Datalogic Falcon 5500, Addendum

Page 1: ...QRG Addendum Falcon 5500 RFID Mobile Hybrid Computer ...

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Page 3: ... Configuration Settings 8 Audio 8 RFID Settings 9 Report Settings 9 Power 10 Read Limits 10 Firmware Version 11 Configuration Examples 12 About RFID Tags 14 RFID Antenna 14 Read Range 14 Proximity of Tags 14 Tag Types 14 Tag Orientation 15 Factors Affecting Performance 15 Configuration Parameters 16 RFID Programming Labels 19 Safety Information 27 FCC Statement 27 FCC Interference Statement 27 FCC...

Page 4: ...Table of Contents ii Falcon 5500 RFID Mobile Hybrid Computer NOTES ...

Page 5: ...owing topics Getting Started Enabling RFID on page 2 Reading RFID Tags on page 3 Configuration Settings Audio on page 8 RFID Settings on page 9 Further Information About RFID Tags on page 14 Configuration Parameters on page 16 RFID Programming Labels on page 19 Safety Information on page 27 ...

Page 6: ... Tag Reader you must enable the unit for RFID 1 Power on the unit Follow the on screen instructions to calibrate the touchscreen See the Falcon 4400 Series PRG for more information 2 Go to Start Settings Control Panel Double tap the Decoding icon 3 Select Configure General Trigger Options Information about the symbols and formatting used in this manual are described in the Falcon 4400 Series PRG C...

Page 7: ...ad RFID tags complete the following steps 1 Open an application that accepts keyboard wedge data such as Microsoft WordPad double tap the icon on the screen or go to Start Programs Microsoft WordPad 2 Aim the device toward the tag you want to read 3 Press the trigger The front LED turns orange indicating that the RFID reader is being used 4 The device beeps as tags are read Failure to open an appl...

Page 8: ...ifying the default settings For more details about RFID tags see About RFID Tags on page 14 Painting The paint operation gives the operator the ability to cover an area with RF energy to gather more than one tag with a single trigger pull Painting is achieved by holding down the trigger and sweeping the area containing tags The energy is terminated either when the trigger is released or a timeout ...

Page 9: ...ages on the Falcon screen it could be an indication that the RFID battery is becoming depleted The red indicator light will begin to flash when the battery gets low See LEDs Indicators on page 6 for more information Charge time After the initial charge normal charge time is approximately 4 hours The time depends on how much charge is in the battery when charging begins CAUTION You must charge the ...

Page 10: ...the RFID battery has reached full charge When the unit is out of the dock neither LED will be on Figure 2 LED indicators Discharge indicator If the RFID unit fails to operate or produces error messages on the Falcon screen it could be an indication that the RFID battery is low When the bat tery is close to depletion the red LED indicator light located on the back of the RFID unit will begin to fla...

Page 11: ...he correct battery chargers and docks with the Falcon 5500 RFID The technology used for this model is incompatible with other PSC Falcon chargers and docks including the Falcon 4410 4420 color and monochrome models Go to the PSC website at www psc com for information about models and part numbers ...

Page 12: ...ding icon 2 Select Configure General Audio 3 Choose from the following options Volume Move the slider to raise or lower the audio volume Beep Type Good Read selects the tone pitch duration and number of beeps which are played at the end of a successful RFID painting oper ation RFID Tag Read selects the pitch and duration of the beep which is played each time one or more tags are read It can also b...

Page 13: ...equency controls how often RFID tag data is reported to an application When set to a specific number of tags data is reported when at least that many new tags have been read When set to Infi nite data is only reported when a painting operation is complete 3 Select the checkboxes for Read Class 0 Tags Read Class 1 Tags or Read Class 1 Gen 2 Tags to enable disable the device to read each class of RF...

Page 14: ... Set Minimum Maximum Read using the sliders Minimum Power The minimum RF power level to use for reading tags It only applies when Growing Power is enabled Maximum Power The maximum RF power level to use for reading tags If Growing Power is disabled this is the power level used for the entire painting operation Read Limits 1 Under Decoding Properties go to Configure RFID Read Limits Total Read Time...

Page 15: ...er of tags to attempt to read If this minimum number of tags have been read during a paint ing operation then painting will stop If set to Infinite then painting will stop only when the trigger is released or one of the tim eout conditions is met Firmware Version Select to display the current Firmware ver sion 1 Under Decoding Properties go to Configure RFID Firmware The current firmware installed...

Page 16: ...er tags 1 Place the RFID antenna close to the tag you wish to read and press the trigger The initial low power level should limit the tags which receive RF energy to those which are close to the Falcon If the Falcon isn t close enough having Growing Power enabled will allow the RF power to increase just enough to read the nearest RFID tag in range 2 Once the first tag is read then the operation wi...

Page 17: ... Q decreases the time necessary to perform an inventory Initial Q values should be set to generate 1 3 the number of slots compared to the maximum number of tags expected for a given inventory read attempt For example if the application can have a maximum of 50 tags for a given read attempt Q should be set to 4 50 3 16 6666 24 16 If the application can have a maximum of 150 tags for a given read a...

Page 18: ...to tag performance degradation Tag perfor mance will vary based upon class application and environment Write Kill and Lock Proximity of Tags Tags of similar antenna structure and size can obscure the ability to read multi ple tags if they are stacked in the read plane Multiple tag reading performs best when tags are spaced and positioned according to their intended use A minimum of 4 spacing betwe...

Page 19: ...could cause the tags to become dysfunctional Any emitted radiation in the 902Mhz to 928Mhz range can interfere with the device operation Single Dipole Antenna Tag Tags that have a single dipole antenna should be vertically positioned for optimal read performance Dual Dipole Antenna Tag Tags with dual dipole antennas are less susceptible to polarization and can be read in either horizontal or verti...

Page 20: ... Label Separa tor Indicates the label sepa rator 0028 Value Any single ASCII character 00 None CR CR CR RFID Enter 1 for On and 0 for Off Class 0 Enable Enables Class 0 tags to be read 0D00 On Off On or Off Off On On Class 1 Enable Enables Class 1 tags to be read 0D01 On Off On or Off Off On On Class 1 Gen 2 Enable Enables Class 1 Genera tion 2 tags to be read 0D02 On Off On or Off Off On On Tag R...

Page 21: ... zero null is used to indicate that an identifier is not to be sent for RFID 0D28 Value Any single ASCII character 00 None Z Z Z Minimum Read Power Sets the minimum RF power setting to start with when reading tags using Read Power Mode Index 0D09 set to Growing Power On 0D29 Value 01 08 1 8 increments 08 full 01 01 01 Maxi mum Read Power Sets the maximum RF power setting to use when reading tags 0...

Page 22: ...on of time when no new tags are read before a read oper ation stops 0D2D Value 00 9999 10 ms incre ments 00 infinite 1000 1000 1000 Minimum Tag Read Count Sets the minimum num ber of tags which will trig ger the stop of a read operation 0D2E Value 00 250 00 infinite 00 00 00 Read Report Fre quency Sets the minimum num ber of new tags which must be seen before a report is sent 0D2F Value 00 250 00 ...

Page 23: ...ABLE O n O f f TAG READ BEEP ENABLE O n O f f READ POWER MODE G r o w i n g C o n s t a n t ALLOW DUPLICATES O n O f f 0 D 0 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 0 1 1 F F 3 E 0 D 0 1 0 F F 3 E 0 D 0 2 1 F F 3 E 0 D 0 2 0 F F 3 E 0 D 0 8 1 F F 3 E 0 D 0 8 0 F F 3 E 0 D 0 9 1 F F 3 E 0 D 0 9 0 F F 3 E 0 D 0 A 1 F F 3 E 0 D 0 A 0 F F 3 E ...

Page 24: ... 0 5 0 2 0 6 0 3 0 7 TAG READ BEEP DURATION 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 D 2 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 4 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 5 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 2 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 6 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 3 F F 3 E 0 D 2 0 0 7 F F 3 E 0 D 2 1 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 1 0 2 F F 3 E 0 D 2 1 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 2 1 0 3 F F 3 E ...

Page 25: ...8 5 0 1 0 0 0 D 2 9 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 5 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 2 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 6 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 3 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 7 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 4 F F 3 E 0 D 2 9 0 8 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 5 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 2 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 6 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 3 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 7 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 4 F F 3 E 0 D 2 A 0 8 F F 3 E ...

Page 26: ... Labels 22 Falcon 5500 RFID Mobile Hybrid Computer CLASS 1 GENERATION 2 Q 0 0 0 9 0 3 1 2 0 6 1 5 0 D 3 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 3 0 0 9 F F 3 E 0 D 3 0 0 3 F F 3 E 0 D 3 0 1 2 F F 3 E 0 D 3 0 0 6 F F 3 E 0 D 3 0 1 5 F F 3 E ...

Page 27: ...IMEOUT Infinite 10 seconds 25 seconds 50 seconds 70 seconds 85 seconds 99 seconds 0 D 2 C 0 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 C 1 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 C 2 5 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 C 5 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 C 7 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 C 8 5 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 C 9 9 9 9 F F 3 E ...

Page 28: ...bile Hybrid Computer NEW TAG READ TIMEOUT Infinite 1000 2500 5000 7000 8500 9999 0 D 2 D 0 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 D 1 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 D 2 5 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 D 5 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 D 7 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 D 8 5 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 D 9 9 9 9 F F 3 E ...

Page 29: ...ndum 25 MINIMUM TAG READ COUNT Inifinite 1 50 100 150 200 250 0 D 2 E 0 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 E 0 0 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 2 E 0 0 5 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 E 0 1 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 E 0 1 5 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 E 0 2 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 E 0 2 5 0 F F 3 E ...

Page 30: ... Mobile Hybrid Computer READ REPORT FREQUENCY Inifinite 01 50 100 150 200 250 0 D 2 F 0 0 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 F 0 0 0 1 F F 3 E 0 D 2 F 0 0 5 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 F 0 1 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 F 0 1 5 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 F 0 2 0 0 F F 3 E 0 D 2 F 0 2 5 0 F F 3 E ...

Page 31: ...instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interfer ence in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense FCC Radio Frequency Exposure statement Radio Type The Falcon 5500 uses a Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS radio operating in the 902 928 MHz f...

Page 32: ...Safety Information 28 Falcon 5500 RFID Mobile Hybrid Computer NOTES ...

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