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©Baracoda 

RoadRunners Evolution 

Programming Guide

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Baracoda 

TM

 – November 2010 

RoadRunners Evolution –L (1D) & -LA (Laser)

 

Programming Guide 

Data Capture 

for Workforce 

in Motion 

 

 

LA (Laser) 

Summary of Contents for BLUETOOTH L (1D)

Page 1: ... Baracoda RoadRunners Evolution Programming Guide Baracoda TM November 2010 RoadRunners Evolution L 1D LA Laser Programming Guide Data Capture for Workforce in Motion LA Laser ...

Page 2: ...18 1 7 4 RF POWER EMISSION SETTINGS 18 1 8 DATA FORMAT 19 1 8 1 TIMESTAMP OPTION 19 1 8 2 DATA PREFIX SUFFIX 21 1 8 3 BARCODE PREFIX SUFFIX 22 1 8 4 AIM SYMBOLOGY IDENTIFIER 23 2 DECODER PARAMETERS 24 2 1 DECODER DEFAULT SETTINGS 24 2 2 ENABLE DISABLE ALL SYMBOLOGIES 24 2 3 SET DECODER BARCODE LENGTH 24 2 4 VOTING 25 2 5 MIN MAX LENGTH PER SYMBOLOGY 26 2 5 1 SYMBOLOGY TABLE 27 2 6 CODABAR SETTINGS...

Page 3: ...5 CHECK DIGIT 37 2 13 3 SET LENGTHS FOR STANDARD 2 OF 5 38 2 14 UPC EAN SETTINGS 38 2 14 1 ENABLE DISABLE UPC EAN 38 2 14 2 TRANSMIT EAN13 CHECK DIGIT 39 2 14 3 TRANSMIT UPC E CHECK DIGIT 39 2 14 4 TRANSMIT EAN 8 CHECK DIGIT 39 2 14 5 TRANSMIT UPC A CHECK DIGIT 39 2 14 6 TRANSMIT UPC NUMBER SYSTEM FOR UPC E 40 2 14 7 UPC A UPC E EAN CONVERSIONS 40 2 14 8 ISSN ISBN SETTINGS 41 2 14 9 ADD ON DIGITS ...

Page 4: ...h section add The different connection method section 1 2 11 Sept 08 Add Smart Autoscan option 1 3 02 July 09 Modify Operating Mode section Add buffered data section 1 4 25 Nov 09 Correct EAN UPC 5 digit add ons active barcode 1 6 10 feb 10 Precision on No duplicate scan feature 1 7 7 July 10 Modify Define GS replacement character barcode 1 8 28 Nov 10 1 3 Add Manual AutoScan 1 5 Complete Master M...

Page 5: ...lightening of the led It will give two other beeps lower tone and a red enlightening of the led for either an invalid or bad reading Please do not read the programming barcodes while being connected to the BaracodaManager software Programmable options are divided into 2 groups The first group includes the options that show the general behaviour of the scanner The second group sets the decoding par...

Page 6: ...1 8 6 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion 1 General Configuration 1 1 General default settings The reading of the Reset to factory settings label turns all the parameters of the scanner back to default settings and switches it off Reset to factory settings ...

Page 7: ... are two different shutdown timers When connected timer delay between the last scanned barcode and the switch off when the scanner is connected to a host Not connected timer delay between the last scanned barcode and the switch off when the scanner is not connected to any host It is possible to set those timers to infinite In this case the scanner will stay all the time ON Set shutdown timers to i...

Page 8: ...s mode Baracoda has developed a proprietary communication protocol in order to enhance the security of the Bluetooth transmission Every barcode sent to the host must be acknowledged by the host until then the scanner will transmit it again and again This acknowledgment is disabled in default settings It is strongly recommended to set this protocol acknowledgment on when using the scanner with the ...

Page 9: ...the second time will activate the decoder thus allowing the scanner to actually decode the barcode Aiming Trigger Mode In Autoscan mode the scan beam is continuously on This mode enables to scan continuously Autoscan In Smart Autoscan mode for a battery power consumption optimisation issue the scanner will be continuously flashing Smart Autoscan Manual Autoscan mode Scanner behavior when this capt...

Page 10: ...t want to scan twice the same barcode consecutively no duplicate scans disabled no duplicate scans enabled error signal If the same barcode is scanned an error signal is played two beeps lower tone and a red enlightening of the led no duplicate scans enabled no decoding If the same barcode is trying to be scanned it won t be The laser beam will still be enlightening ...

Page 11: ...rcode has been successfully transmitted to the host Batch mode Barcodes are always stored in the scanner Once the batch mode is selected the BCL led right emits an orange flash In batch mode the barcode can read up to 10 000 barcodes UPC format and store them into its non volatile memory for later transmission to the host When the internal memory is full both Leds will be full orange no blinking T...

Page 12: ...ld have been previously set in the No data loss mode ON So scan the Enable Real Time with No Data Loss mode barcode before Enable ACK beep 1 4 3 No Data Loss mode Disable ACK beep Forces the scanner in Real Time mode without data acknowledgement Erases all captured data stored in memory The scanner should have been previously set in the No data loss mode ON So scan the Enable Real Time with No Dat...

Page 13: ...nts to upload its data Following this the host will launch the upload process and grab the batch data If the host application has received all the expected data it will acknowledge the upload to the scanner which will erase the data from its memory If not the host application will send a negative acknowledgment message to the scanner which will keep the data in memory ready to retry an upload If t...

Page 14: ...racoda Master Connection Generator software for PC All usage mode Real Time No Data Loss Batch are obviously available on those two different ways of connection The configuration of the Host Bluetooth address BDA is made by scanning the 0 9 a f A F labels Appendix 1 as on a calculator following the timestamp format shown above For example to set the following BDA 00 c3 EF 44 a2 B9 the user will sc...

Page 15: ...ture for Workforce in Motion 1 6 Buzzer and Led Settings You can use these options to enable or disable the buzzer and or the Led LED ON LED OFF Good read beep on Good read beep off ACK beep on ACK beep off Beep level volume HIGH Beep level Volume LOW BUZZER ON BUZZER OFF ...

Page 16: ... 8 16 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion 1 7 Bluetooth settings 1 7 1 Bluetooth name You can change the scanner Bluetooth name name that you see during a search of Bluetooth peripheral Programming procedure for Set Bluetooth Name Set BT Name End of config ...

Page 17: ...apture for Workforce in Motion 1 7 2 Sniff period settings Change the Sniff period If the higher is the latency and the smaller is the power consumption Default value is 150ms Sniff period 150ms Sniff period 100ms Sniff period 200ms Sniff period 300ms Sniff period 500ms ...

Page 18: ...th device will not accept connections with devices that do not have a security code Disable BT security code Enable BT security code 1 7 4 RF Power emission settings For regulation purposes some countries may limit the RF power emission to 10dBm Class2 device Set device to Class1 power emission 20dBm Limit device to Class2 power emission 10dBm ...

Page 19: ...barcode or RFID Data suffix 12 chars Max 32 chars Max 32 chars Barcode Data If data type is barcode it comes with this data frame format Barcode prefix Barcode Barcode suffix Max 32 chars Max 32 chars Barcode Depending on the barcode type symbology additional data can be added Symbology prefix AIM identifier Data barcode Symbology suffix Max 4 chars 0 2 or 3 chars Max 4 chars 1 8 1 Timestamp optio...

Page 20: ...ulator following the timestamp format shown above For example to set the current time at 16th May 2007 3 25 pm the user will scan Set Timestamp label 0 label 7 label 0 label 5 label 1 label 6 label 1 label 5 label 2 label 5 label 0 label 0 label end of config label Read Set Timestamp label START Read intermediary label Corresponding to the next digit to set for the Timestamp from Appendix 1 Finish...

Page 21: ... to the host device There is no data prefix or suffix in default settings Enable data prefix Disable data prefix Enable data suffix Disable data suffix If enabled a data prefix suffix can be set as following Start Read set prefix suffix barcode Read intermediary label corresponding to the next character to set for the prefix suffix see appendix 1 Read end of config barcode End Finished YES NO Proc...

Page 22: ...or suffix strings of more than 32 characters will not be accepted to every barcode sent to the host device There is no barcode prefix or suffix in default settings Enable barcode prefix Disable barcode prefix Enable barcode suffix Disable barcode suffix If enabled a Barcode prefix suffix can be set in the same manner as the Data prefix suffix can be set Set Barcode prefix Set Barcode suffix End of...

Page 23: ...ture for Workforce in Motion 1 8 4 AIM Symbology Identifier AIM Identifier will be transmitted at the beginning of the barcode More information about the AIM Identifier is available in Appendix2 AIM Symbology identifier not transmitted AIM Symbology identifier transmitted ...

Page 24: ...s Set Decoder Default Settings 2 2 Enable Disable All Symbologies Even if all symbologies are disabled the scanner will always be able to read the programming barcodes of this document Disable all symbologies Enable all symbologies 2 3 Set decoder barcode length You can set a fixed length for the barcode decoding The scanner will only decode barcodes of this length regardless the barcode symbology...

Page 25: ...in Motion Set barcode length END of config 2 4 Voting Standard voting set is two 2 This means that a barcode is considered read by the decoder if the same data is decoded twice Changing this parameter will enable a stronger security on the decoding of the barcode Voting 2 Voting 3 Voting 4 ...

Page 26: ...on 2 5 Min Max length per symbology The following is a procedure to follow for every barcode symbology The decoder offers the possibility to limit the reading of a barcode to a minimum and a maximum length if it is fo one given symbology type Start set min length Start Set Max length End of config ...

Page 27: ...ble Header Selected Symbology SELECT ALL Code 93 Code 128 EAN 128 Code 39 Codabar Interleaved 2 of 5 Standard 2 of 5 industrial 2 of 5 Code 11 MSI Only the variable length symbologies appear 2 6 Codabar settings 2 6 1 Enable Disable Codabar To enable or disable Codabar scan the appropriate barcode below Disable Enable ...

Page 28: ...ure for Workforce in Motion 2 6 2 Codabar Start Stop characters Not transmitted Transmitted 2 6 3 Codabar Check Digit Verification AIM recommendation Not used Checked and transmitted Checked but not transmitted 2 6 4 Set Lengths for Codabar Any length Barcode length Min 6 ...

Page 29: ...below Code 11 not active Code 11 active 2 7 2 Code 11 check digit s verification 1 digit 2 digits 2 7 3 Transmit Code 11 check digit s This feature selects whether or not to transmit the Code 11 check digit s Check and transmitted Enable Check but not transmitted Disable 2 7 4 Set Length for Code 11 This features check the length of the barcode Code 11 barcode length any length Code 11 barcode len...

Page 30: ... Code 39 To enable or disable Code 39 scan the appropriate barcode below Enable Disable 2 8 2 Enable Disable Code 39 Full ASCII Code 39 format standard 43 characters Code 39 format full ASCII 2 8 3 Code 39 Start stop characters Code 39 start stop not transmitted Code 39 start stop transmitted V T V T F N C 4 N U L E O T E D S O H A F F F F ...

Page 31: ...rt stop accepted characters only Trioptic Code 39 Code 39 start stop accepted characters and standard and Trioptic Code 39 2 8 5 Code 39 Check Digit Verification Code 39 check digit not used Code 39 check digit modulo 43 checked and transmitted Code 39 check digit modulo 43 checked but not transmitted 2 8 6 Set lengths for Code 39 Code 39 barcode length any length Code 39 barcode length minimum le...

Page 32: ...Italian Pharmacode not active Code 39 Italian Pharmacode active Code 39 Italian Pharmacode Enable A character transmission Code 39 Italian Pharmacode Disable A character transmission 2 9 Code 93 Settings 2 9 1 Enable Disable Code 93 To enable or disable Code 93 scan the appropriate barcode below Code 93 not active Code 93 active 2 9 2 Set Lengths for Code 93 Code 93 barcode length any length Code ...

Page 33: ...in Motion 2 10 Code 128 Settings 2 10 1 Enable Disable Code 128 EAN 128 To enable or disable Code 128 EAN 128 scan the appropriate barcode below Disable Enable 2 10 2 Set lengths for Code 128 EAN 128 Code 128 EAN 128 barcode length any length Code 128 EAN 128 barcode length minimum length 6 ...

Page 34: ... EAN128 code is transmitted by default as GS Group Separator 0x1D Enable GS transmission Disable GS Transmission There is also the possibility to replace this character by any other of the user s choice End of configuration The most common request to replace GS by the pipe can be done through the scan of Define as GS Define GS Replacement Character ...

Page 35: ...sion for EAN128 Disable AIM ID transmission for EAN128 2 11 Interleaved 2 of 5 Settings 2 11 1 Enable Disable Interleaved 2 of 5 To enable or disable Interleaved 2 of 5 scan the appropriate barcode below Interleaved 2 of 5 not active Interleaved 2 of 5 active 2 11 2 Interleaved 2of 5 Check Digit Interleaved 2 of 5 check digit not used Interleaved 2 of 5 check digit mod 10 checked and transmitted I...

Page 36: ...length any length 2 12 MSI Code Settings 2 12 1 Enable Disable MSI To enable or disable MSI code scan the appropriate barcode below MSI Code not active MSI Code active 2 12 2 MSI Check Digit MSI Code check digit mod 10 checked and transmitted MSI Code check digit mod 10 checked but not transmitted MSI Code check digit double mod 10 checked and transmitted MSI Code check digit double mod 10 checked...

Page 37: ...h 6 2 13 Standard 2 of 5 Settings 2 13 1 Enable Disable Standard 2 of 5 To enable or disable Standard 2 of 5 code scan the appropriate barcode below Standard 2 of 5 not active Standard 2 of 5 active 2 13 2 Standard 2 of 5 Check Digit Standard 2 of 5 check digit mod 10 not used Standard 2 of 5 check digit mod 10 checked and transmitted Standard 2 of 5 check digit mod 10 checked but not transmitted ...

Page 38: ... 13 3 Set lengths for Standard 2 of 5 Standard 2 of 5 barcode length any length Standard 2 of 5 barcode length minimum length 6 2 14 UPC EAN Settings 2 14 1 Enable Disable UPC EAN UPC EAN active UPC EAN not active UPC EAN UPC A and EAN 13 deactivated UPC EAN UPC E deactivated UPC EAN EAN 8 deactivated ...

Page 39: ...eck digit UPC A EAN 13 not transmitted 2 14 3 Transmit UPC E Check Digit UPC EAN check digit UPC E transmitted UPC EAN check digit UPC E not transmitted 2 14 4 Transmit EAN 8 Check Digit UPC EAN check digit EAN 8 transmitted UPC EAN check digit EAN 8 not transmitted 2 14 5 Transmit UPC A Check Digit UPC EAN UPC number system UPC A transmitted UPC EAN UPC number system UPC A not transmitted ...

Page 40: ...tted 2 14 7 UPC A UPC E EAN conversions UPC EAN re encoding UPC A UPC E EAN 8 UPC A transmitted as EAN 13 UPC EAN re encoding UPC A UPC E EAN 8 UPC A transmitted as UPC A UPC EAN re encoding UPC A UPC E EAN 8 UPC E transmitted as UPC E UPC EAN re encoding UPC A UPC E EAN 8 UPC E transmitted as UPC A UPC EAN re encoding UPC A UPC E EAN 8 EAN 8 transmitted as EAN 8 UPC EAN re encoding UPC A UPC E EA...

Page 41: ...mitted UPC EAN ISSN ISBN ISSN hyphen transmitted ISSN ISBN ISSN price code not transmitted UPC EAN ISSN ISBN ISSN price code transmitted on digits settings UPC EAN Add on digits 2 digit add ons not active UPC EAN Add on digits 2 digit add ons active UPC EAN Add on digits 5 digit add ons not active UPC EAN Add on digits 5 digit add ons active Add on digits not required but transmitted if read UPC E...

Page 42: ...ot active 2 15 2 GS1 DataBar 14 Check Digit Transmission GS1 DataBar 14 check digit transmitted GS1 DataBar 14 check digit not transmitted 2 15 3 GS1 DataBar 14 Linkage flag Transmission GS1 DataBar 14 Linkage Flag not transmitted GS1 DataBar 14 Linkage Flag transmitted 2 15 4 GS1 DataBar 14 Application ID Transmission GS1 DataBar 14 Application ID transmitted GS1 DataBar 14 Application ID not tra...

Page 43: ...16 2 GS1 DataBar Limited Check Digit Transmission GS1 DataBar Limited check digit transmitted GS1 DataBar Limited check digit not transmitted 2 16 3 GS1 DataBar Limited Linkage flag Transmission GS1 DataBar Limited Linkage Flag not transmitted GS1 DataBar Limited Linkage Flag transmitted 2 16 4 GS1 DataBar Limited Application ID Transmission GS1 DataBar Limited Application ID transmitted GS1 DataB...

Page 44: ...amming Guide v1 8 44 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion 3 APPENDIX 1 ASCII Table A Z a z 0 9 punctuation Control characters Capital letters A Z Name Programming label Name Programming label A N B O C P D Q E R F S G T H U I V J W K X L Y M Z ...

Page 45: ...nners Evolution L 1D LA Laser Programming Guide v1 8 45 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion Small letters a z Name Programming label Name Programming label a n b o c p d q e r f s g t h u i v j w k x l Y m z ...

Page 46: ...RoadRunners Evolution L 1D LA Laser Programming Guide v1 8 46 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion Ponctuation Name Programming label Name Programming label Space _ L F L F L F L F ...

Page 47: ...RoadRunners Evolution L 1D LA Laser Programming Guide v1 8 47 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion Decimal numbers 0 9 Name Programming label 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Page 48: ...RoadRunners Evolution L 1D LA Laser Programming Guide v1 8 48 Data Capture for Workforce in Motion Control Characters Name Programming label CR EOT ETX LF NUL SOH STX TAB ...

Page 49: ...de data Modifier Characters The modifier character is determined by summing the option values of each symbology If the sum is greater than 9 use A B C D E F in the place of 10 11 12 13 14 and 15 Code 39 Option Values 0 No check character or Full ASCII 1 Reader has performed mod 43 check 2 Reader has performed mod 43 check and stripped the check character 4 Reader has performed Full ASCII conversio...

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