TABLE OF CONTENTS
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POWERSCAN™ PD/PM96XX
Connecting BC9680 cables ...............................................................................................................24
Connecting the Base Station ...........................................................................................25
System and network layouts ...........................................................................................27
Stand Alone Layouts .........................................................................................................................27
BC96xX Configuration .....................................................................................................28
Serial Configuration ..........................................................................................................................28
Configuration Bar Codes ...................................................................................................................28
Interface Selection .........................................................................................................28
Configuring the Interface ................................................................................................29
Customizing Configuration Settings .................................................................................32
Using the Programming Bar Codes .................................................................................................32
Datalogic Aladdin™ Utility ................................................................................................................32
Interface Settings ..............................................................................................................................32
Configuring Other Features ..............................................................................................................33
Software Version Transmission .......................................................................................................33
Resetting the Product Configuration to Defaults ............................................................................33
Restore Custom Default Configuration ....................................................................................33
CHAPTER 3.
CONFIGURATION WITH BAR CODES..................................................... 34
Configuration Parameters ...............................................................................................34
Interface Configuration: ............................................................................................................34
Parameters common to all interface applications: .................................................................34
Symbology-specific parameters: .............................................................................................35
GLOBAL INTERFACE FEATURES .....................................................................................................36
Host Commands — Obey/Ignore .............................................................................................36
USB Suspend Mode ..................................................................................................................36
RS-232 INTERFACE .......................................................................................................37
RS-232 STANDARD SETTINGS .........................................................................................................38
Baud Rate ..................................................................................................................................38
Data Bits ....................................................................................................................................39
Stop Bits ....................................................................................................................................39
Parity .........................................................................................................................................40
Handshaking Control ................................................................................................................41
RS-232/USB-COM INTERFACES .....................................................................................42
RS-232/USB-COM SETTINGS ...........................................................................................................43
Intercharacter Delay .................................................................................................................43
Beep On ASCII BEL ...................................................................................................................44
Beep On Not on File ..................................................................................................................44
ACK NAK Options .....................................................................................................................45
ACK Character ...........................................................................................................................46
NAK Character ..........................................................................................................................46
ACK NAK Timeout Value ..........................................................................................................47
ACK NAK Retry Count ..............................................................................................................47
ACK NAK Error Handling ..........................................................................................................48
Indicate Transmission Failure ..................................................................................................48
Disable Character ......................................................................................................................49
Enable Character .......................................................................................................................49
KEYBOARD INTERFACE .................................................................................................50
COUNTRY MODE ................................................................................................................................51
Setup on PC to use ALT Universal ...................................................................................51
Setting Country Mode ...............................................................................................................52
OTHER KEYBOARD PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................66
Encoding Type ...........................................................................................................................66
ALT Output Type .......................................................................................................................73
Caps Lock State ........................................................................................................................74
Numlock ....................................................................................................................................74
Keyboard Numeric Keypad ......................................................................................................75
Keyboard Send Control Characters .........................................................................................75
Wedge Quiet Interval ................................................................................................................76
Intercharacter Delay .................................................................................................................76
Intercode Delay .........................................................................................................................77