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    Manual scanner with USB interface (virtual COM port)

    rbresca
    Established Member

    Hello,

    is it possible to use a the Scanner (serial) peripheral with a DMC reader directly connected on the USB port of the PLC?

    I wasn't able to find any way to create a IOpconSerialStream tied to a local COM port.

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    Düscha
    New Contributor

    Our serial peripheral is writen for using a EL6001 and a serial scanner.

    How using the COM Port, you find a manual directly on Beckhoff site

    https://infosys.beckhoff.com/english.php?content=../content/1033/tf6340_tc3_serial_communication/ind...

    But for using the virtual COM port, you needf a Beckhoff license TF6340

     

    rbresca
    Established Member

    Thank you for the answer.

    I don't unserstand if I can use the scanner object with the virtual port. I think the answer is "NO", but I would like to be sure before asking to swap the USB reader with an ethernet one.

    SteffenR-
    Community Moderator
    Community Moderator

    The NexeedScanner object is independent of the communication protocol/fieldbus, but there is no peripheral for a Virtual COM Port. This requires the Beckhoff FB SerialLineControlADS that is part of the library Tc2_SerialCom that is part of the mentioned TF6340 license. I guess the license price is higher than an EL6001/6002 or EP6001/6002.

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