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DX8200 Controller

Reference Manual

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Page 3: ...DX8200 Controller INSTALLATION MANUAL ...

Page 4: ...ts without prior notification 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 Product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies Datalogic S p A 2000 2004 20 10 04 ...

Page 5: ... 3 3 Host Interface 8 Main Interface 9 Auxiliary Interface 12 2 3 4 Lonworks 12 2 3 5 RS232 Debug 13 2 3 6 Inputs 13 2 3 7 Outputs 14 2 4 Layouts 15 3 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 16 3 1 Genius Installation 16 3 2 Guide to Configuration 16 3 3 Advanced Genius Configuration 17 3 4 Parameter Default Values 18 4 READING FEATURES 21 4 1 Advanced Code Reconstruction 21 4 2 PackTrack 22 4 3 Performance 23 4 3...

Page 6: ...iv GLOSSARY 41 INDEX 44 ...

Page 7: ...on see par 2 3 2 and 2 3 3 b correctly wiring the Encoder and External Trigger Presence Sensor inputs as well as any output devices to the DX8200 Controller signals see par 2 3 6 and 2 3 7 c completing the system wiring adding as many slave scanners as required by your system layout refer to par 2 4 d correctly inserting either the BTK 8000 terminator or the CAB 8305 cable in the last Slave reader...

Page 8: ...vi GENERAL VIEW DX8200 Controller Figure A DX8200 Controller General View Control Panel see Figure B Product Label Laser Output Windows Mounting Rails Laser Warning Label 1 2 3 4 5 2 1 4 5 3 ...

Page 9: ...works Network Connector RS232 Debug Connector Ethernet connector Power ON LED Presence Sensor LED N A Encoder LED Good Read LED TX Data LED Network LED 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 VAC Power Panel for VAC models only Fuses Power Switch Power Connector 12 10 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 ...

Page 10: ...rovided to comply with the rules imposed by international authorities and refers to the correct use of the DX8200 Controller scanner Standard Regulations This scanner utilizes up to 3 low power laser diodes Although staring directly at the laser beam momentarily causes no known biological damage avoid staring at the beam as one would with any very strong light source such as the sun Avoid that the...

Page 11: ...3B laser products according to EN 60825 1 regulations and as Class IIIb laser products according to CDRH regulations As it is not possible to apply a classification label on the laser diodes used in this device the following label is reproduced here LASER LIGHT AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM CLASS 3B LASER PRODUCT MAXIMUM OUTPUT RADIATION 35 mW EMITTED WAVELENGTH 630 680 nm TO EN 60825 1 2001 Laser diode ...

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Page 13: ...ected from the Slave scanners are assigned the correct parcel and the message is transmitted to the Host However the DX8200 Controller can also be used in Stand Alone configurations The Genius configuration program is used to completely configure the DX8200 Controller regarding enabled code symbologies PackTrack parameters Data formatting etc Through the Controller the relative Slave scanner confi...

Page 14: ...ronic controller selects the best focused laser emitter with respect to the code to read This allows the reading of medium high density codes in a large reading area on very fast conveyors FLEXIBILITY The high frequency laser diode modulation system guarantees complete immunity to ambient light and allows installation of the DX8200 Controller in any working area The DX8200 Controller is easily con...

Page 15: ...ission on the Lonworks network 1 2 MODEL DESCRIPTION The DX8200 Controller scanner is available in versions that differ depending on number of lasers optical resolution power supply DX8200 Controller X 0 X X Laser Number 2 Double laser 3 Triple laser Optical Resolution 0 Standard resolution 1 High resolution Power supply 0 VDC 1 VAC 1 3 ACCESSORIES The following DX8200 Controller accessories are a...

Page 16: ...r industrial applications and for all cases requiring high reading performance such as code reconstruction reading of codes covered by plastic film reading of codes with a wide depth of field reading of high resolution codes positioned at long distances from the reader code reading on fast moving objects ...

Page 17: ...CONTENTS Verify that the DX8200 Controller and all the parts supplied with the equipment are present and intact when opening the packaging the list of parts includes DX8200 Controller Installation Manual barcode test chart CD ROM Package Contents ...

Page 18: ...llation The diagram below gives all the information required for installation refer to par 4 4 for correct positioning of the scanner with respect to the code passage zone 5 9 150 3 7 94 22 7 576 18 5 470 2 1 53 385 15 16 20 2 513 40 1 6 10 0 4 170 6 7 9 0 4 170 6 7 118 4 6 64 2 5 mm inch POWER ON EXT TRIG ENCODER GOOD READ TX DATA NETWORK DX8200 Controller Overall Dimensions ...

Page 19: ...ation of the scanner depends on the models between 20 and 30 VDC supplied to the Lonworks OUTPUT connector for DX8200 Controller X0X0 models between 85 and 264 VAC supplied through the VAC cable for DX8200 Controller X0X1 models For VDC models the PWR power supplies optional supply the power necessary for the entire network of DX8200 Controller and relative Slaves and allows main power to be used ...

Page 20: ...itive pin 12 OUT 2 Configurable digital output 2 negative pin 16 OUT 3A Configurable digital output 3 polarity insensitive 17 OUT 3B Configurable digital output 3 polarity insensitive 18 EXT_TRIG A External trigger polarity insensitive 19 EXT_TRIG B External trigger polarity insensitive 6 ENC A Encoder input signal polarity insensitive 10 ENC B Encoder input signal polarity insensitive 14 IN3A Inp...

Page 21: ... given in the next paragraphs RS232 Interface The main serial interface is used for communication with the Host computer and allows both transmission of code data and configuring the reader The following pins of the 25 pin connector are used for RS232 interface connection depending on the reader model Pin Name Function 2 TX Transmit 3 RX Receive 4 RTS Request to send 5 CTS Clear to send 7 GND ISO ...

Page 22: ...round DX8200 Controller 7 GND_ISO TX485 2 RX485 3 TX485 4 RX485 5 TX485 TX485 GND USER INTERFACE RX485 RX485 1 Shield Earth Ground RS485 Full Duplex Interface Connections RS485 Half Duplex Interface The RS485 half duplex interface can be used for multidrop connections with a Datalogic multiplexer or it can also be used for a master slave layout The following pins of the 25 pin connector are used f...

Page 23: ...t Loop Output 5 CLIN Current Loop Input 7 GND Earth Ground For 20 mA C L connections GND is the same as the scanner power supply GND DX8200 Controller USER INTERFACE 5 C L IN GND 20 mA 7 C L OUT 4 20 mA 20 mA C L Active Connections Passive Connections The following pins of the 25 pin output connector are used for the passive connections Pin Name Function 2 CLOUT Current Loop Output 4 CLOUT Current...

Page 24: ... Auxiliary signal ground DX8200 Controller USER INTERFACE 23 GNDAUX GND TXD RXAUX 20 RXD TXAUX 21 Shield 1 Earth Ground RS232 Auxiliary Interface Connections 2 3 4 Lonworks scanner side external view A1 A2 1 15 OUTPUT Lonworks OUTPUT pinout Pin Name Function A1 GND supply voltage negative pin A2 VS supply voltage 20 to 30 Vdc positive pin 1 Shield A 3 Shield B 8 Lon A lonworks A line positive pin ...

Page 25: ...ading area All inputs are optocoupled and driven by a constant current generator the command signal is filtered through an anti disturbance circuit which generates a configurable delay of about 5 ms or 500 µs The electrical features of the inputs are Maximum voltage 30 V Maximum current 10 mA Input NPN Polarity Insensitive Common Reference EXTERNAL TRIGGER ENCODER VS A Vext B GND V 5V Ground 9 DX8...

Page 26: ...rity Sensitive DX8200 Controller USER INTERFACE Vext 100 Vdc max A B DX8200 Controller USER INTERFACE Vext 30 Vdc max The OUT3 electrical features are given below Collector Emitter voltage 100 V max Collector current 240 mA pulse max 160 mA continuous max R on 6 15 Ω R off 500 Ω Off state leakage current 1 µA Maximum power dissipation 550 mW at 50 C Ambient temperature The OUT1 OUT2 electrical fea...

Page 27: ...lowing figures show 2 possible layouts for the DX8200 Controller HOST DX8200 Controller MASTER Scanner VAC model BTK 8000 85 260 VAC PRESENCE SENSOR ENCODER DATALOGIC CAB 810X CABLES 1 Bus Interface SLAVE Scanners 85 260 VAC 85 260 VAC HOST 1 2 3 DX8200 Controller MASTER Scanner VDC model CAB 8305 PRESENCE SENSOR ENCODER DATALOGIC CAB 810X CABLES Bus Interface SLAVE Scanners PWR 120 240 480 Presen...

Page 28: ...d and monitored To install Genius proceed as follows 1 Turn on the PC that will be used for configuration and launch Windows 95 98 or NT 2 Insert the Genius CD ROM 3 Wait for the CD autorunning and follow the installation procedure 3 2 GUIDE TO CONFIGURATION After installing the Genius software program see par 3 1 the following window appears asking the user to choose the desired configuration lev...

Page 29: ...r configuration or to open and modify an old one The desired parameters can be defined in the following window similar to the MS Explorer Genius Parameter Explorer Window The procedure for setting the scanner parameters is supported by a help on line which is displayed in an HTML browser It can be selected from the Configuration Help option available in the Help menu In addition a context sensitiv...

Page 30: ...tern Match String Empty Code Label Settings 2 Code Symbology Code 39 Label Length Variable Minimum Label Length 1 Maximum Label Length 48 Min Code Position 0 Max Code Position 255 Check Digit Disabled unchecked Pattern Match String Empty Operating Modes Operating Mode Selection PackTrack Physical Encoder Enabled checked Encoder Step hundredths of mm 100 PS Line mm 0 Presence Sensor Input 1 Presenc...

Page 31: ...n Mode Standard Main Port Electrical Interface RS232 Handshake None Baud Rate 9600 Parity None Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Auxiliary Serial Port Data Tx Enabled checked Pass Through Disabled unchecked Parameters Baud Rate 115200 Parity None Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Digital I O Setting Digital Input Lines Setting Debouncing For Input 1 3 and 4 5ms Debouncing For Input 2 500 µs Input 1 Active Level Overr...

Page 32: ...ve Deactivation Event None Deactivation Timeout ms 50 Output 2 Line State Normally Open Activation Event No Read Alternative Activation Event Partial Read Deactivation Event Timeout Alternative Deactivation Event None Deactivation Timeout ms 50 Output 3 Line State Normally Open Activation Event None Alternative Activation Event None Deactivation Event None Alternative Deactivation Event None ...

Page 33: ...laser beam to cross the label from the start to the end With just a set of partial scans on the label obtained using the motion of the label itself the DX8200 Controller is able to reconstruct the barcode A typical set of partial scans is shown below Code Direction Partial scans None of the partial scans contains the whole label The decoder aligns each partial scan correctly and combines them in o...

Page 34: ...und at the same time in the scanner reading area Therefore the condition occurs where in the sequence of the two parcels the code of the second parcel is read first just before the code of the previous parcel A system without PackTrack would assign the code of the second parcel to the first parcel and viceversa thus causing a gross error in the sortation Conveyor direction Conveyor direction Track...

Page 35: ...ctional Reading mm Conveyor Speed m s 0 5 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 0 25 10 12 14 17 19 21 0 30 12 14 16 18 20 22 0 33 13 14 17 19 21 23 0 38 14 16 18 20 22 24 0 50 18 19 21 23 25 27 0 60 21 22 24 26 28 30 2 5 Interleaved Code Resolution mm 1 00 34 35 36 37 39 41 Table 1 Minimum Code Height for Omnidirectional Reading mm Conveyor Speed m s 0 5 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 0 25 9 10 12 15 17 19 0 30 10 11 13 16 18 20 0 33 11...

Page 36: ... 24 26 0 50 20 22 24 26 28 30 0 60 23 25 27 29 31 34 Codabar Code Resolution mm 1 00 36 38 40 42 44 47 Table 4 Minimum Code Height for Omnidirectional Reading mm Conveyor Speed m s 0 5 1 1 5 2 2 5 3 0 25 8 9 11 13 15 17 0 30 9 10 11 14 16 18 0 33 9 10 12 14 16 18 0 38 11 12 13 15 17 19 0 50 13 14 15 16 18 20 0 60 15 16 17 18 19 22 EAN 8 13 UPC A Code Resolution mm 1 00 24 25 26 27 28 29 Table 5 ...

Page 37: ... 25 4 4 4 READING DIAGRAMS Single Configuration DX8200 Controller 201X 0 25 mm codes 1100 Dimensions given in mm CONVEYOR PLANE Reading Area DOF 400 120 500 FW Ref Reading diagram for double diode high resolution model ...

Page 38: ...OLLER 26 4 Single Configuration DX8200 Controller 200X 0 30 mm codes CONVEYOR PLANE DOF 500 600 1300 FW 700 600 Reading Area 20 Dimensions given in mm Ref Reading diagram for double diode standard resolution model ...

Page 39: ...TURES 27 4 Single Configuration DX8200 Controller 200X 0 50 mm codes 800 CONVEYOR PLANE Reading Area DOF 700 600 900 FW 20 1500 Dimensions given in mm Ref Reading diagram for double diode standard resolution model ...

Page 40: ... CONTROLLER 28 4 Single Configuration DX8200 Controller 301X 0 25 mm codes CONVEYOR PLANE Reading Area DOF 600 FW 500 1100 120 Dimensions given in mm Ref Reading diagram for triple diode high resolution model ...

Page 41: ...RES 29 4 Single Configuration DX8200 Controller 300X 0 30 mm codes Reading Area 1400 CONVEYOR PLANE 700 500 FW 100 DOF 600 800 20 Dimensions given in mm Ref Reading diagram for triple diode standard resolution model ...

Page 42: ...ER 30 4 Single Configuration DX8200 Controller 300X 0 50 mm codes 1500 CONVEYOR PLANE DOF 1000 900 FW Reading Area 700 500 300 100 Dimensions given in mm Ref Reading diagram for triple diode standard resolution model ...

Page 43: ...YOR PLANE DOF 400 Reading Area FW Ref 120 Dimensions given in mm Reading diagram for side by side double diode high resolution model Side by side configurations are shown with the minimum overlap You should adapt the distance between the scanners and therefore the field width according to your application ...

Page 44: ...ANE 1200 FW DOF 600 Reading Area 1240 20 Dimensions given in mm Reading diagram for side by side double diode standard resolution model Side by side configurations are shown with the minimum overlap You should adapt the distance between the scanners and therefore the field width according to your application ...

Page 45: ... 900 Reading Area 1240 1200 FW 20 700 100 1000 Dimensions given in mm Reading diagram for side by side double diode standard resolution model Side by side configurations are shown with the minimum overlap You should adapt the distance between the scanners and therefore the field width according to your application ...

Page 46: ...EYOR PLANE DOF 600 FW 900 Reading Area 120 Dimensions given in mm Reading diagram for side by side triple diode high resolution model Side by side configurations are shown with the minimum overlap You should adapt the distance between the scanners and therefore the field width according to your application ...

Page 47: ...E DOF FW 800 600 Reading Area 1240 20 100 1000 Dimensions given in mm Reading diagram for side by side triple diode standard resolution model Side by side configurations are shown with the minimum overlap You should adapt the distance between the scanners and therefore the field width according to your application ...

Page 48: ...EYOR PLANE DOF 1000 700 Reading Area 1040 100 Dimensions given in mm Reading diagram for side by side triple diode standard resolution model Side by side configurations are shown with the minimum overlap You should adapt the distance between the scanners and therefore the field width according to your application ...

Page 49: ...odify Scanner Configuration parameter in Genius is checked you can configure the Lonworks Slave Scanner Common Parameters Code and Reconstruction Parameters through the Master By configuring the Slave scanners through the Master the Automatic Scanner Replacement procedure ASR is implemented 2 After system configuration through the Master Send the configuration with Environmental parameters to the ...

Page 50: ...re the power supply cable is disconnected to avoid shock or harm to the operator Two protection fuses are located next to the on off switch Figure B 12 To replace them turn the device off and disconnect the power supply cable then with a screwdriver remove the fuses and replace them with new ones of the correct value see the following fuse selection table Connect the power supply cable and turn th...

Page 51: ...INT 60 19200 Auxiliary RS232 1200 115200 Inputs optocoupled NPN or PNP 1 external trigger 3 auxiliary digital inputs Outputs optocoupled open emitter collector 3 software programmable digital ouputs OPTICAL FEATURES see note 1 Light source up to 3 semiconductor laser diodes Wavelength 630 to 680 nm Safety class Class 2 EN 60825 1 Class II CDRH Light receiver Avalanche photodiode READING FEATURES S...

Page 52: ...ility program Parameter Storage Non volatile internal FLASH ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES Operating temperature 0 to 50 C 32 to 122 F Storage temperature 20 to 70 C 4 to 158 F Humidity 90 non condensing Vibration resistance EN 60068 2 6 test FC 1 5 mm 5 to 9 1 Hz 0 5 G 9 1 to 150 Hz 2 hours on each axis Shock resistance EN 60068 2 27 test EA 15 G 11 ms 3 shocks on each axis in each direction Protection c...

Page 53: ...sists of a leading margin start character data or message character check character if any stop character and trailing margin Within this framework each recognizable symbology uses its own unique format Barcode Label A label that carries a barcode and can be affixed to an article Baud Rate A unit used to measure communications speed or data transfer rate CD SQUARE CD SQUARE provides useful informa...

Page 54: ...eading systems when it is impossible to detect the real position of the code on the parcel thus overcoming the need for external accessories essential in traditional tracking systems See par 4 2 for more details Parameter A value that you specify to a program Typically parameters are set to configure a device to have particular operating characteristics Position The position of a scanner or light ...

Page 55: ... and checksum characters as required that form a complete scannable barcode Trigger Signal A signal typically provided by a photoelectric sensor or proximity switch which informs the scanner of the presence of an object within its reading zone UPC Acronym for Universal Product Code The standard barcode type for retail food packaging in the United States Visible Laser Diode A light source used in s...

Page 56: ...Loop 11 Main RS232 9 Main RS485 Full Duplex 10 Main RS485 Half Duplex 10 RS232 Debug 13 L Layouts 15 M Maintenance 37 Mechanical Dimensions 6 Model Description 3 O Outputs 14 P Package Contents 5 PackTrack 22 Parameter Explorer Window 17 Parameter Groups Default Values 18 Performance 23 R Reading Conditions 23 Reading Diagrams 25 Reading Features 21 S Safety Precautions viii Electrical Safety viii...

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