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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Chapter 5, User Preferences & Miscellaneous Digital Scanner Options provides programming bar codes for
selecting user preference features for the digital scanner and commonly used bar codes to customize how
the data is transmitted to the host device.
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Chapter 6, USB Interface provides information for setting up the digital scanner and cradle for USB
operation.
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Chapter 7, RS-232 Interface provides information for setting up the digital scanner and cradle for RS-232
operation.
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Chapter 8, Keyboard Wedge Interface provides information for setting up the digital scanner and cradle for
Keyboard Wedge operation.
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Chapter 9, IBM Interface provides all information for setting up the digital scanner and cradle with IBM
468X/469X POS systems.
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Chapter 10, Wand Emulation Interface provides all information for setting up the digital scanner and cradle
for Wand Emulation operation.
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Chapter 11, Scanner Emulation Interface provides information for setting up the digital scanner and cradle for
Scanner Emulation operation.
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Chapter 12, 123Scan2 (PC based scanner configuration tool) enables rapid and easy customized setup of
Symbol scanners by Motorola.
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Chapter 13, OCR Programming describes how to set up the digital scanner for OCR programming.
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Chapter 14, Symbologies describes all symbology features and provides the programming bar codes
necessary for selecting these features for the digital scanner.
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Chapter 15, Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) describes how to customize scanned data before transmitting
to the host. This chapter also contains the bar codes for advanced data formatting.
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Chapter 16, Driver’s License Set Up (DS6878-DL) describes how the DS6878-DL digital scanner can parse
out information from the standard US driver’s licenses and certain other American Association of Motor
Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) compliant ID cards.
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Appendix A, Standard Default Parameters provides a table of all host devices and miscellaneous digital
scanner defaults.
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Appendix B, Programming Reference provides a table of AIM code identifiers, ASCII character conversions,
and keyboard maps.
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Appendix C, Sample Bar Codes includes sample bar codes.
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Appendix D, Numeric Bar Codes includes the numeric bar codes to scan for parameters requiring specific
numeric values.
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Appendix E, Alphanumeric Bar Codes includes the bar codes representing the alphanumeric keyboard, used
when setting ADF rules.
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Appendix F, ASCII Character Sets provides ASCII character value tables.
Notational Conventions
The following conventions are used in this document:
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Italics are used to highlight chapters and sections in this and related documents.
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Bold text is used to highlight parameter names and options.