
Chapter 1 Quick Start
MS-820 Industrial Bar Code Scanner User’s Manual 1-11
1–Quick Start
Step 10 — Test Range for Bar Code Label
1. Position a label in front of an operational scanner.
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2. Click the Utilities button.
3. Right-click Read Rate and select Start.
4. Observe rate in terminal window on the right of
the Utilities screen.
5. Move your bar code label towards the scanner and
away from the scanner until the decode rates drop
off in each direction as shown in figure 1-1.
This will give you a sense of the depth of field
(inner and outer ranges) for your symbol’s density
and range.
6. To end test, right-click Read Rate and select the
Stop button.
Note: If the scanner is in the
default Continuous Read
mode, it will read and beep
repeatedly as long as a read-
able label remains in the read
range and the read cycle con-
figuration has not changed.
1. If using an I 2/5 label, verify that the number of characters in the label being scanned matches
the code length enabled for the I 2/5 code type (default is 10 and 6). See “Interleaved 2 of 5”
on page 5-14.
20 mil Code 39 Test Symbol
You can also find test symbols on the
back of the Microscan Marketing CD
jacket
. The 20 mil refers to the width
of the narrowest bar (e.g., 7.5 mil =
.0075" or .1905 mm).
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Figure 1-5 Depth of Field
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