scan this first F Then scan this Cloning EC EC Code 39 ENABLE On 001EE Off 000EE Scan this twice...

Page 28: ...24 Mini PowerWedge MINIMUM LENGTH 00 0100EE 10 0110EE 20 0120EE 30 0130EE 40 0140EE 50 0150EE Code 39 Continued...

Page 29: ...User s Guide 25 MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 0210EE 20 0220EE 30 0230EE 40 0240EE 50 0250EE ENABLE CHECKSUM On 031EE Off 030EE OUTPUT CHECKSUM On 041EE Code 39 Continued...

Page 30: ...26 Mini PowerWedge Off 040EE FULL ASCII MODE On 051EE Off 050EE MIL STD 1189 SUPPORT On 071EE Off 070EE Interleaved 2 of 5 ENABLE On 081EE Off 080EE Code 39 Continued...

Page 31: ...User s Guide 27 MINIMUM LENGTH 2 0902EE 6 0906EE 10 0910EE 20 0920EE 30 0930EE 40 0940EE 50 0950EE MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 0A10EE 20 0A20EE Interleaved 2 of 5 Continued...

Page 32: ...30 0A30EE 40 0A40EE 50 0A50EE REQUIRED LENGTH no default overrides minimum and maximum settings 2 09020A02EE 4 09040A04EE 6 09060A06EE 8 09080A08EE 10 09100A10EE 12 09120A12EE 14 09140A14EE Interleave...

Page 33: ...s Guide 29 16 09160A16EE 18 09180A18EE 20 09200A20EE ENABLE CHECKSUM On 0B1EE Off 0B0EE OUTPUT CHECKSUM On 0C1EE Off 0C0EE LENGTHS 6 AND 14 ONLY case code On 0D1EE Off 0D0EE Interleaved 2 of 5 Contin...

Page 34: ...30 Mini PowerWedge Matrix 2 of 5 ENABLE On 101EE Off 100EE MINIMUM LENGTH 06 1106EE 10 1110EE 20 1120EE 30 1130EE 40 1140EE 50 1150EE...

Page 35: ...User s Guide 31 MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 1210EE 20 1220EE 30 1230EE 40 1240EE 50 1250EE ENABLE CHECKSUM On 131EE Off 130EE OUTPUT CHECKSUM On 141EE Off 140EE Matrix 2 of 5 Continued...

Page 36: ...32 Mini PowerWedge Standard 2 of 5 ENABLE On 151EE Off 150EE MINIMUM LENGTH 06 1606EE 10 1610EE 20 1620EE 30 1630EE 40 1640EE 50 1650EE MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 1710EE...

Page 37: ...User s Guide 33 20 1720EE 30 1730EE 40 1740EE 50 1750EE ENABLE CHECKSUM On 181EE Off 180EE OUTPUT CHECKSUM On 191EE Off 190EE Standard 2 of 5 Continued...

Page 38: ...34 Mini PowerWedge USE 2 BAR START STOP On 1A1EE Off 1A0EE Code 11 ENABLE On 1B1EE Off 1B0EE MINIMUM LENGTH 4 1C04EE 10 1C10EE 20 1C20EE 30 1C30EE Standard 2 of 5 Continued...

Page 39: ...User s Guide 35 40 1C40EE 50 1C50EE MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 1D10EE 20 1D20EE 30 1D30EE 40 1D40EE 50 1D50EE REQUIRE 2 CHECK DIGITS On 1E1EE Off 1E0EE Code 11 Continued...

Page 40: ...36 Mini PowerWedge OUTPUT CHECK DIGIT S On 1F1EE Off 1F0EE Code 11 Continued...

Page 41: ...User s Guide 37 Codabar Ames ENABLE On 201EE Off 200EE MINIMUM LENGTH 04 2104EE 10 2110EE 20 2120EE 30 2130EE 40 2140EE 50 2150EE...

Page 42: ...38 Mini PowerWedge MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 2210EE 20 2220EE 30 2230EE 40 2240EE 50 2250EE OUTPUT STOP START On 231EE Off 230EE CODABAR TO CLSI CONVERSION On 241EE Off 240EE Codabar Ames Continued...

Page 43: ...User s Guide 39 WIDE INTERCHARACTER GAPS ALLOWED On 251EE Off 250EE MSI Plessey ENABLE On 261EE Off 260EE MINIMUM LENGTH 1 2701EE 4 2704EE 7 2707EE Codabar Ames Continued...

Page 44: ...40 Mini PowerWedge 10 2710EE 12 2712EE 14 2714EE MAXIMUM LENGTH 1 2801EE 4 2804EE 7 2807EE 10 2810EE 12 2812EE 14 2814EE MSI Plessey Continued...

Page 45: ...User s Guide 41 REQUIRE 2 CHECK DIGITS On 291EE Off 290EE 2ND CHECK DIGIT MOD 11 On 2A1EE Off 2A0EE OUTPUT CHECK DIGIT S On 2B1EE Off 2B0EE MSI Plessey Continued...

Page 46: ...42 Mini PowerWedge Code 128 ENABLE On 401EE Off 400EE MINIMUM LENGTH 2 4102EE 10 4110EE 20 4120EE 30 4130EE 40 4140EE 50 4150EE MAXIMUM LENGTH 10 4210EE...

Page 47: ...User s Guide 43 20 4220EE 30 4230EE 40 4240EE 50 4250EE ENABLE UCC128 On 431EE Off 430EE Labelcode 4 5 ENABLE On 521EE Off 520EE Code 128 Continued...

Page 48: ...44 Mini PowerWedge CONVERT On 531EE Off 530EE UPC A ENABLE UPC A On 301EE Off 300EE OUTPUT SYSTEM DIGIT On 311EE Off 310EE OUTPUT CHECK DIGIT On 321EE Off 320EE Labelcode 4 5 Continued...

Page 49: ...User s Guide 45 CONVERT UPC A TO EAN 13 On 331EE Off 330EE UPC E USE SYSTEM DIGIT 0 On 341EE Off 340EE USE SYSTEM DIGIT 1 On 351EE Off 350EE CONVERT UPC E TO UPC A On 361EE Off 360EE UPC A Continued...

Page 50: ...46 Mini PowerWedge OUTPUT SYSTEM DIGIT On 371EE Off 370EE OUTPUT CHECK DIGIT On 381EE Off 380EE EAN JAN ENABLE EAN 8 JAN 8 On 391EE Off 390EE ENABLE EAN 13 JAN 13 On 3A1EE Off 3A0EE UPC E Continued...

Page 51: ...CONVERT EAN 13 TO ISBN On 3B1EE Off 3B0EE TRANSMIT EAN JAN CHECKSUM On 3F1EE Off 3F0EE UPC EAN JAN Extensions ALLOW 2 DIGIT EXTENSIONS On 3C1EE Off 3C0EE ALLOW 5 DIGIT EXTENSIONS On 3D1EE Off 3D0EE EA...

Page 52: ...48 Mini PowerWedge REQUIRE EXTENSIONS On 3E1EE Off 3E0EE Code 93 ENABLE On 2C1EE Off 2C0EE MINIMUM LENGTH 00 2D00EE 02 2D02EE 10 2D10EE 20 2D20EE 30 2D30EE UPC EAN JAN Extensions Continued...

Page 53: ...User s Guide 49 40 2D40EE 50 2D50EE MAXIMUM LENGTH 01 2E01EE 10 2E10EE 20 2E20EE 30 2E30EE 40 2E40EE 50 2E50EE Magnetic Stripe Channels ENABLE CHANNEL 1 On 441EE Code 93 Continued...

Page 54: ...440EE REQUIRE CHANNEL 1 On 451EE Off 450EE ENABLE CHANNEL 2 On 4A1EE Off 4A0EE REQUIRE CHANNEL 2 On 4B1EE Off 4B0EE CALIFORNIA DRIVER LICENSE ID CARD ALPHA CONVERSION On 5C1EE Off 5C0EE Magnetic Stri...

Page 55: ...User s Guide 51 Other Controls MENU PROGRAMMING ENABLE Off B000EE On B002EE AUTOTERMINATOR CR B1 MEE TAB B1 IEE None B1 UEE ASCII UPPERCASE TO LOWERCASE CONVERSION On B21EE Off B20EE...

Page 56: ...PowerWedge INTERCHARACTER DELAY in milliseconds 0 B300EE 5 B305EE 10 B310EE 20 B320EE 40 B340EE CCD LASER REDUNDANCY On B41EE Off B40EE OUTPUT SYMBOLOGY IDENTIFIER On B51EE Off B50EE Other Controls Co...

Page 57: ...User s Guide 53 GOOD READ TONE 2400 Hz B804EE 3200 Hz B807EE 3600 Hz B800EE 4430 Hz B803EE GOOD READ BEEPS 1 B901EE 2 B902EE 3 B903EE 4 B904EE Other Controls Continued...

Page 58: ...werWedge GOOD READ BEEP DURATION in seconds 0 07 BA00EE 0 13 BA01EE 0 18 BA02EE 0 36 BA03EE END OF TRANSMISSION BEEP On BB1EE Off BB0EE BEEPER VOLUME Off BC00EE Low BC01EE Medium BC02EE Other Controls...

Page 59: ...User s Guide 55 High BC03EE INTERFUNCTION DELAY in milliseconds 0 BE00EE 5 BE05EE 10 BE10EE 20 BE20EE 40 BE40EE USE NUMERIC KEYPAD On BF1EE Off BF0EE Other Controls Continued...

Page 60: ...56 Mini PowerWedge LASER INPUT MODES Normal D400EE Autoscan D401EE Multiscan D402EE Symbol Blinking D403EE Serial Input D410EE REQUIRE KEYBOARD On D51EE Off D50EE Other Controls Continued...

Page 61: ...User s Guide 57 AUTOSCAN TIMEOUT 1 min D601EE 5 min D605EE 10 min D610EE 30 min D630EE 60 min D660EE 256 min D600EE CTRL OUT AT POWER UP High D71EE Low D70EE Other Controls Continued...

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Page 63: ...ide 59 IBM and TELEX terminals 122 key keyboard Decision Data models 3496 and 3781 C017EE Macintosh U S keyboard C021EE TeleVideo models 935 965 9065 and 9320 C032EE NEC PowerMate C042EE Host Device C...

Page 64: ...60 Mini PowerWedge NOTES...

Page 65: ...codes for 37 39 Code 11 bar codes for 34 36 Code 128 bar codes for 42 43 Code 39 bar codes for 23 26 connectors 3 locations of 1 D D0 D1 D2 predefined defaults 10 bar codes for 1 data strings 13 15 de...

Page 66: ...des for 39 41 multiscan mode 8 56 O On Off Program switch location of 1 on screen programming 16 19 P parameters displaying and printing 19 predefined defaults 10 resetting 1 Plessey bar codes for 39...

Page 67: ...bwillis work R44_2315 2315IX fm BETA DRAFT Friday 2 27 04 12 50 pm T terminators for data string 13 15 timeout autoscan 57 U Universal Product Code UPC bar codes for 44 46 extensions 47 48 V values en...

Page 68: ...64 Mini PowerWedge NOTES...

Page 69: ...User s Guide 65 NOTES...

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