Baracoda Barcode Reader - Manual (Page 2)

DualRunners – Communication Protocol v1.3 - 2 -
Data Capture
for Workforce
in Motion
SUMMARY SUMMARY SUMMARY SUMMARY
SUMMARY ................................................................... 2
REVISION HISTORY .......................................................... 4
1. 1. 1. 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 5
1.1. G ENERALITIES .......................................................... 5
1.2. G ENERIC PACKET ........................................................ 5
2. 2. 2. 2. COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL .............................................. 6
2.1. B IDIRECTIONAL PACKETS ................................................... 6
2.1.1. C ONTROL MESSAGES .............................................. 6
2.2. S CANNER TO HOST MESSAGES ................................................ 7
2.2.1. E NCAPSULATION SCHEMA ........................................... 7
2.2.2. D ATA STRING SCHEMA ............................................ 7
2.3. H OST TO SCANNER MESSAGES ................................................ 8
2.3.1. C OMMUNICATION MESSAGES ......................................... 8
2.3.2. S CANNER MESSAGES ............................................. 10
2.3.3. U SER I NTERFACE MESSAGES ....................................... 12
2.3.4. M ISCELLANEOUS MESSAGES ........................................ 15
2.3.5. C APTURE MESSAGES ............................................. 19
2.3.6. A DVANCED CAPTURE MESSAGES ..................................... 22
2.4. D ECODER C OMMUNICATION P ROTOCOL .......................................... 24
2.4.1. FRAME FORMAT ................................................ 24
2.4.2. H EADER ..................................................... 24
2.4.3. T YPE ....................................................... 25
2.4.4. S IZE ....................................................... 25
2.4.5. C OMMAND .................................................... 25
2.4.6. E XAMPLES ................................................... 33
E XAMPLE 1.1 – G ETTING CONFIGURATION OF C ODE 39 SYMBOLOGY . ................. 33
E XAMPLE 2.1 – S ETTING A CONFIGURATION OF C ODABAR SYMBOLOGY . ................ 34
E XAMPLE 2.2 – S ETTING A CONFIGURATION OF ALL SYMBOLOGIES . .................. 35
E XAMPLE 3.1 – M ODIFYING A CONFIGURATION OF ALL SYMBOLOGIES . ................ 35
E XAMPLE 4.1 – S ENDING A SPECIAL COMMAND TO C ODE 39 SYMBOLOGY . ............... 36
APPENDIX 1: BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL ........................................... 37
APPENDIX 2: RFID COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL .................................. 46
APPENDIX 3: RFID TAG DATA READ/WRITE EXAMPLES ............................ 54
(FOR BLACKBERRY, SYMBIAN & JAVA PLATFORMS) ............................... 54
1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 54
1.1 G ENERALITIES ........................................................... 54
2. 2. 2. 2. MIFARE ULTRALIGHT TAGS ............................................. 55