The Allen-Bradley 1769-ASCII is a 1769 CompactLogix and MicroLogix 1500 compatible module. This specialty provides connection to devices that supports American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) protocol. Typical devices that utilize this protocol are Barcode Readers which are commonly installed in factory automation applications.
The 1769-ASCII has Two (2) individually isolated ASCII ports. Each port may function simultaneous at different configuration and communicate to different set of devices. The ASCII ports are capable of being configured as alternating mode or dual simultaneous mode and can be used as RS233 / RS422 (Port1) and RS485 (Port 2) independently.
