Datalogic Rhino II, User Manual

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Rhino II Configuration
22 Rhino™ II
Screen Blanking
The Rhino II has the ability to blank the screen when positive voltage
is applied to a designated COM port pin. This is typically used to blank
the screen when a vehicle is in motion, a requirement is some
countries. For the Rhino II, an external sensor must be used that will
either provide a positive voltage when the vehicle moves, or closes a
relay in the same circumstance. If using a relay, then the positive
voltage from pin 9 of the selected COM port should be wired as input
to the relay. The output from the sensor or relay should be wired to
pin 1 (DCD) or pin 6 (DSR) of the selected COM port. The screen
blanking cable from Datalogic (p/n 94ACC0157) is wired to pin 9 (pink)
and pin 6 (grey).
Configuration (in \Utilities\UtilConfig.cfg):
Locate (or add) the line ScreenBlankBits=X in the [General] section of
the file. X should be set to the appropriate value from the list:
• 1 – COM1: DCD (pin 1)
• 2 – COM1: DSR (pin 6)
• 4 – COM2: DCD (pin 1)
• 8 – COM2: DSR (pin 6)
Deleting the ScreenBlankBits line from the cfg file will turn off screen
blanking.