DRAGON™1833.2 MULTIDROP STAR-SYSTEM™ NETWORK LAYOUTSEven though many stand alone systems can operate in the same physical area withoutinterfering with each other, it may be desirable to bridge data from multiple cradles in anetwork to a single Host. Each OM-DRAGON™ cradle is designed to connect withother cradles in order to build an RS485 Multidrop cradle network that is STAR-System™ compatible. This network provides seamless active roaming for any RFreading device in the system.3.2.1 Host Master LayoutA. Host Master with STAR-Link™B. STAR-Box™ converterC. OM-DRAGON™ Slave cradlesD. STARGATE™ base stationExample Multidrop STAR-System™ Network with Host as MasterIn this layout the Host acts as the Master using STAR-Link™ software. The Host isconnected in RS232 to a STAR-Box converter which is connected to the first slave inthe RS485 network. In this way the Master cradle provides communications between asingle Host and all readers in the system. STARGATE™ base stations can also beused as slaves in this network. The Slaves at the ends of the network must beterminated (see par. 2.6.3).See pars. 4.5 and 4.6 or the Sm@rtSet Help On-Line for system configurationspecifications.
