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Setup
Balluff BVS HS-P Family
Industrial Handheld Barcode Readers
2.6 Customizing 
Configuration 
Settings
2.6.1 Configure 
Interface Settings
If after reading the interface barcode from the previous table, your installation requires you to 
select options to further customize your reader, turn to the appropriate section for your interface 
type in "Configuration Parameters" starting on page 31.
2.6.2 Global Interface 
Features
See "Global Interface Features" on page 32 for settings configurable by all interface types.
2.6.3 Configuring Other 
Features
If your installation requires different programming than the standard factory default settings, the 
following sections of this manual allow configuration of non-interface-specific settings you might 
require. Go to 
Configuration Using Barcodes, starting on page 31 for a complete list of available 
options. 
2.6.4 Software Version 
Transmission
The software version of the device can be transmitted over the RS-232 and Keyboard interfaces 
by reading the following label.
2.6.5 Self Test and 
Statistics
The internal status of the reader can be accessed in COM interfaces giving the following com-
mand string through a Terminal Emulator program:  $S,yX,s[CR] (corded reader only).
Transmit Software Version