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Datalogic DL Cordless Card Reference Manual

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  • Page 1 Cordless Card™ Reference Manual...
  • Page 3 DL Cordless Card™ REFERENCE MANUAL...
  • Page 4 ALL RIGHT RESERVED Datalogic reserves the right to make modifications or improvements without prior modifications. Datalogic shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein, nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this material.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................1 Overview ....................... 1 LED Indicator ....................2 INITIAL SETUP .................... 3 Configuration Strings..................3 DLCC Setup....................4 CONFIGURATION..................5 PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS..........15 Radio and Serial Communication Controls ..........15 COM Port Parameters................. 20 4.2.1 Handshaking ....................
  • Page 6 For further details refer to the card Quick Reference Manual and to the RHINO™ Reference Manual. SERVICE, SUPPORT AND WARRANTY Datalogic provides several services as well as technical support through its website. Log on to www.datalogic.com/services/support and click on the links indicated for further information including: ·...

  • Page 7: Safety Precautions

    SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Contact the competent authority responsible for the management of radio frequency devices of your country to verify the eventual necessity of a user license. Refer to the web site http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/rtte/spectr.htm for further information. N2468...

  • Page 8: Quick Start

    The following can be used as a checklist to verify all of the steps necessary for complete installation of the DL Cordless Card™ for a DOS terminal and for a laptop (with two PCMCIA overlaid slots for PC cards of type II and with Windows 98, ME, XP, and later versions).
  • Page 9 Installing to DOS Terminal Read all information in the section "Safety Precautions" at the beginning of this manual. Rhino™ will recognize the card if the correct drivers are loaded. Therefore, before inserting the card into the terminal make sure that: in NEWCFG.SYS the driver for the PCMCIA serial ports is loaded: A:\PCMCIA\PCMSCD.EXE the scan engine driver is correctly configured (COM 3, interrupt 5) and...
  • Page 10 Start the DOS terminal. The system assigns DLCC a virtual COM port (COM 3, interrupt 5). Configure the DLCC address according to your application. See "Configuration Methods" paragraph. The default communication parameters of the COM port are: 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, handshaking disabled NOTE The installation is now complete.

  • Page 11: Configuration Methods

    DL Mobile Configurator™ manual. DL Sm@rtSet™ DL Sm@rtSet™ program, available on the Datalogic website, is a Windows-based utility program providing a quick and user-friendly configuration method. It allows defining the complete DLCC configuration and sending it directly to the card via virtual COM port.
  • Page 12 DLCARD.EXE DOS Configuration Program This configuration method allows setting DLCC through a vehicle mounted terminal running the DOS operating system. Upon start, the DOS DLCARD.EXE program checks communication with DLCC. If the test is successful, the program will open the file DLCARD.INI that includes a list of keywords.

  • Page 13: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION The DL Cordless Card™ is a PCMCIA card developed to provide wireless 433 MHz RF communication between a laptop or a vehicle mounted terminal (Host) and Datalogic RF devices or base stations, which are STAR-System™ compatible: Gryphon™ M Readers Dragon™...

  • Page 14: Led Indicator

    DL CORDLESS CARD LED INDICATOR DL Cordless Card™ has one red LED as displayed in the following figure: Indicator Figure 4 - DLCC LED Indicator The LED signals activity on PCMCIA interface.

  • Page 15: Initial Setup

    INITIAL SETUP INITIAL SETUP For a correct DLCC configuration keep in mind the following: • when using the DLCC for the first time, set the desired card address via COM Port, since its factory default address is "Undefined"; CONFIGURATION STRINGS When using a DLCC on a terminal or a portable PC, initial setup can be performed via COM port by sending the configuration strings to the card using any terminal emulation program, for example Hyper Terminal.

  • Page 16: Dlcc Setup

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ DLCC SETUP RESTORE DEFAULT Whenever necessary, send the following string to DLCC via COM Port to restore its default values. Otherwise skip to step 2: $+$*CR Restore DLCC Default This command does not change the DLCC address nor the destination device addresses, nor the RF Baud Rate parameters.

  • Page 17: Configuration

    CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION Once the card is setup, you can change the default parameters to meet your application needs by sending the desired strings to the card via COM Port. The following table lists all configuration commands which do not require the $- character: Description String...

  • Page 18: Com Port Parameters

    COM PORT PARAMETERS ARITY ANDSHAKING ACK/NACK P ROTOCOL FIFO NTER HARACTER ELAY RX T IMEOUT RAME ACKING The programming sequence is the following: Command Carriage return character (0D Hex.) Exit and Save configuration Character sequence in following tables Enter configuration environment...
  • Page 19 COM PORT Description String 150 baud 300 baud 600 baud 1200 baud 2400 baud 4800 baud 9600 baud 19200 baud 38400 baud 57600 baud ARITY None Even parity Odd parity 7 bits 8 bits 9 bits 1 bit 2 bits...
  • Page 20 COM PORT Description String ANDSHAKING see par. 4.2.1 Disable Hardware (RTS/CTS) Software (XON/XOFF) RTS always ON Modem (RTS/CTS) ACK/NACK P ROTOCOL see par. 4.2.2 Disabled Enable ACK/NACK Enable DATA/NACK FIFO see par. 4.2.4 Disable Enable NTER HARACTER ELAY CK00 – CK99 Inter-character delay (ms) RX T IMEOUT...

  • Page 21: Data Format

    DATA FORMAT EADER ERMINATOR EADER OSITION ENGTH DDRESS TAMPING DDRESS ELIMITER The programming sequence is the following: Command Carriage return character (0D Hex.) Exit and Save configuration Character sequence in following tables Enter configuration environment...
  • Page 22 DATA FORMAT Description String EADER EA00 No header EA01x One character header EA02xx Two character headers EA03xxx Three character headers EA04xxxx Four character headers EA05xxxxx Five character headers EA06xxxxxx Six character headers EA07xxxxxxx Seven character headers EA08xxxxxxxx Eight character headers ERMINATOR EA10 No terminator...
  • Page 23 DATA FORMAT Description String EADER OSITION see par. 4.3.1 First frame field Before message field ENGTH Code length not transmitted Code length transmitted in variable-digit length Code length transmitted in fixed 4-digit format The code length is transmitted in the message after the Headers and Code Identifier characters.

  • Page 24: Radio Parameters

    RADIO PARAMETERS RF B RANSMISSION ADIO ROTOCOL IMEOUT INGLE TORE ACK/NACK F EMOTE EACON The programming sequence is the following: Command Carriage return character (0D Hex.) Exit and Save configuration Character sequence in following tables Enter configuration environment...
  • Page 25 RADIO PARAMETERS Description String RF B see par. 4.4.1 9600 baud 19200 baud (Client only) RANSMISSION see par. 4.4.2 1 way mode 2 way mode (Client only) ADIO ROTOCOL IMEOUT see par. 4.4.3 MH01 – MH19 Radio protocol timeout (seconds) (Client only) INGLE TORE...
  • Page 26 RADIO PARAMETERS Description String ACK/NACK F (Client only) EMOTE see par. 4.4.5 Disabled Enable ACK/DATA/NACK (Client only) EACON see par. 4.4.6 Disabled Beacon every 2 seconds Beacon every 3 seconds Beacon every 4 seconds Beacon every 5 seconds Beacon every 6 seconds Beacon every 8 seconds Beacon every 10 seconds Beacon every 20 seconds...

  • Page 27: Parameter Issues And Definitions

    PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS RADIO AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONTROLS DLCC communication can be controlled by several parameters depending on whether it is a Client or Server. DLCC can act as both Client and Server. The following table summarizes which parameters are controlled by the Client and which ones are controlled by the Server.
  • Page 28 DL CORDLESS CARD™ Case 1 – DLCC as Server DRAGON 1 HOST DRAGON 2 DRAGON 3 DLCC F734-E Figure 5 –DLCC as Server DLCC as a Server receives data from RF devices. The ACK/NACK Protocol parameter can be set to assure correct communication between DLCC and the local Host.
  • Page 29 PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS Case 2 – DLCC as Client (like an RF device) HOST Client Figure 6 - DLCC Client In the figure above, DLCC is a Client (as an RF device). The following parameters may be set depending on the application: STAR Modem™...
  • Page 30 DL CORDLESS CARD™ Case 3 – DLCC as Client / Server Client Server HOST 1 HOST 2 Figure 7 – DLCC as Client / Server Both DLCCs are able to communicate bi-directionally. For analysis purposes only, we assume the situation where Host 1 is Client and Host 2 is Server. It is clear that the situation is analogous in the opposite direction: •...
  • Page 31 PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS • If DLCC 1 - Transmission Mode = 2 ways ACK/NACK from Remote Host = enabled FIFO = enabled Handshaking = any Single Store = enabled The Client, (Host 1) sends a message to the Remote Host (Host 2) and expects an answer from Host 2.

  • Page 32: Com Port Parameters

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ COM PORT PARAMETERS 4.2.1 Handshaking Modem: (RTS/CTS) DLCC deactivates the RTS line when it cannot receive a character from the Host. DLCC can transmit data only if the CTS line (controlled by the Host) is active. Signals at EIA levels DLCC™...
  • Page 33 PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS Hardware handshaking: (RTS/CTS) The RTS line is activated by DLCC before transmitting a character. Transmission is possible only if the CTS line (controlled by the Host) is active. Signals at EIA levels Transmitted data Transmitted data Host busy Hardware RTS/CTS Handshaking Software handshaking: (XON/XOFF)

  • Page 34: Ack/Nack Protocol

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4.2.2 ACK/NACK Protocol This parameter sets a transmission protocol which takes place between DLCC (Server) and an RF device. An RF device (such as a hand-held reader) passes its data (code read) to the card installed into the terminal. The Host sends an ACK character (06 HEX) to the card in the case of good reception;...

  • Page 35: Rx Timeout

    PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS If the card does not receive an ACK, DATA or NACK, transmission is ended after the RX Timeout (see par. 4.2.3 ). See also Radio Protocol Timeout, par. 4.4.3, for radio transmission to RF devices. For ACK/NACK selection when DLCC as Client, is transmitting to a destination device connected to a Remote Host, refer to par.

  • Page 36: Frame Packing

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ 4.2.5 Frame Packing This parameter defines the format of the frame to be transmitted between DLCC and the Host. The frame received by DLCC may contain a maximum of 238 characters. All characters not included within this number will be transmitted from the Host in a new frame.
  • Page 37 PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS Correct FRAME identification is managed by frame packing. Three different types of frame packing can be selected: • Frame+ [CR] (default): the frame sent to DLCC is terminated by [CR]. This means you cannot use the [CR] character within the frame. In Frame + [CR] mode, make sure the FRAME does not contain [CR], nor begin with $+ or #+ characters.

  • Page 38: Data Format

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ This string is always transmitted in a single frame preceding the one containing the configuration command, as shown in the following examples: Example 1 Sending the $+$![CR] command to transmit the card software release: Frame = #+++PROG_REQ+++#...

  • Page 39: Address Stamping

    PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS 4.3.2 Address Stamping If enabled, this command includes the RF device or DLCC address in the message/answer transmitted. It is advised to enable this parameter when DLCC is a Server for more than one Client in 2 way transmission. In this way the Host knows to which Client the answer must be sent.

  • Page 40: Address Delimiter

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ destination devices of the system. DLCC will include the same address in the answer it receives from the destination devices and sends back to the Host. Card Addr. + message Card Addr. + answer Destination Client Device...

  • Page 41: Radio Parameters

    PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS RADIO PARAMETERS 4.4.1 RF Baud Rate This parameter defines the baud rate used for radio communication. The baud rate value can be set to 9600 or 19200 according to the device communicating with DLCC. 19200 is the default value. 4.4.2 Transmission Mode (Client only) DLCC Client can communicate within the system using two different transmission...

  • Page 42: Ack/Nack From Remote Host (Client Only)

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ transmission is not successful after the number of configured attempts, the message is lost. To be absolutely sure that messages are received by the destination device, set Single Store to continuous. A new message will not be sent unless the previous one is received.

  • Page 43: Beacon (Client Only)

    PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS with DATA. This answer is sent to DLCC through the destination device. Then, the card transmits it to the Host. If the Radio Protocol Timeout expires before the answer from Remote Host is received by DLCC or in case the Remote Host does not respond, DLCC sends a NACK character to the Host.

  • Page 44: Default Configuration

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ DEFAULT CONFIGURATION Configuration Parameter Default Setting Serial Communication Baud Rate 9600 Parity, Data Bits, Stop Bits No parity; 8 Data bits; 1 Stop bit Handshaking Disabled ACK/NACK Protocol Disabled FIFO Enabled Intercharacter Delay Disabled RX Timeout 5 seconds...

  • Page 45: Technical Features

    TECHNICAL FEATURES TECHNICAL FEATURES Electrical Features Supply voltage 5 Vdc ± 3% Power consumption 400 mW Indicator One red LED Radio Features Working frequency 433.92 Mhz Bit rate Up to 19200 baud Effective Radiated Power <10 mW Range (in open air) 15 m / 49.2 ft RF Modulation System Configuration...

  • Page 46: Typical System Layouts

    DL CORDLESS CARD™ TYPICAL SYSTEM LAYOUTS The following examples give a graphical representation of DLCC applications in 2 typical layouts and provide the software configuration required by each device to communicate within the system (see par. 4.1 for details about the main parameter functioning).
  • Page 47 TYPICAL SYSTEM LAYOUTS DLCC SERVER DLCC is installed into a Rhino™ vehicle mounted terminal and receives data from a DRAGON™ M scanner. ™ M DRAGON A.P. 433 MHz RF Connection 2.4 GHz Network Wired RHINO™ DLCC Figure 11 - DLCC Server Installed into Rhino™ This layout shows the integration of the 433 MHz and 2.4 GHz networks for data collection.
  • Page 48 DL CORDLESS CARD™ BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION Two DLCCs are installed into the dedicated Host. They communicate with each other by transmitting and receiving data. HOST 1 HOST 2 Card 1 Card 2 Figure 12 – Bi-directional Communication Each system device may be configured as follows:...

  • Page 49: B Hex And Numeric Table

    HEX AND NUMERIC TABLE HEX AND NUMERIC TABLE CHARACTER TO HEX CONVERSION TABLE char char char < > SPACE " &...
  • Page 50 Host to which a transmitting DLCC Client sends a message via radio. STAR-System™ a Datalogic radio communication system that uses a Narrow Band RF radio and Datalogic proprietary CSMA/CA protocol to automatically link and manage all the RF devices in the system.
  • Page 51 INDEX COM Port Parameters; 20 Hex and Numeric Table; 37 ACK/NACK Protocol; 22 Handshaking; 20 Configuration; 5 LED Indicator; 2 COM Port Parameters; 6 Data Format; 9 Radio Parameters; 12 Configuration Methods; x Quick Start; vii Configuration Strings from Host; x Installing to DOS Terminal;...
  • Page 52 Gerät declare que el DL Cordless Card EU, Radio Modem with PCMCIA Interface e tutti i suoi modelli and all its models et tous ses modèles und seine modelle...

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