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HEXAPAD 10 BC USB

8.9.1.2 Read tag encoded in SGTIN-96/198 and show result in EPC Tag URI format 68

8.9.2 Registrator for Acura's Autoid Secure mode

8.9.3 Read TID memory bank and EPC id from tag

Part 3 - Transparent Mode

9 Reader in Transparent mode

9.1 Software Programming and Development

9.2 Demo software - URA

9.2.1 Instructions for Demo Software - URA

9.2.2 Controlling the Led and Beep

10 Part 4 - Update firmware

11 How to update the firmware of the reader? (Windows)

11.1 Update firmware by serial port

11.1.1 Step one. Send the update command to reader

11.1.2 Step two. Installation of software "Acura Sam-ba" (Windows)

11.1.2.1 Step 1. Software installation

11.1.2.2 Step two. Unpack the software folder

11.1.3 Step three. Loading firmware

Summary of Contents for HEXAPAD 10

Page 2: ...er characteristics 15 6 2 1 General features of the integrated antenna 16 6 2 1 1 Integrated antenna 17 6 2 1 2 Radiation diagram integrated antenna 17 6 2 1 3 VSWR integrated antenna 18 6 2 1 4 Gain...

Page 3: ...ag access password 49 8 5 4 13 tagop tag reading operation 50 8 5 4 14 epcdecode EPC id decoding tag 51 8 5 4 15 autoidcs Acura Autoid System Security Code 52 8 5 4 16 separator Result string separati...

Page 4: ...and Development 72 9 2 Demo software URA 73 9 2 1 Instructions for Demo Software URA 73 9 2 2 Controlling the Led and Beep 75 10 Part 4 Update firmware 77 11 How to update the firmware of the reader W...

Page 5: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB BLANK...

Page 6: ...at may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provi...

Page 7: ...ification RFID market in Brazil and Latin America and has successfully explored since the late 1990s its large scale adoption in the most diverse sectors of the economy from mining to steel agricultur...

Page 8: ...The term CDC is the Acronym for Communication Device Class ACM is the Acronym for Abstract Control Model HID is the Acronym for Human Interface Device both used in the USB communication Universal Ser...

Page 9: ...the tag Decodes standard Tags GS1 SGTIN 96 and SGTIN 198 for checkout applications sends in the following formats gs1string example 01 03608449920322 21 1540341 gs1epcuri example urn epc tag sgtin 96...

Page 10: ...of revisions 4 1 User guide table Revisio n Month year date Descriptio n 2 01 2020 Added information about new firmware 1 1 3 New retag command to enable and disable tag read RF in standalone mode 1 0...

Page 11: ...d with on and off to turn off the rf and turn back on in standalone mode New combination of Capslock twice fast to execute the readtag command Standalone mode Beep when running the readtag Standalone...

Page 12: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 4 3 Readers hardware table Revision Month y ear date Description V1 02 2021 Creation of the HEXAPAD reader...

Page 13: ...is installed at the place where the reader is to be installed The maximum reading distance of passive tags per reader is up to 50cm The effective reading distance of passive tags varies according to e...

Page 14: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB Part 1 Overview and installation Equipment Overview Installation...

Page 15: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 6 Equipment overview 6 1 Hardware HEXAPAD...

Page 16: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 6 2 Hardware Hexapad 10 BC BAR CODE READER RED LED INTEGRATED ANTENNA USB CABLE GREEN LED...

Page 17: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 6 2 1 Barcode reading angulation Field Vision Field Vision...

Page 18: ...g to be performed it is necessary to respect the distance and angulation in relation to the field of view between the scanner and the size of the code you want to read so the larger the code is the fu...

Page 19: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 2 Big carcode Barcode placement...

Page 20: ...by the Operating System Windows Mac and Linux as a KEYBOARD type HID device USB Serial CDC 3 When the reader is plugged into the USB a Serial port is created automatically Windows 10 Mac Linux Program...

Page 21: ...ree of protection of the reader Internal use does not have weather protection Integrated antenna 2 1 dBic Dimensions 263x160x15mm Operating temperature 10 C to 65 C Storage temperature 10 C to 70 C Re...

Page 22: ...ngs the RSSI filter can be used using the rssifilter command More details in 8 6 Increasing rejection of side readings NOTE Top of the reader causing tag readings on the sides near the reader to be mi...

Page 23: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 6 2 1 3 VSWR integrated antenna 6 2 1 4 Gain Far Field...

Page 24: ...reen and red LED flash fast simultaneously Reader energized however without having booted usb communication with the Operating System Reader is not in operation until communication with the Operating...

Page 25: ...alone mode the Serial Port will serve as communication and configuration in Standalone and Transparent modes 7 1 1 Identifying serial port Windows After turning on the reader go to the Control Panel o...

Page 26: ...download must be done through the link https drive google com file d 1PJBSm4KYy0w L7tRK BRwGBatqpwLF3r view usp sharing 7 1 1 1 1 Step 1 Device detection 1 Connect the reader to your computer s USB po...

Page 27: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 7 1 1 1 2 Step 2 Load the driver 1 Right click go to Update Driver...

Page 28: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 2 Then Search for drive software on your computer 3 Later select Allow me to choose from a list of device drivers on your computer...

Page 29: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 4 Under Common hardware types select Ports COM and LPT and click Next 5 Click on With Disc...

Page 30: ...rom Disk go to Search select the file for update and click OK to confirm A page similar to the following should appear on your computer Click Next 7 A driver update warning should appear To proceed cl...

Page 31: ...10 BC USB 8 A Windows security alert saying that Windows cannot check the editor of this driver software appears to continue click Install this driver software anyway 9 After this procedure wait for...

Page 32: ...port created right after the reader is connected to usb type in the Terminal dmesg tail Grep In the example above serial communication with the reader will be through dev ttyACM0 7 1 3 Identifying ser...

Page 33: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB Part 2 Standalone Mode Reader in Standalone Mode Reader Settings Usage Examples...

Page 34: ...are in the Standalone mode not performing tag reading idle 8 1 Turning RF on and off in standalone mode To turn RF on and off the following options can be used A Use the readtag command examples a Th...

Page 35: ...e EPC id of the tag will always be read and reported by the reader and its decoding can be changed In addition to reading the EPC id it is possible to read together any memory bank of the UHF EPC Gen2...

Page 36: ...tagop Result of reading the operation specified by the tagop command Note Optional readcount Amount of reading of the same tag in an inventory period The option to show or not the value is made by the...

Page 37: ...ternal temperature 8 4 1 How to set up the reader The reader in Standalone mode must be configured through ASCII commands sent by the serial port created on the Operating System when the reader is tur...

Page 38: ...n through terminal emulation software The best known free and free code is Putty whose download link follows below https www chiark greenend org uk sgtatham putty latest html To set up Putty follow th...

Page 39: ...XXX is a unique identifier number generated by the operating system Linux using screen To connect using the screen screen dev ttyACMx NOTE To find out which serial port the reader will respond to plea...

Page 40: ...command or the accepted values so there is the help command that if executed without any value lists all the commands supported by the reader and to get details of a specific command just type help co...

Page 41: ...e reader Tagop Tag read operation None Epcdecode Decoding the EPC tag id None autoidcs Security code for Acura s Autoid tags 9000001 separator Result string separator character space endoline End of l...

Page 42: ...non existent command is sent to the reader error value out of range CR When the value entered is not between those specified and accepted by the reader error too many args CR When more than one value...

Page 43: ...mulation mode and USB Serial the reading result is sent via keyboard emulation and also via serial communication on the USB virtual port serial Self employed Serial communication mode the read result...

Page 44: ...own the reader s RF signal Pattern on Values on off Notes By pressing 2x fast the CapsLock key runs this command cyclically on off Example To check the value readtag CR off CR To disable RF and tag re...

Page 45: ...Values 0 15 Example To check the reading power readpower CR 12 CR To change the reading power to 5 dBm 5 CR ok parameter has been changed CR Errors When the value reported is not among the specified...

Page 46: ...tern 250 ms Values 50 5000 Example To check the reading time rfon CR 250 CR To change the reading time to 500 ms 0 5 s 500 CR rfon ok parameter has been changed CR Errors When the value reported is no...

Page 47: ...wer on your antenna Pattern 250 ms Values 0 1000 Example To check the read interval time rfoff CR 250 CR To change the reading interval time to 500 ms 0 5 s 500 CR ok parameter has been changed CR Err...

Page 48: ...BLF to 640 or 320 KHz the tari value and tag encoding will automatically change to 6 25 us and fm0 respectively Example To check the BLF value gen2blf CR 250 CR To change the BLF value to 640 KHz 640...

Page 49: ...pported only by the internal RF module micro module type which can be checked by rfidmodule command Example To check the Tari value gen2tari CR 25 CR To change the value of Tari to 12 5 us gen2tari 12...

Page 50: ...sitivity rate but a higher speed in the decoding of each bit m8 has a high read sensitivity rate but a lower speed in decoding each bit Example To check the Data encoding value gen2tagencoding CR m4 C...

Page 51: ...sion and gen2target values reflects the read repetition rate of the same tag Example To check the Session value gen2session CR s1 CR To change the session value to s0 s0 CR gen2session ok parameter ha...

Page 52: ...tags with session flag in state B then in A Notes The combination of gen2session and gen2target values reflects the read repetition rate of the same tag Example To check the Target value gen2target C...

Page 53: ...usts the Q value during readings 0 15 Fixed value for 2Q number of tags in the reading field of the reader Notes If the amount of tags to be read at the same time varies leave the q value in dynamic s...

Page 54: ...of the tag with the tagop command the password must be the same as the tag Example To check access passrowd gen2accesspassword CR 00000000 CR To change the password to 12345678 gen2accesspassword 123...

Page 55: ...initial position in word of the reading in the specified memory bank wl word length indicates the number of words to read in the specified memory bank Maximum value for wp and wl is 32 To read the en...

Page 56: ...ure Identity URI GS1Gtin13 Standard GS1 that returns code GTIN13 without the serial number GS1Sgtin13 Standard GS1 that returns code GTIN13 serial number ASCII Decodes the EPCID of the tag according t...

Page 57: ...e autoidcs autoidcs CR 900001 CR To change the Autoid security code to 900158 autoidcs 900158 CR ok parameter has been changed CR Errors When the value reported is not among the specified error value...

Page 58: ...arator Char Any readable character in the Ascii table Notes For space you must write space as a value for the command Example To check the separator separator CR space CR To change the tab to separato...

Page 59: ...string Notes qt Amount of end of line repetition values 1 through 10 If qt is omitted it is considered only an end of line Example To check which line end is configured endofline CR windows CR To chan...

Page 60: ...4ms Medium Average typing period between typing T 32ms slow Slow typing period between typing T 64ms Example To check the typing speed keystrokespeed CR fast CR To change the speed to slow slow CR ke...

Page 61: ...de Pattern on Values on off Notes When set to off typing in a Putty terminal will not appear if the character echo is not configured in the terminal software Example To check the value echochar CR off...

Page 62: ...level of the tag is measured in dBm and is a negative value i e the power in Watts is always less than 1mW Pattern 0 Values 0 99 Notes To disable the filter write the value 0 The specified value shoul...

Page 63: ...e of the tag read in the result string Pattern Off Values on off Notes The rssi value is reported with the negative sign Example To check the value reportrssi CR off CR To change the value to have the...

Page 64: ...in the rfon period in the result string Pattern Off Values on off Notes The maximum value of the read amount is 255 Example To check the value reportreadcount CR off CR To change the value to have th...

Page 65: ...ables or disables beeping with each tag reading Pattern on Values on off Example To check the value enablebeep CR off CR To turn off the tag read warning sound enablebeep off CR ok parameter has been...

Page 66: ...s only and Windows and Linux operating systems Alternative to exit transparent mode is to send the command off CR to the reader Example To check the value enablecapslock CR off CR To change the value...

Page 67: ...r detailed help on the tagop command help tagop CR Command tagop arg CR Description Get no arguments or set the read tag operation CR Arguments reserved wp wl Reserved bank CR epc wp wlEPC bank CR tid...

Page 68: ...er Errors When a value is passed to the command error too many args CR 8 5 4 26 facreset Factory Reset Command facreset Function Returns all values to the factory default Errors When a value is passed...

Page 69: ...nds accepted by the reader help CR command list CR upgradefirmware Bootloader will be executed The reader will be restarted Errors When a value is passed to the command error too many args CR Beep and...

Page 70: ...nd is sent so the reader enters standalone mode with hid interface B Use the Caps Lock key Windows and Linux only example a Close any serial communication with the reader b To switch between one opera...

Page 71: ...self while the tag is in the reading field of the reader Configure as follows gen2session s2 CR gen2target a CR B I would like to read the same tag again and again while it is in the reader reading fi...

Page 72: ...ag reading signal level should be obtained in a practical manner that is with the tags that will be used in the application and reading tests checking the rssi value reported on the sides and on top o...

Page 73: ...Sgtin 198 The results of reading the encoded tag can be sent in the following formats GS1 element string example 01 03608449920322 21 1540341 EPC Tag URI example urn epc tag sgtin 96 1 360844 0992032...

Page 74: ...e sgtin 96 or sgtin 198 and send in EPC Tag URI format For the other formats just use the epcdecode command with the equivalent format that can be checked in 8 3 16 epcdecode EPC id decoding of the ta...

Page 75: ...errors in the data entry of the site access control system The following settings must be made on the reader Configure the reader with the same Security Code CS that is written to the tag autoidcs 00...

Page 76: ...tagop tid 0 0 CR epcdecode none CR Example of reading two tags with different sizes from the TID bank B Read from the TID bank 4 words skipping the first 2 words and decoding the EPC id by the ASCII...

Page 77: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB Part 3 Transparent Mode Reader in Transparent mode Programming and development of Software Software demo Ura Controlling Led and Beep...

Page 78: ...Beep Communication between the User Software and the reader is serial through the port created by the Operating System at the time the reader is connected to the USB to identify such port please consu...

Page 79: ...vailable at the links below User guide https www jadaktech com products thingmagic rfid thingmagic universal reader assistant URA Software https www jadaktech com products thingmagic rfid thingmagic u...

Page 80: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB...

Page 81: ...only from a USB port and then read 9 2 2 Controlling the Led and Beep In Transparent mode the control of the red Led and beep must be done by the User Software using MercuryAPI Below is the usage map...

Page 82: ...elow is image using ivr to manipulate the red LED and the beep of the reader in Transparent mode NOTE In the MercuryAPI file package for all languages there is an example for manipulating the Reader s...

Page 83: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 10 Part 4 Update the firmware How to update the firmware of the reader Windows...

Page 84: ...u do not already have it please refer to 8 2 1 3 How to send the commands to the reader Windows to continue If the reader is in Standalone mode For the mode in which the reader is in please refer to 7...

Page 85: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 4 Type help without argument to verify that the reader is connected correctly...

Page 86: ...reen and red LED will flash fast simultaneously 3 times and then the green and red LED will remain lit continuously to warn you that you are in the process of updating firmware Currently the reader is...

Page 87: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 6 A message from Installing device will appear wait until the end of the process NOTE If you use Windows 10 the driver will be installed automatically...

Page 88: ...7 Make sure the driver has been successfully installed go to the Control Panel or with the Windows X key open the Device Manager In Ports COM and LPT a virtual serial communication port Bossa Program...

Page 89: ...unpacking of the folder that will be used in the firmware installation process 11 1 2 1 Step 1 Software installation 1 Download the software installer from this link https drive google com file d 1Jpi...

Page 90: ...ee Next Next Install and wait for the software to install 4 After installation click Next Next and Finish to finish 11 1 2 2 Step two Unpack the software folder 1 Download the zipped folder of the sof...

Page 91: ...Rev 1 HEXAPAD 10 BC USB 2 Go to downloads or where the file was saved right click and click Extract here WARNING It is extremely important to perform the two steps carefully...

Page 92: ...AM BA that was downloaded and unpacked in section 10 1 2 2 Step 2 Unpack the software folder 1 Inside the uncompressed folder Acura_SAM BA double click on the software Acura_sam ba exe 2 Click Connect...

Page 93: ...ame icon and select the updated firmware file AVISO It is extremely important not to modify the parameters Address 0x06000 and Size For Receive File 0x1000 before sending the firmware to the reader Mo...

Page 94: ...agree and send the updated firmware to the reader by clicking on Send File and wait for the procedure to complete 100 5 Disconnect and plug the reader back into the USB port and the reader will retur...

Page 95: ...f the economy from mining to steel agriculture to food processing from logistics to retail from transport to the distribution chain from access control to asset management Promoter of new technologies...

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