Method of programming the default cable interface software in an indicia reading device
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorHenri Barten
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Abstract
An indicia reading apparatus includes an interconnect cable and an indicia reading device. The indicia reading device is configured so that, if the indicia reader device is not configured to any interconnect cable and detects an indicia which does not contain one of a plurality of specified sequences of data elements that the indicia reading device will recognize and use to configure itself to operate with the interconnect cable, the indicia reading device will indicate to the user of the indicia reading device that the indicia reading device needs to be configured to operate with the interconnect cable.
Claims19
A method for requiring a user of an indicia reader device to initially configure the indicia reader device for operating with an interconnect cable comprising the steps of:
- a) configuring the indicia reader device so that if the indicia reader device detects an indicia which does not contain one of a plurality of specified sequences of data elements that the indicia reading device will recognize and configure itself to operate with the interconnect cable, the indicia reading device will indicate to the user of the indicia reading device that the indicia reading device needs to be configured to operate with the interconnect cable;
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- b) providing an indicia with an interconnect cable which includes one of the plurality of specified sequences of data elements which is applicable to the interconnect cable.
A method for configuring an indicia reader device for operating with an interconnect cable comprising the steps of:
- a) setting a interface variable to a first status prior to shipping the indicia reader to a user such that the indicia reader is not operable to read indicia that is not one of a plurality of interface configuration indicia;
- b) providing the interface cable with an indicia which contains one the plurality of interface configuration data elements prior to shipping the interconnection cable to the user;
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- c) setting the interface variable to a second status upon reading one of the plurality of interface configuration data elements.
An indicia scanning apparatus comprising:
- a) an interconnect cable;
- b) an indicia reading device configured to provide an indication to a user of the indicia reading device that if the indicia reading device is not configured to operate with any interconnect cable, and if the indicia reader device detects an indicia which does not contain a specified sequence of data elements that the indicia reading device will recognize and configure itself to operate with the interconnect cable;
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- c) indicia with, on, or in the interconnect cable which includes the specified sequence of data elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.