Operation Manual

PowerScan M8500 Setup
32 PowerScan™ M8500
BC-8060 Master Layout
Figure 22
A. Host
B. BC-8060 Master cradle
C. BC-8060 Slave cradles
D. STARGATE™ base station
. Example of Multidrop STAR-System™ Network with BC-8060 as Master
In this layout a BC-8060 cradle acts as the Master. The Host is connected to the 
BC-8060 Master using any one of the multi-standard
interfaces (RS-232, USB, WEDGE, or
PEN Emulation). The Master is then connected to the slaves in the RS-485 network. In this
way the slave cradles provide communications between a
single Host and all readers in the
system. STARGATE™ base stations can also be used as slaves in this network. The devices at
the ends of the network must be terminated (see
"Network Termination" on page 21).
See "PowerScan™ M8500/STAR-Sys
tem™ Setup" on page 37 and "BC-8060 STAR-
System™ Network Setup" on page
39 , or the Datalogic Aladdin™ Help On-Line, for
system configuration specifications.
Master BC-8060 Network Troubleshooting
Two diagnostic strings can be sent via RS-232 from the Host to the Master cradle in order
to have feedback about the network itself.
#+LSlave
Returns a list of all the Slaves recognized at boot up.
Example: In a network where the Master cradle has address 0188 and one Slave cradle with
ad
dress 0001, the response is:
188
1
#+Alive<xxxx>
Executes a continuous Alive request to the slave xxxx in order to monitor the performance of
the connection. A d
iagnostic message is displayed on the Host.
Example: If this command is sent for slave cradle with addr
ess 0032, the response is:
/*32: BC-80X0 SOFTWARE RELEASE 1.00 20/10/2006*/
if there are no communication errors
/*32: FAIL*/
if there are communication errors.
To exit from this command, reset the system by cycling
power to the Master cradle.