Wasp WCS 3900, Programming Manual

Page 1: ...ner for specific applications These scanners do not require software or drivers to operate The scanner enters data as keyboard data Please review this manual before scanning any of the programming bar codes in this manual Tech Tip If you are unsure of the scanner configuration or have scanned the incorrect codes please scan the default bar code on page 6 This will reset the scanner to its factory ...

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Page 3: ...minator Code ID 12 8 Enable Disable Bar Code Symbologies 13 14 9 Bar Code Symbology Settings 15 27 Code 39 15 Interleaved 2 of 5 and Code 93 16 Code 128 and UCC EAN 128 17 MSI Plessey 18 Codabar 19 UPC A 20 UPC A Supplemental UPC A to EAN 13 21 UPC E 22 UPC E Supplemental 23 EAN 8 24 EAN 8 Supplemental 25 EAN 13 26 EAN 13 Supplemental 27 Appendix A Bar Code Test Symbols 28 30 Appendix B ASCII Tabl...

Page 4: ...graphed digitized and electronically sampled by built in photodetectors The detectors process the measurement of every bar and space using the number of adjacent photodetectors which contrast a black mark and a white space Wasp WCS 3900 Series Scanners are extremely rugged since they have no moving parts WCS 3900 Series Scanners support PC AT XT and PS 2 keyboard interfaces and easily wedge betwee...

Page 5: ...ing and libraries The resolution of a bar code is dependent on the narrowest element of a bar code X dimension and can vary from high density nominally less than 0 009 in 0 23 mm medium density between 0 009 in 0 23 mm and 0 020 in 0 50 mm and low density greater than 0 020 in 0 50 mm Medium and low densities are the most common since these are the easiest to read scan with nearly all scanning dev...

Page 6: ... Scanner 1 Plug the USB of the WCR 3900 3905 Scanner directly into your PC s USB port 1 Turn off your computer 2 Unplug your PC keyboard cable and plug the male end Din 6 of the WCS 3900 3905 Scanner directly into your PC keyboard port Plug your keyboard cable into the other end female Din 6 of the the scanner 3 Turn your computer on ...

Page 7: ...s Please review the Enable Bar Code Symbologies configuration beginning on page 14 to see the list of bar codes symbologies which are enabled by default Tip Use the pre printed Bar Code Test Symbols in Appendix A on pages 28 30 as a test chart to practice scanning Chapter 4 Quick Start KEYBOARD Y CABLE BACK OF PC KEYBOARD MOUSE DO NOT PLUG IN MOUSE PORT KEYBOARD WCS 3900 PS2 Scanner WCS 3905 USB S...

Page 8: ...n will be maintained even if the keyboard power to the WCS 3900 3905 Scanners are removed by turning off your PC In order to configure Wasp WCS 3900 3905 Scanners two basic steps need to be followed 1 Locate the group that contains the options to be changed 2 Scan the bar code representing the option to be changed The scanner will sound two beeps To change Minimum Maximum Length 1 Scan the Minimum...

Page 9: ...to program the Wasp WCS 3900 3905 scanner for the type of host computer Default Keyboard Connection Factory Default Continuous Scan Mode Enable Scan this continuous scan mode barcode to enable continuous scanning This feature allows the scanner to be used with a stand for hands free scanning The trigger is functionless in this mode To turn this mode off scan the default barcode above Continuous Mo...

Page 10: ...will wait before transmitting the next character If data sent by the scanner has incorrect or missing characters a longer intercharacter delay may solve the problem The intercharacter delay should be changed only if the transfer rate cannot be maintained between the scanner and the keyboard buffer of the computer Note The default for the intercharacter delay is set to 140us and is the most common ...

Page 11: ...8 Chapter 5 Beep and Delay 0ms 10ms 50ms 100ms 200ms 140us 500us 1ms 4ms 16ms 500ms Interblock Delay Intercharacter Delay Default ...

Page 12: ...If the scanning performance is poor or cannot scan or the scanner cannot output the upper lower case characters correctly try to select one of the next two choices instead of auto tracing Caps Lock Off When the keyboard is in the unshifted state Caps Lock is not pressed select Lower Case Caps Lock On When the keyboard is in the shifted state Caps Lock is on select Upper Case Caps Lock On Caps Lock...

Page 13: ...10 Chapter 5 Keyboard Language U S German French Spanish Italian The Keyboard Language setting controls the key codes for your keyboard s language Default ...

Page 14: ...ar Pre Postamble bar code on this page 2 Scan the Preamble or Postamble bar code 3 Use Appendix B on pages 31 34 to locate the characters you want to add as preamble or postamble characters Make sure that you scan the bar code associated with each letter before preceding to the next character For example to add the letter A scan the bar code corresponding to the letter A on page 33 The letter A wi...

Page 15: ...None Code ID Code ID On Code ID Off LF CR LF Tab Space ESC The Terminator option is used to specify the end of text message and is primarily used to denote the end of the bar code value The Code ID option sends a specific value when a particular bar code symbology is scanned For example if Code ID is enabled and Code 39 is scanned an M will appear in the data stream in front of the bar code value ...

Page 16: ... Chapter 5 Enable Disable Bar Code Symbologies Default Enable Disable Enable All MSI Plessey Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 128 Codabar Code 39 Disable All MSI Plessey Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 128 Codabar Code 39 ...

Page 17: ...14 Chapter 5 Enable Disable Bar Code Symbologies Default Enable Disable UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 Code 93 UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 13 Code 93 ...

Page 18: ...bology in industrial bar code systems today It is extensively used within the Department of Defense DOD The principal feature is to encode messages using the full alphanumeric character set Standard Code 39 contains only 43 characters 0 9 A Z SPACE and can be extended to a 128 character symbology full ASCII by combining one of the special characters S with a letter A Z to form the characters that ...

Page 19: ... used in industrial and master carton labeling and also in the automobile industry The symbology uses bars to represent the first digit of a pair and the interleaved white spaces to represent the second digit of a character pair See page 5 for information on setting the minimum and maximum lengths Default Code 93 encodes the full 128 ASCII character set using 9 modules arranged into 3 bars with ad...

Page 20: ...mum and maximum lengths To Define UCC EAN 128 Group Separator 1 Scan Define UCC EAN 128 Group Separator 2 Scan ASCII code from pages 31 34 3 Scan Define UCC EAN 128 Group Separator Note Default Group Separator is GS Default Enable Code 128 Disable Code 128 Minimum Length 5 Maximum Length 48 UCC EAN 128 Enable UCC EAN 128 Code ID Enable UCC EAN 128 Disable UCC EAN 128 Code ID Disable Function 1 Cha...

Page 21: ...ars with intervening spaces for each encoded digit one or two symbol check digits and a reverse start code See page 5 for information on setting the minimum and maximum lengths Enable Check Digit Verify And Send Check Digit Double MOD 10 Check Digit Single MOD 10 Disable Check Digit Verify And Do Not Send Check Digit Double 11 Plus MOD 10 Minimum Length 6 Maximum Length 48 ...

Page 22: ...l used in some library applications It should not be considered for new applications except under unusual circumstances See page 5 for information on setting the minimum and maximum lengths Chapter 5 Codabar Settings Codabar Enable Send Start Stop Check Digit Do Not Verify Check Digit Verify And Do Not Send Codabar Disable Do Not Send Start Stop Check Digit Verify And Send Minimum Length 6 Maximum...

Page 23: ... encodes a 12 digit number The first six digits are assigned from the Uniform Code Council UCC The next five digits are assigned by the manufacturer and the final digit is a modulo 10 check digit The nominal height for the UPC A bar code is one inch The reduced size is 80 of the nominal size UPC A Enable Send Leading Digit Send Check Digit UPC A Disable Do Not Send Leading Digit Do Not Send Check ...

Page 24: ...ies Chapter 5 UPC A Supplement Settings UPC A to EAN 13 5 Digit Supplement Enable 2 Digit Supplement Enable Transmit if Present 5 Digit Supplement Disable This option expands the UPC A bar code to EAN 13 UPC A to EAN 13 Enable UPC A to EAN 13 Disable 2 Digit Supplement Disable Must Be Present Default ...

Page 25: ...e UPC A symbols that have been zero suppressed i e consecutive zeros are not included in the symbol The printed value of the UPC E code is a twelve digit code The nominal height for the UPC E bar code is one inch The reduced size is 80 of the nominal size UPC E Enable Send Leading Digit Send Check Digit UPC E Disable Do Not Send Leading Digit Do Not Send Check Digit Expand to UPC A On Expand to UP...

Page 26: ...it supplements for the UPC and EAN JAN bar code symbologies Chapter 5 UPC E Supplement Settings 5 Digit Supplement Enable 2 Digit Supplement Enable Transmit if Present 5 Digit Supplement Disable 2 Digit Supplement Disable Must Be Present Default ...

Page 27: ... to the UPC E code but includes two more digits for the country code The nominal height for the EAN JAN 8 bar code is one inch The reduced size is 80 of the nominal size EAN 8 Enable Send Leading Digit Send Check Digit EAN 8 Disable Do Not Send Leading Digit Do Not Send Check Digit ...

Page 28: ...it supplements for the UPC and EAN JAN bar code symbologies Chapter 5 EAN 8 Supplement Settings 5 Digit Supplement Enable 2 Digit Supplement Enable Transmit if Present 5 Digit Supplement Disable 2 Digit Supplement Disable Must Be Present Default ...

Page 29: ...s similar to the UPC A symbology but encodes a 13th digit The nominal height for the EAN JAN 8 bar code is one inch The reduced size is 80 of the nominal size EAN 13 Enable Send Leading Digit Send Check Digit EAN 13 Disable Do Not Send Leading Digit Do Not Send Check Digit ISBN Enable ISSN Enable ISBN Disable ISSN Disable ...

Page 30: ...t supplements for the UPC and EAN JAN bar code symbologies Chapter 5 EAN 13 Supplement Settings 5 Digit Supplement Enable 2 Digit Supplement Enable Transmit if Present 5 Digit Supplement Disable 2 Digit Supplement Disable Must Be Present Default ...

Page 31: ...rleaved 2 of 5 Codabar Code 128 MSI Plessey Code 93 Note Make sure that the appropriate bar code symbology is configured properly and enabled before trying to scan Use the Bar Code Symbologies configuration beginning on page 18 to enable specific symbologies ...

Page 32: ...29 Appendix A Bar Code Test Symbols UPC A UPC E UPC E w 5 digit supplement UPC E w 2 digit supplement UPC A w 2 digit supplement UPC A w 5 digit supplement Default ...

Page 33: ...30 Appendix A Bar Code Test Symbols EAN JAN 8 EAN JAN 8 w 5 digit supplement EAN JAN 8 w 2 digit supplement EAN JAN 13 EAN JAN 13 w 2 digit supplement EAN JAN 13 w 5 digit supplement Default ...

Page 34: ...add preamble and postamble characters to your bar code value Please refer to the appropriate configuration section for the number of characters that can be configured SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK CAN SUB FS SYN EM ESC GS ETB ...

Page 35: ...32 Appendix B ASCII Table ASCII Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SP RS US ...

Page 36: ...33 Appendix B ASCii Table H ASCII Character I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W B C D E F G A X Y _ Z ...

Page 37: ...34 Appendix B ASCII Table x y z DEL n o p q r s t u v w ASCII Character a c e g i k m b d f h j l ...

Page 38: ...35 Appendix C Function Code for PC F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Cursor Right Cursor Left Cursor Up Cursor Down Page Up Page Down Tab Back Tab Esc Enter End Ins Home Back Space Del ...

Page 39: ... Voltage 5 VDC 5 Current Consumption Decoded Standby 30 mA Working 95 mA Output WCS 3900 Keyboard WCS 3905 USB MECHANICAL Dimensions L7 40 x W3 62 xH1 06 Weight 125 g without cable Cable 6 ft Housing ABS ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temperature 0 C to 50 C Storage Temperature 20 C to 60 C Relative Humidity 20 to 80 non condensing Safety Certification Conforms FCC Class A and CE requirements Appendix D ...

Page 40: ...epair of a product is your exclusive remedy Any other implied warranty of merchantability or fitness is limited to the duration of this written warranty Some states provinces and countries do not allow limits on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitation may not apply to you In no event shall Wasp Technologies be liable for consequential damages Some states provinces and countries ...

Page 41: ... do I change the terminator to a Tab A Scan the Tab bar code on page 12 Q How do I remove the terminator A Scan the None bar code on page 12 Q How do I enable the Full ASCII character set for the Code 39 bar code symbology A Scan the following Enable Code 39 Full ASCII bar code on page 15 Frequently Asked Questions ...