User Manual
Product Reference Guide i
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1
About the Scanner .............................................................................................................................................................1
Using the Heron Reader ...........................................................................................................................................1
About this Manual .............................................................................................................................................................2
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................2
Manual Conventions .................................................................................................................................................3
Technical Support ..............................................................................................................................................................3
Datalogic Website Support ......................................................................................................................................3
Reseller Technical Support ......................................................................................................................................3
Telephone Technical Support ..................................................................................................................................3
SETUP....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Unpacking ...........................................................................................................................................................................5
Setting Up the Scanner .....................................................................................................................................................5
Connect Host Interface ............................................................................................................................................6
Stand Installation .....................................................................................................................................................8
Using as a Hands-Free Stand .................................................................................................................................9
Using the Heron HD3430 Imager .................................................................................................................................. 11
Interface Selection .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Configuring the Interface ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Customizing Configuration Settings ............................................................................................................................ 16
Using the Programming Bar Codes ..................................................................................................................... 16
Interface Settings .................................................................................................................................................. 17
Configuring Other Features .................................................................................................................................. 17
Software Version Transmission ........................................................................................................................... 17
CONFIGURATION USING BAR CODES.................................................................................................................. 19
Configuration Parameters ............................................................................................................................................. 19
Global Interface Features .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Host Commands — Obey/Ignore ........................................................................................................................ 21
USB Suspend Mode ............................................................................................................................................... 22
RS-232 ONLY INTERFACE 23
RS-232 Standard Factory Settings ............................................................................................................................... 23
Baud Rate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Data Bits .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Stop Bits ........................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Parity ................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Handshaking Control ...................................................................................................................................................... 27
RS-232/USB-COM INTERFACES 29
Standard Factory Settings ............................................................................................................................................. 29
Intercharacter Delay ....................................................................................................................................................... 30
Beep On ASCII BEL .......................................................................................................................................................... 31
Beep On Not on File ........................................................................................................................................................ 31
ACK NAK Options ............................................................................................................................................................ 32
ACK Character ......................................................................................................................................................... 33
NAK Character ........................................................................................................................................................ 33
ACK NAK Timeout Value ........................................................................................................................................ 34
ACK NAK Retry Count ............................................................................................................................................ 35
ACK NAK Error Handling ....................................................................................................................................... 36
Indicate Transmission Failure ....................................................................................................................................... 37
Disable Character ............................................................................................................................................................ 37
Enable Character ............................................................................................................................................................. 38
KEYBOARD INTERFACE 39
Country Mode .................................................................................................................................................................. 40










