RTscan RT220 Instruction manual

RT220 Quick User Guide
RT220 Quick User Guide
Thank you for choosing RTscan, this guide will help you to use RT220 easily.
Index
1. USB-HID KBW........................................................................................................................ 2
2. USB-COM (USB COM Port Emulation)................................................................................. 3
3. RS232 Serial Port...................................................................................................................4
4. Instruction Documents Download.......................................................................................5
5. Setting of RT220.................................................................................................................... 5
6. Programming by Command..................................................................................................6

RT220 Quick User Guide
1. USB-HID KBW
If your RT220 come with USB interface, the default setting is USB-HID KBW, it's plug and play,
connect the scanner with your computer and run Notepad / MS Word, after reading the
barcode, the decoded data will be shown there.
*Kindly note the reader is default set as Sense Mode which can read barcode
automatically, so pressing button is not necessary.
Button Mode (default mode): Press the scan button to run the decoding.
Sense Mode: the RT220 will detect and decode the bar code automatically.

RT220 Quick User Guide
2. USB-COM (USB COM Port Emulation).
If your RT220 come with USB-COM (USB COM Port Emulation), you will need to have
a software that can work with a serial port to test the scanner, please download and
refer to the RT220-Guide for driver install on Part IV.
*Kindly note the reader is default set as Sense Mode which can read barcode
automatically, so pressing button is not necessary.
Button Mode (default mode): Press the scan button to run the decoding.
Sense Mode: the RT220 will detect and decode the bar code automatically.

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3. RS232 Serial Port
If your RT220 come with RS232 interface, you will need to have a software that can
work with a serial port to test the scanner, please download and refer to the
RT220-Guide for driver install on Part IV
Button Mode (default mode): Press the scan button to run the decoding.
Sense Mode: the RT220 will detect and decode the bar code automatically.

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4. Instruction Documents Download
You can kindly download the instruction documents of reader at the following link:
RT220:http://www.rtscan.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/RT220-Full-API-Man
ual-201704.zip
RT220-Guide for driver install
RT220-Configuration-tool-user-guide
CodeBarConfigTool5.6.1
Windows Driver For USB Virtual COM
5. Setting of RT220
Run the Configuration Tool.exe (connect the tool with RT220 is not necessary) and
choose the setting option from the left side column and then double click it to
generate a setting code on the right area, scan the setting code from your PC screen,
then the setting will be active immediately.
Tip: Multi-function batch setting
You can merge lots of setting codes into one PDF417 code by the “Merge setting
code”function in the configuration tool, scan this code is equal to scan all of those
setting codes.
Video Demo of Configuration Tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGNXqRirooM

RT220 Quick User Guide
6. Programming by Command
You can program the barcode reader by commands, the host (your system) send
command to RT220 to control its work, the command is sent in hex, the frequently
used commands listed as below:
Example: you can build a “scan” button of your software interface with the command
0x32 0x75 0x01, then when user clicks the “scan” button, the RT220 begin to read.
For more detailed user guide, please read the RT220 Configuration tool user guide,
which also includes the list of all factory default setting in the section G. Factory
default Setting.
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