Datalogic Scanning C-BOX 200 manual

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    C-BO X 200 Installation Manual[...]

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    C-BOX 200 INSTA LLA TION MANUA L[...]

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    01 DATALOGIC S.p.A., Via Candini, 2 40012 - Lippo di Calderara Bologna - Italy dichiara che declares that the déclare que le bescheinigt, daß das Gerät declare que el C-BOX 200, active con nection box e tutti i suoi modelli and all i ts models et tous ses modèles und seine modelle y todos sus modelos sono conformi alle Direttive del Consiglio E[...]

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    iii CONTENTS GUIDE TO INSTALLA TIO N .............................................................. iv SA F ETY PRECA U TIO NS ................................................................. vii Power Supply .................................................................................... vii 1 GENERA L FEA TURES ..............................[...]

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    iv GUIDE TO INSTA LLA TI ON The following can be used as a check list to verif y all of the steps neces sary for c om plete installation of the C- BOX 200. 1) Read all inf orm ation in the sec tion "Safety Precautions" at the beginning of this m anual. 2) Correctly position and mount the C- BOX 200 within the reach of the barcode sc anner[...]

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    v C-BOX 200 General View 1 2 3 Figure A 25-pin scan ner connector Cover screws (4) Compression connectors 1 2 3[...]

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    vi C-BOX 200 General View 4 10 1 2 6 7 8 9 12 5 3 11 Figure B Pow er swit ch (ON /OFF) 1 2 Spring clamp terminal b locks 3 Mul tidrop address switches 5 4 Po wer on LED Wa rn i ng LE D 6 Tx LE D 7 GET button 8 9 10 SEND button Auxiliary port connector Chassis grounding selecto r 11 Term ination resistance s witch 12 OM4000 jumpers[...]

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    vii SA FETY PRECA UTIONS POWER SUPPLY ATT ENTION: READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE INST AL LING THE PRODUCT - This product is intended to be ins talled by Qualified Personnel only. The C-BO X 200 is intended to be s upplied by an NEC Class 2 power source, rated 10-30 V, m inim um 0.65 A. See par. 2.4.1 for correc t power supply connections.[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 General Features - 1 1 GENERA L FEA TURES 1.1 DESCRIPTION The C-BO X 200 is a c onnection box which c an be used as an acces sory of the Datalogic scanner s to perf orm the following func tions: • Facilitate the connection of the scanner s ignals using a spr ing clam p connector. • Perfor m a c onversion f rom RS232 to RS4[...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 2 - Installa tion 2 INSTA LLATION 2.1 PACKA GE CONTENTS Verify that the C-BOX 200 and all the parts supplied with the equipm ent are present and intact when opening the pack aging; the list of parts inc ludes: 1) C-BOX 200 2) Installation m anual 1 2 Figure 2.1 - C-BOX 200 package contents[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 3 2.2 OPENING THE DEVIC E To install the C-BOX 200 or during nor mal m aintenanc e, it is neces sary to open it by unscrewing the f our cover s crews: WA RNING The C-BO X 200 m ust be disconnec ted f rom the power supply during this operation. Figure 2.2 - Opening the C-BOX 200 It is possible to per form the f [...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 4 - Installa tion 2.3 MECHANICA L INSTA LLATION The diagram below gives the overall dim ensions of the C-BOX 200 and m ay be used for its installation. ∅ ∅ mm in Figure 2.3 - Overall dimensions[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 5 C-BOX 200 c an be installed to operate in dif fer ent positions. T he two s crew holes inside the housing of the C-BOX 200 are f or m echanical f ixture ( Figure 2.4). To m ount the C-BO X 200: 1) Open the C-BOX 200 by unscrewing the 4 cover sc rews. If nec essary, using the two mounting holes inside the devi[...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 6 - Installa tion 2.4 ELE CTRICA L CONNECTIONS AND SETUP The following figure shows the ty pical layout. The dotted line in the figure refer s to an optional hardware conf iguration. PC SCANNER System C ables Scanner Auxiliary Interface Figure 2.5 – System lay out A PC can be quick ly connected to the C-BOX 200 ( and cons equ[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 7 2.4.1 Powe r Supply Power is supplied to the C-BOX 200 through the pins provided on the spring clam p connector. The power switch (see F igure 2.6) switches the power supply ON or OFF for both the C-BOX 200 and the c onnected sc anner. ON OFF S1 Figure 2.6 - Power switch ON/OFF positions C-BOX 1 2 VS GND USER[...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 8 - Installa tion 2.4.2 Sy stem Wiring The c onnection and wiring procedure f or C-BO X 200 is des cribed as f ollows: 1) Open the C-BOX 200 as desc ribed in paragraph 2.2. 2) Verify that the C-BOX 200 power switch is off (see F igure 2.6). 3) Unscrew the com pr ession connec tors and pass all the system cables through them int[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 9 The C-BO X 200 spr ing clam p connector pinouts are indicated in the f ollowing table. Refer to the sc anner Installation Manual for deta ils. Pin Name 1, 3, 5 VS 2, 4, 6 GND 7, 8 EARTH GROUND *9, 13 RS485 CABLE SHIELD *10, 14 RS485 REF *11, 15 RTX485+ *12, 16 RTX485- 20, 33, 34, 40 Reserved 21 OUT1+ 23 OUT2+[...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 10 - Installa tion 2.4.3 Chassis Grounding Jumper Settings The s canner chas sis grounding m ethod c an be selected by positioning a jum per (see Figure 2.9). In this way the scanner chassis can be connected to earth ground (only if pins 7 or 8 are connec ted to a good earth ground) or to the power supply gr ound signal. The s [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 11 2.4.4 Multidrop A ddress Selection For RS485 half -duplex interf ace connec tions, the sc anner m ultidrop addr ess should be set using the r otary switches placed inside the C-BOX 200. The valid addr ess range is fr om 00 to 31. T his value is read only at power- on; any change at run-tim e has no ef fec t.[...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 12 - Installa tion 2.4.5 RS485 Bus Terminat ion ON S2 OFF Figure 2.11 - Terminati on resistance swi tch The switch S2 enables or disables the insertion of the bus term ination resistor for RS485 Half Duplex Multidr op applications. CA UT ION In Multiplexer applications the ter m ination resistor m ust be enabled ONLY on the las[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 13 2.4.6 Connection to a Multiplexer The f ollowing figure shows a m ultidrop layout with C-BOX 200 devices connected to a Multiplexer : MULTIP LEX ER C-BOX 20 0 # 0 C-BOX 20 0 # 1 C-BOX 20 0 # N (up to 31) SCAN NER CABLE S HIELD RS485 REF RTX485+ RTX485- 9 10 11 12 RTX485+ RTX485- 9 10 11 12 CABLE S HIELD RS48[...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 14 - Installa tion 2.4.7 OM4000 Jumper Sett ings J1 J2 Figure 2.13 - OM 4000 jumpers The jum pers allow c onnection to the EXT TRIG signals on separ ate spring clam p terminals for applic ations which use the O M4000 Osc illating Mirror in Trigger Mode. They are used together and they have the following significance: when a jum[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 15 2.5 9-PIN SCA NNER A UXILIA RY SERIA L INTERFA CE The s canner auxiliar y serial interface available on the internal 9-pin connector c an be used either f or conf iguration through W inHost or for data monitor ing. The details of the connec tor pins are indic ated in the following table: Figure 2.14 - 9-pin [...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 16 - Installa tion 2.6 SCANNER REQUIREMENTS 1) T he C-BOX 200 c an be connected to the f ollowing scanners thr ough the 25-pin connector illustrated in F igure A. DS2100 DS4300 DS2400 DS4600 It is necess ary to use RS232 model (X 0XX) for DS2100 and DS2400 scanner, while DS4300 and DS4600 RS232 interfac e m ust be selec ted by [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Installatio n - 17 2.7.1 GET/SEND Butt ons The C-BO X 200 has two internal function buttons (GET , SEND) . T he procedure to enable the G ET/SEND f unction is the f ollowing: 1. Press both the buttons GET and SEND at the same tim e for at least one second; the warning LED is tur ned ON. 2. Release the buttons . GET SEND 3. Pr [...]

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    C-BOX 200 DA TALOGIC 18 - Installa tion 2.7.2 LED Indicators Power on Wa rn i ng Tx Figure 2.15 - LED Indicators The three internal LEDs of the C-BO X 200 (see F igure 2.15) indicate the following: POWER ON (red) indic ates the C-BOX 200 is connec ted to the power supply and the pow er switch is O N. W A RNI NG (red) indic ates a warning or err or [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC C-BOX 200 Technical Features - 19 3 TECHNICA L FEA TURES ELECTRICAL FEA T URES Power Supply volt age 10 to 30 Vdc Power consum ption m ax. 1.4 W + s canner USER INTERFACE LED indi cators Pow er ON , W arni ng, Tx (RS485 Multidrop activi ty) P H Y SI C AL F EAT U R E S Mechanical di mens ions 167 x 115 x 40 mm (6.57 x 4.53 x 1.57 in.) W [...]