1-10 Introduction of the MICROS Tablet and Base Station E-Series
The Base Station E-Series Wireless Scanner
The Base Station Wireless Scanner consists of a compact battery powered Wireless
Scanner and a Dock/Cradle attached to the left or right rear of the Base Station E-Series
and R-Series. The figure below shows an example of the Wireless Scanner installed on the
right rear side of the Base Station E-Series.
Figure 1-14 Wireless Scanner and Dock
The Dock receives power through the USB interface cable to operate the wireless scanner
in presentation mode or to charge the internal AAA batteries for trigger mode.
For fixed operation in presentation mode, the Wireless Scanner can be secured to the
Dock. About six inches clearance in front of the scan window is required and most items
will scan when placed within two to three inches from the window.
The Base Station Wireless Scanner contains a Scan Engine and Image Decoder.
The Scan Engine is composed of a CCD imager, lens, motion sensor, plus illumination
and targeting LEDs housed in small a cube shaped package attached to the scanner
housing with a custom bracket.
The Scan Engine is coupled to a PL3307 Image Decoder, a multi-chip processing system
located on the scanner board. The PL3307 configures the imager through an I2C interface,
acquires the image through its Camera Sensor Interface (CSI) interface, and then decodes
the 1D or 2D bar code symbologies.
After the Image Decoder receives the image and reads the bar code, the scanned data is
sent over a Symbol Simple Serial Interface (SSI) to the Bluetooth Module. The Dock
contains a second Bluetooth Module to receive scanned data, converts it to the SSI
interface and feeds it to a USB to COM Port device.
The Wireless Scanner supports the following bar code symbologies by default.
Table 1-1 Wireless Scanner Bar Code Symbologies
1D Symbologies 2D Symbologies Postal Codes
UPC/EAN PDF417
Bookland EAN MicroPDF417
UCC Coupon Code Data Matrix UK Postal
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