ClassNet Terminal User Manual
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Introduction
This Manual introduces ASP’s ClassNet Terminal, gives overviews of
related software and the Intelligent RS-485 Adaptor, discusses barcoded
student cards, and outlines installation.
ClassNet Terminal Overview
The ClassNet Terminal was designed by ASP Microcomputers as the
data collection component for Student Attendance Systems. The
ClassNet Terminal is the same size as a standard Australian power point,
and is designed for vertical flush or proud mounting using standard
power point fitting hardware.
The ClassNet Terminal integrates a time display, barcode card reading
slot, and IDTag reading socket (an IDTag is an alternative to barcodes
that looks like a lithium battery and is fitted to a key tag or card).
The ClassNet Terminal is normally powered by a low voltage plug pack,
and connected on a simple two-wire daisy-chained RS-485 network cable
to an ASP Intelligent RS-485 Adaptor, which connects to the serial port
of a PC.
The ClassNet Terminal stores time-stamped barcode or IDTag data in
battery-backed storage memory, so that it is not lost in the event of power
failures. Software periodically communicates with each ClassNet
Terminal, collecting the stored information, and stores it for access by
data analysis software. During the data collection sequence, the clock in
the ClassNet Terminal is also synchronised to that of the computer
collecting the data.
The ClassNet Terminal is normally supplied as a vertical mounting unit
(as shown on the left below), but it can be ordered in the new horizontal
mounting format, as shown on the right.
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