Datalogic Scanning DS4300 manual

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    DS43 00 INSTALL ATION MA NUAL[...]

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    We DA TALOGIC S.p.A . Via Candini, 2 40012 - Lippo di Calderara Bologna - Italy declare under our sole respons ibility that t he produc t DS4300-XXXX , Laser Scanner and all i ts m odel s to which this declarat ion relates i s in conf ormi ty with the foll owing standards or other norm ative docum ents EN 55022, A ugust 1994 :L IMITS AND METHODS OF[...]

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    iii CONTENTS GUIDE TO INSTALLA TION ............................................................... v General View ..................................................................................... vi SA FET Y PRECA UT IONS ................................................................viii Laser Safety..........................................[...]

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    iv 3 REA DING FEA TURES .................................................................... 3.1 3.1 Advanced Code Reconstruc tion ...................................................... 3.1 3.1.1 Tilt Angle f or Advanced Code Recons truction ................................. 3.2 3.2 Decoding Capacity in Linear Mode .................................[...]

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    v GUIDE TO INSTA LLA TION The following can be used as a check list to verif y all of the s teps neces sary for c omplete ins tallation of the DS4300 s canner. 1) Read all inf orm ation in the section "Saf ety Precautions" at the beginning of this m anual. 2) Correctly position and mount the sc anner for barcode reading ac cording to the [...]

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    vi DS4300 General View 1 11 10 9 8 2 7 6 5 4 3 Figure A Cable wit h 25 - p in conn ecto r Mount ing hole s Good R ead LED Externa l Trigger LE D Ready LED 1 2 4 5 3 10 11 6 Data TX LED Lase r be am out put window 8 7 Warnin g Labe l Warnin g and Classification lab els Accessory mounti ng hol e s 9 Laser ac tive LED[...]

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    vii DS4300 General View 11 10 9 8 2 1 7 6 5 4 3 Figure B Cable with junction box Mounting holes Good Read LED External Trig ger LED Ready LED 1 2 4 5 3 10 11 6 Data TX LED Laser beam output window 8 7 Warning Label Warning and Clas sification labels Accessory mounti ng holes 9 Lase r active L ED[...]

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    viii SA FETY PRECA UTIONS LA SER SA FETY The f ollowing inform ation is pr ovided to com ply with the rules im posed by international authorities and r efers to the c orrect us e of the DS4300 sc anner. Standard Regulations This scanner utilizes a low-power laser diode. Although star ing directly at the laser beam m om entarily causes no k nown bio[...]

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    ix W arning labels indicating expos ure to laser light and the device clas sific ation are applied onto the body of the scanner (F igure A/B, 8 and 7 ). DATA LOGIC S.p .A . Via Cand in i, 2 40012 L IPPO DI CA LDERARA (BO) ITA LY Model No. Serial N o. Volt Amp . Manufa ctured This pr oduct co nf orms to th e ap plicab l e requirem e nts of 21CFR 104[...]

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    x POWER SUPPLY For Model DS4300-1000: T his devic e is intended to be supplied by a UL Listed Direc t Plug-In Power Unit m arked "Clas s 2", output rated 10-30 V, minim um 0.55 A. This device may also be supplied by a UL Listed Power Unit with a "Class 2" or LPS pow er s ource which supplies power directly to the scanner via the[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 General Features - 1. 1 1 GENERA L FEA TURES 1.1 INTRODUCTION The DS4300 is a com pac t laser sc anner com plete with decoder which employs Datalogic’s powerf ul A CR™ (Advanced Code Reconstruc tion) technology. It w as designed to s atisfy the mos t demanding requirem ents assoc iated with omni-direc tional scanning, reading[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 1.2 - General Features 1.2 DESCRIPTION Some of the m ain features of this s canner are given below: • code reconstr uction • high scanning speed ( 800 scans /sec) • com pletely configurable from hos t com puter • 2 serial com m unication inter faces • reads m ost popular c odes • supply voltage from 10 to 30 Vdc • t[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 General Features - 1. 3 Electrical c onnection is pr ovided through a cable on the side of the reader; this cable is ter m inated with a 25-pin connector (25-pin c onnector models , see paragraph 1.3, F igure A, 1 ) or by a junction box (junc tion box m odels, see paragraph 1.3, F igure B, 1 ). The laser beam output w indow is on[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 1.4 - General Features 1.3 A VA ILA BLE MODELS The DS4300 scanner is available in versions that dif fer in regard to the following charac teristics : • Opti cal Re soluti on • Cable Term ination The f ollowing models ar e therefor e available: DS4300 - 100X Optical Resolution 1 = Standard Resolution Cable Te rmination 0 = 25-[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Inst al l at i on - 2. 1 2 INSTA LLA TION 2.1 PACKA GE CONTENTS Verify that the DS4300 reader and all the parts supplied with the equipment are present and intac t when opening the packaging; the lis t of parts inc ludes: 1) DS4300 reader with cable 2) Installation manual 3) Barcode test c hart 4) DS4300 com m unication and utili[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.2 - Installatio n 2.2 MECHANICA L INSTA LLA TION DS4300 can be installed to operate in dif fer ent positions. T he four s crew holes (M4 x 5) on the body of the reader are f or m echanic al f ixture ( Figure A/B, 2 ). The diagram below gives the overall dimens ions of the s canner and m ay be used for its installation. Refer to[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Inst al l at i on - 2. 3 2.3 JUNCTION BOX INSTA LLA TION The j unction box provides a passive c onnection between y our s canner and the outside world in a fast and pr actical way. It represents an alternative to the 25-pin connector models . Figure 2.3 shows the bas ic layout of DS4300 using the junction box . DS430 0 Scanner ca[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.4 - Installatio n The j unction box is des igned to be mounted to a panel of m etal, plas tic or other appropriate m aterial using the m ounting sc rews provided in the pack age. To do this: 1) O pen the junction box by unscrewing the 4 cover s crews. If necess ary , using the tw o m ounting holes inside the j unction box as a [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Inst al l at i on - 2. 5 2.3.2 Junction Box Electrical C onnections The c onnection and wiring procedure f or the junction box is desc ribed as follows: 1) O pen the junction box by unscrewing the 4 cover s crews. 2) Pas s all System cables through the glands in the junc tion box housing. 3) T o connect the power and input/output[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.6 - Installatio n Figure 2.7 - Junction box connector and pinout To allow connection of an NEC Class 2 Power Unit, use a corr ect f em ale plug adapter. Figure 2.8 - NEC Cl ass 2 P o w er unit connections * The signals on pins 24, 25 and 26 are repeated on pins 29, 30 and 31 to f acilitate network connect ions (i.e. Multiplexer[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Inst al l at i on - 2. 7 4) Af ter wiring the junction box and while the scanner is unplugged from the power supply , place the Scanner cable so that the r ubber seal f its into the cutout in the housing of the junction box and plug the 24-pin connector into connector J 1 on the PCB inside the junction box as shown in f igure 2.9[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.8 - Installatio n 2.4 ELECTRICA L CONNECTIONS FOR 25 -PIN MODELS 25-pin connector m odels (see par agraph 1.3) are equipped with a cable term inated by a 25-pin D-s ub connector f or connec tion to the power supply and input/output signals. The details of the connec tor pins are indic ated in the following table: Figure 2.10 - [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Inst al l at i on - 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 unic ation with the host (Figure 2.11): DS4300 13 25 VS GND 1 CHASSI S Earth Ground USER INT ERFACE CHASS IS GND V+ (10 - 30 Vdc) Figure 2.11 - Power supply connections or through t[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.10 - Installatio n 2.4.2 Main Serial Interface The signals relative to the following serial inter face types are available on the input/output connector: RS232 RS485 FULL DUPLEX RS485 HA LF DUPLEX An active 20-m A Current Loop interf ace is available if the optional INT- 24 acces sory is installed. This acces sory interfac e re[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.11 RTS/ CTS HARDW ARE HANDSH AKI NG ENABLED DS4300 USER INT ERF ACE 7 SGND Main SGND RTS232 4 DCD CTS232 5 DTR RX232 3 TXD TX232 2 RX D Figure 2.13 - RS232 m ai n i n terface connecti ons Figure 2.14 - RS232 control si gnal s The RTS232 and CTS232 signals c ontrol data transm ission and synchronize the connected[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.12 - Installatio n RS485 Full-Duplex The RS485 f ull-duplex inter face is used for non-polled com m unication protocols in point- to-point connections over longer dis tances than those acceptable f or RS232 com m unications or in electric ally noisy environments . The f ollowing pins of the 25-pin c onnector are us ed for RS485[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.13 RS485 Half-D uplex The RS485 half -duplex ( 3 wires + shield) inter face is used f or polled com m unication protocols . It can be used for Multidrop connections in a m aster/slave layout or with a Datalogic Multiplexer, ( see par. 2.6.4 and 2.6.5). The f ollowing pins of the 25-pin c onnector ar e used for R[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.14 - Installatio n The f igure below shows a m ultidrop conf iguration with DS4300 scanners connected to a Multiplexer . 1 1 CHASSIS # 1 RTX485+ RTX485- SGND M ain # 0 m ax . 1200 m . three wi res + sh ield 7 4 2 7 4 2 120 Ohm MULTIPLE XER RTX485+ RTX485- RS485 REF SHIE LD 1 120 Ohm DS4300 DS4300 DS4300 (up to 31 ) # x ma x. 2 [...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.15 20 mA Current Loop (INT-24 A ccessory Only ) W hen the INT-24 ac cess ory board is installed, the DS4300 is equipped with a 20 mA ac tive current loop inter face. The f ollowing pins of the 25-pin c onnector are us ed for the c onnections: Pin Name Function 4 CLOUT - current loop output 5 CLIN- current loop i[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.16 - Installatio n 2.4.3 A uxiliary RS232 Interf ace The auxiliary serial interface is used ex clusively for RS232 point-to-point connections. The parameters relative to the auxiliar y interface (baud r ate, data bits , etc.) as well as particular communic ation modes suc h as Local Ec ho can be defined using the W inHost utili[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.17 The pinouts are indicated below: Pin Name Function 18 EXT TRIG + external trigger + 19 EXT TRIG - external trigger - 6 IN1+ input 1 + 10 IN1- input 1 - 14 IN2+ input 2 + 15 IN2- input 2 - The EXT TRIG inputs are used in the ON-Line O perating mode and tells the scanner to scan for a code. The activ e state of[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.18 - Installatio n 18/6/14 + 19/10/ 15 - + 5V DS4300 US ER INTERF ACE V Sign al Ground 30 Vdc m ax. Vext Figure 2.22 - Input PNP command using external power 18/6/1 4 + 19/10/ 15 - USER INTERFACE DS4300 VS 9 25 GND V Sign al + 5V Figure 2.23 - Input PNP com m and usi ng DS 4300 pow er The elec trical featur es of the inputs are[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.19 2.4.5 Outputs The f ollowing pins are present on the 25-pin c onnector of the scanner: Pin Name Function 8 OUT1+ output 1 + 22 OUT1- output 1 - 11 OUT2+ output 2 + 12 OUT2- output 2 - The meaning of the two outputs OUT1 and OU T2 can be defined by the us er (No Read, Right or W rong). Refer to W inHost Help O[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.20 - Installatio n 2.5 POSITIONING The DS4300 s canner is able to decode m oving barc ode labels at a var iety of angles, however signific ant angular distortion m ay degrade reading perfor manc e. W hen mounting the DS4300 tak e into consideration thes e three ideal label position angles: Pitch 0°, Skew 10° to 30° and T ilt[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.21 2.6 TYPICA L LA YOUTS The f ollowi ng typical lay outs ref er to sy stem hardware conf igurations. Dotted lines in the figures r efer to optional har dware configurations within the particular layout. These layouts also require the correc t setup of the softwar e configuration parameters. Complete software co[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.22 - Installatio n 2.6.2 Pass Through Pass through m ode allow s two or m ore devices to be c onnected to a single external ser ial interfac e. Each DS4300 transm its the m es sages rec eived by the auxiliary interf ace onto the main inter face. All m es sages will be passed thr ough this chain to the host. When On-Line O perat[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.23 2.6.3 RS232 Master/Slav e The RS232 m aster /slave connec tion is used to collect data fr om several scanners to build either an om ni-direc tional or a m ulti-sided reading s y stem ; there can be one m aster and up to 9 s laves connected together . The Slave s canners us e RS232 only on the m ain and auxili[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.24 - Installatio n 2.6.4 RS485 Master/Slav e The RS485 m aster /slave connec tion is used to collect data fr om several scanners to build either an om ni-direc tional or a m ulti-sided reading s y stem ; there can be one m aster and up to 5 s laves connected together . The Slave scanners are connected together using RS485 half-[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Installatio n - 2.25 NOTE The auxiliary serial interfac e of the slave sc anners c an be used in Local Echo c ommunication mode to control any single scanner ( visualize collected data) or to configure it us ing the WinHos t utility or Host Mode Programming pr ocedure. The term ination re sistors of the RS485 bus m ust not be ins[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 2.26 - Installatio n This page is i nt ent ionally left blank.[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Reading Features - 3. 1 3 REA DING FEA TURES 3.1 A DVA NCED CODE RECONSTRUCTION The traditional way of barcode reading c ould be called "Linear Reading". In this case, the laser beam c rosses the barcode s y m bol from its beginning to its end as shown in Figure 3.1. Laser Beam Figure 3.1 - Linear readin g In “Advance[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 3.2 - Reading Features 3.1.1 Tilt A ngle for A dv anced Code Reconstruction The m ost im portant par ameter in Advanced Code Recons truction is the value of the maxim um tilt angle ( α max imu m) under which the code reconstr uction proc ess is s till possible. W e define the T ilt angle as the angle ( α ) between the laser bea[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Reading Features - 3. 3 3.2 DECODING CA PA CITY IN LINEA R MODE W hen in Linear Reading mode, the number of reads perf orm ed by the DS4300 and therefor e the decoding capacity, is influenced by the following param eters: • number of sc ans per sec ond • code m otion speed • label dimens ions • scan direc tion with respec[...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 3.4 - Reading Features For exam ple, the DS4300 (800 s cans/sec .), for a 25 m m high code moving at 1250 mm /s perform s: [(25/1250) * 800] - 2 = 14 ef fective s cans. 3.2.2 Picket Fence Mode FW LW Code motion moving at LS speed Laser Beam DS4300 Figure 3.6 - "Pi cket Fence" scanni ng m ode If scanning is parallel to t[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Reading Features - 3. 5 3.3 PE RFORMA NCE The DS4300 s canner reads codes with densities f rom 0.20 m m (8 m ils) to 1.00 mm ( 40 m ils) in the zone between 50 mm ( 1.9 in) and 400 m m (15.7 in) from the em iss ion window . DS4300 can be optimized for reading high density codes (between 0.20 mm (8 mils) and 0.30 mm ( 12 mils) by [...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 3.6 - Reading Features 3.4 READING DIA GRA MS The following diagram s show the reading distance f or bar codes with diff erent densities. DS4300-100X (Code R esolution Standard) (31 mils) 0.50 mm ≥ 0.80 mm (20 mils) (24 mils) 0.60 mm NOTE: (0,0) is the c enter of the laser beam output window CONDITIONS: Tes t Codes used = Inter[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Reading Features - 3. 7 DS4300-100X (Code Resolut ion High) 0.20 mm (8 mils) 0.30 mm (12 mils) NOTE: (0,0) is the c enter of the laser beam output window CONDITIONS: Tes t Codes used = Interleaved 2/5 and Code 39 (accor ding to the Datalogic Barcode T est Chart) "Pitch" angle = 0 ° "Skew" angle = 10 ° "[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Maintenance - 4.1 4 MAINTENA NCE 4.1 CLEANING Clean the laser beam output window periodically for continued correc t operation of the r eader. Dust, dirt, etc. on the window may alter the reading perf orm ance. Repeat the operation fr equently in particular ly dirty environments. Use sof t m aterial and alcohol to clean the windo[...]

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    DA TA LOGIC DS4300 Technical Feat ures - 5.1 5 TECHNICA L FEA TURES ELECTRICAL FEA TURES Power Supply volt age 10 to 30 Vdc Power consum ption m ax. 5.5 W Serial I n terfaces Main RS232, RS485 f ull-duplex, RS485 half -dupl ex (20 mA C. L. only with INT-24 ac c essory ) Aux iliary RS232 Baud rates 1200 to 115200 Inputs External Trigger, IN1, I N2 ([...]

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    DS4300 DA TA LOGIC 5.2 – Technic al Feat ures SOFTWARE FEA TURES REA DA BLE CODE SYM BOLOGIES • EAN/UPC • Code 93 • 2/5 Interleaved • Code 128 • Code 39 • EAN 128 • Codabar • Pharmac ode CODE SELEC TION up to six codes duri ng one readi ng phas e DECODING SAFETY can enable m ultiple good reads of sam e code H E AD E R S AN D T E R[...]