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1. Introduction Basic hardware and variations
The electronic hardware is a new, versatile platform designed for use with various
applications. This manual describes, in detail, the electronic hardware aspects of the
terminal you have purchased. The details concerning terminal firmware and host
software are addressed in the manual, which comes with the software.
All terminals are equipped with:
1) 2 row x 20 character per row blue backlit display
2) 16-key full travel keypad
3) RS-232 serial port
4) wand port for optional barcode wand
5) two control lines for external relay control
(door access and bell ringer are typical applications)
6) 25-pin parallel port
The terminal is offered with different hardware options as listed below:
Comm2: RS485, MODEM, Ethernet, or wireless Ethernet
Barcode: Internal Visible or Infrared Barcode Badge Reader
Proximity: Proximity badge reader: 125kHz RFID or HID
Fingerprint: Fingerprint Verification
Magnetic Stripe: A Track 2 ABA magnetic badge reader is standard, but can be
optioned out.
Note: The part number of your unit can be found on the serial number label on
the back of the terminal.
General specifications
A. Enclosure: 8.7 in. (23 cm) wide x 6.1 in. (16 cm) tall x 2.3 in. (6 cm) deep.
“Clamshell” construction of 0.125 in. (3 mm) thick Polycarbonate/ABS injection
molded flame retardant plastic. Includes reversible mounting bracket and access
door which protects I/O ports.
B. Multilayer main logic board with internal ground and power planes.
C. eZ80 Microprocessor.
D. Most common memory configuration is 1 Meg program Flash, 128K of Data
Storage and 512K of RAM.
E. Real Time Clock with Lithium battery backup.