User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Symbol DS6878 Product Reference Guide
- Patents
- Warranty
- Revision History
- Table of Contents
- About This Guide
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Interfaces
- Unpacking the Digital Scanner and Cradle
- Parts
- Digital Scanner Cradle
- Replacing the Digital Scanner Battery
- Charging the Digital Scanner Battery
- Shutting Off the Digital Scanner Battery
- Reconditioning the Digital Scanner Battery
- Inserting the Digital Scanner in the Cradle
- Radio Communications
- Configuring the Digital Scanner
- Accessories
- Scanning
- Maintenance, Troubleshooting & Technical Specifications
- Radio Communications
- User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options
- Introduction
- Scanning Sequence Examples
- Errors While Scanning
- User Preferences/Miscellaneous Option Parameter Defaults
- User Preferences
- Default Parameters
- Parameter Bar Code Scanning
- Beep After Good Decode
- Suppress Power Up Beeps
- Beeper Tone
- Beeper Volume
- Beeper Duration
- Beep on Insertion
- Batch Mode
- Low Power Mode
- Time Delay to Reduced Power Mode
- Timeout to Low Power Mode from Auto Aim
- Hand-Held Trigger Mode
- Picklist Mode
- Mobile Phone/Display Mode
- Continuous Bar Code Read
- Unique Bar Code Reporting
- Decode Session Timeout
- Timeout Between Decodes, Same Symbol
- Timeout Between Decodes, Different Symbols
- Fuzzy 1D Processing
- Hand-Held Decode Aiming Pattern
- Decoding Illumination
- Multicode Mode
- Multicode Expression
- Multicode Mode Concatenation
- Multicode Concatenation Symbology
- Multicode Troubleshooting
- Miscellaneous Scanner Parameters
- USB Interface
- RS-232 Interface
- Keyboard Wedge Interface
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RS-232 Host Types ................................................................................................. 7-6
Baud Rate ............................................................................................................... 7-8
Parity ....................................................................................................................... 7-9
Stop Bit Select ........................................................................................................ 7-9
Data Bits (ASCII Format) ........................................................................................ 7-10
Check Receive Errors ............................................................................................. 7-11
Hardware Handshaking .......................................................................................... 7-11
Software Handshaking ............................................................................................ 7-13
Host Serial Response Time-out .............................................................................. 7-15
RTS Line State ........................................................................................................ 7-16
Beep on <BEL> ....................................................................................................... 7-16
Intercharacter Delay ................................................................................................ 7-17
Nixdorf Beep/LED Options ...................................................................................... 7-18
Ignore Unknown Characters ................................................................................... 7-18
ASCII Character Set for RS-232 ................................................................................... 7-19
Chapter 8: Keyboard Wedge Interface
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 8-1
Connecting a Keyboard Wedge Interface ..................................................................... 8-2
Keyboard Wedge Parameter Defaults .......................................................................... 8-3
Keyboard Wedge Host Parameters .............................................................................. 8-4
Keyboard Wedge Host Types ................................................................................. 8-4
Keyboard Wedge Country Types (Country Codes) ................................................ 8-5
Ignore Unknown Characters ................................................................................... 8-6
Keystroke Delay ...................................................................................................... 8-7
Intra-Keystroke Delay ............................................................................................. 8-7
Alternate Numeric Keypad Emulation ..................................................................... 8-8
Caps Lock On ......................................................................................................... 8-8
Caps Lock Override ................................................................................................ 8-9
Convert Wedge Data .............................................................................................. 8-9
Function Key Mapping ............................................................................................ 8-10
FN1 Substitution ..................................................................................................... 8-10
Send Make and Break ............................................................................................ 8-11
Keyboard Maps ............................................................................................................. 8-12
ASCII Character Set for Keyboard Wedge ................................................................... 8-13
Chapter 9: IBM Interface
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 9-1
Connecting to an IBM 468X/469X Host ........................................................................ 9-2
IBM Parameter Defaults ............................................................................................... 9-3
IBM 468X/469X Host Parameters ................................................................................. 9-4
Port Address ........................................................................................................... 9-4
Convert Unknown to Code 39 ................................................................................. 9-5
Optional IBM Parameters ............................................................................................. 9-5
Ignore Beep ............................................................................................................ 9-5
Ignore Bar Code Configuration ............................................................................... 9-6