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Getting Started
About This Manual
This User’s Guide provides installation and programming instructions for the Voyager 1200g/1202g/1202g-BF linear scanner.  
Product specifications, dimensions, warranty, and customer support information are also included.
Honeywell bar code scanners are factory programmed for the most common terminal and communications settings.  If you need 
to change these settings, programming is accomplished by scanning the bar codes in this guide.
An asterisk (*) next to an option indicates the default setting.
Unpacking Your Device
After you open the shipping carton containing the product, take the following steps:
 Check for damage during shipment.  Report damage immediately to the carrier who delivered the carton.
 Make sure the items in the carton match your order.
 Save the shipping container for later storage or shipping.
Connecting the Device
Connecting with USB
A scanner or a base can be connected to the USB port of a computer.  
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1. Connect the appropriate interface cable to the scanner first, then to the computer.
2. Make sure the cables are secured in the wireways in the bottom of the base and that the base sits flat on a horizontal 
surface.
3. The scanner beeps.  
4. Verify the scanner or base operation by scanning a bar code from the Sample Symbols in the back of this manual.
The unit defaults to a USB PC Keyboard.  Refer to page 2-4 for other USB terminal settings.
For additional USB programming and technical information, refer to “USB Application Note,” available at Technical Support 
Knowledge Base (www.hsm.force.com/publickb.)
Connecting with Keyboard Wedge
A scanner or base can be connected between the keyboard and PC as a “keyboard wedge,” where the scanner provides 
data output that is similar to keyboard entries.  The following is an example of a keyboard wedge connection:
1. Turn off power and disconnect the keyboard cable from the back of the terminal/computer.
Charge and 
Communications 
Base USB 
Connection:
optional 
power 
supply 
						

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2. Connect the appropriate interface cable to the scanner and to the terminal/computer.
Note: For Voyager 1202g-BF, you must use the power supply.
3. Make sure the cables are secured in the wireways in the bottom of the base and that the base sits flat on a horizontal 
surface.
4. Turn the terminal/computer power back on.  The scanner beeps.
5. Verify the scanner or base operation by scanning a bar code from the Sample Symbols in the back of this manual.  The 
scanner beeps once.
The unit defaults to an IBM PC AT and compatibles keyboard wedge interface with a USA keyboard.  A carriage return (CR) 
suffix is added to bar code data. 
only if 
power 
supply is 
included
Charge and 
Communications Base 
Keyboard Wedge 
Connection: 
						

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Connecting with RS232 Serial Port
1. Turn off power to the terminal/computer.
2. Connect the appropriate interface cable to the scanner.
Note: For the scanner or base to work properly, you must have the correct cable for your type of terminal/computer.
3. Make sure the cables are secured in the wireways in the bottom of the base and that the base sits flat on a horizontal 
surface.
4. Plug the serial connector into the serial port on your computer.  Tighten the two screws to secure the connector to the 
port.
5. Once the scanner or base has been fully connected, power up the computer.
The RS232 Serial Port defaults to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit. 
  
only if 
power 
supply is 
included
Charge and 
Communications 
Base RS232 
Serial Port  
Connection: 
						

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Connecting with RS485
A scanner or base can be connected for an IBM POS terminal interface.
1. Connect the appropriate interface cable to the device, then to the computer. 
2. Make sure the cables are secured in the wireways in the bottom of the base and that the base sits flat on a horizontal 
surface.
3. Turn the terminal/computer power back on.  The scanner beeps.
4. Verify the scanner or base operation by scanning a bar code from the Sample Symbols in the back of this manual.  The 
scanner beeps once.
For further RS485 settings, refer to RS485, page 2-2. 
Charge and 
Communications 
Base RS485 
Connection: 
						

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Reading Techniques
The scanner has a view finder that projects a bright red aiming beam that corresponds to the scanner’s horizontal field of view.  
The aiming beam should be centered horizontally over the bar code and must highlight all the vertical bars of the bar code.  It 
will not read if the aiming beam is in any other direction.
The aiming beam is smaller when the scanner is closer to the code and larger when it is farther from the code.  Symbologies 
with smaller bars or elements (mil size) should be read closer to the unit.  Symbologies with larger bars or elements (mil size) 
should be read farther from the unit.   To read single or multiple symbols (on a page or on an object), hold the scanner at an 
appropriate distance from the target, press the button, and center the aiming beam on the symbol.  If the code being scanned is 
highly reflective (e.g., laminated), it may be necessary to tilt the code up 15° to 18° to prevent unwanted reflection.
Menu Bar Code Security Settings
Honeywell scanners are programmed by scanning menu bar codes or by sending serial commands to the scanner.  If you want 
to restrict the ability to scan menu codes, you can use the Menu Bar Code Security settings.  Please contact the nearest techni-
cal support office (see Customer Support on page -iii) for further information.
Setting Custom Defaults
You have the ability to create a set of menu commands as your own, custom defaults.  To do so, scan the Set Custom Defaults 
bar code below before each menu command or sequence you want saved.  If your command requires scanning numeric codes 
from the back cover, then a Save code, that entire sequence will be saved to your custom defaults.  Scan the Set Custom 
Defaults code again before the next command you want saved to your custom defaults.
Note: If using a cordless system, scanning the Save Defaults bar code also causes both the scanner and the base to perform 
a reset and become unlinked.  The scanner must be placed in its base to re-establish the link before any setup codes are 
entered.  See Cordless System Operation (Voyager 1202g)beginning on page 3-1 or Cordless System Operation 
(Voyager 1202g-BF)beginning on page 4-1 for additional information.
You may have a series of custom settings and want to correct a single setting.  To do so, just scan the new setting to overwrite 
the old one.  For example, if you had previously saved the setting for Beeper Volume at Low to your custom defaults, and decide 
you want the beeper volume set to High, just scan the Set Custom Defaults bar code, then scan the Beeper Volume High 
menu code  The rest of the custom defaults will remain, but the beeper volume setting will be updated.
Good Read Bad Read
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Resetting the Custom Defaults
If you want the custom default settings restored to your scanner, scan the Activate Custom Defaults bar code below.  This 
resets the scanner to the custom default settings.  If there are no custom defaults, it will reset the scanner to the factory default 
settings.  Any settings that have not been specified through the custom defaults will be defaulted to the factory default settings.
Note: If using a cordless system, scanning this bar code also causes both the scanner and the base to perform a reset and 
become unlinked.  The scanner must be placed in its base to re-establish the link before any setup codes are entered.  
See Cordless System Operation (Voyager 1202g)beginning on page 3-1 or Cordless System Operation (Voyager 1202g-
BF)beginning on page 4-1 for additional information.
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