CHAPTER 2
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Push the power supply connector into the reader port and tighten the
retaining ring finger tight.
Plug the female end of the power cord into the power supply.
Plug the male end of the power cord into the 120 VAC outlet.
6. Connect reader to the LAN or host PC.
Align the RJ-45 connector with the corresponding TCP/IP port on the
reader and push the connector in. Connect to the other end to a LAN
drop or network switch. You may optionally connect the reader directly to
a PC's network port, but you must use an Ethernet cross-over cable in
this situation.
If you wish to observe the reader's bootup trace, align and connect a DB-
9 serial cable to the reader's RS-232 port, and to the serial port on the
PC. Configure your terminal software as descibed previously in the
Bench Test Configuration topic.
7. Connect any IO circuitry.
Connect the user IO circuitry to the IO mating connector.
Align the connector with reader connector and insert.
Tighten the screws to hold the connector to the reader..
8. You are now ready to use the reader. If using the Alien Gateway
software, please refer to the
Demonstration Software Guide
included on
your CD.
9. Set Channel Frequency
After the reader boots up, set the frequency specified on the site license using
the following command on the Alien Gateway software command line interface.
F = n
where n is an integer between 0 and 20 and where 0 sets the frequency the
lowest channel (910.75 MHz) and 20 sets the frequency to the highest channel
(920.75 MHz). Upon initial power up and boot up, the default channel that will
come up, if no channel is set, is channel 10. As a guide the following table relates
channel number to the frequency of the reader.
ALR9890-RR Channel Frequencies
Chan.
Freq.
(MHz)
Chan.
Freq.
(MHz)
Chan.
Freq.
(MHz)
Chan.
Freq.
(MHz)
0
910.75
6
913.75
12
916.75
18
919.75
1
911.25
7
914.25
13
917.25
19
920.25
2
911.75
8
914.75
14
917.75
20
920.75
3
912.25
9
915.25
15
918.25
4
912.75
10
915.75
16
918.75
5
913.25
11
916.25
17
919.25
