Datalogic Dragon M101 User manual

DRAGON™ M SERIES

QUICK REFERENCE

DATALOGIC S.p.A.

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DRAGON™ M Series

Ed.: 11/2005

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Preliminary

iii

CONTENTS

Updates and Language Availability.....................................................................iv

Using DRAGON™ M........................................................................................... 1

Charging the Batteries ........................................................................................ 4

DRAGON™ M Configuration .............................................................................. 5

Radio Timeout................................................................................................... 10

DRAGON™ M Default Configuration ................................................................ 11

Technical Features............................................................................................ 12

Warranty............................................................................................................ 13

Services And Support ....................................................................................... 13

Compliance ....................................................................................................... 14

Reading Diagrams ............................................................................................ 15

Numeric Table................................................................................................... 16

UPDATES AND LANGUAGE AVAILABILITY

UK/US

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DRAGON™ M SERIES

USING DRAGON™ M

The DRAGON™ M series laser gun can be used with either an OM-DRAGON™

cradle or STARGATE™ radio base station to build a Cordless Reading System

for the collection, decoding and transmission of barcoded data.

DRAGON™ M laser guns automatically scan barcodes at a distance. Simply

aim and pull the trigger.

SCAN LINE POSITION

Code scanning is performed along the scan line emitted from the reading

window. This line must cross the entire code.

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AIMING SYSTEM

DRAGON™ M provides a programmable aiming system. If enabled, the scan

line emitted from the reading window is preceded by a red spot which must

illuminate the code center to get the best reading performance (see figure

above, c). Once the defined timeout is reached, the red spot disappears and is

followed by the scan line to start the code scanning.

DATALOGIC

After Dragon™ M Setup, read one of the following codes to set desired aiming

system timeout.

aiming system disabled

Ì$+BX0$-AÎ

300 ms

Ì$+BX1$-FÎ

500 ms

Ì$+BX2$-KÎ

1 sec

Ì$+BX3$-PÎ

READING ANGLE

Successful scanning is obtained by tilting the reader with respect to the barcode

to avoid direct reflections that impair the reading performance, see the figure

below.

OK Not Advised

DRAGON™ M SERIES

SETUP

DRAGON™ M/OM-DRAGON™ Stand Alone Configuration

1. Connect an OM-DRAGON™ cradle to the Host. For installation and

connection information see the OM-DRAGON™ Quick Reference

Manual.

2. Charge the DRAGON™ M battery using an OM-DRAGON™ or the

C-DRAGON™ charger as described in this Quick Reference manual. A

full charge takes 2 hours with NiMh battery models.

3. Configure the laser gun as described in this Quick Reference -

DRAGON™ M/OM-DRAGON™ Stand Alone Setup.

4. Configure the OM-DRAGON™ cradle. See OM-DRAGON™

Configuration in the OM-DRAGON™ Quick Reference.

DRAGON™ M/STAR-System™ Configuration

1. Charge the DRAGON™ M battery using an OM-DRAGON™ or the

C-DRAGON™ charger as described in this Quick Reference manual. A

full charge takes 2 hours with NiMh battery models.

2. Configure the laser gun as described in this Quick Reference -

DRAGON™ M/STAR-System™ Setup.

DATALOGIC

CHARGING THE BATTERIES

Once the OM-DRAGON™ is powered, you can charge the laser gun’s batteries:

Place the DRAGON™ M into the OM-DRAGON™ cradle. The red LED on the

cradle goes on.

The battery is completely charged when the green LED on the cradle goes on.

After many recharging cycles NiMh and NiCd batteries may tend to lose their

operating autonomy. This condition can be overcome by inserting the

DRAGON™ M into the OM-DRAGON™ / C-DRAGON™ charger and pressing

the “battery reconditioning” button (see below).

When the above procedure is no longer effective, the batteries must be

changed. To change the batteries of your laser gun, unscrew the battery cover

screw, replace the old batteries with new ones, then screw the battery cover

back into place. (See the following figures).

NiMh, NiCd or Alkaline

CAUTION

Dispose of used batteries as required by the relevant laws

in force.

Battery cover

screw

Battery

reconditioning

button

DRAGON™ M SERIES

DRAGON™ M CONFIGURATION

DRAGON™M/OM-DRAGON™ STAND ALONE SETUP

When the OM-Dragon™ cradle is connected and powered, configure the

Dragon™ M by reading the following codes in the given sequence and follow the

instructions.

Note: for the numeric code selection of steps 3, 4, and 5 use the table at the

end of this Quick Reference.

Restore Dragon™ M Default

1. Ì$+$*oÎ

Enter Configuration

2. Ì$+;Î

Set Date

3. ÌIA%Î

six digits for Day, Month and Year (DDMMYY).

Set Time

4. ÌIB'Î

four digits for Hours and Minutes (HHMM).

Set Radio Address

ÌRA0RFHÎ

four digits for the Dragon™ M Address

(from 0000 to 1999).

All readers used in the same area must have different addresses.

DATALOGIC

Exit and Save Configuration

6. Ì$-?Î

7. Read the Bind code to pair the Dragon™ M to the OM-Dragon™

cradle.

The reader is dedicated to the cradle. Any previously bound reader will

be excluded.

To connect several readers to the same cradle see the following section

"Using Multiple Readers with Same Cradle".

Bind

Ì$+RN0$-IÎ

The green LED on the Dragon™ M will blink: the reader is ready to be

inserted into the cradle.

8. Firmly insert the reader into the cradle within 10 seconds, a beep will be

emitted, signaling that the OM-Dragon™ cradle has been paired to the

Dragon™ M, and the green LED on the reader will go off.

YOUR READER IS NOW CONFIGURED TO READ BARCODES USING THE

DEFAULT VALUES.

9. Configure the OM-Dragon™ cradle, refer to the “OM-Dragon™ Quick

Reference”.

Green LED

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