Microscan Mini Hawk with Rs232

1 Connection

1.1 Connect the Scanner via Rs232 to your Computer (commendation: by an Optobridge) and start the Microscan ESP (latest version: ESP_5.8.1.2)

Software.

1.2 Choose the right model in this case Microscan Mini Hawk (not available with ESP_ML at the moment!).

then press OK.

1.3 Now you're getting asked to connect to the Scanner press ok

1.4 Now you have to choose your kind of connection type in this case Rs223

When you connect the first time just press Auto connect Button then you dont have to take care about the Baudrate and the other settings.

Otherwise the scanner is configured change the Baudrate to 9600 (SMT Standard)

And choose the right Com Port which is connected with the scanner.

Attend to set these adjustments also in Windows before!!!

It is recommendable to set the Baudrate temporarily on 115,2k while adjusting the sensor for more performance. Note that you have to change to 9600 again after finishing the settings. -> send and save

2 Settings

The next step is to press the AppMode Button to set the whole configuration Parameters.

1. Now change the Baudrate to 9600 ( SMT Standard).

Enable also the Preamble and the Postamble and configurate them like your own specification. Attention !!! Postamble and Preamble has to be similar with the configured settings in the RT7 software. (SMT Standard <STX>code<CR>)

2. Now configure the Read Cycle;

1. Continuous Read 1 Output

The scanner blinks and Reads all the time until it have successfully scanned a valid barcode; after this it waits for the next barcode. Change the End of Read Cycle Mode to New Trigger.

2. External Edge mode

Follow the steps 1 to 2.1 and then choose trigger mode External edge.

Configure the Leading and Trailing edge properly to your own requirements.

And set the end of read cycle time to New Trigger.

Install an sensor in the front of the scanner with an ground signal.

The ground signal from the sensor has to be connected to pin 9 on the scanner.

(Ground against + should be 24V, 21V is not sufficient!)

3. Serial Trigger Mode

You cannot send non-printable from the “Send” line in the Terminal Window. First, click on Terminal > Non-printable Characters > Enhanced Format (slower). Then click in the Blue communications window and press < followed by CTRL+F (displays as ACK) followed by > and the scanners responds. If you want to set the Serial trigger to DC1, you would need to send < CTRL+Q > from ESP.

If you use T or another single character as a serial Trigger command send <T> to the scanner to initiate a read cycle.

Always check that the End of Read Cycle Mode is set to New Trigger. In this case the Read Cycle Timeout has no function!

Only if you want to read for a fix period of time you have to change the End of Read Cycle Mode to Timeout. Now you can change the period time for triggering via this setting-time.

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