ABOUT PROGRAMMING YOUR SCANNER
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MAGELLAN™ 900I
Programming with Barcodes
If you have little or no prior experience with programming using barcode labels, you should
review the next few pages of this section to familiarize yourself with the basics of scanner
programming before performing any changes to your configuration.
Most scanner programming falls within general categories:
General Scanner Features:
features common to all interface types. Examples include
beeper adjustments such as volume and length, read verification settings, etc.
Imaging Features:
settings specific to Imaging
Interface Related Features:
mandatory settings necessary to allow communication.
Examples of these settings are: RS-232 baud rate and parity.
Data Editing:
Additional information sent to the host computer along with the barcode
data. This combination of barcode data and supplementary user-defined data is called a
“message string.” The features in this chapter can be used to build specific user-defined
data into a message string.
Symbology Programming:
Gives the scanner the capability to autodiscriminate as few as
one, and as many as all available symbologies. For optimal scanner performance enable
only those symbologies required. Additionally the scanner may be programmed with the
standard options available for the various symbologies, such as check digit, minimum label
length, fixed and variable length bar codes, etc.
The barcode programming section lists the factory default settings for each of the menu
commands for the standard RS-232 interface, indicated by a green arrow. Exceptions to
default settings for the other interfaces can be found in
Appendix D, Factory Default Settings.
If you experience difficulties, have questions or require additional information, contact your
local distributor, or call your dealer or sales representative.
NOTE
Ensure that your planned modifications are compatible with the current interface.
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