Worth Data Serial Bar Code Reader RS-232 Installation Manual

RS-232 Serial Bar Code Reader

QuickStart and Installation Guide

WDR Reader

WDR Reader Installation - Host & 

T

erminal

If you attach the 

WDR R22 Reader between your computer and a terminal,

as sho

wn belo

w

, using the F45-1 Serial 

Y Cable, bar code data will display

on the terminal as if it had been typed.

The F45-1 Serial 

Y Cable

assumes you already ha

v

e a

dumb 

ASCII terminal connect-

ed to a host computer

. Unplug

the host cable from the termi-

nal and plug it into the DB25

Female cable end on the F45-1

cable.  Connect the other 25

pin end of the F45-1 

Y Cable

to the terminal (where the host

cable w

as plugged pre

viously).

The 

WDR R22 no

w sits in-

between the terminal and host

acting as a wedge reader; data

scanned is echoed back by the

host to the terminal screen.

The 

WDR reader must be con-

figured so that the Baud Rate,

Data Bits, Stop Bits and P

arity

match the settings on the ter-

minal.  

Y

ou may need to consult your terminal’

s documentation to deter-

mine ho

w those settings are vie

wed on the terminal.  Once you kno

w what

the settings are, you can use the bar coded 

WDR Setup Menu to mak

e an

y

necessary changes.

F

or conf

iguration settings and details, see the PDF Users Guide on the

Utility CD pr

o

vided with the r

eader

.