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Chapter 1: Introduction
Microscan MS-3 Laser Scanner Device Driver User Guide
About profiles
About this topic
This topic describes what profiles are and what they do.
Read this topic if you are an administrator in charge of managing
Velocity11 devices.
Profiles defined
A profile contains the initialization settings needed for communication
between a device and device driver. The data in a profile is used by
VWorks or BenchWorks software to identify each device on the network.
A profile can also contain other basic settings that you are unlikely to
change once set up.
Because profiles identify device driver devices on the network, each
device driver device must have its own profile.
You can create, modify, and delete profiles as needed.
Stored settings
Profiles are stored in the Windows registry.
The settings stored in a device driver profile include:
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Whether the device is connected using serial or Ethernet
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If the device is connected using Ethernet, the Device ID of the
device on the network
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If the device is connected using serial, the COM port that the
controlling computer uses for communication
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Configuration of accessories
Related topics
For information about...
See...
Device drivers
“About device drivers” on page 7
Adding a device to the device
manager
“Adding devices” on page 10
Opening device diagnostics
“Opening diagnostics” on page 12
