2 Safety HandscannersBCS 3600ex series12 / 72 Subject to technical modifications17/05/182 Safety2.1 Intended useThe hand-held scanners in the BCS 3600 ex series are hand-operated items of electrical equipment.They are used for the mobile capture, processing and transfer of data within potentially explosiveatmospheres.The data are transferred either using a connection cable (BCS 3608 ex) or using a Bluetoothconnection (BCS 3678 ex).The hand-held scanners in the BCS 3600 ex series have been modified for use in the followingpotentially explosive atmospheres:Configuration Approved zoneBCS 3678ex-IS(Type 17-A1S4-XXXX)ATEX / IECEx Zone 1 andZone 21NEC / CEC Class I, II, III DIV 1BCS 3608ex-IS(Type 17-A1S4-XXXX)BCS 3678ex-NI(Type B7-A2S4-XXXX)ATEX / IECEx Zone 2 andZone 22NEC / CEC Class I, II, III DIV 2BCS 3608ex-NI(Type B7-A2S4-XXXX)Tab. 4: Assignment configuration for the explosion protected areaThe hand-held scanners may only be used together with operating equipment that corresponds toInstallation Category I.You must comply with the permissible ambient conditions for the device used (see chapter 14, P. 69).
