User's Manual

User Manual Gallagher SmartReader BR Series
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Procedure
1. Plug the supplied reader to RS-232 cable into the serial port on your data
collection device.
2. Plug the other end into the Female plug on the custom serial cable.
3. Plug the Male plugs of the custom serial cable into the master and slave
SmartReaders.
Note: If your computer does not have a serial port, use the supplied RS-232
to USB adaptor to connect to a USB port on the computer.
4. Return to Step 2. of Dual-Reader Mode (p 28) to complete the installation
process for Dual-Readers.
Custom Cable
The master reader has two two cables entering the single male DB9 serial
connector.
• One cable carries the Wired Sync signal (pin 1), Incoming Secondary Tag
Data (pin 3) and Ground (pin 5). This cable crosses pin 3 to pin 2 between
the master and slave readers and terminates with a Male DB9 connector
suitable for connecting to the slave reader.
• The other cable carries the Wired Sync signal (pin 1), Outgoing Primary Tag
Data (pin 2) and Ground (pin 5). This cable goes from the master reader to
terminate with a Female DB9 connector, suitable for connecting to the data
collection device (SmartTSi, Weighscale or PC)
The following diagram shows the Dual-Reader Wired configuration: