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TS-304UHF RFID User Manual 

UHF RFID User Manual 

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Contents

 

1

About TS-4008 Evaluation Board .................................................................................... 3

 

2

Operating and Setting Reader .......................................................................................... 3

 

2.1 Initial Use ........................................................................................................................... 3

 

2.1.1 Step 1: Powering the Reader ............................................................................................ 3

 

2.1.2 Step 2: Connecting Antenna(s) to Reader ......................................................................... 3

 

2.1.3 Step 3: Connecting Data Line to Reader .......................................................................... 4

 

2.1.4 Step 4: Operating Reader via Demo ................................................................................. 5

 

2.2 Setting RF Parameter ........................................................................................................ 7

 

2.2.1 Setting RF Output Power.................................................................................................. 7

 

2.2.2 Setting RF Spectrum ........................................................................................................ 8

 

2.2.3 Antenna Connection Detector ........................................................................................... 8

 

2.2.4 Measure RF Port Return Loss .......................................................................................... 9

 

2.3 ISO-18000-6C tag inventory ............................................................................................. 9

 

2.3.1 Real Time Mode & Buffer Mode ..................................................................................... 9

 

2.3.2 Users define Session ID & Inventorying Parameter of Inventoried Flag ....................... 12

 

2.3.3Fast Switching Antenna to Inventory Tags ...................................................................... 12

 

2.4 Accessing ISO-18000-6C Tag .......................................................................................... 13

 

2.4.1 Read tag operation .......................................................................................................... 14

 

2.4.2 Write Tag Operation ....................................................................................................... 15

 

2.4.3 Lock Tag Operation ........................................................................................................ 15

 

2.4.4 Kill Tag Operation .......................................................................................................... 16

 

2.4.5 Tag Selection .................................................................................................................. 16

 

2.4.6 Error Display Might Be Returned .................................................................................. 17

 

2.5 Accessing & Inventorying ISO-18000-6B Tag ............................................................... 18

 

2.5.1 Inventorying ISO-18000-6B Tag .................................................................................... 18

 

2.5.2 Accessing ISO-18000-6B Tag ........................................................................................ 19

 

2.6 Other Settings .................................................................................................................. 21

 

2.6.1 Set DRM Status .............................................................................................................. 21

 

2.6.2 Operating Temperature Monitoring ................................................................................ 21

 

2.6.3 Setting Buzzer Status ...................................................................................................... 21

 

2.6.4 Charging The Serial Communication Baud Rate ........................................................... 22

 

3. Develop your own RFID Application ............................................................................... 23

 

Summary of Contents for TS-304

Page 1: ...TS 304 RFID Reader U Us se er r M Ma an nu ua al l ...

Page 2: ...9 2 3 1 Real Time Mode Buffer Mode 9 2 3 2 Users define Session ID Inventorying Parameter of Inventoried Flag 12 2 3 3Fast Switching Antenna to Inventory Tags 12 2 4 Accessing ISO 18000 6C Tag 13 2 4 1 Read tag operation 14 2 4 2 Write Tag Operation 15 2 4 3 Lock Tag Operation 15 2 4 4 Kill Tag Operation 16 2 4 5 Tag Selection 16 2 4 6 Error Display Might Be Returned 17 2 5 Accessing Inventorying ...

Page 3: ...ing Reader 2 1 Initial Use 2 1 1 Step 1 Powering the Reader Connect the plug of supplied power adapter into the power outlet as illustrated below Startup normal completion after Di with Power and Status LED light self test completed successfully reader is ready 2 1 2 Step 2 Connecting Antenna s to Reader ...

Page 4: ...ine to Reader You can connect PC to the reader via RS 232 serial port as illustrated below Then you need to switch the DIP switch to the position as illustrated below You can also connect PC to the reader via TCP IP if there is TCP IP port on the board as illustrated below Then you need to switch the DIP switch to the position as illustrated below About DIP Switch 1 EN ON Status EN is low level ...

Page 5: ...d to installation Just put the UHFDemo exe reader dll customControl dll into the same folder and double click UHFDemo exe to run the software Launch the UHF Demo application the following screen displays Please select RS232 in Connection if the reader is connected via RS 232 port Selecting the corresponding Serial Port number and Baudrate default baudrate is 115200 As illustrated below Click on Co...

Page 6: ...s 1 IP addresses 192 168 0 178 2 Net mask 255 255 255 0 3 Port No 4001 Detailed TCP IP configuration please refer to the document supplied tcpip configuration IPORT 1UM PDF Initial use please configure it as illustrated below Click on Connect if it connect successfully the Operation history column displays Text communication with the reader Click on the button below the position shown in figure Cl...

Page 7: ...o set some basic RF parameters RF Output Power RF Spectrum Setup Select RF setup as illustrated below 2 2 1 Setting RF Output Power RF Output Power is the strength of RF output signal from antenna port Unit is dBm The range of output power is 0 33dBm When this value setting completes it will be saved in the reader automatically and won t be lost after cut off the power ...

Page 8: ...ency of reader will be randomly hopping in the scope of limited range The default RF spectrum norm is FCC 902MHz 928MHz Method 2 Setting the RF spectrum manually Users can set RF spectrum via these three parameters Start Frequency Frequency Interval The number of Frequency points 2 2 3 Antenna Connection Detector Function of Antenna Connection Detector is Checking whether the port is connected to ...

Page 9: ...Advantages of real time mode are good multi tag identification performance and fast response users could get the data without delay RSSI and Parameter of Frequency are change in real time too Reader uses a dual CPU architecture Identify Tags and Data Transmission are in the charge of two different CPU they are not interfere with each other So you don t worry about data transfer will reduce the per...

Page 10: ...ng As shown below Meaning of the data as shown below Total of inventory Tags Total number of inventory tags since click on Inventory Tag Identification Speed Speed of identification Tag unit piece sec Cumulative return data Total return EPC data of tags Including repeated reading of data Command execution time Time of each Inventory Command takes unit ms Total running time Total elapsed time since...

Page 11: ...elect the checkbox for the port with a connected antenna and set the number of Repeat Per Command Then click on Inventory the following screen displays We find that the identified tags won t be shown in the Tag list Click on Stop first then click on Get Buffer All the data in cache will be uploaded as illustrated below ...

Page 12: ...ence between Real Time Mode and Buffer Mode through the above operation 2 3 2 Users define Session ID Inventorying Parameter of Inventoried Flag 2 3 3Fast Switching Antenna to Inventory Tags In the standard operation of inventory tag Real Time Mode Buffer Mode the process of each time inventory will takes at least 500 800ms Only when inventory completed reader can respond to the other new command ...

Page 13: ...ial interface protocol version V2 35 Method 2 Use cmd_name_fast_switch_ant_inventory command see serial interface protocol version V2 35 The difference between method 1 and 2 is the process of sending switch antenna command is omitted in method 2 so it is faster and more efficient It takes 25ms to read one tag form one antenna For specific method of this command see the reader s serial interface p...

Page 14: ...ead tags you need to input three parameters Area of Tag Start Address and Data Length Note the unit of Starting Address and Data Length is WORD which is 16 bit double byte Click on Inventory when the parameter setting completes Note the parameters you input must meet the specification of the tag or an error message will appear When the operation completes successfully the following screen displays...

Page 15: ...ate successfully the following screen displays How many tags operated successfully the equal of pieces data will be displayed in Tag List It is blank in Data and this is the difference from Read Tag The user can read the tag again in the same area to verify if the data was written correctly Note The maximum length of one time write is 32 Word 64 bytes 512bits 2 4 3 Lock Tag Operation The interface...

Page 16: ...ll Tag must provide a destruction password and the destruction password can t be 00 00 00 00 Therefore to kill a tag you must change the content of password area via Write Tag Operation When tag is killed successfully the following information displays The same as above data of killed tags will be displayed in Tag List 2 4 5 Tag Selection Many times no matter how many tags in RF region we just wan...

Page 17: ...re only for the tag with this EPC NO If you want to cancel the match of EPC just deselect the checkbox for Selected Tag as below 2 4 6 Error Display Might Be Returned There will be some warning of error if we did wrong operations in the process of accessing tags Inventory Success access failure Actually there are two steps to access tag first inventory tag second access tag Prompt in the above ima...

Page 18: ... no tag to be operated The above warning means there is no tag to be operated in RF region The significance of other information returned users can see the document UHF_RFID serial interface protocol _V2 38 pdf 2 5 Accessing Inventorying ISO 18000 6B Tag 2 5 1 Inventorying ISO 18000 6B Tag Operating ISO 18000 6B Tag is similar to ISO 18000 6C but easier It only have Real Time Mode as illustrated b...

Page 19: ... beep If the buzzer sounds a long beep it means the reader start the anti collision function and identifies multiple tags at the same time 2 5 2 Accessing ISO 18000 6B Tag Access operation could only for a single ISO 18000 6B tag After stop Inventorying Tag click the Tag UID on the left list to choose the Tag as illustrated below ...

Page 20: ...tag at the same time length of the data is not limited Multi byte data could be witten If an error occurs the reader will stop writing but has been written data will not be changed while the reader returns the number of bytes written successfully Only one Byte data of tag can be locked at one time Only one Byte data state of tag can be inquired at one time Lock byte operation is permanent irrevers...

Page 21: ...on 2 6 2 Operating Temperature Monitoring Reader will generate heat under high intensity continuous working Users can monitor the internal temperature via the built in temperature sensor to avoid reader overheating Operating temperature over 65 If it s too hot you could stop reading for a while Interface of the Temperature Monitor as below 2 6 3 Setting Buzzer Status Sound of the reader s working ...

Page 22: ... kinds of baud rate 38400 bps and 115200 bps You can set baud rate via the interface as below After setting successfully new baud rate will be saved in the FLASH inside of reader and won t lose after power cut But the baud rate communicate with the reader must be new Note If you use the TCP IP interface please change the serial rate of TCP IP module into corresponding Details see the supplied TCP ...

Page 23: ...rial data in the actual operation Select the checkbox of Activate Serial Port Monitor on the bottom right corner all uplink and downlink serial data will be recorded as illustrated below Note Response speed of Demo will be slow down after opening the Activate Serial Port Monitor Generally this function should be turn off Violet blue information is sent to reader by PC red information is back to PC...

Page 24: ...t occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can 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 Connect the equipme...

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