Summary of DCX Series
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013.
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 2 introduction the dcx readers are stand-alone data collection readers which are available in fixed-mount and portable versions. Major features of the dcx products include: • 4 million bytes of non-volatile flash storage for sav- ing transac...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 3 models which have the internal battery operate off of a 9-volt bat- tery, which is housed in a small compartment located on the bot- tom of the reader. This model also has an on/off switch located on the bottom of the reader, so you can tu...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 4 weatherproofing weatherproofed units are weather-resistant and not completely weatherproof. Avoid direct contact with continuous rain and/or ice/snow by providing some protection. If you have a unit with power and communication jacks on th...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 5 you program the dcx reader by sending serial commands. Each command must be followed by a carriage return (hex 0d). The reader will respond with ok if the command is accepted, or nok if the command is not accepted. If your reader also supp...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 6 reset record size command version command \ x x d r s xx data size min=4, max=40 d include the date when saving data 0=no, 1=yes r include the reader id when saving data 0=no, 1=yes s include the reader description when saving data 0=no, 1...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 7 get time command t returns: yy mm dd hh mm ss this command returns the current date and time set in the reader. Get number of records set reader id set reader description z returns: aaaaa bbbbb ccccc aaaaa number of total slots available i...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 9 get log item clear log reset log position l returns a logged data record. The format of the data record will be date/time, reader id, reader description, data. Date/time, reader id, and reader description are optional items and will only b...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 10 restart reader reset reader x restarts the reader. Changing some parameters, such as the baud rate, requires the reader to be powered down and then restarted. Alternatively, you can issue the restart command to restart the reader. Refers ...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 11 code 39 barcode settings x001 e c t s d ll x p s e 1 = enable code39; 0 = disable code39 reading c 1 = enable code39 check digit; 0 = disable check digit checking t 1 = include check digit with data; 0 = don’t include s 1 = include start/...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 12 code 39 suffix x017 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be appended to code39 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, i....
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 13 standard 2 of 5 barcode settings x002 e c t d ll x p s e 1 = enable s2of5; 0 = disable s20f5 reading c 1 = enable s2of5 check digit; 0 = disable check digit checking t 1 = include check digit with data; 0 = don’t include d 1 = include dir...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 14 s2of5 suffix x021 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to s2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, i.E....
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 15 industrial 2 of 5 barcode settings x003 e c t d ll x p s e 1 = enable ind2of5; 0 = disable ind20f5 reading c 1 = enable ind2of5 check digit; 0 = disable check digit checking t 1 = include check digit with data; 0 = don’t include d 1 = inc...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 16 industrial 2 of 5 suffix x031 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the c...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 17 interleaved 2 of 5 barcode settings x004 e c t d ll x p s e 1 = enable i2of5; 0 = disable i20f5 reading c 1 = enable i2of5 check digit; 0 = disable check digit checking t 1 = include check digit with data; 0 = don’t include d 1 = include ...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 18 industrial 2 of 5 suffix x019 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the c...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 19 upc a barcode settings x005 e d x p s e 1 = enable upca; 0 = disable upca reading d 1 = include direction indicator; 0 = don’t include x extra bars setting, 0 thru 4 p 1 = upca prefix on; 0 = don’t include a prefix s 1 = upca suffix on; 0...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 20 upc a suffix x027 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, i....
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 21 ean13 barcode settings x006 e d x p s e 1 = enable ean13; 0 = disable ean13 reading d 1 = include direction indicator; 0 = don’t include x extra bars setting, 0 thru 4 p 1 = ean13 prefix on; 0 = don’t include a prefix s 1 = ean13 suffix o...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 22 ean13 suffix x029 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, i....
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 23 code128 barcode settings x007 e c t d ll x p s e 1 = enable code128; 0 = disable code128 reading c 1 = enable code128 check digit; 0 = disable check digit checking t 1 = include check digit with data; 0 = don’t include d 1 = include direc...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 24 code128 suffix x025 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, ...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 25 codabar settings x008 e c t s d ll x i p s e 1 = enable codabar; 0 = disable codabar c 1 = enable check digit; 0 = disable check digit checking t 1 = include check digit with data; 0 = don’t include s 1 = include start/stop characters wit...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 26 codabar suffix x023 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, ...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 27 barcode masking x033 ll p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (mask 1, part 1) x034 p3 ll3 p4 ll4 p5 ll5 (mask 1, part 2) x035 ll p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (mask 2, part 1) x036 p3 ll3 p4 ll4 p5 ll5 (mask 2, part 2) ll lenth of the barcode. If any barcode matches this lengt...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 28 general barcode options x037 t n a m k b c t barcode timeout value, 1 thru 9, default=5 n 0 = normalization off; 1 = normalization on, priority=small; 2 = normalization on, priority=large a 0 = no alpha delete; 1 = alpha delete m 0 = mask...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 29 restart command x015 1 this command restarts the reader. Either this command or the null x command may be used to restart the reader. Track 1 settings part 1 x039 e q c s l d a m b p x e 1=track 1 enabled; 0=disabled q 1=use track 1 chara...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 30 track 1 settings part 2 x040 ll ss ll restrict track 1 reading to cards with a length of ll. Set to 00 for any length. Ss seperator character translation. If this parameter is set to a non 00 value, then any seperator characters in the ma...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 31 track 2 settings part 1 x041 e q c s l d a m b p x e 1=track 2 enabled; 0=disabled q 1=use track 1 character set (default); 0=use track 2 character set c 1=use c start sentinel; 0=use standard start sentinel s 1=include start/stop sentine...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 32 track 2 prefix x056 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, ...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 33 track 3 settings part 1 x043 e q c s l d a m b p x e 1=track 3 enabled; 0=disabled q 1=use track 1 character set (default); 0=use track 2 character set c 1=use c start sentinel; 0=use standard start sentinel s 1=include start/stop sentine...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 34 track 3 prefix x056 aaa bbb ccc ddd eee aaa-eee 3-digit ascii value for a character, max=126, 000=end you can program up to 5 characters to be prepended to ind2of5 data. To set a character use the 3-digit decimal value for the character, ...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 35 magstripe masking x061 ll p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (track 1, mask 1, part 1) x062 p3 ll3 p4 ll4 p5 ll5 (track 1, mask 1, part 2) x063 ll p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (track 1, mask 2, part 1) x064 p3 ll3 p4 ll4 p5 ll5 (track 1, mask 2, part 2) x065 ll p1 ll1 p2 ll...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 36 example: magstripe data is 1234567890 command: x033 10 06003....... Result: 678 command: x033 06000....... Result: 67890 to insert a character in the masked data, set the p(x) parameter to 00 and in the ll(x) parameter specify the charact...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 37 proximity general input settings x073 m k b p s m 1 = accept wiegand data only; 2 = accept only aba data; 3 = accept wiegand and aba k 1 = masking on; 2=masking off b 1=beep on good read; 0= no beep p 1= parity check for 26 and 28 bit car...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 38 wiegand input formats x074 bbb sss sl b bss bl b 1st format, part 1 x075 iss il b sc ic uc 1st format, part 2 x076 bbb sss sl b bss bl b 2nd format, part 1 x077 iss il b sc ic uc 2nd format, part 2 x078 bbb sss sl b bss bl b 3rd format, p...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 39 proximity masking x080 p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (format 1, part 1) x081 p3 ll3 p4 ll4 p5 ll5 (format 1, part 2) x082 p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (format 2, part 1) x083 p3 ll3 p4 ll4 p5 ll5 (format 2, part 2) x084 p1 ll1 p2 ll2 (format 3, part 1) x085 p3 ll3 p4 l...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 40 speaker control x095 s fff gg s 1=beep on reader startup, 0=no beep fff speaker frequency, adjustable from 001 to 255 gg speaker time for a good read, in 100ms increments speaker duty cycle x102 oo ff oo on period, 01 to 15 ff off period,...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 41 usid card options (21 character cards) usid and cac card options (18 character cards) x104 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 active personnel 1=on, 0=off 2 retired 1=on, 0=off 3 reserve 1=on, 0=off 4 sponsor 1=on, 0=off 5 dependent 1=on, 0=off 6 civilian...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 42 online mode hybrid options x108 x y x transmit time 1=on, 0=off y store data 1=on, 0=off notes • this command is only valid when the reader is in mode 1 (online mode). • setting the “transmit time” option to 1 turns on the transmission of...
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Dcx series user’s guide version 2.11 rev. 0 13 august 2013 43 space for user notes.