IBM 243X Network Card User Manual


 
Trakker Antares 243X Hand-Held Terminal User’s Manual
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Connecting an Input Device
1.
Use the appropriate interface cable to attach an input device to the input device
connector on the connector module. For a list of supported input devices and cables,
see Input Devices and Cables in Appendix A.
2.
Configure the Scanner Selection command and select the input device that is
connected to the terminal. For help, see Scanner Selection in Chapter 6 of the
2400 Family system manual.
Note:
You must configure the Scanner Selection command. If this command is not
defined for the appropriate input device, the scanner trigger on the input device may
activate the integrated scanner on the terminal.
Scanning Options
After you connect an input device to the 243X, you can modify the following scanner
command options to meet your needs:
Decode Security
Scanner Selection
Scan Ahead
Scanner Timeout
Scanner Mode
Scanner Trigger
Scanner Redundancy
For more information about these commands, see Chapter 6, Configuration Command
Reference,” in the 2400 Family system manual.
Connecting to a Serial Device or Network
You can physically connect the 243X to a serial device, such as a host computer or
printer, through the serial/power connector using a serial adapter cable. If you have a
serial connector module, you can use either the serial/power connector or the input
device connector to connect to a serial device.
Input device
connector
Serial/Power
connector
243XU007.eps
Serial
Connector Module