CSL CS208-3G, User Manual

Page 1: ...GRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 1 CSL CS208 3G Intelligent Integrated RFID Reader with GPS User s Manual Version 1 0 0 6 7KH 2QH 6WRS 6KRS IRU 5 6ROXWLRQV ...

Page 2: ...CKAGE 20 5 2 PC SIDE PREREQUISITES 20 5 3 DEFAULT SETTING 21 5 3 1 FORMAT OF DEFAULT INI FOR INITIAL SETTING OF CS208 RFID READER 22 5 4 CS208 BURN IN DEMO PROGRAM STARTUP PROCEDURE 24 5 4 1 SERVER FAR END COMPUTER SETUP 24 5 4 2 CLIENT SETUP 25 5 4 3 CS208 NORMAL MODE 29 5 4 3 1 CS208 READER IN NORMAL MODE 29 5 4 3 2 SERVER REMOTE COMPUTER IN NORMAL MODE 31 5 4 4 CS208 3G SELF TEST MODE 32 5 4 5 ...

Page 3: ...GPRS AND ETHERNET 56 5 5 2 1 CS208 SENDS DATA VIA ETHERNET 56 5 5 2 2 CS208 SENDS DATA VIA GPRS 60 5 6 CS208 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 64 5 6 1 FIRMWARE UPGRADE OVERVIEW 64 5 6 1 1 CS208 FIRMWARE UPGRADE FLOW DIAGRAM 64 5 6 2 FIRMWARE UPGRADE PROCEDURE 65 5 6 2 1 PC IP CONFIGURATION BEFORE CS208 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 66 5 6 2 2 CS208 DEVICE APPLICATION FIRMWARE UPGRADE VIA ETHERNET 68 5 6 2 3 CS208 OPERATING SY...

Page 4: ...1 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 94 8 2 MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE MPE 95 8 2 1 INTRODUCTION 95 8 2 2 REQUIREMENTS 95 8 2 3 RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION EXPOSURE EVALUATION 96 APPENDIX A CS208 GPIO SIMPLE TEST CIRCUIT 98 APPENDIX B SMS ERROR CODE LIST 100 APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SUPPORT 105 APPENDIX D RFID BASICS 106 APPENDIX E OPERATION PROFILES FOR RFID 107 APPENDIX F RFID ...

Page 5: ...TICE To comply with FCC part 15 rules in the United States the system must be professionally installed to ensure compliance with the Part 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 is expressly forbidden ...

Page 6: ...rial Multiple choices of edge servers with intelligent event engine and with APIs ranging from high level HTTP to C to low level C are available Ruggedized MIL STD 810 integrated reader with long read range Dense Reader Mode DRM available Unique offering choice of Left Hand Circular Polarization or Right Hand Circular Polarization for dock door implementation Best of breed antenna performance exce...

Page 7: ...olarization Circular Polarization Antenna choice of LHCP or RHCP Signaling LEDs and industrial grade buzzer for read acknowledgement and alert External Control 4 x GPO and 4 x GPI Operating Temp 20 C to 50 C 4 F to 122 F Storage Temp 40 C to 85 C 40 F to 185 F Humidity 95 Non condensing Dust Water IP 68 works in outdoor environment Shock MIL STD 810F Method 516 5 Procedure V 75g 6ms 2 shocks per a...

Page 8: ...ELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 8 3 1 Product Package 3 1 1 Basic Package Content Integrated reader 12V power adaptor Power cord ...

Page 9: ...R S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 9 3 1 2 Optional Accessories Optional Accessories that customer has to select and buy Ethernet Cable Serial cable Control Port Serial cable Debug Port USB cable Client Cable ...

Page 10: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 10 USB cable Host Cable GPO Cable GPI Cable USB Cable Dual Head ...

Page 11: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 11 Serial Cable Dual Head ...

Page 12: ...s Limited All Rights Reserved 12 3 1 3 Useful Components Customer Has to Source If the user s or programmer s computer does not have serial port but only has USB ports many laptops are like that now then the user has to buy for themselves the following convertor to connect to USB ports USB to RS232 Convertor ...

Page 13: ...s Reserved 13 4 Hardware Installation 4 1 Hardware Content of CS208 3G 4 1 1 CS208 3G Reader Overview The CSL CS208 is the first INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED Reader in the world with GPS embedded edge server and a wide selection of connectivity including 3G GSM GPRS SMS Ethernet USB and Serial Front panel of CS208 Rear panel of CS208 ...

Page 14: ... S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 14 CS208 Side View ϭϮs D D ĐĂƌĚ ůŽƚƐ Θ ĐĂƌĚ ůŽƚ h ŽƐƚ ĂŶĚ ůŝĞŶƚ WŽƌƚƐ ŽŶƚƌŽů ĂŶĚ ĞďƵŐ ĞƌŝĂů WŽƌƚƐ ƚŚĞƌŶĞƚ WŽƌƚ W dž ϰ WK dž ϰ ŶƚĞƌŶĂů D ƌŽŶƚ ŶƚĞŶŶĂ ŶƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌŽŶƚ WĂŶĞů ƵnjnjĞƌ ...

Page 15: ...GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 15 GSM SIM card and SD card Slots D D ĐĂƌĚ ƐůŽƚƐ DŝŶŝ DŝĐƌŽͿ ĐĂƌĚ ƐůŽƚ džƚĞƌŶĂů D ŶƚĞŶŶĂ ŽŶŶĞĐƚŽƌ džƚĞƌŶĂů W ŶƚĞŶŶĂ ŽŶŶĞĐƚŽƌ ŶƚĞƌŶĂů W ŶƚĞŶŶĂ ŶƚĞƌŶĂů D ĂĐŬ ŶƚĞŶŶĂ ...

Page 16: ...hts Reserved 16 4 2 Operating Setup 4 2 1 Installation 4 2 1 1 Install the SIM card 1 Open the GSM SIM and SD card slot cover 2 Insert the GSM SIM card into the GSM SIM card slot The contact pins of GSM SIM card should be followed the below photo 3 Close the GSM SIM card SD card slot Cover D D ĐĂƌĚ DŝŶŝͲ DͿ D D ĐĂƌĚ DŝĐƌŽͲ DͿ ...

Page 17: ...GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 17 4 2 1 2 Install SD card 1 Open the GSM SIM and SD card slot cover 2 Insert the SD card into the SD card slot 3 Close the cover of GSM SIM card SD card Slots ...

Page 18: ... INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 18 4 2 1 3 Install Power Supply 4 2 1 4 InstallȾ Ⱦ Ⱦ ȾControl Serial and Debug Serial Optional for Debug Serial ...

Page 19: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 19 4 2 1 5 Install Ethernet 4 2 1 6 Install USB ...

Page 20: ... define default setting of CS208 3G 2 Bootloader CS208 Bootloader u boot_532M_v1 0 0 5_20140206 bin 3 Operating System WinCE 6 0 NK nb0 4 User Manuals CSL CS208 User s Manual 5 2 PC Side Prerequisites To run the CS208 application programs the PC must have the following software installed 1 Dot Net Framework 3 5 or above 2 Visual Studio 2008 3 PuTTY for test Not included in software package Free do...

Page 21: ...r Ethernet download USB download 1 Power on CS208 and wait 2 minutes 2 Connect CS208 USB client cable to PC and make sure PC installed active sync for Window XP or mobile center for Window 7 8 3 Open file exporter in PC and copy deault ini into CS208 Storage Card CS208device folder 4 Power off CS208 5 CS208 will use new configuration when user restart CS208 Network download 1 Start demo program CS...

Page 22: ...vider PHONENUMBER 99 Dialup network phone number SMS PhoneNumber Phone number of Backend control center AutoSwitchOverTime 60 Time of switching to SMS when network connection fails minute AuthorizedSender1 SMS authorized sender 1 AuthorizedSender2 SMS authorized sender 2 AuthorizedSender3 SMS authorized sender 3 AuthorizedUser1 AuthorizedUser2 AuthorizedUser3 AuthorizedPassword1 AuthorizedPassword...

Page 23: ... gives you accurate current time NTP2 stdtime gov hk NTP Server IP backup TIMEZONE India Standard Time Time Zone READER Power 300 RFID reader power 10 x value in dBm 300 means 30 dBm Country IN Country Code ETSI IN G800 Channel 1 Frequency Channel 1 50 0 hopping India only 3 channels 1 2 and 3 Profile 2 Profile Gen2 Profile ALGORITHM DYNAMIC DYNAMIC Q FIXED Q QVALUE 3 Dynamic Start Q value Fixed Q...

Page 24: ...stems Limited All Rights Reserved 24 5 4 CS208 Burn In Demo program startup procedure 5 4 1 Server Far end Computer Setup 1 Manually input the TCP IP properties to target PC Server to connect CS208 with default setting IP address 192 168 25 100 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 ġ ġ ġ 2 Run CS208BackendServer exe ...

Page 25: ...o PC COM port is connected 2 Run putty exe program in PC with setting as follow Select Serial Set the COM port number for example COM1 that is connected to the Control serial port of CS208 Input the Speed of 9600 for the above used COM port Serial to enter to the further setup page of the COM port Ă ĞůĞĐƚ ĞƌŝĂů ď ŶƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ KD EƵŵďĞƌ Đ ŶƉƵƚ ƚŚĞ ƉĞĞĚ ŽĨ ϵϲϬϬ Ě WƌĞƐƐ ĞƌŝĂů ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƌƚŚĞƌ ƐĞƚƵ...

Page 26: ...ON 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 26 3 In the COM setup page select None in field of the Flow control And then press Window to enter to the Window Setup Page ĞůĞĐƚ EŽŶĞ ŝŶ ůŽǁ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĨŝĞůĚ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌĞƐƐ tŝŶĚŽǁ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŽ tŝŶĚŽǁ ƐĞƚƵƉ ƉĂŐĞ ...

Page 27: ...onvergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 27 4 In Window setup page in order to clearly display the information from CS208 it is better to set the Window as below 5 Press Open button to run PuTTY Ğƚ ŽůƵŵŶƐ ƚŽ ϭϮϬ Ğƚ ZŽǁƐ ƚŽ ϰϬ Ğƚ ŝŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĐƌŽůůďĂƌ ƚŽ ϭϬϬϬϬϬ WƌĞƐƐ KƉĞŶ ďƵƚƚŽŶ ƚŽ ƌƵŶ WƵddz ...

Page 28: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 28 6 After run the PuTTY the PuTTY screen is shown as ...

Page 29: ...ved 29 5 4 3 CS208 Normal Mode 5 4 3 1 CS208 Reader in Normal Mode 1 After setup PuTTY in 4 4 2 Client Setup power up CS208 2 The Power LED on the front panel will be lighted up as below 3 After CS208 search the GSM network GSM LED will flash slowly WŽǁĞƌ KŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƵƉ ĂĨƚĞƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƵƉ ϮϬϴ D ĨůĂƐŚ ĂĨƚĞƌ ϮϬϴ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƚŚĞ D ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ...

Page 30: ... P to enter Production test or press E to enter Engineering test is displayed user has 20 seconds to enter the Production test mode with pressing P or to enter the Engineering test mode with pressing E At this moment just WAIT until the reader count down from 20 to 0 and skip self test mode 5 The reader enters Normal Mode and is then connected to server Remote Computer ...

Page 31: ...ngInterval TagScanningTime and TagDuplicateFilterTime in default ini In default ini Tag Scanning Interval Tag Scanning Interval is configured in term of minute 1 1 minute If the value is zero the reader will read data continuously Tag Scanning Time Time of scanning tag in each Tag Scanning Interval 1 1 second After the Tag Scanning Time in each Tag Scanning Interval the reader will stop reading ta...

Page 32: ...ting up PuTTY in Client Setup power up CS208 Watch the printout on the PuTTY screen connected to the Control Serial Port Make sure that window is the ACTIVE window on the screen 2 The Power LED on the front panel will light up as below 3 After CS208 search the GSM network GSM LED will flash slowly WŽǁĞƌ KŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůŝŐŚƚĞĚ ƵƉ ĂĨƚĞƌ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƵƉ ϮϬϴ D ĨůĂƐŚ ĂĨƚĞƌ ϮϬϴ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ƚŚĞ D ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ...

Page 33: ...uction test or press E to enter Engineering test is displayed and the number in the bracket will decrement The user has 20 seconds to enter the self test mode At this moment press P or E key the PuTTY window must be the active window of the screen to receive the key press of course to enter production test mode or enter engineering test mode 5 The self test menu will then be shown on the PuTTY scr...

Page 34: ...8 Self Test Menu 5 4 5 1 Reset to Factory setting SHIFT 0 1 User can reset CS208 configuration file default ini to initial setting factory def using SHIFT 0 in Self Test Menu 2 In the menu of Self Test Menu choose SHIFT 0 Reset to Factory setting 3 CS208 undergoes factory reset and return message shown as below 4 And then auto return to Self Test Menu ...

Page 35: ... menu check SHIFT 1 Set to Next GSM Antenna The default value of Antenna is 1 2 If you want to change antenna from 1 to 2 press SHIFT and 1 together 3 The result is displayed when the test is finished Current value of antenna is set to 2 4 If you want to change antenna back from 2 to 3 press SHIFT and 1 together again Note 1 Front GSM Antenna 2 Back GSM Antenna 3 External GSM Antenna ...

Page 36: ...92 168 25 100 3 If you want to change Test Server IP press SHIFT and 2 together 4 Input the new IP address of Test Server for example 218 103 18 229 5 Press Enter 6 The menu is displayed with the new IP address as shown below 5 4 5 4 Change APN Name SHIFT 3 1 In the menu check SHIFT 3 Change APN Name 2 The default APN Name is empty as below 3 If you want to change APN Name press SHIFT and 3 togeth...

Page 37: ...SHIFT 4 1 In the menu check SHIFT 4 Set Test SMS Phone Number There is no default value for SMS Phone Number 2 If you want to change SMS Phone Number press SHIFT and 4 together 3 Input the new SMS Phone Number for test 4 Press Enter 5 The menu is displayed with the new APN name as shown below 5 4 5 6 Set Buzzer volume SHIFT 5 1 In the menu check SHIFT 5 Set Buzzer volume The default value of Buzze...

Page 38: ... the new Buzzer volume Example 45 4 The menu will be shown on the screen again Current value of Buzzer volume is set to 45 5 4 5 7 Set GPS Antenna SHIFT 7 1 In the menu check SHIFT 7 Set to Next GPS Antenna The default value of Antenna is 1 2 If you want to change antenna from 1 to 2 press SHIFT and 7 together 3 The result is displayed when the test is finished Current value of antenna is set to 2...

Page 39: ...for Write Tag alert when you press 2 to test Buzzer with Buzzer Tone value 0 2 If you want to test Read Tag 1 only you can change the value of Buzzer Tone to 1 with pressing SHIFT and 8 together 3 If you want to test Read Tag 2 only you can change the value of Buzzer Tone to 2 with pressing SHIFT and 8 together 4 If you want to test Write Tag only you can change the value of Buzzer Tone to 3 with ...

Page 40: ...en Burn in Program is entered the next Test Item entered will be run continuously Running Cycle 1 2 3 4 are seen until the user press any key to exit as below 5 4 5 10 Test LED 1 1 In the menu use 1 to test LED 2 The main menu is displayed again when the test is finished 3 If the test is run with Burn in Program the result is displayed as above ...

Page 41: ...t Buzzer Volume and SHIFT 8 to set Buzzer Tone before test Buzzer 2 The main menu is displayed again when the test is finished 3 If the test is run with Burn in Program the result is displayed as below 5 4 5 12 Test RFID Reader 3 1 In the menu check 3 to test RFID Reader with Dynamic Q Dwell Duration defined Example Dynamic Q 7 Dwell 2s Duration 10s 2 The Tag info is displayed continuously when RF...

Page 42: ...se 4 Test SMS the reader can send SMS to Phone with number set in SHIFT 4 valid SIM card inserted with mobile service enabled in the reader 2 Press 4 to test SMS 3 The program returns to main menu when the test is finished 4 The Mobile phone with No 12345678 will receive the message CS208 Send SMS Test 5 4 5 14 Check internet connection with server 5 1 In the menu use SHIFT 2 to set target Test Se...

Page 43: ... check 5 Check internet connection with server and press 5 3 The result is displayed as below 4 The program automatically returns to the test menu 5 4 5 15 Ping local area network server 6 1 In the menu use SHIFT 2 to set target Test Server IP Example 192 168 25 100 2 When the menu is shown again choose 6 Ping local area network server 3 The result is displayed as below ...

Page 44: ...ergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 44 4 The program automatically returns to the test menu 5 4 5 16 Read GSM RSSI and Registration Status 7 1 In the menu if you want to check GSM RSSI and registration status choose 7 2 The result is displayed CSQ GSM RSSI CREG GSM Registration as below ...

Page 45: ...1 In the menu if you want to get GPIO status choose 8 Get GPIO Status 2 The returned message is displayed with status of GPI pins GPO pins will toggle in a HIGH to LOW transition 3 times 5 4 5 18 SD Card Test 9 1 In the menu if you want to run SD Card Test check 9 SD Card 2 Test External SD Card 2 Press 9 to run the Write Test Read Test and Delete File Test in sequence 3 The result is displayed wh...

Page 46: ...mited All Rights Reserved 46 4 The program automatically returns to the test menu 5 4 5 19 GPS Test 0 1 In the menu use SHIFT 7 to set GPS Antenna used Internal antenna or External Antenna 2 Press 0 to run the GPS Test 3 The result is displayed as below 4 Press any key to stop the test and then turn to test menu ...

Page 47: ...ite Tag Test you must know the EPC code of the Tag you want to Write for example AD94250042D0A99850000007 2 Press S to run the Write Tag Test 3 Enter the EPC code of the Tag you want to write 4 Enter the new EPC code you want to change for example AD94250042D0A99850000018 5 The test result is displayed as below 6 After finish the test the program automatically return to the menu again ...

Page 48: ...e run the Kill Tag Test you must know the EPC code of the Tag you want to kill for example AD94250042D0A99850000018 2 Press T to run the Kill Tag Test Note after kill a tag the tag will be destroyed permanently 3 Enter the EPC code of the Tag you want to kill 4 The test result is displayed as below 5 After finish the test the program automatically return to the menu again ...

Page 49: ...ith GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 49 5 4 5 22 Run Main Program Normal mode N Choose N Run Main Program Normal mode will turn CS208 to return to normal operation mode from self test menu ...

Page 50: ...TTY Setup as follow 1 Connect Debug Serial port to PC COM port This COM port should be different from Control Serial port 2 Run putty exe PC program 3 Select Serial 4 Input the COM port number for example COM4 that is connected to the Debug Serial port of CS208 5 Input the Speed of 115200 for the above used COM port 6 Press Serial to enter to the further setup page of the COM port ď ĞůĞĐƚ ĞƌŝĂů Đ ...

Page 51: ...eserved 51 7 In the COM setup page select None in field of the Flow control And then press Window to enter to the Window Setup Page 8 In Window setup page in order to clearly display the information from CS208 it is better to set the Window as below ĞůĞĐƚ EŽŶĞ ŝŶ ůŽǁ ĐŽŶƚƌŽů ĨŝĞůĚ ŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌĞƐƐ tŝŶĚŽǁ ƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŽ tŝŶĚŽǁ ƐĞƚƵƉ ƉĂŐĞ ...

Page 52: ... MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 52 9 After setup Press Open button 10 After power up CS208 the running status of CS208 is shown on the screen as below Ğƚ ŽůƵŵŶƐ ƚŽ ϭϮϬ Ğƚ ZŽǁƐ ƚŽ ϰϬ Ğƚ ŝŶĞƐ ŽĨ ƐĐƌŽůůďĂƌ ƚŽ ϭϬϬϬϬϬ ...

Page 53: ...tion 5 5 1 Initial Setup 1 When CS208 is used in the first time it is set to factory default setting and sends data to PC Server via Ethernet in default static IP address 192 168 25 100 Therefore user has to set PC for CS208 configuration as 192 168 25 100 at the beginning 2 Connect CS208 to PC via Ethernet Power up CS208 3 Place some tags near CS208 for test ...

Page 54: ...r exe in the PC for CS208 configuration Wait until the CS208 reader appears and tag data is received ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ 5 If CS208 reader does not appear and no tag data is received please refer to CSL CS208 User s Manual and reconfigure CS208 Default Setting File default ini by connecting CS208 reader via USB connection ġ 6 Choose and press button READER CONFIG from PC Software ...

Page 55: ...ergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 55 7 Input the default ini location where the destination the Default Setting file default ini will be copied to After that choose and press Get default ini from Reader 8 The Default Setting file default ini is copied from CS208 to the target directory ...

Page 56: ...g any modification on mode setting GPRS LAN to send data User may use the copy to recover CS208 for wrong setting of the default ini file 5 5 2 1 CS208 sends data via Ethernet 1 In default ini find the section DEVICEID set communication mode by setting CommMode NETWORK 2 In the SERVER section set static IP for target PC to be used Normally ServerIP1 is used for setting static IP for target PC Ther...

Page 57: ...ORK set DHCP IP Subnet Gateway and DNS for CS208 reader Please ensure that the CS208 reader and the target PC are configured in the same subnet address For example if the ServerIP1 target PC IP Address is set to 192 168 12 163 the network setting can be set as follow IP 192 168 12 208 Subnet 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 12 1 DNS 192 168 12 1 4 Save and Close default ini 5 Copy the updated default...

Page 58: ...ght Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 58 6 When the default ini is copied to CS208 reader a success message will be displayed Press OK and quit Reader Config 7 Reboot CS208 after default ini file is changed 8 Check the IP address setting in target PC Server ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ...

Page 59: ...ADER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 59 9 Open PC Software CS208BackendServer exe in the target PC Wait until the CS208 reader appears and tag data is received ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ġ ...

Page 60: ...lease consult with Internet Service Provider or MIS in the company for the External IP address Also Port Forwarding configuration is required so that the data will be map to PC with internal IP address Below is an example External IP address from Internet Service Provider 218 103 18 229 port 9092 map to ტ Internal IP address target PC Server 192 168 25 141 FIXED IP DNS1 8 8 8 8 Google Public DNS D...

Page 61: ...g Internet IP address target PC Server is connected Therefore BackendServer is set to 2 ServerIP1 can be ignored when ServerIP2 is used Please note that if user set invalid IP address in ServerIP2 CS208 will change to make connection with PC with IP address set as ServerIP1 and send data ServerIP2 Set the Internet IP address provided by the Internet Service Provider in CS208 test site Port Default...

Page 62: ...i ġ 7 Copy the updated default ini file from the directory back to CS208 using READER CONFIG again Please note the default ini location should remain unchanged Choose and press Send default ini to Reader 8 When the default ini is copied to CS208 reader a success message will be displayed Press OK and quit Reader Config 9 Reboot CS208 after default ini file is changed ...

Page 63: ...Limited All Rights Reserved 63 10 Manually input the TCP IP properties to target PC Server IP address 192 168 25 141 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 25 2 DNS1 8 8 8 8 DNS2 8 8 4 4 11 Open PC Software CS208BackendServer exe in the target PC Wait until the CS208 reader appears and tag data is received ġ ...

Page 64: ...ower up and in connection with PC via Ethernet 2 Open upgrade firmware in PC Use PC upgrade software 1 0 6 for CS208Device1 0 16 after 3 Choose the latest device firmware and upgrade 4 When the upgrade process is finished reboot the reader automatically 5 Keep the PC upgrade software ON and WAIT until CS208 is reconnected Firmware Upgrade for CS208 Operating System 1 CS208 power up and in connecti...

Page 65: ...1 DB zip Operating System CS208_wince_fa_XXXXXXXX_XXXX_532mhz_nk nb0 CS208_wince_fa_20140407_1642_532mhz_nk Bootloader u boot_532M_vX X X X_XXXXXXXX bin u boot_532M_v1 0 0 5_20140206 bin Below is the PC software list for firmware upgrade of CS208 RFID reader CS208 Upgrade PC Software File Name Device Application version after 1 0 16 CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade1 0 6 exe Operating System All vers...

Page 66: ...rmware upgrade Before firmware upgrade user should check the IP configuration and firewall setting in PC 1 Go to Local Area Connection Properties Find Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 and choose Properties 2 Choose Use the following IP address Set IP address 192 168 25 100 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 192 168 25 1 for direct connect to CS208 reader Click OK after set ...

Page 67: ...L VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 67 3 Ensure the Windows Firewall is turned off 4 Open Command Prompt and do ping test Ping 192 168 25 208 default CS208 IP address Reply message will received for successful network connection ...

Page 68: ...minute 6 In PC Open Command Prompt and run ping test Ping 192 168 25 208 Default CS208 IP address Check the network connection of CS208 reader 7 CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade1 0 6 is used for Device Application upgrade Run CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade exe version 1 0 6 provided in the CS208 software package Wait until CS208 Serial ID is displayed Around 30 seconds 8 Choose Upgrade Application a...

Page 69: ...ATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 69 9 Click to choose the latest Device Firmware for upgrade CS208 Device 2 0 1 DB zip 10 Click Upgrade button to start upgrade ...

Page 70: ...Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 70 11 Wait until progress bar status reach 100 a download complete message box is displayed when the upgrade process is finished 12 CS208 RFID Reader reboot automatically after firmware upgrade Keep the PC upgrade software ON and WAIT until the CS208 reconnected again ...

Page 71: ...After CS208 RFID reader is power up wait 1 minute 5 In PC Open Command Prompt and run ping test Ping 192 168 25 208 Default CS208 IP address Check the network connection of CS208 reader 6 CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade1 0 6 is used for OS firmware upgrade Run CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade exe version 1 0 6 provided in the CS208 software package Wait until CS208 Serial ID is displayed Around 30 se...

Page 72: ...NUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 72 7 Choose Upgrade OS kernel in the drop down list 8 Choose the latest OS Firmware for upgrade example CS208_wince_fa_20140407_1642_532mhz_nk nb0 9 Click Upgrade button to start upgrade ...

Page 73: ...Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 73 10 Wait until progress bar status reach 100 a download complete message box is displayed when the upgrade process is finished 11 CS208 RFID Reader reboot automatically after firmware upgrade Keep the PC upgrade software ON and WAIT until the CS208 reconnected again ...

Page 74: ...er CS208 RFID reader is power up wait 1 minute 2 In PC Open Command Prompt and run ping test Ping 192 168 25 208 Default CS208 IP address Check the network connection of CS208 reader 3 CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade1 0 6 is used for OS firmware upgrade Run CS208CommissioningAndFwUpgrade exe version 1 0 6 provided in the CS208 software package Wait until CS208 Serial ID is displayed Around 30 secon...

Page 75: ...NUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 75 4 Choose Upgrade Bootloader in the drop down list 5 Choose the latest Bootloader Firmware for upgrade example u boot_532M_v1 0 0 5_20140206 bin 6 Click Upgrade button to start upgrade ...

Page 76: ... Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 76 7 Wait until progress bar status reach 100 a download complete message box is displayed when the upgrade process is finished 8 CS208 RFID Reader reboot automatically after firmware upgrade Keep the PC upgrade software ON and WAIT until the CS208 reconnected again ...

Page 77: ...nvergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 77 5 6 3 Firmware Upgrade via USB connection 5 6 3 1 Firmware Upgrade via USB connection Window 7 ϭ ŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϴ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĚŽ ĨŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ ƵƉŐƌĂĚĞ ŝŶ EŽƌŵĂů ŵŽĚĞ ZĞƐƚĂƌƚ ϮϬϴ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ϮϬϴ ĞŶƚĞƌƐ ĞůĨ dĞƐƚ DŽĚĞ Ϯ Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƵ ŽĨ ĞůĨ dĞƐƚ DŽĚĞ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ Y džŝƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ...

Page 78: ...s Limited All Rights Reserved 78 ϯ Ĩ ƵƐĞƌ ŝƐ ƵƐŝŶŐ tŝŶĚŽǁ ϳ ĐŚĞĐŬ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ DŽďŝůĞ ĞǀŝĐĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ ŝƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ϰ ŽŶŶĞĐƚ ϮϬϴ ƚŽ W ǀŝĂ h ĂŶĚ ǁĂŝƚ ƵŶƚŝů ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ ŝƐ ĚŝƐƉůĂLJĞĚ ϱ Ŷ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ DŽďŝůĞ ĞǀŝĐĞ ĞŶƚƌĞ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ŽŶŶĞĐƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƐĞƚƚŝŶŐ ƵƉ LJŽƵƌ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ dŚĞŶ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ ŝůĞ DĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ 炪 ƌŽǁƐĞ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƚĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ĚĞǀŝĐĞ ...

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Page 80: ...N 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 80 5 6 3 2 Firmware Upgrade via USB connection Window XP ϭ ŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϴ ĐĂŶŶŽƚ ĚŽ ĨŝƌŵǁĂƌĞ ƵƉŐƌĂĚĞ ŝŶ EŽƌŵĂů ŵŽĚĞ ZĞƐƚĂƌƚ ϮϬϴ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĞĐŬ ϮϬϴ ĞŶƚĞƌƐ ĞůĨ dĞƐƚ DŽĚĞ Ϯ Ŷ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶƵ ŽĨ ĞůĨ dĞƐƚ DŽĚĞ ĐŚŽŽƐĞ Y džŝƚ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ...

Page 81: ...ION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 81 ϯ Ĩ ƵƐĞƌ ŝƐ ƵƐŝŶŐ tŝŶĚŽǁ yW ĐŚĞĐŬ DŝĐƌŽƐŽĨƚ ĐƚŝǀĞ LJŶĐ ŝƐ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŽŶŶĞĐƚ ϮϬϴ ƚŽ W ǀŝĂ h ϰ tŚĞŶ ϮϬϴ ŝƐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ ƚŝŵĞ DŝĐƌŽƐŽĨƚ ĐƚŝǀĞ LJŶĐ ŵĂLJ ĂƐŬ ĨŽƌ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ Ă ƉĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŚŽŽƐĞ EŽ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƐƐ EĞdžƚ ...

Page 82: ... MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 82 ϱ ŚĞĐŬ ϮϬϴ ŝƐ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƚŝĐĂůůLJ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƐŚŽǁŶ ĂƐ ďĞůŽǁ hƐĞƌ ĐĂŶ ĂůƐŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚŝŽŶ ƐĞƚƚŝŶŐƐ ĨŽƌ ϮϬϴ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĐƚŝǀĞ LJŶĐ ĂƵƚŽŵĂƚŝĐĂůůLJ ϲ ŚŽŽƐĞ DŽďŝůĞ ĞǀŝĐĞ ŝŶ DLJ ŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ ...

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Page 84: ...ED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 84 5 6 4 Reset CS208 to Factory Setting Please refer to 4 4 5 1 RESET TO FACTORY SETTING SHIFT 0 to reset CS208 to factory setting ...

Page 85: ...eserved 85 6 Remote access CS208 via Ethernet and USB using Remote Desktop User can remote access the CS208 Integrated RFID Reader via Ethernet or USB interface using Remote Desktop 6 1 Remote access CS208 via Ethernet 1 Run the Remote Desktop Tool cerhost exe 2 In the form Remote Display Control for Window CE Choose File Connect ...

Page 86: ... seconds until the active target device is displayed in the list If no device is found in the list please check the power of the reader and the Ethernet connection between the reader and the PC Check the IP address of the target reader 10 Choose the target reader in the list and press OK to confirm 11 The Window CE Desktop of CS208 reader is ready for use ...

Page 87: ... S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 87 6 2 Remote access Application via USB 1 Run the Remote Desktop Tool cerhost_as exe 2 The form Active Sync Remote Display Control for CS208 is displayed wait several seconds ...

Page 88: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 88 3 The Window CE Desktop of CS208 reader is ready for use ...

Page 89: ... network protocol analyzer Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer which can help to capture the IP packet exchanges between the user PC and the RFID reader User can download Wireshark from http www wireshark org download html It is a freeware Below is the procedure for setting up the diagnosis of IP packet exchanges of the RFID reader 4 Turn off PC Firewall 5 Turn on Wireshark capture ...

Page 90: ...vergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 90 6 Choose Capture Options in the menu bar 7 In Options set the Capture File destination with filename pcapng The captured data will be written to the file created 8 Press Start button in Options Wireshark starts capture data of IP packet exchanges ...

Page 91: ...d recorded before use 10 Turn on demo app software for CS208 RFID reader CS208BackendServer exe 11 In Wireshark set ip addr 192 xxx xxx xxx CS208 device IP address in the Filter box the IP packet exchanges data record of RFID reader and PC is seen Column Source shows the IP address of RFID reader IP address 192 168 25 209 in the example below and PC IP address 192 168 25 147 in the example below ...

Page 92: ...th GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 92 12 User can press Stop icon to stop data capture when necessary 13 User can find the saved capture file pcapng in the directory user defined in Step 4 ...

Page 93: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 93 7 2 Port Forwarding To be defined ...

Page 94: ...interference by one of the following measures z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna z Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected z Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the pa...

Page 95: ...CSL CS208 3G INTELLIGENT INTEGRATED READER with GPS USER S MANUAL VERSION 1 0 0 Copyright Convergence Systems Limited All Rights Reserved 98 Appendix A CS208 GPIO Simple Test Circuit ...

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Page 102: ...est to take a photo of the label at the back of the reader and send the photo to CSL technical support team 2 Current firmware versions of reader 3 Current library version on PC side 4 Brief description of problems 5 Check Firewall setting in user PC Turn it off when test RFID reader 6 Capture the IP packet exchanges using Wireshark See 5 1 Wireshark network protocol analyzer Save the captured fil...

Page 103: ...mpinges on an RFID tag The RFID tag consists of an antenna coupled to an RFID IC This IC converts the AC voltage it receives at the antenna port to DC voltage that in turn is used to empower the digital circuit inside The digital circuit then turns on and off some components connected to the antenna port thereby changing its scattering behavior in a pre designed clock rate This changing of antenna...

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