Datalogic Scanning STARGATE Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
INTRODUCTION
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 DESCRIPTION OF STARGATE™
STARGATE™ is a radio base station that enables a wireless network allowing data
transmission between several Datalogic RF devices and an host system (standard
PC, Windows based): STARGATE™ is the core component of the Datalogic
STAR-System™, the system providing a modern and flexible RF Narrow Band
Solution for Mobile applications.
A single STARGATE™ RF base station covers an area of about 8.000 m
2
(3000 m
2
when working with USA models) outdoors, manages up to 2.000 different mobile
devices and supports up to 255 simultaneous active clients in real time.
To extend the covered area, or to overcome physical limits given by concrete walls,
firewalls or metal shelving, it is possible to exploit the seamless active roaming
capability of the STARGATE™ RF base station network.
This unique feature allows the operators to move in total freedom from office to office
or through different departments/buildings always being connected to the host
application.
STAR-System™ automatically links all the RF devices and their own host
applications, providing a real time fast, reliable and cost-effective wireless connection
between the operators and the most common Windows based software tools, the
most familiar databases or the most widespread ERP/WMS systems.
Thanks to the STAR-Link™ software tool (provided with STARGATE™), it is very
easy to integrate data coming from the Datalogic STAR-System™ into an Excel
spreadsheet or an Access database: even easier for a programmer is the
development of a custom software to exchange data in real time with Formula RF
terminals or Datalogic Hand-Held Readers using Rapid Application Development
languages such as Visual Basic, C++Builder, Delphi etc.
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