Features, Installation – ID Innovations Bar code Mini Decoder User Manual
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Features
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Features
The ID Innovations Incorporated Bar Code decoder represents the state of the art in keyboard wedge and bar code decoding.
The Bar Code decoder is based on ID Innovations Incorporated's True Wedge technology. The advances that True Wedge
technology provide are found in enhanced functionality, such as keyboard configurable parameters, self cloning, and auto Caps
Lock detection. Other features of the ID Innovations Incorporated Bar Code decoder include:
Works with Wand, CCD, Laser, and Slot (Badge) readers
Simple installation through the keyboard interface - sends card data as keystrokes
Superior keyboard wedge interface - NOVELL compatible - auto Caps Lock detection ensures that the data always
appears on the computer just the way it is encoded in the bar code
Simple programming from your keyboard - no need to flip switches or scan bar codes!
Over 180 configurable options
Automatically clones decoders in under 10 seconds - over 300 decoders per hour
Auto detection of the type of computer (PC, XT, AT, PS/2, and XWindow terminals with a PC compatible keyboard
interface)
Can be used with or without the keyboard
Supports over twenty different keyboard country layouts
Map bar code data to any key on the keyboard
Supports editing, operations include (Insert, Stripping, Filtering, Convert Case)
Macro support, replace a string in the bar code with another
Programmable preamble, postamble, and termination strings
READ/NO-READ indicators (buzzer and bright tri-color LED)
Superior reading performance utilizing advanced decoding algorithms
Extended ASCII support for Code 128 bar codes
Low power consumption
Compact size
Installation
The decoder is installed between the computer and the keyboard. The keyboard cable is plugged into the decoder using the
connector labeled "KB". The decoder is then connected to the computer using the connector labeled "PC". In order to properly
install the decoder on your computer system, you must use the supplied adapter cable. This adapter cable is a short 6 inch
cable with a 5 pin DIN socket on one end, and a 6 pin Mini-DIN plug at the other end. Depending upon your computer system,
the adapter cable will be connected to either the keyboard side or the computer side of the decoder.
For example, If your computer system uses a keyboard with a 6 pin Mini-DIN connector, then the adapter cable is connected to
the cable on the decoder labeled "PC".
PC
To Computer
KB
To Keyboard
To Decoder
Adapter Cable
If your computer system uses a keyboard with a 5 pin DIN connector, then the adapter cable is connected to the cable on the
decoder labeled "KB".
PC
KB
To Computer
To Keyboard
To Decoder
Adapter Cable
The decoder can be mounted using the Velcro
strip included.
Note: It is recommended that you mount the decoder to avoid damaging the cable. Frequent bending of the cable can
break the wires within it.