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1. llo dl LAN Aux o Price Checker Dipswitch function ff Ethernet interface active 4 Y WiFi interface active tT Set Back To Default at Power up 62 Appendices Currently the Factory Default Settings are as follows IP Address Subnet mask Default Gateway IP Address Remote Host DHCP TCP Port UDP Port Baudrate internal scanner Minimal Scanning interval Connect Mode Wait for host after scanning barcode Display Message Timeout Font codepage Device Name WiFi mode WiFi AdHoc channel WiFi WEP key WiFi SSID WiFi Authentication Bar Code Symbologies active IMPORTANT 192 168 3 227 255 255 255 0 192 168 3 250 192 168 3 32 Disabled 9101 9000 9600 500 mSec TCP Server 3 seconds 5 seconds UTF 8 Price Checker Unicode Transformation Format Infrastructure 1 0000000000000 pegasus open none EAN 13 EAN 8 UPC A UPC E omni directional scanner The user definable texts aren t affected by this action E UPGRADING FIRMWARE The Price Checker firmware can very simply be upgraded by using TFTP You simply need to obtain a proper firmware file from our company and upload it using the following command line E g tftp exe i 192 168 3 227 PUT firmware bin The syntax for a firmware upgrade under LINUX is E g tftp m bin
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3. 8 pin 1 to 1 Ethernet 3 Rx network cable to connect the Price CERE Checker to your Ethernet network IMPORTANT Make sure you apply proper cabling when using the Price Checker Power over Ethernet version IEEE802 3af PoE PoE uses either the 4 data lines 1 2 3 6 called End Span OR the not used lines 4 5 7 8 called Mid Span Which method is used depends on the supplying network switch The Price Checker supports both methods automatically DC Power connector KR N 1 GND LO 2 5 2V 19 Front view See fig 1 4 for the physical location of the connectors 50 Pin Definition AUX Port PIN SIGNAL DIRECTION 1 RTS output 2 RXD input 3 TXD output 4 CTS input 5 GND 6 5 VDC output 300mA max 1 Ref Price Checker signal Appendices Connector type RJ 11 14 6pin connector for e g AMP 5 554710 1 The Price Checker AUX port is designed for basic RS 232 input like from a hand held scanner To connect a HH scanner please use cable P N A280585 RS 232 communication parameters 9600 Baud 8 Data 1 Stop bit No Parity RTS CTS OFF Suffix lt CR gt The hand held scanner needs to transmit the data in the same message format as the integrated scanner See Chapter 2 3 4 for the default message format A dedicated programming sheet for the HH scanners is available at our Technical Support 51 B CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY AND PRICE
4. 4 0x30 0x34 ESC 2C 44 Set Pixel Position lt POS gt lt LINE gt Set the current pixel position on the 0x30 0xAF 0x30 0x6F display This allows a text to be printed anywhere on the display Pos 0 127 0x30 OxAF Line 0 63 0x30 Ox6F Note A character will only be displayed on the current coordinates if it fully fits on the screen ESC 2E 46 Align a string of text lt ALIGN gt lt DATA gt Print a text using the current font set on 0x30 0x3E 0x03 a calculated position on the screen lt Align gt can be one of the following values 0x30 Left Top 0x31 Center Top 0x32 Right Top 0x33 Left Center 0x34 Center Center 0x35 Right Center 0x36 Left Bottom 0x37 Center Bottom 0x38 Right Bottom 56 Appendices 0x39 Left using current y coordinate 0x3A Center using current y coordinate 0x3B Right using current y coordinate 0x3C Top using current x coordinate 0x3D Center using current x coordinate Ox3E Bottom using current x coordinate lt Data gt This field has a maximum length of 75 characters Use 0x03 ETX as last char if less characters are used ESC 40 64 Sleep Clear display and Turn off Laser Motor and Backlight Price checker keeps functioning as normal ESC 41 65 Wake Up Return from sleep ESC 42 66 Select Font SetThe Price checker has 2 internal font
5. See appendix J Can we have other colours than black or Red Yes other colours are only available on request only in large quantities and under specific conditions Is every Price Checker delivered with a CD ROM and User s Manual Yes however with larger orders we apply a ratio one set per so many units Why isn t there a PC board inside the Price Checker It was our design strategy to develop a compact lean and cost effective Price Checker offering all the requirements at absolute maximum reliability at a low power consumption and for an attractive price We ensured the availability of the motherboard for the future 72 Appendices G 2 PRICE CHECKER CONFIGURATION AND THE USER S MANUAL How do I configure the Price Checker See chapter 5 The Price Checker has an internal web server which makes it possible to configure it using any internet browser Besides the web server you can always use the Configuration Tool Windows only It can be found on the CD ROM which is particularly easy when the IP Addresses of the Price Checker s is are unknown Where do I find the most recent Price Checker Command Set In this manual and on the Product Support CD ROM Do need special software for the Price Checker The Price Checker itself is standard equipped with all required embedded firmware On the server side your back office system a small program or routine is required to take care of the communication and
6. 192 168 3 227 00 13 B7 FE BD A2 03 12 PriceChecker 34 Configuring the Price Checker 5 5 CONFIGURING THE PRICE CHECKER Select one Price Checker from the list and hit the CONFIGURE button The following screen appears Configure Pricechecker PriceChecker P xj Network Wireless Messages Miscellaneous TIP Settings of the individual Pricechecker Terminal IP Address 168 DHCP Subnet Mack 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 3 250 IP Address ra 192 168 3 227 ZA MAC Address C UDP Port 9000 00 13 B7 FE BD 42 TCP Liften to Port po Client Firmware Version and Date v03 1220120626 LES r Network Addresfof the Back Office Server Factory defaults 7 192 168 3 32 ES 1 Got AA aes Wired network forced Switch2 off Wifi Unavailable Active Interface Wired Sefi Clone Save to File Undo all Paste Load from File Exit 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 The screen is divided into 3 sections 5 5 1 General Information On the left side of the screen you ll see some characteristics of this specific Price Checker IP Address The IP Address is the actual IP Address which the Price Checker is using right now this can differ from the IP Address field on the Network tab page if DHCP is used 35 MAC Address The MAC Address which the Price Checker uses This can be our vendor address 00 13 b7 xx xx xx or the address from the
7. For easy alignment of text on often desired positions like the center of the Appendices screen right of the screen bottom of the screen etc you can use the Align text ESC Ox2e command At the end of this Appendix you find the complete command set including the sub parameters On the next pages you find some examples to give an impression of the way you can use the display of the Price Checker These examples are also shown when using the simple demo program Price Checker Demo exe See CD and Appendix K Note lt ESC gt should be sent as the hexadecimal value 1B Note The notation of e g 0x24 means the hexadecimal value 24 Example 1 How to create this screen Mineral water 1 Ltr 0 98 COMMAND or data string COMMENT lt ESC gt 0x42 0x30 Font size 0 lt ESC gt 0x25 Clear the screen cursor top left Mineral water Text Ox0d Carriage Return Next line 4 Ltr Print text lt ESC gt 0x42 0x31 Font size 1 lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x38 0 98 0x03 Align text to right bottom Example 2 How to create this screen 53 Coca Cola 0 33Ltr 2 69 Crate Special Offer COMMAND or data string COMMENT lt ESC gt 0x42 0x30 Font size 0 lt ESC gt 0x25 Clear the screen cursor top left lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x31 Coca Cola 0 33Ltr 0x03 Align text to center top lt ESC gt 0x2c 0x30 0x45 Set cursor to
8. Power over Ethernet PoE 802 3AF Standard version with Ethernet Wireless LAN with mini PCI Card Power over Ethernet PoE 802 3AF 80 Appendices 81 K DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM The demonstration program Price Checker Demo exe can be found on the Product Support CD ROM directory Demonstration Tool which is included with every unit This program can be used for quick and easy demonstrations or for experimenting You can see literally what is sent to an Price Checker or what is received from it Just connect to your Price Checker and try it It s really that easy This program is merely the same as a normal Telnet program with the addition of some useful features for demonstration purposes Some notes 1 Regarding the Network Connection Properties of your PC You may have to turn OFF DHCP and make sure the IP address of your PC is in the same IP range as the Price Checker you want to communicate with For instance by giving your PC IP address 192 168 3 32 2 Set the Price Checker in Server Mode Factory Default as also described in Chapter 5 5 3 If this appears to be necessary Add Price Checker Demo exe in the list of Exceptions under Windows Firewall Using the Demo program You can manually enter text which will be displayed on the Price Checker screen Just click on the blue edit screen of this program and start typing Don t forget to Connect first 82 Appendices You can als
9. CHECKER TERMINAL Introduction The Price Checker acts a normal remote terminal every received ASCII value between 20 and 255 which isn t part of a command is normally displayed on the screen Furthermore the Price Checker is controllable and easily configurable by means of ESC Escape commands to customize the following parameters e Cursor Control e Clearing the Display e Aligning Text e You can remotely turn OFF and ON the Price Checker from the Back Office application The Green Price Checker It is strongly recommended to use this feature during the stores closing hours and when the article database is not available It will save energy extend the lifetime of the Price Checker and shows a better system design Due to the fact that the Price Checker uses proportional fonts every single character has its own specific width you never know precisely how much characters fit on one line Therefore when a character doesn t fit on the current line it s not displayed at all instead of printing it on the next line which gives undesired messy results You can move to another line by sending a Carriage Return 0x0d or a Linefeed 0x0a Both have the same effect Going to the start position of the next line You can move the cursor by sending Set cursor command ESC 0x27 for predefined cursor positions Set Pixel Position command ESC 0x2C for placing the cursor on any pixel location 52
10. FE BD A2 Firmware Version and Date v03 12 2012 06 26 Factory defaults Switch ost Wired network forced Switch2 ott witi Unavailable Active Interface Wired Network Wireless Messages Miscellaneous TIP Settings of the individual Pricechecker Terminal gt IP Address 168 3 227 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 DefaultGateway 192 168 3 250 p Connect mode cupe Port 9000 ICP Listen to Port 9101 C Client G Server p Network Address of the Back Office Server P Addis 192 168 3 32 Settings DHCP I Save to File Clone Paste Load from File ma Exit 37 5 6 NETWORK CONFIGURATION The first tab page called Network is activated as soon as this screen has been opened You can specify your own specific network settings here IP Address The unique IP number of that Price Checker Subnet Mask Indicates Network group of addresses within which the Price Checker operates DHCP Price Checker requests and obtains a network address from the server Default Gateway Node on the network that serves an access point to another network Escape address or Emergency Exit Not applicable for the Price Checker Connect Mode UDP Message exchange takes place without confirmation TCP Message exchange with acknowledgement Client Price Checker initiates making connection with server makes the call Server The BO serve
11. is the responsibility of the System Integrator Host Database 2 barcode ly Application gt qa by System o Integrator Product and Product graphical info info Price checker arcod The Price Checker sends barcodes to the host according to the following table CODE MESSAGE FORMAT EAN 13 F Di D2 D3 D4 Ds De Dr Ds D9 Dio D11 D12 D13 CR EAN 8 FF Di D2 D3 Da D5 D6 D7 D8 CR UPC A A Di D2 D3 Da Ds De Dr Ds Dg Dio Dt Dia R UPC E E Di D2 D3 Da D5 D6 CR ITF i Di Dx CR Code 39 DI Dx CR Code 32 Di Dx CR Codabar D1 Dx CR Code128 Di Dx CR EAN 128 P C1 Di Dx CR DataBar R Di Dx CR Note The message format is bar code programmable with the Configuration Guide The Price Checker documentation and the demo set up programs provide you with all the required information on how to communicate with the Price Checker and how 14 General Description to control it The Price Checker Product Support CD contains all kind of source code examples and a complete example for application software incl free source code including an Ethernet driver to enable the integrator to get the Price Checker up and running in no time 2 4 POWER OVER ETHERNET POE The alternative for powering the Price Checker through an external PSU adapter is using the Power Over Ethernet PoE version of the Price Checker In this wa
12. mini PCI card Firmware Version and Date The version and release date from the running firmware Active Interface The interface which the Price Checker is using 100BaseT or Wireless 802 11 B G N Dipswitch 1 If active then the Price Checker loads it s default settings during startup See appendix D Dipswitch 2 If active then the Price Checker chooses the 100BaseT wired Ethernet interface at all times even if a mini PCI card is placed See 5 7 36 5 5 2 Configuration tab pages Configuring the Price Checker See chapters 5 6 5 10 for a description 5 5 3 Action buttons Clone Paste Load from File Save to File Undo All Apply Copies all settings except the own IP Address of the currently selected Price Checker for later use If a Price Checker is Cloned its entry in the list on the main screen see section 5 4 is turned green to indicate which one you re Cloning Paste settings of a previous Cloned Price Checker to the currently selected Price Checker Load a file containing previous saved settings Save all settings except the own IP Address of the currently selected Price Checker to a file Restores all settings to the moment you entered this screen Send all settings all tab pages to the Price Checker The Price Checker should reset after these are received properly Configure Pricechecker PriceChecker IP Address 192 1603277 MAC Address 00 13 B7
13. pixel position 0 21 lt ESC gt Ox2e 0x3a 2 69 Crate 0x03 lt ESC gt 0x42 0x31 Align text to horizontal center Font size 1 lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x37 Special Offer 0x03 Align text to bottom center 54 Appendices Example 3 Winner Winner How to create this screen Yo U WI n Winner Winner COMMAND or data string COMMENT lt ESC gt 0x42 0x30 Font size 0 lt ESC gt 0x25 Clear the screen cursor top left lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x30 Winner 0x03 Align text to left top lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x32 Winner 0x03 Align text to right top lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x36 Winner 0x03 Align text to left bottom lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x38 Winner 0x03 Align text to right bottom lt ESC gt 0x42 0x31 lt ESC gt 0x2e 0x34 You Win 0x03 Font size 1 Align text to center 55 DS 715 Command Set COM MAND SUBCOMMAND ESC 1B 16 HEX DEC DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS ESC 124 36 Reserved ESC 25 37 Clear Display Clear the Display and move the cursor to the top left position ESC 27 39 i Set Cursor Position lt POS gt lt LINE gt Set the cursor position on the display 0x30 0x3F 0x30 0x34 Note The actual pixel position depends on the currently selected font set Every x position is a multiple of 8 pixels Every y position depends on the currently selected font set height of 12 or 21 pixels Pos 0 15 0x30 0x3F Line 0
14. sets 0x30 Font set 1 Normal sized font 0x31 Font set 2 Large font lt FONTSET gt 0x30 0x31 ESC 58 88 Show GIF Displays a GIF on the screen GlFs and Text can be combined on one screen The GIF can either be animated or static Image 1 is the same image as used for the Idle screen A displayed image will be cleared after THold seconds see Manual GIFs should be uploaded using tftp Example Upload file image gif to image position 2 tftp i 192 168 3 227 put image gif gif2 lt IMAGE gt 0x31 0x34 ESC 5A 90 Reset Soft reset ESC ESC 5B 5C 91 92 Enable Disable scanning Enable or disable barcode scanning Enable Disable Backlight The backlight will be turned on or off lt MODE gt 0x30 disable 0x31 enable lt MODE gt 0x30 off 0x31 on 57 ESC 5D 93 Sleep Wakeup internal barcode scanner Put the internal barcode scanner into sleep turn off laser and motor or wake itup lt MODE gt 0x30 sleep 0x31 wakeup ESC 5E 94 Beep The internal speaker will generate the default beep ESC 60 96 Get Firmware Version The Price checker returns the current firmware version Format Price checkerVnn nn ESC 70 112 Reroute Ethernet WLAN communication Can be used to directly communicate with devices on a serial port Normally the data is printed on the display The Price checker will
15. to provide the product information that the Price Checker shall display It is the role of the system integrator to add his value here See Chapter 4 and loads of software examples including free source code of the complete demo application on the Product Support CD ROM G 3 NETWORKING Which type of Power Over Ethernet PoE is supported The Price Checker supports both Mid and End span connections according to the IEEE 802 3af specifications Which Wireless options are available The Price Checker WiFi version supports IEEE 802 11 B G N See Appendix J for the Price Checker Part numbers See also Appendix L providing info on the appropriate mini PCI card 73 G 4 DEMO POSSIBILITIES amp HOW TO GET STARTED What kind of development package does the system integrator get from us The Price Checker Product Support CD ROM contains lots of technical information and free source code examples in all popular languages Does the Price Checker have an internal memory for an article database No we have chosen not to do this for the following reason It is crucial that the information given to the consumer on the Price Checker display is correct The best solution to achieve this high level of data integrity is to draw the information from ONE central source The article database on the store s Back Office computer In case the Price Checker terminal would contain a local database this needs permanent maintenance generating lo
16. types EAN UPC JAN Add on Code 128 EAN 128 Code 39 full ASCII Code 32 Code 93 MSI Plessey Codabar Interleaved 2 5 GS1 Databar most popular types Physical Dimensions 182 h x 131 w x 95 d mm Display High bright blue white 128x64 pixels Housing PC ABS Environmental Operating 0 C 40 C temperature Humidity 20 95 RH non condensing 78 Appendices EN 61000 3 2 2000 EN 61000 3 3 1995 EN 61000 6 2 2001 EN 61000 4 2 1995 EN 61000 4 3 2002 EN 61000 4 4 1995 EN 61000 4 5 1995 EN 61000 4 6 1996 Immun EN 61000 4 8 1993 Safety EMC Laser Safety IEC 825 1 1993 Class I U S 21CFR1040 Class lla Electrical IEC 60950 01 and or EN 60950 1 CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 Safety ANSI UL Std No UL 60950 EN 61000 6 3 2001 Generic emission standard from which EMC EN 55011 1998 Emission Class B Harmonic current emissions Limitation of voltage fluctuations Generic immunity standard from which Electrostatic discharge ESD immunity Radiated Electro Magnetic field immunity Electrical fast transient EFT immunity Surge transient immunity Conducted Radio Frequency disturbances Power frequency magnetic field Immunity EN 61000 4 11 1994 Immunity to voltage dips and short Interrupts 79 J OVERVIEW PARTNUMBERS Omni Directional Scanner Single Line CCD Scanner Standard version with Ethernet Wireless LAN with mini PCI Card
17. when the wireless interface should be used this dipswitch should be set in active again LED 1 Red blinking Indicates network traffic over the 100BaseT interface Wired Ethernet LED 2 Green Indicates Ethernet connection
18. 20 scan lines laser scanner Because of its size and the sympathetic good looks the Price Checker can be installed anywhere in a store including on the shelves This flexibility of installation is enhanced by the optional Power over Ethernet The three available standard colours also greatly help to fit most interiors General Information The Price Checker offer a choice of scanner CCD single line or laser 20 omni directional lines a choice of colour Black or Red and a choice of interface WiFi or LAN Quality and Durability The Price Checker comes with the same top quality So at a very competitive price the same quality and performance of more expensive products is available Due to the high MTBF times of every component a long and service free operation time is secured Flexibility The size of 182mm height 131mm width and 95mm depth makes the Price Checker small enough to be installed in larger numbers per store Even when mounted on a shelf it will not block products on display The bright display makes it easy to read prices and product information Connectivity The Price Checker comes standard with a Configuration Tool MS Windows A customized application program not supplied by our company is necessary for retailers to operate the Price Checker in their specific environment We supplies software source code examples plus Ethernet drivers for easy integration Preface Chapter 1 Product Safety 1 1 USED CON
19. 9 SWITCHING TO WiFi After setting all Ethernet and WiFi parameters in the correct manner you find at the back of the Price Checker a dipswitch to select the active interface De Wifi switch of Ethernet interface active Ae ool La 4 Y WiFi interface active t de Set Back To Default at Power TF 40 Configuring the Price Checker 5 8 MODIFYING INTERNAL MESSAGES The third tab page opens the Internal Messages Settings Configure Pricechecker PriceChecker Network Wireless Messages Miscellaneous Idle Message X Pos Y Pos Align Vert Align Horiz Font Size Line 1 Welcome p pP fr gt Center Large Line 2 Scan your product fo 30 None Center Large line3 here p 45 none x Center y Large IP Address 192 168 3 227 Error Message MAC Address Line 1 Please contact a 15 None Center 00 21 27 CF 0B 13 SSS Line2 member of staff 30 None w Center v Firmware Version and Date 03 04 14JUL2009 Offline Message Line 1 Offline 0 Cent Center v Factory defaults Switch ort Wired network forced Switch 2 oft Wifi Card Available Active Interface Wireless Settings Clone Save to File Undo all Apply now F Load from File E Exit 5 8 1 Internal Messages The Price Checker has three internal messages Id
20. DS 15 CHECKER Solid and Seamless scanner built in w Utility tool software Welcome Scan seur product Welcome Scan your product here User s Manual User s Installation and Configuration Manual P N A3720011 V2 00 18 08 2009 Table of contents Table of A 1 Preface aiiis iiaea eaaa a A a a a Ana 3 Chapter 1 Product Safety 0 2 E EREE E AEAEE EAE AEAEE EERE REER 5 1 1 Used conventions 6 12 Laser SATCLY aan nennen 6 1 3 ScannerLabelling nenn 7 Chapter 2 General Description nennen 9 2 1 Use of the Price Checker 10 2 2 Construction of the Price Checker 11 23 Functioning of the Price Checker 12 2 4 Power Over Ethernet POE 14 Chapter 3 Installation of the Price Checker nennen 17 Sit gt SUMpPACKING 2 iio 18 3 2 Mounting Aussen einen 18 Chapter 4 System Integration nenn 21 4 1 O iii RBA es 22 42 Howto communicate A Simple example 25 Chapter 5 Configuring the Price Checker i 27 Oli RA a im E A 28 5 2 Starting the configuration ii 30 5 3 Configuration tool network settings 32 5 4 Scanning the network nn 33 Preface 2 5 5 Configuring the Price Checker i 34 5 6 Network configuration cccceeceeeeeeeneeeeeenneeeeeeneeeeneaas 37 5 7 Wireless configurat
21. N TOOL NETWORK SETTINGS In order to select the appropriate Ethernet adapter on your system click on the down arrow in the main screen to enter the settings screen of the Configuration Tool Le This will open the following window gt Local Network Adapter s ruoli Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller Packet Sche Next gt gt gt Mac Address 00 1E 37 94 87 F1 Refresh IP Address 192 168 3 32 v Gateway DHCP Port to use for UDP broadcasts 0 Program chooses a free one If your system has more than one Ethernet adapter or WLAN adapters active you can use the button Next gt gt gt to scroll through the available adapters This program will use the selected adapter to communicate with the Price Checker The option to select a specific UDP Port to communicate with could be of use in combination with firewalls or other network protection software 33 5 4 SCANNING THE NETWORK This utility is able to scan your entire local network and find any Price Checker having any IP Address Just hit the button SCAN and it will start scanning for 15 seconds IMPORTANT While scanning the SCAN button turns into STOP so you can stop the scan at anytime The list will be filled with every Price Checker which has been found If you already know that all units have been found you can hit the STOP button so you don t have to wait for the entire scan to finish Example Version 4 0 2 16
22. VENTIONS In this manual the following conventions are used ATTENTION Gives a tip an instruction or a point of attention IMPORTANT Warns for possible damage to the scanner or other objects when not following an instruction DANGER Warns for possible harm to persons when not following an instruction 1 2 LASER SAFETY ATTENTION During installing always follow the instructions DANGER Do not stare into the laser beam The laser safety is in conformity with IEC 825 and 21CFR140 1 3 SCANNER LABELLING Chapter 2 General Description 10 General Description 2 1 USE OF THE PRICE CHECKER The Price Checker which provides the user with the opportunity to scan their chosen product and display product information or verify the price before getting to the checkout Apart from this the Price Checker offers the ability to interface with loyalty cards display special offers display dual currency etc Moreover store level profitability can be increased Apart from the use as an advanced Price Checker the Price Checker can also be used in many other environments where identification and information is required This includes use with ticketing access control time check route and place guidance and item check in a warehouse or stockroom 2 2 CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRICE CHECKER The various parts of the Price Checker are indicated i
23. You should be able to ping the Price Checker now by entering Ping 192 168 3 227 If it s not successful you should double check the IP address of your PC and all cable connections Also make sure the Price Checker is configured to it s default settings You can force this as described in Appendix D 26 System Integration 6 You need a client program to connect to the Price Checker The widely used telnet program is such a program You can connect to the Price Checker by entering telnet 192 168 3 227 9101 As a result the Offline message on the Price Checker will disappear 7 Now you can enter characters on your keyboard which should appear on the Price Checker display Also when you scan a barcode with the Price Checker it should appear on your monitor 8 See appendix B for more tweaks tips and tricks with the Price Checker display Some notes 1 Regarding the Network Connection Properties of your PC You may have to turn OFF DHCP and make sure the IP address of your PC is in the same IP range as the Price Checker you want to communicate with For instance by giving your PC IP address 192 168 3 32 2 If you have a firewall running on your PC make sure it s not blocking the communication in any way Chapter 5 Configuring the Price Checker 27 28 Configuring the Price Checker 5 1 PREFACE There are two methods to configure a Price Checker 1 Using a web browser The Price Checker has an intern
24. al web server for configuration purposes This eliminates the need for a dedicated configuration tool and makes it possible to configure a Price Checker independent of the operating system on your system Just start any web browser and enter the IP address of your Price Checker 2 Using the Configuration Tool supplied by us We provide this Configuration Tool to be able to configure a Price Checker anywhere in the network having any possible IP Address The Price Checker uses a special package format communicating through UDP for its configuration This utility makes use of this format The record layout can be made available to customers to write their own configuration tools if desired ATTENTION The Configuration Tool only runs on MS Windows In the near future a version for Linux will also be available Because the Price Checker communicates through 10 100BaseT Ethernet 10 100Mbit or 802 11 B G N WiFi you need access to your local network and connect the Price Checker to it also for configuration purposes IMPORTANT FIREWALLS You may have to modify the firewall settings of your system for the Configuration Tool to run flawlessly IMPORTANT IP ADDRESSES In order to communicate with a Price Checker through a web browser or to update firmware through tftp or using the firmware upload feature of the Configuration Tool make sure the IP address of your system is in the same subnet a
25. ary 192 168 3 227 c put firmware bin Don t forget the at the end Of course the IP address and firmware file may differ Make sure that the own and remote IP addressing inside Price Checker are correct Upgrading the Price Checker usually will be finished in a few seconds After that it takes a few seconds for the Price Checker to re flash its memory and to reboot You can also hit the FIRMWARE button on the main screen of the Price Checker Configuration Utility which starts tftp on the background Just make sure the TFTP EXE program is located in your file path A firmware upgrade can also be carried out by using the web interface IMPORTANT It s possible that some of the Price Checker settings will return to the default value when upgrading to new firmware This depends on the new firmware version but also on the currently used version Therefore you should always check the Price Checker s settings when the firmware update is completed 64 Appendices 65 F BARCODE SET UP OMNI DIRECTIONAL SCANNER To change the parameters of the internal scanner follow the flow chart shown in this section Note Only valid for the omni directional scanner Open scanner programming mode CODE 1 1 Change settings by scanning bar codes Close scanner programming mode CODE 1 1 Procedure for programming with bar codes Close programming mode without updating CODE 1 2 66 Appendic
26. brasive glass spray cleaner and a soft lint free cloth Clean the cover and window of the Price Checker every now and then Take care of the following e Use a mild glass spray cleaner e Spray the cleaner on a soft lint free cloth e Wipe the Price Checker clean IMPORTANT e Clean the red window very carefully It is scratch sensitive IMPORTANT The exterior of the Price Checker should NOT be cleaned with cleaners containing e Aromatic hydrocarbons e Chloride e Acids oxidizing agents e Abrasives Other aggressive cleaners Appendices Controlling the display and Price Checker terminal TO 7TMOUOOOU gt AS Connector types and pin definitions ennenen eerren Character sets iii Factory Default Settings nana ncnnnnnns Upgrading Firmware Barcode set up omni directional scanner Frequently Asked Questions ooooooonocccccnnoccccconocccnonanncccnnnnnncnnnnna Price Checker Project tasks nn Technical Specifications een enennn Overview PartnUumbers nenn Price Checker Demonstration program i 802 11 B G N mini PCI cards Network WIFI LED s and Dipswitches nenn 48 Appendices 49 A PIN DEFINITIONS AND CONNECTOR TYPES Physical Connections Ethernet Connector Cable between Price Checker and 8 4 Tx network connection 2 Tx Use a standard
27. cable and the communication cable of the Price Checker see figure 3 1 above Fasten the Price Checker to the wall by clicking it on the 2 screws parkers indicated by A If necessary adjust the contrast of the display by trimming the regulator through the small hole on the side with a small screwdriver indicated by B 20 Installation Chapter 4 System Integration 21 22 System Integration 4 1 SOFTWARE The Price Checkeris a thin client front end Price Checker Its behavior is very easily configurable and fully determined by the software package driving the Price Checker from the Back Office server This software package or added value will be supplied by the System Integrator This is because of the fact that there are no set international standards with regard to product database structures and or programming languages Furthermore it is not our primary role to supply end user application software ATTENTION The Price Checker Product Support CD contains a framework of software tools which includes an Ethernet driver and a complete demo application including free of charge source code This makes it very easy to create a server application in no time at all These objects are available for both Windows and Linux See CD Source Code Examples Enhanced 4 1 1 Software functionality The global function of the Price Checker software package running on the Back Office server is 1 S
28. error message is displayed 5 8 3 Character table The Price Checker supports multiple codepages see appendix C Only 1 codepage can be used at a time 42 Configuring the Price Checker 5 9 MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS The fourth tab contains miscellaneous settings Configure Pricechecker PriceChecker ai x Network Wireless Messages Miscellaneous r Device Name PriceChecker r Display options TT Rotate TT Invert Text direction Idle screen Left to right Idle text message see Messages Tab IP Address C Ri C toni 100 7021683007 Right to left animated Gif Speed MAC Address r Barcode Scanning r Speaker 00 13 B7 FE BD A2 i i Minimum time between successive scans 500 msec Serata 100 Firmware Version and Date Disable beep after scanning Tr 03 12 2012 06 26 r Timeout Values Factory defaults 5 y i ES 1 Gor Time to display any text before the Idle Message is displayed 5 sees ron Time to wait for host data after scanning a barcode After this Wired network forced the Error Message is displayed gt es Switech2 oft a Codepage Wifi Unavailable Select Codepage or Character encoding UTES Unicode Active Interface Wied Settings Clone Save to File Undo all Paste Load from File Exit Barcode scanning You can modify the minimum time to wait between successive scans This prevents double scans Explanation Normally af
29. es Bar Codes To Program the Omni directional Scanner Open Programming Mode Exit programming mode and close with update without update 1 2 1 1 Price Checker omni scanner macro settings This macro programming bar code will set the following scanner parameters in one stroke Serial settings 9600 8 n 1 no handshaking Beeper Off Sleep mode Off Postamble CR Code ID On see Chapter 2 3 4 for ID format Scanner LED s Off EAN UPC On Code 128 EAN 128 On Code 39 On 67 EAN UPC Add On Code 128 EAN 128 Off Code 39 Off 68 Codabar On Interleaved 2 5 On It is mandatory to select a minimum code length using the appropriate bar codes below to prevent short reads Setting min length Interleaved 2 5 Appendices Codabar Off Interleaved 2 5 Off Length gt 4 Length gt 6 Length gt 10 Length gt 14 69 Length gt 8 Length gt 12 Length gt 16 70 Appendices GS1 Databar On GS1 Databar Off 4 1 47 4 1 48 Possibly not supported at older DS 715 models GS1 Databar Expanded On GS1 Databar Expanded Off 4 1 49 4 1 50 Possibly not supported at older Price Checker models 71 G FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS INDEX 1 General 2 Price Checker Configuration and the Price Checker User s Manual 3 Networking 4 Demo possibilities and how to get started 5 Barcodes G 1 GENERAL What is the standard available configuration and looks for the Price Checker
30. et up and maintain communication between the application itself and the Price Checker terminal s 2 Provide product information e g article name and price from the store s database combined with the right font size and layout 3 Diagnostics amp Terminal Statistics optional 23 4 1 2 Tools and Drivers In order to support our System Integrators in the best possible way we supplies 1 Extensive documentation describing all details of the product this manual and more 2 Configuration utility See chapter 5 We provides this Configuration Tool which only runs under Microsoft Windows all versions This tool makes it possible to configure a Price Checker anywhere in the network having any possible IP Address ATTENTION The Price Checker runs an embedded web server for configuration purposes This makes it possible to configure a Price Checker with any internet browser using any operating system without the need of a dedicated configuration utility 3 Examples of source code See CD ROM Software Source Code Examples Basic All these items can be found on the Price Checker Product Support CD ROM 24 System Integration 4 1 3 Compatibility The Price Checker is a basic Price Checker so it does not require an advanced and extensive set of commands to control it compared it to our other model s In other words The Price Checker is not backward compatible with our other product The main rea
31. ification mentioned above IMPORTANT Our company has a complete overview of successfully validated mini PCI cards Price Checker Users wanting to apply their own choice of mini PCI card should contact with us first to verify if this card is compatible with the Price Checker Any brand of mini PCI card which hasn t been used in combination with a Price Checker before should first be validated thoroughly and approved by us 84 Appendices 85 M Network WIFI LEDS and dipswitches The diagnostic LED s for Ethernet and WiFi plus the dipswitches can be found at the back of the Price Checker Wifi switch LED 1 Redblinking Ethernet data traffic LED 2 Green burning 100Mbit Ethernet connection Red burning 10Mbit Ethernet connection U Ethernet interface active overruling WiFi card if present UU WiFi interface active tT Set to default at power up Dipswitch 1 If active then the Price Checker loads it s default settings during startup See also appendix D Dipswitch 2 If active the Price Checker chooses the 10 100BaseT wired Ethernet interface at all times even if a mini PCI card is placed See also chapter 5 7 All Price Checker s have this selection by default This makes it easy to do the initial WiFi configuration the device using a wired connection even if a mini PCI card is present Obviously
32. ion nn 38 5 8 Modifying internal messages ns ennnnennennnen 40 5 9 Miscellaneous settings i 42 5 10 Cloning settings canon r canaria 43 Chapter 6 Maintaining the Price Checker nn 45 6 1 Cleaning ai 46 APENAS arie asian Li Lesa 47 A Connector types and pin definitions 49 B Controlling the display and Price Checker terminal 51 C Gharatter sels 2 0 2r 2 2 59 D Factory Default Settings ii 61 E Upgrading Firmware nennen 63 F Barcode set up omni directional scanner 65 G Frequently Asked Questions i 71 H Price Checker Project taskS ii 75 I Technical specifications nennen 77 J Overview Partnumbers nenn 79 K Price Checker Demonstration program 81 L 802 11 B G N mini PCI cardSs i 83 M Network WIFI LED s and Dipswitches 85 Preface The Price Checker is an entry level small and attractive Device The Price Checker features the latest technology Interfacing is done either through Wireless RF or hard wired Ethernet The bright display has depending on the font set 3 or 5 lines and can display up to 20 characters per line There is a choice of bar code scanners between the low cost single scan line CCD scanner or the high performance
33. le Message This message is displayed during idle mode The default screen which is shown when the Price Checker has nothing to do Error Message This message is displayed as soon as a timeout occurs after scanning a barcode After scanning a barcode the Price Checker waits for the remote host to return information about the scanned product If this takes too long see Timeout Values the Error Message is displayed 41 Offline Message This message is displayed inverted and flashing if no connection has been established yet using connection mode TCP Client or TCP Server see 5 6 If the connection mode is UDP this message will not be displayed at all All messages can be located anywhere on the screen on any coordinate horizontal 0 127 vertical 0 63 For easy placement on commonly used positions an Alignment can be chosen also Dependent on the alignment which is used the coordinates are possibly ignored E g If the Vertical Alignment is Center the Y coordinate will be ignored A single line of the message can be displayed in either the Large or Small font size 5 8 2 Timeout Values The Price Checker uses 2 Timeout counters which are user definable 1 Nr of seconds which text is displayed on the screen 0 15 secs This includes the following texts Internal Messages Text from a remote host 2 Nr of seconds to wait for data from the remote host after scanning a barcode 0 15 secs After this the
34. n figure 2 1 A Front housing with window B LCD The display size is 128x64 pixels The display features white characters on a blue backlight background Main board PoE add on PCB optional or mini PCI card optional Omni directional scanner or CCD single line scanner Back Housing Back Plate mm DUO Fig 2 1 12 General Description 2 3 FUNCTIONING OF THE PRICE CHECKER 2 3 1 Introduction The Price Checker is an information terminal which receives input barcode from a user and answers via the display The display contents is provided by a computer application which runs on a server system elsewhere 2 3 2 Input The main input bar code information is generated by the integrated barcode reader which is characterised by a high performance 20 scan line omni directional laser scan pattern or by a CCD single line scanner 2 3 3 Output Based on the bar code input and the application software on the host system the Price Checker communicates with the user via text on the screen and optional graphics and audio feedback via the speaker 2 3 4 Software amp Control The functions during daily use of the Price Checker are determined by the application program which is controlling the Price Checker So the task of the storage of databases providing the information and sending it to the display of the Price Checker will be performed by a central host system Providing this application running on the host system
35. o give Price Checker Control ESC commands Just hit the ESC key which sends an actual esc character 0x1b Examples Clear the Price Checker screen Hit ESC key Enter Kick the device into Sleep Hit ESC key Enter Make the speaker sound Hit ESC key Enter Wake up the device again Hit ESC key Enter Capital A Consult Appendix B for more ESC command examples When you scan a barcode at the Price Checker the program responds with 1 of 5 predefined texts Select the option Respond to barcodes On the blue edit field you can actually see what exactly is received or transmitted 83 L WIiFlcards IEEE 802 11 B G N mini PCI The Price Checker WiFi version is supplied from the factory with the WiFi IEEE 802 11 B G N card built in See Appendix J for the part numbers The Price Checker uses a mini PCI with Atheros AR5416 chipset In theory this means that a number of mini PCI card should work smoothly together with the Price Checker However in practice exceptions might occur to this general rule since there are many flavors cards carrying the same specifications In the PC world this can easily be solved using a product specific driver to solve any anomalies Obviously those drivers are not applicable for the Price Checker We supplies a guaranteed working Price Checker with mini PCI card for IEEE802 11 B G N interfacing but in theory our customers are free to use their own cards meeting the spec
36. on to choose Configuration Tool MS Windows based FOR FREE Examples of software source code for the application software plus Ethernet driver on the Product Support CD ROM m Consultancy amp Technical Support The Distributor System Integrator supplies The application software linking the Price Checker to the Customers Product Database See Chapter 4 1 Choice of the configuration depending on Requirements of the end user Current Installation Installation of the Price Checker terminals and the network cabling Price Checker field service implying Configuration of the Price Checker terminals prior to installation with the Configuration Tool or built in web server One minute swap time due to smart mounting no need to open the Price Checker 76 Appendices TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 77 Electrical Power supply 100 240 Vac 50 60 Hz through external PSU adapter or voltage Power over Ethernet complying IEEE 802 3af optional Power 3 5 Watt 5 2Vdc 580 1050 mA consumption Depending on interface and scanner type DC input 5 2 Vdc Interfaces Standard Ethernet IEEE 802 11 B G N WiFi optional or IEEE 802 3af POE optional Scanner characteristics Light source Visible laser diode 630 670 nm or red led Depth of field 200 mm maximum reading distance Scan pattern Omni directional or single line Bar code
37. r initiates connection with Price Checker Use this mode for the demonstration program Price Checker Demo exe or with a telnet program Remote IP Network Address of the Back Office Server on which the application runs which controls the Price Checker 38 Configuring the Price Checker 5 7 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION The second tab opens the IEEE802 11 B G N Wireless settings This is only applicable if your Price Checker has a WiFi card built in of course onfigure Pricechecker PriceChecker fx Tres Network Wireless Messages Miscellaneous SSID pegasus Wireless mode Infrastructure AdHoc Channel Y oF 802 11 Mode Mixed 802 11n 802 119 and 802 11b y IP Address Transmission Best automatic 192 168 3 227 yA gi zl MAC Address PEE Et ld zj 00 21 27 0F 08 13 Nr of spatial streams Auto up to MCS15 exclude MCS8 MCS11 Firmware Version and Date Security Mode WPA Personal 03 04 14JUL2009 WPA Mode Auto WPA or WP r Factory defaults PACTA Switch off Ciphertype TKIPorAES y r Wired network forced Switch 2 ott eer WLAN MAC Address Active Interface Wired Use MAC Address from WLAN card Use Scantech ID MAC Address Active Interface Wireless same as Ethemet interface Settings Clone Save to File Undo all You can set your specific 802 11 B G N parameters in this screen Note by means of the web browser you have access to more WiFi parameters 3
38. respond by sending an ACK 0x06 back to the host lt Destination gt 0x30 Display 0x31 Ser Port 1 ESC 7C 124 Only for Exit Entry Gate Terminal use special hardware configuration The galvanic isolated switch will be closed during 500 milliseconds The physical connection is available at the back of the special Price checker The Price checker will respond by sending an ACK 0x06 back to the host All not mentioned commands are reserved for possible future use Do not implement these in your application 58 Appendices 59 C CHARACTER SETS The Price Checker contains 12 character sets 0437 0852 0857 0866 0874 1251 1252 1256 1257 GB2312 BIG5 UTF 8 Classic IBM US DOS Latin 2 Central Europe Turkey Cyrillic II DOS Thailand Cyrillic Latin 1 Win Western Arabic Baltic Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Unicode default Only 1 codepage can be used at a time see chapter 5 8 Each character set codepage is available in 2 sizes see ESC B command The selection is done with the Configuration Tool or browser under Miscellaneous Code page 852 Latin 2 Code page 866 Cyrillic DOS ae pF ATE TREE CCO T_T Ra TERI E CNN NNO NO CIN CS RC nes RIN CIN i CNN ANI NC eo fer Ten kr er er es a RR EEE fer ee Ten ee fer I amp of ap yf Fi z amp
39. s the Price Checker 30 Configuring the Price Checker 5 2 STARTING THE CONFIGURATION 5 2 1 Configuration using a web browser Make sure your computer is in the same IP subnet as the Price Checker you re going to configure E g The Price Checker has IP address 192 168 3 227 and your computer has address 192 168 3 1 Start your web browser Enter the IP address of the Price Checker and the following screen should open PriceChecker Login Windows Internet Explorer Go Eirw nmaws2 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help de e PriceChecker Login Web Configuration Login The login password is default blank BASIC TOOLS STATUS HELP Network Settings Wireless Advanced Wireless Text Messages Miscellaneous Using the web browser you can alter the same settings of the Price Checker as with the Configuration Tool See paragraphs 5 6 5 9 for more explanation 31 5 2 2 Configuration using the Configuration Utility Locate the utility Price Checker Config exe on your computer or CD and start itup The following screen should appear Version 4 0 2 16 Note that the version of this program may differ from the one you have Please check the our website for the latest version The Price Checker requires Configuration Tool Version 4 0 or higher With this tool version 4 0 you are also able to configure the first version of the Price Checker 32 Configuring the Price Checker 5 3 CONFIGURATIO
40. sons for this are 1 The difference in layout of the Price Checker display 5 lines when using the small font type or 3 lines using the large font type 2 Toimprove the readability of the display a proportional font type is used instead of a font type with a fixed character width About 20 characters per line max In case you already created an others application in the past you only need to make a few minor changes in order to integrate the Price Checker The Price Checker uses the same command structure as our other product using ASCII data and ESC codes 25 4 2 HOW TO COMMUNICATE A SIMPLE EXAMPLE The Price Checker is a simple IP device in the local network which accepts and displays normal ASCII characters After scanning a bar code it outputs it as a normal ASCII string The easiest way to communicate with a Price Checker right out of the box without any further configuration is using a telnet session 1 First connect the Price Checker to your network using a normal 1 1 Ethernet cable or directly to your PC using a crossed Ethernet cable 2 As you turn on the Price Checker the Offline message will flash on the display It will continue to do so until you ve made a software connection to it 3 By default the Price Checker is configured as TCP Server having the IP address 192 168 3 227 and listening to port 9101 4 Make sure that your PC has an IP address in the same IP range e g 192 168 3 32 5
41. t o a Li la la Ku LEE Jololel gt i Ez Po E lt LL EIUS B j ES Po m E pa ed le de de de de A RB 38 n y gt Ka a La E A iZ i E ES Gi ES gt ED e bob k e ko e LL ee eo Li LILLE u u u Ps E Pa E lo A B C D Ef F G H ET Codepage 1257 Baltic ie 0 Be m Er N ajloj a gt e 18 8 In le la oO xc x ls k de la e da PLE TE ajuwjuj gt ajoj wuj gt wjoalr e bo amp k le kE t M u w NM oO oe a o ojejao Codepage 1252 Latin 1 J F J T o z i i a Y E i il E iz 2 El Ed 2 A E n gt BS F j E E E E 2 El Ed 2 os k E Ka P EB PPE F u se mm im E F i E EG Pa ER E E f Po 5 E He Het F u i E E E 61 D FACTORY DEFAULT SETTINGS The Price Checker can be returned to its default settings by placing the left dipswitch in the upper position and turn on the power Once the Price Checker has started up you should disconnect the power again and set the left dipswitch in the lower position Otherwise the Price Checker keeps returning to defaults at every reboot Back of the Price Checker Default Wifi
42. ter scanning the internal scanner is disabled until the remote host sends the product description or until a timeout occurs and the error message is displayed After that the barcode scanner is enabled again On very fast networks it may occur that the response from the host is received very fast In fact too fast for the customer to withdraw the product from being scanned again Increasing the time between successive scans prevents this from happening 43 5 10 CLONING SETTINGS In Chapter 5 was described how to clone the settings of a single Price Checker It s possible to send all these settings to every single connected Price Checker at once This makes it extremely easy to configure all Price Checker s with the same settings without the hassle of accessing every single Price Checker separately This can be achieved by pressing the CLONE ALL button on the main screen After this all units in the list will be configured with the same settings When a Price Checker receives its new settings it will reboot IMPORTANT Cloning copies all settings except the Price Checker own IP Address 44 Configuring the Price Checker Chapter 6 Maintaining the Price Checker 45 46 Maintaining the Price Checker46 6 1 CLEANING The Price Checker requires little maintenance Only occasional cleaning of the scanner window is necessary to remove dirt and fingerprints Cleaning can be performed during operation with a non a
43. thernet IEEE 802 3af you do not need the mains PSU adapter In case a project roll out starts we will not include the mains PSU anymore Physically i e inside the Price Checker this means that we place a special PoE board to support the PoE feature See Appendix J for Price Checker POE Part numbers 16 Installation Chapter 3 Installation of the Price Checker 18 Installation 3 1 UNPACKING Unpack the Price Checker as follows 1 Take the Price Checker and its accessories out of the box 2 Remove the packing material 3 Check the packing list to make sure you have received all of the items ordered 4 Visually inspect the Price Checker and accessories for any evidence of physical damage 5 If anything is missing or appears to be damaged immediately contact your dealer ATTENTION Store the packing material and boxes it should be used whenever the Price Checker is transported for servicing 3 2 MOUNTING Once you have unpacked all components you can start installing the Price Checker Installing the Price Checker is divided in two steps 1 Mounting the Price Checker to the wall 2 Installation is discussed in detail on the following page fig 3 1 ATTENTION Mount the Price Checker on a height for convenient view of the display 1 2 Mark the locations for the mounting holes on the wall and drill two holes Put plugs in the holes 3 Connect the power
44. ts of data traffic and logistic hassle Also a local database memory will significantly increase the unit hardware costs How can give a quick demo See Price Checker Product Support CD ROM CDROM Demonstration Tool Price Checker Demo exe The Price Checker should run in TCP Server mode to work with this demo tool See Appendix K How can I give an advanced demo including my own database with demo articles See Price Checker Product Support CD ROM CDROM Source Code Examples Enhanced The Price Checker should run in TCP Client mode to work with this demo tool G 5 BARCODES Which barcode symbologies does the Price Checker accept Basically all popular symbologies as accepted by the integrated scanner EAN 13 EAN 8 UPC A UPC E Add ons Code EAN 128 Int 2 5 Code 39 full ASCII Code 32 Codabar and GS1 Databar most popular types By Factory Default EAN 13 8 and UPC A E decoding has been activated inside the omni scanner 74 Appendices 75 H PRICE CHECKER PROJECT TASKS The integration of a Price Checker into a store IT system is slightly more complex than linking a mouse to your PC Therefore you find below to prevent any miscommunication a general guideline describing Who Does What While Launching A Price Checker Project Our supplies Price Checker Hardware Configuration excl network cabling Overview of possibilities features and benefits of the Price Checker Advice which Configurati
45. y the Price Checker is powered directly through the Ethernet and you don t need to install a 230 110VAC mains socket anymore somewhere in the middle of the store so in this way saving you quite some installation costs The Price Checker PoE complies with the official standard IEEE 802 3af For your information PoE uses either the 4 Ethernet data lines pin 1 2 3 6 called End Span or the not used Ethernet lines pin 4 5 7 8 called Mid Span to transport the DC voltage to the Price Checker Which method is used depends on the supplying powered network switch hub The Price Checker supports both methods automatically See also Appendix A Towards the host side this means that you need a special hub router which supports the Power Over Ethernet PoE feature following the official standard for this IEEE 802 3af To avoid any miscommunication in this area we does not supply network components like a power injector network cabling powered hubs etc When we ship the first unit s Price Checker PoE in the current stage this is in most cases for demo or evaluation purposes Therefore we DO include the standard PSU This is done just to be sure and to give our customers the possibility to at least turn on the Price Checker independent from the hub for instance for Price Checker configuration purposes Of course for the real installation in the store roll out with the Price Checker connected to a hub with Power Over E

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