Cino FuzzyScan FM400 Programming User manual

FUZZYSCAN FAMILY
Quick Start Guide
FM400 Series
FIXED MOUNT SCANNER

1
Getting Familiar with Your FuzzyScan
Thank you for choosing Cino FuzzyScan FM400 Series Fixed Mount Scanner.
Integrated with the innovative FuzzyScan 2.0 Imaging Technology and
durable ultra-compact design, FM400 series not only provides outstanding
reading performance, but also meets various demands for both industrial and
general purpose applications. This document provides a quick reference for
installation and operation purpose. The complete documentation is available
at www.cino.com.tw.
FM400 Series (Front-view Model)
FM400 Series (Side-view Model)
Test Button
Scan Window
M3 Mounting Hole
Power Indicator
Status Indicator
OK/NG Indicator

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Connect to Your Host
Both RS232 and USB interfaces are available in different models of FM400
series. Each model is equipped with corresponding connector to meet
various application demands.
USB Models (FM4xx-11x)
The USB models provide a plug-and-play solution. Both USB HID and USB
COM Port Emulation interfaces are available for user’s choice.
RS232 Models (FM4xx-00x)
The RS232 models support the standard RS232 interface equipped a 9-pin
D-sub connector with power jack for external 5Vdc power inlet.
Universal Models (FM4xx-98x)
The universal models support RS232 and USB interfaces with OK/NG signal
outputs and external trigger input.
Pin No. Signal Description I/O Type
Case FG Frame Ground ---
1 VCC --- I
2 Data - USB Data - I/O
3 Data + USB Data + I/O
4 GND --- ---
Pin No. Signal Description I/O Type
Case FG Frame Ground ---
1 --- --- ---
2 TXD Transmit Data O
3 RXD Receive Data I
4 --- --- ---
5 GND Signal Ground ---
6 --- --- ---
7 CTS Clear to Send I
8 RTS Request to Send O
9 VCC 5Vdc Power Supply I
Pin No. Signal Description I/O Type
1 VCC 5Vdc Power Supply I
2 TXD Transmit Data O
3 RXD Receive Data I
4 GND Signal Ground ---
5 --- --- ---
6 RTS Request to Send O
7 OK OK Signal Output (3-24Vdc) O
8 Data + USB Data + I/O
9 Trigger External Trigger Input I
10 CTS Clear to Send I
11 --- --- ---
12 Data - USB Data - I/O
13 Shield Frame Ground ---
14 NG NG Signal Output (3-24Vdc) O
15 Reserved --- ---
4-pin Type A
Connector
9-pin D-sub
Female Connector
15-pin D-sub HD
Female Connector

3
Install Your FuzzyScan
Adjust Reading Angle
The readability may be impacted by the specular reflection caused by the
perpendicular reading angle. To get the most optimal reading performance,
you are suggested to install the FM400 at an approximate 15° angle to the
perpendicular line of the target barcode. However, the reading angle and
distance may vary depending on the size and printing quality of barcodes.
Mount Your FuzzyScan
There are two M3 mounting holes on the bottom of the chassis. Please follow
below procedures to mount your scanner.
Prepare two appropriate M3 screws (minimal 4mm in depth) and decide
your desired mounting location. Then adjust the two screws to
accommodate 27mm center width.
Optimize the mounting position by adjusting the reading angle and
distance. Ensure the illumination envelop is not blocked by any external
object.
Use the test mode to verify the actual reading rate. If the reading rate is
not good enough, please adjust the reading angle and distance to get the
optimum readability.
Front-view Side-view

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Use the Test Mode
The FuzzyScan FM400 provides an useful test mode which is helpful for you
to quickly identify the best mounting position. Please refer to the descriptions
listed below for details.
Test Button
Under normal operation, the Test Button of FM400 just acts as a normal
trigger switch of hand-held scanner. You can press the Test Button to scan
the corresponding barcode commands to configure your scanner with ease.
Please note that if you press the Test Button over 5 seconds, the FM400
will enter the test mode automatically.
Test Mode
Once determine your desired location to install the scanner, you may use the
test mode to optimize the mounting position with ease. Please follow below
procedures to use the test mode.
Hold the Test Button over 5seconds until the status indicator gives one
green blink, then release the button to activate test mode. The scanner
will give 2 short beeps and the power indicator will flash blue blink per 1
second. The scanner will turn on the light source to scan barcodes
continuously before exit the test mode.
Keep scanner to read the same test barcode. The scanner will count the
Good Read numbers, then output the information of reading rate and
refresh LED indications every 100 scans. The format of output message
is listed below.
< Readout data > : < Reading rate (0 to 100) >
At the same time, both Status and OK/NG indicators will provide the
visible reading rate information as well. You may refer to the table listed
below for details.
Reading Rate Status Indicator OK/NG Indicator
100% Steady Green Steady Green
80 to 99% Steady Red Steady Green
50 to 79% Steady Green Steady Red
20 to 49% Steady Orange Steady Orange
0 to 19% Steady Red Steady Red
If the reading rate is not good enough, please adjust the reading angle
and distance to get the optimum readability. If you would like to exit the
test mode, please press the Test Button once again.
1. If the scanner is unable to read any barcode during preset scan input
time-out (default is 900ms), the scanner will count it as a NG reading.
2. Under test mode, the OK/NG output signals will not be performed.

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Use Your FuzzyScan
Both FuzzyScan Barcode commands and Serial commands are available
to configure your FM400. The FuzzyScan barcode commands are a series of
proprietary barcodes which allow you to easily configure the scanner for most
applications. Moreover, the FuzzyScan serial commands are ideal for precise
and complicated reading control in machine-controllable environments.
Please refer to the relevant documentations for details.
External Trigger and Serial Trigger
The FM400 provides both external trigger and serial trigger to activate the
scanning processes. Please note that the external trigger is available for
universal models only. The serial trigger is one of serial commands available
for all models including RS232 serial and USB COM Port Emulation
interfaces.
Scan Input Time-out
The scan input time-out is a preset light source on time available for
presentation, alternative and level modes. The scanner keeps the light
source on and continues to scan until the preset scan input time-out is up.
You can adjust the time-out duration from 100 milliseconds to 99 seconds to
meet various application demands.
OK and NG Outputs
The universal models provide additional OK and NG outputs for more precise
reading control. If the scanner got a good read, a signal will be outputted
through scanner OK pin. However, if the scanner failed to read the barcode
during a reading cycle or preset scan input time-out, a signal will be outputted
through scanner NG pin.
The OK and NG outputs are designed as NPN signal outputs and have been
preset to active low. If necessary, you are able to change the active state of
OK and NG outputs to meet your applications.
Operation Modes
The FuzzyScan FM400 series provides five different operation modes,
including trigger, alternative, level, presentation and force modes to meet
various application demands.
Both the presentation and force modes support triggerless operation, you
don’t need to use either external trigger or serial trigger to activate the
scanning. But the trigger, alternative and level modes have to work with
external trigger or serial trigger to scan barcode.

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Trigger mode
Under trigger mode, the scanner will turn on the light source to read barcode
when it receives an external trigger or a serial trigger ON command. Once the
external trigger has been released, or the scanner gets a good read or a
serial trigger OFF command, the scanner will stop reading and wait for the
next trigger to activate scanning again.
Alternative mode
When the scanner receives an external trigger or a serial trigger ON
command under alternative mode, the scanner will turn on the light source to
read barcodes until the preset scan input time-out is up. The scan input
time-out will be reset after each good read. Once the light source goes off,
the scanner is waiting for the next trigger to activate scanning again.
Level mode
When the scanner receives an external trigger or a serial trigger ON
command under level mode, the scanner will turn on the light source to read
barcodes until a good read is performed or the preset scan input time-out
is up. Once the light source goes off, the scanner is waiting for the next
trigger to activate scanning again.
Presentation mode
Under presentation mode, the scanner will automatically detect the object
movement in the scanner field of view. Once the scanner detects a similar
barcode image, the scanner will turn on the light source to read barcodes
until the preset scan input time-out is up. For dark environments, you may
adjust the setting of “Presentation Sensitivity” to increase the detection
sensitivity.
Force mode
Under force mode, the scanner continues to read barcodes without using
external trigger or serial trigger. Please note that the scanner will not stop
reading until you switch into another operation mode.

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Host Interface Quick Set
RS232 Serial
USB HID Standard Mode
USB HID Turbo Mode
USB Com Port Emulation
USB HID Interface Quick Set
- Record Suffix -
None
RETURN ◆
TAB
SPACE
ENTER
- Keyboard Layout -
USA ◆
France
Germany
United Kingdom-UK
Canadian French
Spain
Latin America
Nertherlands
Japan

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Serial Interface Quick Set
- Record Suffix -
None TAB
LF
CR ◆SPACE
CRLF
- Baud Rate -
38.4K BPS 1200 BPS
4800 BPS
19.2K BPS 600 BPS
2400 BPS
9600 BPS ◆300 BPS
- Data Frame -
8, None, 1 ◆7, None, 2
8, None, 2
8, Odd, 1 7, Odd, 2
7, Odd, 1
8, Even, 1 7, Even, 2
7, Even, 1
8, Space, 1 7, Space, 2
7, Space, 1
8, Mark, 1 7, Mark, 2
7, Mark, 1

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System Commands
PROGRAM
(Enter Programming Mode)
END
(Exit Programming Mode)
System Information
Factory Default
Master Default
PowerTool Host Link
Save User Default
User Default

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USB HID Interface Control
Command Parameter Selection Option Code
Keyboard Layout USA ◆
France
Germany
United Kingdom-UK
Canadian French
Spain
Sweden/Finland
Portugal
Norway
Latin America
Italy
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
Switzerland-Germany
Iceland
Japan
Universal
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
99
Record Suffix None
RETURN ◆
TAB
SPACE
ENTER
User define character
0
1
2
3
4
5
Preamble None ◆
1-15 characters
FIN
[00-7F], [FIN]
Postamble None ◆
1-15 characters
FIN
[00-7F], [FIN]
Intermessage Delay None ◆
1-99 (x5) msec.
FIN
(2 digits)
Intercharacter Delay None ◆
1-99 (x5) msec.
FIN
(2 digits)
Interfunction Delay None ◆
1-99 (x5) msec.
FIN
(2 digits)
Caps Lock Control “Caps Lock Off” State ◆
“Caps Lock On” State
Auto Detect
0
1
2
Caps Lock Release Control “Caps Lock On, Caps Off’’ ◆
“Caps Lock On, Shift Off’’
0
1
Function Key Emulation Enable ASCII 00-31 as KB function code output ◆
Enable ASCII 00-31 as Ctrl-xx output
0
1
Key Pad Emulation Disable key pad emulation ◆
Enable numeric output as key pad output
0
1
Upper/Lower Case Normal case ◆
Inverse case
Upper case
Lower case
0
1
2
3

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Serial Interface Control
Command Parameter Selection Option Code
STX/ETX Control Disable STX/ETX transmission ◆
Enable STX/ETX transmission
0
1
Record Suffix
None
CR ◆
LF
CRLF
TAB
SPACE
User define character
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Preamble None ◆
1-15 characters
FIN
[00-7F], [FIN]
Postamble
None ◆
1-15 characters
FIN
[00-7F], [FIN]
Handshaking Protocol None ◆
RTS/CTS
ACK/ NAK
Xon/Xoff
0
1
2
3
Intermessage Delay None ◆
1-99 (x5) msec.
FIN
(2 digits)
Intercharacter Delay None ◆
1-99 (x5) msec.
FIN
(2 digits)
Interfunction Delay None ◆
1-99 (x5) msec.
FIN
(2 digits)
Serial Response Time-out None
200 msec.
500 msec. ◆
1 sec.
2 sec.
5 sec.
User define value (sec.)
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Message String Breakdown
USB HID interface output
Preamble Data Length Prefix ID Scanned Data Suffix ID Postamble Record Suffix
1-15 char. 2-3 digits 1 or 2 char. Variable 1 or 2 char. 1-15 char. 1 char.
Serial interface output (RS-232, USB COM Port Emulation)
STX Preamble Data Length Prefix ID Scanned Data Suffix ID Postamble ETX Record
Suffix
1 char. 1-15 char. 2-3 digits 1 or 2 char. Variable 1 or 2 char. 1-15 char. 1 char. 1 char.

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Operation Control
Command Parameter Selection Option Code
Inverse Reading Disable ◆
Enable
0
1
Redundancy None
Level 1 ◆
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Scan Voting
0
1
2
3
4
5
Power On Indicator Disable (LED off)
LED steady on ◆
LED flash
0
1
2
Buzzer Tone Control Buzzer tone – mute
Buzzer tone – low
Buzzer tone – medium ◆
Buzzer tone – high
Buzzer tone – extremely high
Power–on beep ◆
No Power–on beep
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Good Read Duration Short
Medium ◆
Long
Extremely long
Extremely short
0
1
2
3
4
Presentation Sensitivity Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5 ◆
Level 6
Level 7
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Hands Free Time-out Short ◆
Medium
Long
Extremely long
Disable
0
1
2
3
4
Scan Input Time-out 100 msec.
200 msec.
300 msec.
400 msec.
500 msec.
600 msec.
700 msec.
800 msec.
900 msec. ◆
User define: 1-99 sec.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9, (2 digits)

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Output Control
Command Parameter Selection Option Code
Dollar Sign Output Dollar sign output as “ $ “ ◆
Dollar sign output as “￥“
Dollar sign output as “ € “
Dollar sign output as “ £ “
Dollar sign output as “¢ “
0
1
2
3
4
Good Read Delay None ◆
200 msec.
500 msec.
1 sec.
1.5 sec.
2 sec.
3 sec.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Reread Delay Disable
Immediate time out ◆
Short time out
Medium time out
Long time out
Force verification
Double Scan Verification
0
1
2
3
4
5
OK/NG Signal Active States
OK low/NG low ◆
OK low/NG high
OK high/NG low
OK high/NG high
0
1
2
3
OK/NG Signal Output Control Disable OK/NG output
Enable NG output
Enable OK output
Enable OK/NG output ◆
0
1
2
3
OK/NG Signal Duration 10 msec.
20 msec.
30 msec.
40 msec.
50 msec.
60 msec.
70 msec.
80 msec.
90 msec.
100 msec. ◆
User define: 1-99 (x50) msec.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A, (2 digits)
OK/NG Beeping Control Disable OK and NG beep
Enable OK and NG beep ◆
Enable OK beep and disable NG beep
Enable NG beep and disable OK beep
0
1
2
3
Symbology ID Transmission Disable symbology ID transmission ◆
Enable prefix CINO symbology ID transmission
Enable suffix CINO symbology ID transmission
Enable prefix and suffix CINO symbology ID transmission
Enable prefix AIM symbology ID transmission
Enable suffix AIM symbology ID transmission
Enable prefix and suffix AIM symbology ID transmission
0
1
2
3
4
5
6

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Option Codes
0
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
E
5
F
6
7
FIN (Finish)
8
9
END (Exit)

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FuzzyScan Fixed Mount Scanner Quick Start Guide - FM400 Series
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