Unitech ES700 User manual

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ES700 Image Platform
User Manual
Version: ES700_UM_EN_V1.1.4

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NOTICE
Ensure that the optional DC adapter works at +5V, especially for the RS-232 interface
cable.
1. All software, including firmware, furnished to the user is on a licensed basis.
2. The right is reserved to make changes to any software or product to improve reliability, function, or design.
3. The material in this manual is subject to change without notice.
4. A standard packing includes an image platform, a USB cable, a quick guide.
5. Optional accessories include a RS-232 cable.

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Contents
1 Specifications ...........................................................................................................................................1
1-1 Technical specifications ....................................................................................................................1
1-2 Default setting for each barcode .......................................................................................................3
2 Getting started .........................................................................................................................................4
2-1 Cable connector pin-outs descriptions .............................................................................................4
2-2 Dimensions .......................................................................................................................................5
2-3 Field of view ......................................................................................................................................6
2-4 Introduction to installation .................................................................................................................8
2-4-1 Installation - RS-232 ...................................................................................................................8
2-4-2 Installation - USB ........................................................................................................................8
3 Parameter menus ....................................................................................................................................9
3-1 Single-parameter setting by scanning 1D barcodes .........................................................................9
3-2 Single or Multiple-parameter setting by scanning a QR code barcode ............................................9
3-3 Interface selection ...........................................................................................................................10
3-4 RS-232 interface .............................................................................................................................11
3-5 USB interface ..................................................................................................................................14
3-6 Scan mode & some global settings ................................................................................................17
3-7 LED and Beeper Indication .............................................................................................................22
3-8 LED illumination level ......................................................................................................................24
3-9 Single type of barcode, Multi-symbols read ....................................................................................25
3-10 DPM, Structured append, and Mobile screen read ......................................................................26
Note 1 : Scan barcode or send command to enter upgrade mode ...................................................29
3-11 UPC-A ...........................................................................................................................................30
3-12 UPC-E ...........................................................................................................................................31
3-13 UPC-E1 .........................................................................................................................................34
3-14 EAN-13 (ISBN/ISSN) ....................................................................................................................35
3-15 EAN-8 ............................................................................................................................................37
3-16 Code 39 (Code 32, Trioptic Code 39) ...........................................................................................38
3-17 Interleaved 2 of 5 ..........................................................................................................................42
3-18 Industrial 2 of 5 (Discrete 2 of 5) ...................................................................................................44
3-19 Matrix 2 of 5 ..................................................................................................................................44
3-20 Codabar ........................................................................................................................................46
3-21 Code 128 .......................................................................................................................................48
3-22 UCC/EAN 128 (GS1-128) .............................................................................................................49
3-23 ISBT 128 .......................................................................................................................................51
3-24 Code 93 .........................................................................................................................................52
3-25 Code 11 .........................................................................................................................................54

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3-26 MSI/Plessey ..................................................................................................................................55
3-27 UK/Plessey ....................................................................................................................................57
3-28 China Post .....................................................................................................................................58
3-29 China Finance ...............................................................................................................................59
3-30 GS1 DataBar (GS1 DataBar Truncated) ......................................................................................61
3-31 GS1 DataBar Limited ....................................................................................................................62
3-32 GS1 DataBar Expanded ...............................................................................................................63
3-33 GS1 Composite .............................................................................................................................64
3-34 PDF417 .........................................................................................................................................66
3-35 MicroPDF417 ................................................................................................................................67
3-36 QR Code .......................................................................................................................................68
3-37 MicroQR Code ..............................................................................................................................69
3-38 Data Matrix ....................................................................................................................................70
3-39 Han Xin Code ................................................................................................................................71
3-40 Aztec Code ....................................................................................................................................72
3-41 G1-G6 & C1-C3 & FN1 substitution string setting ........................................................................73
3-42 G1-G4 string position & Code ID position .....................................................................................77
3-43 String transmission .......................................................................................................................78
4 Serial Communication Interface (SCI) ...................................................................................................81
4-1 Programming command syntax ......................................................................................................82
4-1-1 Single-parameter setting ..........................................................................................................82
4-1-2 Multiple-parameter setting ........................................................................................................82
4-1-3 Query command syntax ...........................................................................................................83
4-1-4 Start Decode & Stop Decode ...................................................................................................83
4-1-5 Return default parameters & firmware revision .......................................................................83
4-1-6 Get Image .................................................................................................................................84
4-1-7 Responses ................................................................................................................................84
4-2 Examples of setting and query commands .....................................................................................85
5 Barcode representing non-printable character ......................................................................................87
6 ASCII Table ............................................................................................................................................88
7 Test barcode ..........................................................................................................................................89
9 Return default parameters & firmware version ......................................................................................92
10 Configuration alphanumeric entry barcode .........................................................................................92

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1 Specifications
1-1 Technical specifications
Dimensions 90.5 mm × 35.4 mm × 80.2 mm (H × W × D)
Weight 95.3 g (without cable)
Cable Straight 2.0 m
Connector Type RJ-45 phone jack connector
Case Material ABS
Indicator Beeper, LED
Interface RS-232, USB Keyboard, USB virtual COM
Programming Method Manual (reading special barcode)
Program Upgrade Online
Input Voltage DC 5 ± 0.25 V
Current Working: 350 mA (Max: 550 mA)；Standby: 135 mA
Image Size 1280 × 800 pixels
LED 5000 K
Motion tolerance 2.1 m/s
Field of View Horizontal: 64°, vertical: 44°
Scanning Angle ±66°, ±61°, 360° (Skew, Pitch, Roll)
Decode Capability
1D:
UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC-E1, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN (Bookland EAN), ISSN,
Code 39, Code 39 full ASCII, Code 32, Trioptic Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5,
Industrial 2 of 5 (Discrete 2 of 5), Matrix 2 of 5, Codabar (NW7), Code 128,
UCC/EAN 128 (GS1-128), ISBT 128, Code 93, Code 11 (USD-8),
MSI/Plessey, UK/Plessey, China Post, GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS) variants
2D:
PDF417, MicroPDF417, QR Code, MicroQR Code, DataMatrix, Han Xin
Code, Aztec Code, GS1 Composite
Minimum Resolution 4 mil, 1 mil = 0.0254 mm
Decoding Depth
4 mil Code39 (9 chars): 15 mm - 45 mm
5 mil Code39 (3 chars): 15 mm - 55 mm
10 mil Code39 (3 chars): 5 mm - 120 mm
13 mil UPC (6 chars): 5 mm - 130 mm
15 mil Code39 (1 char): 5 mm - 145 mm
20 mil Code39 (1 char): 0 mm - 210 mm
6.7 mil PDF417 (20 chars): 15 mm - 50 mm
10 mil QR (20 chars): 10 mm - 55 mm
10 mil DM (20 chars): 10 mm - 50 mm
20 mil QR (20 chars): 5 mm - 125 mm

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Temperature -10° to 50°C, Operating; -30° to 70°C, Storage
Humidity 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Safety
EMC: EN55032, EN55024
Electrical Safety: EN60950-1
Photobiological Safety: EN62471:2008
Illumination: 0~100,000 LUX

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1-2 Default setting for each barcode
Code type
Read
enable
Check digit
verification
Check digit
transmission
Min. code
length
Proprietary
code ID
AIM
code ID
UPC-A √ √ √ A ]Em
UPC-E √ √ √ D ]Em
UPC-E1 √ √ √ D ] Em
EAN-13 √ √ √ A ]Em
EAN-8 √ √ √ C ] Em
ISBN (Bookland EAN)/ISSN1
√ √ √ B ]Em
Code 39 √ - - M ]Am
Interleaved 2 of 5 √ - - I ]Im
Industrial 2 of 5 - - - H ]Im
Matrix 2 of 5 √ - - X ]Im
Codabar √ - - N ]Fm
Code 128 √ √ - K ]Cm
UCC/EAN 128 (GS1-
128)
√ √ - K ]Cm
ISBT 128 √ √ - K ]Cm
Code 93 √ √ - L ]Gm
Code 11 - √ - V ]Hm
MSI/Plessey - - - O ]Mm
UK/Plessey - √ - U ]Mm
China Post √ - - T ]Im
GS1 DataBar √ - - R ]em
GS1 DataBar Truncated3 √ - - R ]em
GS1 DataBar Limited √ - - R ]em
GS1 DataBar Expanded √ - - R ]em
GS1 Composite - - - y ]em
PDF417 √ - - p ]Lm
MicroPDF417 - - - p ]Lm
DataMatrix √ - - d ]dm
QR code √ - - q ]Qm
MicroQR code √ - - q ]Qm
Han Xin Code - - - h ]Xm
Aztec Code - - - a ]zm
Note: 1 The settings for ISBN/ISSN and EAN-13 must be the same except the code ID.

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2 Fixed-length barcodes.
3 The settings for GS1 DataBar Truncated and GS1 DataBar must be the same.
2 Getting started
2-1 Cable connector pin-outs descriptions
Figure 2-1 Cable connector interface pin-outs
Pin RS232 USB
1 Power (+5V) Power (+5V)
2 +3.3V ( for interface auto selection purpose) +3.3V (for interface auto selection purpose)
3 Ground Ground
4 +3.3V ( for interface auto selection purpose) Ground (for interface auto selection purpose)
5 TxD Reserved
6 RxD Reserved
7 Reserved Reserved
8 Reserved Reserved
9 CTS D-
10 RTS D+
Note: Voltage level of all RS232 Pin-outs (RxD, TxD, CTS and RTS) is 0V for logic low and 3.3V for logic high.

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2-2 Dimensions
Figure 2-2 Dimensions

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2-3 Field of view
Figure 2-3 Field of view
Figure 2-4 Field of view – Front view

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Figure 2-5 Field of view – Horizontal
Figure 2-6 Field of view - vertical

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2-4 Introduction to installation
Note: If any of the below operation is incorrect, turn off the power immediately and check the image platform
for any improper connections. Go through all steps again.
2-4-1 Installation - RS-232
1. Switch off the host.
2. Attach the phone jack connector of the RS-232 cable to Host interface on the image platform.
3. Connect another end of the RS-232 cable to the serial port (PIN 9) on the device.
4. If the host does not have power supply (on PIN 9), connect the external power supply (5 V DC adapter) to the
RS-232 cable.
5. Switch on the host. If connect properly, the beeper and the LED of the image platform will indicate.
Figure 2-11 Installation of RS232 cable
2-4-2 Installation - USB
The image platform attaches directly to a USB host.
1. Attach the phone jack connector of the USB cable to the Host interface on the image platform.
2. Connect another end of the USB cable to an available USB port of the Host.
3. If connect properly, the beeper and the LED of the image platform will indicate.
4. Windows OS will automatically detect the USB device.
Figure 2-12 Installation of USB cable

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3 Parameter menus
3-1 Single-parameter setting by scanning 1D barcodes
Two programming modes have been provided as bellows:
❶ When the Alpha entries length is 2, use the one-dimensional setting code
 Scan the appropriate according to the user‘s demand.
Example: To set
Steps: Scan the following barcode.
❷ When the Alpha entries length is greater than 2, scan the QR setting code 1. The data
format of the QR code barcode is as following.
Note that:
 <Option barcode index> means the corresponding 4 digits of Option barcode.
 <D/H> means D or H character. D means that the type of alphanumeric entry is decimal, and H means that the
type of alphanumeric entry is hexadecimal.
 <Alpha. entries> is a character string with various length of 2, 4, or other values.
Example: Set 8002->0D0A (hexadecimal). The customized QR code barcode contents and symbol are as following.
%8002H0D0A%
3-2 Single or Multiple-parameter setting by scanning a QR code barcode
User can customize a QR code barcode to set single or multiple parameters. The image platform can set parameters
by scanning this single QR code barcode.
1. The data format of the QR code barcode is as following.
% %
Single-scan
setting
Flow control to be
XON/XOFF.
···
Parameter set N
% Parameter set 1 %
< Option barcode index >< D / H >< Alpha . entries >
%
Parameter set 1 % Parameter set 2
< Option barcode index >< D / H ><
Alpha
. entries >

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Note that:
 <Option barcode index> means the corresponding 4 digits of Option barcode.
 <D/H> means D or H character. D means that the type of alphanumeric entry is decimal, and H means that the
type of alphanumeric entry is hexadecimal.
 <Alpha. entries> is a character string with various length of 2, 4, or other values.
Example: Set 0401->03 (decimal); 8002->0D0A (hexadecimal); 8202->01 (decimal). The customized QR code
barcode contents and symbol are as following.
%0401D03%8002H0D0A%8202D01%
2. Notes of making QR code barcode
The model is chosen as M2. Other requirements, e.g. ECC level, Start mode, etc, are not specified.
Other notes
 The contents of a QR code barcode can include several same <Option barcode index> associated with same or
different <Alpha. entries>. In the case of with different <Alpha. entries>, the latest <Alpha. entries> is the valid
one.
 If any one of the parameter settings is invalid, the total setting is failed. The invalid setting can be caused by one
of the following problems: invalid <Option barcode index>, invalid type of <D/H>, invalid type, length or value
range of <Alpha. entries>, etc.
3-3 Interface selection
This image platform supports interfaces such as RS-232 serial wedge, and USB interface. In most of the
cases, simply selecting an appropriate cable provided by the manufacturer will work for a specific interface.
Interface selection:
Auto detection- By setting this function, the image platform will automatically detect the RS-232 or USB interface
for user.
M ultiple - scan setting
Single - scan setting
Option barcode Option Alpha. entry
Interf ace selection
Auto detection
RS ( - ) /USB 232
00*
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3-4 RS-232 interface
Flow control:
None-The communication only uses TxD and RxD signals without any hardware or software handshaking protocol.
RTS/CTS- If the image platform wants to send the barcode data to host computer, it will issue the RTS signal first,
wait for the CTS signal from the host computer, and then perform the normal data communication. If there is no replied
CTS signal from the host computer after the timeout duration, the image platform will issue an error indication. By
setting (Host idle: Low RTS) or (Host idle: High RTS), the image platform can be set to match the Serial Host RTS
line.
XON/XOFF- An XOFF character turns the image platform transmission off until the image platform receives an
XON character.
ACK/NAK- After transmitting data, the image platform expects either an ACK (acknowledge) or NAK (not
acknowledge) response from the host. When a NAK is received, the image platform transmits the same data again
and waits for either an ACK or NAK. After three unsuccessful attempts to send data when NAKs are received, the
image platform issues an error indication and discards the data.
Inter-character delay: Refer to Inter-character delay of 3-5 USB interface.
Response delay: This delay is used for serial communication of the image platform when it waits for a handshaking
acknowledgment from the host.
Multiple-scan setting
Single-scan setting
Option barcode Option Alpha. entry
Flow control
None 00*
*
RTS/CTS
(Host idle: Low RTS) 01
RTS/CTS
(Host idle: High RTS) 02
XON/XOFF 03
ACK/NAK 04
Inter-character delay
0 ms 00*
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5 ms 01
10 ms 02
20 ms 03
40 ms 04

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Multiple-scan setting
Single-scan setting
Option barcode Option Alpha. entry
80 ms 05
Response delay
00-99 (100 ms)
00-99
00*
*
Baud rate
300 00
600 01
1200 02
2400 03
4800 04
9600 05*
*
19200 06
38400 07
57600 08
115200 09
Parity bit
None 00*
*
Odd 01
Even 02
Data bit
8 bits 00*
*
7 bits 01
Stop bit
One bit 00*
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Two bits 01

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3-5 USB interface
USB device type:
HID keyboard– By setting, the image platform is used as a USB HID keyboard emulation device. The keyboard
layout setting follows the setting of keyboard layout in 3-5 USB interface.
USB virtual COM– By setting, the image platform emulates a regular RS232-based COM port. If a Microsoft
Windows PC is connected to the image platform, a driver is required to install on the connected PC. The driver will
use the next available COM Port number. The driver and the installation guide can be found in the associated CD
and on the manufacturer’s website. A Windows-based software COM_Text is recommended to display the barcode
data in text format. COM_Text emulates some kind of serial-key typing.
Note: When changing USB Device Type, the image platform automatically restarts.
Simple COM Port Emulation- Please contact the manufacturer for the instruction.
Keyboard layout: The image platform supports different national keyboard layouts. Commonly an appropriate
encoding system must be selected. Please refer to Character encoding system of 3-6 Scan mode & some global
settings for details.
Inter-character delay: This delay is inserted after each data character transmitted. By selecting, the user can
change the output speed of the image platform to match the speed of the host USB communication port.
Numeric key:
Alphabetic key- the image platform will output code result as alphabetic key.
Numeric key- the image platform will output code result as pressing numeric keypad ( ‘0’, ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’,
‘5’, ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘8’, ‘9’, ‘.’, ‘+’, ‘-‘, ‘/’, ‘*’ only).
Alt+ keypad- the image platform will output code result as pressing Alt+ numeric key (on keypad). Note that the
Num Lock control key must be ON. This setting can be specially adapted for use with different national keyboard
layout.
USB function code: It can support the output and prohibition of non-printable-characters, as well as the output and
prohibition of function codes corresponding to non-printable-characters.

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Multiple-scan setting
Single-scan setting
Option barcode Option
Alpha.
entry
USB device type
HID keyboard 00*
*
HID keyboard for Apple Mac 01
USB virtual COM 02
Simple COM Port Emulation 03
Keyboard layout
USA 00*
*
Turkish F 01
Turkish Q 02
French 03
Italian 04
Spanish 05
Slovak 06
Denmark 07
Japanese 08
German 09
Belgian 10
Russian 11
Czech 12
Thai 13
Hungary 14

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Swiss German 15
Portugal 16
Multiple-scan setting
Single-scan setting
Option barcode Option
Alpha.
entry
Character encoding
system
Refer to 3-6 Scan mode & some global settings.
Inter-character delay
0 ms 00
5 ms 01*
*
10 ms 02
20 ms 03
40 ms 04
60 ms 05
Numeric key
Alphabetic key 00*
*
Numeric keypad 01
Alt+ keypad 02
GBK 03
BIGS 04
THAI 05
USB function code
Output non-printing characters 00
Output function codes corresponding to non-
printable-characters. 01
Prohibition output of non-printable-character 03