Intermec SE1022 User manual

SE 1022 IntegratedVLDScanner
USER’SGUIDE
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PN:961-032-036
RevisionA
February1997

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SSEECCTTIIOONN 11
GeneralInformation
SE1022 IntegratedVLDScannerOverview1-1....................
DefinitionofTerms1-1.........................................
ASCII 1-1................................................
BIT1-1..................................................
Byte 1-2.................................................
CDRH1-2................................................
CheckDigit1-2...........................................
CLSIEditing 1-2..........................................
Codabar1-2..............................................
Code3of9(Code 39)1-2...................................
Code 93 1-2..............................................
Code 128 1-3.............................................
ContinuousCode 1-3.......................................
Decode 1-3...............................................
DecodeAlgorithm1-3......................................
DiscreteCode 1-3.........................................
Discrete2of5 1-3.........................................
EAN1-3.................................................
HostComputer1-3........................................
IEC1-4..................................................
IEC Class I(IEC825 Class I)1-4.............................
IntercharacterGap1-4.....................................
InterleavedBarCode 1-4...................................
Interleaved2of5 1-4.......................................
Laser1-4.................................................
LaserDiode 1-4...........................................
LaserScanEngine 1-5.....................................
NotisEditing 1-5..........................................
Parameter1-5............................................

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Programming Mode 1-5....................................
QuietZone 1-5............................................
Scanner1-5..............................................
Scanning Mode 1-5........................................
Scanning Sequence 1-5.....................................
Self-Checking Code 1-5.....................................
Start/Stop Character1-6...................................
Symbol1-6...............................................
Symbology 1-6............................................
UPC1-6.................................................
LaserHazardClassifications1-7.................................
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ScannerParameters
Introduction2-1...............................................
Scanning Sequence 2-1.....................................
ErrorsWhileScanning 2-2..................................
Reset toDefaultSettings2-2....................................
ScannerDefaultSettings2-2....................................
CancelSetting Changes2-3.....................................
Send No-DecodeCharacters2-5.................................
Bi-directionalRedundancy 2-5...................................
DecodeAttemptTime 2-6......................................
PreambleCharacter2-7........................................
ExampleforSetting thePreambleCharacter2-7...............
PostambleCharacters2-7......................................
Preambleand PostambleCharacterBarCodes2-8..............
CodeIdentification(CodeID)Options2-9.........................
SymbologyTypes2-10..........................................
UPC/EAN2-10............................................
UPC/EANSecurityChecks2-11..............................
NoSecurityCheck2-11.................................
CheckAmbiguousCharactersOnly 2-11...................
CheckAll Characters2-11...............................
UPC/EANSecurityZone 2-12................................
UPC/EANSupplementAuto-D2-14...........................
UPC/EAN2and 5DigitSupplement2-15......................
UPC-Eand UPC-ACheckDigits2-16..........................
UPCPrefix2-17............................................

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Code 39 2-17..............................................
Codabar2-18..............................................
Code 128 2-18.............................................
Code 128 TransmitFunctionCharacters2-19...................
Interleaved2of5 2-20.......................................
Interleaved2of5SetFixedLength1and 2 2-20.................
Interleaved2of5SetFixedLengthand DigitBarCodes2-21......
MSIPlessey 2-22...........................................
MSISetting NumberofCheckDigits2-22......................
MSIPlessey CheckDigit2-23................................

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SE1022 User’sGuide11--11
SSeeccttiioonn 11
GeneralInformation
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SSEE 11002222 IInntteeggrraatteedd VVLLDD SSccaannnneerr
OOvveerrvviieeww
YourSE1022 IntegratedVLDScannerisaminiature,visible-laser
basedscannerwithanintegrated decoder.TheSE1022 containsan
inboardmicrocontrollerthatscansand processesbarcodesintoASCII
data.
TheSE1022 containsaminiaturescanengine,on boardvoltagemoni-
tor,awatchdogtimer,twoserialI/Olines,twohardwarehandshaking
lines,and anEEPROMforstoring decoderparameters.Italso provides
over-temperatureprotectionthat turnsthelaseroff ifthetemperature
risesaboveacceptablelimits(50_C).
DDeeffiinniittiioonn ooff TTeerrmmss
This section definestermsusedinthisUser’sGuide.Thesetermsin-
cludegeneralcomputerjargon,scannerdescriptions,and briefdescrip-
tionsofcommon barcodesymbologies.
AASSCCIIII
American StandardCodeforInformationInterchange.A7bit-plus-par-
itycoderepresenting 128 letters,numerals,punctuationmarks,and
controlcharacters.Itisastandard datatransmissioncodeintheU.S.
BBIITT
BinaryDigit.Onebitisthebasicunitofbinaryinformation.Generally,
eightconsecutivebitscomposeonebyteofdata.Thepatternof0and 1
valueswithinthebytedeterminesitsmeaning.

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BByyttee
Onanaddressableboundary,eightadjacentbinarydigits(0and 1)
combinedinapatterntorepresentaspecific characterornumeric val-
ue.Bitsarenumberedfromtheright,0through7,withbit0thelow-or-
derbit.Onebyteinmemorycan beusedtostoreoneASCII character.
CCDDRRHH
CenterforDevicesand RadiologicalHealth.Afederalagencyresponsi-
blefor regulating laserproductsafety.Thisagencyspecifiesvarious
laseroperationclassesbasedonpoweroutputduring operation.
CChheecckk DDiiggiitt
Adigitusedtoverifya correctsymboldecode.Thescannerinsertsthe
decoded dataintoanarithmeticformula and checksthat theresulting
numbermatchesthe encodedcheck digit.Check digitsarerequired
forUPCbutareoptionalforothersymbologies.Using check digitsde-
creasesthechanceofsubstitutionerrorswhenasymbol isinterpreted.
CCLLSSII EEddiittiinngg
Thisparameterstripsthestartand stop characters,theninsertsa
spaceafterthe 1st,5th,and 10thcharactersofa14-characterCodabar
symbol.Symbol lengthdoesnotincludestartand stop characters.
CCooddaabbaarr
Adiscreteself-checking codewitha charactersetconsisting ofdigits0
to9and sixadditionalcharacters:(-$:/,+).
CCooddee 33 ooff 99 ((CCooddee 3399))
Aversatileand widelyusedalphanumericbarcodesymbologywitha
setof43 charactertypes,including all uppercaseletters,numeralsfrom
0to9,and sevenspecialcharacters(-./+%$and space).Thecode
nameisderivedfromthefact that3ofthe9elementsrepresenting a
characterarewide,whiletheremaining sixarenarrow.
CCooddee 9933
AnindustrialsymbologycompatiblewithCode39butoffering afull
characterASCII setand ahighercoding densitythanCode 39.

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CCooddee 112288
Ahighdensitysymbologywhichallowsthecontrollertoencodeall 128
ASCII characterswithoutadding extrasymbolelements.
CCoonnttiinnuuoouuss CCooddee
Abarcodeorsymbol inwhichall spaceswithinthesymbolarepartsof
characters.Therearenointercharactergapsina continuouscode.The
absenceofgapsallowsforgreaterinformation density.
DDeeccooddee
TorecognizeabarcodesymbologysuchasUPC/EANand thenana-
lyzethecontentofthespecificbarcodescanned.
DDeeccooddee AAllggoorriitthhmm
Adecoding schemethatconvertspulsewidthsintodatarepresentation
ofthelettersornumbersencodedwithinabarcodesymbol.
DDiissccrreettee CCooddee
Abarcodeorsymbol inwhichthespacesbetweencharacters(inter-
charactergaps)arenotpartofthecode.
DDiissccrreettee 22 ooff 55
Abinarybarcodesymbologyrepresenting eachcharacterbyagroup
of fivebars,two ofwhicharewide.Thelocationofwidebarsinthe
groupdetermineswhichcharacterisencoded;spacesareinsignificant.
Onlynumeric characters(0to9)and START/STOPcharactersmaybe
encoded.
EEAANN
EuropeanArticleNumber.ThisEuropean/Internationalversionofthe
UPCprovidesitsowncoding formatand symbologystandards.Ele-
mentdimensionsarespecifiedmetrically.EANisusedprimarilyinre-
tail.
HHoosstt CCoommppuutteerr
Acomputerthatservesotherterminalsinanetwork,providing such
servicesascomputation,databaseaccess,supervisoryprograms,and
networkcontrol.

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IIEECC
InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission.Thisinternationalagency
regulateslasersafetybyspecifying variouslaseroperationclasses
basedonpoweroutputduring operation.
IIEECC CCllaassss II ((IIEECC 882255 CCllaassss II))
ThisisthelowestpowerIEClaserclassification.Conformityisensured
throughasoftwarerestrictionof120 secondsoflaseroperationwithin
any 1000 second windowand anautomaticlasershutdownifthescan-
ner’soscillating mirrorfails.
IInntteerrcchhaarraacctteerr GGaapp
Thespacebetweentwoadjacentbarcodecharactersinadiscretecode.
IInntteerrlleeaavveedd BBaarr CCooddee
Abarcodeinwhichcharactersarepairedtogether,using barstorep-
resent thefirstcharacterand theintervening spacestorepresent the
second.
IInntteerrlleeaavveedd 22 ooff 55
Abinarybarcodesymbologyrepresenting characterpairsin groupsof
fivebarsand fiveinterleavedspaces.Interleaving providesforgreater
information density.Thelocationofwide elements(bar/spaces)within
eachgroupdetermineswhichcharactersare encoded.Thiscontinuous
codetypeusesnointercharacterspaces.Onlynumeric(0to9)and
START/STOPcharactersmaybe encoded.
LLaasseerr
AnacronymforLightAmplification byStimulatedEmissionofRadi-
ation.Thelaserisanintenselightsource.Lightfromalaserisall the
samefrequency,unliketheoutputofanincandescentbulb.Laserlight
istypicallycoherentand hasahighenergydensity.
LLaasseerr DDiiooddee
Agallium-arsenidesemiconductortypeoflaserconnectedtoapower
sourcetogeneratealaserbeam.Thislasertypeisa compactsourceof
coherentlight.

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SE1022 User’sGuide11--55
LLaasseerr SSccaann EEnnggiinnee
Thetotaldeflectionofthisbeamis46_,and thescanfrequencyis36
scanspersecond.
NNoottiiss EEddiittiinngg
Thisoptionstripsthestartand stop charactersfromdecodedCodabar
symbols.
PPaarraammeetteerr
Avariablethatcanhavedifferentvaluesassignedtoit.
PPrrooggrraammmmiinngg MMooddee
Thestateinwhichascannerisconfiguredforparametervalues.
QQuuiieett ZZoonnee
Aclearspace,containing nodarkmarks,whichprecedesthestart
characterofabarcodesymboland followsthestop character.
SSccaannnneerr
Anelectronicdeviceusedtoscan barcodesymbolsand produceadigi-
tizedpatternthatcorrespondstothebarsand spacesofthesymbol.Its
three maincomponentsare:
1.Lightsource(laserorphotoelectric cell)-illuminatesabarcode.
2.Photodetector-registersthedifferenceinreflectedlight(more
lightreflectedfromspaces).
3.Signalconditioning circuit-transformsopticaldetectoroutput
intoadigitized barpattern.
SSccaannnniinngg MMooddee
Thescannerisenergized,programmed,and readytoreadabarcode.
SSccaannnniinngg SSeeqquueennccee
Amethodofprogramming orconfiguring parametersforabarcode
reading systembyscanning barcodemenus.
SSeellff--CChheecckkiinngg CCooddee
Asymbologythatusesa checking algorithmtodetectencoding errors
withinthecharactersofabarcodesymbol.

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SSttaarrtt//SSttoopp CChhaarraacctteerr
Apatternofbarsand spacesthatprovidesthescannerwithstartand
stop reading instructionsand scanning direction.Thestartand stop
charactersarenormallytotheleftand rightmarginsofahorizontal
code.
SSyymmbbooll
Ascannableunit thatencodesdatawithintheconventionsofa certain
symbology,usuallyincluding start/stop characters,quietzones,data
characters,and checkcharacters.
SSyymmbboollooggyy
Thestructuralrulesand conventionsfor representing datawithina
particularbarcodetypesuchasUPC/EAN,Code 39,etc.
UUPPCC
UniversalProductCodeisarelativelycomplexnumericsymbology.
Eachcharacterconsistsoftwobarsand twospaces,eachofwhichcan
beanyof fourwidths.Thestandardsymbologyfor retail foodpackages
intheUnited States.

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LLaasseerr HHaazzaarrdd CCllaassssiiffiiccaattiioonnss
BCAUTION:StandardrangeandVINscannersareClass II laserproducts.Theseproducts
emitless thanone milliwatt oflaserlightfromthe outputwindow.The visible
laserbeamfromaclass II scannerbyitsverybrightnaturewill betoo
dazzlingtostareinto.Momentaryviewingisnotconsideredhazardous since
the upper radiantpowerlimitonthistypeofdeviceis1mWwhich
correspondstothe totalbeampowerenteringthe eyeforamomentary
exposureof0.25 secondthatisjustsafe(i.e.the MaximumPermissible
Exposures(MPE)fora0.25 secondexposure).Nospecialsafetymeasuresare
requiredtokeeptheseproductsincompliancewithDepartmentofHealthand
HumanServices(DHHS)regulations21MSubchapterJ.Donotstareinto
beamifprotectivecoverisremoved.
WARNING:LongrangescannersareClass IIIalaserproducts.Theseproductsemita5.0
milliwatt beamoflaserlightfromtheoutputwindow.Aclass IIIalaserorlaser
systemcanemitanywavelength,butitcannotproduce ahazardousdiffuse
reflectionunless focusedorviewedforextended periodsatcloserange.Itis
alsonotconsideredafirehazardoraserious skin hazard.Anycontinuous
wavelaserthatisnotclass Iorclass II isaclass III device ifitsoutputpoweris
0.5Worless.Since theoutputbeamofsuchalaserisdefinitelyhazardous
forintrabeamviewing,controlmeasurescenteroneliminatingthispossibility.
Nomaintenance isrequiredtokeeptheseproductsincompliance with
DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices(DHHS)regulations21M
SubchapterJ.Nocontrolsareprovidedforoperationormaintenance.Safety
trainingisdesirableforthoseusingclass III systems.Eyewaremaybe
necessaryifintrabeamviewingcannotbeprecluded.Donotstareintobeam
ifprotective coverisremoved.

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Thefollowing labelsarethosecontainedonyourscanner.They are
showninactualsize.Becomefamiliarwiththeircontentand thewarn-
ing statementsbeforeusing yourscanner.
Class II LabelClass IIIa Label
CAUTION
LASERLIGHT
DONOTSTAREINTOBEAM
670 nmLASER DIODE
1.0MILLIWATT MAXOUTPUT
CLASS II LASERPRODUCT
DANGER
LASERLIGHT
AVOID DIRECTEYE EXPOSURE
670 nmLASER DIODE
5.0MILLIWATT MAXOUTPUT
CLASS III aLASERPRODUCT
TL1-978-011

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ScannerParameters
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IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
ThisSE1022 Scannerisprogrammedto operatebyscanning appropri-
atebarcodesbasedonyourneeds.This sectioncontainsthebarcodes
necessaryto programthescannerforeachparameterselection.The
defaultsettingsforyourSE1022 scannerareshownonpage 2-2.
This sectioncontainsboththebarcodetoresetyourscannertothe
defaults,and tocancelthedefaultsettings.
"Toreset theparametersusetheReset toDefaultSettingsbar
codeonpage 2-2.
"Tocancelthesetting beforethelastbarcodeis scanned,usethe
CancelSetting Changesbarcodeonpage 2-4.
SSccaannnniinngg SSeeqquueennccee
Youset theparameterbarcodesbyscanning barcodes.Inmostcases
you needonlytoscanonebarcodetosetaspecificparameter.
EXAMPLE:Forexample,thedefaultforCode39 istohaveitenabled,ifyouwant todis-
ableCode39,simplyscantheDISABLECode39 barcodeonpage2-17.Your
scannerbeepstoindicateasuccessfulparametersettingonlyifyouchangethe
parametersetting fromitspriorvalue.
Insomecasesyou needtoscanmorethanonebarcode.
EXAMPLE:Forexample,ifyouwant toadd orchangethelengthofthepreambleorpost-
amble,youscanseveralbarcodes.Multiplebarcodeparametersequences
beeptoindicateacceptance,ifyouchangedthesetting’svalueafteryouscan
thelastbarcode.

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Thescannerusesapowerconservationmethodthatcausesit to power
downafter1/2to1second.Becauseofthis,barcodesinamultiplebar
codeparametersequencemustbescannedwithin1/2second ofeach
other.
"NOTE:Tip:After readinga barcode,aimthescannerawayfromthebarcodesand
press theSCANkeywithin1/2second,toget thelaserbeambackon.While
thelaserbeamison,youhavefivesecondstofind andscanthenextbarcode.
EErrrroorrss WWhhiillee SSccaannnniinngg
Shouldyoumakeanerrorduring ascanning sequence,no problem,
simplyrescanthecorrectsequence.
RReesseett ttoo DDeeffaauulltt SSeettttiinnggss
RESETALL PARAMETERS
TODEFAULT
Table2-1
SSccaannnneerr DDeeffaauulltt SSeettttiinnggss
ParameterNamePage
NumberDefaultSetting
Send No-DecodeCharactersPage 2-5Disabled
Bi-directionalRedundancyPage 2-5Disabled
DecodeAttemptTimePage 2-6 3.0Seconds
PreambleCharacterPage 2-8Disabled
PostambleCharacter1Page 2-8HEX0D
PostambleCharacter2Page 2-8HEX0A
CodeIdentificationOptionsPage 2-9NoCodeID

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Table2-1(continued)
SSccaannnneerr DDeeffaauulltt SSeettttiinnggss
ParameterNameDefaultSettingPage
Number
SymbologyTypes
UPC
UPC/EANPage 2-10 Enabled
UPC/EANSecurityLevelPage 2-11 NoSecurityCheck
UPC/EANSecurityZonePage 2-12 Zone 0x04
UPC/EANSupplementAuto-DPage 2-14 Disabled
UPC/EAN2and 5DigitSupplementPage 2-15 2-Digit-Disabled
5-Digit-Disabled
UPC-Eand UPC-ACheckDigitsPage 2-16 UPC-ECheckDigit-Disabled
UPC-ACheckDigit-Disabled
UPCPrefixPage 2-17 System&CountryCode
Code39 Page 2-17 Enabled
CodabarPage 2-18 Enabled
Code128
Code 128 Page 2-18 Enabled
TransmitFunctionCharactersPage 2-19 Disabled
Interleaved2of5
Interleaved2of5Page 2-20 Enabled
SetLength1and 2Page 2-20 Length1=14
Length2=0 (Disabled)
MSIPlessey
MSIPlessey Page 2-22 Enabled

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Table2-1(continued)
SSccaannnneerr DDeeffaauulltt SSeettttiinnggss
ParameterNameDefaultSettingPage
Number
Setting NumberofCheckDigitsPage 2-22 1 CheckDigit
MSIPlessey CheckDigitPage 2-23 Modulo10 (forbothCheckDigits)
CCaanncceell SSeettttiinngg CChhaannggeess
Scanthisbarcodetocancelamulti-barcodeparametersequenceprior
tothelastbarcode(beforethescannerbeeps).Ifyourscannerhas
alreadybeepedtoindicateacceptanceoftheparametersequence,re-
scanthecorrectsequence.
CANCEL

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SSeenndd NNoo--DDeeccooddee CChhaarraacctteerrss
Send No-DecodeCharactersgivesyoutheoptiontosend “NR”whena
symboldoesnotdecode.Preambleand postamblecharactersareadd-
edtothismessage.
DISABLE
ENABLE
BBii--ddiirreeccttiioonnaall RReedduunnddaannccyy
TheBi-directionalRedundancyoption,whenenabled,requiresabar
codetodecodethesameonceineachscan direction beforeagood
decodeisindicated.
DISABLE
ENABLE

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DDeeccooddee AAtttteemmpptt TTiimmee
TheDecodeAttemptTimeoptionsetsthedurationthat thescanner’s
laserstaysonforadecodesession.
0.5SECOND
1.0SECOND
1.5SECONDS
2.0SECONDS
2.5SECONDS
3.0SECONDS
3.5SECONDS
4.0SECONDS