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Device Activity Management (Sleep/Wake-up Functionality)
Use the Device Activity Manager to manage the device usage profile and lifecycle by turning on/off the scan
engine laser and the display backlight. Set the sleep and wake-up times by day, weekday, weekend, etc.
If the Device Activity Manager (DAM) puts the scan engine and/or backlight into sleep mode, these
subsystems repower (wake up) upon the following events:
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a button press
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a display touch.
The DAM only checks whether to turn devices on or off when the Inactivity Application Timeout expires. If a
device wakes up due to user input (a “wakeup”), it remains awake regardless of user input until another
timeout expires, then goes back to sleep.
To use the DAM without the Inactivity Application Manager, configure the Inactivity Application Timeout to the
default wakeup time and set the Inactivity Application parameter to nothing.
Printing
The MK2200 supports printing text, bar codes, and bitmaps in the following environments:
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Browser applications
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C/C++ applications
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C# applications
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Visual Basic.NET applications.
The MK2200 transmits data to a printer using an RS-232 serial or USB connection. RS-232 serial port settings
(port, stop bits, data bits, parity) are shared with the tethered scanner.
Table 3-5 contains the default baud rate
settings for the following printers:
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Zebra QL (QL320, Cameo, Encore)
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Zebra EPL Series (LP/TLP 2824, LP/TLP 2844, TLP 3842)*
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Zebra ZPL (LP/TLP 2844-Z, TLP 3844-Z)
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Epson TML90
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Epson TMT88III.
* Zebra LP printers ship in Gap mode. If using a printer in Continuous Paper mode, the autosense does not
work and you must manually set the gap to zero. To avoid this, send a command to the printer to change the
mode. Refer to the Zebra printer documentation.
NOTE
It is strongly advised to use the Device Activity Management functionality.
NOTE
Use the RDM or System Menu to set up the Device Activity Manager. Enter valid values to
all DAM parameters (see page 3-12 ). Otherwise the system rejects the input values and the DAM
does not invoke the Inactivity Application.