Omron V740 Series, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...ations of UHF antenna ports and transfers data to a remote computer over a network connection Contents V740 RFID Reader 1 About this Guide 2 Before You Begin 2 Installation Requirements 2 Performance Considerations 2 Antennas 4 Antenna Cables 4 Setting the Reader RF Power 4 Reader Installation 5 Install the Reader 5 Install the Antennas 5 Connect the Reader 5 Antenna Connection Options 6 Reader Co...

Page 2: ... processor 128MB memory 10 GB hard drive Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system Base T 10 100 Ethernet port CD ROM drive Performance Considerations Reader performance may be affected by external factors including tag variables and environment Performance tests conducted under typical operating conditions at your site are recommended to help you optimize system performance Tag Variab...

Page 3: ...ID READER NOTE SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE REV 1 1 OPERATION MANUAL 3 of 27 OMRON CORPORATION 2004 Antenna power can be reduced by reconfiguring the RF Transmit Power setting for the Reader ...

Page 4: ...gth 9 8 Insertion Loss 1 4 dB min Cable Type 3D 2V Connectors Reverse TNC to Type N Long R TNC N Model V740 A01 10M Length 32 8 Insertion Loss 1 5 dB min Cable Type 5D SFA Connectors Reverse TNC to Type N Setting the Reader RF Power During initial installation the Reader must be properly configured to use the correct RF power to comply with FCC regulations DO NOT increase the power beyond this lev...

Page 5: ... variety of surfaces Follow the installation instructions provided with the antennas Connect the Reader A RJ 45 Ethernet port C RS232 RS485 GPIO not available B Safe Mode button D DC power input One to four dual antennas can be connected to the Reader depending on the number of cards installed Silk screen markings on the Reader identify the cards installed 1 Connect required UHF antennas to the po...

Page 6: ...not get a DHCP lease IP Address 10 0 0 101 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 10 0 0 1 You must know the IP address and subnet mask settings for the network environment in which the Reader will be running or you may use Apple s Rendezvous protocol download Rendezvous from Apple s website to browse to it 1 Exit any Reader applications that are running on the network IMPORTANT Running another Reader ...

Page 7: ...ed interface to verify antenna operation 11 Close the browser window Start the Reader application on the network Reader Service Using the Browser Based Interface The V740 Reader browser based interface communicates directly with the RFID Reader It includes several tools that enable you to monitor Reader performance change Reader settings and upgrade Reader firmware A navigation menu provides acces...

Page 8: ... DO NOT affect Reader performance associated with other applications The following operating modes are available for use with the Query page Selection Description EPC1 CC915 protocol tags using both UHF antenna ports CC915 UHF1 CC915 protocol tags using UHF port 1 CC915 UHF2 CC915 protocol tags using UHF port 2 ALL All protocols using all ports 1 Click the Query link on the navigation menu The Que...

Page 9: ...or 13 56 MHz tag protocols The data to be written must be exactly 16 hexadecimal characters numerals from 0 9 and letters from A F Always place only one tag in the antenna s field when writing If multiple tags are present they will all be encoded with the same EPC data Use the antenna connected to UHF1 To write data to a tag 1 Click the Write link on the navigation menu The Write page appears 2 In...

Page 10: ...gnored when in static IP mode Please note that your network needs to have properly configured DNS servers if you wish to connect to the Reader via its hostname Usually when using DHCP the DHCP server will add the hostname to the DNS server s database Device Settings UHF Power dBm UHF Output power in dBm This setting must be adjusted carefully to comply with FCC regulations Class 1 96 bit Support R...

Page 11: ... reload Click the Refresh button to update the status bar if the web browser does not support automatic page reload Downloaded firmware IS NOT implemented until the Reader is restarted If an error occurs during the firmware upgrade use Safe Mode to recover Restart Page Use the Restart page to restart the Reader 1 Click the Restart link on the navigation menu The Restart Reader page appears 2 To re...

Page 12: ... Power 32 5 IP Address DHCP Hostname V740 Although the browser based interface pages are displayed in red when operating in Safe mode the Reader is fully functional In most cases the Reader will need to be reconfigured for operation with the Reader application after starting in Safe mode 1 Disconnect power from the Reader 2 Depress and hold the Safe Mode button using a nonconductive object while r...

Page 13: ...t voltage Nominal 100 240Vac 50 60Hz AC line current Nominal 0 5A at 120V Output voltage Nominal 24Vdc 2 5A peak Certified limited power source Class 2 Environmental Operating temperature 0 to 40 C 32 to 104 F Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Mechanical Reader Length 26 5cm 10 4in Width 26 6cm 10 4in Width with mounting bracket 30 5cm 12in Depth 3 8cm 1 5in Weight 1 4kg 3 lbs Supported Tag...

Page 14: ...not established a connection then no attempt is made by the Reader to contact the client software to establish a connection Furthermore if an extant connection terminates unexpectedly the Reader will not attempt to contact the client software to re establish a connection All responsibility for opening maintaining and closing the connection during a session rests with client software The client sof...

Page 15: ...n each individual tag represents an entry in the database with a given set of attributes Due to memory constraints of the Reader the system will remove entries from the database as they are queried The syntax for querying against this database is derived from SQL syntax In the simplest case the client software explicitly requests data by polling the Readers The request protocol is implemented in s...

Page 16: ...ATE tag_data SET locked 1 WHERE id 0x1234 AND blocknum 12 Locks a block of memory With the exception of the ID Read command all commands are protocol and antenna specific and can only be used with a single protocol at a time and with a single antenna at a time Hence all queries with the exception ID Read need to be constraint to one protocol and one antenna using for example WHERE protocol_id CC91...

Page 17: ...riables such as firmware version and supported protocols The structure of a SELECT command is as follows SELECT select_list FROM table_expression where_specification set_specification A where_specification is entered as WHERE boolean_expr boolean_expr can consist of any expression which evaluates to a boolean value In many cases this expression will be expr binary_operator expr or unary_operator e...

Page 18: ... second example Update Where The UPDATE command is to write new data into a table This can be used to write a new tag_id or sleep the Reader for a specified amount of time The structure of an UPDATE command is as follows UPDATE table SET col expression WHERE wherelist table and col entries are provided in Table 1 The WHERE clause is specified in the same manner as in the SELECT call above In the f...

Page 19: ...cursor indefinitely SET auto cursorlist ON repeat interval For example DECLARE c CURSOR FOR SELECT id antenna_id FROM tag_id SET time_out 250 SET auto c ON repeat 500 Every 500 milliseconds the Reader spends 250 milliseconds querying for tags The remaining 250 milliseconds are spent with RF off This syntax can be used for controlling the duty cycle of the Reader For full Reader utilization ensure ...

Page 20: ...the multiple protocols minimum time_out max num_epc0 epc0_time_per_tag num_epc1 ep c1_time_per_tag num_iso num_iso_time_per_tag x protocols x antennas ms e g if 40 EPC0 tags takes 1 4 ms per tag and 10 EPC1 takes 16 ms per tag on average With two antennas minimum time_out 2 x 2 x max 40 1 4 10 16 640 ms As another example if the goal is to search on EPC1 and EPC0 on antennas 1 2 or 4 for strong 20...

Page 21: ...ngs of the form YYYY MM DDTHH mm SS DDDDZZZZZ Where YYYY is the year MM is the month DD is the day HH is the hour mm is the minute SS is the second and DDDD is the fraction of a second and ZZZZZZ is the time zone The seconds and fractions of a second are both optional but if you want fractions of a second you have to have seconds as well The time zone can either be specified as GMT or Zulu time by...

Page 22: ...lid command in current mode 101 ERROR_INVALID_DATA Time is invalid 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting ping threshold n 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting saved ping threshold 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting saved IP address 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting saved gateway 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting saved netmask 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting firmware version 102 ERROR_REMOTE Error setting safemode version...

Page 23: ...Constraints Return Value String Example Read 80 bit 64 bit ID and 16 bit CRC hex format or 112 bit 96 bit ID and 16 bit CRC SELECT id FROM tag_id WHERE protocol_id CC915 Write id 64 bits or 80 bits hex password 8 bits hex error_code OR new_id UPDATE tag_id SET id 0x1234567890ABCDEF WHERE protocol_id CC915 AND antenna_id 1 ID Lock error_code OR success_notification UPDATE tag_id SET locked 1 WHERE ...

Page 24: ...t 96 bit ID and 16 bit CRC SELECT id FROM tag_id WHERE protocol_id EPC0 ID Write N A Lock N A Kill Id 64 bits or 80 bits hex password 8 bits hex error_code OR success_notifi cation UPDATE tag_id SET killed 1 WHERE id 0x1234567890ABCDEF AND password 0x12 AND protocol_id EPC0 AND antenna_id 1 Password New_password 8 bit hex error_code OR success_notifi cation UPDATE tag_id SET password 0x12 WHERE pr...

Page 25: ... hex addr integer 0 223 8 bit hex SELECT data FROM tag_data WHERE id 0x1234567890ABCDEF AND blocknum 12 AND protocol_id ISO18000 6B AND antenna_id 1 Data Write id 64 bit hex addr integer 8 223 new_value 8 bit hex error_code OR success_notifi cation UPDATE tag_data SET data 0x12 WHERE id 0x1234567890ABCDEF AND blocknum 12 AND protocol_id ISO18000 6B AND antenna_id 1 Lock id 64 bit hex addr integer ...

Page 26: ...4 01 22T12 43 08 05 00 Example 3 To synchronize two Readers follow the following instructions On Reader 1 DECLARE cursor_one CURSOR FOR SELECT id FROM tag_id SET time_out 350 SET repeat 1000 SET auto_time cursor_one 0 The first Reader will start reading for no less then 350 ms it will probably run over to roughly 500 ms starting at time zero and it will repeat the command every 1000 ms On Reader 2...

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