Using ESP
MS-860 Industrial Raster Reader User’s Manual
2-9
Connect Menu
Autoconnect
Generally
Autoconnect will be the quickest way that
ESP can get connected to a reader. Autoconnect will try
connecting at the most common communications settings
and step through the various settings until they match up
with the host’s settings.
Connect
When you select
Connect, you will need to manually
select the communications settings from a popup dialog.
Configure Multidrop
To connect to the reader by Multidrop, you will need a multidrop concentrator such as
the MS-5000 and the required power supplies and cabling to communicate with your
scanner(s).
1. From the
Communications drop
down menu in
ESP, select
Config-
ure Multidrop
to bring up the
Mul-
tidrop Settings dialog.
2. If necessary, change the default
address to match the address of
your multidropped scanner and
click
OK
.
If the host serial port is not con-
nected in
ESP, you will see the fol-
lowing popup message:
“
ESP is not currently connected to
the multidrop concentrator. Do
you wish to establish a connection
now?”
3. Click
Yes
.
You will see a
Connection Settings
dialog as shown on the next page.
Artisan Technology Group - Quality Instrumentation ... Guaranteed | (888) 88-SOURCE | www.artisantg.com
