Fixed Mount Scanner Setup
Zebra DS457 + Perle Serial Server DS1 or Devolinx STE-501C or STE-502C
 
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| Zebra DS547 Scanner | Perle Serial Server DS1 | Devolinx STE-501C |
| Serial to Ethernet device | Serial to Ethernet device |
The Zebra DS547 Scanner can be used to scan the bar codes on items to add them to the order. In order for the scanner to communicate with the iPad register it has to be accessed over the local area network. This is accomplished by plugging the serial cable that comes with the Zebra scanner into a Serial-To-Ethernet device. Perle and Devolinx both make serial to ethernet devices that are compatible with LinkPOS. The Serial-To-Ethernet device is then plugged in to the local area network. The device must be plugged in to the same network router that provides the WIFI for the iPads and PAX devices because the entire system must be on the same network in order to communicate with each other.
Setup an ethernet to serial Devolinx device
Run the Monitor app on a Windows machine to configure a new device. The app is found on the CD that comes with the device.
Select the device from the list and click Config
Enter the IP address and gateway you want to use. It should be on the same network as the rest of the LinkPOS devices (iPads, printers, etc)
Connect a laptop to the same network as the iPads. Bring up a web browser and enter the device IP address in the URL like this: http://192.168.100.212
This will bring up the configuration page.
On the Networking page you can configure the device the same way the Monitor app does:
On the COM pages you can configure each port. Each port should be set up as a TCP Server and should listen on separate ports. This device is set up to listen on the default port 4660:
The default settings for the serial device are Baud Rate 9600, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. This works for the Zebra fixed mount DS 457 scanner and the POSX pole display.
Set up an ethernet to serial Perle DS1 device
Log in to the web configuration page of the device. Connect a laptop to the same network as the iPads. Then bring up a web browser and enter the IP Address of the Serial-To-Ethernet device like this: http://192.168.100.211 (Use the ip address of the device)
Login. The default user is admin and the default password is superuser
Set the static IP address
Set the device to TCP Sockets mode. Set the port for it to listen on and allow multiple connections.
Set the serial port settings. These are the settings that work with the Zebra fixed mount DS457 scanner. The Zebra scanner is a half duplex device.
