Intermec 1470 User Guide

You can use Visual Menu to configure the imager by connecting it to the COM port of a
PC. Visual Menu allows you to download upgrades to an imager’s firmware, change
programmed parameters, and create and print programming bar codes. Using Visual
Menu, you can even set up the configuration for an imager that is not attached to your
PC. This enables one expert user to establish the configuration settings for all the
devices your company uses, then save these configuration files for others. A
configuration file can be emailed, or if you prefer, an expert user can create a bar code
(or series of bar codes) that contains all the customized programming parameters and
mail or fax the bar code(s) to any location. Users in other locations can scan the bar
code(s) to load in the customized parameters.

To communicate with an imager, Visual Menu requires that the PC have at least one
available serial communication port and an RS-232 cable to connect the port to the
device. A power supply, which plugs into the cable, is also required.

The Visual Menu program performs the following operations:

• Displays all configuration data, and saves the information to a file on your PC.
• Configures the device to meet your specific requirements. Visual Menu has all the

programming parameters that are available via programming bar codes in this user’s
manual.

• Creates and prints a clone bar code that contains the program and configuration data

from one device. This bar code can then be used to program additional devices with
the same parameters.

• Selects a device from a list, then performs offline or online file configuration for

that device.

For help using visual menu to configure your imager, see the online help or Chapters 3
and 4.