Manual Datalogic STARGATE

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    Installation Manual ©2001-2007 Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. 822000381 (Rev. B) 08/07 www.mobile.datalogic.com Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. Via S. Vitalino, 13 40012 Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna - Italy T elephone: (+39) 051-3147011 Fax: (+39) 051-3147561 World wide Sales Network available from: www.mobile.datalogic.com/cont acts ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 2

    Installation Manual ©2001-2007 Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. 822000381 (Rev. B) 08/07 www.mobile.datalogic.com Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. Via S. Vitalino, 13 40012 Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna - Italy T elephone: (+39) 051-3147011 Fax: (+39) 051-3147561 World wide Sales Network available from: www.mobile.datalogic.com/cont acts ...

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    Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. Via S. Vitalino 13 40012 - Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna - Italy STARGATE™ Ed.: 08/2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Datalogic reserves the right to make modifications and improv em ents without prio r notification. Datalogic shall not be liable for technical or editorial e rrors or omissions contained her ein, nor for inciden ...

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    CONTENTS COMPLIANCE ............................................................................................. iv Radio Compliance .........................................................................................iv FCC Compliance ........................................................................................... v Power Supply .. ...

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    COMPLIANCE This dev ice must be ope ned by qualifie d personnel only . RADIO COMPLIANCE Information for the User ENGLISH Contact the competent author ity responsible for the management of radio frequency devices of your country to verify the eventual necessity of a user license. Refer to the web site http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/rtte/spectr ...

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    FCC COMPLIANCE Modifications or changes to this equipment without expressed w ritten approval of Datalogic could void the aut hority to use the equipment. This device complies with PART 15 of the F CC Rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions: (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept an ...

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    WEEE COMPLIANCE Informazione degli utenti ai sensi della Direttiva Europea 2002/96/EC L’apparecchiatura che riporta il simbolo del bidone barrato deve essere smaltita, alla fine della sua vita utile, separatam ente dai rifiuti urbani. Smaltire l’apparecchiatura in conformi tà alla presente Direttiva consente di:  evitare possibili conseguen ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 8

     éviter les retombées négatives pour l'environnement et la santé dérivant d'une élimination incorrecte  récupérer les matériaux dans le but d'une économie importante en termes d'énergie et de ressources Pour obtenir des informations complémentaires concernant l'élimination, veuillez contacter le fournisse ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 9

    GENERAL VIEW A B C D E F Figure 1 - STARGA TE™ Key: A) Antenna B) LED C) Power supply connector D) Reset/downloading mode button E) RS232 connector F) RS485 connectors viii ...

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    INTRODUCTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 DESCRIPTION OF STARGATE™ STARGATE ™ is a radio base station that enables a w ireless network allow ing data transmission between several Datalogic RF devices and an host system (standard PC, Windows based): STARGATE™ is the core component of the Datalogic STAR-System™, the system providing a modern and flex ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 11

    STAR H GATE™ 1 Features Benefits • Seamless Active Roaming • Wide area coverage • Up to 2.000 RF devices supported  Gryphon™ Mobile series  Dragon™ Mobile series  Formula 734 RF Pocket Terminals ( * )  Formula 725 RF Hand-Held Terminals ( * )  Formula 660 RF Pen Terminals ( * ) • Up to 16 STARGATE ™ RF base station ne ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 12

    INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS The STARGAT E™ Radio Base Station package contains: − n. 1 STARGATE™ Radio Base Station; − n. 1 STARGATE™ installation manual; − n. 1 STAR-Link™ installation CD-ROM; − n. 1 antenna (only for European models); − n. 1 wall mounting base w ith 2 threaded dow els and 2 screws; − n. 1 fixing plate ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 13

    STAR H GATE™ 1 1.4 RESET BUTTON This button deletes all RAM data restor ing the last sav ed configuration. By pressing it for 2.5 seconds the yello w light starts blinking and it goes on by releasing the button. This light signals that STARG ATE™ has entered the firmware downloading mode. While w orking in this m ode the base station cu rrent c ...

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    INSTALLATION 2 2 INSTALLATION 2.1 POSITIONING STARGATE™ Before connecting the STARGATE™ base station, it is first necessary to position it so that the RF transmission and reception is possible. To position STARGAT E™, bear in mi nd the follow ing fundamental guidelines: 1. the maximum distance between base st ation and RF device is about 50 m ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 2 2.1.2 Wall Mounting Before performing the following operat ion, mount the fi xing plate on the STARGATE™ bottom surface by means of the four screws. T hen, slide the w all mounting base along the fixing plate and fix it through the set - screw. Do not screw it too tight in order to allow t he wall mounting base to slide out . Scr ...

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    INSTALLATION 2 For wall mounting, fix the related plate as follow s: Set - screw Mounting holes Fixing plate guide Figure 3 - Wall Mounting Base 1. Using the mounting holes on the plate as a pattern mark the wall where y ou desire to mount STARGATE™; 2. Drill two appropriate size holes; 3. Insert the threaded dowels into the holes; 4. Position th ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 8 3 3 CONNECTIONS STARGATE ™ can be connected to the PC through an RS232 or an RS485 line. It is possible to set the base station by s ending the configurat ion of the desired connection through the software running on the PC (see par. 4.3 and par. 4.4). 3.1 RS232 CONNECTION If the required coverage area is supplied by a single STA ...

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    CONNECTIONS 3 Pinout 8 1 Figure 5 - RJ45 Modular Connector 9 87 6 54 3 21 Figure 6 - 9-pin Female Connector The cable connecting the base station to the PC has the following pinout: 2 3 9-pin connecto r (female) 1 RJ45 modular conn ector PC sid e STARGATE™ side 5 5 RX TX GND 2 Figure 7 - RS232 Pinout 3.2 RS485 CONNECTION USING F904/N Several STAR ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 3 Figure 8 - RS485 Connection The cables, converter and power supplie s are listed w ith their order number: A. 94A054000 2 m serial cable B. 94ACC4470 F904/N RS 232/RS485 converter C. 94ACC4050 power supply 110 V (USA) 94ACC4060 power supply 240 V (UK) 94ACC4070 power supply 220 V (EURO) 94ACC4500 power supply 240 V (Australia) D. C ...

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    CONNECTIONS 3 CAUTION To configure the STARGATE™ bas e station use the cable and the adapter listed in par. 3.1. For further details see par. 4.3. The RS485 bus system and the eventual power are propagated from one base station to another through a cable having the following minimum characteristics: − 2 twisted pair AWG 24 w ire − Impedance: ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 3 If connecting up to 16 STARGATE™ base stat ions in the same system, it is necessary to use a custom cable hav ing two different pinouts depending on the network configuration. If each STARGATE™ present in the system is individually powered, the custom cable pinout is the following: 5 2 RJ45 5 2 RJ45 1 1 VDC- RS485- RS485+ Twist ...

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    CONNECTIONS 3 If using a shielded cable, it is necessary to link the cable shields together (see Figure 12) and connect them to the earth ground in only one point. We suggest to use your PC ground (w hen pr ovided) to make the connection to the earth ground. Figure 12 - Linking the Cable Shields Network Termination WARNING Before proceeding with th ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 14 3 3.3 RS485 CONNECTION USING STAR-BOX™ Several STARGATE™ base stations can be chained together in an RS485 network or a single STARGAT E™ having a distance > 15 m from the PC can be connected. The (first) base station is connected to the PC through an active STAR-Box™ RS232/485 converter set to the follow ing default pa ...

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    CONNECTIONS 3 Network Termination The RS485 bus must be properly terminated by positioning a jumper in both the last STAR-Box™ device and the first ST AR -Box™ device on the netw ork bus and NOT inside STARGATE™. Refer to the STAR-Box™ relevant m anual to get further information about connections, system w iring and bus termination. 15 ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 4 4 CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4.1 STAR-System™ OVERVIEW Two different layouts are provided depending on the application needs. Each layout may consist of a single STARGATE™ or a network of several RF base stations. An RF device is logically linked to only one STARGATE™ RF base station at a time. In case of a networ ...

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    CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4 If the system has been started correctly (i nvoking the proper STAR-Link™ ActiveX method) and the network initia lization has been completed, t he registration of the RF device in the network and the first data transaction occur at the same time. Then, the RF device will send information to the host PC ide ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 4 NOTE Be careful when installing two s eparate networks having overlapping RF coverage areas. In this case no RF device nor STARGATE™ RF base station must shar e the same address considering the total number of RF devices (see Figure 15). Figure 15 - Separate STAR-Sy stem(s)™ w ith Overlapping Cov erage Areas The same care must ...

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    CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4 Example If working w ith an installation composed of 4 point-to-point cordless systems (RF device with its base), 4 STARGATE™ RF bas e stations connected to 1 host PC via RS485 and 10 RF devices exchanging data with that host, a correct set of addresses could be: point-to-point: base stations RF devices 10 ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 4 4.2 LOADING A SW APPLICATION ONTO AN RF TERMINAL The following procedure is not va lid for STARGATE™ USA model . This example explains how to load the demo software (provided by the ST AR-Link™ CD-ROM) onto an RF terminal: 1. Connect the terminal cradle to the PC COM1 by means of the serial cable and insert the RF terminal into ...

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    CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4 6. If the dow nloadin g procedure has completed su ccessfully (after a series of messages about automatic tests have been displayed and several beeps have been emitted), the following message appears: DATALOGIC RF DEMO Any Key to start Or F4 to Set Press F4 and set the following parameters: Addr. : ID addres ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 4 4.3 RS232 LAYOUT This procedure is intended to be a step-by-s tep guide explaining how to configure a STARGATE™ RF Base Station by using t he Visual Basic example provided in the STAR-Link™ CD-ROM and based upon the ST AR-Link ActiveX. The procedure assumes the STARGA TE™ RF Base Stat ion has a factory default address. If wor ...

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    CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4 10. Set the STARGA TE™ (European models only) new address on the RF terminal (loading a softw are application as described in par. 4.2) as first and last base station to whic h sending the data packets in 1way or 2 w ay mode (see par. 4.5). Set the STA RGATE™ (both European and USA models) new address on ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 4 4. Select the Base station s option from the Settings menu: the RF Base stations dialog box appears; 5. Digit 2000 in the Edit box positioned in the right upper part of the dialog box and click on the Ad d button. T he address w ill then be di splayed in the list on the left; 6. Select the 2000 address number from the list and clic ...

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    CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4 19. If the RS485 network is connected thr ough a serial port different from the one previously used to configur e the base stations, select the Control settings option from the Settings menu. The Properties settings dialog box appears allow ing to select a different port. Then, click OK to confirm the new va ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 4 4.5 NOTES FOR THE PROGRAMMER STARGATE™ does not carry out continuous polling, but it is only enabled each time an RF device sends it a sequenc e of data. This means t he radio channel is always free when the RF devices are not transmitting. The media access procedure used to manage the shared RF channel is a Carrier Sense Multipl ...

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    CONFIGURING AND TESTING STAR-System™ 4 Both the transactions (1 way and 2 way) must have an acknowledgement back to be completed correctly. This assures that t he application program al way s knows if the data packet has been correctly delivered or not. In case the RF device does not receive the acknowledgement packet, the transaction fails due t ...

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    STAR H GATE™ 5 5 TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS CA USES REMEDY STARGATE™ is not powered. Supply STARGATE™. The connecting cable is broken or it is not correctly connected. Check the cable is in good condition and connected correctly. During configuration a wrong communication interface has been selected. Set the communication interface correctly. A ...

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    TECHNICAL FEATURES 6 6 TECHNICAL FEATURES Electrical Features Micro-controller 16bit CMOS Program memory 128 Kb Data memory 128 Kb Supply voltage 9..30 Vdc Power consumption 600 mW Radio Features European Models USA Models Working frequency 433.92 Mhz 910 Mhz Bit rate 19200 baud 36800 baud Effective radiated power <10 mW < 1 mW Range (in open ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 39

    Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. 07 Via S. Vitalino 13 Via S. Vitalino 13 40012 - Lippo di Calderara 40012 - Lippo di Calderara Bologna - Italy Bologna - Italy dichiara che dichiara che declares that the declares that the déclare que le déclare que le bescheinigt, daß das Gerät bescheinigt, daß das Gerät declare que el declare ...

  • Datalogic STARGATE - page 40

    Installation Manual ©2001-2007 Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. 822000381 (Rev. B) 08/07 www.mobile.datalogic.com Datalogic Mobile S.r.l. Via S. Vitalino, 13 40012 Lippo di Calderara di Reno Bologna - Italy T elephone: (+39) 051-3147011 Fax: (+39) 051-3147561 World wide Sales Network available from: www.mobile.datalogic.com/cont acts ...

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