Datalogic MAGELLAN 8400 Manuals (PDF)

MAGELLAN 8400 Product reference manual (540 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Component Overview and Descriptions, Operational Mode Explanations, Initial Startup Checklist
Updated: 19.06.2026
Source File: 795163.pdf
Pages: 540
Description: Product reference manual: Datalogic MAGELLAN 8300 — main features, cleaning instructions, plus common questions and answers.

MAGELLAN 8400 Product reference manual (542 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Documentation and Revision History, Operational Mode Explanations, Error Code Explanations
Updated: 25.07.2026
Source File: 950519.pdf
Pages: 542
Description: Datalogic MAGELLAN 8300 Product reference manual: 542 pages of connection and wiring, cleaning instructions, and also common questions and answers. Datalogic ADC, Inc. 959 Terry Street Eugene, OR 97402 USA Telephone: (541) 683-5700 Fax: (541) 345-7140 © 2006-2016…

Contents

Product Reference Guide

1
Datalogic ADC, Inc.

2
Datalogic Website Support

16
Scanner and Scanner/Scale Features

17
Automatic Zero Maintenance

20
Bar Codes Supported

22
Site Preparation Overview

29
Ventilation and Spacing

31
Liquid Spills and Moisture

34
Figure 21. Remove Protective Vinyl

44
Cables & Connections

48
Remote Scale Display Placement/Installation

49
Figure 25. Physical Measurements: Remote Display

52
Changing Weighing Modes

54
Set-Up & Installation

55
Figure 31. Using the Bubble Level

58
System Power-Up Recap

60
Figure 34. Scan Zone

64
Table 2. Error Codes

82
Scale Error Reporting

84
Figure 42. Problem Isolation: Selftest

86
Figure 44. Problem Isolation: No Transmit to POS

88
Figure 46. Problem Isolation: Remote Display

90
Description of Calibration Sequence

94
Preparing the Scanner/Scale for Calibration

96
Calibrating the Scale (Pounds & Kilograms)

97
Calibration Verification (U.S. Pounds)

99
Calibration Verification (Kilograms)

103
Integrating the Scanner With Your Host System

108
LED and Beeper Indicators

116
General Scanner Features

118
Double Read Timeout

120
Motor Timeout (continued)

126
Label Gone Timeout (continued)

128
Auxiliary Port Mode

130
Auxiliary Port Baud Rate

132
Auxiliary Port Baud Rate (continued)

134
Laser Failure Mode

136
Green LED Idle State

138
Good Read Beep Control

140
Good Read Beep Frequency (continued)

142
Good Read Beep Volume

144
Good Read Beep Volume (continued)

146
Good Read When to Indicate (continued)

148
Scale Enforced Zero Return

150
Scale Enforced Zero Return (continued)

152
Scale Interface Type (continued)

154
Scale Intercharacter Delay

156
EAS Active State

158
Interface Related Features

160
RS-232 Interface Selection

162
RS-232 Single Cable Interface Selection

164
IBM Port 17 Interface Selection

166
IBM Port 9B Interface Selection

168
Keyboard Wedge A Interface Selection

170
Keyboard Wedge C Interface Selection

172
Keyboard Wedge E Interface Selection

174
Keyboard Wedge G Interface Selection

176
Keyboard Wedge I Interface Selection

178
Maximum Host-Transmitted Message Length

180
Label ID Control

184
Label ID Control (continued)

186
Global Prefix (continued)

188
Global Suffix (continued)

190
Case Conversion (continued)

192
IBM Number of Host Resets

194
IBM Scale Address (continued)

196
IBM Label Slicing Control

198
OEM USB Scanner Device Type

200
RS-232 Baud Rate (continued)

202
RS-232 Number of Stop Bits

206
RS-232 Parity (continued)

208
RS-232 Hardware Control (continued)

210
RS-232 Intercharacter Delay

212
RS-232 Host Echo

214
RS-232 Ignore Host Commands

216
RS-232 TTL Invert

218
RS-232 Team POS ICL Scale

220
RS-232 Beep After Weigh

222
RS-232 ACK NAK Enable

224
RS-232 ACK Character

226
RS-232 Retry on ACK NAK Timeout

228
RS-232 ACK NAK Retry Count

230
RS-232 ACK NAK Error Handling (continued)

232
Single Cable RS-232 Options

234
Single Cable RS-232 Stale Weight Timeout

236
Single Cable RS-232 Scale — Transmit Weight Digits

238
Single Cable Pacesetter Plus Enable

240
Single Cable RS-232 RTS CTS Selection (continued)

242
Single Cable RS-232 Use BCC

244
Single Cable RS-232 Use STX

246
Set Single Cable RS-232 ETX Character

248
Keyboard Wedge/USB Keyboard Features

249
Keyboard Interface — Keyboard Layout (continued)

250
Keyboard Interface Caps Lock State (continued)

260
Keyboard Interface — Control Characters

262
Keyboard Interface — Intercharacter Delay

264
Coupon Control (continued)

266
UPC-A Number System Character Transmission

268
Expand UPC-A to EAN-13

270
UPC-A 2-Digit Supplemental Label ID

272
UPC-A 128 Supplemental Label ID

274
UPC-A Minimum Reads (continued)

276
UPC-E Number System Character Transmission

278
Expand UPC-E to UPC-A

280
UPC-E Label ID

282
UPC-E 5-Digit Supplemental Label ID

284
UPC-E Minimum Reads

286
EAN-13 Check Character Transmission

290
EAN 13 Label ID

292
EAN-13 5-Digit Supplemental Label ID

294
EAN-13 Minimum Reads

296
Bookland Label ID

298
EAN-8 Check Character Transmission

300
EAN-8/JAN-8 Guard Insertion

302
EAN-8/JAN-8 Both Guards Substitution

304
EAN-8 Stitch Unlike Label Halves

306
EAN-8 2-Digit Supplemental Label ID

308
EAN-8 128 Supplemental Label ID

310
EAN-8 Decoding Levels (continued)

312
EAN-8 Minimum Reads

314
EAN-8 Minimum Segment Length

316
EAN-8 Minimum Segment Length (continued)

318
Other UPC/EAN Options

322
Price Weight Check (continued)

324
In-Store Label Minimum Reads

326
Enable EAN Two Label

328
UPC/EAN Guard Insertion

330
UPC/EAN Stitch Unlike Label Halves

332
EAN Two Label Minimum Reads

334
UPC/EAN Minimum Segment Length (continued)

338
2-Digit Add-ons Minimum Reads

348
5-Digit Add-ons Minimum Reads

350
Code 128 Add-ons Minimum Reads

352
GTIN 2-Digit Supplemental Label ID

356
GTIN Code 128 Supplemental Label ID

358
DataBar Omnidirectional Enable

359
DataBar Omnidirectional/EAN-128 Emulation

360
DataBar Omnidirectional Minimum Reads

362
DataBar Expanded Enable

364
DataBar Expanded Label ID

366
DataBar Expanded Length 1

368
DataBar Expanded Minimum Reads

370
Code 39 Enable

372
Code 39 Check Character Calculation

374
Code 39 Full ASCII

376
Code 39 Require Quiet Zones

378
Code 39 Length 1

380
Code 39 Correlation

382
Code 39 Minimum Reads

384
Pharmacode 39 Enable

386
Pharmacode 39 Check Character Transmission

388
Code 128 Enable

390
Convert Code 128 to Code 39

392
Code 128 Length Control

394
Code 128 Length 2

396
Code 128 Stitching

398
Code 128 Minimum Reads (continued)

400
EAN-128 Label ID

402
Interleaved 2 of 5 (I 2 of 5) Enable

403
I 2 of 5 Check Character Calculation

404
I 2 of 5 Label ID

406
I 2 of 5 Length 1

408
I 2 of 5 Correlation

410
I 2 of 5 Minimum Reads

412
Standard 2 of 5 (Std 2 of 5) Enable

414
Standard 2 of 5 Check Character Transmission

416
Standard 2 of 5 Length Control

418
Standard 2 of 5 Length 2

420
Standard 2 of 5 Stitching

422
Standard 2 of 5 Minimum Reads (continued)

424
Codabar Start Stop Character Transmission

426
Codabar Start Stop Character Set (continued)

428
Codabar Check Character Calculation

430
Codabar Label ID

432
Codabar Length Control

434
Codabar Length 2

436
Codabar Minimum Reads (continued)

440
Code 93 Enable

441
Code 93 Label ID

442
Code 93 Length 1

444
Code 93 Correlation

446
Code 93 Minimum Reads

448
MSI/Plessey Number of Check Characters

452
MSI/Plessey Label ID

454
MSI/Plessey Length 1

456
MSI/Plessey Minimum Reads

460
LED and Beeper Indications

464
Controls and Indicators

465
Volume/Tone Push Button

466
Scale Zero Push Button

468
RS-232 Cable Pinout

472
IBM Cable Pinout

474
OEM USB Cable Pinout

475
External Handheld Input

476
4 pin SDL

478
EAS Comm Port (Sensormatic® systems ONLY)

479
Table 5. Keyboard Model Cross Reference

492
Keyboard Model Cross Reference

493
Table 7. Scanset 2 Function Key Map

494
Table 9. Scanset 3 122-Key Function Key Map

496
Table 11. NEC 9801-Key Function Key Map

498
(CT) on page 125

502
Global Suffix on

504
RS-232 Team POS

506
Single Cable RS-

508
UPC-A 128 Sup-

510
Label ID on page

512
Check on page

514
on page 347

516
Interleaved 2 of 5

520
Codabar Enable on

522
Enable on page

524
Datalogic Handheld Data Format Requirements

528
UPC-E with Code 128 Supplemental

530
Check character must be included in label data.

534
ASCII Character Set

541

MAGELLAN 8400 Product reference manual (558 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Advanced Configuration Methods, Hardware Setup Instructions, Standard Operating Procedures
Updated: 31.08.2026
Source File: 138474.pdf
Pages: 558
Description: Datalogic MAGELLAN 8300 Product reference manual. The document runs 558 pages and describes assembly instructions, programming options, together with cleaning instructions. Product Reference Guide i Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ....................................................…

Contents

Product Reference Guide

1
Datalogic Scanning, Inc.

2
Datalogic Website Support

18
Scanner and Scanner/Scale Nomenclature

19
Figure 1-3. Environmental Specifications

24
Laser and Product Safety

26
Bar Codes Supported

31
Dual Bar Codes for Japan (2 label read)

32
Site Preparation Overview

39
Ventilation and Spacing

41
Figure 2-20. Cable Routing

60
Remote Scale Display Placement/Installation

61
Figure 2-23. Physical Measurements: Remote Display

64
Changing Weighing Modes

66
Set-Up & Installation

67
Adaptive Scale Platter Option

70
System Power-Up Recap

71
Figure 3-1. Scan Zone

74
Proper Weighing Technique

76
Vertical Scan Window Replacement

84
Figure 3-6. Removing/Replacing the WRG Window

88
Table 4-1. Error Codes

92
Scale Error Reporting

94
Figure 4-2. Problem Isolation: Start

96
Figure 4-4. Problem Isolation: Poor/No Reading

98
Figure 4-6. Problem Isolation: Scale

100
Figure 4-8. Problem Isolation: EAS System

102
Description of Calibration Sequence

104
Preparing the Scanner/Scale for Calibration

106
Calibrating the Scale (Pounds & Kilograms)

107
Calibration Verification (U.S. Pounds)

109
Calibration Verification (Kilograms)

113
Integrating the Scanner With Your Host System

120
Integrating the Scanner With Your Host Sys-

121
LED and Beeper Indicators

128
If You Make a Mistake...

129
General Scanner Features

130
Double Read Timeout

132
Motor Timeout — continued

138
Label Gone Timeout — continued

140
Auxiliary Port Mode

142
Auxiliary Port Baud Rate

144
Auxiliary Port Baud Rate — continued

146
Laser Failure Mode

148
Green LED Idle State

150
Good Read Beep Control

152
Good Read Beep Frequency — continued

154
Good Read Beep Volume

156
Good Read Beep Volume — continued

158
Good Read When to Indicate — continued

160
Scale Country Mode

162
Scale Enforced Zero Return

164
Scale Enforced Zero Return — continued

166
Scale Interface Type — continued

168
Scale Motion Level Filter — continued

170
Scale Warm-up Time — continued

172
Scale Diagnostics Mode Enable

174
Scale Intercharacter Delay

176
EAS Active State

178
Interface Related Features

180
Interface Type — continued

182
RS-232 Wincor-Nixdorf Interface Selection

184
IBM USB Interface Selection

186
IBM Port 5B Interface Selection

188
USB Keyboard Interface Selection

190
Keyboard Wedge B Interface Selection

192
Keyboard Wedge D Interface Selection

194
Keyboard Wedge F Interface Selection

196
Keyboard Wedge H Interface Selection

198
Keyboard Wedge J Interface Selection

200
Number of Host Transmission Buffers

202
AIM ID — continued

204
Figure 6-2. Label ID Position Options

206
IBM Interface Options

214
IBM Scale Address

216
IBM Transmit Labels in Code 39 Format

218
IBM Maximum Label Slice Length

220
RS-232 Baud Rate

222
RS-232 Baud Rate — continued

224
RS-232 Number of Data Bits

226
RS-232 Hardware Control

230
RS-232 Hardware Control — continued

232
RS-232 Software Flow Control

234
RS-232 Host Echo Quiet Interval

236
RS-232 ICL DC1 Character Delay Enable

240
RS-232 Beep on ASCII BEL

242
RS-232 Beep on Not on File

244
RS-232 ACK NAK Enable — continued

246
RS-232 NAK Character

248
RS-232 ACK NAK Timeout Value

250
RS-232 ACK NAK Error Handling

252
RS-232 Indicate Transmission Failure

254
Single Cable RS-232 Options

255
Single Cable RS-232 Scanner Only Protocol

256
Single Cable RS-232 Stale Weight Timeout — contin-

258
Single Cable Manufacturer Extensions

260
Single Cable RS-232 RTS CTS Selection

262
Single Cable RS-232 RTS CTS Selection — continued

264
Single Cable RS-232 Use ACK/NAK

266
Set Single Cable RS-232 STX Character

268
Keyboard Wedge/USB Keyboard Features

270
Keyboard Interface — Keyboard Layout — continued

272
Keyboard Interface Caps Lock State

280
Keyboard Interface — Keyboard Simulation

282
Keyboard Interface — Control Characters — contin-

284
UPC-A Check Character Transmission

290
UPC-A Label ID

292
UPC-A 5-Digit Supplemental Label ID

294
UPC-A Minimum Reads

296
UPC-E Check Character Transmission

300
Expand UPC-E to EAN-13

302
UPC-E 2-Digit Supplemental Label ID

304
UPC-E 128 Supplemental Label ID

306
UPC-E Minimum Reads — continued

308
EAN-13 First Character Transmission

310
EAN-13 ISBN Conversion Enable

312
EAN-13 2-Digit Supplemental Label ID

314
EAN-13 128 Supplemental Label ID

316
EAN-13 Minimum Reads — continued

318
Expand EAN-8 to EAN-13

322
EAN-8/JAN-8 Guard Substitution

324
EAN-8 Stitch Exact Label Halves

326
EAN 8 Label ID

328
EAN-8 5-Digit Supplemental Label ID

330
EAN-8 Decoding Levels

332
EAN-8 Decoding Levels — continued

334
EAN-8 Minimum Reads — continued

336
EAN-8 Minimum Segment Length — continued

338
Other UPC/EAN Options

343
Price Weight Check

344
Price Weight Check — continued

346
In-Store Label Minimum Reads — continued

348
EAN Two Label Combined Transmission

350
UPC/EAN Stitch Exact Label Halves

352
UPC/EAN Character Reconstruction

354
EAN Two Label Minimum Reads — continued

356
UPC/EAN Minimum Segment Length

358
UPC/EAN Minimum Segment Length — continued

360
Addons — continued

366
2-Digit Add-ons Minimum Reads — continued

370
5-Digit Add-ons Minimum Reads — continued

372
Code 128 Add-ons Minimum Reads — continued

374
GTIN Label ID

376
GTIN 5-Digit Supplemental Label ID

378
DataBar Omnidirectional Enable

380
DataBar Omnidirectional Label ID

382
DataBar Omnidirectional Minimum Reads — contin-

384
DataBar Expanded Enable

385
DataBar Expanded EAN-128 Emulation

386
DataBar Expanded Length Control

388
DataBar Expanded Length 2

390
DataBar Expanded Minimum Reads — continued

392
Code 39 Enable

393
Code 39 Start Stop Character Transmission

394
Code 39 Check Character Transmission

396
Code 39 Label ID

398
Code 39 Length Control

400
Code 39 Length 2

402
Code 39 Stitching

404
Code 39 Minimum Reads — continued

406
Pharmacode 39 Enable

407
Pharmacode 39 Start Stop Character Transmission

408
Pharmacode 39 Label ID

410
Code 128 Enable

411
Code 128 Transmit Function Characters

412
Code 128 Label ID

414
Code 128 Length 1

416
Code 128 Correlation

418
Code 128 Minimum Reads

420
Interleaved 2 of 5 (I 2 of 5) Enable

424
I 2 of 5 Check Character Transmission

426
I 2 of 5 Length Control

428
I 2 of 5 Length 2

430
I 2 of 5 Stitching

432
I 2 of 5 Minimum Reads — continued

434
Standard 2 of 5 (Std 2 of 5) Enable

435
Standard 2 of 5 Check Character Calculation

436
Standard 2 of 5 Label ID

438
Standard 2 of 5 Length 1

440
Standard 2 of 5 Correlation

442
Standard 2 of 5 Minimum Reads

444
Codabar Start Stop Character Set

448
Codabar Start Stop Character Match

450
Codabar Check Character Transmission

452
Codabar Require Quiet Zones

454
Codabar Length 1

456
Codabar Minimum Reads

460
Code 93 Enable

462
Code 93 Length Control

464
Code 93 Length 2

466
Code 93 Stitching

468
Code 93 Minimum Reads — continued

470
MSI/Plessey Check Character Calculation

472
MSI/Plessey Check Character Transmission

474
MSI/Plessey Length Control

476
MSI/Plessey Length 2

478
MSI/Plessey Minimum Reads — continued

482
Controls and Indicators

486
Table A-2. Volume/Tone Push Button Functions

488
RS-232 Cable Pinout

492
IBM Cable Pinout

494
IBM USB Cable Pinout

495
External Handheld Input

496
4 pin SDL

498
EAS Comm Port (Sensormatic® systems

499
Table E-1. Keyboard Model Cross Reference

512
Keyboard Model Cross Reference

513
Table E-3. Scanset 2 Function Key Map

514
Table E-5. Scanset 3 122-Key Function Key Map

516
Table E-7. NEC 9801-Key Function Key Map

518
Power-up Beep Con-

522
IBM Label Slicing

524
Single Cable RS-232

526
UPC-E Check Char-

528
EAN-8 Decoding Lev-

530
EAN-128 Label ID

534
Codabar Length Con-

536
Datalogic Handheld Data Format Requirements

540
UPC-E with 2-Digit Supplemental

542
Standard 2 of 5

546
Prefix must be ASCII characters ']G0'.

552
ASCII Character Set

557
Datalogic Scanning Pty Ltd

558

MAGELLAN 8400 Quick start manual (17 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Standard Operating Procedures, FAQ Section for Common Queries, Model Variations and Compatibility
Updated: 29.08.2026
Source File: 777216.pdf
Pages: 17
Description: Check technical specifications, step-by-step operation, plus warranty terms in the 17-page Datalogic MAGELLAN 8300 Quick start manual.

MAGELLAN 8400 Technical manual (94 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Pre-Deployment Preparation Steps, Information on Regular Maintenance, Basic Configuration Guidelines
Updated: 29.07.2026
Source File: 1824694.pdf
Pages: 94
Description: Datalogic MAGELLAN 8300 Technical manual (94-page guide): getting started, spare parts information and recycling notes.

Contents

Datalogic Scanning, Inc.

2
Product Reference Guide

3
Table of Contents

5
Datalogic Website Support

7
Scanner and Scanner/Scale Nomenclature

8
Figure 1-3. Environmental Specifications

12
Power Off the Terminal (P.O.T)

13
Site Preparation and

17
Figure 2-1. Model Examples

18
Ventilation and Spacing

23
Liquid Spills and Moisture

26
Figure 2-12. Long Shelf Models 8303/8305/8403/8405

31
Scale Diagnostic Mode

35
Remote Scale Display Placement/Installation

37
Remote Display Cabling

38
Figure 2-19. Remote Scale Display Mounting

40
Set-Up & Installation

41
Table 3-1. Error Codes

48
Figure 3-1. 7-Segment LED Display

49
Scale Error Reporting

50
Figure 3-2. Problem Isolation: Remote Display

52
Description of Calibration Sequence

54
Preparing the Scanner/Scale for Calibration

56
Calibrating the Scale

57
Calibration Verification (Kilograms)

59
Entering and Exiting Programming Mode.

65
Return to Factory Settings

66
Scale Enforced Zero Return

68
Scale Enforced Zero Return — continued

69
Scale Interface Type

71
Scale Interface Type — continued

72
Scale Calibration Notification

73
Scale Intercharacter Delay

74
Remote Display — Enable/Disable

75
Interface Related Features

76
Interface Type — continued

78
RS-232 Single Cable Interface Selection

80
IBM Port 17 Interface Selection

82
ASCII Character Set

93
Datalogic Scanning Pty Ltd

94

MAGELLAN 8400 Quick reference sheet (2 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Basic Configuration Guidelines, Hardware Verification Checklists, System Connectivity and Wiring Basics
Updated: 12.05.2026
Source File: 2276362.pdf
Pages: 2
Description: The Quick reference sheet of the Datalogic MAGELLAN 8400 (2 pages) clarifies component overview, installation guide, plus service schedule. 9 Remove the platter and push the wire lift handle to the upright position in preparation for sealing the calibration…

MAGELLAN 8400 Quick reference manual (20 pages)

Brand: Datalogic
Model: MAGELLAN 8400
Format:
Key Aspects: Error Code Explanations, Package Contents and Accessories List, Safety Recommendations and Warnings
Updated: 24.07.2026
Source File: 806116.pdf
Pages: 20
Description: Quick access to the Datalogic MAGELLAN 8400 Quick reference manual: installation guide, power on and power off, plus long-term storage. Datalogic USA, Inc. 959 Terry Street Eugene, OR 97402 USA Telephone: (541) 683-5700 Fax: (541) 345-7140 ©2006-2017…