Datalogic DL Cordless Card User manual

DL
Reference Manual
Cordless Card™

DL Cordless Card™
REFERENCE MANUAL

DATALOGIC S.p.A.
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DL Cordless Card™
Ed.: 12/2003
This manual refers to software version 1.0 and later
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Datalogic reserves the right to make modifications or improvements without prior modifications.
Datalogic shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein, nor for incidental or
consequential damages resulting from the use of this material.
Products names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or
registered trademarks of their respective companies.
© Datalogic S.p.A. 2003
03/12/03

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CONTENTS
1INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................1
1.1 Overview.......................................................................................................1
1.2 LED Indicator................................................................................................2
2INITIAL SETUP ............................................................................................3
2.1 Configuration Strings.....................................................................................3
2.2 DLCC Setup..................................................................................................4
3CONFIGURATION........................................................................................5
4PARAMETER ISSUES AND DEFINITIONS...............................................15
4.1 Radio and Serial Communication Controls .................................................15
4.2 COM Port Parameters.................................................................................20
4.2.1 Handshaking...............................................................................................20
4.2.2 ACK/NACK Protocol....................................................................................22
4.2.3 RX Timeout.................................................................................................23
4.2.4 FIFO............................................................................................................23
4.2.5 Frame Packing............................................................................................24
4.3 Data Format................................................................................................26
4.3.1 Header/Terminator Selection......................................................................26
4.3.2 Address Stamping.......................................................................................27
4.3.3 Address Delimiter........................................................................................28
4.4 Radio Parameters.......................................................................................29
4.4.1 RF Baud Rate.............................................................................................29
4.4.2 Transmission Mode (Client only).................................................................29
4.4.3 Radio Protocol Timeout (Client only)...........................................................29
4.4.4 Single Store (Client only)............................................................................29
4.4.5 ACK/NACK From Remote Host (Client only) ..............................................30
4.4.6 Beacon (Client only)....................................................................................31
5DEFAULT CONFIGURATION....................................................................32
6TECHNICAL FEATURES...........................................................................33

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REFERENCES
CONVENTIONS
This manual uses the following conventions:
"User" refers to anyone using a DL Cordless Card™.
"DLCC" refers to the DL Cordless Card™.
"You" refers to the System Administrator or Technical Support person using this
manual to install, configure, operate, maintain or troubleshoot a DLCC.
REFERENCE DOCUMENTATION
For further details refer to the card Quick Reference Manual and to the RHINO™
Reference Manual.
SERVICE, SUPPORT AND WARRANTY
Datalogic provides several services as well as technical support through its website.
Log on to www.datalogic.com/services/support and click on the links indicated for
further information including:
· Services - Warranty Extensions and Maintenance Agreements
· Support - Software Driver Downloads
· Contact Us - Listing of Datalogic Subsidiaries and Quality Partners
· Authorised Repair Centres

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Contact the competent authority 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.htm for further
information.
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QUICK START
The following can be used as a checklist to verify all of the steps necessary for
complete installation of the DL Cordless Card™ for a DOS terminal and for a laptop
(with two PCMCIA overlaid slots for PC cards of type II and with Windows 98, ME,
XP, and later versions).
Installing to portable PC
1) Read all information in the section "Safety Precautions" at the beginning of
this manual.
2) Start your PC.
3) Insert the DLCC correctly in the PCMCIA slot. Refer to the PC user's
manual.
Figure 1 - Laptop Card Installation
A) Windows notifies the PC has a new hardware device (DLCC);
B) Windows searches for a driver;
C) Insert the enclosed installation CD-ROM and follow the procedure;
D) At the end of the driver installation, Windows assigns DLCC a virtual
COM port.
4) Configure the DLCC address according to your application. See
"Configuration Methods".
NOTE
The default communication parameters of the COM port are: 9600
baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, handshaking disabled
The installation is now complete.

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Installing to DOS Terminal
Read all information in the section "Safety Precautions" at the beginning of this
manual.
1) Rhino™ will recognize the card if the correct drivers are loaded. Therefore,
before inserting the card into the terminal make sure that:
- in NEWCFG.SYS the driver for the PCMCIA serial ports is loaded:
A:\PCMCIA\PCMSCD.EXE
- the scan engine driver is correctly configured (COM 3, interrupt 5) and
loaded after PCMSCD.EXE:
A:\DRIVERS\REDIR.SYS -c3 -i5 -b3
The following is an example of the NEWCFG.SYS:
;Load PCMCIA drivers
DEVICE=A:\PCMCIA\CNFIGNAM.EXE /DEFAULT
DEVICE=A:\PCMCIA\PCMSSC40.EXE
DEVICE=A:\PCMCIA\PCMCSFUL.EXE
DEVICE=A:\PCMCIA\PCMRMAN.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=A:\PCMCIA\PCMSCD.EXE
; Scan Engine Device Driver
; (Emulate SE1200 on Com3 @ 9600 N-8-1 Irq5)
DEVICEHIGH=A:\DRIVERS\REDIR.SYS -c3 -i5 -b3
2) Insert the DLCC correctly in the PCMCIA slot. Refer to the terminal user's
manual.
Figure 2 - DOS Terminal Card Installation

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3) Start the DOS terminal. The system assigns DLCC a virtual COM port
(COM 3, interrupt 5).
4) Configure the DLCC address according to your application. See
"Configuration Methods" paragraph.
NOTE
The default communication parameters of the COM port are: 9600
baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, handshaking disabled
The installation is now complete.

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CONFIGURATION METHODS
DLCC configuration can be performed by four methods:
• DL Mobile Configurator™ to set the primary DLCC parameters;
• DL Sm@rtSet™ software configuration program;
• configuration strings sent from the Host via COM port;
• DLCARD.EXE DOS Configuration Program to perform a complete
configuration of DLCC.
Your card is supplied with its own Quick Reference Manual which provides basic
application parameter settings using configuration strings, default values, and
specific technical features. You can see either your card's Quick Reference Manual
or this manual for initial configuration.
To use this manual for initial setup see chapter 2.
If you need to change the default settings for your specific application, see chapter 3
and the Examples in appendix A.
DL Mobile Configurator™
Through this Windows-based utility program it is possible to configure the terminal
and set the primary DLCC parameters from a PC. To send the configuration to the
terminal connect the PC to Rhino™ via RS232. For more details about this
configuration method refer to the DL Mobile Configurator™ manual.
DL Sm@rtSet™
DL Sm@rtSet™ program, available on the Datalogic website, is a Windows-based
utility program providing a quick and user-friendly configuration method.
It allows defining the complete DLCC configuration and sending it directly to the card
via virtual COM port.
Connect to www.datalogic.com/services/support/ to download the software.
Configuration Strings from Host
This configuration method may be used for initial and complete configuration (see
chapter 2) by sending the desired strings provided in chapter 3 through the COM
port. Batch files containing the desired parameter settings can be prepared to
configure the card quickly and easily.
Reference notes describing the operation of more complex parameters are given in
chapter 4.

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DLCARD.EXE DOS Configuration Program
This configuration method allows setting DLCC through a vehicle mounted terminal
running the DOS operating system.
Upon start, the DOS DLCARD.EXE program checks communication with DLCC. If
the test is successful, the program will open the file DLCARD.INI that includes a list
of keywords. The keywords accepted are the following:
• RESET_CFG, to reset card configuration to default (possible values: TRUE or
FALSE)
• ADDRESS, to set the DLCC address (range 0 to 1999)
• TERMINATOR, to set the terminator (possible values: CR, CR+LF or NONE)
• CMD, to send any command configuration string
Here is an example of DLCARD.INI file:
____________________________________________________________
[main]
reset_cfg = TRUE
address = 1973
terminator = cr
[commands]
;set minimum destination address
cmd = $+MS1234$-
;set maximum destination address
cmd = $+MT1235$-
____________________________________________________________
The DLCC will be set consequently.
In the DOS command line, if you launch the DLCARD.EXE program with the
parameter /?, the list of all the possible parameters will be shown.
Example: C:\ DLCARD /?

INTRODUCTION
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1 INTRODUCTION
The DL Cordless Card™ is a PCMCIA card developed to provide wireless 433 MHz
RF communication between a laptop or a vehicle mounted terminal (Host) and
Datalogic RF devices or base stations, which are STAR-System™ compatible:
- Gryphon™ M Readers
- Dragon™ M Laser Scanners
- STARModem™ Radio Modems
- Formula Basic Line RF Terminals (F734-E/RF, F725-E/RF, F660-E/RF)
- STARGATE™ Base Stations
1.1 OVERVIEW
DLCC provides a wireless bi-directional communication between the Host and the RF
devices. DLCC installed in a vehicle mounted terminal is a Server (receiver) to the
RF Devices and also a Client (transmitter) to STARModem, which receives data for
the printer (Figure 3).
STAR-System™ uses the Narrow Band RF radio and Datalogic CSMA/CA protocol
to automatically link and manage all the RF devices in the system. This protocol
manages the data transmission using a 16-bit CRC checksum. All RF devices in the
system must implement the CSMA/CA protocol and therefore be configured using
the STAR-System™ setup procedure.
Figure 3 – Bi-directional communication.
To configure the card for operating in this mode refer to paragraph 2.2.

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1.2 LED INDICATOR
DL Cordless Card™ has one red LED as displayed in the following figure:
Figure 4 - DLCC LED Indicator
The LED signals activity on PCMCIA interface.
LED Indicator

INITIAL SETUP
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2 INITIAL SETUP
For a correct DLCC configuration keep in mind the following:
• when using the DLCC for the first time, set the desired card address via COM
Port, since its factory default address is "Undefined";
2.1 CONFIGURATION STRINGS
When using a DLCC on a terminal or a portable PC, initial setup can be performed
via COM port by sending the configuration strings to the card using any terminal
emulation program, for example Hyper Terminal.
NOTE
Ensure that your PC COM port is set as follows:
9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, handshaking disabled.
The programming sequence is the following:
$+ Command $-CR
Enter configuration environment
Character sequence in following tables
Exit and Save configuration
Carriage return character (0D Hex.)
Example
Command programming sequence:
$+ RC1237 $- CR
Enter confi
g
uration environment
Carriage return character (0D Hex.)
DLCC address: 1237
Exit and Save configuration
NOTE
If you sent a wrong configuration string, you have to wait for a period
of time equal to Rx timeout (default: 5 sec.) before sending the
following configuration string.

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2.2 DLCC SETUP
RESTORE DEFAULT
Whenever necessary, send the following string to DLCC via COM Port to restore its
default values. Otherwise skip to step 2:
1. Restore DLCC Default $+$*CR
This command does not change the DLCC address nor the destination device
addresses, nor the RF Baud Rate parameters.
SET RADIO ADDRESSES
Follow the procedure below to set the DLCC radio address and prepare it to receive
and transmit data to all devices included in the range from the First to the Last
destination device.
2. Enter Configuration $+
3. Set DLCC Radio Address
xxxx = four digits for the DLCC address (from 0000 to 1999).
This address must be unique. RCxxxx
4. First Destination Device Address
xxxx = four digits for the Destination Device address (from
0000 to 1999). MSxxxx
5. Last Destination Device Address
xxxx = four digits for the Destination Device address (from
0000 to 1999).
If transmitting to one Destination device only, this selection
is not required.
MTxxxx
6. Exit and Save Configuration $-CR
Step 4 and 5 can be omitted when the card is used only to receive data (Server).
When a range of cable-connected destination devices (i.e. a Stargate™ RS485
network) is defined, DLCC activates roaming towards all these devices.

CONFIGURATION
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3 CONFIGURATION
Once the card is setup, you can change the default parameters to meet your
application needs by sending the desired strings to the card via COM Port.
The following table lists all configuration commands which do not require the $-
character:
Description String
Enter Configuration $+
Exit and Save Configuration $-
Restore Default $+$*CR
Transmit Software Release $+$!CR
Transmit Configuration $+$&CR
In this manual, the configuration parameters are divided into logical groups making it
easy to find the desired function based on its reference group.
The configuration parameter groups are the following:
COM parameters allow the configuration of the COM port.
DATA FORMAT parameters regard the messages sent and received via COM port.
RADIO PARAMETERS allow configuration of radio protocol parameters.
NOTE
It is strongly recommended to read par. 4.1 in Radio and Serial
Communication controls and the example applications in appendix A
for correct parameter settings.

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COM PORT PARAMETERS
~BAUD RATE ~
~PARITY ~
~DATA BITS ~
~STOP BITS ~
~HANDSHAKING ~
~ACK/NACK PROTOCOL ~
~FIFO ~
~INTER-CHARACTER DELAY ~
~RX TIMEOUT ~
~FRAME PACKING ~
The programming sequence is the following:
$+ Command $-CR
Enter configuration environment
Character sequence in following tables
Exit and Save configuration
Carriage return character (0D Hex.)

COM PORT
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Description String
BAUD RATE
150 baud CD0
300 baud CD1
600 baud CD2
1200 baud CD3
2400 baud CD4
4800 baud CD5
9600 baud CD6
19200 baud CD7
38400 baud CD8
57600 baud CD9
PARITY
None CC0
Even parity CC1
Odd parity CC2
DATA BITS
7 bits CA0
8 bits CA1
9 bits CA2
STOP BITS
1 bit CB0
2 bits CB1

COM PORT
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Description String
HANDSHAKING see par. 4.2.1
Disable CE0
Hardware (RTS/CTS) CE1
Software (XON/XOFF) CE2
RTS always ON CE3
Modem (RTS/CTS) CE4
ACK/NACK PROTOCOL see par. 4.2.2
Disabled ER0
Enable ACK/NACK ER1
Enable DATA/NACK ER2
FIFO see par. 4.2.4
Disable ME1
Enable ME0
INTER-CHARACTER DELAY
Inter-character delay (ms) CK00 – CK99
RX TIMEOUT see par. 4.2.3 and par. 4.2.5
RX Timeout (sec) CL00 – CL99
FRAME PACKING see par. 4.2.5
Frame + [CR] ML0
[STX] + Len + frame + [CR] ML1
Frame after timeout ML2