Installation manual

C-BOX 200

2.6 SCANNER REQUIREMENTS

1) The C-BOX 200 can be connected to the following scanners through the 25-pin

connector illustrated in Figure A.

DS2100 DS4300

DS2400 DS4600

It is necessary to use RS232 model (X0XX) for DS2100 and DS2400 scanner,

while DS4300 and DS4600 RS232 interface must be selected by the user.

2) At least one Terminator Character should be enabled in the connected scanner

(see the Terminator parameters in the Data Format section of the Help On

Line).

3) It is necessary to set the scanner main interface communication speed (Baud

Rate), so that it is the same as the Multidrop bus speed. In fact, during the

connection procedure, the C-BOX 200 gets its main interface speed from the

scanner to initialize its RS485 Multidrop optocoupled serial interface. If both the

baud rate and the device address are correct the communication takes place

which causes the green LED to blink slightly.

The device address must be pre-set through the two rotary switches S4 and S5 (see

Figure 10).

2.7 OPERATING MODES

Once the connection procedure is completed (the warning LED is OFF), the C-BOX

200 is ready to receive code strings from the scanner's RS232 main interface. Then,

it converts them to the RS485 multidrop network by using MUX32 protocol.

Through the C-BOX 200 internal buttons, it is possible to communicate with the

scanner to perform one of the following functions:

• Get scanner configuration

• Send a configuration to the scanner

At the end of each function the scanner returns to the previous operating mode.