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Chapter Descriptions
Topics covered in this guide are as follows:
• Getting Started provides a product overview, unpacking instructions, and cable connection information.
• 123Scan and Software Tools describes the Zebra software tools available for customizing scanner
operation.
• Data Capture describes parts of the scanner, speaker and LED definitions, and how to use the scanner in
hand-held and hands-free (presentation) modes.
• Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Technical Specifications provides information on how to care for the
scanner, troubleshooting, and technical specifications.
• User Preferences & Miscellaneous Options describes features frequently used to customize how data
transmits to the host device and programming barcodes for selecting user preference features for the
scanner.
• Imager Preferences provides imaging preference features and programming barcodes for selecting these
features.
• Symbologies describes all symbology features and provides programming barcodes for selecting these
features for the scanner.
• USB Interface describes how to set up the scanner with a USB host.
• SSI Interface describes the system requirements of the Simple Serial Interface (SSI), which provides a
communications link between Zebra decoders and a serial host.
• RS-232 Interface describes how to set up the scanner with an RS-232 host, such as point-of-sale devices,
host computers, or other devices with an available RS-232 port.
• IBM Interface describes how to set up the scanner with IBM 468X/469X POS systems.
• Keyboard Wedge Interface describes how to set up a Keyboard Wedge interface with the scanner.
• OCR Programming describes how to set up the scanner for OCR programming.
• Intelligent Document Capture (Hand-held Mode Only) describes IDC, an advanced image processing
firmware, including IDC functionality, parameter barcodes to control its features, and a quick start
procedure.
• Digimarc provides barcodes to either enable or disable Digimarc Barcode, a machine-readable code that is
invisible to people.
• Data Formatting: ADF, MDF, Preferred Symbol briefly describes the Zebra features available for
customizing scanner operation.
• Driver’s License Set Up (DS9908-DL/HL) describes how the DS9908-DL scanner can parse out
information from standard US driver's licenses and certain other American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators (AAMVA) compliant ID cards.
• Custom Tone provides information about downloading a custom tone to sound when a good decode
occurs.
• Parameter Defaults provides a table of all host devices and miscellaneous scanner defaults.
• Numeric Barcodes includes the numeric barcodes to scan for parameters requiring specific numeric
values.
• Alphanumeric Barcodes includes the barcodes representing the alphanumeric keyboard, used when
setting ADF rules.
• ASCII Character Sets provides ASCII character value tables.