# Using Your Device Through USB

If you connect your reader with the coiled USB cable, you must use your device in USB 1.1 mode. With a straight USB cable, you can use your device in both, USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 modes.

Set the USB Connection properties in the Serial tab of the Communication Settings pane in DataMan Setup Tool, or scan the appropriate code from the DataMan Configuration Codes document.

It is also possible to switch the reader and the base station to USB mode (CDC or HID) with a pair of reader configuration codes in the DataMan Configuration Codes document.

In the case of a corded reader:

| Disconnect from the DataMan Setup Tool, if you are connected. Scan the “USB Keyboard” code from the DataMan Configuration Codes document. Start scanning codes with your corded reader.

In the case of a wireless device:

| Disconnect from the DataMan Setup Tool, if connected. Scan the “Enable USB Keyboard for the base station” code from the DataMan Configuration Codes document. Start scanning codes with the wireless reader.