Compsee Apex III Product manual

Technical Reference
Manual
Second Edition
Compsee, Inc.
A Subsidiary of McRae Industries, Inc.
Apex III Apex IV

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Compsee, Inc.
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Manual Number COAM30002, Rev. 2.00

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION...................................1-1
Introduction..............................................................1-1
How To Use This Manual ........................................1-1
Supported Symbologies............................................1-2
2 SAFETY...................................................................2-1
Apex PDT Laser Safety............................................2-1
Standard and Very High Density.........................2-1
Long Range And Advanced Long Range Laser..2-3
Battery Pack Notes And Safety................................2-5
Product Conformity..................................................2-6
3 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION.........................3-1
Associated Pinouts....................................................3-1
DIP Switch Configuration........................................3-3
System Architecture .................................................3-4
Apex PDT Memory Map..........................................3-5
Display......................................................................3-6
Font Height Adjustments.....................................3-7
Font Display Illustrations ....................................3-8
Supported Character Sets ....................................3-8
Standard ASCII Characters................................3-9
Extended ASCII Characters............................. 3-10
Latin-1 Character Set....................................... 3-11
Keyboard ................................................................3-12
Apex Specific ROM BIOS Extensions...................3-14
Extension Summary..........................................3-14
Detailed BIOS Interrupt Information................3-15
BIOS Interrupt 10h –Video Functions.............. 3-15
Set 8 High Font.........................................3-15
Set 16 High Font.......................................3-15
BIOS Interrupt 15h -System............................ 3-16
Get Beeper Volume ..................................3-16
Set Beeper Volume...................................3-16

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Volume Next............................................ 3-16
Get Infrared Port State............................. 3-17
Enable Infrared Port................................. 3-17
Get Backlight State.................................. 3-17
Set Backlight............................................ 3-18
Get Video Polarity................................... 3-18
Set Video Polarity.................................... 3-18
Get Screen Contrast................................. 3-19
Set Screen Contrast.................................. 3-19
Contrast Darker........................................ 3-19
Contrast Lighter....................................... 3-19
Get Default Keyclick............................... 3-20
Set Default Keyclick................................ 3-20
Get Default Delay and Repeat Rate......... 3-20
Set Default Delay and Repeat Rate ......... 3-21
Gas Gauge................................................ 3-22
BIOS Version .......................................... 3-22
BIOS Interrupt 16h -Keyboard ........................3-23
Set Typematic Rate and Delay ................ 3-23
Set Keyclick............................................. 3-24
4 BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS)........... 4-1
Introduction.............................................................. 4-1
BIOS Features.......................................................... 4-1
Basic BIOS Features........................................... 4-1
Advanced BIOS Features ................................... 4-2
BIOS Chipset Features ....................................... 4-2
BIOS Functions .................................................. 4-2
BIOS Setup .............................................................. 4-3
Upper Level Menus and Menu Information....... 4-3
Lower Level BIOS Menu Screens...................... 4-6
Main Lower Level Menus..................................4-6
Advanced Lower Level Menus...........................4-8
Power Lower Level Menus ................................4-8
POST Errors............................................................. 4-9

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Terminal POST Errors.........................................4-9
Test Points And Beep Codes...............................4-9
Upgrading the BIOS ...............................................4-14
BIOS Upgrading Using A Serial Connection....4-14
BIOS Upgrading Using A PC Card...................4-14
5 OPERATING SYSTEM...........................................5-1
Introduction..............................................................5-1
ROM-DOSConventions ........................................5-1
Configuring ROM-DOS.........................................5-2
Config.sys File.....................................................5-2
Autoexec.bat File.................................................5-3
Command Line Functions ........................................5-4
Command Summary............................................5-4
Boot Drive File Information (A:) .............................5-9
Primary Drive File Information (C:) ......................5-10
DOS Directory Files:.........................................5-10
BIN Directory Files:..........................................5-10
PICOCARDDirectory Files:..........................5-10
C: Drive File Information..................................5-11
6 UTILITY PROGRAMS ...........................................6-1
Bar Code Driver [bcdriver.exe]................................6-3
Driver Options And Modifiers............................6-3
Options.............................................................6-3
Modifiers..........................................................6-4
Command Line Syntax......................................6-4
Errors...............................................................6-5
BCDRIVER Options And Modifiers...................6-6
Code Types And Symbol Prefixes .................... 6-10
BCDRIVER Programming................................6-11
Application Programming Interface (API)......... 6-11
Interrupts........................................................ 6-12
High-Level API (C, C++ Language)................. 6-13
Install Check.............................................6-13
Set Options ...............................................6-13

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Scan Control............................................ 6-14
Register Buffer ........................................ 6-14
Release Buffer ......................................... 6-15
Get Key.................................................... 6-15
Get Key If Available................................ 6-16
High-Level API (PowerBASIC) .......................6-16
Install Check............................................ 6-16
Set Option................................................ 6-16
Soft Scan.................................................. 6-17
Set Buffer................................................. 6-17
Release Buffer ......................................... 6-17
Low-Level API...............................................6-19
Install Check............................................ 6-19
Uninstall................................................... 6-19
API Command String .............................. 6-20
Scan ......................................................... 6-20
Query....................................................... 6-21
Set Buffer................................................. 6-21
Internal..................................................... 6-22
Wedge Mode...................................................6-23
Additional BCDRIVER Resources...................6-23
References ......................................................6-24
Infrared Communications Utility [ir.com] ............ 6-25
Remote Disk Utility [remdisk.exe]........................ 6-26
Remote Server Utility [remserv.exe]..................... 6-27
Display Font Utility [fontsize.exe]......................... 6-28
Font Loading Utility [loadfont.exe]....................... 6-29
File Transfer Utility [dx.exe]................................. 6-30
WindowsTransfer Utility (WXU) ....................... 6-31
Upgrade Utility [flashit.exe].................................. 6-32
Compsee BIOS Extender [cbe.exe]....................... 6-33
Function Keys:.................................................. 6-33
Battery % Charge:...........................................6-33
Date and Time.................................................6-33

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APM enhancements:..........................................6-34
Low Battery warning....................................... 6-34
7 APEX PROGRAMMING RESOURCE ..................7-1
PowerBASICLibrary.............................................7-1
Scanner Setup ......................................................7-1
Battery Status ......................................................7-1
Set Screen Size ....................................................7-2
Paint Text ............................................................7-2
Save Screen.........................................................7-2
Get Text...............................................................7-3
Alarm Message....................................................7-4
Error Beep...........................................................7-5
Restore Screen.....................................................7-5
Get Key................................................................7-5
Key Scan..............................................................7-6
Exist.....................................................................7-6
File Setup.............................................................7-6
File IO..................................................................7-7
Records In File ....................................................7-7
File Info ...............................................................7-8
Search..................................................................7-8
Error Trap............................................................7-9
Transfer/Receive String.......................................7-9
Clear File.............................................................7-9
C Library.................................................................7-10
Internal Speaker Functions................................7-10
Beep............................................................... 7-10
BeepError....................................................... 7-10
BeepOn .......................................................... 7-11
BeepOff.......................................................... 7-11
BeepVolume................................................... 7-11
Screen (Display) Functions ...............................7-11
GetTextSize.................................................... 7-11
SetTextSize .................................................... 7-12

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GetCursorPosition ...........................................7-12
SetCursorPosition............................................7-12
ScrnSave.........................................................7-13
ScrnRecall ......................................................7-13
GetText ..........................................................7-13
PutText...........................................................7-14
GetVideoConfig..............................................7-14
Power Management Functions......................... 7-15
ApmGetPwrStatus...........................................7-15
PowerOff........................................................7-15
PowerLow ......................................................7-16
Data Input Functions ........................................ 7-16
GetStringE ......................................................7-16
ShowField.......................................................7-17
GetchLP .........................................................7-17
Post Scan Processing Functions ....................... 7-18
ToEan13.........................................................7-18
ToGtin............................................................7-18
ToIsbn............................................................7-18
ToUpca...........................................................7-19
Serial Port Functions ........................................ 7-19
GetComPortMode ...........................................7-19
SetComPortMode............................................7-19
Miscellaneous Functions .................................. 7-20
A3libVer.........................................................7-20
BiosVersion....................................................7-20
Backlight ........................................................7-20
BootCold ........................................................7-20
BootWarm ......................................................7-21
CapsLock........................................................7-21
GetDiskSerialNo .............................................7-21
KeyClick ........................................................7-21
Wait ...............................................................7-22
Examples................................................................ 7-22
Additional Programming Resources...................... 7-22
Recommended Programming Practices................. 7-23