TABLE OF CONTENTS
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POWERSCAN™ PD/PM/PBT9600
Changing the Orientation of the Positioning Tab: ....................................................................19
Portable Desktop Mounting ..............................................................................................................21
Base Station Fast Release - Mounting the Plate .....................................................................21
Connection Module Fast Release - Mounting the Bracket ..................................................23
System Connections .......................................................................................................25
Connecting and Disconnecting the Cables ........................................................................26
Connecting BC9630 Cables ...............................................................................................................26
Disconnecting BC9630 Cables ..........................................................................................................27
Connecting BC9631 Multi-interface Cable .......................................................................................28
Connecting BC9680 cables ...............................................................................................................29
Connecting BC9681 cables ...............................................................................................................29
Connecting the Base Station ...........................................................................................31
System and Network Layouts ..........................................................................................34
Stand Alone Layouts .........................................................................................................................34
BC9600 Configuration .....................................................................................................35
Serial Configuration ..........................................................................................................................35
Configuration Bar Codes ...................................................................................................................35
Interface Selection .........................................................................................................35
Configuring the Interface ................................................................................................36
Customizing Configuration Settings .................................................................................39
Using the Programming Bar Codes .................................................................................................39
Datalogic Aladdin™ Utility ................................................................................................................39
Interface Settings ..............................................................................................................................39
Configuring Other Features ..............................................................................................................40
Software Version Transmission .......................................................................................................40
Resetting the Product Configuration to Defaults ............................................................................40
Restore Custom Default Configuration ....................................................................................40
CHAPTER 3.
CONFIGURATION WITH BAR CODES..................................................... 41
Configuration Parameters ...............................................................................................41
Interface Configuration: ............................................................................................................41
Parameters Common to all Interface Applications: ................................................................41
Symbology-specific parameters: .............................................................................................42
GLOBAL INTERFACE FEATURES .....................................................................................................43
Host Commands — Obey/Ignore .............................................................................................43
USB Suspend Mode ..................................................................................................................43
RS-232 INTERFACE .......................................................................................................44
RS-232 STANDARD SETTINGS .........................................................................................................45
Baud Rate ..................................................................................................................................45
Data Bits ....................................................................................................................................46
Stop Bits ....................................................................................................................................46
Parity .........................................................................................................................................47
Handshaking Control ................................................................................................................48
RS-232/USB-COM INTERFACES .....................................................................................49
RS-232/USB-COM SETTINGS ...........................................................................................................50
Intercharacter Delay .................................................................................................................50
Beep On ASCII BEL ...................................................................................................................51
Beep On Not on File ..................................................................................................................51
ACK NAK Options .....................................................................................................................52
ACK Character ...........................................................................................................................53
NAK Character ..........................................................................................................................53
ACK NAK Timeout Value ..........................................................................................................54
ACK NAK Retry Count ..............................................................................................................54
ACK NAK Error Handling ..........................................................................................................55
Indicate Transmission Failure ..................................................................................................55
Disable Character ......................................................................................................................56
Enable Character .......................................................................................................................56
KEYBOARD INTERFACE .................................................................................................57
COUNTRY MODE ................................................................................................................................58
Setup on PC to use ALT Universal ...................................................................................58
Setting Country Mode ...............................................................................................................59