About this Manual ...................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Technical Support .....................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Datalogic Website Support .............................................................................................................................................................................2
Reseller Technical Support .............................................................................................................................................................................2
Telephone Technical Support .........................................................................................................................................................................2
About the Reader .....................................................................................................................................................................................................3
The BC9xx0™ Base Station/Charger .......................................................................................................................................................................4
Programming the Reader ........................................................................................................................................................................................6
Setting Up the Reader .............................................................................................................................................................................................7
Connecting the Cable (Corded versions) .......................................................................................................................................................8
Configuring the Base Station ..................................................................................................................................................................................9
Mounting the BC9xx0 Cradle ..................................................................................................................................................................................9
System Connections .....................................................................................................................................................................................12
Connecting and Disconnecting the Interface Cable ...................................................................................................................................13
Setting the Interface .....................................................................................................................................................................................14
Linking the Reader .................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Link Datalogic RF Devices to Base ..............................................................................................................................................................19
Linking to a Bluetooth Adapter in Serial Port Profile (Slave) Mode .........................................................................................................19
Linking to a Bluetooth Adapter in HID mode ......................................................................................
Power Off .......................................................................................................................................................................................................20
CONFIGURATION USING BAR CODES..................................................................................................................................................... 21
USB Suspend Mode ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Data Bits ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Handshaking Control .................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Beep On ASCII BEL ....................................................................................................................................................................... 31
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PowerScan™ PD9530/PBT9500/PM9500
Beep On Not on File .................................................................................................................................................................... 32
ACK Character .............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
NAK Character ............................................................................................................................................................................. 33
ACK NAK Timeout Value ............................................................................................................................................................. 34
Disable Character ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36
Enable Character ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Country Mode .............................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Send Control Characters ............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Caps Lock State ........................................................................................................................................................................... 43
USB Keyboard Speed ................................................................................................................................................................... 44
USB Keyboard Numeric Keypad ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Data Format.....................................................................................................................................................................................49
Global Prefix/Suffix (Header/Terminator) ..........................................................................................................................................................50
Global AIM ID ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................51
Set AIM ID Individually for GS1-128 ............................................................................................................................................................54
Label ID ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Individually Set Label ID ...............................................................................................................................................................................56
Label ID Control ........................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Label ID Symbology Selection − 1D Symbologies .................................................................................................................... 57
Advanced Formatting: User Label Edit ..................................................................................................................................... 61
Case Conversion .......................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Character Conversion .................................................................................................................................................................. 61
LED AND BEEPER INDICATORS ........................................................................................................................................................... 66
Power On Alert ............................................................................................................................................................................ 66
Good Read: When to Indicate ..................................................................................................................................................... 66
Good Read Beep Type ................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Good Read Beep Frequency ....................................................................................................................................................... 67
Good Read Beep Length ............................................................................................................................................................. 68
Good Read Beep Volume ............................................................................................................................................................ 69
Good Read LED Duration ............................................................................................................................................................ 70
SCANNING FEATURES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Stand Mode Indication ................................................................................................................................................................ 72
Stand Mode Sensitivity ............................................................................................................................................................... 73
Stand Mode Illumination Off Time ............................................................................................................................................ 73
Scanning Active Time .................................................................................................................................................................. 74
Stand Illumination Control ......................................................................................................................................................... 74
Flash On Time .............................................................................................................................................................................. 75
Flash Off Time ............................................................................................................................................................................. 75
Green Spot Duration ................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Partial Label Reading Control .................................................................................................................................................... 77
DISABLE ALL SYMBOLOGIES ............................................................................................................................................................... 82
Coupon Control ............................................................................................................................................................................ 83
UPC-A Check Character Transmission ...................................................................................................................................... 84
Expand UPC-A to EAN-13 .......................................................................................................................................................... 85
UPC-A Number System Character Transmission .................................................................................................................... 85
Expand UPC-E to EAN-13 ........................................................................................................................................................... 88
Expand UPC-E to UPC-A ............................................................................................................................................................. 88
UPC-E Number System Character Transmission .................................................................................................................... 89
EAN 13 Check Character Transmission ..................................................................................................................................... 90
EAN-13 Flag 1 Character ............................................................................................................................................................ 91
EAN-13 ISBN Conversion ........................................................................................................................................................... 91
UPC/EAN GLOBAL SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................................................. 95
UPC/EAN Quiet Zones ................................................................................................................................................................ 96
Code 39 Check Character Calculation ......................................................................................................................................103
Code 39 Check Character Transmission ..................................................................................................................................104
Code 39 Start/Stop Character Transmission ......................................................................................................................... 105
Code 39 Full ASCII ...................................................................................................................................................................... 105
Code 39 Quiet Zones .................................................................................................................................................................106
Code 39 Length Control ............................................................................................................................................................106
Code 39 Set Length 1 ................................................................................................................................................................107
Code 39 Set Length 2 ................................................................................................................................................................108
Expand Code 128 to Code 39 ....................................................................................................................................................113
Code 128 Check Character Transmission ...............................................................................................................................114
Code 128 Function Character Transmission ..........................................................................................................................114
Code 128 Quiet Zones ...............................................................................................................................................................115
Code 128 Length Control ..........................................................................................................................................................116
Code 128 Set Length 1 ..............................................................................................................................................................117
Code 128 Set Length 2 ..............................................................................................................................................................118
ISBT 128 Force Concatenation .................................................................................................................................................120
INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 (I 2 OF 5) ......................................................................................................................................................... 123
I 2 of 5 Enable/Disable .............................................................................................................................................................123
I 2 of 5 Check Character Calculation ........................................................................................................................................124
I 2 of 5 Check Character Transmission ....................................................................................................................................125
I 2 of 5 Length Control ..............................................................................................................................................................125
I 2 of 5 Set Length 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................126
I 2 of 5 Set Length 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................127
INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 CIP HR ............................................................................................................................................................128
Interleaved 2 of 5 CIP HR Enable/Disable ..............................................................................................................................128
FOLLETT 2 OF 5 ..................................................................................................................................................................................128
Follett 2 of 5 Enable/Disable ...................................................................................................................................................128
STANDARD 2 OF 5 .............................................................................................................................................................................. 129
Standard 2 of 5 Enable/Disable ..............................................................................................................................................129
Standard 2 of 5 Check Character Calculation .........................................................................................................................129
Standard 2 of 5 Check Character Transmission ..................................................................................................................... 130
Standard 2 of 5 Length Control ...............................................................................................................................................130
Standard 2 of 5 Set Length 1 ...................................................................................................................................................131
Standard 2 of 5 Set Length 2 ...................................................................................................................................................132
INDUSTRIAL 2 OF 5 .............................................................................................................................................................................133
Industrial 2 of 5 Enable/Disable ..............................................................................................................................................133
Industrial 2 of 5 Check Character Calculation ........................................................................................................................133
Industrial 2 of 5 Check Character Transmission ....................................................................................................................134
Industrial 2 of 5 Length Control ...............................................................................................................................................134
Industrial 2 of 5 Set Length 1 ...................................................................................................................................................135
Industrial 2 of 5 Set Length 2 ...................................................................................................................................................136
Codabar Check Character Calculation .....................................................................................................................................138
Codabar Check Character Transmission .................................................................................................................................139
Codabar Start/Stop Character Transmission ......................................................................................................................... 139
Codabar Start/Stop Character Set ..........................................................................................................................................140
Codabar Start/Stop Character Match ............................................................................................
.........................................140
Coda
bar Quiet Zones ................................................................................................................................................................141
Codabar Length Control ............................................................................................................................................................141
Codabar Set Length 1 ................................................................................................................................................................142
Codabar Set Length 2 ................................................................................................................................................................143
ABC Codabar Force Concatenation ..........................................................................................................................................146
Code 11 Check Character Calculation ......................................................................................................................................147
Code 11 Check Character Transmission ..................................................................................................................................148
Code 11 Length Control ............................................................................................................................................................148
Code 11 Set Length 1 ................................................................................................................................................................149
Code 11 Set Length 2 ................................................................................................................................................................150
Code 93 Check Character Calculation ......................................................................................................................................159
Code 93 Check Character Transmission ..................................................................................................................................159
Code 93 Length Control ............................................................................................................................................................160
Code 93 Set Length 1 ................................................................................................................................................................161
Code 93 Set Length 2 ................................................................................................................................................................162
Code 93 Quiet Zones .................................................................................................................................................................163
MSI Check Character Calculation .............................................................................................................................................164
MSI Check Character Transmission .........................................................................................................................................164
MSI Length Control ................................................................................................................................................................... 165
MSI Set Length 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 166
MSI Set Length 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 167
Plessey Check Character Calculation ......................................................................................................................................168
Plessey Check Character Transmission ..................................................................................................................................169
Plessey Length Control .............................................................................................................................................................169
Plessey Set Length 1 ................................................................................................................................................................ 170
Plessey Set Length 2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 171
2D Global Features ...............................................................................................................................................................................................173
2D Maximum Decoding Time ...................................................................................................................................................174
2D Normal/Inverse Symbol Control ........................................................................................................................................175
Aztec Code Length Control ....................................................................................................................................................... 176
Aztec Code Set Length 1 ........................................................................................................................................................... 177
Aztec Code Set Length 2 ........................................................................................................................................................... 178
CHINA SENSIBLE CODE ......................................................................................................................................................................179
China Sensible Code Enable / Disable ....................................................................................................................................179
China Sensible Code Length Control .......................................................................................................................................179
China Sensible Code Set Length 1 ...........................................................................................................................................180
China Sensible Code Set Length 2 ...........................................................................................................................................181
DATA MATRIX ......................................................................................................................................................................................182
Data Matrix Enable / Disable ...................................................................................................................................................182
Data Matrix Square/Rectangular Style ..................................................................................................................................182
Data Matrix DPM Decoding Safety ..........................................................................................................................................183
Data Matrix Length Control ......................................................................................................................................................184
Data Matrix Set Length 1 ......................................................................................................................................................... 184
Data Matrix Set Length 2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 185
Maxicode Length Control ..........................................................................................................................................................187
Maxicode Set Length 1 .............................................................................................................................................................187
Maxicode Set Length 2 .............................................................................................................................................................188
PDF417 Length Control ............................................................................................................................................................ 189
PDF417 Set Length 1 ................................................................................................................................................................190
PDF417 Set Length 2 ................................................................................................................................................................191
Micro PDF417 Length Control ..................................................................................................................................................193
Micro PDF417 Set Length 1 ......................................................................................................................................................193
Micro PDF417 Set Length 2 ......................................................................................................................................................194
QR CODE ..............................................................................................................................................................................................195
QR Code Enable / Disable ........................................................................................................................................................195
QR Code Length Control ...........................................................................................................................................................195
QR Code Set Length 1 ...............................................................................................................................................................196
QR Code Set Length 2 ...............................................................................................................................................................197
MICRO QR CODE .................................................................................................................................................................................197
Micro QR Code Enable/Disable ................................................................................................................................................ 197
Micro QR Code Length Control .................................................................................................................................................198
Micro QR Code Set Length 1 .....................................................................................................................................................198
Micro QR Code Set Length 2 .....................................................................................................................................................199
POSTAL CODE SELECTION .................................................................................................................................................................202
Postnet BB Control ...................................................................................................................................................................203
Motion Features ........................................................................................................................................................................... 205
Motion Aiming Control ..............................................................................................................................................................205
WIRELESS BEEPER FEATURES .........................................................................................................................................................209
Good Transmission Beep ..........................................................................................................................................................209
Beep Frequency .........................................................................................................................................................................209
Copy Configuration to Scanner ................................................................................................................................................214
Copy Configuration to Base Station ........................................................................................................................................ 214
BATCH FEATURES ..............................................................................................................................................................................215
DIRECT RADIO AUTOLINK ..................................................................................................................................................................217
Source Radio Address Transmission ......................................................................................................................................217
Source Radio Address Delimiter Character ............................................................................................................................218
REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC) CONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................................... 219
Current Date ..............................................................................................................................................................................219
Current Time ..............................................................................................................................................................................219
Date Tx Format ..........................................................................................................................................................................220
Time Tx Format .......................................................................................................................................................................... 220
Date-Time Transmission Order ...............................................................................................................................................222
BLUETOOTH SECURITY FEATURES ...................................................................................................................................................223
Bluetooth Security Mode ..........................................................................................................................................................224
Bluetooth PIN Code ................................................................................................................................................................... 224
Set PIN Code ..............................................................................................................................................................................225
OTHER BLUETOOTH FEATURES ........................................................................................................................................................226
Bluetooth Poll Rate ...................................................................................................................................................................226
Power Off ...................................................................................................................................................................................227
Bluetooth HID Variable PIN Code ............................................................................................................................................228
Bluetooth HID Alt Mode ............................................................................................................................................................229
Bluetooth HID Send Unknown ASCII Char ..............................................................................................................................229
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Bluetooth Max Client ................................................................................................................................................................230
Bluetooth Friendly Name .........................................................................................................................................................231
Bluetooth Reconnect Attempt Mode ...................................................................................................................................... 231
HID Country Mode .....................................................................................................................................................................232
STAR Radio Protocol Timeout ..................................................................................................................................................235
STAR Radio Transmit Mode .....................................................................................................................................................236
Changing System Speed ...........................................................................................................................................................237
Compatibility with PM8500.......................................................................................................................................................... 238
Changing from Normal to Compatible Mode .........................................................................................................................238
Changing from Compatible Mode back to Normal ................................................................................................................239
Base Address Stamping ...........................................................................................................................................................240
Base Address Delimiter Character ..........................................................................................................................................240
RS-485 Slave Maximum Address ............................................................................................................................................242
RS-485 Network Working Mode ..............................................................................................................................................243
Display and Keyboard Features................................................................................................................................................... 245
Display Off Timeout ..................................................................................................................................................................246
Font Size .....................................................................................................................................................................................247
CONFIGURE ACTIONS FOR FUNCTION KEYS .................................................................................................................................... 249
Action Configuration for Function Keys ..................................................................................................................................250
Configure Actions for F1 ...........................................................................................................................................................250
Configure Actions for F2 ...........................................................................................................................................................250
Set String ID ...............................................................................................................................................................................252
Set String Header ......................................................................................................................................................................252
Set String Terminator ...............................................................................................................................................................253
RS-232 Only .................................................................................................................................................................................................256
RS-232/USB COM Parameters ......................................................................................................
Set Length ....................................................................................................................................................................................................267
Data Editing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................269
Global Prefix/Suffix .....................................................................................................................................................................................270
Global AIM ID ................................................................................................................................................................................................270
Label ID .........................................................................................................................................................................................................272
Character Conversion ............................................................................................................
Good Read LED Duration ............................................................................................................................................................................278
Scanning Features ...............................................................................................................................................................................................279
Stand Mode Off Time ..................................................................................................................................................................................280
Scanning Active Time ...........................................
Aiming Duration Time .................................................................................................................................................................................282
Flash On Time ..............................................................................................................................................................................................283
Flash Off Time ...................................................................................................................
Multiple Labels Ordering by Code Symbology ..........................................................................................................................................285
Motion Features ...................................................................................................................................................................................................287
Wireless Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................288
PM9500-Only Features ..............................................................................................................................................................................290
Changing System Speed in Normal Mode ...........................................................................................
...................................290
Bluetooth-Only Features ...........................................................................................................................................................................290
Cursor Control ..............................................................................................................................................................................................294
Font Selection ..............................................................................................................................................................................................294
LED and Beeper Control .............................................................................................................................................................................295
Standard Cable Pinouts .......................................................................................................................................................................................302
LED and Beeper Indications ................................................................................................................................................................................303
Base Station Indications (Cordless Models ONLY) ..................................................................................................................................304
SAMPLE BAR CODES............................................................................................................................................................................. 305
STANDARD DEFAULTS.......................................................................................................................................................................... 309
Control Character Emulation ..............................................................................................................................................................................325
Single Press and Release Keys ..................................................................................................................................................................325
Interface Type PC AT PS/2, USB-Keyboard or USB-Keyboard for APPLE ......................................................................................................326
Interface Type PC AT PS/2 Alt Mode or USB-Keyboard Alt Mode ..................................................................................................................328
Digital Interface ....................................................................................................................................................................................................330
IBM XT ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................332
Microsoft Windows Codepage 1252 ..................................................................................................................................................................333
Product Reference Guide
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Chapter 1
Introduction
About this Manual
This Product Reference Guide (PRG) is provided for users seeking advanced
technical information, including connection, programming, maintenance
and specifications. The Quick Reference Guide (QRG) and other publications
associated with this product are downloadable free of charge from the web-
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ver of this manual.
Overview
Chapter 1, (this chapter) presents information about manual conventions,
and an overview of the reader, its features and operation.
Chapter 2, Setup presents information about unpacking, cable connection
information and setting up the reader.
Chapter 3, Configuration Using Bar Codes provides instructions and bar
code labels for customizing your reader. There are different sections for
i
nterface types, general features, data formatting, symbology-specific and
model-specific features.
Chapter 4, References provides background information and detailed
instructions for more complex programming items.
Chapter 5, Message Formatting gives details for programming options.
Appendix A, Technical Specifications lists physical and performance
charac-
teristics, as well as environmental and regulatory specifications. It also pro-
vides standard cable pinouts
and LED/Beeper functions.
Appendix B, Sample Bar Codes offers sample bar code
s for several common
symbologies.
Appendix C, Standard Defaults references common factory default settings
for reader features and options.
Appendix D, Keypad includes numeric bar codes to be
scanned for certain
parameter settings.
Appendix E, Scancode Tables lists control character emulation information
for Wedge and USB Keybo
ard interfaces.
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PowerScan™ PD9530/PBT9500/PM9500
Manual Conventions
The following conventions are used in this document:
The symbols listed below are used in this manual to notify the reader of key
issues or
procedures that must be observed when using the reader:
Notes contain information necessary for properly diagnosing,
repairing and operating the reader.
CAUTION
The CAUTION symbol advises you of actions
that could damage
equipment or property.
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