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Universal host interface for data acquisition systems
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Inventors: Lieb, Robert; Buongervino, Nicholas; Mauro, Patrick; Rizzi, Michael; Oppenheim, Ellen; Boriotti, Joseph; May, Robert; Karcher, Sara; Biuso, Anthony; Poloniewicz, Paul R.; Brown, Daniel; Fama, Anthony; Stein, Robert; Chu, Cary; Catalano, Michael; Mulla, Al
Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Holtsville, NY)
Primary Examiner: Barlow; John
Assistant Examiner: Miller; Craig Steven
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
A universal interface system for use with a data acquisition system including a data acquisition device such as a bar code scanner or scanner integrated terminal for providing digital data signals indicative of acquired data for transmission to a host device such as a computer, and a host device having host-specific input/output data format requirements. The universal interface system comprises universal data exchange means located in the data acquisition device for providing digital data signals in a universal data exchange format independent of the data format requirements of the host device; and a host interface cable coupled to the data acquisition device and to said host device, for transmitting acquired digital data from the data acquisition device to the host device, the interface cable comprising means for translating digital data from the universal data exchange format to the host-specific input/output data format requirements. The interface cable comprises a buffer for storing a host parameter data word used in communications with the host device. The universal data exchange means comprises a memory for storing a plurality of host parameter data words, each of the host parameter data words being associated with one of a plurality of different host interface modules; and means for reading from the memory and transmitting to the host interface module the host parameter data word associated with the particular host interface module operatively connected thereto. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with these and other objects, provided is a universal interface system for use with a data acquisition system including a data acquisition device for providing digital data signals indicative of acquired data for transmission to a host device, and a host device having host-specific input/output data format requirements.
The universal interface system comprises universal data exchange means located in the data acquisition device for providing digital data signals in a universal data exchange format independent of the data format requirements of the host device; and a host interface module coupled to the data acquisition device and to said host device, for transmitting acquired digital data from the data acquisition device to the host device, the interface module comprising means for translating digital data from the universal data exchange format to the host-specific input/output data format requirements.
The interface module comprises a buffer for storing a host parameter data word used in communications with the host device.
The universal data exchange means comprises a memory for storing a plurality of host parameter data words, each of the host parameter data words being associated with one of a plurality of different host interface modules; and means for reading from the memory and transmitting to the host interface module the host parameter data word associated with the particular host interface module operatively connected thereto.
The data acquisition device comprises means for entering host parameter data words by a user.
In embodiments wherein the data acquisition device comprises a bar code scanner capable of electro-optically reading bar code symbols encoded with bar code data and providing a digital bar pattern representative of bars and spaces comprising said bar code symbol, the bar code scanner comprising a decoder for converting said digital bar pattern into said digital data signals, the decoder of the invention further comprises means for determining if the digital bar pattern is representative of a host parameter data word, and means for storing in the memory the host parameter data word for subsequent transfer to the host device
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