CSL CS108-2, User Manual

Page 1: ...CS108 2 EPC Class 1 Gen 2 RFID Sled Handheld Reader User s Manual Version 5 0 CSL The One Stop Shop for RFID Solutions ...

Page 2: ...ON SMART PHONES 18 4 5 1 SOFTWARE ON ANDROID PHONE 18 4 5 1 1 INSTALLING THE ANDROID SOFTWARE 18 4 5 1 2 STARTING THE ANDROID SOFTWARE 20 4 5 1 3 SEARCHING AND CONNECTING TO PAIRING WITH CS108 22 4 5 1 4 RFID INVENTORY 26 4 5 1 5 BARCODE INVENTORY 29 4 5 1 6 RFID READ AND WRITE MEMORY BANKS 31 4 5 1 7 GEIGER SEARCH 34 4 5 1 8 SETUP 38 4 5 1 9 FILTER PRE FILTER 44 4 5 1 10 FILTER POST FILTER 47 4 5...

Page 3: ... 4 5 2 6 RFID READ AND WRITE MEMORY BANKS 69 4 5 2 7 GEIGER SEARCH 70 4 5 2 8 SETUP 72 4 5 2 9 FILTER PRE FILTER 76 4 5 2 10 FILTER POST FILTER 77 4 5 2 11 SECURITY 78 4 5 2 12 REGISTER TAGS 79 4 5 2 13 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 80 4 5 2 14 EXITING THE SOFTWARE 81 4 5 2 15 TRULY EXITING THE SOFTWARE 82 4 5 2 16 SOURCE CODES 83 4 6 SOFTWARE ON PC 84 APPENDIX A FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE 8...

Page 4: ...ompliance with the Parts 15 certification It is the responsibility of the operator and professional installer to ensure that only certified systems are deployed in the United States The use of the system in any other combination such as co located antennas transmitting the same information is expressly forbidden IC Notice Industry Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 0...

Page 5: ... smart phone such as iPhone or Android phone via Bluetooth connection where the application on the smart phone would control the CS108 2 reader to perform RFID tag reading or barcode reading Below photo shows the smart phone separately handled by the user during operation Note Smart phone and CS108 can only be paired via the App provided They DO NOT pair via the normal Bluetooth Device connection ...

Page 6: ...he smart phone mounted detachable on top of the CS108 2 reader during operation CS108 2 can also be controlled via the USB connection by a PC In this case the Bluetooth connection is not used The control commands enter via the USB cable The application is on a PC Below photo show the CS108 2 handheld reader connected via USB cable to and controlled by a PC ...

Page 7: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 7 ...

Page 8: ...HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 8 3 2 Product Package 3 2 1 Basic Package Content The reader package contains Handheld reader USB cable Battery 1 piece inside the reader ...

Page 9: ...icated data handling for efficient management of large streams of tag data Highly configurable buffering and tag filtering modes to eliminate the redundant tag data so as to reduce wireless LAN traffic and server loading Robust performance in dense reader environments Excellent in transmit and receive mode generates a different combination of unique reader to tag command rate tag to reader backsca...

Page 10: ...nt Operating Temp 200 C to 500 C Storage Temp 400 C to 850 C Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Enclosure IP 54 Antenna 2 7 dBi Gain internal patch antenna RF Power Internal conducted power 30 dBm EIRP Power 32 7 dBm RFID Frequency Ranges 902 928 MHz band Interfaces Bluetooth 4 0 USB Accessories USB cable Order Code CS108 2 Restrictions on Use Approvals features and parameters may vary depending on c...

Page 11: ...dware The CSL CS108 2 handheld RFID Reader is an EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 handheld reader product Below is the front view of the CS108 2 reader The barcode lies in a compartment at the top The RFID reader is in the front box with the embedded patch antenna inside the cover facing forward Figure 4 1 CS108 2 Reader Front View Barcode Scanner RFID Reader Antenna Inside ...

Page 12: ...left side view of the CS108 2 reader There are 5 LEDs on this side from left to right representing respectively 1 RFID Power On 2 Status 3 Barcode Power On 4 Charging 5 External Power connected Figure 4 2 CS108 2 Reader Left Side View RFID Reader and Antenna in this box RFID Power On Status Barcode Power On Charging External Power Push Button to Read ...

Page 13: ...re The left button LED is for Bluetooth pairing and the LED lighting up meaning Bluetooth is connected The right button LED is for main power with LED lighting up meaning power is on Press the button continuously for 3 seconds then release to power on When the reader is on press the button continuously for 3 seconds then release to power off Figure 4 3 CS108 2 Reader Right SideView Bluetooth Pairi...

Page 14: ... control or to a USB power source to recharge the battery inside the CS108 2 A reset button is on the right this is for resetting the CS108 2 Figure 4 4 CS108 2 Reader Rear SideView Based on this one can see the CS108 2 can be connected to either a smart phone via Bluetooth for control and data collection or to a PC via USB cable for control and data collection CS108 READER Bluetooth Smart Phones ...

Page 15: ...nsert battery into the body of the handheld reader with the top plastic cover removed Also make sure it is in the correct direction in terms of front and back The battery connectors should be at the back of the reader Put the cover back once battery is inserted 2 Press the power button on the right side of the reader continuously for 3 seconds then release 3 After you release the finger then the B...

Page 16: ... right side of the reader continuously until the blue LED starts flashing Do not release your finger you need to press UNTIL the Blue LED lit up Because of that press the button in a way such that the LED is not obstructed by your pressing finger 2 The reader is now discoverable by smart phone App Note that only the CSL App can connect to the CS108 The generic Bluetooth Device Search of the OS can...

Page 17: ...other side 3 The above Type A plug connecting to a USB charger with the traditional Type A socket 2 LEDs will light up 1 Ext Power LED Blue LED Whenever the USB is connected with power supply this blue LED will light up 2 Charging LED Red LED When battery is heavily drained this red LED will be bright When battery is completely recharged this red LED will be very dim So if you connect the USB cabl...

Page 18: ...stall the application from App Store or Google Play correspondingly then double click the icon CS108 Demo App to start 4 5 1 Software on Android Phone 4 5 1 1 Installing the Android Software Download the APK from Convergence website Save that to the Download folder You can directly download that to your Android phone as long as your Android phone is connected to the Internet See below Select and p...

Page 19: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 19 Once installed start the App and you should see the following ...

Page 20: ...DHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 20 4 5 1 2 Starting the Android Software The CS108 Android App icon is as follows Open the Android App and you should see the following screen ...

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Page 22: ... To start searching and connecting to pairing with a CS108 nearby use the finger to SWIPE the screen from the LEFT edge to invoke the menu Please make sure the CS108 Bluetooth button has been pressed until the Blue LED is flashing meaning the CS108 is ready for discovery by Smart Phones nearby After that select the line Connection to start the search and connect to CS108 process Swipe Right ...

Page 23: ... 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 23 Note the Search icon to the upper right of the page press that icon Then you should see all the available CS108 nearby ...

Page 24: ...right Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 24 Select the one you want to connect to and press it first to select it and then press it again to start the connection process IN OTHER WORDS YOU NEED TO PRESS 2 TIMES After that you should see Connected below the reader title ...

Page 25: ...SS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 25 Note If you have multiple CS108 you should set them to different names to distinguish one from another ...

Page 26: ...ELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 26 4 5 1 4 RFID Inventory To do an inventory of RFID tags select the Inventory button Click the enable continuous mode box for continuous inventory ...

Page 27: ...is the RFID tag EPC ID last column is the RSSI of the tag return On the lower right you can also see the battery voltage at that point When fully charged it is around 4 2 Volts The unit should run to about 3 3 Volts before it stops At any point if you want to stop just press the middle center location here showing 6366 which is the location of the original start button and the reader will stop inv...

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Page 29: ...S 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 29 4 5 1 5 Barcode Inventory To do a barcode inventory go to Inventory button Then press the BARCODE button ...

Page 30: ...Rights Reserved 30 Press the START button At this point the red LED of the barcode reader should lit up to help you aim your CS108 barcode reader onto the barcode A focused circular dot should appear That is where the distance of the barcode should be with respect to the reader Once the barcode is read you can now Stop ...

Page 31: ... Rights Reserved 31 4 5 1 6 RFID Read and Write memory banks You can also read and write specific memory banks of an RFID tag Press the Read Write button You will now see this You see the Bank 0 1 2 3 of the EPC tag Select at least one bank to read or write Note that Bank 2 TID bank cannot be written as defined by EPC ...

Page 32: ...not input anything the reader will simply read whatever tag that it sees You can input a string of hex number to select the pattern You can either input the whole EPC ID or part of it to denote a pattern with the remaining being wild card Another way to do a Read Write is to first go to Inventory page to inventory the tag Then select one by ticking the box on the third column ...

Page 33: ...VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 33 After that return to Main Menu and then go to Read Write page Then you will see that particular selected ID already in the Tag Pattern box At this point you can read or write any specific banks ...

Page 34: ... GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 34 4 5 1 7 Geiger Search One can do a tag search by going to the Geiger Search page Input the tag ID on the line ...

Page 35: ...ne by selecting the Tone box and also setting the Threshold to emit sound One can now use this method to home in onto a tag in other words to the asset tagged with that particular tag Another way to zero in on a tag that is in an area is to first do an inventory of the whole area without knowing the exact location of the tag Then select the tag with the ID that you want to home in onto by ticking ...

Page 36: ...READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 36 After that return to Main Menu and then enter the Geiger Search page now that ID will already be in the Input space and you can start the Geiger Search ...

Page 37: ...LASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 37 To Stop just press the location of the Start button here covered by 7949 and the search will stop ...

Page 38: ...S101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 38 4 5 1 8 Setup One can set up the reader s parameters in the Settings page ...

Page 39: ...READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 39 In the Antenna menu one can define the Antenna Cycle 65535 means continuous read Antenna Dwell Time 2000 means 2 seconds Antenna Power 300 means 30 dBm ...

Page 40: ...ION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 40 In the Query menu one can define the Query Target Query Session Query Select Q Algorithm and Link Profile See Appendix B For definitions of the above please read the EPC Air Interface Protocol document ...

Page 41: ...SL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 41 The Dynamic Algo menu contains the setting for Dynamic Q algorithm ...

Page 42: ...SL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 42 The Fixed Algo menu contains the parameters for Fixed Q algorithm ...

Page 43: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 43 Whatever changes one has made one must press the SAVE button ...

Page 44: ... MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 44 4 5 1 9 Filter Pre Filter One can add a pre filter i e a Select Filter to only have a certain group of tags respond to the reader s query To implement this go to the Filters page ...

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Page 46: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 46 ...

Page 47: ... CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 47 4 5 1 10 Filter Post Filter One can filter the inventoried tags further using the Post Filter ...

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Page 49: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 49 ...

Page 50: ...1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 50 4 5 1 11 Security One can add security action such as Locking or Killing to the EPC tags Go to Security page ...

Page 51: ...ID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 51 You can either lock or kill a tag Here is locking a tag Here is killing a tag Note it asks you for the Kill password immediately ...

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Page 53: ... 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 53 After a successful operation here is the screen pop up Command End means successful implementation of the lock command ...

Page 54: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 54 4 5 1 12 Register Tags TBD ...

Page 55: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 55 4 5 1 13 Special Functions TBD ...

Page 56: ...ence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 56 4 5 1 14 Exiting the Software By pressing the Home button middle icon of the menu at the bottom one can exit the software Note that the software is not really completely stopped as is well known by smart phone users The software is really only sleeping ...

Page 57: ...Limited All Rights Reserved 57 4 5 1 15 Truly Exiting the Software To truly exit the software press the lower right hand side button folder view and then you will see the following screen At this point you can truly exit the software by pressing your finger on the software and drag it out of the smart phone ...

Page 58: ...D HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 58 4 5 1 16 Source Codes Source codes of this application are available on Convergence Systems Limited website www convergence com hk ...

Page 59: ... Apple Inc 2 Send user s Apple ID to Convergence support team Apple ID is an email address Make sure that email address is real and you can receive that email 3 Convergence support team will submit the Apple ID to Apple and the new software and a special email will be sent to the email address of the Apple ID to invite you to join iTunes Connect The following is an example email Click the activate...

Page 60: ...ed All Rights Reserved 60 needs to be in the iPhone in order to immediately view in TestFlight 5 After that the new beta software will appear inside TestFlight Open TestFlight to find out this application is there 6 You can then download and then open that App 7 After that you can start using the CS108 iPhone App ...

Page 61: ...R USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 61 4 5 2 2 Starting the iPhone Software With the CS108 App for iPhone installed you will see an icon in your iPhone Now press that icon to start the CS108 iPhone App ...

Page 62: ...is the search and connect screen The search and connect screen starts immediately when you start the App It will search for CS108 nearby and list them out Please make sure the CS108 Bluetooth button has been pressed until the Blue LED is flashing meaning the CS108 is ready for discovery by Smart Phones nearby You can refresh the search process by using a finger to swipe the whole menu DOWNWARD and...

Page 63: ...AL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 63 Once you select a particular reader then a pop up window will ask you if you want to connect to that reader Type Ok to connect After that you will enter the main screen of the application ...

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Page 65: ...READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 65 4 5 2 4 RFID Inventory Press the Inventory button to go to the Inventory page You can either read RFID tag or barcode selected at the bottom of the App ...

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Page 67: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 67 4 5 2 5 Barcode Inventory ...

Page 68: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 68 ...

Page 69: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 69 4 5 2 6 RFID Read and Write memory banks TBD ...

Page 70: ... All Rights Reserved 70 4 5 2 7 Geiger Search One can search and home in onto a tag using the Geiger Search page First you go to Inventory page and inventory the tag then select that tag A pop up window asks if you want to select that tag for subsequent Read Write operation or Geiger Search operation Press OK here ...

Page 71: ...D HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 71 Now return to Main Menu and then enter the Geiger Search menu The tag ID would already be there Press Start to begin Geiger Search ...

Page 72: ...All Rights Reserved 72 4 5 2 8 Setup One can go to Setup page to edit the operation parameters In Antenna page Inventory Delay Time is a smart phone specific Bluetooth operation parameters DO NOT CHANGE THIS VALUE OF 15 Dwell Time is the time of antenna port operation 2000 means 2 seconds Power is 300 meaning 30 dBm ...

Page 73: ...LASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 73 Query page contains all the query setting Refer to EPC Air Interface protocol document for details ...

Page 74: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 74 Dynamic Algo contains the parameters for Dynamic Q algorithm ...

Page 75: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 75 Fixed Algo contains the parameters for Fixed Q algorithm ...

Page 76: ... 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 76 4 5 2 9 Filter Pre Filter Pre filter page contains the settings for Select Filter ...

Page 77: ... 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 77 4 5 2 10 Filter Post Filter Post Filter contains parameters for filtering AFTER the tags are inventoried by the reader ...

Page 78: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 78 4 5 2 11 Security TBD ...

Page 79: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 79 4 5 2 12 Register Tags TBD ...

Page 80: ...CSL CS101 2 EPC CLASS 1 GEN 2 RFID HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 80 4 5 2 13 Special Functions TBD ...

Page 81: ...R USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 81 4 5 2 14 Exiting the Software One can exit the software by simply pressing the Home button However as smart phone users know this is only sending the App to sleep ...

Page 82: ... Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 82 4 5 2 15 Truly Exiting the Software To truly exit the software one needs to double click the Home button and then the CS108 demo App will show as one of the pages piled Select that page and then use finger to drag it out of the phone to truly exit the software ...

Page 83: ...D HANDHELD READER USER S MANUAL VERSION 5 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 83 4 5 2 16 Source Codes Source codes of this application are available on Convergence Systems Limited website www convergence com hk ...

Page 84: ...via the USB cable In this case the mobile phone is not required and Bluetooth is not turned on Below is the screen capture of an application on PC controlling CS108 2 Everything is self explanatory in the application Figure 4 5 PC Application Screen controlling CS108 2 via USB Source codes of the PC App for CS108 is also available for download from Convergence website www convergence com hk ...

Page 85: ...n be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Consult the dealer or an qualified radio TV technician for assistance FCC NOTICE To comply with FCC part 15 rules in the United States the system m...

Page 86: ...eading Link Profile 0 1 2 3 R T Modulation DSB ASK PR ASK PR ASK DSB ASK Tari μs 25 00 25 00 25 00 6 25 X 1 00 0 50 0 50 0 50 PW Pulse Width in usec 12 50 12 50 12 50 3 13 RTcal usec 75 00 62 50 62 50 15 63 TRcal usec 200 00 85 33 71 11 20 00 DR Divide Ratio 8 64 3 64 3 8 T R Modulation FM0 Miller 4 Miller 4 FM0 TRExt 1 1 1 1 LF kbps 40 250 300 400 Data Rate kbps 40 62 5 75 400 ...