Datalogic Scanning DS2400 manual

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    DS2400 INSTA LLA TION MA NUA L[...]

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    We Datalogic S.p.A . Via Candini, 2 40012 - Lippo di Calderara Bologna - Italy declare under our sole respons ibility that t he produc t DS2400-XXXX, Laser Scanner and all its model s to which this declarati on relates i s in conf ormit y with the foll owing standards or other norm ative docum ents EN 55022, A ugust 1994 :L IMITS AND METHODS OF MEA[...]

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    iii CONTENTS GUIDE TO INSTALLA TION ............................................................... v General View ..................................................................................... vi SA FETY PRECA UTIONS ................................................................ vii Laser Safety............................................[...]

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    iv 3 REA DING FEATURES .................................................................... 3.1 3.1 Step-Ladder Mode ........................................................................... 3.1 3.2 Picket- Fence Mode .......................................................................... 3.2 3.3 Perform ance ..................................[...]

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    v GUIDE TO INSTA LLA TION The following can be used as a check list to verify all of the steps nec essary for c omplete ins tallation of the DS2400 sc anner. 1) Read all inform ation in the sec tion "Safety Precautions” at the beginning of this m anual. 2) Cor rectly position and m ount the scanner f or barcode r eading according to the info[...]

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    vi DS2400 General View Figure A 1 2 3 4 Pow er ON Data Tx LED External Trigger LED Good Read LED Laser ON LED 5 6 7 8 Warning and Device Cl ass Label s Laser Beam Output Window Access ory Mounti ng Holes Mounting Holes 5 6 7 2 1 3 8 4[...]

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    vii SA FETY PRECA UTIONS LA SER SAFETY The f ollowing inform ation is provided to c om ply with the rules im posed by international authorities and r efers to the c orrect us e of the DS2400 scanner . Standard Regulations This scanner utilizes a low-power laser diode. Although staring dir ectly at the laser beam mom entarily causes no known biologi[...]

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    viii W arning labels indic ating exposur e to laser light and the device clas sif ication are applied onto the body of the scanner ( Figure A, 5 ). Warni ng and devi ce cl ass labels Disconnect the power s upply when opening the device during maintenanc e or installation to avoid exposure to hazardous las er light. The laser diode used in this devi[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 General Features - 1. 1 1 GENERA L FEA TURES 1.1 INTRODUCTION The DS2400 laser scanner satis fies the m ost advanc ed needs of a wide range of us ers. It has been developed focus ing on the realistic requirem ents of its target m ark et. The outs tanding result is an ex tremely com pact, cost- eff ective and easy to use industria[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 1.2 - General Features • com pletely configurable via serial inter face ( W inHos t  ). • 2 serial com m unication interf aces. • supply voltage from 10 to 30 Vdc . • reads all popular c odes. • test m ode to verify the reading features and exac t positioning of the scanner without the need for external tools. • pr[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 General Features - 1. 3 1.3 A VAILA BLE MODELS The DS2400 scanner is available in versions that dif fer in regard to the following param eters: • Reading range • Serial interfac es • Linear or ras ter reading • Connections The f ollowing models are therefor e available: DS2400 - X X X X Rea ding R a nge 1 = Medium range 2[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 1.4 - General Features 1.4 A CCESSORIES The f ollowing accessories are available on request f or the DS2400: • 90° deflec tion mir ror GFC-2100 • 20 m A Current Loop interfac e INT-22 1.5 GFC-2100 A CCESSORY IN STA LLATION GFC-2100 is a 90° def lection m irror available on reques t for DS2400. T he installation of the 90° [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.1 2 INSTA LLA TION 2.1 PA CKA GE CONTENTS Verify that the DS2400 reader and all the parts s upplied with the equipment are present and intac t when opening the packaging; the list of parts inc ludes: 1. DS2400 reader with cable 2. Installation manual 3. Bar code test c hart (PCS = 0.9) 4. DS2400 configur ation p[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.2 - Installatio n 2.2 MECHA NICA L INSTALLA TION DS2400 can be installed to operate in different pos itions. T he four sc rew holes (M4 x 5) on the body of the reader are f or m echanic al f ixtur e (F igure A, 5 ). T he diagram s below give the overall dim ensions of the scanner and mounting br ack et and may be used for ins t[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.3 2.3 JUNCTION BOX INSTALLA TION The Junc tion Box provides a pas sive connection between your sc anner and the outside world in a fast and pr actical way . It repres ents an alternative to the 25-pin connector s. Figure 2.3 shows the bas ic lay out of a scanner using the junction box. Scanner cable Junction Box[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.4 - Installatio n T h e J u nc t i o n B ox is designed to be m ounted to a panel of m etal, plastic or other appropriate mater ial using the m ounting s crews provided in the pack age. T o do this: 1) Open the junction box by unscrewing the 4 cover sc rews. If neces sary, using the tw o m ounting holes inside the junc tion box[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.5 2.3.2 Junction Box Electrical Connections The connec tion and wiring procedure f or Junc tion Box is desc ribed as follows: 1) Open the j unction box by unscrewing the 4 cover sc rews. 2) Pass all Sy stem cables thr ough the glands in the junction box housing. 3) T o connect the power and input/output signals [...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.6 - Installatio n J. Box Pinout for DS2400 Pin Name 01 VS 02 GND 03 VS 04 GND 05 CHASSIS 06 VS 07 VS 08 EXT TR IG + 09 EXT TR IG - 10 GND 11 GND 12 VS 13 VS 14 N.C. 15 N.C. 16 GND 17 GND 18 OUT1 + 19 OUT REF 20 OUT2 + 21 N.C. 22 N.C. 23 N.C. *24 *25 *26 Main interf ace signal s see table bel ow 27 N.C. 28 GND 29 30 31 32 33 Mai[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.7 4) After wiring the junction box and while the scanner is unplugged fr om the power, place the Scanner cable s o that the rubber seal f its into the cutout in the housing of the j unction box and plug the 24 pin connec tor into connector J 1 on the PCB inside the junction box as shown in Figure 2.9. Scanner ca[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.8 - Installatio n 2.4 ELECTRICA L CONNECTIONS DS2400 25-pin connector m odels are equipped with a cable term inated by a 25-pin fem ale D-s ub connector f or connection to the power supply and input/output signals. The details of the connector pins are indicated in the f ollowing table: Figure 2.10 - 25-pin female D-sub connect[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.9 2.4.1 Powe r Supply Power can be supplied to the sc anner through the pins provided on the 25- pin connector us ed for c omm unication with the host: Earth Grou nd USER INTERFACE CHASSIS VGND V+ (10 - 30 Vdc) 13 25 1 VS GND CHASSIS DS240 0 Figure 2.11 - Power supply connections The power m ust be between 10 an[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.10 - Installatio n RS232 Interface The s erial interfac e is used in this case f or point to point connections ; it handles com m unication with the host computer and allows both transm iss ion of code data and the pr ogram ming of the scanner. T his is the def ault setting. The f ollowing pins are used for RS232 interface c on[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.11 START OF TRAN SMISSION EN D OF TRAN SMISSION + V RTS - V + V TX D ATA - V + V CTS - V DATA TRANSMI SSION DATA TRANSMI SSION C1 C2 C4 C3 C5 TRANSMI SSION STOPPED ENABLED DISABLE D ENABLED IDLE IDL E Figure 2.13 - RS232 control si gnals If the RTS/CTS handshak ing protocol is enabled, the DS2400 activates the R[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.12 - Installatio n DS240 0 TX485+ 2 TX485- 4 RX485+ 3 RX 485 RX485- 5 TX485 7 SGND SGND USER INTERFACE + - + - + Figure 2.14 - RS485 full -duplex connections RS485 Half- Duplex Interface The RS485 half -duplex (3 wires + shield) interf ace is us ed f or polled com munic ation protocols. It can be used in a m aster/s lave lay ou[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.13 Figure 2.16 shows a multidrop c onfiguration with DS2400 scanner s connected to a Multiplexer . max 2 m DS2400 # x (up to 31) DS2400 # 1 DS2400 # 0 RTX485 + RTX485 - RTX485 - RTX485 + Three wires + shield 120 Ohm 120 Ohm CHASSIS SGND max 1 200 m RS48 5 R EF SHIELD MULTIP LEXER Figure 2.16 - DS2400 M ultidrop [...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.14 - Installatio n 5 3 USER I NTER FACE C.L. IN- C.L. IN+ MAX . 300 METERS I = 20 mA 4 C.L. OUT- 2 C.L. OUT+ I = 20 mA DS2400 Figure 2.17 - 20 mA C.L. connections 2.4.3 Au xiliary RS232 Interface The auxiliary serial interface is used exc lusively for RS232 point to point connections. The parameters relative to the aux interfac[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.15 The RT SAUX and CT SAUX signals c ontrol data transm ission and synchronize the connec ted devices. If the RT S/CTS handshak ing protocol is enabled, the DS2400 activates the RTSAUX output to indic ate a message is to be transm itted. The r eceiving unit activates the CT SAUX input to enable the transm ission[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.16 - Installatio n EXTERNA L TRIGGER DS24 00 Signal 18 19 + 5V VS 9 25 GND Ground V EXT TRIG+ EXT TRIG- Figure 2.20 - Input NPN com mand using DS2400 pow er 18 19 + 5V DS2400 EXTE R NAL TRIGGER 30 Vdc max. Vext V Sign al Ground EXT TRIG+ EXT TRIG- Figure 2.21 - Input PNP command using external power EX TERNAL TRI G GER DS2 400 [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.17 2.4.5 Outputs There ar e two general purpose outputs. T he following pins are pres ent on the 25-pin connector of the sc anner: Pin Name Function 8 OUT1+ Output 1 + 22 OUT REF Output ref erence 11 OUT2+ Output 2 + 12 OUT REF Output ref erence USER INTERFA CE Vext 40 Vdc max OUT 1 8 22 OUT REF DS2400 and/or DS[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.18 - Installatio n The Pitch angle is represented by the value P in Figure 2.24. Pos ition the reader in order to minimize the Pitch angle. DS24 00 Figure 2.24 - Pitch A ngle The Skew angle is repres ented by the value S in Figure 2.25. P osit ion the reader to assure at least 10° for th e Skew angle. This avoids the direc t r[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.19 2.6 TYPICA L LA YOUTS The f ollow ing ty pical layouts refer to system hardware configurations . Dotted lines in the figures r efer to optional hardware conf igurations within the particular layout. These layouts also require the correct setup of the software configur ation parameters. Complete software confi[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.20 - Installatio n 2.6.2 Pass Through Pass through m ode allow s two or mor e devices to be connected to a s ingle external ser ial interface. Each DS2400 transm its the m ess ages received by the auxiliary interface onto the main inter face. All mes sages will be pas sed through this c hain to the host. When On-Line Oper ating[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.21 2.6.3 RS232 Master/Slav e The RS232 m aster/s lave connection is us ed to collec t data f rom sever al scanners to build either an multi-point or a m ulti-sided reading sy s tem; there can be one m aster and up to 9 slaves connected together. The Slave sc anners use RS232 only on the main and auxiliar y seria[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 2.22 - Installatio n 2.6.4 RS485 Master/Slav e The RS485 m aster/s lave connection is us ed to collec t data f rom sever al scanners to build either a m ulti-point or a m ulti-s ided reading sy stem ; there can be one m aster and up to 5 slaves connected together. The slave sc anners are connec ted together using RS485 half -dupl[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Installatio n - 2.23 NOTE The auxiliary serial interfac e of the slave sc anners can be us ed in Local Echo c ommunication mode to control any single scanner (visualize collect ed data) or to configure it us ing the WinHost utility or Hos t Mode Programming proc edure. The termination resistors of the RS485 bus mus t not be insta[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Technical Feat ures - 3.1 3 REA DING FEA TURES The num ber of scans perform ed on the code by the DS2400 and therefore the decoding capability is influenced by the following parameters : • number of sc ans per sec ond • code m otion speed • label dimensions • scan direc tion with respect to code m otion About 5 scans dur [...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 3.2 - Technic al Feat ures For exam ple, the DS2400 ( 800 scans/s ec.) for a 25 m m high code m oving at 1250 mm /s perform s: [(25/1250) * 800] - 2 = 14 eff ective sc ans. 3.2 PICKET-FENCE MODE If scanning is parallel to the code motion, ( Figure 3.2 - "pick et-fence" m ode), the number of eff ective sc ans is given by[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Technical Feat ures - 3.3 3.3 PERFORMANCE The DS2400 s canner is available in dif ferent ver sions accord ing to the reading perfor manc e. mm (mils) scans/s 1XX X 0.25 (10) 400 to 1000 2XX X 0.35 (14) 400 to 1000 1XX X 100 mm (4 in) - 440 mm (17 in) on 0.50 mm (20 mils) codes 2XX X 200 mm (8 in) - 600 mm (23.5 in) on 0.50 mm (20[...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 3.4 - Technic al Feat ures 3.4 REA DING DIA GRAMS DS2400-1XXX (Medium Reading Range) ≥ 0.50 mm (20 mils) 0 20 cm 15 10 5 15 5 10 20 10 20 30 0.35 mm (14 mils) 40 50 60 70 cm 0.25 mm (10 mils) CONDITIONS Code = Interleaved 2/5 or Code 39 PCS = 0.90 "Pitch" angle = 0 ° "Skew" angle = 10 ° "Tilt" an[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Technical Feat ures - 3.5 DS2400-2XXX (Long Reading Range) 0 5 10 15 20 5 10 15 20 cm 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 cm 0.35 mm (14 mils) ≥ 0.50 mm (20 mils) CONDITIONS Code = Interleaved 2/5 or Code 39 PCS = 0.90 "Pitch" angle = 0 ° "Skew" angle = 10 ° "Tilt" angle = 0 ° Code Resolution* = High - for 0.3[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Technical Feat ures - 4.1 4 MAINTENA NCE 4.1 CLEA NING Clean the laser beam output window periodically for continued c orrect operation of the reader . Dust, dirt, etc. on the window m ay alter the reading perfor manc e. Repeat the operation frequently in particularly dirty envir onments . Use sof t mater ial and alcohol to clean[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS2400 Technical Feat ures - 5.1 5 TECHNICA L FEA TURES DS2400-1XXX DS 2400-2XXX ELECTR ICA L FEA TURES Input Power Supply volt age 10 to 30 Vdc Power consum pt ion max. 5 W Serial I n terfaces (depends on m odel) Main RS232; RS485 Ful l -dupl ex / Half -dupl ex; 20 m A C.L. (20 mA C. L. only with I NT-22 ac c essory) Aux iliary RS23 2 [...]

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    DS2400 DA TA LOGIC 5.2 - Technic al Feat ures SOFTW A RE FEATURES READABLE C ODE SYMBOLOG IES • EAN/ UPC (includi ng A dd-on 2 and A dd-on 5) • Code 93 • 2/5 I nt erl eaved • Code 128 • Code 39 (Standard and Ful l A SCII) • EAN 128 • Codabar • Pharmac ode Other sym bologies avail abl e on reques t. Code Sele ction up t o six differe[...]