BOOSTERS 2G
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IDENTIFYING THE BOOSTER WITH A TRANSIT
3.1
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HOW TO USE THE BOOSTER
Place the Booster on the inside of the windscreen of your vehicle as described in chapter 2.
The driver inserts his personal identification card and activates the Booster’s button.
A beep should indicate that the card was successfully read. A low beep indicates that card reading failed
3TP0F
P3T
.
The TRANSIT reader can identify your card up to a distance of 10 meters (=33 ft).
After 5 seconds the Booster returns into sleep mode. The booster will remain active when in 'always-on'-mode.
The driver should remove his personal identification card from the Booster when leaving the vehicle.
3.2
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READER OUTPUT BOOSTER INFO
The Prox/Smartcard-Booster is a battery operated passive tag. The information from the tag is sent to the reader
by a method called modulated backscatter. This means that the 2.45GHz signal coming from the reader's
antenna is modified in such way that it can be recognized by the reader.
The examples below assume that a TRANSIT PS270 reader with P81 firmware is used and show the messages
transmitted on the RS-232 interface to a host system (TXD). Refer to the TRANSIT firmware manuals for more
details about the reader communication protocol.
Combi-Booster mode (Vehicle-ID + Driver-ID)
The Booster cannot be identified until the driver inserts his personal identification card and pushes the Booster’s
button. Once the button is pushed the Booster reads the personal identification card and beeps
P
P
upon a
successful read. Both vehicle-id and driver-id are transmitted to the host system for 5 seconds. Afterwards the
Booster automatically deactivates again. The booster will remain active when in 'always-on'-mode.
Example: vehicle-id = 123, driver-id = E4947C46,
TXD =
Y000000012300000000000000E4947C46
P
C
PR
R
RP
L
PR
F
R
If 'Standard-length' is configured, the following message is transmitted to the host.
TXD =
U000000012300E4947C46
P
C
PR
R
RP
L
PR
F
Event identifier ('Y' or 'U').
Vehicle-id (10 digits).
Driver-id (10 or 22 digits).
Booster mode (Only Driver-ID)
The Booster is 'sleeping' until the driver inserts his personal identification card and pushes the Booster’s button.
Once the button is pushed the Booster reads the personal identification card and beeps
P
P
upon a successful read.
The data is transmitted to the host system for 5 seconds. After that the Booster automatically deactivates again.
The booster will remain active when in 'always-on'-mode.
Example: driver-id = 871111111117100944,
TXD =
Z00000000000000871111111117100944
P
C
PR
R
RP
L
PR
F
R
If 'Standard-length' is configured, the following message is transmitted to the host.
TXD =
U00871111111117100944
P
C
PR
R
RP
L
PR
F
Event identifier ('Z' or 'U').
Driver-id (20 or 32 digits).
See chapter 6 for details about the buzzer indications.
