Configure Read Cycle Settings

The Cycle section of the Setup view allows you to modify the trigger, determine the number of symbols for the reader to expect, and set Read Cycle Timeout. A dropdown menu of various Cycle types provides a variety of options, each with configurable parameters.

Presentation

 

This mode, commonly referred to as “hand presentation mode”, uses Continuous Trigger along with Continuous Capture Mode and a Timeout at End of Read Cycle. Green Flash Mode is set to Static Presentation and the Green Flash Duration is set to 1 second.

 

Continuous

 

This mode allows you to set the Read Cycle Timeout and the expected Number of Symbols.

 

Triggered

 

This mode sets the read cycle to Serial Data and Edge, End of Read Cycle is set to Timeout or New Trigger, and Capture Mode is set to Rapid Capture with 1 capture. You can adjust the Serial Trigger, Trigger Delay, Timeout, and Number of Symbols.

 

Start / Stop

This mode uses External Level with a Read Cycle Timeout and Continuous Capture, allowing you to set Leading Edge and Trailing Edge as well as the Serial Trigger and the Start and Stop Characters.

 

Custom

 

This mode allows you a wider variety of read cycle scenarios. Use this mode to select Trigger mode and to set Serial Trigger Character and Trigger Delay; to select Capture Mode and to set Number of Captures, Rapid Capture Mode, and Delay between Images; and to select the End Cycle On setting as well as Timeout and Number of Symbols.