PSC LazerData Series 9000E Specifications

INSTALLATION ANDOPERATION MANUALLazerData Series 9000EBARCODE SCANNER/DECODER

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SERIES 9000EAPPENDIX-2Decoder - A microprocessor based device that accepts adigital input signal from a scanner, decodes that signal, andtransmits the

APPENDIXAPPENDIX-3Photodetector - A semiconductor device who's outputchanges in proportion to the amount of light striking itssensing surface.Qui

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INTRODUCTION2-1SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONThe LazerData Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder offers scanning anddecoding functions in a single package measuring only 2

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder2-2Decoding CapabilityC11, C39, C93, C128, C49 (2 rownumeric only), Codabar, UPCE*,UPCA*, EAN8*, EAN13*, I2/5, Binary,AS10

INTRODUCTION2-3PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONThe LazerData Series 9000E bar code scanner/decoder uses a lightbeam generated by a laser diode light source to

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INSTALLATION3-1INTRODUCTIONThe LazerData Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder is designed for easyinstallation in many diverse applications and, because of it

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder3-2Inspect all items received for any visible damage that may have beenincurred during shipping. Of particular interest i

INSTALLATION3-3DimensionsFigure 3-1

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder3-4POWER REQUIREMENTSThe Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder is powered from a multiple-voltageDC power source. Voltages require

INSTALLATION3-5MOUNTING ORIENTATIONOptimum operation of the bar code scanner demands proper orientationof the scanner relative to the bar code label i

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Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder3-6Operating Distance and Beam Sweep Width of Various Bar SizesFigure 3-3

INSTALLATION3-7In addition to being the correct distance from the scanner, the scan linemust pass through the entire code symbol including the quiet z

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder3-8Beam Sweeps Over CodeFigure 3-5

INSTALLATION3-9RASTERSome models of the Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder are supplied with araster scan option. Not only does the beam scan horizontally b

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SIGNAL INTERFACES4-1INTRODUCTIONAll interface signals are contained on three D-type subminiatureconnectors at the rear of the scanner housing. Connec

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder4-21 N/C No Connection2 TXD Transmit Data Out3 RXD Receive Data In4 N/C No Connection5 GND Common Ground6 N/C No Connectio

SIGNAL INTERFACES4-3communications, a 50-ft. maximum cable length is suggested. WithRS-422 or RS-485 communications, cable lengths up to 500 feet can

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder4-4Pin 5 COMMON GROUND - Ground terminal common to all signallines.Pin 6 DATA TERMINAL READY - A signal sent from the Seri

SIGNAL INTERFACES4-5Pin 2 TRANSMIT DATA (+) - Positive connection for data transmittedfrom the Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder to the Host Computer. Tran

INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONMANUALLazerData Series 9000EBARCODE SCANNER/DECODERPart No. 7902033Revision EAugust 1997

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder4-6I/O PORTThis port is designed to provide status output pulses and accept inputsignals for gating and push button compar

SIGNAL INTERFACES4-7PIN NAME DESCRIPTION DIRECTION1-12VDC-12VDC PowerInput/Output2 GND Common Ground3 GC Good Compare Output4 NC No Compare Output5 Re

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder4-8Pin 4 NO COMPARE - User-programmable TTL level output pulse foreach code read that does not compare with a compare buff

SIGNAL INTERFACES4-9Pin 15 5 VDC input/output - Alternate input power connection to Series9000E Scanner/Decoder. 5 VDC+5% @ 860 mA required. 5VDC av

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder4-10POWER CONNECTORThe Power Connector is used to supply input power to Series 9000EScanner/Decoder. Terminal locations a

SIGNAL INTERFACES4-11MATING CONNECTORSMating connectors are available from LazerData for all connectors usedon the Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder. They

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LOCAL FORMATTING5-1INTRODUCTIONThe LazerData Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder is capable ofbeing configured with a computer terminal or a compute

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-2STARTUP/SHOW BAR CODESPurpose of Screen:Indicates that power is on and the system is ready to read bar codes. Displays

LOCAL FORMATTING5-3there is no bar code label in front of the scanner, or the gate is notenabled the terminal will remain blank.Operator Actions:1. To

FOREWORDThe purpose of this manual is to provide sufficient information and datato install, program, operate, and maintain the LazerData Series 9000EB

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-4TERMINAL SELECTIONPurpose of Screen:Indicates the start of the Configuration Mode.Displays the current scanner software

LOCAL FORMATTING5-5Select the appropriate terminal type by typing in the correspondingnumber. Press ENTER to confirm selection and move to the MAINMEN

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-6MAIN MENUPurpose of Screen:This screen allows you to access eight setup and configuration screens.Field Descriptions:Me

LOCAL FORMATTING5-7Type the number of the selection you wish to make. The screen for theselection you make will be displayed.PAGE 1 - GATE PARAMETERS

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-8LASER MODE OF OPERATIONChoices are:CONTINUOUS - The 9000E Scanner/Decoder reads, decodesand transmits continuously. Da

LOCAL FORMATTING5-9specified as a character or string of characters. Any two character stringcan be specified but normally ASCII control characters a

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-10MASTER/SLAVE MODE - This option will send a multiplexor openmessage, scanner label data and then a multiplexor close m

LOCAL FORMATTING5-118. With the cursor on the GATE TIMEOUT VALUE line, enter thedesired value in milliseconds.9. With the cursor on the COMPARE MODE l

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-12PAGE 2 - FIELD DEFINITION SUMMARYPurpose of Screen:Displays a summary of how each previously entered field is defined.

LOCAL FORMATTING5-13type/length combinations (i.e., ten types of code each with theirown number of characters). More than one field turned onmeans th

TABLE OF CONTENTSi11 Read This FirstIntroduction 1-1FCC Class A Statement 1-1NCDRH Compliance Statement 1-1Safety Precautions 1-3Optical Safety 1-3El

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-14PAGE 2 - LEVEL 2 FIELD DEFINITIONPurpose of Screen:Allows the user to edit existing entries and insert new entries as

LOCAL FORMATTING5-15can be a literal string such as GR, a formatted data string or acombination of the two. See Data Formatting Codes page 5-17.HOST

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-16Operator Actions:1. With the cursor at the first CODE TYPE line, use the DOWNARROW key to select the desired line. Pr

LOCAL FORMATTING5-17Data formatting information is always bracketed by % and controls howthe bar code data is transmitted. Data formatting informatio

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-18%DL6% "012345"%DM2,6% "12345"%DZR11% "00012345678"%DSL11% "012345678__"(the la

LOCAL FORMATTING5-19Allows the user to format the data string which is sent from Series 9000EBar Code Scanner/Decoder to the host computer when a bar

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-20Field Descriptions:COM HARDWARE PROTOCOL - Allows choice of one of threehardware protocols: RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 2 w

LOCAL FORMATTING5-21TRANSMIT ON ALL NOREADS - User can determine whether a datatransmission will (YES) or will not (NO) be made when a No Readconditi

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-22FIELD DELIMITER STRING - When data for more than one bar code issent during a single transmission, a character or stri

LOCAL FORMATTING5-238. With the cursor set to the ECHO/PASS-THROUGH line pressSPACE to step through the choices. When the desired choice isdisplayed

TABLE OF CONTENTSii55 Local FormattingIntroduction 5-1Startup 5-2Terminal Selection 5-4Main Menu 5-6Gate Parameters 5-7Field Definition Summary 5-12F

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-2417. With the cursor positioned on the SCANNER ID STRING line typein the character string used to identify the scanner.

LOCAL FORMATTING5-25PAGE 4 - LOCAL PORT FORMATTINGPurpose of Screen:Allows the user to set the data transfer parameters for the Local Port.Allows the

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-26COM DATA BITS - The number of data bits per character can be 7 or 8.COM STOP BITS - The number of stop bits per charac

LOCAL FORMATTING5-27END OF MESSAGE STRING - User may select a string of characters tosignify the end of each data transmission. Default string is <

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-283. With the cursor set to the DATA BITS line press SPACE to stepthrough the choices. When the desired choice is displ

LOCAL FORMATTING5-2913. With the cursor positioned on the END OF MESSAGE STRINGLine type in the message end string. Press ENTER to select newstring a

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-30PAGE 5 - OUTPUT PULSE CONFIGURATIONPurpose of Screen:This screen enables the user to select output pulse duration’s fo

LOCAL FORMATTING5-31GOOD COMPARE - The duration of the output pulse that occurs on aGood Compare condition can be programmed. Values up to 9999millis

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-32If NO is selected the output of scanner will be one of the following:bar code GC text GR pulse GC pulsebar code NC tex

LOCAL FORMATTING5-338. With the cursor positioned at the end of the TRANSMITNOCOMPARE ON NOREAD line use SPACE to display thechoices; YES or NO. When

READ THIS FIRST1-1INTRODUCTIONThis section contains vital information necessary for proper installation,operation and maintenance of the LazerData Ser

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-34PAGE 6 - SAVE DATA BASE CONFIGURATIONPurpose of Screen:This screen enables the user to save a new configuration or loa

LOCAL FORMATTING5-351. With the cursor positioned at the end of the SAVE CURRENTCONFIGURATION line use the SPACE key to toggle between thechoices, Yes

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-36PAGE 7 - LD9000E DIAGNOSTICSPurpose of Screen:Allows the user to access information about the bar code labels beingrea

LOCAL FORMATTING5-37SYNC COUNTS- Will output to the screen the number of Sync Countsper second that have occurred. Only displayed when in theCONTINUO

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-38PAGE 8 - COMPARE STRING - SUMMARYPurpose of Screen:Allows the user to define compare values for bar code types previou

LOCAL FORMATTING5-39ENTER LINE NUMBER TO EDIT - Allows the user to select the field tobe changed.Operator Actions:1. Type D to delete a selected fie

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder5-40PAGE 8 - LEVEL 2 COMARE STRING - DETAILPurpose of Screen:Allows the user to enter the string that will be used for com

LOCAL FORMATTING5-41CAUTION: Blank spaces are not visible at end of strings. If thereare any blank spaces they will be interpretted as part ofthe str

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HOST PROGRAMMING6-1INTRODUCTIONIn addition to having the capability of being programmed by a terminalconnected to the Local Port, the Series 9000E Bar

Series 9000E Scanner/Decoder1-2NOTE: A ^L (Control L) sent to the Local or Host Port of the Series9000E Scanner/Decoder will turn the Laser Beam on or

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-2PROGRAMMINGHost commands are accessed via the host port of the Series 9000E BarCode Scanner/Decoder . A commu

HOST PROGRAMMING6-3COMMANDSFollowing is a list of commands and their functions.COMMAND FUNCTIONMODECONT Continuous Read modeMODEDCB Data Change buffer

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-4HSTARTCHR xx Host Start Character (open)HSTOPCHR xx Host Stop Character (close)Example: >:HSTARTCHR CTLO&l

HOST PROGRAMMING6-5COMMAND FUNCTIONCMP1 xxx Compare String field oneCMP2 xxx Compare String field two...CMP20 xxx Compare String field twentyCCB Clear

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-6COMMAND FUNCTIONHB300 Host port Baud Rate 300HB600 Host port Baud Rate 600HB1200 Host port Baud Rate 1200HB240

HOST PROGRAMMING6-7COMMAND FUNCTIONHSBTS1 Host port Stop Bits 1HSBTS2 Host port Stop Bits 2Example: >:HSBTS1<enter>Sets the host port stop b

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-8COMMAND FUNCTIONHEHOST Host port Echo hostHELOCAL Host port Echo localHEBOTH Host port Echo bothHENONE Host po

HOST PROGRAMMING6-9COMMAND FUNCTIONHSOM Host port Start of messageHEOM Host port End of messageHGCT Host port Good Compare textHNCT Host port No Compa

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-10COMMAND FUNCTIONLPRTYNONE Local port Parity noneLPRTYEVEN Local port Parity evenLPRTYODD Local port Parity od

HOST PROGRAMMING6-11COMMAND FUNCTIONLEHOST Local port Echo hostLELOCAL Local port Echo localLEBOTH Local port Echo bothLENONE Local port Echo noneExam

READ THIS FIRST1-3SAFETY PRECAUTIONSThe LazerData Series 9000E Bar Code Scanning System incorporatesfeatures that provide for maximum safety. However

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-12COMMAND FUNCTIONLSOM Local port Start of messageLEOM Local port End of messageLGCT Local port Good Compare te

HOST PROGRAMMING6-13COMMAND FUNCTIONGLEVHIGH Gate Level highGLEVLOW Gate Level lowExample: >:GLEVHIGH<enter>Gate input is active high.COMMAN

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-14COMMAND FUNCTIONXNCON Transmit NoCompare on NoRead onXNCOFF Transmit NoCompare on NoRead offVER Shows softwar

HOST PROGRAMMING6-15COMMAND FUNCTIONEXIT Exit Host CommandsExample: >:EXIT<enter>Exits Host Commands mode.COMMAND FUNCTIONENB Enable

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-16OPTIONS TO ENABLEFLD (1-6)LINE (1-10)CODE TYPE: C39 CDBR PHRMUPCA C93 ISTRUPCE C49 SUPP2I25 AS10C128 BINYEA

HOST PROGRAMMING6-17SS will enable start/stop character transmission for the specified fieldand line.CD will enable check digit transmission for the s

Series 9000E Bar Code Scanner/Decoder6-18COMMAND FUNCTIONDSB DisableOPTIONS TO DISABLEFLD (1-6)LINE (1-10)CODE Disables any code typeSS Start/Stop t

HOST PROGRAMMING6-19SS will disable start/stop character transmission for the specified fieldand line.CD will disable check digit transmission for the

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APPENDIXAPPENDIX-1GLOSSARY OF TERMSAlphanumeric Display - A display that presents thealphabetic characters A thru Z as well as the numbers 0 thru9.Bar