Hand Held Products SV Series User Manual

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Quick Check® SV Series User’s Guide 4 - 14 ScanView Installation and SetupIntroductionScanView is designed to be a tool used for system setup and real-time bar codemonitoring of a Hand Held Products SV type scanner/verifier. It is a Windows2000/XP application with facilities for sending commands to the SV scanner/verifier and receiving the responses. The program can view bar code analysisresults and monitor bar code printing/monitoring sessions. In addition, it cangather and display an ISO method scan reflectance profile for a particular symbolplaced in the SV unit’s laser beam scan path. ScanView also streams theanalysis results received from the SV scanner/verifier to data files on hard diskthat can be reviewed by ScanView at a later time.Note: This chapter refers to ScanView versions 2.08 and higher.Note: If you are not using ScanView, skip this section and go to Chapter 5.System RequirementsThe following hardware and software is required to use ScanView:1. A computer running either Windows 2000 or XP.2. At least one available RS-232 serial port.3. At least 32 MB RAM.4. A hard disk with at least 15 MB of free space.5. A color printer is recommended for users who wish to print analysis results.ScanView Software InstallationThere are two basic steps for installing ScanView. The program must be installedand a communication port must be set up.Note: Before installing a new version of ScanView make sure to uninstallpreviously installed versions. To do this, select the Windows ‘Start’button; the ‘Settings’ menu item; the ‘Control Panel’ to display the ControlPanel Window. Double-click on the ’Add/Remove Programs’ icon. The‘Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box appears. Click on the‘Install/Uninstall’ tab. Scroll the list box to locate the ‘ScanView by HandHeld Products’ item. Select that item and select the ‘Add/Remove’ button