SICK IDM140WLAN Series Owner's manual

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Rev. No. Released Date Description
Rev.A1 Feb.09, 2012 First Release

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Warranty
The currently released status of SICK General Terms of Delivery Factory Automation and LogisticsAutomation shall apply
Regulatory
FCC, CE
RohS All WLAN IDM devices are conform to RohS standards
Print out this manual
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Otherwise the configuration codes contained in this manual may be distorted and cannot be scanned anymore.
Deutsche Version / German version
Das Handbuch ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar. Es kann unter www.sick.com heruntergeladen werden.
This manual is available in German language as well. You can download it on www.sick.com.

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Table of Contents
Getting Started
Getting Familiar with Your IDM WLAN 5
Preparation before Using 7
Install necessary software 9
Find out required information for network settings 10
Further settings 11
Connecting the IDM WLAN scanner
Ad Hoc Connection 15
Infrastructure mode (access point) 23
Batch Mode
Configuration and running batch mode 25
Appendix
Useful Tools 28
Indications 31
Symbology ID Table 33
HEX/ASCII Reference Table 34

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Left Function Key
Navigation Key
Right Function Key
Beeper Hole
Link Indicator
Status Indicator
Battery Cavitiy
End cap
ether Plate
Lanyard Cat L No Wi-
Fi
Profile
Getting Familiar with Your IDM WLAN
IDM 40WLAN Series Scanner IDM 60WLAN Series Scanner
The Navigation Key provides up, down, left and right 4-direction navigation. And the Center key is used to launch an
application, select an item, or activate the Virtual Keyboard.
IDM 40 and IDM 60 charging cradle
LCD Display
Scan Window
rigger
Reset Button
Power Indicator
Reserved
USB Bus Power Switch
USB interface port
DC Power Jack

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Virtual Keyboard
A unique virtual keyboard has been provided by the Wi-Fi scanner to fulfill various inputs of alphabet, number, symbol and
ASCII value. You can use 4 toggle keys ( ) to switch into different keyboard layout before using the
navigation key to locate your desired inputs for information entering.
Alphabet
Keyboard
ASCII
Keyboard
Symbol Keyboard

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Preparation before Using
Install the Battery
Charge the Battery
Ensure the battery contacts of the battery pack are facing the charging contacts inside the battery cavity.
Slide the battery pack into the battery cavity until hearing a click sound before locking it with the end cap.
The scanner
will give 4 beeps when the battery pack is installed properly if the battery pack still has power.
Secure the end cap with the screw provided (IDM140-WLAN
) or via turning the integrated thumb wheel
(IDM160-WLAN).
.
You can use the overlapping battery label to pull out the battery if needed.

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Use USB Bus Power
Plug the AC power plug into the appropriateAC wall socket.
Plug the DC power cord of the power supply unit into the DC power jack of the cradle. The cradle will issue the power on
beeps. The center (IDM140 cradle) or upper (IDM160 cradle
) indicator of smart cradle will give one blue blink. The
power indicator of charging cradle will turn steady blue.
Place the scanner on the cradle. The status indicator of scanner will turn steady red if the ba
ttery is not fully charged.
When the battery is fully charged, the status indicator of scanner will flash green at regular interval.
Please charge the new battery pack for 8 hours prior to the first use.
If
USB 3.0 is available in your host device, both battery charging and regular operation can be supported by the USB
Bus Power without using external power supply.
If you want to use this feature, please slide the USB bus power switch to “ON”. Then connect the
cradle and host device
via USB cable.

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Install necessary software
Before you start using the Wi-Fi scanner, you are recommended to install following software into your host machine. You can
download the software for free on www.sick.com.
SICK WaveCentre
The WaveCentre is a useful Windows-based wireless management utility together with an IP virtual COM software driver.
Once you installed WaveCentre into your host machine, it can create a virtual COM port for each connected Wi-Fi scanner
corresponding to its IP address. Then the Wi-Fi scanner will work as a local serial device of the remote host.
SICK IDM Wi-Fi Set Up Tool
By using the SICK IDM Wi-Fi Set Up Tool, you can create Wi-Fi profiles, change configurations and upgrade firmware with
ease. Please note that you have to install the USB virtual COM software driver before using the Set Up Tool.
To connect the scanner to the set up tool you have to set it into host link mode. This can be done via the scanner display
under “Setup” and then “Advanced”. You then need to place the scanner on the cradle and go to section upload after
opening the set up tool software.

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Find out required information for network settings
SSID
The SSID is an 802.11 service set identifier of Independent Wireless Host or Access Point (AP).
Operation Mode
The Wi-Fi scanner supports both “Infrastructure” and “Ad-Hoc” modes. Please note that if you select Ad-Hoc mode, you are
suggested to use the Static IP. And the Gateway and Subnet Mask have to be the same as the remote host.
Region and Channel
The region is where the Wi-Fi scanner is used, and the channel number must be the same as the channel setting of AP or
the remote host.
Security
The Encryption and Authentication will be used to communicate with the AP or the remote host, such as WEP, WPA and
WPA2.
IP Type
Both Static IP and DHCP can be used in your wireless network. But you are recommended to use Static IP for better
management purpose.
Remote IP Address and Port
The Remote IP Address is an IP address of the remote host. And the Port will be a listen port of e.g. WaveCentre used to
communicate with your Wi-Fi scanners.
Local IP Address
The Local IP Address is the IP address of the Wi-Fi scanner.

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Further settings
Date and Time Setup
After installing the fully charged battery pack into the battery cavity, the scanner will be powered on and booted
automatically. You will hear power on beeps and the “Date” setup screen will be displayed after the welcome message.
Use the virtual keyboard to complete the date information input,
then press “Enter” (L key) to save the setting.
The “Time” setup screen will be displayed after the “Date” setup screen.
Use the virtual keyboard to complete the time information input, then press “Enter” to
save the setting.
Once you completed the Date and Time settings, a “No Profile” message box will pop-up to remind you there is no profile
existing in your Wi-Fi scanner. Press OK to enter the Desktop (main screen) then go to “SETUP” to create a new Wi-Fi
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Desktop overview
The Desktop is the main screen of Wi-Fi scanner which contains three parts, including Status Bar, Main Menu, and
Function Bar.
Power Switch
Main Menu
Status Bar
Function Bar
Signal
Strength
ime
Battery Status
Link Status
itle
Connecting to the server
Disconnected
Almost no signal
Very low signal
Low signal
Medium signal
Good signal
Signal Strength
Low battery
Battery is 20% full
Battery is 40% full
Battery is 60% full
Battery is 80% full
Battery is fully charged
Battery Charging
Battery Status
No Wi-Fi Profile
COM Port Close
COM Port Open
Link Status Other Icons
Access Point
Security
Independent Wireless Device
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Configure your WLAN scanner
Once you entered the “SETUP” from the main menu of Desktop, you will find all available configuration items, including Wi-Fi
Profiles, System Settings, Scanner Settings, Interface Settings, Online Scanning, Batch Scanning and Advanced Settings.
Wi-Fi Profiles
Here, not only you can create a new Wi-Fi profile, you can also edit or delete the existing Wi-Fi profiles.
System Settings
In System Setting, you can set or change the date and time, device name, language, LCD brightness, LCD backlight
duration, key tones, administrator and user password and so on.
Scanner Settings
In Scanner Setting, you can set or change the details of each bar code symbology and all available options of Operation and
Output.
Interface Settings
In Interface Setting, you can define the detailed working behaviors of Wi-Fi, USB COM and USB HID.
Online Scanning
In this setting, you can configure all available options of Online Scanning, including barcode type indication, display font size,
record suffix, transmission format, and all detailed controls of Host ACK function.
Batch Scanning
In this setting, you can configure all available options of Batch Scanning, including desired input fields with validation,
transmission sequence, field and record delimiters, timestamp format, “Auto Save” and “Auto Delete” functions, link control,
transmission interface and so on.
Advanced
In Advanced Setting, you can enter Host Link Mode for connecting the Wi-Fi scanner to IDM Wi-Fi Set Up Tool, and perform
Factory Default, Master Default and System Reset. Moreover, you are able to turn on/off the Wi-Fi radio through the setting
of Radio Control.

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Connecting the WLAN scanner
Before you connect the Wi-Fi scanner to a remote host, you should collect all required information for network setting, for
example SSID name, password, IP adresses available etc.
To start you have to create a correct Wi-Fi profile for the Wi-Fi connection. There are two ways to create Wi-Fi profiles. The
easy way is to use the scanner “SETUP” to create a new profile. If you want to create multiple profiles at the same time, you
may consider using SICK IDM Wi-Fi Set Up Tool.
On following pages it’s described how to set up a connection via using the scanner display and function keys. There are two
possible connection types. One is an ad hoc connection (direct connection between scanner and host), the other is called
infrastructure mode (connection via access point).

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Ad Hoc Connection with WLAN capable PC
Go to Network settings, right click on wireless networks and open the settings window.
The settings window will open. Mark the Internet protocoll and click on settings.

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Mark the radio button to use the following IP address and type in your desired
IP address as well as the sub net mask.
Confirm with OK. Note: Other IP addresses, different from the ones used in this
example are possible for sure. But they have to match to each other in terms of
availability and address room.
Afterwards go to wireless networks and press “Add“ under preferred networks.

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In the following input mask you have to define a name for the network SSID (it’s
recommended to use either upper or lower case characters for easy handling).
This name will also be used within the WiFi profile of IDM scanner.
Unmark the automatic key and insert your desired network key. It has to consist
of 5 or 13 ASCII characters.
After pressing OK go to the advanced section and controll the the type of network
configured. It has to be set to Ad-hoc.
End your setting by clicking on Close.

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Press OK and go back to network settings.
Right-click on Wireless networks and choose
“view available wireless networks”
Choose your network and press Connect.

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You will be asked for the network key you created some
minutes before. Type it in and confirm via Connect.
After a short while the connection will be established.

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Start the WaveCentre Software. It serves as socket
program.
Start the IDM WLAN scanner and go to the set up section.
Select Wi-Fi Profiles and confirm the question with yes.