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Creating Special Bar Codes To Configure Your KDC
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Configuring Your KDC You can configure your KDC’s settings in 4 different ways. Way ONE
Scan Sequential Special Bar Codes
Way TWO
Scan One “Multiple Configuration” Special Bar Code
Way THREE
Using The On-Board Menu System (for KDC’s equipped with a display)
Way FOUR
Using KOAMTAC’s KTSync® Software Utility
This guide explains how to create Special bar codes using a free web-based barcode generator program for configuring your KDC using Way ONE or Way TWO.
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The KDC has TWO Special Bar Code sets: one for 1D Laser scanner models and one for 2D imager models. Both use Code 128 bar code symbology but they use different control characters and conventions. The models are as shown below. Be sure to follow the instructions for your scanner type.
1D LASER models:
KDC 100 KDC 200
2D IMAGER models:
KDC 300 KDC 350C
KDC 250
KDC 420
KDC 350L
KDC 425
KDC 410 KDC 415
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Creating Special Bar Codes
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The KDC has TWO Special Bar Code sets: one for laser scanner models and one for 2D imager models. Both use Code 128 bar code symbology but they use different control characters and conventions. The conventions are as shown below:
For 1D laser-based models KDC100/200/250/350L/410/415
For 2D imager models KDC300/350C/420/425
MKDC.
is a code128 control character. This tells the KDC that a special bar code follows and this should be used to change settings. is an ascii character string which is specific to each setting to be controlled. These numbers can be found in Appendix C of the KOAMTAC User Manual
is a control character 0x16 (022) ‘M’
is an ascii character
is a control character 0x0D (013) ‘KDC’ is an ascii character string is an ascii character string which is specific to each setting to be controlled. These can be found in Appendix D of the KOAMTAC User Manual ‘.’ is the last ascii character
Find the online bar code generator at: http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/ Symbology: Choose Code 128 Contents: A control symbol (^) is used to tell the generator that the characters which follow form a control character. Options: The Options box will automatically populate – be sure the text is exactly as shown below – the two are different. These options are specific to the terryburton bar code generator. 2D IMAGER
1D LASER
Choose
Choose
^FNC3xxxxx
^022M^013KDCxxxxx.
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Let’s Give One A Try In this example, a user would like to create a Special Bar Code to put his or her KDC into Bluetooth Pairing Mode.
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Find the to Enter Pairing Mode from the KOAMTAC User Manual, which can be downloaded at: http://koamtac.com/documents/manuals/Koamtac_UserManual_305R1.English.pdf STRINGS are the series of NUMBERS shown beneath each bar code in the following Appendices of the KOAMTAC User Manual. Appendix C: Special Bar Codes (1D Laser)
Appendix D: Special Bar Codes (2D imager)
STRING
STRING
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Using the online barcode generator at: http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/ 1D LASER
2D IMAGER
Choose
Choose
^FNC361001
^022M^013KDC61001.
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Scan One “Multiple Configuration” Special Bar Code
Creating Multiple Configuration Special Bar Codes
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The KDC has TWO Special Bar Code sets: one for 1D laser scanner models and one for 2D imager models. Both can use Code 128 bar code symbology but they use different control characters and convention. In addition, 2D imagers can also use QR Code for Multiple Configuration Special Bar Codes. The conventions for encoding the information are as shown below:
For 1D laser-based models KDC100/200/250/350L/410/415
;;… is a code128 control character. This tells the KDC that a special bar code follows and this should be used to change settings. is the first ascii character string for the first setting to be controlled Each additional ascii character string (to a practical maximum of 7 strings per bar code) for each additional setting. Note that strings are separated by a semi-colon ( ; ). If you have more than 7 settings to configure, it is recommended that additional Multiple Configuration bar codes be used. Otherwise the code can become too long to be scanned.
See Appendix C of the KOAMTAC User Manual for 1D Laser STRINGS
For 2D imager models KDC300/350C/420/425
MKDC;;…. is a control character 0x16 (022) ‘M’
is an ascii character
is a control character 0x0D (013)
‘KDC’
is an ascii character string
is an ascii character string which is specific to each setting to be controlled is each additional ascii character string for each additional setting. Note that strings are separated by a semi-colon ( ; ) ‘.’
is the last ascii character
See Appendix D of the KOAMTAC User Manual for 2D imager STRINGS
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Let’s Make A Multiple Configuration Bar Code In this example, a user would like to create a Multiple Configuration Special Bar Code to configure his or her KDC with the following settings (see Page 3 for info on STRINGS):
• Change Wedge/Store to “Wedge Only” 82000 • Change Termination Character to “None” 88000 • Change Bluetooth “Auto PowerOff” to “Disabled” 64010
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Using the online barcode generator at: http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/ 1D LASER
2D IMAGER
Choose
Choose
QR Code
^FNC382000;88000;64010
^022M^013KDC82000;88000;64010.
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