| Unattended Scanner Systems |
The unattended scanner systems are found in a large
variety of applications.
Modifications are found in the following areas: |
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number and type of the scanner. Applications exist
with 6 scanners. The type of the scanner could possibly have an impact
of the communication driver being used |
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certain specialities regarding the digital I/O |
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certain specialities regarding the handling of the captured
data |
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certain specialities how to handle error events like
misreading or others |
| All of them have the following
functionality in common: |
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some kind of digital interface for connecting to the
outside world of the conveyor system |
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a dedicated communication with one or more reading devices
like scanners |
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a dedicated communication with some kind of a host system
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a save and sufficient data storage (in most cases one
or more FIFO files) for saving captured data prior to the transmission
to a host system |
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some kind of display, providing information regarding
the current system state |
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a diagnostic feature for maintenance personal |