Datalogic PowerScan M8500, Product Reference Manual

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PowerScan M8500 Setup
36 PowerScan® M8500
Multiple Stand-Alone Layouts
Many stand-alone connections can operate in the same physical area without interference,
provided all readers and cradles in the system have different addresses.
Figure 19. Multiple Stand-alone Systems in the Same Area
Since the cradles can communicate to multiple PowerScan
®
M8500 readers, you might find
it useful to employ one or more C-8000 battery chargers in addition to the BC-80X0 cradle,
so that the battery re-charging operation can be performed for several scanners at the same
time.
Figure 20. C-BOX Layout
In this layout the BC-80X0 cradle is connected by a dedicated cable using the RS-232
interface to a C-BOX connection box as part of a fixed scanner network. This allows the
flexibility of a hand-held reading station integrated into a variety of fixed scanning
applications so that all readers (both fixed and hand-held), in the system provide
communications to the Host.
The various C-BOX models provide many interface types for the Host system such as RS-232,
RS-485, and Profibus.