Baracoda 2 - Manual (Page 2)

BaracodaPencil 2 – Communication Protocol v1.3 - 2 -
Data Capture
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SUMMARY SUMMARY SUMMARY SUMMARY
SUMMARY ................................................................... 2
REVISION HISTORY .......................................................... 3
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 4
1.1. G ENERALITIES .......................................................... 4
1.2. G ENERIC PACKET ........................................................ 4
2. COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL .............................................. 5
2.1. B IDIRECTIONAL PACKETS ................................................... 5
2.1.1. C ONTROL MESSAGES .............................................. 5
2.2. S CANNER TO HOST MESSAGES ................................................ 6
2.2.1. E NCAPSULATION SCHEME ........................................... 6
2.2.2. D ATA STRING FORMAT ............................................ 6
2.3. H OST TO SCANNER MESSAGES ................................................ 7
2.3.1. C OMMUNICATION MESSAGES ......................................... 7
2.3.2. S CANNER MESSAGES .............................................. 9
2.3.3. U SER I NTERFACE MESSAGES ....................................... 11
2.3.4. M ISCELLANEOUS MESSAGES ........................................ 14
2.3.5. C APTURE MESSAGES ............................................. 18
2.4. D ECODER C OMMUNICATION P ROTOCOL .......................................... 21
2.4.1. FRAME FORMAT ................................................ 21
2.4.2. H EADER ..................................................... 21
2.4.3. T YPE ....................................................... 22
2.4.4. S IZE ....................................................... 22
2.4.5. C OMMAND .................................................... 22
2.4.6. E XAMPLES ................................................... 30
E XAMPLE 1.1 – G ETTING CONFIGURATION OF C ODE 39 SYMBOLOGY . ................. 30
E XAMPLE 2.1 – S ETTING A CONFIGURATION OF C ODABAR SYMBOLOGY . ................ 31
E XAMPLE 2.2 – S ETTING A CONFIGURATION OF ALL SYMBOLOGIES . .................. 32
E XAMPLE 3.1 – M ODIFYING A CONFIGURATION OF ALL SYMBOLOGIES . ................ 32
E XAMPLE 4.1 – S ENDING A SPECIAL COMMAND TO C ODE 39 SYMBOLOGY . ............... 33
APPENDIX 1: BLUETOOTH PROTOCOL ........................................... 34