AI-6800

CCD Scanner
User Guide

http://www.argox.com Version: V4.0

[email protected] Date: Dec. 30, 2020
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Revision History
Changes to the user manual are listed below:
Version Date Description Page
(Ｙ/Ｍ/ #
Ｄ) Initial release
1.0 2016/1/14 Deleted the AI-6800L model (All)
2.0 2020/3/27 from the manual
Added 2AH inter-character 17
delay
Deleted 3AC block delay 17
3.0 2020/8/4 Modified the prefix and 26
suffix settings
119
GS1 Databar 121
123
MSI Checksum
104
China Post 111
Codabar 92
4.0 2020/12/28 Code 128 95
Code 93 99
Indicator 24
97
Append / NFC4 Control
98

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Regulatory Compliance
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION INTERFERENCE
STATEMENT
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by
one or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

-Increase the separation between the

equipment and receiver.

-Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV

technician for help.
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CAUTION:

Any changes or modifications not expressly

approved by the grantee of this device could
void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.
RF exposure warning
The equipment complies with FCC RF exposure
limits set forth for an uncontrolled
environment.
The equipment must not be co-located or
operating in conjunction with any other
antenna or transmitter.

RF EXPOSURE WARNING:

The equipment complies with FCC RF exposure

limits set forth for an uncontrolled
environment.
The equipment must not be co-located or
operating in conjunction with any other
antenna or transmitter.

Note All brands and trademarks shall

belong to their respective owner.
Note Specification is subject to changes
without notice.

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Contents
1 Introduction ........................................................... 1
1.1 Unpacking ........................................................ 1
1.2 Understand your scanner ................................ 3
1.2.1 Scanner ...................................................... 3
1.2.2 Stand(optional accessory)............................ 4
1.3 Indicators.......................................................... 5
1.3.1 Status lights ................................................ 5
1.3.2 Status sound ............................................... 5
1.3.3 Vibration ..................................................... 5
2 Get started ............................................................ 6
2.1 Installation........................................................ 6
2.1.1 Set up your scanner .................................... 6
2.1.2 How to scan ................................................ 7
2.1.3 Work with the ASCII table ........................... 7
2.2 Unplug cable .................................................... 8
3 Controls and settings.............................................. 9
3.1 Interface selection ......................................... 12
3.1.1 USB HID key board .................................... 13
3.1.2 RS-232 ...................................................... 16
3.2 Scan properties .............................................. 19
3.3 Indicator ........................................................ 24
3.4 Characters and strings (transmission) ............ 26
3.4.1 Prefix and suffix ........................................ 26
3.4.2 Preamble and postamble .......................... 27
3.4.3 String groups ............................................ 29
Example .................................................. 29
3.4.4 ID, name and capitalization ....................... 33
3.5 Scanner information ...................................... 35
3.5.1 Parameters ............................................... 35
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3.5.2 Data Magic settings ...................................36
3.5.3 Firmware version ......................................36
3.6 Reset your scanner .........................................37
3.7 Update firmware ............................................38
Install driver .............................................46
3.8 Data Magic .....................................................48
Data Magic commands ............................49
3.8.1 Bar code scanning .....................................52
Data format .............................................52
Bar codes .................................................55
Example ...................................................57
Scan Utility .........................................................62
Virtual COM .............................................66
4 Bar codes .............................................................68
UPC-A ...................................................................68
UPC-E....................................................................72
EAN-13 .................................................................75
EAN-8 ...................................................................78
Code 39 ................................................................82
Interleaved 2 of 5 .................................................86
Industrial 2 of 5 ....................................................88
Matrix 2 of 5 .........................................................90
Codabar ...............................................................92
Code 128 / GS1-128 .............................................95
Code 93 ................................................................99
Code 11 ............................................................. 101
MSI/Plessey ....................................................... 103
UK/Plessey ......................................................... 105
Telepen .............................................................. 107
Standard 2 of 5 .................................................. 109
China Post .......................................................... 111
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Italian Pharmacode (Code 32) ............................ 113
Code 16K ........................................................... 115
EAN UCC Composite .......................................... 117
GS1 Databar Omnidirectional ............................ 119
GS1 Databar Limited .......................................... 121
GS1 Databar Expanded....................................... 123
5 Troubleshooting .................................................. 125
5.1 Scanner issues ............................................. 125
5.2 Bar code issues ............................................ 125
6 Specifications ...................................................... 127
6.1 Pin Assignments ........................................... 129
Appendix A. Test symbologies ................................ 130
Appendix B. ASCII table .......................................... 133
Appendix C. Default settings of bar codes .............. 134
Appendix D. Data entry bar codes .......................... 136

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1 Introduction

AI-6800 is a cord scanner that can read bar

codes on objects or on screens. The high
performance scanning engine delivers high
speed and high readability, making it an ideal
scanning solution for business.

￭ High decoding performance Fast and

easy scan for 1D bar codes.
￭ Water resistant and dust-tight With the
IP65 rating, AI-6800 can be used in various
environment without being damaged by
water and dust.

1.1 Unpacking
Make sure all of the following items are
included in your package.

Scanner Quick Start Guide

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USB Cable or RS-232 Cable

Plug and Power Supply Stand

Power supply is optional

accessory for RS-232 Stand is optional
packs. accessory

When you receive your scanner, open the

package immediately and inspect for shipping
damage. If you discover any damage, contact
the shipping company and file a claim. Argox
is not responsible for any damage incurred
during shipping. Save all package materials for
the shipping company to inspect.

Note If any item is missing, please

contact your local dealer.

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1.2 Understand your scanner
1.2.1 Scanner

￭ Perspective

￭ Bottom

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1.2.2 Stand(optional accessory)
￭ Right side
Holder cup

Arm

Optional

Slot Screw

￭ Left side

∠45∘ Middle of Arm

mark

Attention : If middle of arm below

∠45∘mark, Use the optional screw
to hold the bottom of stand.

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1.3 Indicators
1.3.1 Status lights
Status lights (LED) are helpful for checking
your scanner’s status. The table below shows
the LED behavior and the status it indicates.

Status Scanner LED

Good Read Green
Firmware Update Flash green

1.3.2 Status sound

In addition to status lights, your scanner
makes sounds to indicate the status it is in.

Status Scanner Sound

Power On A long beep (1 second)
Good Read A short beep
Programming Sound from low to high
Exit Sound from high to low

1.3.3 Vibration
Your scanner vibrates in certain status.

Status Scanner
Power On Vibrate
Good Read Vibrate

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2 Get started
This chapter provides information about how
to install, connect and use your scanner to do
your work.

2.1 Installation
This section describes how to set up your
scanner.

2.1.1 Set up your scanner

1. Plug the RJ45 connector into your
scanner’s RJ45 port, until you hear a click.

2. Connect the USB or the RS-232 connector

to your computer.

Note If you’ve purchased the power

supply, connect it to the RS-232 cable and
the wall outlet.

3. Turn on your computer. It detects your

scanner automatically.
4. To test your scanner, start a text
processing program like Notepad or Word.
Scan a bar code and see if the data can
be sent to your computer. If it’s
successful, you’ll hear a beep and the bar
code data shows in the program.

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2.1.2 How to scan
AI-6800 emits a light bar when it is scanning.
This bar needs to cross the bar code
horizontally to decode it.

2.1.3 Work with the ASCII table

Sometimes, you might need to send some
control characters that can’t be typed or enter
characters without a keyboard. You can do it by
using ASCII codes.

In Appendix B, you'll find the ASCII table. Both

column and row numbers are hexadecimal.
The ASCII code of a character is the
combination of a column and a row number,
where the column comes first. For example,
the ASCII code of BEL is "07" and the number
sign (#) is "23." You can use the bar codes in
Appendix D to scan ASCII codes.

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2.2 Unplug cable
Follow the step to unplug RJ45 cable

1. Loose and remove a screw as below.

2. Use a pin to insert screw hole. Press latch

and pull RJ45 connector out.

3. Unplug cable

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3 Controls and settings

Customize your scanner to work efficiently.
AI-6800 offers many features to match your
preferences. This chapter provides
information about how to change controls
and settings of your scanner.

 User’s Default Setting

After setting your device, you can save your
setting as a User’s default. If you reset your
scanner to factory default, you can still load
your setting in this function.

Save your current setting as default

Restore your default setting

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To customize your scanner, you need to scan a

series of programming bar codes in the
correct order. On the last page of this manual,
you’ll see a table of hexadecimal bar codes
that can be used with programming bar
codes.

To customize your scanner:

1. On the top of the setting table, scan the
Program bar code.

2. In the setting table, in the Setting column,

scan one of the bar codes.

3. On the last page, scan the bar codes that

correspond to the value you want in the
Value column. When you finish, scan the
Finish bar code.

4. On the lower-right corner of the setting

table, scan the Exit bar code.

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Scan Process

Program  Setting  Value (using bar codes on the

last page)  Finish  Exit

Program

Program

Setting Option Value

RS-232 01
USB HID 03

Interface
RS-232/
selection
USB HID
04*
Auto
detection

USB Virtual 05
COM

Setting Exit The last page

Exit Finish

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3.1 Interface selection

AI-6800 supports RS-232, USB HID and virtual
COM. By default, your scanner is able to
detect the interface automatically. When it
detects USB, it selects HID as your scanner’s
interface.

Program

Setting Option Value

RS-232 01
USB HID 03
RS-232/
Interface selection USB HID 04*
Auto detection
USB Virtual COM 05

(*) Default
Exit

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3.1.1 USB HID key board

 Keyboard layout You can use it to change your
keyboard layout, so your scanner can scan bar
codes of different languages. Remember, you
also need to change your input method.

 Function key It maps function keys to ASCII

codes, so you can scan bar codes in place of the
function key input. For example, if you scan the
numeric bar code “1” and then “2,” your scanner
sends the specific character to your computer as
though you press F2. The code mapping range is
from 01 to 1F. For more information about ASCII
codes, see ASCII table in Appendix B.

 Numeric key The keypad is located to the

rightmost of a keyboard. You need to select this
mode if your program only accepts numerals.
When selecting Alt+Keypad, your bar code data
will be sent as if you’re pressing “Alt+number.” It
is useful when your bar code contains a special
character, such as the Euro sign (€).

 Caps lock It determines whether the state of

the Caps Lock key affects the output of bar
codes.
 Block Delay It is a delay timer between barcode data
output. The feature is used to transfer continually with
shorter barcode data or multi-field scanning.

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Program

Setting Option Value

USA 00*
Belgium 01
Keyboard layout
Denmark 02
France 03
Germany 04
Italy 05
Portugal 06
Spain 07
Sweden 08
Switzerland 09
UK 10
Latin American 11
Japanese 12
Disable 00
Enable 01*
Function key
Alphabetic key 00*
Numeric keypad 01
Numeric key
(Num lock state
only)
Alt+Keypad 02

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Setting Option Value
Caps lock”ON” 00
Caps lock”OFF” 01*
Caps lock
(*) Default

Exit

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3.1.2 RS-232
 Flow control
• None Your computer and scanner only
use TxD and RxD signals for
communication. No hardware or software
flow control is used.
• RTS/CTS It is hardware flow control. If
your scanner is ready to send bar code
data to your computer, it sends an RTS
signal, and waits to receive a CTS signal
from your computer. If your scanner
doesn’t receive a CTS after a timeout,
you’ll hear five warning beeps from it.
• Xon/Xoff It is software flow control.
When your computer is unable to receive
data, it sends an Xoff signal to notify your
scanner to stop sending data; it sends an
Xon signal when it’s ready.
• ACK/NAK Your scanner sends data after
it received an ACK signal from your
computer, and will resend data if it
receives an NAK signal.

 Inter-character delay It determines how fast

your computer receives each character and
displays it on the screen. If the speed is set too
fast and your computer system is slow, your
computer may lose data.

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 Response delay If you use RTS/CTS or
ACK/NAK for flow control, you can decide how
long your scanner waits your computer to
acknowledge the data transmission.

Program

Setting Option Value

None 00*
RTS/CTS 01
Flow control
Xon/Xoff 02
ACK/NAK 03
00 to 99 00 *

*2AH*
Inter-character
delay
00-99 (msec) 00-99
00*
Inter-character
delay
00-99 (100 msec) 00-99
20*
Response delay
(*) Default

Exit

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Program

Setting Option Value

600 bps 01
1200 bps 02
Baud rate
2400 bps 03
4800 bps 04
9600 bps 05
19200 bps 06
38400 bps 07
57600 bps 08
115200 bps 09*
None 00*
Odd 01
Parity
Even 02
8 bits 00*
7 bits 01
Data bit
One bit 00*
Two bits 01
Stop bit
(*) Default

Exit

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3.2 Scan properties

￭ Good-read off After you pull the trigger, your
scanner will keep emitting the light bar, until it
captures a good scan or no bar code is decoded
after the stand-by duration elapsed.
￭ Momentary When you pull the trigger, the
light bar is turned on; when you release the
trigger, the light bar is turned off.
￭ Alternate The trigger acts as a toggle. When
you pull the trigger, the light bar is turned on;
when you pull it again, the light bar is turned off.
￭ Timeout-off When you pull the trigger, the
light bar is turned on. If no bar code is decoded
after the stand-by duration elapsed, the light bar
is turned off.
￭ Continue It automatically detects and decodes
bar codes in your scanner’s field of view. You can
turn on this mode when you want to decode bar
codes without pulling the trigger. If no bar code
is decoded after the stand-by duration elapsed,
the light bar will flash. You can move your
scanner or pull the trigger to wake it up.
￭ Test only It is reserved for engineers to test.
￭ Auto-sensing Similar to Continue, it
automatically detects and decodes bar codes in
your scanner’s field of view. If no bar code is
decoded after the stand-by duration elapsed,
the light bar will be turned off. You can move
your scanner or pull the trigger to wake it up.

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￭ Double read timeout It determines the
duration of Double confirm. For example, if you
set 5 times in Double confirm and set 10
milliseconds in Double read timeout, the
decoder will decode a bar code 5 times in 10
milliseconds. You need to turn on Double
confirm to use this feature.
￭ Double confirm It determines how many times
the decoder needs to confirm a bar code.
￭ Global min/max code length The min and max
code length defines the decoding length of all
bar codes. Note the following when you set their
length:
• If the length of a bar code is shorter than
the min or longer than the max, the bar
code won’t be decoded.
• If the min is equal to the max, the decoding
length is fixed.
• Some bar codes have their own decoding
length. If you set the individual min or max
decoding length for a bar code, your scanner
will go by the individual setting.
￭ Inverted image scan When you turn on this
feature, you can scan both regular and inverted
bar codes.

￭ Position indication When you turn on this

feature, the light bar keeps flashing. This feature
determines how long the light bar flashes.

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￭ ISBT Concatenation timeout when scanning
single ISBT barcode, scanner will wait 900ms to
output barcode because it is seeking appended
ISBT barcode until timeout.

Program
Setting Option Value
Good-Read Off 00

Scan mode Momentary 01*

Alternate 02
Timeout Off 03
Continue 04
Test only 05
Auto-sensing 06
01-99 (second) 00-99

Stand-by 06*
duration
01-99 (10 msec) 01-99

Double read 50*

timeout
00-09 00-09

Double confirm (00: no double 00*

confirm)
(*) Default

Exit

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Program

Setting Option Value

00-99 00-99
4*
Global min. code
length
00-99 04-99
99*
Global max. code
length
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Inverted image scan
(*) Default

Exit

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Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
30 second 01
Position indication 60 second 02
90 second 03
120 second 04
150 second 05
180 second 06
Continue 07
關 00
100ms 01
*7AO*
200ms 02
ISBT
900ms 09
Concatenation
timeout
(*) Default

Exit

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3.3 Indicator
￭ Power on alert When your scanner is turned
on, you’ll hear a long beep.
￭ Good read indication The reation after your
scanner gets a good read.
￭ Beeper indication Your scanner will beep after
it gets a good read.
￭ Beep loudness It is the volume of the good
read beep. The bigger the number, the higher
the volume.
￭ Beep tone freq It is the tone of the good read
beep. The bigger the number, the higher the
tone.
￭ Beep tone duration It is the duration of the
good read beep. The bigger the number, the
longer the duration.

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Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Power on alert
Disable 00
Enable LED 01
Good read indication
Enable Vibration 02
Enable both 03*
Disable 00
Enable 01*
Beeper indication
00-07 00-07
07*
Beep loudness
00-99 (100 Hz) 00-99
27*
Beep tone freq.
00-99 (10 msec) 00-99
8*
Beep tone duration
(*) Default

Exit

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3.4 Characters and strings

(transmission)
3.4.1 Prefix and suffix
Prefix / Suffix characters setting You can add a
character at the beginning (prefix) or at the end
(suffix) of a bar code. You can use up to 12 ASCII
characters to customize the prefix and suffix.

Code Barcode
Prefix Name Preamble ID ID Postamble Suffix
Length Data

Program

Setting Option Value

None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Prefix characters
setting characters code

None 0D*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Suffix characters
setting characters code
(*) Default

Exit
Note Datamagic can help you up to 10
string with 12characters.

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3.4.2 Preamble and postamble
￭ Preamble / Postamble In some cases, you
may need additional characters to identify
your bar code data. A preamble and postamble
can help you to do that. Remember, you need
to turn on preamble/postamble transmission
to use it.

￭ Preamble transmission Add a preamble

character or characters to a bar code.

￭ Postamble transmission Add a postamble

character or characters to a bar code.

Code Barcode
Prefix Name Preamble ID ID Postamble Suffix
Length Data

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Program

Setting
Option Value
None 00*
Preamble 1-12characters 00-ffH
characters setting
ASCII code
None 00*
Postamble 1-12haracters 00-ffH
characters setting
ASCII code
Disable 00*
Preamble Enable 01
transmission

Disable 00*
Postamble Enable 01
transmission
(*) Default

Exit

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3.4.3 String groups
￭ Insert G1/G2/G3/G4 character setting
You can insert up to two strings into a bar
code. Each string can contain up to 12
characters. First, you need to set a string
in a group, and then insert the group into
your bar code. There are four string
groups. You can decide which group you
want to use and where you want to insert
it. You can insert the same group two
times if you want.
Note if you want to insert G5-G10, use
Data Magic.

￭ Insert data group position It

determines the position that the string
group will be inserted into. Note that the
insertion position can't exceed the length
of a bar code, or the group will be
inserted at the end of the bar code. The
value “00” inserts the group at the
beginning of a bar code, and “64” inserts
the group at the end of a bar code.

Example
To insert a string group into a bar code:
Step 1. Set a string in a group.

1. Scan the Program and Insert G1

characters setting bar codes.

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2. In the ASCII code table, find the value of
the character you want to insert. For
example, if you want to insert the string
"AB," you'll find A→41, B→42.
3. On the last page, scan "41" and "42," and
then scan the Finish bar code.

4. Scan the Exit bar code.

Step 2. Insert the string into the specified
position.
1. Scan the Program and Insert data group
1 position bar codes.
2. On the last page, scan “03,” and then
scan the Finish bar code. This means
we’re inserting the string into the third
position of a bar code.

3. Scan the Exit bar code.

Step 3. Specify the bar code you want to
insert.
1. We’re using Code 128 as an example. In
the section Code 128, scan the Program
and Insert group number selection bar
codes.
2. On the last page, scan “01,” and then
scan the Finish bar code. This means
we’re inserting Group1 into a Code 128
bar code.

3. Scan the Exit bar code.

Original data: 258963
Result: 258AB963
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Program

Setting Option Value

None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G1 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G2 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G3 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G4 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G5 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G6 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G7 characters characters code
setting

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Setting Option Value
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G8 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G9 characters characters code
setting
None 00*
1-12 00-ffH ASCII
Insert G10 characters code
characters setting
00-63 00-63
(00: no 00*
Insert data group 1 insertion)
position
00-63 00-63
(00: no 00*
Insert data group 2 insertion)
position
00-63 00-63
(00: no 00*
Insert data group 3 insertion)
position
00-63 00-63
(00: no 00*
Insert data group 4 insertion)
position
(*) Default

Exit

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3.4.4 ID, name and capitalization
￭ Code ID position You can choose to
place Code ID before or after a bar code.

Code Barcode
Prefix Name Preamble ID ID Postamble Suffix
Length Data

￭ Code ID transmission Code ID is an

identifier for a bar code. It has two modes:
Proprietary ID or AIM ID. You can choose
either of them. If you want to customize
the code ID using an ASCII code, you need
to choose Proprietary ID. AIM ID is fixed
since it is defined by the AIM organization.

￭ Code length transmission It shows the

length of a bar code at its beginning. For
example, if your bar code is "258963," the
result will be "06258963,” in which 06 is
the length.

￭ Code name transmission It shows the

name of a bar code type at the beginning
of a bar code. For example, if your bar
code type is Code 39, and your bar code is
“09741258R,” the result is “(Code-39)
09741258R.”

￭ Case conversion You can change the

capitalization of letters. For example, if you
choose Upper case, the string “12aBcDeF” will
be converted to “12ABCDEF.”

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Program

Setting Option Value

Before code data 00*
After code data 01
Code ID position
Disable 00*
Proprietary ID 01
Code ID
transmission AIM ID 02
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Code length
transmission
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Code name
transmission
Disable 00*
Upper case 01
Case conversion
Lower case 02
(For bar code data
only)
(*) Default

Exit

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3.5 Scanner information

3.5.1 Parameters
It displays your scanner’s information on the
screen.
￭ Bar code settings It shows the current
settings of all bar codes.
￭ Unique parameters It shows the current
values of the common properties of all bar
codes.
￭ System parameters It shows the current
system settings of your scanner, such as
interface selection, RS-232, indicator,
transmission and the scan mode.
￭ String settings It shows all settings of
strings, such as prefix, suffix, preamble,
postamble and string groups.

Program
Setting

Bar code settings Unique parameters

System parameters
String settings

Exit
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3.5.2 Data Magic settings
It shows all settings of Data Magic.

Program

Setting

Data Magic settings

Exit
3.5.3 Firmware version
It shows the firmware version of your scanner.

Program

Setting

Firmware version

Exit

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3.6 Reset your scanner
By resetting your scanner, you can return your
scanner to the state it was in when you receive
it. This can help you solve some problems
caused by settings changed between scans.

Scan the following bar code to reset your

scanner:

Program

Setting

Reset your scanner

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3.7 Update firmware

Updating firmware improves functionalities
and performance for your scanner. Take the
following steps to update firmware.

 USB connection

1. Start Scan Utility.

2. On the File menu, click New.

3. In the NEW dialog box, select AI6800

from the Select Model list, and click OK.

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4. In the Scan Utility dialog box, click No.

5. On the Tool menu, click Download

Firmware > Download All (Scanner).

Note If you want to exit the firmware

update mode, unplug the cable.

6. Scan Utility will ask if you want to

upgrade your scanner, click OK. In the
next dialog box, click OK. Then, you need
to wait 7 seconds for system to switch your
scanner to the DFU mode.

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7. In the Change Firmware dialog box, click

Ask to get the current firmware version
of your scanner.

8. Click Find to load the firmware file. The

firmware version in this file needs to be
different from the current firmware
version of your scanner. After loading the
file, click Download to update the
firmware.

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9. After the update is completed, click OK.

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 RS-232 connection
1. Start Scan Utility.

2. On the File menu, click New.

3. In the NEW dialog box, select AI6800

from the Select Model list, and click OK.

4. In the Scan Utility dialog box, click No.

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5. On the Tool menu, click Host RS-232

Setup.

6. In the Host RS-232 Setup dialog box,

select the COM port your scanner is using
and click Port Setting.

7. In the Port Setting dialog box, in the

Baud rate list, select 115200 and click OK.

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8. In the Host RS-232 Setup dialog box, click
OK.

9. On the Tool menu, click Download

Firmware > Download All (Scanner).

10. In the Change Firmware dialog box, click

Ask to get the current firmware version
of your scanner.

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11. Click Find to load the firmware file. The
firmware version in this file needs to be
different from the current firmware
version of your scanner. After loading the
file, click Download to update the
firmware.

12. After the update is completed, click OK.

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Install driver
If your operating system is Windows XP, it may
ask you to install the driver for AI-6800 during
the firmware updating process. Take the
following steps to install it.
1. In the Found New Hardware Wizard
dialog box, click Install from a list or
specific location (Advanced), and click
Next.

2. Select the Include this location in the

search check box, and click Browse. The
default path of driver of AI-6800 is
C:\Program Files\Argox\(Your Scan Utility
version)\driver\DFU. After setting the
path, click Next.

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3. The system starts to install the driver.

After it is completed, click Finish.

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3.8 Data Magic
Data Magic offers 10 commands for you to
customize text strings of bar codes. Each
command can be specified in a rule. Data
Magic allows up to 10 rules to be applied.
With the flexibility Data Magic provides, you
can define data as you want.

There are two ways to use Data Magic:

scanning bar codes, or using Scan Utility. By
scanning bar codes, you can quickly change
the settings without using programs; by using
Scan Utility, you can see the settings at a
glance and change them through the
easy-operated user interface. Choose the
method that meets your need.

Important Data Magic default is

disabled. To enable Data Magic function, go
to chapter 4 Bar codes and find Data Magic
column to enable it.

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Data Magic commands
InsertF
Definition Attributes
Insert a
￭ Position: The position you
character or
want to insert the character.
characters from
the left of a text ￭ String: The specified group.
string.
InsertB
Definition Attributes
Insert a
￭ Position: The position you
character or
want to insert the character.
characters from
the right of a ￭ String: The specified group.
text string.
CutF
Definition Attributes
Remove a
￭ From: The starting position
character or
of the text to be removed.
characters from
￭ To: The end position of the
the left of a text
string. text to be removed.
CutB
Definition Attributes
Remove a
￭ From: The starting position
character or
of the text to be removed.
characters from
￭ To: The end position of the
the right of a
text string. text to be removed.

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KeepF
Definition Attributes
Retain a
￭ From: The starting position
character or
of the text to be retained.
characters from
￭ To: The end position of the
the left of a text
string. text to be retained.
KeepB
Definition Attributes
Retain a
￭ From: The starting position
character or
of the text to be retained.
characters from
￭ To: The end position of the
the right of a
text string. text to be retained.
FindF
Definition Attributes
Remove a
￭ String: The specified group. ￭
certain length
Include: Remove everything
of the string
from the left. before the specified string.
￭ Exclude: Remove the
specified string and
everything before it.
FindB
Definition Attributes
Remove a
￭ String: The specified group. ￭
certain length
Include: Remove everything
of the string
from the right. before the specified string.
￭ Exclude: Remove the
specified string and
everything before it.

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Replace
Definition Attributes
Replace the
￭ String: The text in the
text in the
original text string.
original text
string with a ￭ With String: The string that
different text replaces the specific text.
string.
Erase
Definition Attributes
Remove the None.
specified rule.

Position Range: 0-99

Cut Range: From: 1-99, To: 1-99

Note If you use Data Magic by scanning

bar codes, you don’t need the Erase
command.

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3.8.1 Bar code scanning

Bar code scanning is a quick way to work with
Data Magic. Just scan the bar codes in specific
order, and you can customize your string in
seconds.

Data format
Data Magic provides 10 rules for you to set.
To set a rule, follow this data format to scan
bar codes:

Program + Rule + Command + Attribute 1 +

Attribute 2 + Finish + Exit

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Item Description
The rule number. The lower
Rule the number, the higher the
priority. The rule with the high
priority will be applied first.
Command The command you specify in
the rule.
Attribute 1 The attribute varies according to
the command.
Attribute 2 The attribute varies according to
the command.
Command Attribute 1 Attribute 2
InsertF Position String
InsertB Position String
CutF From To
CutB From To
KeepF From To
KeepB From To
FindF String Include or
Exclude
FindB String Include or
Exclude
Replace String With String
Erase - -

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To set an InsertF rule with the sample data, scan the
following bar codes:

Program

RULE1

InsertF

Attr1 (Two digits)

Attr2 (Two digits)

Finish

Exit

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Bar codes
The bar codes below are Data Magic rules.
They consist of two digits. The first digit “9”
indicates Data Magic; the second indicates
the rule number.

Data Magic Rules

RULE RULE
1 2

RULE RULE
3 4

RULE RULE
5 6

RULE RULE
7 8

RULE RULE
9 10

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The bar codes below are Data Magic commands.

Data Magic Commands

0→InsertF 1→CutF

2→CutB 3→Replace

4→KeepF 5→KeepB

6→FindF 7→FindB

8→InsertB 9→Erase

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Example
Original Text String: ARGOX89121121
Group 1: ARGOX Group 2: argox
Group 3: GOX Group 4: Tel:

InsertF
Insert Group 4 (Attr 2) into the fifth (Attr 1)
position from the left side of the string.

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

1 InsertF 1 2 Finish Exit
0 5 0 4

Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: ARGOXTel:89121121

InsertB
Insert Group 4 (Attr 2) into the eighth (Attr 1)
position from the right of the string.

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

2 InsertB 1 2 Finish Exit
0 8 0 4

Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: ARGOXTel:89121121

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CutF
Remove first 5 characters from the left of the
string.
Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

3 CutF 1 2 Finish Exit
0 1 0 5

Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: 89121121
CutB
Remove first 8 characters from the right of
the string.

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

4 CutB 1 2 Finish Exit
0 1 0 8

Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: ARGOX
Replace
In the original string, replace the Group 1
(Attr1) with Group 4 (Attr2).

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

5 Replace 1 2 Finish Exit
0 1 0 4

Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: Tel:89121121
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KeepF
Keep the characters from (Attr1) to (Attr2)
from the left of the string.
Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

6 KeepF 1 2 Finish Exit
0 3 0 8
Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: GOX891

KeepB
Retain the characters from (Attr1) to (Attr2)
from the right of the string.

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

7 KeepB 1 2 Finish Exit
0 3 0 8
Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: 891211

FindF
Remove Group 3 (Attr 1) and everything
before it from the left of the string. Attribute 2
can be “00” or “01.”

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

8 FindF 1 2 Finish Exit
00: Include 0 3 0 1
01: Exclude
Data: ARGOX89121121 Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: GOX89121121 Result: 89121121
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FindB
Remove Group 3 (Attr 1) and everything
before it from the right of the string. Attribute 2
can be “00” or “01.”

Program

Rule Command Attribute Attribute

9 FindB 1 2 Finish Exit
0 3 0 1

00: Include 01: Exclude

Data: ARGOX89121121 Data: ARGOX89121121
Result: ARGOX Result: AR

Erase
Remove the specified rule.

Rule Command
Program Exit
Rule 10 Erase

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Erase
To remove all values in Data Magic, scan the
bar code below.

Display the current settings

To display the current settings of Data Magic,
scan the following bar codes:

Program

OR

Display Data Magic Displays Inserted

settings Group settings

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Scan Utility
Scan Utility provides a simple, clear interface
that you can easily view and change Data
Magic settings, and import or export the
settings to your scanner. Currently, Scan
Utility uses RS-232 for data transmission. If
your scanner is connected via a USB port, you
need to install Virtual COM for Scan Utility to
transmit data. For more information about
installing Virtual COM, see Virtual COM.

To use Data Magic, start Scan Utility and do

this:
1. On the File menu, click New.
2. In the NEW dialog box, select AI6800
from the Select Model list, and click OK.
3. In the Scan Utility dialog box, click No.
4. On the Setup menu, Click Linear Barcode
setup. Select which code you want to use
then enable Data matrix function, click
OK.
5. On the Setup menu, click Scanner Setup,
and click the Data Magic tab.
6. In the Data Magic tab, select the Data
Magic check box.
7. Click one of the rules you want to set. For
example, if you want to set Rule 1, select
its Enable check box. In the command list,
click the command you want, such as
InsertF. In the position box, type a
position number. In the string list, click
the group you want.
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8. Repeat the previous step until you set all
the rules you need, and click the String
tab.
9. In the String tab, there are 10 string
boxes: Insert G1-G10 chars setting. Each
box corresponds to the group you’ve
selected in the string list in the Data
Magic tab. Depending on your selection,
type the text you want in the specific box.
For example, if you’ve selected Group1,
type in the Insert G1 chars setting box.
The string box accepts up to 12
single-byte characters. When you’re done,
click OK.
10. On the Tool menu, click Export Config
(from Host), and click Export. If the data
is exported successfully, you’ll hear a long
beep.

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In the Data Magic tab, you’ll find 10 rules.
Each rule can be set to one of the commands.
The table below describes how to use those
commands.

Command Example
InsertF Position: 1
String: Group 2
Group 2: Argox
Original String: 12345678
Result: 1Argox2345678
InsertB Position: 1
String: Group 2
Group 2: Argox
Original String: 12345678
Result: 1234567Argox8
CutF From: 2 To: 4
Original String: 12345678
Result: 15678
CutB From: 2 To: 4
Original String: 12345678
Result: 12348

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Command Example
Replace String: Group1
With String: Group 2
Group 1: 456
Group 2: Argox
Original String: 12345678
Result: 123Argox78
KeepF From: 2 To: 4
Original String: 12345678
Result: 234
KeepB From: 2 To: 4
Original String: 12345678
Result: 567
FindF String: Group 3
Group 3: 45
Original String: 12345678
Include/Exclu: Include
￭ Result: 45678
Include/Exclu: Exclude
￭ Result: 678
FindB String: Group 3
Group 4: 45
Original String: 12345678
Include/Exclu: Include
￭ Result: 12345
Include/Exclu: Exclude
￭ Result: 123
Erase In Rule 10, In the command list, click
Erase, and Rule 10 will be removed.
You can also clear the Enable check
box to remove the rule.

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Virtual COM
You can configure Virtual COM to transmit
data to a computer via a virtual COM port.
After installing Virtual COM, your scanner will
be assigned a virtual COM port, which you
can use to receive or send data.

To configure Virtual COM on Windows XP and

set up a virtual COM port in Scan Utility:
1. Connect your scanner to your computer.
2. Use the bar code in Interface Selection to
switch the interface to Virtual COM. If
the interface is set successful, you’ll hear
a long beep, and Found New Hardware
Wizard will appear on screen.
3. In the Found New Hardware Wizard
dialog box, click Install from a list or
specific location (Advanced), and click
Next.
4. Click Search for the best driver in these
locations, and select the Include this
location in the search check box. Next,
click Browse, and find the driver at your
installation path of Scan Utility (default is
C:\Program Files\Argox\Scan
Utility\driver\virtual com), and then click
Next.
5. After the driver installed, click Finish.
6. Right-click My Computer and click
Properties.
7. Click the Hardware tab, and click Device
Manager.
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8. Click Ports (COM & LPT). Find ARGOX
Virtual COM and see the port number in
the parenthesis.
9. Close Device Manager.
10. Start Scan Utility. On the File menu, click
New. In the Select Model list, click
AI6800, and click OK.
11. On the Tool menu, click Host RS-232
Setup.
12. In the Host RS-232 Setup dialog box, in
the RS-232 Setting list, click the port
you’ve seen in step 8, and click Port
Setting.
13. In the Port Setting dialog box, in the
Baud rate list, click 115200, and click OK.

Note The installation steps may vary

depending on your operating system.

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4 Bar codes

Each bar code has different attributes for you to

change as you need.

UPC-A
Format
Leading Data Digits Check
Zero (11 Digits) Digit
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmission Append the check
digit to the end of a bar code.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Truncate leading/ending You can truncate
characters from the left (Truncate leading) or the
right (Truncate ending) of a bar code. Your
scanner beeps if the truncate length is longer
than the bar code, or the parts being truncated
by Truncate leading and Truncate ending are
overlapped. You can truncate up to 15
characters.
￭ Code ID setting Code ID is an identifier for a
bar code. It has two modes: Proprietary ID or
AIM ID. If you want to customize the code ID
using an ASCII code, you need to choose
Proprietary ID. You must turn on Code ID
transmission to use Code ID. For further details,
see Section 3.4.4, ID, name and capitalization.

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Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable 00
Enable 01*
Checksum transmission
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH 00-ffH
ASCII code < A >*
Code ID setting

Exit
￭ Insertion group number selection
It allows you to insert up to two strings into a
bar code. First, you need to set a string in a
group, and then insert the group into your bar
code. There are four string groups. You can
insert the same group two times if you want. For
more information about how to set a string in a
group, see Section 3.4.3, String groups.

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Example:
To insert Group 2, set the value as 02 or 20.
To insert Group 1 and 4, set the value as 14 or
41.
To insert Group 3 two times, set the value as 33.
Note Zero (0) means no group is inserted.
￭ Supplement digits If your bar code has a
supplemental bar code, you can use this feature
to decode it. The supplemental bar code can be
2 or 5 digits.

Leading Data Digits Check Supplement digits

Zero (11 Digits) Digit 2 or 5 or
UCC / EAN 128

Program

Setting Option Value

00-44 00-44
(The range of 00*
Insert group the single-digit
number selection number: 0-4)
None 00*
2 digits 01
Supplement 5 digits 02
digits
2,5 digits 03
UCC/EAN 128 04
2, UCC/EAN 128 05
5, UCC/EAN 128 06
All 07

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￭ Truncation/Expansion
• Truncate It truncates the leading zeros of a
UPC-A bar code.
• Expansion It converts a UPC-A bar code to
the EAN-13 format.
￭ Supplement check counter The decoder needs
to capture the supplemental bar code within the
number of times the check counter specified, or
it determines there’s no supplement. If you
setting 00, it will be failed when you read
supplemental bar code.

Program

Setting Option Value

None 00
Truncate leading zero 01*
Truncation/
Expansion Expand to EAN13 02
00-99 00-99
(verification) 5*
Supplement
check counter

Exit
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UPC-E
Format

Leading Zero Data Digits

Check Digits
(6 Digits)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function. ￭
Checksum transmission Append the check
digit to the end of a bar code.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable 00
Enable 01*
Checksum
transmission
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading

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Setting Option Value
0-15
00-15
Truncate ending 00*
00-ffH ASCII code
00-ffH
Code ID setting < E >*

Exit
￭ Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.
￭ Supplement digits See the description in
UPC-A.

Format

Leading Data Supplement digits

Zero Check
Digits 2 or 5 or
(6 Digits) Digit UCC / EAN 128
￭ Truncate/Expansion
• Truncate It truncates the leading zeros of a
UPC-E bar code.
• Expansion It converts a UPC-E bar code to
the EAN-13 or UPC-A format.
￭ Expansion It extends a UPC-E bar code to
13-digit.
￭ UPC-E1 It allows your scanner to decode
UPC-E bar codes that begin with the number
one (1).
￭ Supplement check counter See the
description in UPC-A.

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Program
Setting Option Value
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
None 00*
2 digits 01
Supplement digits 5 digits 02
2,5 digits 03
UCC/EAN 128 04
2, UCC/EAN 128 05
5, UCC/EAN 128 06
All 07
None 00*
Truncate leading 01
Truncation/Expansi zero
on
Expand to EAN13 02
Expand to UPCA 03
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Expansion
Disable 00*
Enable 01
UPCE-1
00-99 00-99
(verification) 05*
Supplement check
counter

Exit
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EAN-13
Format
Data Digits (12 Digits) Check Digits
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function. ￭
Checksum transmission Append the check
digit to the end of a bar code.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.

Program
Setting Option Value
Disable 00

Read Enable 01*

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Checksum
transmission
Disable 00*

Data Magic Enable 01

0-15 00-15

Truncate leading 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

Exit

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￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.
￭ Supplement digits See the description in
UPC-A.

Format

Data Digits Check Supplement Digits

(12 Digits) Digits 2 or 5 or
UCC / EAN 128

￭ ISBN/ISSN conversion The ISBN (International

Standard Book Number) and ISSN (International
Standard Serial Number) are bar codes for books
and magazines, respectively. The old ISBN is
10-digit and the old ISSN is 8-digit. When you
turn on this feature, it converts the new ISBN
and ISSN to their old format.
￭ ISBN ID Setting You can set ISBN ID with ASC II
code.
￭ Supplement check counter See the
description in UPC-A.

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Program
Setting Option Value
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< F >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
None 00*
2 digits 01
Supplement digits 5 digits 02
2,5 digits 03
UCC/EAN 128 04
2, UCC/EAN 128 05
5, UCC/EAN 128 06
All 07
Disable 00*
Enable 01
ISBN/ISSN
conversion
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< l>*
ISBN ID setting
00-99 00-99
(verification) 05*
Supplement check
counter

Exit
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EAN-8
Format
Data Digits (7 Digits) Check Digits

￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function. ￭

Checksum transmission Append the check
digit to the end of a bar code.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

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Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable 00
Enable 01*
Checksum
transmission
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
Two characters 00-ffH,
00-ffH ASCII 00-ffH
Code ID setting
code < FF >*
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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￭ Supplement digits See the description in
UPC-A.
Format
Data Supplement Digits
Digits Check
2 or 5 or
(7 Digits) Digits UCC/EAN 128

￭ Truncate/Expansion
• Truncate It truncates the leading zeros of
an EAN-8 bar code.
• Expansion It converts an EAN-8 bar code
to the EAN-13 format.
￭ Expansion It extends an EAN-8 bar code to
13-digit.
￭ Supplement check counter See the
description in UPC-A.

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Program

Setting Option Value

None 00*
2 digits 01
Supplement 5 digits 02
digits
2,5 digits 03
UCC/EAN 128 04
2, UCC/EAN 128 05
5, UCC/EAN 128 06
All 07
None 00*
Truncate leading zero 01
Truncation / Expand to EAN13 02
Expansion
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Expansion
00-99 00-99
(verifications) 05*
Supplement
check counter

Exit

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Code 39
Format
Start Data Digits Checksum End
“★” ( Variable) (Optional) “★”
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify When you disable
both of them, the check digit is sent as a regular
character.
• Transmission Append the check digit to
the end of a bar code.
• Verify Use the algorithm to calculate a
check digit to verify the completeness of the
bar code.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length The max and min code
length defines the decoding length of a bar code.
Note the following when you set it length:
• If the code length is shorter than the min or
longer than the max, the bar code won’t be
decoded.
• If the min is equal to the max, the decoding
length is fixed.
• If the max or min is set to zero (00), Global
min/max code length will take effect. For
example, if the min is set to zero, it will
apply Global min. code length.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A.
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Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable/Disable 00*
Disable/Enable 01
Checksum
transmit/verify Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64
00*
Max. code length
00-64 00-64
01*
Min. code length
0-20 00-20
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
<*>
Code ID setting

Exit

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￭ Insertion group number selection See the

description in UPC-A.
￭ Format It converts the ASCII codes in the Code
39 bar code to regular characters.
￭ Append It decodes and concatenates several
Code 39 bar codes that have a space character
at their beginning. Your scanner stops
concatenating and sends all concatenated data
to your computer when it decodes a Code 39 bar
code that doesn’t have a space character at its
beginning, or when it decodes a bar code that is
not Code 39.
If your scanner decodes a bar code that has a
space character at its beginning, it won’t send its
Code ID, Preamble and Prefix; if it decodes a bar
code that doesn’t have a space character, it
won’t send its Code ID and Prefix.
￭ Start/End transmission
It sends the start and the stop codes of a bar
code to your computer.

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Program

Setting Option Value

00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Standard 00*
Full ASCII 01
Format
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Append
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Start/end
transmission

Exit

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Interleaved 2 of 5
Format
Data Digits Checksum
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in Code 39.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable/Disable 00*
Disable/Enable 01
Checksum
transmit/verify Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic

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Setting Option Value
00-64
00-64
Max. code 00*
leading
00-64 00-64

Min. code 00*

leading
0-15 00-15

Truncate leading 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < i >*

00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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Industrial 2 of 5
Format
Data Digits Checksum
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program
Setting Option Value
Disable 00*

Read Enable 01
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64

Max. code length 00*

00-64 00-64

Min. code length 00*

0-15 00-15
Truncate leading 00*
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Setting Option Value
0-15
00-15
Truncate ending 00*
00-ffH ASCII code
00-ffH
Code ID setting < i >*
00-44
00-44

Insert group 00*

number selection

Exit

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Matrix 2 of 5
Format
Data Digits Checksum
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in Code 39.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable/Disable 00*
Disable/Enable 01
Checksum
transmit/verify Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic

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Setting Option Value
00-64
00-64
Max. code length 00*
00-64
00-64
Min. code length 00*
0-15 00-15
Truncate leading 00*
0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < B >*

00-44 44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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Codabar
Format
Checksum
Start Data Digits (Variable) End
(Optional)

￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.

￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in Code 39.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00

Read
Enable 01*
Disable/Disable 00*
Disable/Enable 01
Checksum
transmit/verifiy Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*

Data Magic
Enable 01

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Setting Option Value
00-64
00-64
Max. code length 00*
00-64
00-64
Min. code length 00*
0-15 00-15
Truncate leading 00*
0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < % >*

Exit

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￭ Insertion group number selection See the

description in UPC-A.
￭ Start/End type Codabar has four pairs of
characters for the star and stop codes. Select
one pair to suit your needs.
￭ Start/End transmission
See the description in Code 39.

Program

Setting Option Value

00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
ABCD/ABCD 00*
abcd/abcd 01
Start/End type
ABCD/TN*E 02
abcd/tn*e 03
Disable 00
Enable 01*
Start/End
transmission

Exit

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Code 128 / GS1-128
Format
Data Digits Checksum
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in Code 39.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.

Program
Setting Option Value
Disable 00

Read Enable 01*

Disable/Disable 00

Checksum Disable/Enable 01*

Transmit/Verify Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*

Data Magic Enable 01

Exit
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A.

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￭ Format It converts Code 128 to
UCC/EAN-128(GS1-128) if the bar code starts
with the FNC1 character. The first FNC1 is
translated to “]C1,” and the next one is
translated to a field separator, which is ASCII
code 29, <GS>.
]C1 Data <GS> Data Checksum

Program
Setting Option Value
00-64 00-64
00*
Max. code length
00-64 00-64
01*
Min. code length
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< # >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Standard 00
UCC/EAN-128 01*
Format

Exit
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￭ Append / FNC4 control: When Append function

is enabled, it won't show the data immediately if
imager read the barcode includes FNC2 code. It
will show all data until it read the barcode,
which doesn't have FNC2 code. When FNC4 is
enabled, the imager will send the data with
FNC4 code. If the FNC4 is ignored, the imager
will send the data without FNC4 code.
￭ ISBT enable Enable or disable ISBN barcode
readable.
￭ Field separator code It is used for the bar
codes converted to UCC/EAN 128 only. You can
use the ASCII code to customize your field
separator. The default separator is <GS>.

￭ GS1-128 ID See the description in UPC-A.

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Program
Setting Option Value
Disable/Enable 00*
Enable/Enable 01
Append /
NFC4 Control Disable/Ignore 02
Enable /Ignore 03
Disable 00*
Enable normal 01
ISBT enable
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
1DH*
Field separator
code
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
Default
GS1-128 ID
:#

Exit

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Code 93
Format
Data Digits Checksum1 Checksum2
(Variable) (Optional) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in Code 39.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable/Disable 00
Disable/Enable 01*
Checksum
transmit/verify Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic

Exit

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￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program
Setting Option Value
00-64
00-64
Max. code length 00*
00-64 00-64
Min. code length 00*
0-15 00-15

Truncate leading 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < & >*

00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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Code 11
Format
Data Digits Checksum1 Checksum2
(Variable) (Optional) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in Code 39.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable/Disable 00
Disable/One digit 01*
Checksum
transmit/verify Disable/Two digits 02
Enable/One digit 03
Enable/Two digits 04

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Setting Option Value
Disable 00*

Data Magic Enable 01

00-64 00-64

Max. code length 00*

00-64 00-64

Min. code length 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate leading 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < O >*

00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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MSI/Plessey
Format
Data Digits Checksum1 Checksum2
(Variable) (Optional) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify There are three
algorithms for you to calculate the check digit of
a MSI bar code: MOD 10, MOD 10/MOD 10,
MOD 11/MOD 10. For example, if you choose
MOD 11/MOD 10, the system uses MOD 11 to
calculate the check digit and append it to the bar
code. The new bar code with the MOD 11 check
digit will be calculated again using MOD 10, and
then the system appends the MOD 10 check
digit to the new bar code. The result of the bar
code format is:
<DATA><MOD 11 check digit><MOD 10 check
digit>
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A.
￭ Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program
Setting Option Value
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
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Setting Option Value
N/disable 00
N/MOD 10 01*
Checksum N/Mod 10,10 02
transmit/verify N/mod 11,10 03
Y/ Mod10 04
Y/ Mod 10,10 05
Y/ Mod 11/10 06
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64
00*
Max. code length
00-64 00-64
00*
Min. code length
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< @ >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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UK/Plessey
Format
Data Digits Checksum1+2
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify UK/Plessey has two
checksums. The first is calculated using modulo
10 and the second is calculated using modulo
11.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable/Disable 00
Disable/Enable 01*
Checksum
transmit/verify Enable/Enable 02

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Setting Option Value
Disable 00*

Data Magic Enable 01

00-64 00-64

Max. code length 00*

00-64 00-64

Min. code length 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate leading 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < @ >*

00-44 00-44

Insert group 00*

number selection

Exit

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Telepen
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Checksum transmit/verify See the description
in UK/Plessey.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable/Disable 00*
Disable/Enable 01
Checksum
transmit/verify Enable /Enable 02
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64
00*
Max. code length

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Setting Option Value
00-64 00-64

Min. code length 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate leading 00*

0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < S >*

00-44 00-44

Insert group 00*

number selection
Numeric only 00*

Format Full ASCII only 01

Exit

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Standard 2 of 5
Format
Data Digits Checksum1
(Variable) (Optional)

￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function. ￭

Checksum transmit/verify The checksum is
calculated using modulo 10.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program
Setting Option Value
Disable 00*

Read Enable 01
Disable/Disable 00*
Disable/Enable 01
Check-sum Enable /Enable 02
transmit/verify
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
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Setting Option Value
00-64
00-64
Max. code length 00*
00-64
00-64
Min. code length 00*
0-15 00-15
Truncate leading 00*
0-15 00-15

Truncate ending 00*

00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH

Code ID setting < i >*

00-44 00-44

Insert group 00*

number selection

Exit

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China Post
Format
Data Digits Checksum1
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64
11*
Max. code length
00-64 00-64
6*
Min. code length

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Setting Option Value
0-15
00-15
Truncate leading 00*
0-15
00-15
Truncate ending 00*
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
Code ID setting < t >*
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection

Exit

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Italian Pharmacode (Code 32)
Format
Data Digits Checksum1
(Variable) (Optional)

￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.

￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.
￭ Leading “A” Add the character “A” at the
beginning of a Code 32 bar code.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64
12*
Max. code length

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Setting Option Value
00-64 00-64
09*
Min. code length
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 01-ffH
< p >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Leading “A”

Exit

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Code 16K
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

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Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-ffH
00-44
Insert group
00*
number selection

Exit

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EAN UCC Composite
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.

￭ UCC/EAN 128 emulation See the description

in GS1 Databar Omnidirectional.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00*
Enable 01
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending

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Setting Option Value
00-ffH 00-ffH
ASCII code < RC >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Disable 00*
Enable 01
UCC / EAN128
emulation

Exit

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GS1 Databar Omnidirectional
Format
Data Digits Checksum1
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Truncate leading/ending See the description
in UPC-A.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.
￭ UCC/EAN 128 emulation It adds “[C1” at the
beginning of a GS1 bar code. You need to turn
on AIM ID to use this feature. For more
information about AIM ID, see Section 3.4.4, ID,
name and capitalization.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading

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Setting Option Value
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< R4 >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Disable 00*
Enable 01
UCC/EAN128
emulation

Exit

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GS1 Databar Limited
Format
Data Digits Checksum1
(Variable) (Optional)

￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.

￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A.
￭ Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.
￭ UCC/EAN 128 emulation See the description
in GS1 Databar Omnidirectional.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-64 00-64

*UAD*
Max. code length
00-64 00-64

*UAE*
Min. code length

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Setting Option Value
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< RL >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Disable 00*
Enable 01
UCC/EAN128
emulation

Exit

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GS1 Databar Expanded
Format
Data Digits Checksum1
(Variable) (Optional)
￭ Read Turn on or turn off the read function.
￭ Data Magic Turn on or turn off Data Magic.
￭ Max/Min code length See the description in
Code 39.
￭ Code ID setting See the description in UPC-A. ￭
Insertion group number selection See the
description in UPC-A.
￭ UCC/EAN 128 emulation See the description
in GS1 Databar Omnidirectional.

Program

Setting Option Value

Disable 00
Enable 01*
Read
Disable 00*
Enable 01
Data Magic
00-99 00-99
99*
Max. code length

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Setting Option Value
00-99 00-99
01*
Min. code length
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate leading
0-15 00-15
00*
Truncate ending
00-ffH ASCII code 00-ffH
< RX >*
Code ID setting
00-44 00-44
00*
Insert group
number selection
Disable 00*
Enable 01
UCC/EAN128
emulation

Exit

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5 Troubleshooting

You might encounter some issues when you

scan bar codes. This chapter provides
information that helps you fix common
issues.

5.1 Scanner issues

My scanner doesn’t emit the aiming pattern.

￭ Your scanner is sending data to your

computer. Wait until it finishes.
￭ Did you plug the connection cable to your
computer?

5.2 Bar code issues

My scanner doesn’t read the bar code

properly.

￭ Reset your scanner.

￭ Check the quality of your bar codes.
Wrinkled, smudged, blurred or torn bar
codes won’t be read by your scanner.
￭ The reading window of your scanner may
be dirty and block the field of view. Clean
the reading window.

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The data isn’t sent to my computer.

￭ Make sure the USB or RS-232 cable is

tightly plugged into your computer.

My scanner doesn’t decode the bar code, but

the bar code type is supported.

￭ Did you turn on Read for the bar code

type?
￭ The density of your bar code may be too
high for your scanner to decode.

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6 Specifications

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Model AI-6800
Light Source Red LED
Sight Red LED, 623 nm
Scan Pattern Linear Imager(CCD)
Indicator LED & beeper
Interface USB (HID/Virtual COM), RS-232
Scan Angle 39°
Print Contrast 15%
Scan Rate 700 scans/sec
D.O.F.
3mil 55 ~ 85mm
4 mil 55 ~115mm
5mil 50 ~135mm
10mil 35 ~310mm
13mil 40 ~410mm
20mil 45 ~565mm
EAN13, 13mil 40 ~ 355mm
Electrical
Input voltage 5V DC ± 5%
Power -
215mA @ 5VDC Max(USB)
operating
Power -
52mA @5VDC Typical(USB)
standby
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Dimensions 9.4 x 7.6 x 15.8 cm
Weight 140 g
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SYMBOLOGY DECODE CAPABILITY
Code11,Code39,Code93,Code32(Ph
armaceutical),Code128,Codabar,
Interleaved 2of 5,Industrial 2 of
5,IATA 2 of 5,Matrix
2of5,EAN/JAN‐13,EAN/JAN‐8,UPC‐A
Linear , UPC‐E,UPC‐A/EAN‐13 with
Extended Coupon code, Tele pen,
Plessey Code, GS1 Databar RSS14,
GS1 Databar Limited,GS1
Databar,Omni directional, GS1
Databar Expanded ,China Post
Stacked GS1 Databar Expanded Stacked,GS1
Linear Databar RSS14 Stacked, C16K,
CodaBlockF
USER ENVIRONMENT
Operating
-20°C to 60°C (-4°F to 140°F)
Temperature
Storage
-30°C to 70°C (-22°F to 158°F)
Temperature
Humidity 5% to 95% related humidity,
non-condensing
Drop
6 ft./1.8 m drop
Specifications
Contaminants Seals to resist airborne particulate
contaminants (IP65)
Light level 0 ~ 100,000 lux 0 ~ 100,000 lux
REGULATORY
EMI/RFI CE, FCC, BSMI

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6.1 Pin Assignments

1
32
54
76
98
10

10 pin

10-pin RJ45 Connector

Pin RS-232 USB

1 NC NC
2 VCC (+5V) VCC (+5V)
3 TXD NA
4 NA USB_D+
5 NA USB_D-
6 CTS NA
7 RX NA
8 RTS NA
9 GND GND
10 GND GND

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Appendix A. Test symbologies
Bar codes marked with asterisk (*) are turned on initially.

CODABAR

CODE 11

CODE-128 *

CODE-39 *

CODE-93

EAN-13 *

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STANDARD 2 of 5

CODE 16K

87549
EAN-8 *

INDUSTRIAL 2 of 5

UPC-E *

INTERLEAVED 2 of 5 *

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MATRIX 2 of 5

MSI/PLESSEY

UPC-A *

UK/PLESSEY

GS1

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Appendix B. ASCII table
L H 0 1 0 1
0 Null NUL DLE
1 Up F1 SOH DC1
2 Down F2 STX DC2
3 Left F3 ETX DC3
4 Right F4 EOT DC4
5 PgUp F5 ENQ NAK
6 PgDn F6 ACK SYN
7 F7 BEL ETB
8 Bs F8 BS CAN
9 Tab F9 HT EM
A F10 LF SUB
B Home Esc VT ESC
C End F11 FF FS
D Enter F12 CR GS
E Insert Ctrl+ SO RS
F Delete Alt+ SI US

L H 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 SP 0 @ P ` p
1 ! 1 A Q a q
2 “ 2 B R b r
3 # 3 C S c s
4 $ 4 D T d t
5 % 5 E U e u
6 & 6 F V f v
7 ‘ 7 G W g w
8 ( 8 H X h x
9 ) 9 I Y i y
A ★ : J Z j z
B + ; K [ k ﹛
C ， < L ＼ l ︱
D - = M ] m ﹜
E > N ^ n 〜
F / ? O _ o DEL

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Appendix C. Default settings of bar codes

Checksum Checksum Code

Code Type Read
Verification Transmission ID

UPC-A V V V A
UPC-E V V V E
EAN-13 V V V F
EAN-8 V V V FF
Code 39 V *
Interleaved
V i
2 of 5
Industrial
- - i
2 of 5
Matrix 2 of 5 B
Codabar %
Code 128 V V #
Code 93 V two digits &
Code 11 V One digit O
MSI/Plessey V @
UK/Plessey V @
Telepen S
Standard 2 of
- - i
5
China Post t
Italian
p
Pharmacode
Code 16K - -
EAN UCC
- - RC
Composite
GS1 databar
Omnidirectio - - R4
nal
GS1 databar
- - RL
Limited

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Checksum Checksum Code

Code Type Read
Verification Transmission ID

GS1 databar
- - RX
Expanded

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Appendix D. Data entry bar codes

0
A

1
B

2
C

3
D

4
E

5
F

7
9

8
Finish

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