ID TECH Omni User Manual download pdf (Page 6)

Section 2

INSTALLATION

Host Connections

The Omni reader is connected between the keyboard input port of the host

computer and the keyboard itself using a “Y” cable. The “Y” cable has a

6-pin mini-DIN female on one end, and a 6-pin mini-DIN male on the other

end.

To connect the reader to the host, turn the power off and disconnect the key-

board from the computer. Connect the keyboard to the female end of the “Y”

cable. Then insert the male end of the “Y” cable into the keyboard port. This

“wedges” the reader between the host and the keyboard.

Manually-entered data from the keyboard passes through the unit to the host,

leaving the keyboard fully functional at all times.

Data from either of the input heads is transmitted to the host keyboard port,

where it appears to the host as coming directly from the keyboard. This makes

the reader, as a data source, completely transparent to the host’s application

software. In other words, if it is expecting data from the keyboard, that same

data can be entered via the Omni and make no difference to the host.

Since the host computer’s application software is expecting data to be input in

a particular order and format, the reader’s output can be conﬁ gured to simu-

late the keyboard-entered data stream by adding terminating characters and

special preamble and/or postamble character strings to scanned data.

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