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PowerScan RF
Handheld Bar Code Scanner
User’s Guide
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PSC Inc 959 Terry Street Eugene, Oregon 97402 Telephone: (541) 683-5700 Fax: (541) 345-7140 An Unpublished Work - All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this documentation or the procedures described therein may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of PSC Inc. or its wholly owned subsidiaries ("PSC"). Owners of PSC products are hereby granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to reproduce and transmit this documentation for the
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® PSC INC. POWERSCAN END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Notice to End User: The PSC Product you have acquired contains embedded Software, which is integral to the product’s operation. This Software is being provided to you under license, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you use the PSC Product, you will be deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not intend to be bound to the terms of this Agreement, PSC is not willing to license the Soft
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uct, uses the product in any manner other than as established in the Documentation, or if End User breaches any of the provisions of this Agreement. 6.2 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PSC PRODUCT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND PSC MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRAN- TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 7. Infringement. 7.1 PSC will defend End User against an
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Standard Warranty PSC warrants to Customer that PSC's products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years from product shipment. In order to obtain service under this Warranty, Customer must notify PSC of the claimed defect before the expiration of the Warranty period and obtain from PSC a return authorization number for return of the product to designated PSC service center. If PSC determines Customer’s claim is valid, PSC will repair or replace product wi
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Unpack and Inspect Your Scanner ................................................................................1 References ....................................................................................................................1 Quick Start Instructions .................................................................................................1 Installing the Battery ............................................................................................
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Unpack and Inspect Your Scanner After unpacking your new scanner, check the contents of the shipping carton to ensure all the items you ordered are included: ® • PowerScan RF handheld scanner Battery Pack(s) User’s Guide (this manual) Optional Accessories that you ordered. (The scanner can be purchased with or without accessory kits.) If your package contains wrong or missing components, contact your place of purchase. If there are damaged components, immediately file a claim with the
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Installing the Battery To assure maximum usage, batteries should always be fully charged before their initial use. (See “Bat- tery Charging and Maintenance” on page 8.) NOTE Orient the battery as shown in Figure 1, then push it into the scanner until it snaps in place. To remove the battery, push in on the release tabs on both sides of the battery’s base and pull it straight out of the scan- ner. Figure 1. Installing the Battery 1 1 1. Battery Release Tabs ® 2 PowerScan RF Scanner
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Verifying Once a charged battery has been installed in the scanner, scan the sam- ple bar codes in the back of this manual that correspond to the symbol- Scanner ogies your scanner is programmed to read. If unsure how to do this, Operation see the section on How to Scan in this manual. The system may signal with one or a combination of indicators depending upon how the scan- ner and Base Station are programmed to respond (see LED and Beeper Indications for details). If your scanner fails to r
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Figure 2. Connecting/Disconnecting the Interface (I/F) Cable ab c 2. Consult your Host Terminal manual to determine the required communication parameters for the Host Terminal (e.g., baud rate, parity, etc.) and, if necessary, modify the programmed parameters to be compatible with those requirements. Scanner and Base Station programming is performed using one of the following: - Configurator Express™ Programming Software - PowerScan™ Bar Code Scanner Programming Guide See References for mo
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The Base Station’s POWER LED should be illuminated when the unit is properly connected to power. Figure 3. Connecting Power to the Base Station 5. Apply power to the Host Terminal. 6. Verify communication with the Host Terminal by aiming the linked scanner at a sample bar code from the back pages of this manual, and pulling the trigger (see How to Scan for tips about scanning bar codes). Confirm that the scanner/Base Station sent the data to the host terminal. If not, see the section, Trou-
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The existing Base Station system configuration can be automatically downloaded to the scanner. This automatic download feature is config- urable and can be disabled. See the Systems Manual for more informa- tion about this feature. If downloading occurs, a slight delay with link verification announcement will occur. Since a new/replacement scanner may have been shipped with a custom configuration or may have been modified with other special programming, it may not be desirable to download a po
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Verifying Point the linked scanner at a sample bar code from the back pages of this manual, and pull the trigger (see How to Scan for tips on scanning Scanner-to- bar codes). Watch the TX/RX (transmit/receive) indicator LED on the Base Station Base Station and/or scanner green LED while scanning the bar code. Communications The LEDs should flash momentarily as the two devices communicate. If no communication is indicated, refer to the troubleshooting section of the Systems Manual. When the
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Using the PowerScan RF System This section covers the following topics: Battery Charging and Maintenance How to Scan LED and Beeper Indications Battery Charging and Maintenance When the scanner is in use, a low battery condition is indicated by a repeated two-flash signal from the scanner’s green LED every time the trigger is pulled before the laser is enabled. This indicator may have been disabled via custom programming. See LED NOTE and Beeper Indications for more information. Seat the s
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Rapid flashing indicates that charging is taking place. Rapid charging occurs when the battery temperature is between 10°C (50°F) and 46°C (115°F), and/or voltage of the battery is between 2.0 and 3.2V. Charge time is less than 4.2 hours. Rapid charge ends with the battery at approximately 90 to 95% capacity. The CHARGE LED remains on steady when trickle charging or after the charge cycle is complete. A scanner may be charged simultaneously while other scanners are in use with the Base Sta
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Four Station If you have a Four Station Charger, batteries are inserted for charging as shown in Figure 5. A 90% rapid charge can be achieved in only two Charger hours when using this optional accessory, half the time than when a Base Station is used for charging. The LEDs at each battery station operate the same as the CHARGE LED on the Base Station, with rapid flashing indicating that rapid charging is taking place and on steady during trickle charging or when the rapid charge cycle is f
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How to Scan Figure 6 illustrates some tips to help get the best scanning results: 1. The scanner must be pointed at a slight angle to the bar code. Do not hold the scanner perpendicular to the bar code. 2. The laser beam must cross the entire bar code. The scanner cannot correctly read if the entire bar code is not scanned. Figure 6. Scanning Tips 1 1 2 2 User’s Guide 11
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Depth of Field There are currently four different range models for the scanner. Depending upon the model type of your scanner, you’ll need to hold the unit at a given distance from the bar code to achieve optimum scan- ning results. The following diagrams provide depth of field informa- tion for each of the models when scanning grade A, Code 39 bar codes: Standard Range (SR), High Density (HD), Long Range (LR) and Extra Long Range (XLR). Definition of A "mil" is equal to 0.001 inches. In the
