xvi DS9208 Product Reference Guide
Chapter Descriptions
Topics covered in this guide are as follows:
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Chapter 1, Getting Started provides a product overview, unpacking instructions, cable connection, and
mounting information.
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Chapter 2, Data Capture describes parts of the digital scanner, beeper and LED definitions, and how to
use the scanner in hand-held and hands-free (presentation) modes.
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Chapter 3, Maintenance & Technical Specifications provides information on how to care for the digital
scanner, troubleshooting, and technical specifications.
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Chapter 4, User Preferences & Miscellaneous Options describes features frequently used to customize
how data transmits to the host device and programming bar codes for selecting user preference features
for the digital scanner.
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Chapter 5, Imaging Preferences provides imaging preference features and programming bar codes for
selecting these features.
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Chapter 6, USB Interface describes how to set up the digital scanner with a USB host.
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Chapter 7, RS-232 Interface describes how to set up the digital scanner with an RS-232 host, such as
point-of-sale devices, host computers, or other devices with an available RS-232 port.
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Chapter 8, IBM 468X / 469X Interface describes how to set up the digital scanner with IBM 468X/469X
POS systems.
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Chapter 9, Keyboard Wedge Interface describes how to set up a Keyboard Wedge interface with the
digital scanner.
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Chapter 10, Symbologies describes all symbology features and provides programming bar codes for
selecting these features for the digital scanner.
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Chapter 11, 123Scan2 describes this PC-based scanner configuration tool which enables rapid and easy
customized setup of Symbol scanners.
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Chapter 12, Advanced Data Formatting briefly describes ADF, a means of customizing data before
transmission to the host device, and includes a reference to the ADF Programmer Guide.
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Chapter 13, Driver’s License Set Up (DS9208-DL) describes how the DS9208-DL digital scanner can
parse out information from standard US driver's licenses and certain other American Association of
Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) compliant ID cards.
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Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters provides a table of all host device and miscellaneous scanner
defaults.
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Appendix B, Country Codes provides bar codes for programming the country keyboard type for the USB
keyboard (HID) device and the keyboard wedge host.
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Appendix C, Country Code Pages provides bar codes for selecting code pages for the country keyboard
type.
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Appendix D, CJK Decode Control describes control parameters for Unicode/CJK (Chinese, Japanese,
Korean) bar code decode through USB HID Keyboard Emulation mode.
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Appendix E, Programming Reference provides a table of AIM code identifiers, ASCII character
conversions, and keyboard maps.
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Appendix F, Sample Bar Codes includes sample bar codes of various code types.