The Zebra Connectivity Gateway provides asynchronous passthrough and synchronized leader-follower solutions for use cases requiring high-speed scan tunnels, sorting facilities, and multi-point or multi-side barcode scanning for parcels and boxes.
When assembling the Connectivity Gateway with the Gateway License, take into account the following device characteristics before determining which will act as a leader or follower.
Fixed Scanning and Gateway devices can enable USB HID mode as output. However, GS20 devices do not natively support a USB port.
Fixed Scanning and Gateway devices can support up to 9 total GPIO. GS20 devices have 4 total GPIO.
It is recommended to implement no more than four followers in a given Connectivity Gateway solution. This implies that the Fixed Scanning and Gateway devices may act as a follower and a leader device simultaneously. If this is implemented in your system, expect a slight degradation in read rate performance in the device acting in both modes.
