Symbol LS 1000, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...arch 1996 Table of Contents Copyright Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Appendix A Click on red text at any location in the manual to jump to the specified chapter topic or r...

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Page 3: ...em is symbol readability Samples of your bar codes will be requested for analysis at our facility If your problem cannot be solved over the phone you may need to return your equipment for servicing If...

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Page 5: ...3 Maintenance Specifications Introduction Maintaining the LS 1000 Scanner Accessories LS 100x Technical Specifications LS 100x Decode Zone Chapter 4 Programming The LS 1004 Introduction Scanning Sequ...

Page 6: ...Mode Transmit No Decode Message Decode Redundancy Code Types UPC EAN Code 128 Code 39 Code 93 Interleaved 2 of 5 Discrete 2 of 5 Codabar Data Options RS 232C Chapter 5 Glossary Chapter 6 ASCII Charac...

Page 7: ...rs you LS 1000 The aggressiveness of this discrete scanner is typical of the LS 1000 family s performance It connects easily to and is programmed by the complete line of Symbol Technologies portable t...

Page 8: ...eference Guide Chapter 1 Introduction and Setup Audience The intended audience for this manual is personnel performing installation setup and programming of LS 100x scanners coverBook Page 2 Monday De...

Page 9: ...it call the Symbol Support Center at one of the telephone numbers listed in the front of this manual KEEP THE PACKING It is the approved shipping container and should be used if you ever need to retur...

Page 10: ...ng Cables Different cables are required for different hosts To change the scanner cable 1 Unlock the cable by twisting to the right 2 Pull the cable out of the receptacle on the bottom of the scanner...

Page 11: ...correct this situation select proper parameter values and initialize the host terminal See Chapter 4 for more information RS 232C For external power operation with Synapse Smart Cable Plug the scanne...

Page 12: ...wer operation with Flying Lead Connector Plug the cable into the scanner Plug the Power Supply into the receptacle on the Flying Lead connector Figure 1 2 RS 232C External Power Connection Flying Lead...

Page 13: ...rnal power operation with 25 pin Host Connector Plug the cable into the scanner Plug the Power Supply into the receptacle on the side of the 25 pin Host Connector Figure 1 3 RS 232C External Power Con...

Page 14: ...peration Plug the scanner s 9 pin connector at the end of the cord into one end of the battery box An output cable from the battery box connects the LS 1000 to the RS 232C input device Connect one end...

Page 15: ...t 5B 9B 9C 9E or 17 Check that the connection is secure To install an LS 1004 on an IBM 468X 469X host 1 Connect a synapse adaptor cable to the scanner using the procedure described in Installing the...

Page 16: ...e Chapter 1 Introduction and Setup IBM 468X 9X Contd Figure 1 6 IBM 4683 Rear Panel with Cover Removed Figure 1 7 IBM 4684 Rear Panel with Cover Removed PORT 9B PORT 5B PORT 17 9B 5B 17 coverBook Page...

Page 17: ...BM 4694 Rear Panel with Cover Removed Wand Emulation OCIA OCR and Keyboard Wedges A Synapse Adaptor Cable is required when connecting the LS 1004 to any of these hosts using Synapse See the instructio...

Page 18: ...on This chapter covers the techniques involved in scanning bar codes Included are specific instructions on how to hold the scanner at the appropriate angle to ensure an accurate decode coverBook Page...

Page 19: ...ke sure the symbol you want to scan is within the scanning range See the LS 100x Decode Zone Aim and press the trigger On the LS 1000 the scan beam and SCAN LED lights for 3 5 seconds or until a succe...

Page 20: ...ust cross every bar and space on the symbol The larger the symbol the farther away you should hold the scanner Hold the scanner closer for symbols with bars that are close together A short high tone b...

Page 21: ...e scanner and make decoding difficult The area where specular reflection occurs is known as a dead zone You can tilt the scanner up to 65 forward or back and achieve a successful decode Simple practic...

Page 22: ...ications Introduction This chapter covers the suggested maintenance of the LS 100x scanner as well as the technical specifications available accessories pinouts and beeper definitions coverBook Page 1...

Page 23: ...e host device Connect one end of this cable to the battery box and the other to the appropriate port on the host device Note Not all applications require a power supply or battery box The output cable...

Page 24: ...ly maintenance required Do not allow any abrasive material to touch the window Remove any dirt particles with a damp cloth Wipe the window using a damp cloth and if necessary a non ammonia based deter...

Page 25: ...extra cost Additional units of standard accessories may also be purchased at extra cost Table 3 1 LS 1000 Required Accessories Part Number Description ND1221 One undecoded cable 70 17422 01 LS 1000 S...

Page 26: ...type Be sure you are within the proper scanning range Symbol is decoded but not transmitted to the host terminal You Should Be sure the proper host type is selected See Chapter 4 Scanned data is inco...

Page 27: ...Figure 3 1 LS 100x Decode Zone 7 5 mil 5 0 9 0 20 mil minimum element width 2 0 15 0 0 0 5 12 7 10 25 4 15 38 1 Depth of Field in Inches Centimeters 13 mil 5 0 mil 0 1 0 2 3 In Cm Scanner 10 25 4 5 12...

Page 28: ...the capabilities of the attached terminal Beeper Operation User selectable Enabled Disabled Volume Tone Scan Repetition Rate 36 3 scans sec bidirectional Skew Tolerance 65 from normal Pitch 60 from n...

Page 29: ...to concrete1 2 m Dimensions Height Length Width 4 8 in 122 mm 3 7 in 93 mm 2 4 in 60 mm Laser Classifications CDRH Class II IEC 825 Class 2 Start Up Time 50 msec from scan enable Data Acquisition Tim...

Page 30: ...128 EAN 128 and Discrete 2 of 5 Set code length s for any linear code type The LS 100x can auto discriminate between all of the above code types except for Code 39 and Code 39 Full ASCII Beeper Opera...

Page 31: ...to 104 F0 to 40 C Storage Temperature 40 to 140 F 40 to 60 C Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Durability 4 ft drop to concrete1 2 m Dimensions Height Length Width 4 8 in 122 mm 3 7 in 93 mm 2 4 in 60 m...

Page 32: ...Pinouts LS 1000 Pin LS 1000 Function 1 VBAT Power Supply 2 VBAT Power Supply 3 GND Ground 4 ENABLE Scan Enable 5 SOS Start of Scan 6 TRIGGER Trigger Signal 7 DECODE Successful Decode 8 DBP Digital Bar...

Page 33: ...ta Line for synapse 2 VBAT Power Supply 3 GND Ground 4 RTS Request to Send for RS 232C 5 RXD Receive Data Input for RS 232C 6 N C Non Connected for RS 232C 7 DTR Data Terminal Ready for RS 232C 8 TXD...

Page 34: ...as lost Scan the last data again 4 Beeps short high tone Low power indication no further scanning is possible Change or recharge battery 3 Beeps short high tone Power up continuous power mode only Par...

Page 35: ...Chapter 1 The default table shown on the following page illustrates the default values with which the scanner is shipped If the default values suit your requirements scan the Appendix barcode This wil...

Page 36: ...ndix All Defaults Appendix RS 232C Appendix Disable Appendix Enable Appendix Middle Appendix High Level Appendix 1 second Appendix Low Power Appendix Disable Appendix No Message Appendix Disable Appen...

Page 37: ...e 93 Appendix Enable I 2 of 5 Appendix Enable Appendix 14 length 1 0 length 2 Appendix Disable Appendix Disable D 2 of 5 Appendix Enable Appendix Disable Appendix 12 length 1 0 length 2 Codabar Append...

Page 38: ...1004 Appendix None Appendix CR LF RS 232C Appendix 9600 Appendix Even Appendix 7 Data Bits with Parity Appendix Two Appendix Enable Appendix None Appendix None Appendix 0msec Table 4 1 Default Table P...

Page 39: ...LY ENABLE bar code You ll hear hi lo hi low warble The warble sound indicates that the scanner has been successfully programmed for the selected parameter Other beeper indications are listed in Chapte...

Page 40: ...et Parameter Defaults Scanning the SETALLDEFAULTS bar code returns all parameters to the default values listed in the Default Table Host Interface Select Scan the bar code corresponding to your host t...

Page 41: ...al scanning Usually it is desirable to operate the unit with the beeper enabled In all cases the beeper operates during parameter menu scanning and indicates error conditions See the Appendix 3 5 sect...

Page 42: ...nce Guide Chapter 4 Programming the LS 1004 Beeper Volume Three options are available for beeper volume low middle and high Beeper Volume Low Beeper Volume Mid Beeper Volume High coverBook Page 8 Mond...

Page 43: ...arameter sets the length of time the scanner laser beam will remain on while attempting to scan a symbol 0 5 seconds 1 0 seconds 1 5 seconds 2 0 seconds 2 5 seconds 3 0 seconds 3 5 seconds 4 0 seconds...

Page 44: ...n attempt while the CONTINUOUS option provides for power to remain on after each scan attempt Aggressive Scan Mode This parameter is available in the continuous operation mode only When you set this p...

Page 45: ...CY a Codabar symbol must be decoded in both directions before being accepted as a successful decode If you select ENABLE ALL CODE TYPES DECODE REDUNDANCY all bar code symbols must be decoded in both d...

Page 46: ...following symbologies UPC Versions A and E EAN 8 and 13 Code 39 Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 93 Codabar Discrete 2 of 5 Code 128 Code 39 Full ASCII The scanner autodiscriminates between all of the above sy...

Page 47: ...ut the check digit Decode UPC Only Not EAN If selected this option limits the scanner s capability to UPC versions only It disables EAN decode capability Enable UPC EAN Disable UPC EAN Transmit UPC A...

Page 48: ...ter conversion data follows UPC A format and is affected by UPC A programming selections e g Preamble Check Digit EAN Zero Extend This parameter adds five leading zeros to decoded EAN 8 symbols to mak...

Page 49: ...mental characters won t be decoded If UPC EAN without supplemental characters is selected and the scanner is presented with a UPC EAN plus supplemental symbol the UPC EAN will be decoded and the suppl...

Page 50: ...rs are considered part of the symbol itself The three options are a system character only the country code and system character no preamble The system character is the digit printed to the extreme lef...

Page 51: ...er to operate in its most aggressive state while providing sufficient security in decoding in spec UPC EAN bar codes Security Level 1 As bar code quality levels diminish certain characters become pron...

Page 52: ...81 FN3 0X82 FN4 0X83 This option will be enabled when data format is 8 bits Even if this option is disabled or data format is 7 bits FN1 will still be set as 0X1D unless FN1 is in the first or second...

Page 53: ...s with specified algorithms Transmit CODE 39 Check Digit When enabled CODE 39 Check Digit will be sent to the host Enable Disable Code 39 Full ASCII Enable Code 39 Disable Code 39 Verify Code 39 Check...

Page 54: ...4 20 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide Chapter 4 Programming the LS 1004 Code 93 Enable Disable Code 93 Enable Code 93 Disable Code 93 coverBook Page 20 Monday December 1 1997 2 19 PM...

Page 55: ...er can read any length within 36 characters It is recommended that you set the I 2 of 5 modulus 10 check to enabled when you set both Length 1 and Length 2 to 0 If any default setting is in effect and...

Page 56: ...4 22 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide Chapter 4 Programming the LS 1004 Fixed Lengths for Code 2 of 5 cont d 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CANCEL coverBook Page 22 Monday December 1 1997 2 19 PM...

Page 57: ...ure converts a 14 character I 2 of 5 code into EAN13 and transmits to the host as EAN13 In order to accomplish this the I 2 of 5 code must be enabled one length either LENGTH 1 or LENGTH 2 must be set...

Page 58: ...Length 1 and Length 2 to 0 the scanner can read any length within 36 characters It is recommended that you set the D 2 of 5 modulus 10 check to enabled when you set both Length 1 and Length 2 to 0 If...

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Page 60: ...5th and 10th characters of a 14 character Codabar symbol This symbol length includes start and stop characters NOTIS Editing This option strips the start and stop characters from decoded Codabar symbo...

Page 61: ...than one code type In addition to any single character prefixes already selected the code ID character is appended as a prefix to the decode The code ID characters are ID Character Meaning A UPC A UP...

Page 62: ...the following start of text characters to transmitted data None Start of text STX One user defined prefix can be any ASCII character See the ASCII Character Table in Appendix A for more information P...

Page 63: ...er it displays each decoded symbol Selecting both CR and LF returns the cursor to the same position on successive lines after each decode If you select no control code the cursor remains where it stop...

Page 64: ...4 30 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide Chapter 4 Programming the LS 1004 Prefix Suffix Values 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CANCEL coverBook Page 30 Monday December 1 1997 2 19 PM...

Page 65: ...e is the number of bits of data transmitted per second The unit s baud rate setting should match the data rate setting of the host device If not data may not reach the host device or may reach it in d...

Page 66: ...d number of 1 bits are contained in the coded character If you select EVEN parity the parity bit will have a value 0 or 1 to ensure that and even number of 1 bits are contained in the coded character...

Page 67: ...receiving device for the next character in the serial data stream The number of stop bits one or two selected depends on the number the receiving terminal is programmed to accommodate Set the number...

Page 68: ...vice before data is transmitted If the receiving device is periodically occupied with other tasks hardware handshaking is needed to prevent loss of transmitted data Select whether the scanned data is...

Page 69: ...never a NAK is received the unit retransmits the same data and awaits an ACK NAK response After three unsuccessful attempts to transmit the same data the scanner aborts any further communication attem...

Page 70: ...uct Reference Guide Chapter 4 Programming the LS 1004 transmission error occurs ACK NAK with ENQ This option combines both handshaking options ENQ Only ACK NAK with ENQ coverBook Page 36 Monday Decemb...

Page 71: ...ATE A TRANSMISSION ERROR UNIT ASSERTS REQUEST TO SEND LINE HOST RESPONDS BY ASSERTING CLEAR TO SEND LINE NO YES ACK NAK SWITCH ON NO YES YES YES NO NO 4 LONG BEEPS FINISHED DATA IS TRANSMITTED WAIT FO...

Page 72: ...uts Intercharacter Delay Selecting the intercharacter delay gives the host system time to service its receiver and perform other tasks between characters Select from no delay to a 99 msec delay betwee...

Page 73: ...4 39 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide Chapter 4 Programming the LS 1004 Intercharacter Delay Values cont d 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CANCEL coverBook Page 39 Monday December 1 1997 2 19 PM...

Page 74: ...he low order bit One byte in memory can be used to store one ASCII character CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health A federal agency responsible for regulating laser product safety This agenc...

Page 75: ...s into data representation of the letters or numbers encoded within a bar code symbol DISCRETE SYMBOLOGY A bar code or symbol in which the spaces between characters intercharacter gaps are not part of...

Page 76: ...meric 0 to 9 and START STOP characters may be encoded LASER An acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation The laser is an intense light source Light from a laser is all the sa...

Page 77: ...that uses a checking algorithm to detect encoding errors within the characters of a bar code symbol START STOP CHARACTER A pattern of bars and spaces that provides the scanner with start and stop read...

Page 78: ...CTRL B 026 Z CTRL Z 003 C CTRL C 027 A CTRL 004 D CTRL D 028 B CTRL 005 E CTRL E 029 C CTRL 006 F CTRL F 030 D CTRL 6 007 G CTRL G 031 E CTRL 008 H CTRL H 032 Space Space 009 I CTRL I 033 A 010 J CTR...

Page 79: ...1 1 074 J J 050 2 2 075 K K 051 3 3 076 L L 052 4 4 077 M M 053 5 5 078 N N 054 6 6 079 O O 055 7 7 080 P P 056 8 8 081 Q Q 057 9 9 082 R R 058 Z 083 S S 059 F 084 T T 060 G 085 U U 061 H 086 V V 062...

Page 80: ...39 Encode Char Keystroke 098 B b 113 Q q 099 C c 114 R r 100 D d 115 S s 101 E e 116 T t 102 F f 117 U u 103 G g 118 V v 104 H h 119 W w 105 I i 120 X x 106 J j 121 Y y 107 K k 122 Z z 108 L l 123 P 1...

Page 81: ...T P 291 ALT 270 ALT F 281 ALT Q 292 ALT 271 ALT G 282 ALT R 293 ALT 272 ALT H 283 ALT S 294 ALT 6 273 ALT I 284 ALT T 295 ALT 274 ALT J 285 ALT U Misc Key Keystroke Misc Key Keystroke Misc Key Keystro...

Page 82: ...7 415 PF 15 423 PF 23 408 PF 8 416 PF 16 424 PF 24 F Keys Keystroke F Keys Keystroke F Keys Keystroke 501 F 1 514 F 14 527 F 27 502 F 2 515 F 15 528 F 28 503 F 3 516 F 16 529 F 29 504 F 4 517 F 17 53...

Page 83: ...4 659 Num Lock 646 663 5 660 00 647 664 6 648 0 665 7 Extended Keypad Keystroke Extended Keypad Keystroke Extended Keypad Keystroke 701 Break 708 Backspace 715 Up Arrow 702 Delete 709 Tab 716 Dn Arrow...

Page 84: ...A 4 LS 1000 Product Reference Guide Appendix A Errata Shee 70 19761 01 Rev A November 1997 coverBook Page 4 Monday December 1 1997 2 19 PM...

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