Chapter 4
Utilities
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Read Rate
You can access
Read Rate
from the
Utilities
menu.
Enter Single Label Percent Test
Clicking
Single Label
Percent
and
Start
instructs the scanner to output the per-
cent of decodes and any scanned label data.
Associated serial command:
<Cp>
Enter Single Label Decodes/Second Test
Clicking
Single Label
Decodes/Sec
and
Start
instructs the scanner to output the
decodes per second and label data (if any). The decode rate can vary dramatically
due to the angle and location of the label in relation to the scan beam (or scan line,
if using a scan head with a moving beam). This test is very useful in aligning and
positioning the scanning device during installation.
Associated serial command:
<C>
Enter Multi-label Percent Test
Clicking
Multi-label Percent
and
Start
instructs the scanner to output the percent-
age of scans decoded and label data (if any) for multiple labels.
Associated serial command:
<Cm>
Enter Multi-label Decode Rate Test
Clicking
Multi-label Decode/Sec
and
Start
instructs the scanner to output the
decode rate and label data (if any) for multiple labels.
Associated serial command:
<Cs>
End Read Rate Test
Clicking
Stop
ends both the Percent test and the Decodes/Second test for both sin-
gle and multi-label.
Associated serial command:
<J>