Tohken THIR-6000 Bluetooth Series User manual

THIR-6000 Bluetooth Series
THIR-6000B
THIR-6000HB
THIR-6000DM-B
Handheld Image Reader
(Linear / 2D Scanner)
OPERATION MANUAL
TOHKEN CO., LTD.
1st Edition
April 15, 2008

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Tohken Ltd., 2-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan 163-0710
Tel: [phone]
www.tohken.co.jp

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing this product.
This manual explains the features of this product, operation, system configuration, specifications,
etc. In order to use the product properly, please read this manual carefully. When there is any
problem during normal use, please document it carefully to be reproduced by our support team.
The contents of this manual may be changed without a notice. Please check our website for
regular updates
Safety Notice
Please do not disassemble this product as this will void the warranty and might cause an
accident.
Please follow the warningsor notices of computers to be used with this product.
Please stop using the product when there is smoke smell or strange sound to avoid fire.
DO NOT
DISASSENBLE
Follow
PULL OFF

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Handling with care
CAUTION
About backup data
This product has a memory backup function. This backup can not guaranteed if repair,
reconstruction, and upgrade are performed on this Image Reader.
CAUTION
Please do not use this product at temperature orhumidity ranges that are different from the product
specifications or under the direct sunshine.
CAUTION
Please do not drip water, moisture, oil, etc. on the unit.
CAUTION
This unit can be damaged in environment with corrosive gas.
CAUTION
When stain or dust is stuck on the reading window, please follow the following steps to clean it:
- Wipe off stain lightly withcloth or swab (wet with alcohol)
- Wipe off again with the dryclothes.
DO NOT Wipe off with any chemicals.
CAUTION
This is a high-precision optical device. Avoid shocking the product such as fall.

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CAUTION
This unit is designed to use with general electronics devices such as personal computer, office
automation equipment, mesurement hardware, industrial robot, AV device etc. Please care
specially if try to use for safety unit of transportation vehicle (cars, train, airplane), traffic right, gas
leak sensor or other device for safety. Please do not use for devices for satelite, devices for
nueclear or other devices which involves human lives.
The frequency band of this unit (IEEE802.15.1) is also used by other industrial, scientific or
medical instruments like microwave (ISM band).
To avoide cross talk, please follow the following instruction.
1. Please check if there is in-building base station or small valtage wireless base station or
amture wireless base station to detect mobile communication devices
2. By any possibility, if THIR-6000B causes cross talk please contact our sales department.
Please be carefull to deal with Li-ion battery. Improper treatment or use of batteries may present
a danger of fire, explosion, leakage, or other hazard.
•Please do not disassemble the battery.
•Avoide strong impact on the battery.
•Never dispose of batteryies in a fire bacause they may explode.
•Never use or charge batterywith opposed polarity.
•Never connect + and – by steal wire or something. Also don’t carry the battery with metal
accessories or bobby pin.
•Never use microwave with the battery in.
•Never use other cradle tocharge the battery.
•Never charge the battery by connecting it directory to outlet.
•Avoide colse to a fire or strong sun shine when charging the battery.
Please treat this uint gentry. This unit isa precision equipment.
Prohibited
Prohibited

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Where to store
CAUTION
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Please do not use/store this unit in the following environment to avoid electrification, fire, defect on
the unit, cause damage on other device placed around.
- The temperature or humidity is out rage ofthe Specification.
- There is a danger of water leakage and electricity leakage.
- The direct sunshine hits.
- It has a dust, salinity and a iron content etc in atmosphere around.
- The static electricity is easy to occur.
- The fire is close, or heat is easy to be confined.
- It has the inflammable or explosive gas in atmosphere around.
This product is not explosion-proof construction.
- The corrosive gas is included in atmosphere around.
Long-term storage
CAUTION
During storage thisunit, be sure to avoid the placewhere there is vibration,dust, high humidity, low
temperature, high temperature and direct sunshine.
Wireless device
•This unit is 2.4GHz band wireless device.
•License, registration and/orcontract to use this device are not needed to use this unit.

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Unpacking the product
After opening the shipping package containing the THIR-6000, take the followingsteps:
1- Check for damage that might occur during the shipping process. Report the damage immediately to the
carrier who delivered the shipment.
2- Save the shipping container for later storage orshipping.
3- Make sure everything ordered is present.
Components Qty
THIR-6000B series 1
Start-up Instruction Manual 1
Items not included with the product
•Charging base (TBC-6000)
Used to charge rechargeable battery of THIR-6000B series
TBC-6000
•AC Power Adaptor (Optional): In case of purchase separately, select an adapter with output DC3V to DC6V
range and more than 10W. Please confirmpolarity and DC plug type as below.
Polarity:
DC plug type: EIAJ RC5320A Voltage Segment 2

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Table of Content
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................................I
SAFETY NOTICE.....................................................................................................................................................I
HANDLING WITH CARE....................................................................................................................................II
WHERE TO STORE..............................................................................................................................................IV
CAUTION
...........................................................................................................................................IV
PLEASE DO NOT USE/STORE THIS UNIT IN THE FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENT TO AVOID
ELECTRIFICATION, FIRE, DEFECT ON THE UNIT, CAUSE DAMAGE ON OTHER DEVICE
PLACED AROUND...................................................................................................................................................IV
LONG-TERM STORAGE.....................................................................................................................................IV
WIRELESS DEVICE.............................................................................................................................................IV
UNPACKING THE PRODUCT...........................................................................................................................V
1. GETTING STARTED.....................................................................................................................................4
1.1SCANNER COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................................6
1.2HOW IT WORKS..................................................................................................................................................8
2. HOW TO USE THIR-6000B.........................................................................................................................9
2.1.BATTERY CHARGING........................................................................................................................................9
2.2SETTING UP THE HOST COMPUTER..............................................................................................................11
2.3SETTING VIRTUAL COMPORT ......................................................................................................................12
2.4CONFIRMING TRANSMITTING DATA..............................................................................................................12
2.5IMAGE PREPROCESSING [ONLY FOR DMTYPE] ..........................................................................................12
3. OPERATION..................................................................................................................................................13
3.1BARCODE READING.........................................................................................................................................13
3.2BEEPING SOUNDS...........................................................................................................................................14
3.3IMAGE DATA TRANSACTION ...........................................................................................................................14
3.4VIBRATION.......................................................................................................................................................14
4. COMMUNICATIONS..................................................................................................................................15
4.1DATA TRANSACTION.......................................................................................................................................15
4.2IMAGE DATA TRANSACTION..........................................................................................................................15
5. SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................................................16

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5.1GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................16
5.2FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION........................................................................................................................17
5.3READING RANGE/DEPTH...............................................................................................................................18
5.4DEFAULT SETTINGS........................................................................................................................................22
6. DIMENSIONS....................................................................................................................................................23
6.1HOUSING DIMENSIONS...................................................................................................................................23
7. SPECIALTY FUNCTION................................................................................................................................24
7.1GLOBAL SHUTTER ..........................................................................................................................................24
7.2AUTO DETECTION MODE ................................................................................................................................26
7.2.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................26
7.2.2 How to use...............................................................................................................................................27
7.3FOR HIGH DENSITY BARCODES......................................................................................................................29
7.4HOW TO CONFIGURE SECURITY SETTINGS...................................................................................................29
7.5HOW TO CONFIRM DATA TRANSMITTING......................................................................................................30
7.6IMAGE PREPROCESSING.................................................................................................................................32
8. TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................................................................................33
8.1THE UNIT DOES NOT WORK WHILE PUSHING THE READ TRIGGER SWITCH..............................................33
Does the battery have enough amounts?...................................................................................................33
8.2CAN NOT CHARGE BATTERY...........................................................................................................................33
Is THIR-6000B placed on the cradle correctly?.........................................................................................33
Is the AC adapter inserted correctly?..........................................................................................................33
Is power supply polarity correct?..................................................................................................................33
Is the power rating of the power supply enough?.....................................................................................33
Is the charging terminal clean?....................................................................................................................33
Isn’t the battery too old?.................................................................................................................................33
8.3BARCODE CANNOT BE READ.........................................................................................................................34
Is there beep from the buzzer when THIR-6000B reads barcode? .......................................................34
Is a code setup correct?...................................................................................................................................34
Is reading distance suitable?.........................................................................................................................34
Is the surface of the code glossy?..................................................................................................................34
Is the reading window clean?........................................................................................................................34
Is the print quality of the code good?...........................................................................................................34
8.4READING DATAGETSGARBLED.....................................................................................................................35
Do you set fixed digit for ITF.........................................................................................................................35
8.5BLUETOOTH CONNECTION IS DISCONNECTED............................................................................................35
Is THIR-6000B in the range or Bluetooth connection? ...........................................................................35
8.6READING DATA IS MISSED PARTIALLY DURING TRANSMITTING.................................................................35

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Is the connection disconnected during transmitting?..............................................................................35
8.7KEYBOARD WEDGE INTERFACE IS NEEDED.................................................................................................36
8.8PINCODEIS REQUIRED WHEN BLUETOOTH CONNECTION IS ESTABLISHED........................................36
APPENDIX 1 CRADLE（TBC-6000）..............................................................................................................37

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1. Getting started
Equipped with a powerful state-of-the-art 2D Imager Scanner and processing CPU, the THIR-6000 is
ready to capture images as well as decoding 1D or 2D bar codes.
The THIR-6000 is a 2D Imager Scanner that reads Liner, 2D, and Postal barcodes to meet many
different requirements in Delivery, Transportation, Meter Reading, and many other applications.
The ergonomic design of the THIR-6000 provides user comfort even during lengthy scanning sessions.
The new THIR 6000 Bluetooth has the same powerful performance as our THIR 6000. It comes ina
IP64 housing with audible sound and vibration feedback for noisy industrial environments. Together with
the wireless freedom this new THIR 6000 will be very suitable for manyapplications in retail and
industry.
1) Supported barcodes
The unit can read the following symbols:
1D bar codes:
Code39
Code128
Codabar
ITF (interleaved 2 of 5)
JAN/EAN/UPC
RSS
Code93
2D codes:
Data Matrix (ECC200)
QR Code
Micro QR
PDF 417
Micro PDF
Maxi Code
Composite
2) Picture taking (except THIR-6000(H)U as a Human Interface Device)
The THIR-6000B can take pictures for like seal, signatureor ID photo.

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3) Ordering information
THIR-6000 (H) (DM) B
1. Resolution
If “H” follows “THIR-6000”, the scanner ishigh resolution type.
And if there is no “H”, the scanner is normal resolution type.
2. Direct Parts Marking
If “DM” follows “THIR-6000” or “THIR-6000H”, the scanner is for direct parts marking
application. DM type has special settings of optics and illumination.
3. Bluetooth
“B” means the interface of THIR-6000 is Bluetooth.
According to this rule, there are 3 types of THIR-6000B family.
・ THIR-6000B
・ THIR-6000HB
・ THIR-6000DM-B
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1.1 Scanner components
Figure1a. Front View
Reading Window
Reading Switch
Grip Handle
Charging terminal

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Figure1b. Side and rear View
Monitoring LED
Buzzer hole
Indicator for Wireless connectionIndicator for battery status
Guide for setting-on
to the cradle

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1.2 How it works
•Monitoring LED
The monitoring LED lights up either GREEN orRED depending on theoperation:
9GREEN light indicates thecompletion of successful decoding of a symbol.
9Flashing GREEN light indicates the image data transmission in progress.
9RED light indicates the failure of data transmission.
•Triggering Switch
This switch is used to initiate the read and decode of a symbol.
•Indicator for wireless connection
GREEN light indicates thestatus of wireless connection.
9Turn-ON: Connected
9Turn-OFF: Disconnected
•Indicator for battery status
GREEN, ORANGE, RED light indicates the status of battery.
9GREEN: Remained enough
9ORANGE: Charging.
9RED: Low battery
•Buzzer
Buzzer indicates states of reading and communication.
•Charging terminal
Used to charge the battery
•Guide for setting-on to the cradle
Used to adjust the position when THIR-6000B is set to the charging cradle

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2. How to use THIR-6000B
2.1. Battery charging
THIR-6000B employs Li-ion rechargeable battery.
Since new batteries are not fully charged, please charge the battery by following the instruction below.
Setting THIR-6000B on to the cradle starts charging the battery.
*Please see “Appendix 1” for more information about thecradle.
1. Insert THIR-6000B by adjusting its “guide” to the slit of the cradle.
2. Lift down the charging terminal to the cradle
Slit

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3. The indicator for battery statuswill change to orange. When the battery is fully charged, it will turn green.
Normally, the charging time is 3 hours.
CAUTION
Charging time is varied depending on remained amount
Please set THIR-6000B correctly to the cradle otherwise charging process may be failed
Dust and dirt on the charging terminal may prevent to be charged correctly. Please keep it clean by
using cotton with ethanol or other neutrality detergent.
The rechargeable battery does not last forever. If a change in the battery life is noticed, it is probably
time to purchase a new battery. Criterias to know the time to change the battery are 300 times of
charging/discharging or 2 years of usage under proper environmental condition. Please contact our
sales department about alternative battery.
Indicator for battery status
Green: Remained enough
Orange: Charging
Red: Low battery

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2.2 Setting up the Host Computer
THIR-6000 can be connected to the host computer even when it is being charged.
2.2.1 Preparation
1. Install the software comes with Bluetooth adopter.
*Please see the operation manual of the adapter.
2. Start the software
3. Connect THIR-6000B with the software.
*Please see the operation manual of the adapter.
2.2.2 Check the status of connection
If the indicator for wireless connection turns green, THIR-6000B is connected to host computer. If it
turns off, it is disconnected.
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2.2.3 Security settings
PIN CODE can be set for asecurity reason. Please see“7.4 How to configure security settings”.
Indicator for wireless connection
Green: Connected
Off: Disconnected

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2.3 Setting virtual COM port
2.3.1. Communication settings
By using profile of Bluetooth (SPP), THIR-6000B can be communicated with the host computer through
virtual COM port. Communication settings, like baud rate or frame structure, are not valid for
THIR-6000B.
2.3.2. Communication protocol
Communication protocol is not needed to be set. The host computer has to be equipped the software
with the following functions.
•Receiving data from THIR-6000B
•Sending serial command to THIR-6000B
•Receiving picture from THIR-6000B
Please contact our sales department about sample of this software.
2.4 Confirming transmitting data
Barcode data read by THIR-6000B is sent to host computer. It is possible to let users know if the data is
correctly transmitted to the host by using buzzer, LED indicator and vibration.
Please see more detail at “7.5. How to confirm data transmitting”.
2.5 Image preprocessing [Only for DM type]
For barcodes which has low contrast or bad quality of printing/marking, THIR-6000DM-B has image
preprocessing functions. These work well especially for direct parts marking application.
Please see detailedcommand list at “7.6 Image preprocessing”.
For more detail about image processing, please ask our sales department about “Operation manual for image
preprocessing”.