Intermec EasyCoder 501 XP & 601 XP – Service Manual
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Chapter 16 Interfaces
16.5 Serial/Industrial
Interface Board
Description
The Serial/Industrial Interface Board is an optional device that pro-
vides these EasyCoder 501 XP and 601 XP printers with two extra
interfaces.
There is also an Industrial Interface Board that has no serial port,
see Chapter 16.8. This board allows an EasyLAN 100 interface
board to be installed outside the Industrial Interface Board.
Industrial Interface
This interface contains eight digital IN and eight digital OUT ports
with optocouplers, plus four OUT ports with relays.
The status of all ports can be read using PORTIN functions and
the OUT ports can be set be means of PORTOUT ON/OFF state-
ments (see Intermec Fingerprint v7.61, Programmer’s Reference
Manual). Thus, it is possible to design Intermec Fingerprint pro-
grams which control not only the printer but also various external
devices in for example a production line. The digital IN ports can
read the status of various sensors and the program can for example
switch control lamps on or off, open or close gates, and start or stop
conveyor belts accordingly using of the relays and the digital OUT
ports.
Serial Interface
This interface contains one serial communication channel ("uart2:")
for one of the following alternatives:
• RS-232
• RS-422 non isolated
• RS-422 isolated
• RS-485 terminated or not terminated.
Selection of type of serial interface is done by fi tting various types
of socket-mounted driver circuits and straps.
Industrial Interface
Serial Interface
"uart2:"