A corded handheld imager that reads tight, damaged and on screen codes at sixty frames a second, and drops into an included stand when the counter needs both hands free.
| Model | Nexa ZED 2603 |
|---|---|
| Type | Corded handheld 2D imager |
| Engine | CMOS, 640 x 480, 60 FPS |
| Precision | 3 mil on Code 128 |
| Range | 60 mm to 300 mm |
| Interface | USB-HID or USB-VCP |
| Sealing | IP42 |
| Warranty | 36 Months Return to Base |
The Nexa ZED 2603 is a corded handheld scanner for counters that cannot afford a second attempt at a barcode. Behind the window sits a 640 by 480 pixel CMOS imager running at sixty frames per second, lit by a white LED and aimed by a red one. Because it is a camera rather than a laser, there is no scan line to line up: the code can be rotated any way round, printed on a curved bottle, or glowing on a customer's phone, and the read still lands. Scan precision is rated to 3 mil on Code 128, which is the measure that separates an imager coping with small, dense or worn codes from one that stalls on them.
The hands free stand is supplied in the box rather than charged as an accessory. Seated in the cradle the ZED 2603 becomes a presentation scanner for grocery style lanes, lifted out it is an ordinary trigger gun for bulky stock and shelf work, and the changeover takes a second. Connection is by USB: out of the box it works as a USB-HID keyboard wedge, so the barcode is simply typed into your point of sale with no driver to install, and it can be switched to USB-VCP virtual COM for software that expects a serial port. The shell is ABS and PC rated to IP42 for everyday retail conditions, the scanner weighs 140 g, and the unit is covered by a 36 Months Return to Base warranty. Sold and supported in Australia by POS PLAZA on 1300 115 808.
A scan precision of 3 mil on Code 128 means the engine still resolves the tight, smudged and partly worn codes that stop a cheaper imager.
Twenty two linear symbologies and seven matrix formats, from EAN-13 and GS1 DataBar through to QR Code, Data Matrix and PDF417.
A CMOS imager reads a code straight off a lit display, which is what vouchers, loyalty passes and click and collect pickups now arrive on.
The imager takes sixty looks at the code every second, so the read lands while the operator is still moving the item across the counter.
USB keyboard wedge means the decoded barcode is typed straight into your POS with no driver to install, on Windows, macOS or Linux alike.
The hands free stand is included rather than sold separately, so the same unit works as a trigger scanner and a presentation scanner.
Fast repeat scanning at a staffed lane, where the stand lets an operator leave the scanner sitting and simply pass stock across it.
Script boxes, member cards and loan barcodes, including the small dense codes printed on medicine packaging and on book spine labels.
Goods in, pick confirmation and order dispatch at a fixed counter, where an IP42 shell and a 300 mm working range cover the job.
| Brand | Nexa |
|---|---|
| Model | ZED 2603 |
| SKU | ZED2603USBB |
| Product type | Corded handheld 2D barcode scanner with hands free stand |
| CPU | 32-bit ARM |
| Image sensor | CMOS |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 pixels |
| Light source | White LED for illumination, red LED for aiming |
| Scan modes | Manual, automatic and continuous |
| Scan speed | 60 frames per second |
| Scan precision | 3 mil or greater (Code 128, 6 digits) |
| Depth of field | 60 mm to 300 mm (13 mil Code 39) |
| Print contrast | 15 percent or greater |
| Interface | USB (USB-HID keyboard wedge or USB-VCP virtual COM) |
| 1D symbologies | Codabar, Code 11, Code 39, Code 32, Interleaved 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, Code 93, Code 128, GS1-128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, ISBN, ISSN, GS1 DataBar (RSS-14), GS1 DataBar Limited, GS1 DataBar Expanded, MSI, Standard 2 of 5, Plessey |
| 2D symbologies | PDF417, Micro PDF417, QR Code, Data Matrix, Aztec Code, Hanxin Code, MaxiCode |
| Scanner dimensions | 177 x 85 x 68 mm |
| Stand dimensions | 145 x 68 x 169 mm |
| Scanner weight | 140 g |
| Stand weight | 20 g |
| Case material | ABS and PC |
| Input voltage | DC 5V plus or minus 5 percent |
| Working current | 207 mA |
| Standby current | 118 mA |
| Operating temperature | -10 C to 50 C |
| Storage temperature | -20 C to 60 C |
| Humidity | 5 percent to 95 percent, non condensing |
| Ingress protection | IP42 |
| Ambient light resistance | 0 to 100,000 lux, including sunlight |
| Colour | Black |
| Warranty | 36 Months Return to Base |
| ZED 2603 | ZED 2601 (superseded) | ZED 2600 (superseded) | ZED 1600 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | CMOS 2D imager, 640 x 480 | 2D imager | 2D imager | Single line laser |
| Codes read | 1D, 2D and QR | 1D, 2D and QR | 1D, 2D and QR | 1D only |
| Reads phone screens | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Stand | Included | Included | Included | Sold separately |
| Interface | USB-HID or USB-VCP | USB | USB | USB |
| Best for | Counters wanting the current corded imager, with a documented 3 mil read and 60 FPS capture | Superseded by the ZED 2603 and no longer available, listed here for reference | Superseded by the ZED 2603 and no longer available, listed here for reference | Plain retail barcodes only, at the lowest cost |
This is the USB build and it needs a free USB port. There is no RS-232 serial connection on this part number, so call us on 1300 115 808 if your till only offers a 9 pin serial port.
The stand measures 145 x 68 x 169 mm and the scanner sits above it, so allow roughly 25 cm of height clear of overhead shelving at the scan position.
IP42 suits a counter, a dispensary or an office. A washdown area, a cold store or a site with regular drops onto concrete needs a rugged scanner instead.
Yes. The ZED 2603 is supplied with its hands free stand, with part number ZED2603USBB covering both pieces. Drop the scanner into the cradle and it reads whatever you present to it, lift it out and it works as an ordinary trigger scanner. There is nothing extra to buy to get presentation scanning.
Yes. The imaging engine is a CMOS camera rather than a laser, and a camera can resolve a code rendered on a backlit screen. That covers emailed vouchers, loyalty passes, membership codes and click and collect pickup codes.
Mil is the width of the narrowest bar in a barcode, measured in thousandths of an inch. A 3 mil rating on Code 128 means the engine can still separate bars that fine, so it copes with the small dense codes on pharmaceutical packaging, electronic components and jewellery tags, and with printed codes that have worn or smudged.
The brochure quotes a depth of field of 60 mm to 300 mm on a 13 mil Code 39 symbol. In practice that is a comfortable hand's span of working distance, which suits counter work and goods in scanning. Very wide or very low contrast codes will sit at the shorter end of that range.
USB-HID makes the scanner behave like a keyboard, so the decoded barcode is typed into whatever field has focus and no driver is needed. That is the right choice for most point of sale software and it is how the scanner arrives. USB-VCP presents a virtual COM port over the same USB cable, which some warehouse and bespoke applications expect. The mode is selected by scanning a configuration barcode from the manual. This part number is the USB build: it does not have an RS-232 serial connection.
IP42 means the shell keeps out solid objects larger than 1 mm and resists water dripping at up to 15 degrees from vertical. That is an everyday retail and office rating: a counter, a dispensary, a service desk. It is not a washdown or a cold store rating, and it is not built for a site where the scanner is regularly dropped onto concrete. For those, ask us about a rugged model.
In keyboard wedge mode almost certainly, because the scanner simply types what it reads. Some platforms publish a supported hardware list or expect a particular prefix or suffix on the scanned data, which the ZED 2603 can be programmed to add. Call POS PLAZA on 1300 115 808 with the name of your POS and we will confirm before you order.
The ZED 2603 carries a 36 Months Return to Base warranty. Return to base means the unit comes back to us for assessment and repair or replacement, rather than an engineer attending your site.
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