CR 900 FD

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C005066
Interface Configuration Document For:

CR900FD CR3600
CR1000 CR3600DPM
CR1000XHD CR4405
CR1400 CR5000
CR1400XHD CR5000RTC
CR1428 CR6000
CR2300 CR8000
CR2600 T500
CR2600XHD
Firmware build 1206 (for CR5000 & CR5000RTC)

Firmware build 5040 (for the T500)
Firmware build 1174 (for all others)
D014465 CR1400 CR1000 CR2300 CR2600 CR3600 CR44X5 CR8000 CR900FD CR6000 CR5000 T500 Client Version ICD
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Table of Contents
1 Keyword Table .......................................................................................................3
2 Scope .....................................................................................................................6
3 Notations ...............................................................................................................6
4 Reader Command Overview ...................................................................................6
4.1 Packetized Commands .......................................................................................7
4.2 Text Commands .................................................................................................7
4.3 Code Reader Batch (CRB) System.......................................................................7
4.4 Barcode Commands ...........................................................................................7
5 Communication Medium ........................................................................................8
5.1 USB Enumeration PID ........................................................................................8
6 Reader to Host Communication..............................................................................8
6.1 Raw Data ...........................................................................................................9
6.2 Packet Data ........................................................................................................9
7 Host to Reader Communication............................................................................ 13
7.1 Text Commands ...............................................................................................13
7.2 Packetized Commands .....................................................................................14
7.3 Command Types ..............................................................................................15
7.4 Prefix and Suffix Handling ................................................................................25
8 File Installation..................................................................................................... 25
8.1 Simple Protocol................................................................................................25
9 Reader Settings .................................................................................................... 26
9.1 Binary Dip Switch .............................................................................................26
9.2 Field of Interest................................................................................................27
9.3 Reader Setting Persistence ..............................................................................27
9.4 Docked State Settings ......................................................................................28
9.4.1 Overview......................................................................................................................................... 28
9.4.2 H5 commands (CR5000 & CR5000RTC only) .................................................................................. 29
9.5 Reader Settings Table ......................................................................................30
10 Radio Commands ................................................................................................. 98
10.1 Bluetooth® Commands ....................................................................................98
11 Symbology Detail Settings .................................................................................. 100
11.1 PharmaCode .................................................................................................. 100
12 Appendix: Example CRC16 C Code ...................................................................... 101
13 Appendix: Example CRC14 C Code ...................................................................... 104
14 Appendix: Custom Keyboard XML File Formatting .............................................. 105
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1 Keyword Table
These keywords are used throughout the document to show relationships between settings.
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Keyword Description
#2Of5 All 2 of 5 symbologies
#AES Settings or commands related to AES encryption
#AgeVerification Settings related to the Age Verifications functions of some Code readers
#AIMId Settings controlling the output of the AIM Identifier
#Aztec Aztec symbology
#Battery Settings for battery usage
#Beep Settings that affect beep duration and intensity
#ButtonStayDownTime Settings that affect how long the buttons stay engaged after being
pressed
#Cellphone Settings related to cellphone reading
#Charger Settings related to a charger base
#Charging Settings related to charging a reader and/or phone
#Codabar Codabar symbology
#Code39 Code 39 symbology
#Communications Used in changing the communication mode of the reader
#CompositeBarcodes Settings that affect reading of barcodes with more than one part
#DataMatrix Data Matrix symbology
#DataRetention Settings that determine the behavior of data saved on the reader
#DataEncoding Settings that affect incoming/outgoing data
#DefaultEvent Any settings that may affect default event behavior
#DPM Settings related to Direct Part Mark
#DuplicateBlock Settings related to blocking duplicate barcodes
#EAN/JAN EAN/JAN symbology
#Encryption Settings related to Bluetooth® encryption
#Foi0 Field of Interest 0
#Foi1 Field of Interest 1
#GoodReadRTS Settings that affect the good read output on RTS
#GS1Databar The GS1 DataBar family of symbologies
#HanXin Han Xin symbology
#InterCharacterDelay Settings controlling the USB keyboard inter-character delay
#Interleaved2Of5 Interleaved 2 of 5 symbology
#KeyboardMap Settings related to changing the output keyboard map
#MotionDetection Settings that affect the behavior of the motion detection feature
#PDF417 PDF417 symbology
#PharmaCode PharmaCode symbology
#PictureSettings Settings that affect pictures (JPG or PGM) captured by the reader
#Postal Postal symbologies
#QR QR Code symbology
#ReaderState Settings that affect the transition from one state to another (i.e. Active
to Idle)
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#SerialComm Settings related to serial communications mode

#SettingsLock Settings that affect the enhanced Settings Lock feature
#SimpleAV Settings that affect the Simple Age Verification feature on the CR5000
#Stand Settings that affect reader behavior in a Stand
#StandDetect Settings related to detecting the Stand, or table, or the charging base as
a Stand
#StandModes Settings that change based on entering or leaving the Stand/table
#T500 Information and settings that relate to the T500 Reader Accessory
#Telepen Telepen symbology
#TextCommands Settings relating to the reader accepting text commands
#UPC UPC symbology
#Vibration Settings that affect vibration in readers with a vibration motor
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2 Scope
This Interface Configuration Document (ICD) specifies the communication protocol between the Code
Reader™ 900FD (CR900FD), Code Reader™ 1000 (CR1000), Code Reader™ 1000 XHD (CR1000XHD),
Code Reader™ 1400 (CR1400), Code Reader™ 1400 XHD (CR1400XHD), Code Reader™ 1428 (CR1428),
Code Reader™ 2300 (CR2300), Code Reader™ 2600 (CR2600), Code Reader™ 2600 XHD (CR2600XHD),
Code Reader™ 3600 (CR3600), Code Reader™ 3600 DPM (CR3600DPM), Code Reader™ 4405 (CR4405),
Code Reader™ 5000 (CR5000) , Code Reader™ 5000 RTC (CR5000RTC), Code Reader™ 6000 (CR6000),
Code Reader™ 8000 (CR8000), or Code T500 Reader Accessory (T500) hardware and application
software that runs on the Host computer, specific Reader commands, examples of a variety of ways to
communicate and send data to the Reader (i.e. RS232, USB) and command/communication types.
Make sure to use the latest released firmware for default values listed in Section 9.
3 Notations
The interface protocol is described as a set of grammars, indicated by different type styles and
symbols. These indications are listed in the table below.
Example Indication Grammar
Text-
Italic type Syntactic categories (non-terminals)
Command
space Bold type Terminal symbols
0x prefix indicating
0xFF Literal byte values
hexadecimal
‘X’ Single quotes Literal ASCII characters
SOH All caps Non-printable ASCII characters
PageUp Key name key press-release sequence
shift Key plus down arrow Key-down only
shift Key plus up arrow Key-up only
esc | tab Vertical bar Alternatives (this or that)
dataopt opt. (opt subscript) Optional terminals and non-terminals
packet-typenz nz (nz subscript) Applies to all packets except z type packets
Applies to packets sent in “non-raw” mode, i.e. in
crc16nr nr (nr subscript)
“packet” mode
4 Reader Command Overview

This section is intended to introduce developers/users to the methods used to send commands to the
Reader. There are two ways to send a command to the Reader: from a Host computer, or by scanning
a barcode containing a command sequence. When sending commands from the host, there are two
formats that can be used: packetized commands and text commands.
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4.1 Packetized Commands

Packetized commands are the most reliable way to communicate to the Reader. The packet consists of
a prefix and a suffix. The prefix contains the amount of data to be transmitted and the suffix contains
error detection. Unlike text commands, packetized commands are always enabled. (See Section 7.2)
4.2 Text Commands

Text commands are provided as an easy way to send a command to a Reader but they lack the
reliability of packetized commands. In addition, text commands must be enabled. Text commands can
easily be sent from a terminal program and use a %xx (similar to URL encoding) to translate an escape
sequence containing a 2-digit hex value corresponding to the single 8-bit ASCII character. This allows
non-printable ASCII characters to be entered via the terminal program. Text commands can be sent via
the RS232, USB Virtual COM (VCOM) or USB HID mode by using appropriate communication software.
4.3 Code Reader Batch (CRB) System

The Code Reader Batch (CRB) system is a convenient method for creating and maintaining a set of
commands that can be sent to the Reader. The commands in the CRB file are immediately processed
by the reader.
These CRB files can be created in any text editor with the file extension of .crb. The CRB system accepts
all of the valid text commands. There should be one command per line. The CRB file may contain
empty lines and comments (prefixed with the semicolon (;) character) as well.
The CRB files can be sent directly to the Reader using the normal file transfer. As CRB files are just a list
of text commands, they can also be sent by a serial terminal program. Note: if using a serial terminal
program the Reader will first need to be commanded in to “text command mode”; see Section 7.1.
CRB files can also be encoded in barcode form using Code’s CortexTools® utility to be processed by
scanning the barcode with a Code reader.
Pre-made Configuration barcodes can be found on Code’s web site (http://codecorp.com), and
configuration CRB files can be requested via [email protected].
4.4 Barcode Commands

The Reader will recognize the following sequence within a barcode as a command to the Reader:
SOH ‘X’ GS STX Text-Command EOT (Packet does not contain spaces)
The Text-Command portion contains a text command as described above.
Because the Barcode Command is terminated with ASCII EOT, the Text-Command may not contain EOT.
If the Text-Command needs to contain EOT, encode it as %04. Multiple commands can be contained in
a single barcode.
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5 Communication Medium
The Reader communicates with the Host via USB (keyboard/HID/VCOM), RS232, or Bluetooth®. The
Host includes appropriate hooks and/or drivers to enable two-way communication with the Reader.
Note: USB keyboard communications are one-way, from the Reader to Host only. A special sequence is
available to switch the Reader from keyboard to HID communication mode. See register 1B.
5.1 USB Enumeration PID

The following Product ID (PID) are used by Code to identify their products when connected to a PC. All
Code products use the same Vendor ID (VID) of 11FA
PID Product Description
family
0x0200 Reader Keyboard
0x0201 Reader IBM POS (also known as IBM Handheld)
0x0202 Reader HID Native (also known as Downloader)
0x0204 Reader Code VCOM
0x0205 M3 Modem Keyboard
0x0206 Reader HID POS
0x0207 M3 Modem DFU
0x0208 M3 Modem HID POS
0x0209 M3 Modem Keyboard + bulk interface
0x020A T500 Cable Keyboard (Used to communicate with CortexTools®)
0x0214 M3 Modem Code VCOM + HID
0x0215 Reader CDC
0xFFFF M3 Modem Modem bootloader
6 Reader to Host Communication

The Reader may be configured in raw mode, where no packet framing or check characters are sent,
and packet mode (See sections 4.1 and 4.2) The Reader may also be configured to expect an
acknowledgement from the Host after each packet and automatic retry when no acknowledgement is
received. Standard “one-way” mode of operation uses raw packets, no expected response from Host,
and no automatic retry. Standard “two-way” mode of operation uses packets with framing and checks
characters, expects a response from the Host, and automatically resends. If no Acknowledgement is
received (ACK), three (3) attempts to resend are made.
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6.1 Raw Data

Reader to Host communication consists of decoded raw data having no framing or check characters.
Raw data is sent with no “end of packet” data (crc16), expects no response from Host and no data is
resent.
6.2 Packet Data

Data from the Reader to the Host consist of packets as specified below. Packetized data is sent using
ACK/NAK protocols with framing and check characters. Packets are delivered asynchronously as
barcodes are read and in response to Host to Reader commands. For keyboard communication (USB
keyboard), all ASCII-characters are transmitted as keyboard-sequences. For all other communication
ports, all ASCII-characters are transmitted as ASCII-bytes.
Note: Even though the data size field allows up to 65535 bytes of data in a packet, the actual size of a
packet either in raw or in packet mode including data and packet overhead is a maximum of 16384
bytes.
Note: The following acronyms from the ASCII character definitions are used below:
 SOH – Start of Heading (0x01)
 STX – Start of Text (0x02)
 EOT – End of Transmission (0x04)
 RS – Record Separator (0x1E)
Language Part Definition
packet start packet-typenz dataopt end
start packet-startnr | codeXML-startnz
packet-start SOH ‘X’ ‘R’ protocol-version Reader-id packet-number timestamp data-size
protocol- ‘1’
version
Reader-id big-endian 32-bit number
packet-number data-packet-number | cmd-packet-number
data-packet- any byte value in the range [0,7f]; increments with each packet; does not increment with
number resends; used with z and a packets only
cmd-packet- any byte value in the range [80-ff]; increments with each packet; does not increment with
number resends; used with all packets other than z and a
timestamp big-endian 32-bit number, indicates timestamp in seconds (relative to Reader power-up)
(For all but z packets, the timestamp represents the time the packet was sent to the Host;
for z packets, the time the barcode was read.)
data-size big-endian 16-bit number indicating size of the data field (in bytes)
codeXML-start SOH ‘X’ RS tag_response ‘/’
tag_response ‘ap’
packet-type Single ASCII-character in table below
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data character | data character

character byte| keyboard-sequence
byte any byte value in range [0x00,0xFF]
keyboard- key| shift key shift| alt decimal-code alt
sequence
key ~ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | - | = | q | w | e | r | t | y | u | i | o | p | [ | ] | \| a
| s | d | f | g | h | j | k | l | ; | ’ | z | x | c | v | b | n | m | , | . | /| space| esc | tab | shift
| alt | ctrl | enter | backspace| f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f5 | f6 | f7 | f8 | f9 | f10 | f11 | f12|
insert | delete | home | end | pageup | pagedown| left | right | up | down |
keypadenter| digit
decimal-code digit | digit digit | digit digit digit (range [0,255])
digit keypad0 | keypad1 | keypad2 | keypad3 | keypad4| keypad5 | keypad6 | keypad7 |
keypad8 | keypad9
end codeXML-endnz crc16nr
codeXML-end EOT
crc16 big-endian 16-bit number representing crc16 of the packet, calculated over the entire
packet, excluding the crc16 itself. See source files crc16.[hc] in
Appendix: Example CRC16 C Code for details on the crc16 algorithm and polynomials to
be used.
The following packet-types are defined:
a Append decode data; indicates that data contains the first part of the decode data. A sequence
of ‘a’ packets always ends with a ‘z’ packet. The data of all ‘a’ packets in a group and the final
‘z’ packet should be concatenated by the Host.
d Done response; command and its associated data were successfully received; data optionally
contains a null-terminated text message.
e Error response; command was not successfully received; data optionally contains a null-
terminated text message.
g Start of a group of ‘z’ packets to follow, terminated by a ‘d’ or ‘e’ packet (‘d’ for complete
group, ‘e’ for incomplete group)
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i indicates that data contains the zero-terminated Reader information string (of printable ASCII
characters and TAB) in the following format:
iVVVVWWWWXXXXSSSSSSSSSSAOODYYYYHHIIIIJJJJKKKKLLLL<TAB>Z…Z
where:
i indicates ‘I’ string output
VVVV is the application firmware version number;
WWWW is the core application firmware version number;
XXXX is reserved;
SSSSSSSSSS is the Reader’s serial number (ten digits);
A is the current execution state:
“A” means core is running
OO is the OEM identifier;
D is the display type:
“0” is no display device.
YYYY is reserved;
HH is the hardware revision;
IIII is the hardware type identifier (value in register 21B);
JJJJ is the boot application version;
KKKK is the operating system kernel version;
LLLL is the root file-system version;
<TAB> is the ASCII TAB character;
Z…Z is the OEM decoder version: a null terminated string of printable ASCII characters.
m Message response; data contains a message (comment). ‘m’ packets are not sent when the
Reader is in “raw” mode.
r Read barcode failure; decoder attempted but failed to read a barcode.
z Decoded data from a barcode; data contains the data decoded from the barcode.
In “raw” mode (as opposed to “packet” mode), type m packets are not sent, only the decoded data is
sent for type z packets, and all other packets are sent without the packet-start and crc16 fields. In
“packet-mode,” the packet-start and crc16 fields are always sent. (See Figure 1)
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Raw Mode
‘z’ (data) packet:
Data
(non-z) packet:example ‘i'
CodeXML® ‘i’ response example
CodeXML-start packet-type data CodeXML-end
SOH ‘X’ RS ‘ap/’ ‘i’ VVV… EOT
Packet Mode
‘z’ (data) packet:
packet-start Data packet-end

packet time crc16
Reader ID data size
SOH ‘X’ ‘R’ ‘1’ number stamp data
(4 bytes) (2 bytes) (2 bytes)
(1 byte) (4 bytes)
(non-z) packet:example ‘i’
packet-start CodeXML® ‘i’ response packet-end

packet time crc16
Reader ID data size
SOH ‘X’ ‘R’ ‘1’ number stamp SOH ‘X’ RS ‘ap/’ ‘i’ VVV… EOT
(4 bytes) (2 bytes) (2 bytes)
(1 byte) (4 bytes)
Figure 1: Example 'z' and 'i' Packets in Raw and Packet Modes
Optionally, whenever the Host receives a packet, the Host will respond by sending a Y or R packet
(defined in the Host to Reader Communication section) to the Reader. If the ‘expect response’ option is
enabled in the Reader configuration, the Reader will repeatedly retransmit the packet (a configurable
number of times) until it receives a Y packet.
If a packet received by the Host has a packet-type that is not any of the valid types listed above or has
the same packet-number as the last processed packet of the corresponding type (command or data),
the entire packet – up to and including end or until timeout – should be discarded by the Host. If the
Host had requested a response, it should reissue the request.
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If a packet received by the Host from the Reader fails its CRC, the Host should send an R packet to the
Reader to request that the packet be resent.
7 Host to Reader Communication

Commands and data from the Host to the Reader are sent in the form of commands as specified in this
section.
Commands are normally sent in USB Native, VCOM, or RS232 modes. Commands may not be sent via
keyboard modes.
Two command formats are supported: text-command and packetized-command. Text-command
format is applicable to RS232 and VCOM modes but only if the Reader is configured to accept this
format. Packetized-command format is applicable to all interfaces.
text-command: See Section 7.1.
packetized-command: See Section 7.2.
The command types are explained in Section 7.3.

After the Host sends each complete command, it should wait for a response packet from the Reader.
Expected responses are specified along with the command types in section 7.3. If the Reader responds
with an ‘e’ packet or doesn’t respond within a reasonable timeout period, the Host should resend the
command a reasonable number of times.
7.1 Text Commands

Keywords: #TextCommands
Text commands may be sent to the Reader in RS232 or VCOM mode using any serial communications
software (e.g., HyperTerminal).
Encoded-data is decoded by the Reader by replacing %xx by a single byte with the value specified by
the two hex-digits xx- (e.g., %25 would be replaced by character number 0x25, which is ASCII ‘%’).
text-command command-type encoded-dataopt carriage-return
command-type Single ASCII character in the set defined in Section 7.3
encoded-data encoded-datum | encoded-data encoded-datum
encoded-datum printable-character | % hex-digit hex-digit
printable- any byte value in the range [0x20,0x7E]
character
hex-digit ‘0’ | ‘1’ | ‘2’ | ‘3’ | ‘4’ | ‘5’ | ‘6’ | ‘7’ | ‘8’ | ‘9’| ‘A’ | ‘B’ | ‘C’ | ‘D’ | ‘E’ | ‘F’| ‘a’ | ‘b’
| ‘c’ | ‘d’ | ‘e’ | ‘f’
carriage-return 0x0D
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In order to eliminate inadvertent commanding of the Reader, Text Commands are disabled by
default.
To enable Text Commands requires an initial sequence: ;>PAx where x is as defined in section 9,
register 41. (Note: ‘A’ is the ASCII character that corresponds to 41 HEX.)
For example, to send the Reader commands by typing commands in HyperTerminal:
;>PA1
P(xx)yy
P(xx)yy
W
PA8
Where ;>PA1 enables text commands with echo and command responses, P%xxyy can be any desired
commands, W saves the settings just sent by the P command, and PA8 turns text commands back off
(except for the initial sequence). (Note: ‘A’ is the ASCII character that corresponds to 41 hex, thus
P%418 would be equivalent.)
Note: ;>PA1 is used for interactive text commands. If the commands are to be saved in a file and sent
non-interactively, use ;>PA7 instead; this enables text commands but disables echo and command
responses. (See Section 7.3, Section 9, and Section 10 for additional information.)
With text commands enabled, the following two examples can be sent to a Reader in RS232 mode
from HyperTerminal by just typing the example text.
Example 1 - Make the Reader beep/vibrate 3 times (Note: Readers with a vibration motor are the
CR1400, CR1400XHD, CR1428, CR2600, CR2600XHD, CR3600, CR3600DPM and CR6000.):
#%03 Expected output: should make Reader beep/vibrate 3 times
Example 2 - Set Reader to continuous-read, High Density field (FOI 0) only:
P(C4)5 Expected output: should set Reader to continuous-read, High Density field (FOI 0) only
7.2 Packetized Commands

Packetized commands consist of packetized data sent from Host to Reader to configure and cause the
Reader to perform certain functionalities (e.g. CodeXML® rules, and settings). Packetized commands
are always enabled, unlike text commands. In addition, they include error detection data, making them
more robust than text commands.
normal- prefix command-type data-size dataopt reserved crc14
command
prefix 0xEE 0xEE 0xEE 0xEE
command-type Single ASCII character in the set defined in section 7.3
data-size byte value in range [0,240], which indicates size of data (in bytes)
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data datum | data datum

datum any byte value in the range [0,255]
reserved 0x00
crc14 Two consecutive bytes, each in range [0,127], representing the crc16 value &
with the value 0x7F7F, most significant byte first. The packet crc16 is calculated
over the entire packet, excluding the prefix and the crc14 itself. (See source files
in
Appendix: Example CRC16 C Code and Appendix: Example CRC14 C Code for
details on the crc16 algorithm and polynomials to be used, as well as how to
implement appropriately for crc14 transmission.)
7.3 Command Types

# Causes the Reader to beep and vibrate the specified number of times; data contains the number as a
single character in the range [0,127].
(The Reader will respond with d or e.)
Example – beep three times: #%03
Note: Behavior is defined per platform.
CR900FD/CR1000/CR1000XHD/CR2300/CR5000/CR5000RTC/CR8000 – Beep three times.
CR1400/CR1400XHD/ CR1428/CR2600/CR2600XHD/CR3600/CR3600DPM/ CR6000 – Beep and vibrate
three times.
Note: Readers with a vibration motor are the CR1400, CR1400XHD, CR1428, CR2600, CR2600XHD,
CR3600, CR3600DPM and CR6000.
$ Posts an event to the Reader; data contains the event number as a single character. See register C4 in
Section 9 for a list of the event numbers.
Keywords: #DefaultEvent
( Causes the Reader to upload any logged error messages (no data)
(The Reader will respond with a g packet, zero or more z packets, and a final d or e. Each z packet
contains a portion of the requested data in its data field.
Note: This is very similar to the response to the X command; however, p packets are not applicable
and the g and d/e packets are not suppressed even in raw mode.)
) Causes the Reader to erase its log of error messages (no data)
, Causes the Reader to send a list of current Reader settings (no data)
(The Reader will respond with d containing a space-separated list of all setting values (in order,
expressed as hexadecimal ASCII characters) or with e.)
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(see ‘<’ command for saved Reader settings)

/ Toggle a bit (or bits) in a Reader setting; data contains a printable ASCII string in the following format:
hexadecimal register number in parentheses followed by a 32-bit signed integer value, expressed in
ASCII hexadecimal characters (with optional minus sign) or ASCII decimal characters preceded by the
‘#’ character, e.g., /(2e)1000 or /(2e)#4096; the specified integer is XOR’ed with the existing setting
value.
The way a / command is handled is equivalent to a P command – the effects are immediate but won’t
survive a reboot. If you want the setting to be set after a reboot, issue a / then W or use the newer C/
combination.
Note: see Section 9 for possible Reader settings.
1 Indicates the start of a file download; data is empty. This command is followed by a sequence of 2
commands containing the file data and a download-end command (e.g., 5).
2 Indicates a continuation of a file download; data contains the next portion of the file data.
(The Reader will not send any response.)
5 Indicates the end of a regular file download; data contains the name of the file, which is from 1 to 200
letters, digits, periods, hyphens, and underscores, terminated with ASCII NUL.
(The Reader will respond with d, e, or f.)
9 Requests the Reader to delete a file from its storage; data contains the file name, terminated with
ASCII NUL.
; Reserved (no operation – treated as a comment)
< Causes the Reader to send a list of saved Reader settings (no data)
(The Reader will respond with d containing a space-separated list of all setting values (in order,
expressed as hexadecimal ASCII characters) or with e.)(see ‘,’ command for current Reader settings)
= Puts setting directly to Reader’s non-volatile memory so that it will take effect upon next reboot; data
is as defined in the / command; the specified integer replaces the existing setting value.
Note: this command can be used to set communication modes without losing communication during
the process.
Note: The = command does not save changes immediately but those settings will be applied after a
reboot. If you issue an =(2B)0 command to change the value of register 2B from 1, then until you
reboot the value of 2B will still be 1. After you reboot the reader, the value of the 2B register will be 0
when the reader is ready again. In order to have that setting be immediate and survive a reboot you
must either issue a P then a W command or use the newer C command. C(2B)0 is the same as these
two commands combined: P(2B)0, W
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The = command is most useful to ‘pre-set’ a new communication mode that will become active after a
reboot.
Note: Also see commands O, P, Q, /, =, W. See Section 9 for possible Reader settings.
> Causes the Reader to send a string of text to the Host as a z packet;
data contains the text to send.
(The Reader will respond with a z packet containing the text.)
@ Causes the Reader to reset its internal date/timestamp to the specified time; data contains the date
and/or time in one of the following formats.
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm
hh:mm:ss
hh:mm
Note: the separators are optional; only digits are significant.
Examples:
Set to midnight: @00:00
Set to Sept 1, 2005 11:52:02 PM: @2005-09-01 23:52:02
A Notifies the Reader that the previously sent data were rejected for one of the following reasons:
 The packet was encrypted and the decryption failed.
 The Host (CodeXML® Modem) is locked to a different Reader.
The Reader should indicate to the user that the packet has been rejected; e.g., it may sound error
beeps. See related register 12F: notify-of-packet-rejection.
(The Reader will not respond to the Host.)
C Apply a value to a register on the reader and save the value; data is in one of the following formats:
C(XXX)YYY where XXX is the register number and YYY is the setting value, both in ASCII hex. This will
change the value in the register and save it. For example C(26)64 will change the value of register 26
to 0x64 and save this setting.
C/(XXX)YYY where XXX is the register number and YYY is the setting value, both in ASCII hex. This will
toggle the bits in YYY and then save the resulting value (see / command). For example C/(1F7)40 will
toggle bit 6 of register 1F7 and save this setting.
CO(XXX)YYY where XXX is the register number and YYY is the setting value, both in ASCII hex. This will
set the bits in YYY (change those bits to 1s) for register XXX (see O command). For example CO(1F7)40
will set bit 6 of register 1F7 high and save this setting.
CQ(XXX)YYY where XXX is the register number and YYY is the setting value, both in ASCII hex. This will
clear the bits in YYY (change those bits to 0s) for register XXX (see Q command). For example
CQ(1F7)40 will clear bit 6 of register 1F7 and save this setting.
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Note: The C command can be used to set prefixes and suffixes. Please refer to section 7.4 for more
information.
Note: The C command saves changes immediately and those settings will survive a reboot. It is
equivalent to issuing a P and =, then a W command. C(2B)0 is the same as these three commands
combined: P(2B)0, =(2B)0, W
G Get setting from Reader if followed by a register number in parenthesis.
G([prefix|suffix]) will return the prefix or suffix text.
(The Reader will respond with d and the setting value or with e. The setting value, if numeric, will be
in hexadecimal, padded to 8 digits.)
H Requires subcommand. See below.
$ – Lock
$ Commands to lock and unlock the reader with a PIN.
Lock and Unlock the reader using the CR5000AV Configurator section of the Web
Configuration Guide.
By default, commands can be sent to the reader from a host (such as CortexTools or
CortexMobile) even if the reader is locked. Commands can also be sent to a locked reader by
embedding them in a Keyed Configuration Code. These Keyed Configuration Codes are
generated by the Web Configuration Guide for CR5000AV commands, and will soon be
generated by CortexTools and CortexMoble for general commands.
Sub-Commands:
Command Description
R Reset PIN  If this command is sent to the reader via barcode the read must be
and Unlock triggered by a physical button press. The reader can not be in
Reader Continuous Scan or Motion Detection modes to read the barcode.
 The reader must be rebooted within 30 seconds of receiving this
command in order to actually reset the reader. If the reader is not
rebooted within 30 seconds, the reader will error beep and return to
its previous, locked state.
Example: H$R
Keyword: #Lock
5 – CR5000 & CR5000RTC on-counter (In-Stand) or off-counter (Out-of-Stand) modes
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5 Configures in on-counter (In-Stand) or off-counter (Out-of-Stand) behavior of the CR5000 &

CR5000RTC to the specified mode. These codes are designed to configure complex modes in
a single command, even if Code adds or changes some of the underlying commands at a later
date.
Format: H5(in|out)<mode>
 in|out
o in – configures the reader’s on-counter (In-Stand) behavior
o out – configures the reader’s off-counter (Out-Of-Stand) behavior
 mode
# Mode Description
0 Trigger Scan on trigger press, use targeting LEDs otherwise. Does not block
duplicate barcodes.
1 Pick List Scan on trigger press, use targeting LEDs otherwise. The barcode must
be near the center of the reader’s field of view to be decoded. Does not
block duplicate barcodes.
2 Detect Continuous scanning with IR illumination. If a barcode is detected,
Barcode switch to red illumination. Will not output the barcode a second time
while it remains in the field of view.
3 Detect Continuous scanning with IR illumination. If motion is detected, switch
Motion to red illumination. Will not output the barcode a second time while it
remains in the field of view.
4 Always On Continuous scanning with dim red illumination. If a barcode is detected,
switch to normal red illumination. Will not output the barcode a second
time while it remains in the field of view.
For example, to configure the reader for Trigger mode when handheld, use the H5(out)1
command. To configure the reader for Always On mode when on the counter, use the
H5(in)4 command.
Keywords: #Stand
A – Encryption Commands
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A Defines commands that are used with the wireless packet data encryption feature (256 Bit
AES). Packet data encryption between a reader and modem can only occur on the M2
modem with firmware 0187+. When this feature is enabled, it will encrypt the data portion
of the reader packet sent to the modem. Please reference the Code knowledge base (search
“AES Setup” at http://www.codecorp.com/knowledge-database.php) for detailed setup
instructions.
Format: HA<sub-command>
Sub-Commands:
Command Description
e Enable Enables Packet data encryption. Command will fail if reader is not
Encryption connected to a modem. If the operation is successful, BOTH the reader
Feature and modem will blink the same pattern (on the wireless indicator for the
reader). The pattern is two short blinks, one long, one short and a three
second pause. A short blink is approximately 0.5 seconds and a long
blink is 1 second.
Example: HAe
d Disable Disables packet data encryption. In order for modem encryption mode
Encryption to be disabled, reader needs to be connected to the modem when this
Feature command is issued.
Example: HAd
Keywords: #AES
T – T500 Commands
T Defines commands sent from the Reader to the T500 Bluetooth® Cable. There must be a
T500 connected to a reader in order for these commands to have any effect. These
commands induce the T500 to perform actions.
Format: HT<sub-command>
Sub-Commands:
Command Description
c Connect Passes QuickConnect Code™ data from the host reader to the T500,
which in turn attempts to connect to the specified Bluetooth® address.
Format: HTc<Bluetooth®_Address>
Where <Bluetooth®_Address> is the target Bluetooth® address
represented in 12 hexadecimal characters.
Example: HTcAC220B48F040
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d Forget This command will cause the T500 to “forget” all connection information
Paired associated with prior Bluetooth® hosts. After sending this command, it
Bluetooth® will require re-pairing for the devices to connect again.
Devices
i Information Information about the T500, forwarded to the wirelessly connected host.
Broken further into sub-commands.
Format: HTi<sub-command>
Command Description
b Bluetooth® Sends Bluetooth® address from T500 to wirelessly
connected host.
s Serial A command sent to the T500 to have the T500 send
Number its serial number to the wirelessly connected host.
f Friendly Sends Bluetooth® friendly name to wirelessly
Name connected host.
f Set Friendly Friendly name follows the ‘f’, up to 30 characters. If more than 30
Name characters, the name will be truncated.
Example: HTfThis is a new name
k Terminate This command will terminate the active Bluetooth® connection and clear
Connection the “last connected” index so that the T500 will not auto-reconnect to
the last host
s Change These command will change settings or behavior of the T500 as
setting described in the following table:
Format: HTs<sub-command><Setting Value>
To enter “Setting Value” in decimal, prefix the number with ‘#’,
otherwise the firmware will interpret the value as a hexadecimal
number.
Example: To set the auto-reconnect timer to 20 seconds, use one of the
following commands:
HTsr#20000 OR HTsr4E20
Command Default Description
(Hex)
r Auto- 7530 Valid Range: 3E8 (#1000) to FFFFFFFF
reconnect (#30,000) Milliseconds
Timer When disconnected, the T500 will attempt
to reconnect to the last host periodically as
determined by this setting value (in ms).
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Values less than 3E8 (#1000) are

unsupported.
To disable the auto-reconnect feature, set
to 0xFFFFFFFF (#-1).
p Pre- 0 This setting determines whether a remote
emptible Bluetooth® host may disconnect an existing
Mode host already connected to the T500 and
then connect to that T500.
0 – Bluetooth® Hosts will not be able to
connect when the T500 is already
connected to a different host.
1 – Only Bluetooth® hosts that have
previously paired with the T500 will be able
to connect to the T500 when it has an
existing connection. It will not be
discoverable to non-paired hosts.
2 – All hosts may connect to the T500 when
it is currently connected to another host.
Keywords: #T500
All other sub commands are reserved.
I Requests the Reader to send its information string (no data).

(The Reader will respond with i or e.)
Optional Subcommands:
Is Retrieves Settings data
Is[scd]
s – saved settings (same as ‘<’ command)
c – current settings (same as ‘,’ command
d – default settings
Ib Sends XML formatted battery information to Host.
J Requests the Reader to restore settings to defaults (no data).
Note: J(prefix) and J(suffix) set the respective prefix or suffix to their default value. For most readers
this is clearing the prefix or suffix. For the CR900FD, however, the suffix is reset to a CodeXML®
encoded enter key.
J1 Complete restore of factory setup. Will overwrite the apps and settings.
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L Requests the Reader to send a list of its stored files

data is:
 (no data) or “0”; all non-hidden files.
 “1”; hidden and non-hidden files
(The Reader will respond in the same manner as with the ‘(’ command, each z packet containing a file
name as a NUL-terminated string of printable ASCII characters.)
N Deletes all stored images (.jpg and .pgm) and buffered scan data (.log and .buf files)
O Set a bit (or bits) in a Reader setting; data contains a printable ASCII string in the following format:
‘#’ character, e.g., O(2e)1000 or O(2e)#4096. The specified integer is ORed with the existing setting
value.
The way an O command is handled is equivalent to a P command – the effects are immediate but
won’t survive a reboot. If you want the setting to be set after a reboot, issue an O then W or use the
newer CO combination.
P Put a value in a Reader register; data contains a printable ASCII string in the following format:
‘#’ character, e.g., /(2e)1000 or /(2e)#4096; the specified integer replaces the existing register value.
Note: The P command can be used to set prefixes and suffixes. Please refer to section 7.4 for more
information.
Note: The P command saves changes immediately but those settings will not survive a reboot. If you
issue a P(2B)0 command to change the value of register 2B from 1, then reboot the reader, the value
of the 2B register will be 1 when the reader is ready again. In order to have that setting survive a
reboot you must either issue a P then a W command or use the newer C command. C(2B)0 is the
same as these three commands combined: P(2B)0, W
Q Clear a bit (or bits) in a Reader register; data contains a printable ASCII string in the following format:
‘#’ character, e.g., Q(2e)1000 or Q(2e)#4096. The ones-complement of the specified integer is AND’ed
with the existing register value.
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The way a Q command is handled is equivalent to a P command – the effects are immediate but
won’t survive a reboot. If you want the setting to be set after a reboot, issue a Q then W or use the
newer CQ combination.
R Requests that the previously sent packet be re-sent by the Reader; data may specify a maximum
packet size the receiver will accept: data is either empty or specifies a 16-bit big-endian unsigned
integer (2 bytes). If data is empty or specifies a size less than 32 (the minimum packet size), the
Reader will use its preferred maximum packet size. Otherwise, it will use the specified max packet size
(or less) and will fragment data across multiple smaller packets when necessary.
(The Reader will respond by resending its previous packet or with e if there was no previous packet. If
the max data size has changed, it may resend the previous data in a sequence of more than one
packet.)
T Requests the current date and time (no data)
(The Reader will respond with d with data containing the date and time formatted as yyyy-mm-dd
hh:mm:ss.)
W Requests the Reader to write its current settings from RAM to its non-volatile memory.
Note: The W command saves changes that have been make with a /, O, P or Q so those settings will
survive a reboot. If you issue a P(2B)0 command to change the value of register 2B from 1, then
reboot the reader, the value of the 2B register will be 1 when the reader is ready again. In order to
have that setting survive a reboot you must either issue a P then a W command or use the newer C
command. C(2B)0 is the same as these two commands combined: P(2B)0, W
Y Acknowledge the receipt of a packet; data specifies the received packet number (one byte).
(The Reader will not respond.)
Z Request the Reader to reboot
data is:
 empty or ‘0’; reboot the Reader.
 ‘1’; restart application.
(The Reader will respond with d or e before it reboots.)
^ Requests the Reader to upload the specified stored file; data contains the file name, terminated with
ASCII NUL.
The Reader will respond with:
 A ‘g’ packet containing “filename<tab>(size)”
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 One or more ‘z’ packet(s)

 A ‘d’ packet containing “EOF<tab>(CRC16)”
Note: filename “help” is reserved to send command information.
_ Causes the Reader to wait for all buttons to be released and clear its event queue
| Process data as a decoded string.
7.4 Prefix and Suffix Handling

Prefixes and Suffixes are defined in text files (.prefix and .suffix) that reside on the reader. Readers
with default prefixes and suffixes are defined in the files .prefix.default
C([‘prefix’|’suffix’])<URL encoded text> will set the prefix or suffix to text. The prefix and suffix each
have a maximum length of 64 bytes. The URL encoded text must be in UTF-8 format. For standard
ASCII characters, this encoding is the same as ASCII. For extended ASCII (values of 0x80 through 0xFF)
the characters must be encode as a 2-byte sequence starting with either 0xC2 or 0xC3 (see
http://www.fileformat.info/info/charset/UTF-8/list.htm or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8).
Exception: if JavaScript is being bypassed during decoding, then the prefix/suffix may be in extended
ASCII.
Example: C(suffix)%01X%1ean//n%04 will create a CodeXML® sequence to send the scancode for the
enter key.
Example: C(prefix)ol%c3%a9 will create a prefix of “olé”
8 File Installation
8.1 Simple Protocol
The file is split into blocks of 236 or less bytes each and downloaded to the Reader via 1, 2, & 5
commands using the following sequence:
1) Send a 1 command to initialize the download.
2) Wait for a d or e response from the Reader or a timeout.
a) If timeout or e response, restart the sequence at step 1.
b) If d response, continue to step 3.
3) Send a series of 2 commands, each with a portion of the file. (The Reader will not send
any response.)
4) Send a 5 command to end the download and install the file.
5) Wait for a d, e, or f response from the Reader or a timeout.
a) If f response or timeout, restart the sequence at step 1.
b) If e response, repeat step 5.
c) If d response, file download has completed successfully.
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Note: the timeout will need to be increased from the normal response timeout to allow the firmware
time to write the file to the flash memory.
9 Reader Settings
The Host sets the Reader settings using the /, C, O, P, Q, and = commands and reads them using the G,
‘,’, and < commands.
For example, the following C command sets register 2E to the value 0x7F.
C(2E)7F
Note: for two-digit register numbers (i.e. settings 00 through FD), an alternative format may be used:
in place of the parentheses and hexadecimal setting number, substitute a single character, which
represents the setting number. The equivalent to the example above is
C.7F
The ASCII ‘.’ character has the hexadecimal value 0x2E. In certain circumstances, such as with text-
commands, “percent-encoding” may be used for encoding a character as a sequence consisting of the
percent character followed by two hexadecimal digits. With percent-encoding, the example may be
expressed as
C%2E7F
In Section 9.3 below, the Reg column is the register number, in hexadecimal, to be used with the
commands identified above. In the Default column, all values are in hexadecimal unless otherwise
specified. To use decimal values in commands you must precede the data with a pound sign ‘#’. The
following C command sets register 2E to the same value as the example above:
C(2E)#127
Since the single digit values of 0 through 9 are identical in decimal and hexadecimal, no indicator is
needed.
9.1 Binary Dip Switch

Some registers are what Code terms a ‘Binary Dip Switch’ where the value of each bit of the data string
switches on or off some part of the behavior of that register. The bits are numbered from least
significant to most (a.k.a. right to left). Each bit can be on or off (1 or 0).
An example of this is register 0A, ‘NEC 2 of 5 Options’. The following settings are possible:
Bit (R to L) Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 NEC 2 of 5 Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Enable checksum checking
1: Enabled
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Remove checksum from the result 0: Disabled

2 (Checksum checking must be
enabled for this to take effect) 1: Enabled
Given the settings above, the binary string to turn on NEC 2 of 5 decoding with checksum checking and
the checksum removed from the result string, is 111 (bits left to right). The same string would be 0x7
or decimal 7.
Thus, the command to implement the settings above would be:
C(0A)7
Or
C(0A)#7
9.2 Field of Interest

The reader optics are typically split into two separate fields - Field Of Interest 0 (FOI 0) and Field Of
Interest 1 (FOI 1). In certain circumstances, these fields can be customized to the requirements of the
user. In the default configuration of these fields FOI 0 is the High Density (HD) field and FOI 1 is the
Wide (W) field.
At a given focus distance, the FOI 0 field is designed to read small, low-mil barcodes while the FOI 1
field is designed to pick up large, wide barcodes.
This document will refer to FOI 0 as HD and FOI 1 as Wide.
Note: The CR900FD is a single Field of Interest reader. There is no FOI 0 in the CR900FD.
9.3 Reader Setting Persistence

Some reader settings have special behaviors under certain conditions, such as when resetting to
factory defaults. There are four categories for setting persistence, which are listed below.
Persistence Description
Unprotected Unless otherwise specified, all settings have this type of persistence.
This setting can be changed using a command such as ‘P’ or saved using
commands such as ‘C’ or ‘W’. If the reader is reset to factory defaults using a ‘J’
command, the setting will revert to its default value.
Protected This setting can be changed or saved. If the reader is reset to its factory defaults
using the ‘J’ command, the value of this setting will not change. However, if the
settings file is deleted, the setting will revert to its default value on the next
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Preserved This setting can be changed and saved. This setting is not affected by a ‘J’
command, nor by deleting the settings file.
Reset-on-boot This setting can be changed but cannot be saved. On boot up the reader will
revert to the default value. A ‘J’ command will also reset this value to default
9.4 Docked State Settings

Keywords: #Charger, #Stand
9.4.1 Overview
Some readers support the ability to change behavior, based on whether they are in a docked state.
Docking can be achieved in two different ways. A reader is considered docked when it is placed in a
stand that has hardware to indicate its presence, such as a charging base, or, in the case of the CR5000
& CR5000RTC, when it is placed on a surface. The undocked state is when the reader is removed from
the stand or is picked up off a surface (again, for the CR5000 & CR5000RTC). These behavior changes
are controlled in three different ways.
1. Wired readers (except the CR5000 & CR5000RTC) have a reed switch that is acted on by a
magnet in the stand to indicate docked state. These readers check and act on the docked state
in order to change behavior.
2. By default, wireless readers have an In-Charger Event register and an Out-of-Charger Event
register. When the dock state of the reader changes, the corresponding event from the register
will be fired. By default, the events enable battery charge level indication when docked.
3. The CR5000 & CR5000RTC utilizes a set of Standard registers that have corresponding In-Stand
and Out-of-Stand registers for each. The In-Stand or Out-of-Stand register values are copied to
the Standard registers when the reader detects a change in the docked state. Wireless
readers can be also configured (using register 2AB) to leverage this In-Stand/Out-of-
Stand/Standard register method. The In-Stand behavior takes effect when the wireless reader is
placed in its charger base, and the Out-of-Stand behavior takes effect when the wireless reader
is removed from its charger base.
For the docked/undocked settings to have any effect, the reader must be configured to detect a stand
(bit 6 of register 1F7). For the Bluetooth®-enabled readers, the reader must also be configured to
detect the charging base as a stand (register 2AB).
Changing the In-Stand and Out-of-Stand registers does not do anything immediately. The reader does
not look at the In-Stand Default Event register (2C2), for example, to decide what to do when it is
docked. Rather, the reader is always looking at the Default Event register (C4), but the Default Event
setting is changed when the reader is docked or undocked. For example, when the reader is docked,
the value of the In-Stand Default Event register (2C2) is copied to the Default Event register (C4).
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The trigger for copying the In-Stand (or Out-of-Stand) settings to the corresponding standard settings is
an event that gets posted by the firmware when it detects a change in the docked state (again, the
charger for the Bluetooth® readers and the counter/table for the CR5000 & CR5000RTC). The “update
behavior based on the stand” event (event 0xF2 as used by register C4 and other registers that utilize
events) is the generic event that will trigger this operation.
9.4.2 H5 commands (CR5000 & CR5000RTC only)

The CR5000 & CR5000RTC support several standard presentation and handheld modes, which can be
specified using the H5 subcommands. These commands are described in the Command Types section
of this document. Of note here, however, is that these commands will overwrite the In-Stand or Out-
of-Stand registers with pre-defined values, and perform the equivalent of event 0xF2 mentioned
above, so that the In-Stand or Out-of-Stand settings take effect immediately. To create a custom
configuration barcode that uses an H5 command, but also modifies one of the In-Stand or Out-of-Stand
registers, first issue the H5 command, then modify the In-Stand or Out-of-Stand register(s), and then
issue event 0xF2 to force the settings to take effect immediately. Note that if the custom configuration
barcode does not modify any of the In-Stand or Out-of-Stand settings directly, then event 0xF2 is not
necessary.
As an example, to create a custom configuration code that sets the beep volume of the CR5000 &
CR5000RTC to 30% at all times and configures the on-counter (In-Stand) Trigger mode with the
exception that targeting lights are not illuminated, type these commands (with or without all the
comments) into a text editor:
H5(in)0 ;This command sets the built-in on-counter (In-Stand) Trigger Mode.
C(2DB)0 ;This command sets the In-Stand Target Enable register to 0, where the
H5(in)0 would have set it to 1.
$%F2 ;This command updates the standard registers from either the In-Stand or
Out-of-Stand registers, depending on the current state. For example,
if $%F2 is issued while the reader is in the Out-of-Stand state, the
reader will copy all of the Out-of-Stand registers to the corresponding
standard registers. (In this example, register 2DB is the In-Stand value
for standard register 0F).
C(26)1E ;This command sets the beep volume to 30% of full by setting the
register to 0x1E (30 in decimal). Standard commands, such as this one,
are not affected by the In-Stand or Out-of-Stand state so they apply at
all times.
Save the file with the .crb extension, then either loaded to the reader directly or convert it into a Data
Matrix configuration code readable by the CR5000 & CR5000RTC using a Code barcode generation tool
such as CortexTools®.
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9.5 Reader Settings Table

Reg Setting Name Default (Hex) Comment
00 Bluetooth® Radio Out- 0 Binary Dip Switch
of-range indicator
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Vibrate
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Beep
1: Enabled
Note: Readers with a vibration motor are the CR1400,
CR1400XHD, CR1428, CR2600, CR2600XHD, CR3600,
CR3600DPM and CR6000.
Keywords: #Beep, #Vibration
04 Continuous 0 0: Minimal Illumination (Illumination stops whenever not
Illumination During CR5000: needed during the Read Cycle – this produces a little more
Read CR5000RTC: flashing but reduces power consumption to a degree)
1 1: Leave Illumination On Until End of the Read Cycle
Leave illumination on during read
05 USB Declaration Wait 0 0: Declare enumeration after receipt of set LED status report
State 1: Declare enumeration after receipt of get report descriptor
command (used for some Windows® CE-based devices)
2: Declare enumeration after the receipt of set configuration
command.
Special case for USB enumeration that doesn’t require Host
keyboard response
Persistence: Protected
08 Reader Packet Format 1 1: Raw Mode
2: Packet Mode
6: Safe Upgrade Mode (Version 1)
This setting is used in conjunction with registers 1B and 42 to
configure the communication mode between standard “one-
way” and “two-way” modes.
For example, USB “two-way” native:
1B: 5 (USB Native)
08: 2 (packet mode)
42: 1 (expect response)
Keywords: #Communications
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0A NEC 2 of 5 Symbology 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 NEC 2 of 5 Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 Remove checksum from the result
1: Enabled
Checksum checking must be enabled by setting bit 1 in order
for checksum removal from the output (setting bit 2) to have
any effect.
Keywords: #2Of5
0B Matrix 2 of 5 0 Binary Dip Switch
Symbology
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Matrix 2 of 5 Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Remove checksum from the 0: Disabled
2
result 1: Enabled
Checksum checking must be enabled by setting bit 1 in order
for checksum removal from the output (setting bit 2) to have
any effect.
Keywords: #2Of5
0C Telepen Symbology 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Telepen
0F Targeting Control 1 0: Targeting Disabled
1: Targeting Enabled
CR5000:
CR5000RTC: Keywords: #StandModes
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13 1D Barcode 0 0: Most Aggressive
Aggressiveness 1: Less Aggressive for poorly printed 1D barcodes
2: Least Aggressive for poorly printed 1D barcodes
#11: Less Aggressive for 1D barcodes with low module size (1X
near 1.0 pixel per module)
#12: Least Aggressive for 1D barcodes with low module size
(1X near 1.0 pixel per module)
14 Image Transform 0 0: No Transform

1: Mirror – Enables decoding of mirrored Data Matrix, QR, Han
Xin, and Aztec symbologies. Those symbologies must be
enabled.
Keywords: #Aztec, #DataMatrix, #HanXin, #QR
16 Data Matrix 1 0: Disabled
Rectangular Symbology 1: Enabled
Note: This register has no effect on a CR900FD without the
proper 2D barcode decoding license.
Keywords: #DataMatrix
19 Data Matrix Symbology 3 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Data Matrix Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Inverse Data Matrix Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 Mirror Data Matrix Decoding
1: Enabled
proper 2D barcode decoding license.Keywords: #DataMatrix
1A Straight 2 of 5 0 0: Disabled
Symbology 1: Enabled
Straight 2 of 5 (with 2 or 3 start/stop codes) Decoding.
Note: Straight 2 of 5 with 2 start/stop is also called IATA 2 of 5.
Straight 2 of 5 with 3 start/stop is also called Industrial 2 of 5.
CD12.3.0 supports Industrial 2 of 5. CD 13.1.4 supports IATA 2
of 5.
Keywords: #2Of5
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1B Communications Mode 2 1: RS232 Serial Mode
2: USB Keyboard Mode
3: USB IBM POS Mode
CR2300: 4: Bluetooth® Serial Port Profile (SPP) Mode
CR2600: 5: USB HID Native Mode
CR2600XHD: 6: USB Virtual COM Mode
CR3600: 7: USB HID POS (Terminal 131) Mode
CR3600DPM: A (#10): Bluetooth® Keyboard Mode
5 B (#11): Sled Apple® iOS App Mode
CR4405: C (#12): Sled Apple® iOS Keyboard Mode
C (#12) D (#13): USB Pass Through Mode
E (#14): USB CDC Mode
USB decode 10 (#16): T500 Bluetooth® Apple® iOS App Mode
board: 2 12 (#18): T500 Bluetooth® Apple® iOS Keyboard Mode
RS232 decode 13 (#19): T500 Bluetooth® Serial Port Profile (SPP) Mode
board: 1 14 (#20): T500 Bluetooth® HID Keyboard Mode
This setting is used in conjunction with registers 08 and 42 to
1b: 5 (USB Native)
08: 2 (packet mode)
Note: To switch from USB keyboard mode to Downloader
mode (HID), the following must be completed within 1
second:
 first output report with num lock set and caps lock clear
 second output report with num lock set and caps lock clear
 third output report with caps lock set and num lock clear
 fourth output report with caps lock set num lock clear
 fifth output report with num lock set and caps lock clear
 sixth output report with num lock set and caps lock clear
On the last output report comm protocol is set to raw mode,
comm expect response is false and comm mode is USB
Downloader (HID) mode.
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1C Serial Baud Rate 1C200 All standard baud rates from 300 baud to 115200 baud
(#115200)  12C (#300)
 4B0 (#1200)
 960 (#2400)
 12C0 (#4800)
 2580 (#9600)
 4B00 (#19200)
 9600 (#38400)
 E100 (#57600)
 1C200 (#115200)
Keywords: #SerialComm
1D Serial Stop Bits 1 1: Send 1 Stop Bit
2: Send 2 Stop Bits
1E Serial Data Bits 8 7: 7 Data Bits
8: 8 Data Bits
1F Serial Flow Control 0 0: Disabled
1: Hardware
Note: Undefined behavior will result if this setting is enabled
when Output Good Read on RTS (0x02F1) is enabled.
22 Serial Parity 0 0: None
1: Odd
2: Even
26 Beep Volume (percent) 64 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
(#100) This is the current percentage of full volume potential.
Keywords: #Beep
29 PDF417 Symbology 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Keywords: #PDF417
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2A Micro PDF417 0 0: Disabled
Keywords: #PDF417
2B QR Code Symbology 1 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 QR Code Standard Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 QR Code Inverse Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 Micro QR Code Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
3 Unused
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
4 QR Code Mirror Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
5 Model 1 QR Code Decoding
1: Enabled
Micro must have Standard enabled to be enabled and Mirror
must have Standard or Micro enabled to be enabled. Inverse
works independently of Standard QR.
CD supports Model 1 even though Model 1 is considered
obsolete.
Keywords: #QR
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2C Active Mode 2710 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds.
Countdown Timer (ms) (#10000) This state: Active (Highest power usage)
Bluetooth®: Extra Next state: Idle
Cabled Active Time
Timer (ms) Counts down to the end of Active Mode. To disable this timer,
set the register value to -1 as in the following example which
disables and saves the timer setting with the ‘C’ command:
C(2C)#-1
Active Mode is the time between the last user interaction with
the Reader (button press, etc.) or firmware interaction
(communications, etc.) and the end of the Active Mode
Countdown Timer. There are many user and firmware events
that will reset the timer; therefore it may seem that the timer
is longer than the value set.
Bluetooth® readers: This timer only applies if in the charging
unit and will get added to register 32 to get the time to idle
state from active mode.
Keywords: #ReaderState
2D Keyboard Maps 0 Set the Keyboard Map by reading a Keyboard Language
Settings barcode from the http://codecorp.com/ConfigGuide/.
CR5000: The corresponding Keyboard XML file to a chosen Keyboard
CR5000RTC: Language Settings barcode must exist on the reader in order
2 for the Keyboard Language Settings barcode to work.
The reader will default to the US English Keyboard Map if the
keyboard.profile file reference is invalid.
Use the L command or reference the File Browser tab in
CortexTools® to see a list of installed Keyboard Maps on a
reader.
To utilize custom keyboard map files, set this register to 2 and
write a keyboard.profile file to the reader referencing the
desired Keyboard XML File.
The handling of non-printable characters has been moved to
register 2D3.
Keyboard mapping is handled through Keyboard XML files that
are provided by Code or customized by the user. Information
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on the Keyboard XML format can be found in the Appendix:
Custom Keyboard XML File Formatting.
The reader will use the legacy Code US English.xml keyboard
map. If this register is set to any value other than 2, the
firmware will write a keyboard.profile file containing the name
of the keyboard map in corresponding to the legacy value and
set this register value back to 2, according to the table below:
When 2D A keyboard.profile file will be Register 2D3
is set to written and reference this XML file will be set to
0 English.xml (The legacy KB map) 0
1 USInternational_Win.xml 0
2 No change No change
3 USEnglish_Win.xml 3
4 French_Win.xml 0
5 German_Win.xml 0
6 Japanese_Win.xml 0
7 USEnglish_Win.xml 1
8 SwissGerman_Win.xml 2
9 BelgianFrench_Win.xml 0
A UnitedKingdom_Win.xml 0
B LatinAmerican_Win.xml 0
Persistence: Preserved
Note: See Appendix: Custom Keyboard XML File Formatting
Keywords: #KeyboardMap
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32 Idle Mode Countdown 64 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds.
Timer (ms) (#100) This state: Idle (Mid power usage)
Bluetooth® readers: Next state: Standby
Active Mode
Countdown Timer (ms) Counts down to the end of Idle Mode. To disable this timer, set
the register value to -1 as in the following example which
disables and saves the timer setting with the ‘C’ command:
C(32)#-1
Idle Mode is the time after the Active Mode Countdown Timer
has expired and before the Idle Mode Countdown Timer has
expired. There are many user and firmware events that will
reset the timer or send the reader back into a higher-power
mode; therefore it may seem that the timer is longer than the
value set.
Bluetooth® readers: This is the time from active mode to idle
mode when the unit is not in the charger. If in the charger, this
gets added to register 2C to get the time from active to idle.
Bluetooth® readers this state: Active (High power usage)
Bluetooth® readers next state: Idle
33 Target Time Before 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Decode (ms) This is the time between a trigger event and when the reader
will capture an image. It is useful for positioning the reader
over a specific barcode among multiple barcodes.
34 Maximum Candidate 1 The Reader will process up to this number of barcodes per
Decodes Per Read “read barcode” event. If there are more than this many
barcodes in the field of view and within target tolerance, only
the first ones will be decoded. For fastest performance with
single barcodes, set to 1.
Valid range is 1 to 10(#16).
Keywords: #CompositeBarcodes
35 Button Stay-Down 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Time (ms) Keep processing the “read barcode” events for this amount of
time (act as if the button stays down for this time)
Keywords: #ButtonStayDownTime
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37 Host 2BC Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Acknowledgement (#700) After sending data to Host, the Reader waits up to this amount
Time Limit (ms) of time for the acknowledgement from Host before declaring
failure.
39 Trigger 1 3 The specified event is posted upon press of this button.
For the CR2600, CR2600XHD, and CR2300, trigger 1 is the
button towards the back on the top of the reader. For the
CR3600, trigger 1 is the button to the left of the center
navigation buttons.
Note: Register C4 contains the list of valid events.
3A Trigger 2 3 For the CR2600, CR2600XHD, and CR2300, trigger 2 is the
button towards the front on the top of the reader. For the
CR3600, trigger 2 is the button to the right of the center
navigation buttons.
3B Trigger 3 0 The combination of pressing buttons defined by trigger 1 and
trigger 2 being pressed simultaneously.
3C Trigger 4 3 For the CR2600, CR2600XHD, CR2300, and CR3600, trigger 4 is
the handle trigger.
3D Trigger 5 0 The combination of pressing buttons defined by trigger 1 and
3E Trigger 6 0 The combination of pressing buttons defined by trigger 2 and
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3F Trigger 7 0 The combination of pressing buttons defined by trigger 1,
trigger 2 and trigger 4 being pressed simultaneously.
40 Text Command 2AF8 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Timeout (ms) (#11000) The maximum time during which a complete text command
from Host must be received. (Pending text command data is
discarded when the timeout is exceeded.)
Keywords: #Communications, #TextCommands
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41 Text Commands 8 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Text Commands
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Suppress Echo
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 Suppress Responses
1: Enabled
Disable Text Commands but 0: Disabled
3 Enable Magic Sequence; See
Below 1: Enabled
Suppress URL Decode; See 0: Disabled
4
Below 1: Enabled
0: Disabled
5 Accept On Timeout
1: Enabled
Magic Sequence:
The Magic Sequence is the string “;>PAx” where x is 1, 3, or 7
as defined above. This would normally be used in command
text files, which would begin with the text-command-on
sequence and end with the command to return to this special
mode. For example:
;>PA7
;any desired commands here
PA8
Suppress URL Decode:
For example, if enabled, P%418 will not equal PA8.
The % is not recognized as an escape character
Accept On Timeout:
Note: See register 156 for details
Keywords: #TextCommands
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42 Expect 0 0: Reader doesn’t wait for acknowledge
Acknowledgement 1: Reader will retransmit data when Host doesn’t acknowledge
From Host receipt
This setting is used in conjunction with registers 08 and 1B to
1B: 5 (USB Native)
08: 2 (packet mode)
43 JPEG Picture Quality 32 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
(percent) (#50) 0: Raw Image (No JPEG Compression)
1 To 100: JPEG Compression Quality Percent
Keywords: #PictureSettings
46 Prefix With Timestamp 0
47 MaxiCode Symbology 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 MaxiCode Decoding, Mode 0
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1: Enabled
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48 Codabar Checksum 0 0: Disable checksum checking and output checksum character
if one exists
1: Enable checksum checking and output checksum character
2: Enable checksum checking and remove checksum character
from output
If this register is set to a value greater than zero and no
checksum is present in the barcode or the checksum is
incorrect, the barcode will not read.
Keywords: #Codabar
49 Code 39 Full ASCII 0 0: Disabled
Code 39 Full ASCII Decoding
Keywords: #Code39
4A Composite Barcodes 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Composite Barcode Decoding
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4B Postal Barcode 0 Binary Dip Switch
Symbology
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 USPS Postnet
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 USPS Planet
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 USPS Intelligent Mail
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
3 Australia Post
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
4 Dutch Post (KIX)
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
5 Japan Post
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
6 UK Royal Mail
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
7 UPU ID-tags
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Postal
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4C GS1 DataBar™ 1F Binary Dip Switch
Symbology (#31)
Bit Controls Value
GS1 DataBar™ Expanded 0: Disabled
0
decoding 1: Enabled
GS1 DataBar™ Expanded Stacked 0: Disabled
1
decoding 1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 GS1 DataBar™ Limited decoding
1: Enabled
GS1 DataBar™ Omnidirectional 0: Disabled
3 and GS1 DataBar™ Truncated
decoding 1: Enabled
GS1 DataBar™ Stacked and GS1 0: Disabled
4 DataBar™ Stacked
Omnidirectional decoding 1: Enabled
Keywords: #GS1Databar
4D UPC Expansion 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
This register enables converting UPC-E output to UPC-A format
Keywords: #UPC
4E UPC/EAN 0 0: Disabled
Supplemental 1: Enabled
This register enables concatenating a standard UPC with the
secondary supplemental UPC or EAN data (two or five digits),
when present.
Keywords: #UPC, #EAN
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4F MSI Plessey Symbology 0 Binary Dip Switch with bits 1-3 comprising one value
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 MSI Plessey
1: Enabled
0: Disabled checksum
checking
1: One Byte Modulus 10
2: One Byte Modulus 10 &
Bits 1-3
One Byte Modulus 11
This is a value based
setting. 3: Two Bytes Modulus 10
Calculate and compare
checksums of this type 4: reserved
and/or removal of the
5: One byte Modulus 10 then
checksum (See
strip
examples below)
6: check modulus 10 & 11
then strip
7: check two modulus 10
then strip
UK Plessey 0: Disabled
5
(original) 1: Enabled
Examples: To decode MSI Plessey:
 MSI Mod10: set 4F to 3 (hex)
 MSI Mod11/10: set 4F to 5 (hex)
 MSI Mod10/10: set 4F to 7 (hex)
 MSI Mod10 with removal, set 4F to B (hex)
 MSI Mod11/10 with removal: set 4F to D (hex)
 MSI Mod10/10 with removal: set 4F to F (hex)
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50 Aztec Symbology 1 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Aztec Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Inverse Aztec Decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 Mirror Aztec Decoding
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Aztec
53 Decoder HD field (FOI 280 Valid Range: 1 to 640 pixels
0) Width (#640) Decoder uses only the specified pixel width in the HD field (FOI
0). See section 9.2
Note: The High Density field (FOI 0) does not exist on the
CR900FD.
54 Decoder HD field (FOI 3C0 Valid Range: 1 to 960 pixels
0) Height (#960) Decoder uses only the specified pixel height in the HD field
(FOI 0). See section 9.2
CR900FD.
55 Notify Of Read Failure 0 0: Disabled
1: Send “r” packet on no-read (See “r” packet in Section 6.2)
0x100xx: post event on no-read, where the lower 8 bits specify
the event number. For example, 0x10009 to post Event
0x09.
59 Beep Duration 64 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
(#100) Affects beep and vibrate duration.
Keywords: #Beep
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6A UPC/EAN Symbology 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Note: Enables and disables all UPC and EAN barcodes (UPC-A,
UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8)
Keywords: #UPC, #EAN
6B Code 39 Symbology 1 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Enable/Disable Code 39
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Enable/Disable Code 32
1: Enabled
Code 32 is also known as Italian Pharmacode. It uses the same
encoding as Code 39 and can be decoded as Code 39 with
unintended data when Code 32 is not enabled. It is not
necessary to enable Code 39 to enable Code 32.
Keywords: #Code39, #PharmaCode
6C Code 93 Symbology 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
6D Code 128 Symbology 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
6E Interleaved 2 Of 5 1 0: Disabled
Keywords: #2Of5, #Interleaved2Of5
6F Codabar Symbology 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Codabar
70 Code 39 Checksum 0 0: Disable checksum checking and output checksum character
if one exists
from output
Keywords: #Code39
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71 Interleaved 2 Of 5 0 0: Disable checksum checking and output checksum character
Checksum if one exists
from output
72 Auto Stored Data Erase 1 0: Disable
(Auto Log Erase) 1: Enable
Note: When Enabled, data and images are cleared from
nonvolatile memory when they are successfully uploaded to
the Host. (In “Log mode,” this is set to Disabled).
Note: Only applies to readers using Bluetooth® communication
modes.
Keywords: #DataRetention
73 Auto Buffer Upload 1 0: Disable
1: Enable
When Enabled, the Reader will automatically upload buffered
data (i.e. storage that hasn’t been previously uploaded)
whenever a connection is present.
modes.
74 UPC Short Margin 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
Keywords: #UPC
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76 Send And Store Mode 0 0: Normal mode (buffered send)
1: Send and log mode
3: Log only mode
modes.
Also see register: B4. Reader will not allow the user to set
auto-reconnect on, and store data. If any setting that allows
storing data is turned on, auto-reconnect will be turned off (if
it is on).
78 Settings Lock 1 1: Settings unlocked
3: Settings locked (except settings Lock)
85 Tri-Optic Options 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
Tri-Optic Decoding, Normal 0: Disabled
0
Quiet Zones 1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Allow Short Quiet Zones
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
2 No Quiet Zones Required
1: Enabled
Reverse order of first and 0: Disabled
3
second halves 1: Enabled
86 Motion Detection: 3 Valid Range: Any event as defined in register 39 and re-listed
Event in C4
Motion detection is enabled by setting register C4 to 0xF0.
This register is reset to 0 (disabled) when register C4 is
changed away from 0xF0. When motion is detected, this event
is posted.
See register 39 or C4 for list of events.
Keywords: #MotionDetection
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88 Sleep Timeout (sec) CR2300: Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds.
CR2600: This state: Sleep (Lowest power usage)
CR2600XHD:
CR3600: Next state: Power off
CR3600DPM: Counts down to the end of Sleep Mode and then the device
A8C0 (#43200, powers off. To disable this timer, set the register value to -1 as
12 hours) in the following example which disables and saves the timer
setting with the ‘C’ command:
C(88)#-1
modes.
8C USB Virtual COM 1 0: Disabled
Common Mode 1: Enabled
This and every other reader in USB VCOM Mode with USB
Virtual COM Common Mode enabled will use a common VCOM
port on the host PC. Any reader in USB VCOM Mode with this
setting disabled will use a unique VCOM port on the host PC.
Note: This setting is only valid for
CR8000/1000/1400/900FD/6000 and can be enabled only with
PC VCOM Driver 2.1.0 or above.
8E Time In Idle Mode (ms) CR2300: Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
CR2600: This register defines the amount of time in Idle Mode before
CR2600XHD: entering Standby Mode. Other than the quicker transition to
CR3600: Active Mode, the Reader is in a state very similar to Standby
CR3600DPM: Mode.
1388 (#5000)
Communications: Enabled
Current state: Idle (Mid power usage)
Next state: Standby
modes.
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93 Suppress Beep On 0 0: Beep indicating decode before JavaScript processing
Decode 1: Call JavaScript without beeping to indicate decode
Normally, the Reader beeps as soon as decodes are read and
processes them via JavaScript if necessary after the beep. To
enable JavaScript to control the beep feedback, change this
setting to 1; this will suppress the beep; the JavaScript would
typically beep if the decode is valid or start another read cycle
if it isn’t.
This setting does not suppress beeps for anything but a
successful decode event.
Keywords: #Beep
0) X Offset Decoder uses the pixels after the specified pixel offset in the
HD field (FOI 0). See section 9.2
CR900FD.
0) Y Offset Decoder uses the pixels after the specified pixel offset in the
HD field (FOI 0). See section 9.2
CR900FD.
9A Decoder Wide field 0 Valid Range: 0 to 639 pixels
(FOI 1) X Offset Decoder uses the pixels after the specified pixel offset in the
Wide field (FOI 1). See section 9.2
9B Decoder Wide field 0 Valid Range: 0 to 959 pixels
(FOI 1) Y Offset Decoder uses the pixels after the specified pixel offset in the
Wide field (FOI 1). See section 9.2
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9D Target Tolerance 640 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Percent
(percent) (#1600) For the Reader to accept a barcode, the barcode must be
within a certain distance from the center of the image. The
distance is defined as a percentage of the barcode’s smaller
dimension. For example, with a 10 x 20 mm barcode and a
setting of 150 (%), the barcode must be within 15 mm of the
center of the image.
Any value over #1000 is considered infinite tolerance, and no
target checking is performed.
Keywords: #StandModes
9E Extra Cabled Idle Time CR2300: This is the time added to the idle timeout register 8E if unit is in
CR2600: the charger. To disable this timer, set the register value to -1
CR2600XHD: as in the following example which disables and saves the timer
CR3600: setting with the ‘C’ command:
CR3600DPM: C(9E)#-1
2710 (#10000)
Current State: Idle
CR4405:
#-500 Next State: Standby
modes.
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9F Standby Mode FFFFFE0C Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds.
Countdown Timer (ms) (#-500) This state: Standby (Lowest power usage)
CR2300: Next state: Sleep ( < 2mA current – NON-USB devices ONLY)
CR2600:
CR2600XHD: Counts down to the end of Standby Mode. (Sleep mode NOT
CR3600: active in cabled USB devices). To disable this timer, set the
CR3600DPM: register value to -1 as in the following example which disables
927C0 and saves the timer setting with the ‘C’ command:
(#600000, 10 C(9F)#-1
min)
Standby Mode is the time after the Idle Mode Countdown
CR4405: Timer has expired and before the Standby Mode Countdown
EA60 Timer has expired. There are many user and firmware events
(#60000, 1 that will reset the timer or send the reader back into a higher-
min) power mode; therefore it may seem that the timer is longer
than the value set.
modes.
A1 Vibrate 1 0: Disabled
1: Enabled (vibration motor will be on at same time as speaker)
Note: if vibrate-only is desired, set speaker volume to 0 using
register 26.
A2 Default Event Delay 64 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
(ms) (#100) The Reader will pause for this amount of time between each
posting of the default event (used with “continuous read”
CR5000: mode).
CR5000RTC:
1 Note: Register C4 contains the list of valid events.
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A7 Beep (Vibrate) Pulse 64 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Separation (ms) (#100) The spacing in milliseconds between beeps when beeping
multiple times.
Keywords: #Beep, #Vibration
AB AGC Selection for 0 0: Use decoder AGC (designed for Symbology decoding)
Picture Taking 1: Use imager AGC (optimized for pictures)
AC Wide field (FOI 1) 0 Specify left edge of window used with “take picture.” The
Picture Window Left position and size are relative to the virtual image (i.e. not the
Position rotated physical image).
Note: On a Code Reader, overall image is 960 pixels by 1280
pixels. Upper half is Wide field (FOI 1); lower half is High
Density (FOI 0). The High Density field (FOI 0) does not exist on
the CR900FD.
AD Wide field (FOI 1) 0 Specify upper edge of window used with “take picture.” The
Picture Window Upper position and size are relative to the virtual image (i.e. not the
Position rotated physical image).
the CR900FD.
AE Wide field (FOI 1) 500 Specify width of window used with “take picture.” The position
Picture Window Width (#1280) and size are relative to the virtual image (i.e. not the rotated
physical image).
the CR900FD.
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AF Wide field (FOI 1) 3C0 Specify height of window used with “take picture.” The
Picture Window Height (#960) position and size are relative to the virtual image (i.e. not the
rotated physical image).
the CR900FD.
B0 Target On Before 3E8 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Picture (ms) (#1000) 0: Target off before picture capture
B3 Number Of Retries 3 Valid Range: 0 to FF Tries
Before Reader Gives Note: The value 1 is defined as the original send attempt but
Up Sending Packet no resends. The higher the number the longer each decode
attempt can take.
BF USB Keyboard Poll Rate A Valid Range: 1 to FF (#255) Milliseconds
(#10) The Host is requested to poll the USB device at the specified
period.
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C4 Default Event FF The default value of FF is the idle event. This means that
(#255) normally, no activity is occurring. However, if the value is set to
one of those shown in the list below, then that action will be
CR900FD:
repeated continuously, unless interrupted by an external
CR1000:
trigger or command. Any event other than 0 or FF will prevent
CR1000XHD:
the reader from entering power save mode.
CR1400:
CR1400XHD: This register also causes register 86 to be set to 0, unless
CR1428: motion detection (F0) is selected as the default event.
CR6000: Event numbers (same as register 39)
CR8013: 0: No Action
F0 1: Keep Awake
(#240) 2: Show Target
3: Read In Both Fields (Default)
CR5000: 5: Read In High Density field (FOI 0). See section 9.2
CR5000RTC:
6 Note: The CR900FD does not have a High Density field (FOI 0)
6: Read In Wide field (FOI 1). See section 9.2
7: Take Picture
8: Read In Most Recently Successful Field
0D to 50 (#13 To #80): Custom events (handled by JavaScript)
DB (#219): Flash illumination and targeting
DC (#220): Perform “Phone connected” handler
DD (#221): Perform “Phone disconnected” handler
DE (#222): Perform “Cable disconnected” handler
DF (#223): Perform “Reader removed from charger” handler
E0 (#224): Perform “Reader placed in charger” handler
E1 (#225): Perform “Cable connected” handler
E2 (#226): Beep
F0 (#240): Detect motion
F1 (#241): Toggle Apple® KB mode (Bluetooth® KB mode only)
F2 (#242): Update behavior based on Stand Detection
F4 (#244): Perform “Reader placed in stand” handler
F5 (#245): Perform “Reader removed from stand” handler
FF (#255): Idle
Keywords: #Beep, #Charger, #DefaultEvent,
#MotionDetection, #Stand, #StandModes
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C6 Auto Connect Mode 1 0: No Auto Connect - connect only on “X” and “:” commands
and upload events
1: Auto Connect - attempt to establish connection when in idle
mode and maintain connection when in standby mode
2: Auto Reconnect - attempt to connect when there is data to
send but only within specified time of last valid connection.
3: Auto Connect If Cabled - attempt to connect if Reader is
cabled or in charger
Bluetooth® readers: Also see register 76. Reader will not allow
the user to set auto-reconnect on, and store data. If any
setting that allows storing data is turned on, auto-reconnect
will be turned off, if it is on.
C7 Decoder Wide field 280 Valid Range: 1 to 280 (#640) pixels
(FOI 1) Width (#640) Decoder uses only the specified pixel height in the Wide field
C8 Decoder Wide field 3C0 Valid Range: 1 to 3C0 (#960) pixels
(FOI 1) Height (#960) Decoder uses only the specified pixel height in the Wide field
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C9 Interleaved 2 Of 5 0 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100)
Lengths The number of digits allowed in an Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode,
plus indicating support for a small quiet zone.
The length allowed is always even. If an Interleaved 2 of 5 has
a smaller/shorter than standard quiet zone, 1 can be added to
the length to tolerate the issue (but also increase the chance of
partially decoding the barcode). Max value for C9 is 100 (100
digits without support for small quiet zones).
Examples:
To set length to 8, and
 To enable small quiet zone, set C9 to 9 (8 + 1)
 To disable small quiet zone, set C9 to 8 (8 + 0)
To set length to E (#14), and
 To enable small quiet zone, set C9 to F (#15) (E + 1)
 To disable small quiet zone, set C9 to E (#14) (E + 0)
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Small Quiet Zone
1: Enabled
Number of Digits (Must be even and 64 (#100)
[6:1]
or less)
[31:7] Reserved

CA Auto Disconnect 0 0: Retain connection until explicit disconnect command
1: Disconnect from the Host when there is nothing to send. (In
conjunction with registers C6 and 73, the Reader will
connect when there is data to send, send the data, then
disconnect (to allow another Reader to connect to the same
Host).
2: Retain connection until reader enters sleep mode.
Disconnect from the Host when the reader enters sleep
mode.
modes.
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CE Codablock F Symbology 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
CF Macro PDF417 0 0: Disabled
Keywords: #PDF417
D8 Composite Barcodes 1 0: Accept any composite element
Require Both Elements 1: Only accept composite barcodes if both elements could be
decoded.
D9 Max Connection Wait CR2300: Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Seconds
Time CR2600: The Reader will attempt connection for up to this amount of
CR2600XHD: time when a connection is explicitly requested, such as when a
CR3600: QuickConnect Barcode is read or an upload is requested (by
CR3600DPM: event or command).
0F (#15)
CR4405: modes.
5
DB Merge Selected 0 0: Disabled
Decodes 1: Enabled
When enabled, multiple valid decodes from a single read are
concatenated. This includes Composite barcodes or when
multiple barcode reading is enabled.
E3 Trigger 1 Confirmation 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Time (ms) The trigger input must be asserted for this amount of time
before the trigger event is generated. Setting this value > 0
makes it easier to select combinations of triggers (e.g. trigger
3, which is trigger 1 & 2 asserted together).
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EB Maximum Reader To 4000 Valid Range: 1 to 4000 (#16384) Bytes
Host Packet Data Size (#16384)
(bytes)
EC Host F Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Acknowledgement (#15) When Expect Acknowledgement From Host (register 42) is
Time Limit Multiplier nonzero, the Reader will wait up to Host Acknowledgement
(ms) Time Limit (register 37) + dataSize * Host Acknowledgement
Time Limit Multiplier (register EC) milliseconds to receive an
acknowledgement from the Host.
ED Prefix Decode Result 0 0: Don’t prefix with AIM identifier
With AIM Symbology 1: Prefix decode result with ISO/IEC standard 15424/AIM
Identifiers symbology identifier
Keywords: #AIMId
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F0 Allow Code 128 Short 1 0: Disabled
Margin 1: Enabled
F6 Code 39 Short Margin 1 0: disallow short margin Code 39 symbol decoding
1: allow short margin Code 39 symbol decoding
Keywords: #Code39
F7 Code 11 Symbology 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
Code 11 Decoding with one 0: Disabled
0 or two checksum digits
1: Enabled
checked
Remove checksum(s) from 0: Disabled
2
the result string 1: Enabled
Note: The firmware determines whether one-digit or two-digit
checksum should be checked internally.
F8 PharmaCode 0 See Section Error! Reference source not found. -
Symbology HYPERLINK \l "_PharmaCode" PharmaCode for more
details.
Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 PharmaCode decoding
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Support color bar
1: Enabled
Reverse instead of Normal 0: Disabled
3
direction 1: Enabled
Note: The reader decodes a PharmaCode in either horizontal
or vertical orientation by default.
Keywords: #PharmaCode
F9 PharmaCode Bar Count 1004 Valid Range: Each 8 bits can be 04 to 10 (#16)
(#4100)
Bit 0 – Bit 7: min bar count, 04 to 10 (#16)
Bit 9 – Bit 15: max bar count, 04 to 10 (#16)
FA PharmaCode Min Value F Valid Range: F (#15) to 1FFFE (#131070)
(#15) Keywords: #PharmaCode
FB PharmaCode Max 1FFFE Valid Range: F (#15) to 1FFFE (#131070)
Value (#131070) Keywords: #PharmaCode
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FC Keep reading barcodes 0 0: Disabled (requires button to be released before next scan
as long as button is occurs)
held down 1: Enabled
Note: When enabled, register 159 should be greater than zero.
10C Bluetooth® Connected 3 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Seconds
Cache Time (Seconds) The time the last connection status received from the radio
remains valid.
If a request is made during this time since last radio query, the
cached status is returned. Otherwise, the Reader will query the
radio for connection status (which takes up to 1 second).
modes.
10D Grid Matrix Symbology 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Grid Matrix
1: Enabled
All other bits are reserved
12D Hong Kong 2 Of 5 0 Binary Dip Switch
Symbology
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Hong Kong 2 of 5 Decoding
1: Enabled
Keywords: #2Of5
12F Notify Of Packet 1 0: Disabled
Rejection 1: Beep 3 times
0x100xx: post event on No-Read, where the lower 8 bits
specify the event number. For example, 0x10009 to post
Event 0x09.
Specify the behavior when a packet is rejected because of
incorrect encryption key, incorrect packet protocol, or
CodeXML® Modems locked to a different Reader.
Keywords: #Beep, #DefaultEvent
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137 PDF417 Handle Invalid 0 0: Disabled
Shift 1: Enabled
Allows the decoding of PDF417 barcodes that were improperly
encoded.
Keywords: #PDF417
154 Enable Black And 0 0: Images remain in grey scale.
White Pictures 1: Captured images are converted to black and white.
Converts grey scale images to black and white
159 Ignore Duplicate 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFF Milliseconds
Barcode (ms) Consecutive duplicate barcodes (i.e. barcodes that contain the
same data) are blocked for this amount of time (in
milliseconds). 0 turns off blocking of duplicate barcodes.
Note: For the CR5000 & CR5000RTC only, the reader will
continue to block duplicate barcodes as long as it continues to
detect the barcode, and until the barcode has been removed
for the “ignore duplicate barcode” time, if the time is not 0. In
other words, for the CR5000 & CR5000RTC, to scan the same
barcode twice, the barcode must be removed from the field of
view for this period of time.
Keywords: #StandModes, #DuplicateBlock
172 Automatically save the CR2300: 0: Disable
Bluetooth® connection CR2600: 1: Enable
address CR2600XHD: The address in the QuickConnect Barcode will be saved if
CR3600: enabled.
CR3600DPM:
1 Note: Only applies to readers using Bluetooth® communication
modes.
173 Enable Bluetooth® 0 0: Disable
Encryption 1: Enable
Note: PIN must be set to 8 characters or more and the same
value on the reader and remote device for connection to be
successful. For CodeXML Modems, please refer to the D018582
Modem ICD document for details on the setPin command.
Keywords: #Encryption
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181 Glare Detection 0 0: Disabled
(Reduction) 1: Enabled
Not available in the CR8000 because there is no off-axis
illumination.
1EA Good Read Duration C8 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFF Milliseconds
(ms) (#200) For the CR8000 and CR8013, this the duration that the good
read hardware signal is asserted. For other readers, this is the
duration for which the good read indicator LED will be
illuminated and the pulse width of the good read signal on RTS.
Keywords: #GoodReadRTS
1F7 Platform configure 42 Binary Dip Switch
buttons and Stand (#66)
Bit Controls Value
Detection CR2600: 0: Disabled
1 Button 1 Enable
CR2600XHD: 1: Enabled
CR2300: 0: Disabled
CR3600: 3 Button2 Enable
1: Enabled
CR3600DPM: 0: Disabled
2a 5 Button4 Enable
1: Enabled
(#42) 0: Disabled
6 Enable Stand Detection
CR4405: 1: Enabled
2 Note: All other bits are Reserved.
To toggle Stand Detection, use CO(1F7)40 and CQ(1F7)40
Keywords: #StandDetect
20E Motion Detection: 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF Milliseconds
Start Delay (ms) A built-in delay of 200 ms prevents motion detect from
detecting motion right after a successful decode. This allows
the barcode to be removed without triggering a new decode.
Use this register to add an additional delay amount to the
built-in delay.
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218 Motion Detection 0 Binary Dip Switch with bits 1 & 2 comprising a value
Option
Bit Controls Value
0: Dark Field illumination
1
1: Diffuse Bright Field
CR6000 Illumination 2: Direct Bright Field
2 3: Dark Field and Diffuse
Bright Field
Keywords: #DPM, #MotionDetection
21B Reported Board Type (See Comment Valid Range: 1 to 9999

column) The firmware will report this number as the “hardware type
identifier” field of the reader information string.
Reader Type Value
CR900FD: 384 (#900)
CR1000: 7
CR1000XHD: 7
CR1400: 8
CR1400XHD: 8
CR1428: 8
CR2300: 8FC (#2300)
CR2600 9
CR2600XHD: 9
CR3600: A (#10)
CR3600DPM: A (#10)
CR4100: 1004 (#4100)
CR4405: C (#12)
CR5000: D (#13)
CR5000RTC: D (#13)
CR6000: 1770 (#6000)
CR8000: 6
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21C In Stand Extended 5DC Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFF Milliseconds
Duplicate Block Time (#1500) Applies to a Reader in a stand. Consecutive duplicate barcodes
(ms) (i.e. barcodes that contain the same data) are blocked for this
CR5000: amount of time (in milliseconds). 0 turns off blocking of
CR5000RTC: duplicate barcodes.
0
Note: Not used in the CR5000 & CR5000RTC reader
Keywords: #DuplicateBlock
21D USB Speed 0 0: High Speed
1: Full Speed
Speed at which USB Connection is made.
235 In-Charger Event 0 This event will be triggered when the reader is placed in its
charger base.
CR2300:
CR2600: See register C4 for a list of events
CR2600XHD: Keywords: #Charger
CR3600:
CR3600DPM:
CR4405:
E0
(#224)
236 Out-of-Charger Event 0 This event will be triggered when the reader is removed from
its charger base.
CR2300:
CR2600: See register C4 for a list of events
CR2600XHD: Keyword: #Charger
CR3600:
CR3600DPM:
CR4405:
DF
(#223)
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243 USB Keyboard 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Connection Delay (ms) CR2300: This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
CR2600: after connecting before sending data. The delay will only be
CR2600XHD: used with the associated communication mode.
CR3600: Keywords: #Communications
CR3600DPM:
CR4405:
1388
(#5000)
244 USB HID Native 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Connection Delay (ms)
This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
after connecting before sending data. The delay will only be
used with the associated communication mode.
245 USB VCOM Connection 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Delay (ms) This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
246 USB HIDPOS 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Connection Delay (ms) This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
247 Bluetooth® Connection 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
249 Serial UART Connection 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
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24A Han Xin Barcode 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Enable/Disable Han Xin
1: Enabled
Keywords: #HanXin
24F Decoding Extras 0 This is a bitmask that enables additional decode data post-
processing.
Binary Dip Switch
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Bit Controls Value

Send Code 39 start and stop 0: Disabled
0 delimiters
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Code39
Remove Codabar start and stop 0: Disabled
1
delimiters Keywords: #Codabar 1: Enabled
Forces all decode data (excluding AIM 0: Disabled
2 identifier and other prefix/suffix info)
to upper case Keywords: #AIMId 1: Enabled
Forces all decode data (excluding AIM 0: Disabled
3 identifier and other prefix/suffix info)
to lower case Keywords: #AIMId 1: Enabled
Removes UPC-A check digit 0: Disabled
4
Keywords: #UPC 1: Enabled
Removes UPC-A number system digit 0: Disabled
5
Removes UPC-E check digit 0: Disabled
6
Removes UPC-E number system digit 0: Disabled
7
Removes EAN/JAN-13 check digit 0: Disabled
8
Keywords: #EAN/JAN 1: Enabled
Removes EAN/JAN-8 check digit 0: Disabled
9
Convert EAN-8 to EAN-13 0: Disabled
10
Convert UPC-A to EAN-13 0: Disabled
11
Convert Bookland EAN-13 to ISBN 0: Disabled
12
Convert Bookland EAN-13 to ISSN 0: Disabled
13
Send Tri-Optic Code 39 start and stop 0: Disabled
14
delimiters Keywords: #Code39 1: Enabled
Remove GS1 DataBar “()” characters, 0: Disabled
15
if present Keywords: #GS1Databar 1: Enabled
Output Telepen as ASCII. (If Disabled, 0: Disabled
16 the output is Numeric)
Keywords: #Telepen 1: Enabled
17 0: Disabled
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Output Royal Mail check character
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Postal
Remove error correction code words 0: Disabled
18 from Australia Post output
Keywords: #Postal 1: Enabled
250 Korean Post Symbology 0 Binary Dip Switch

Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Enable Korean Post
1: Enabled
Keywords: #Postal
251 Background Transmit 1 0: Disabled
Enable 1: Enabled
CR4405:
0 If Enabled, use background transmit feature.
With this enabled, user may be able to scan barcode labels
faster than the reader or modem can output the data to the
host.
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256 Decoding Options 10 CortexDecoder decoding options.
(#16) Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
Basic Laser DPM 0: Disabled
1
Keywords: #DPM 1: Enabled
Basic inkjet/dot peen DPM 0: Disabled
2
0: Disabled
4 Low Contrast 1D
1: Enabled
Dot peen dark on light (need DPM 0: Disabled
5
license) Keywords: #DPM 1: Enabled
Dot peen light on dark (DPM license 0: Disabled
6
required) Keywords: #DPM 1: Enabled
Laser/chemical etch 0: Disabled
7 (DPM license required)
Robust Inkjet DPM 0: Disabled
11
Light DPM (fast reading of all 1D/2D 0: Disabled
12 and high contrast DPM)
Note: All other bits are Reserved
25B Bluetooth® Keyboard 1E Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Seconds

Discoverable Time (sec) (#30) The time that the reader will be discoverable to other
Bluetooth® devices when discoverable command is sent to the
reader (see Section 10.1for more info on discoverable
command)
25D Disconnect when Set 1 0: Disabled
Discoverable 1: Enabled
If Enabled, disconnect when the reader is set to discoverable
mode (see Section 10.1 for more info on the discoverable
command)
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25E Connection Delay (ms) 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
–Bluetooth® Keyboard This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
262 Define decode data 0 Used to specify the input encoding of the data being decoded.
encoding and The data will either be used as is or be converted to Unicode
conversion method code points for the specified input encoding, based on the
setting below.
Value Description
0 Define that the input encoding is ASCII – do not convert
1 Define that the input encoding is ASCII and convert the
ASCII to Unicode code points
2 Define that the input encoding is UTF-8 and convert the
UTF-8 to Unicode code points
Keywords: #DataEncoding; #KeyboardMap
270 Requested Download 0 This is the optimal amount of memory to allocate for the
Memory Allocation Size current file download to the reader.
Persistence: Reset-on-boot
271 Connection Delay (ms) 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
–iAP2 External
This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
Accessory mode after connecting before sending data. The delay will only be
272 Connection Delay (ms) 0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
–iAP2 Keyboard mode This is the additional amount of time that the reader will wait
273 Max Error Log Size C8 * 1000 This is the maximum size of the error log in bytes. It will not
(bytes) ((#200) * exceed it by more than the size of one error log entry.
(#1024))
274 Error Log Truncation 46 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Percent (#70) When the error log exceeds the maximum length, it will be
truncated to this percentage of its maximum size
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277 Max Motion Brightness 3C Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Percent (#60) The percentage of maximum illumination of the red LED when
used in motion detection.
CR5000:
CR5000RTC: Keywords: #MotionDetection
64
(#100)
278 Low Battery Sleep 0 The reader will automatically sleep when the battery voltage is
Voltage (mV) below this threshold.
CR4405:
C1C Note: Supported on CR4405 only.
(#3100 )
Keywords: #Battery
279 Low Battery Sleep 0 If the reader automatically sleeps because of a low battery, it
Wakeup Voltage (mV) will wake automatically if the battery voltage goes above this
CR4405:
level.
ED8
(#3800) Note: Supported on CR4405 only.
Keywords: #Battery
27B Cabled Event 0 This event will be triggered when the reader is connected via a
cable.
CR4405:
E1 See register C4 for a list of events
27C Uncabled Event 0 This event will be triggered when the reader is disconnected
from its cable.
CR4405:
DE See register C4 for a list of events
27D Phone Connected DC This event will be triggered when a phone is connected to the
Event (#220) reader.
See register C4 for a list of events
Note: Supported on CR4405 only.
27E Phone Disconnected DD This event will be triggered when a phone is disconnected from
Event (#221) the reader.
See register C4 for a list of events
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27F Low Battery Level (%) A Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
(#10) Used for battery status indication
Keywords: #Battery
280 Medium Battery Level 1E Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
(%) (#30) Used for battery status indication
Keywords: #Battery
282 Sled Battery Critical F Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Level (%) (#15) Reader will not supply current to a connected phone below
this level. This applies to all power management schemes.
Keywords: #Battery
284 Device Battery Charge 2 Defines the way in which the reader will attempt to charge a
Mode connected device/phone. All power schemes involving
charging the device will stop charging when the critical sled
battery level is reached (register 282).
0: Do not charge
1: Keep phone fully charged
2: Managed Power Scheme:
 Never charge device (phone) if sled battery is below value
in register 282 (Sled battery critical level). This always
trumps other conditions that would normally initiate device
(phone) charging.
 Assuming first condition is not true, always charge phone
until sled battery drops below value in register 29D. This is
the reserve amount of sled battery required to maintain
desired scanner usage (Typically ~12 hours, 100 scans/hr).
 Charge phone if device battery drops below value in
register 29C. Cancel charging when device battery rises
above the value in register 29C added to the value in
register 285.
Keywords: #Battery
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285 Device Battery Delta To 5 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Stop Charge (%) Applies when the Device Battery Charge Mode (284) is set to
Managed Power Scheme (the value 2). If sled is charging the
device due to the Device Battery Critical Level (29C) being met,
the device battery level will need to rise above the Device
Battery Maintenance Level (29B) by this percent before sled
disables charging.
Keywords: #Battery
286 Device Battery Update 493E0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Max Interval (ms) (#300000) If this amount of time (ms) elapses without a device battery
update, only the sled battery percentage is used to determine
whether the device charging state should be changed.
Note: Applies to Device Battery Charge Mode (284) option 2
only
Keywords: #Battery
288 Full Battery Level (%) 5F Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
(#95)
Used for battery status indication
Keywords: #Battery
289 Low Battery Pre 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Indicate Period (ms) (#500) When indicating a low battery (and not charging), this is the
time between the triggering event (such as a button press) and
the first blink.
Keywords: #Battery
28A Low Battery Indicate 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Period (ms) (#500) When indicating a low battery (and not charging), this is the
blink duration.
Keywords: #Battery
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28B Low Battery Post 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Indicate Period (ms) (#500) When indicating a low battery (and not charging), this is the
time between blinks.
Keywords: #Battery
28C Low Battery Indicate 3 When indicating a low battery (and not charging), this is the
Pulses number of blinks that will occur due to a triggering event (such
as a button press).
Keywords: #Battery
28D Medium Battery Pre 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Indicate Period (ms) (#500) When indicating a medium battery (and not charging), this is
the time between the triggering event (such as a button press)
and the first blink.
Keywords: #Battery
28E Medium Battery 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
the blink duration.
Keywords: #Battery
28F Medium Battery Post 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
the time between blinks.
Keywords: #Battery
290 Medium Battery 3 When indicating a medium battery (and not charging), this is
Indicate Pulses the number of blinks that will occur due to a triggering event
(such as a button press).
Keywords: #Battery
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291 Low Battery Charging 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Indicate Period (ms) (#500) When indicating a low battery while charging, this is the
duration of each LED color display in the color sequence (see
register 297).
Keywords: #Battery
292 Medium Battery 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Charging Indicate (#500) When indicating a medium battery while charging, this is the
Period (ms) duration of each LED color display in the color sequence (see
register 298).
Keywords: #Battery
293 High Battery Charging 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Indicate Period (ms) (#500) When indicating a high (but not yet fully charged) battery
while charging, this is the duration of each LED color display in
the color sequence (see register 299).
Keywords: #Battery
294 Low Battery Charging 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Post Indicate Period (#500) When indicating a low battery while charging, this is the time
(ms) between LED color sequences (which are defined in register
297).
Keywords: #Battery
295 Medium Battery 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Charging Post Indicate (#500) When indicating a medium battery while charging, this is the
Period (ms) time between LED color sequences (which are defined in
register 298).
Keywords: #Battery
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296 High Battery Charging 1F4 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Post Indicate Period (#500) When indicating a high (but not yet fully charged) battery
(ms) while charging, this is the time between LED color sequences
(which are defined in register 299).
Keywords: #Battery, #Charging
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297 Low Battery Charging 1 Color to display when charging the battery and the battery is
Indicate Color low.
1: red
2: yellow
4: green
All other values are invalid.
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298 Medium Battery 2 Color to display when charging the battery and the battery is
Charging Indicate Color medium.
1: red
2: yellow
4: green
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299 High Battery Charging 4 Color to display when charging the battery and the battery is
Indicate Color high.
1: red
2: yellow
4: green
29B Device Battery 64 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent

Maintenance Level (%) (#100) Only applies to charging mode 3 in charging mode register 284.
Value at which charging scheme attempts to keep the device
battery level.
Keywords: #Battery
29C Device Battery Critical 19 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent

Level (%) (#25) Only applies to charging mode 2 in charging mode register 284.
If device battery drops below this level, sled will start charging
the device.
Keywords: #Battery
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29D Sled Battery Reserve 28 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Level (%) (#40) Only applies to charging mode 2 in charging mode register 284.
Sled will charge device battery until sled battery drops below
the percentage value in this register.
Keywords: #Battery
29E Lower battery percent 0 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
scaling (%) Reader will report 0% battery capacity if the actual battery
drops below this percent.
Keywords: #Battery
29F Upper battery percent 64 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
scaling (%) (#100) Reader will report 100% battery capacity if the actual battery
CR4405: rises above this percent.
5A Keywords: #Battery
(#90)
2A3 Code 49 Symbology 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
2A8 Use demo script 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
CR3600: If Enabled on a device that has a display, this setting will cause
1 the device to use the demo script instead of the “.default.js”
script.
2AB Detect charging base 0 0: Disabled
as Stand 1: Enabled
If Enabled, for readers with a charging base, the reader will be
considered In-Stand if the reader is in the charging base.
Note: Applies to Bluetooth® readers only.
Keywords: #Stand, #StandDetect
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2AF USB pass-through 5 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
mode minimum When in USB pass-through mode, if the sled battery drops to
battery capacity or below this level, the sled will stop providing power to the
percent iPhone.
Note: This will cause a communications failure between the
iPhone and the USB host, but it is necessary to prevent sled
reboots that would also cause communications failures.
Keywords: #Battery
2B0 USB pass-through 19 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
mode hysteresis (#25) When in USB pass-through mode, if the sled battery drops
battery capacity below the USB pass-through mode minimum battery capacity,
percent the sled battery must reach this higher capacity before power
(and communication) will be restored to the iPhone.
Keywords: #Battery
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2B2 Illumination Axis 0 Internal illumination control
Control For CR5000 & CR5000RTC:
CR5000:
CR5000RTC: Bit Controls Value
70 0-2 Unused
(#112) CR5000 & 0: Invalid
CR5000RTC 1: Use red illumination
3-4
quick decode 2: Use IR illumination
behavior 3: Use red and IR illumination
0: Use the same as the CR5000 &
CR5000 & CR5000RTC quick decode behavior
CR5000RTC 1: Use red illumination + fixed 20%
5-6 standard IR
decode 2: Use red illumination + fixed 30%
behavior IR
3: Use red illumination only
Note: Applies to CR5000 & CR5000RTC only. All other readers
will ignore this register.
Keywords: #AGC, #AGCMode, #DPM
2B4 Public Sector Behavior 0 Binary Dip Switch
Bit Controls Value
0: Disabled
0 Enable public-sector parsing
1: Enabled
0: Disabled
1 Enable JSON formatting
1: Enabled
Reject raw data (non-public-sector- 0: Disabled
2 formatted decodes are considered an
error condition) 1: Enabled
Enable Stand Alone Age Verification 0: Disabled
3
(CR5000RTC only) 1: Enabled
Note: Bit 0, 1, & 2 are for DL Formatting and require license
5014. Bit 3 is for Stand Alone Age Verification (CR5000RTC
only) and require license 5017.
Keywords: #AgeVerification
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2B6 Trigger 1 Release Event 0 If non-zero, the specified event is generated when this button
is released.
is released.
is released.
is released.
2BA Trigger 5 Release Event 0 If non-zero, the specified event is generated when this button
is released.
.
2BB Trigger 6 Release Event 0 If non-zero, the specified event is generated when this button
is released.
2BC Trigger 7 Release Event 0 If non-zero, the specified event is generated when this button
is released.
2BD Allow Repeated 0 0: If the button event is a JavaScript event, the button event
JavaScript Button will only be generated once.
Events 1: If the button event is a JavaScript event, the button event
will continue to be generated until the button is released.
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2BE In-Stand Event 0 This event will be posted when the reader is placed in its stand
(for CR5000 & CR5000RTC, when it is placed on a surface).
CR2300:
CR2600: See register C4 for a list of events.
CR2600XHD: Note: Applies to Bluetooth® and CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers
CR3600: only.
CR3600DPM:
F2 Keywords: #Stand, #StandModes, #StandDetect,
(#242) #DefaultEvent
CR5000:
CR5000RTC:
F4
(#244)
2BF Out-of-Stand Event 0 This event will be posted when the reader is removed from its
stand.
CR2300:
CR2600XHD: Note: Applies to Bluetooth® and CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers
CR3600: only.
CR3600DPM:
F2 Keywords: #Stand, #StandModes, #StandDetect,
(#242) #DefaultEvent
CR5000:
CR5000RTC:
F5
(#245)
2C0 In-Stand Target 640 When the reader is placed on a surface and Stand Detection is
Tolerance (#1600) enabled, register 9D will be set to the value in this register.
Note: Applies to CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers only.
Keywords: #Stand, #StandModes
2C1 Out-of-Stand Target 640 When the reader is lifted up and Stand Detection is enabled,
Tolerance (#1600) register 9D will be set to the value in this register.
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2C2 In-Stand Default Event FF When the reader is placed in the stand (for CR5000 &
(#255) CR5000RTC, when it is placed on a surface) and Stand
Detection is enabled, register C4 will be set to the value in this
CR2300:
register.
CR2600:
CR2600XHD: See register C4 for a list of events.
CR3600: Note: Applies to Bluetooth® and CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers
CR3600DPM: only.
F0 (#240)
Also see registers: 1F7 to enable Stand Detection, 2AB to
CR5000: define the charging base as a ‘Stand’ and C4 for a list of events
CR5000RTC: Keywords: #DefaultEvent, #StandModes
6
2C3 Out-of-Stand Default FF When the reader is removed from the stand (for CR5000 &
Event (#255) CR5000RTC, when it is lifted up) and Stand Detection is
enabled, register C4 will be set to the value in this register.
CR5000RTC:
2 Note: Applies to Bluetooth® and CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers
only.
Also see registers: 1F7 to enable Stand Detection, 2AB to
define the charging base as a ‘Stand’ and C4 for a list of events
Keywords: #DefaultEvent, #StandModes
2C4 Minimum Motion 1 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Illumination Percent CR3600DPM: This is the minimum illumination that will be used when in
CR6000: motion detection mode.
3 Also see register: 206
2C5 Minimum Initial 5 Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Battery Percent to In iPhone communication modes (Apple® App mode and
power iPhone Apple® Keyboard mode, currently) the reader will not provide
any power or communication channel to the iPhone until it has
confirmed that the sled battery is above this percent.
Keywords: #Battery
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2C6 Keyboard minimum 0 Valid Range: 0; 3 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
inter-character delay Require at least this amount of time between characters sent
(ms) over a keyboard interface. Any value below 3 ms will have no
noticeable effect.
Keywords: #InterCharacterDelay
inter-scancode delay Require at least this amount of time since the last scancode
(non-release scancode) sent over a keyboard interface (this setting is used when the
(ms)
scancode to be sent is not a release scancode). Any value
below 3 ms will have no noticeable effect.
inter-scancode delay Require at least this amount of time since the last scancode
(release scancode) (ms) sent over a keyboard interface (this setting is used when the
scancode to be sent is a release scancode). Any value below 3
ms will have no noticeable effect.
2C9 Enable vibrate in stand 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
If Enabled, this setting will allow the reader to vibrate when in
the stand. The default is to prevent vibration of the reader
while in the stand.
Keywords: #Stand, #Vibration
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2CA Extended Duplicate 1 Binary Dip Switch
Block Time Options
Bit Controls Value
Use extended duplicate block time if 0: Disabled
0
stand is detected 1: Enabled
1
in motion detection mode 1: Enabled
2
in continuous scan mode 1: Enabled
Always use extended duplicate block 0: Disabled
3
time 1: Enabled
Keywords: #DuplicateBlock, #Stand
2CB iPhone Onscreen 7D0 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Keyboard Release (#2000) When the iPhone receives keyboard data from the sled, the
Delay (ms) onscreen keyboard will disappear before sending the first
character, and reappear after receiving the last character. This
setting is the number of milliseconds that the onscreen
keyboard will remain hidden after receiving the last character
from the sled.
2CC Allow sending USB 1 0: Disabled
scancodes over a 1: Enabled
Bluetooth® SPP If Enabled, the reader will send data as USB scancodes to a
connection modem that requests this behavior, instead of sending just the
decoded bytes. If Disabled, or if the modem does not request
USB scancodes, the reader will send the data as the decoded
bytes.
Note: Supported on Bluetooth® readers only.
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2CD “On QuickConnect 0 This setting defines special behavior that will occur when a
Barcode” behavior QuickConnect Barcode (QCB) is scanned. A QCB is defined as
any barcode that contains the “:%07” command.
Bits Controls
0-15 QuickConnect Barcode special operation
16-30 QuickConnect Barcode parameter
QuickConnect Barcode special operation:

0 = No special operation/behavior
1 = Override communication protocol in 1-way mode
2 = Override communication protocol in 2-way mode
3 = Post an event
QuickConnect Barcode parameter:
For special operations 1 and 2, this parameter is the desired
communication protocol (see register 08).
For special operation 3, this parameter is the event to post
(see register C4).
For example, to force the reader into “raw” communication
protocol mode when scanning a QCB, set this register to
0x10001. To post the 0x40 JavaScript event after scanning a
QCB, set this register to 0x400003.
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2CE Motion Detection 1 This setting defines the type of pattern detection to be applied
Pattern Option after initial motion is detected.
CR5000:
CR5000RTC: Bit Controls Value
5 Basic pattern detection. It has fast 0:
0 response time and can be used for Disabled
general applications. 1: Enabled
Advance pattern detection. It has 0:
1 better detection for low contrast Disabled
labels and 2D barcodes but is slower. 1: Enabled
0:
Cellphone detection (CR5000 &
2 Disabled
CR5000RTC only)
1: Enabled
Note:
 Without applying any pattern detection (value as 0), the reader
will capture an image for decoding when any motion is detected.
 When Basic pattern detection is not sensitive enough for some
cases, you can turn both Basic and Advance pattern detection
ON (value as 3). In this situation, most of the cases will be
detected by the Basic pattern detection with fast response time
and the Advance pattern detection can detect low contrast
labels and some 2D barcodes.
Keywords: #Cellphone, #MotionDetection
2CF Re-sleep Timer (ms) FFFFFFFFFFFFF Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds;
E0C FFFFFFFFFFFFFE0C (#-500) (Disabled)
(#-500) If the auto wake feature is enabled (register 2D0: Full Wake
(disabled) Duration > 0), when the reader auto-wakes from low power
CR4405: 45000 sleep mode, it will stay awake for this amount of time (ms)
(#282624) before going back to low power mode. This assumes the user
does not perform some other action that would “wake” the
reader normally, like press a button.
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2D0 Full Wake Period (sec) FFFFFFFFFFFFF Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Seconds;
E0C FFFFFFFFFFFFFE0C (#-500) (Disabled)
(#-500) If greater than zero, this is the amount of time (sec) that the
(disabled) reader will remain asleep before auto-waking for the duration
CR4405: defined in register 2CF. If zero or negative, feature will be
384 disabled and the reader will never auto-wake.
(#900) Keywords: #ReaderState
(15 min)
2D1 Storage Full Threshold 5A Valid Range: 0 to 5A (#90) Percent
(percent) (#90) This setting limits the available storage to a percentage of the
total storage. It is not recommended to increase this threshold
greater than 90%.
2D3 Control Character 0 This setting defines the input method in which Control
Input Method Characters are sent when in keyboard mode.
0: Language Default
1: Ctrl + Character
2: Alt + Keypad
3: Alt + Leading Zero
Persistence: Preserved
Note: The language default is defined by the language XML file
2DB In-Stand Target Enable 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
When the reader is placed on a surface and Stand Detection is
enabled, register F will be set to the value in this register.
2DC Out-of-Stand Target 0 0: Disabled
Enable 1: Enabled
When the reader is lifted up and Stand Detection is enabled,
register F will be set to the value in this register.
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2D In-Stand Illumination 0 When the reader is placed on a surface and Stand Detection is
D Axis Control enabled, register 2B2 will be set to the value in this register.
CR5000: Note: Applies to CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers only.
CR5000RTC:
70 Keywords: #Stand, #StandModes
(#112)
2DE Out-of-Stand 0 When the reader is lifted up and Stand Detection is enabled,
Illumination Axis register 2B2 will be set to the value in this register.
Control CR5000: Note: Applies to CR5000 & CR5000RTC readers only.
CR5000RTC:
70 Keywords: #Stand, #StandModes
(#112)
2DF In-Stand Ignore 258 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Duplicate Barcode (ms) (#600) When the reader is placed on a surface and Stand Detection is
enabled, register 159 will be set to the value in this register.
The CR5000 & CR5000RTC does not use register 21C (the
extended duplicate block time).
2E0 Out-of-Stand Ignore 0 When the reader is lifted up and Stand Detection is enabled,
Duplicate Barcode (ms) register 159 will be set to the value in this register. The
CR5000 & CR5000RTC does not use register 21C (the extended
duplicate block time).
2E1 In-Stand Illuminate-on- 0 0: Disabled
Motion 1: Enabled
When the reader is lifted up and Stand Detection is enabled,
register 2E3 will be set to the value in this register.
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2E2 Out-of-Stand 0 0: Disabled
Illuminate-on-Motion 1: Enabled
When the reader is placed on a surface and Stand Detection is
enabled, register 2E3 will be set to the value in this register.
2E3 Illuminate-on-Motion 0 0: Disabled
1: Enabled
If set to 1, switches out of “quick decode” mode for a period of
time (the illuminate-on-motion time) when motion is detected.
Otherwise, motion does not affect the “quick decode”
behavior.
2E4 Illuminate-on-Motion 3E8 Valid Range: 0 to 7FFFFFFF (#2147483647) Milliseconds
Duration (ms) (#1000) Period of time that “quick decoding” will be disabled and
illumination will occur after detecting motion if Illuminate on
Motion is enabled.
2E5 Stand Alone Age 15 Valid Range: 0 to 100 (decimal practical limit)
Verification Primary (#21) The value used to indicate if the age of the holder of the
Age document is above or below this age.
Note: Applies to CR5000RTC readers only.
2E6 Stand Alone Age 0 Valid Range: 0 to the value of Stand Alone Age Verification
Verification Secondary Primary Age (2E5)
Age
The value used to indicate if the age of the holder of the
document is below the Stand Alone Age Verification Primary
Age but above or equal to this age. The value will be ignored if
0 or larger or equal to Stand Alone Age Verification Primary
Age.
Note: Applies to CR5000RTC readers only.
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2E7 Maximum In-Stand 3C Valid Range: 0 to 64 (#100) Percent
Brightness Percent (#60) The percentage of maximum illumination of the red LED under
certain conditions.
Maximum In-Stand Brightness Percent applies when the reader
is 'In-Stand' but only for images with settings optimized for
barcodes printed on paper and not images with settings
optimized for barcodes displayed on cellphone screens. For
more information on when the CR5000 & CR5000RTC uses
those settings, see Cellphone Settings (231).
2F0 Output Encoding of 0 This setting determines output encoding of decoded data that
Unicode converted was previously converted to Unicode code points. This register
input is ignored if no conversion was made.
Value Description
0 Send Unicode data using Keyboard XML lookup
1 Send Unicode data using Alt-Sequences
Note: Applies to HID Keyboard modes only.
Keywords: #DataEncoding
2F1 Output Good Read on 0 Controls whether the Serial Flow Control RTS line should be
RTS used to output a Good Read signal.
The pulse width of this signal is controlled by setting 0x01EA.
Bit Controls Value
Enable Output of Good Read on 0: Disabled
0
RTS 1: Enabled
0: RTS Active
Low on Good
Read
1 Good Read RTS Polarity
1: RTS Active
High on Good
Read
Note: Undefined behavior will result if this setting is enabled
when Serial Flow Control (0x1F) is enabled.
Keywords: #GoodReadRTS
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2F2 Leave Targeting On 0 0: The targeting LED will be turned off during the brief period
During Read during which the reader is capturing an image
1: The targeting LED will not be affected by the reader
capturing an image
2FE Allow Host 1 0: Disabled
Communication If 1: Enabled
Locked When this register is enabled, a locked reader will process
commands sent directly from the host, including CortexTools,
CortexMobile, or custom applications based on the CodeUtil
library. This includes applications written for PC, Apple,
Android and Windows Mobile.
Keywords: #SettingsLock
2FF Reject PDF417 in AV 1 0: Disabled
Mode 1: Enabled
When this register is enabled, a reader in SimpleAV mode will
reject all PDF417 barcodes which the decoder determines are
not valid Driver License data.
Note: Applies to CR5000RTC readers in SimpleAV mode only.
Keywords: #SimpleAV
300 Ignore DL Expiration 0 0: Disabled
Date in AV Mode 1: Enabled
When this register is enabled, a reader in SimpleAV mode will
ignore the expiration date in a Driver License. This includes DL
data that does not include expiration data. The current
Minnesota DL is one example that does not include expiration.
Note: Applies to CR5000RTC readers in SimpleAV mode only.
Keywords: #SimpleAV
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301 Allow Changing 1 0: Disabled
Wireless 1: Enabled
Communication Link When this register is enabled, a locked reader is allowed to
When Locked change connection between wireless devices. For
CR2300/CR2600/CR3600/CR3600DPM readers, this is Code
Modems and other Bluetooth® devices. For CR4405, this is the
Wi-Fi connection to CortexWedge®.
A reader must be connected to a wireless prior to locking it if
this setting is disabled – when disabled, no connection changes
are allowed after the reader is locked.
Keywords: #SettingsLock
10 Radio Commands
The Host controls the radio by issuing ‘:’ commands. The following tables describe the available
commands. Command numbers less than 0x80 are Bluetooth® commands.
The ‘#’ column is the radio command number (in hexadecimal) to be used with the ‘:’ command. For
example, “:%0E” gets the Bluetooth® device address.
The ‘# bytes’ column indicates how many bytes of data are required as arguments for the command.
10.1 Bluetooth® Commands

Name # Comments # bytes
Disconnect 00 Terminate the current connection. 0
Example:
:%00
Auto Connect 07 If connection information exists for the specified Device Address, 6
use it to establish a connection. Otherwise, attempt to establish a
connection and store the resulting information. Address is sent as
12 hexadecimal characters.
Example:
:%07000BEF023555
Clear Setup 08 Remove connection information associated with the specified 6
Bluetooth® Address (as 12 hexadecimal characters).
Example:
:%08000BEF023555
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Send Setup 09 The modem will send all connection information in the following 0
format:
iiii xxxxxxxxxxxx p
Where iiii is the storage index, xxxxxxxxxxxx is the Bluetooth®
Device Address, and p indicates pairing enabled (y) or pairing
disabled (n).
Example:
:%09
Get Bluetooth® 0E Get Bluetooth® address as 12 hexadecimal characters 0
Address Example:
:%0E
Get “user 0F Get device’s “user friendly” name 0
friendly” name Example:
:%0F
Clear Connection 12 Clears the connection history (Bluetooth® addresses, link keys, 0
History etc.). It is recommended that the reader be rebooted after this
operation.
Set Bluetooth® 14 Sets the Bluetooth® PIN (up to 16 characters). Default is ‘0000’. 1-16
PIN Example:
: %14abcd ;set Bluetooth® PIN to ‘abcd’
If the pin is being used with register 173 to connect to a CodeXML
Modem, the pin must be 8 characters or greater and match the
value used in setting the Modem pin (see the setPin command in
D018582 Modem ICD)
Keywords: #Encryption
Get Bluetooth® 15 Gets the Bluetooth® PIN 0
PIN Example:
:%15
Set Reader 17 Sets reader into discoverable mode for the time specified in 0
Discoverable register 25B (default 30 sec). Only applies when reader is in
Bluetooth® keyboard comm mode.
Example:
:%17
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Send Pin Digit 18 Used to send Bluetooth® PIN characters to the reader. Applies to 1
Bluetooth® Keyboard comm mode. Digits must be URL encoded.
For example to send an ASCII ‘8’, the character would be ‘%38’, so
the command to send an 8 is
Send Character Example:
:%18%38
When all the characters have been sent (typically 4, 6, or 8
characters), the reader needs a “done” command to signal the pin
entry process is complete. This is accomplished by sending a null
character ‘%00’
Send Done Example:
:%18%00
11 Symbology Detail Settings

11.1 PharmaCode
PharmaCode register F8 contains a number of settings that require detailed explanation. Below is a list
of valid register values and detailed explanation.
0 = Disable PharmaCode decoding (Default)
1 = Enable PharmaCode decoding, no color bars expected; standard rules for all bars. Horizontally and
vertically oriented symbols are decoded. Decoding is performed in the “normal” direction (left bars
more significant than right bars for horizontal symbols; top bars more significant than bottom bars for
vertical symbols).
3 = Enable PharmaCode decoding, Color bars expected; relaxed contrast rules for the three least
significant bars. Horizontally and vertically oriented symbols are decoded. Decoding is performed in
the “normal” direction (left bars more significant than right bars for horizontal symbols; top bars more
significant than bottom bars for vertical symbols).
9 = Enable PharmaCode decoding, no color bars expected; standard rules for all bars. Horizontally and
vertically oriented symbols are decoded. Decoding is performed in the “reverse” direction (right bars
more significant than left bars for horizontal symbols; bottom bars more significant than top bars for
vertical symbols).
11 = Enable PharmaCode decoding, Color bars expected; relaxed contrast rules for the three least
significant bars. Horizontally and vertically oriented symbols are decoded. Decoding is performed in
the “reverse” direction (right bars more significant than left bars for horizontal symbols; bottom bars
more significant than top bars for vertical symbols).
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12 Appendix: Example CRC16 C Code

The CRC16 required by Reader to Host packets (see Section 6.2) can be calculated using the following
sample C code. This CRC16 consists of two consecutive bytes, each in range [0,255] most significant byte
first. A CRC16 is calculated on each packet byte, over the entire packet, excluding the prefix and the CRC16
itself.
crc_t crc = 0;
<send firstByte>
crc = crc(crc, firstByte, firstByteSize);
<send secondByte>
crc = crc(crc, secondByte, secondByteSize)
<…>
<send crcHighByte>
<send crcLowByte>
/* crc16.h */
#ifndef crc16_h
#define crc16_h
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
typedef uint16_t crc_t;
crc_t crc
( crc_t initialCrc
, const unsigned char* bufPtr
, size_t length
);
#ifdef __cplusplus
} // extern "C"
#endif
#endif
/* crc16.c */
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#include <crc16.h>
crc_t crc
( crc_t initialCrc
, const unsigned char* p
, size_t n
)
{
enum
{
crcBits = 16,
charBits = 8,
diffBits = crcBits - charBits
};
crc_t c = initialCrc;
#include "crc16tab.h"
while( n-- )
c = (c << charBits) ^ crcTab[( c >> diffBits ) ^ *p++];
return c;
}
/*eof*/
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/* crc16tab.h
* crc16 table of partial remainders generated by
* mkcrctab.c with polynomial 1021.
* included only from within crc() function in file crc16.c
*/
static const crc_t crcTab[] =

{
0x0000, 0x1021, 0x2042, 0x3063, 0x4084, 0x50a5, 0x60c6, 0x70e7,
0x8108, 0x9129, 0xa14a, 0xb16b, 0xc18c, 0xd1ad, 0xe1ce, 0xf1ef,
0x1231, 0x0210, 0x3273, 0x2252, 0x52b5, 0x4294, 0x72f7, 0x62d6,
0x9339, 0x8318, 0xb37b, 0xa35a, 0xd3bd, 0xc39c, 0xf3ff, 0xe3de,
0x2462, 0x3443, 0x0420, 0x1401, 0x64e6, 0x74c7, 0x44a4, 0x5485,
0xa56a, 0xb54b, 0x8528, 0x9509, 0xe5ee, 0xf5cf, 0xc5ac, 0xd58d,
0x3653, 0x2672, 0x1611, 0x0630, 0x76d7, 0x66f6, 0x5695, 0x46b4,
0xb75b, 0xa77a, 0x9719, 0x8738, 0xf7df, 0xe7fe, 0xd79d, 0xc7bc,
0x48c4, 0x58e5, 0x6886, 0x78a7, 0x0840, 0x1861, 0x2802, 0x3823,
0xc9cc, 0xd9ed, 0xe98e, 0xf9af, 0x8948, 0x9969, 0xa90a, 0xb92b,
0x5af5, 0x4ad4, 0x7ab7, 0x6a96, 0x1a71, 0x0a50, 0x3a33, 0x2a12,
0xdbfd, 0xcbdc, 0xfbbf, 0xeb9e, 0x9b79, 0x8b58, 0xbb3b, 0xab1a,
0x6ca6, 0x7c87, 0x4ce4, 0x5cc5, 0x2c22, 0x3c03, 0x0c60, 0x1c41,
0xedae, 0xfd8f, 0xcdec, 0xddcd, 0xad2a, 0xbd0b, 0x8d68, 0x9d49,
0x7e97, 0x6eb6, 0x5ed5, 0x4ef4, 0x3e13, 0x2e32, 0x1e51, 0x0e70,
0xff9f, 0xefbe, 0xdfdd, 0xcffc, 0xbf1b, 0xaf3a, 0x9f59, 0x8f78,
0x9188, 0x81a9, 0xb1ca, 0xa1eb, 0xd10c, 0xc12d, 0xf14e, 0xe16f,
0x1080, 0x00a1, 0x30c2, 0x20e3, 0x5004, 0x4025, 0x7046, 0x6067,
0x83b9, 0x9398, 0xa3fb, 0xb3da, 0xc33d, 0xd31c, 0xe37f, 0xf35e,
0x02b1, 0x1290, 0x22f3, 0x32d2, 0x4235, 0x5214, 0x6277, 0x7256,
0xb5ea, 0xa5cb, 0x95a8, 0x8589, 0xf56e, 0xe54f, 0xd52c, 0xc50d,
0x34e2, 0x24c3, 0x14a0, 0x0481, 0x7466, 0x6447, 0x5424, 0x4405,
0xa7db, 0xb7fa, 0x8799, 0x97b8, 0xe75f, 0xf77e, 0xc71d, 0xd73c,
0x26d3, 0x36f2, 0x0691, 0x16b0, 0x6657, 0x7676, 0x4615, 0x5634,
0xd94c, 0xc96d, 0xf90e, 0xe92f, 0x99c8, 0x89e9, 0xb98a, 0xa9ab,
0x5844, 0x4865, 0x7806, 0x6827, 0x18c0, 0x08e1, 0x3882, 0x28a3,
0xcb7d, 0xdb5c, 0xeb3f, 0xfb1e, 0x8bf9, 0x9bd8, 0xabbb, 0xbb9a,
0x4a75, 0x5a54, 0x6a37, 0x7a16, 0x0af1, 0x1ad0, 0x2ab3, 0x3a92,
0xfd2e, 0xed0f, 0xdd6c, 0xcd4d, 0xbdaa, 0xad8b, 0x9de8, 0x8dc9,
0x7c26, 0x6c07, 0x5c64, 0x4c45, 0x3ca2, 0x2c83, 0x1ce0, 0x0cc1,
0xef1f, 0xff3e, 0xcf5d, 0xdf7c, 0xaf9b, 0xbfba, 0x8fd9, 0x9ff8,
0x6e17, 0x7e36, 0x4e55, 0x5e74, 0x2e93, 0x3eb2, 0x0ed1, 0x1ef0,
};
/*eof*/
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13 Appendix: Example CRC14 C Code

The CRC14 required by Host to Reader packets (see Section 7.2) can be calculated using the following
sample C code. This CRC14 consists of two consecutive bytes, each in range [0,127] most significant byte
first. A CRC16 is calculated on each packet byte, over the entire packet, excluding the prefix and the CRC16
itself. Bitwise AND each byte of the CRC16 checksum with 0x7F to generate the two bytes of the CRC14
checksum.
crc_t crc = 0;
<send firstByte>
crc = crc(crc, firstByte, firstByteSize);
<send secondByte>
crc = crc(crc, secondByte, secondByteSize)
<…>
crcHighByte = (crc >> 8) & 0x7f;
crcLowByte = crc & 0x7f;
<send crcHighByte>
<send crcLowByte>
The CRC16 is calculated in Appendix: Example CRC16 C Code above.
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14 Appendix: Custom Keyboard XML File Formatting

To support any USB keyboard the following xml file format is implemented.
Header “<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>”
Tags:
<charatcterMapping>
Attributes:
“id” identifies the default code set used for mapping to scancodes.
“version” (optional) user supplied version of the mapping.
Data: none
Example: <characterMapping id="ascii" version="1">
<Copyright>
Attributes:
“value” (optional) user supplied copyright information.
Data: none
Example: <Copyright value="Copyright (c) 2013 The Code Corporation."/>
<history>
Attributes: none
Data: modified tags
Example: <history><modified version="1" date="2013">message</modified></history>
<modified>
Attributes:
“version”
“date”
Data: string
Example: <modified version="1" date="2013-04-19">message</modified>
<Language>
Attributes:
“name”
“id”
“revision”
“author”
“initials”
Data: Input tags
<Input>
Attributes:
“encoding” (not used)
“value”
“printable” (Optional printable character)
“action” (not used)
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Data: Scancodes tags

Example: <Input encoding="ASCII" value="0000" printable=" " action="none">
<Scancodes>
Attributes:
“condition” (not used)
Data: Scancode tags
Example: <Scancodes condition="none">
<Scancode>
Attributes:
“value”
“modifier”
Data: none
Example: <Scancode value="00" modifier="04"/>
Note : There is a maximum scancode limit of 10 Scancode tags per Scancodes tag
Example Language.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE characterMapping SYSTEM "../CharacterMapping.dtd">
<characterMapping id="ascii" version="1">
<Copyright value="Copyright (c) 2013 The Code Corporation."/>
<history>
<modified version="1" date="2013-04-19">Original table.</modified>
<modified version="2" date="2013-04-26">Removed inputs above
0xFF</modified>
</history>
<Language name="English" id="00" revision="0.1" author="Mark Alan Ashby"
initials="MAA">
<Input encoding="ASCII" value="0000" printable=" " action="none">
<Scancodes condition="none">
<Scancode value="00" modifier="04"/>
</Scancodes>
</Input>
Repeat <Input><Scancodes><Scancode></Scancode></Scancodes></Input>
</Language>
</characterMapping>
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judgment at this point in time and are only estimates based upon the information available to us. We reserve the right to modify such information as we
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Interface Configuration Document For:

Firmware build 1206 (for CR5000 & CR5000RTC)

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#SerialComm Settings related to serial communications mode

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4 Reader Command Overview

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4.1 Packetized Commands

4.2 Text Commands

4.3 Code Reader Batch (CRB) System

4.4 Barcode Commands

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5.1 USB Enumeration PID

6 Reader to Host Communication

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6.1 Raw Data

6.2 Packet Data

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data character | data character

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‘z’ (data) packet:

(non-z) packet:example ‘i'

CodeXML® ‘i’ response example

CodeXML-start packet-type data CodeXML-end

SOH ‘X’ RS ‘ap/’ ‘i’ VVV… EOT

‘z’ (data) packet:

packet-start Data packet-end

packet-start CodeXML® ‘i’ response packet-end

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7 Host to Reader Communication

packetized-command: See Section 7.2.

The command types are explained in Section 7.3.

7.1 Text Commands

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7.2 Packetized Commands

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data datum | data datum

7.3 Command Types

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(see ‘<’ command for saved Reader settings)

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Values less than 3E8 (#1000) are

I Requests the Reader to send its information string (no data).

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L Requests the Reader to send a list of its stored files

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 One or more ‘z’ packet(s)

7.4 Prefix and Suffix Handling