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Anterus RFID Solution

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Anterus™ RFID Solution .....................................................................................1

Overview .................................................................................................................. 1

ANT-RDR RFID Reader.............................................................................................. 2

ANT-RDR Product Specifications..................................................................................... 3

ANT-RDR Mounting/Installation ...................................................................................... 3

Anterus RFID Tags .................................................................................................... 4

RFID Tags - Internal Battery ............................................................................................ 4

ANT-TAG Device/Asset Tag...................................................................................... 5

ANT-TAG Product Specifications .................................................................................... 5

ANT-TAG Mounting/Installation ...................................................................................... 6

ANT-TAG Antenna Orientation ....................................................................................... 6

ANT-BDG ID Badge Tag ........................................................................................... 6

ANT-BDG Product Specifications .................................................................................... 7

ANT-BDG Mounting/Installation ..................................................................................... 7

ANT-BDG Antenna Orientation ....................................................................................... 7

Signal Strength Behavior of AMX RFID Tags and Readers ....................................... 8

Environmental Factors .............................................................................................. 8

Non-Ideal Antenna Gain .................................................................................................. 8

Antenna Elevation ........................................................................................................... 8

People and Objects......................................................................................................... 9

Multipath Fading............................................................................................................. 9

Analysis..................................................................................................................... 9

Measured Data................................................................................................................ 9

Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 10

Installation ........................................................................................................11

Overview ................................................................................................................ 11

Connecting the ANT-RDR To a NetLinx Master ...................................................... 11

Connecting Additional ANT-RDRs........................................................................... 11

Wiring Guidelines.......................................................................................................... 12

Cable Types and Maximum Distances..................................................................... 12

Pre-manufactured AXlink cable ..................................................................................... 12

Power Distribution ........................................................................................................ 12

Calculating AXlink wiring distances............................................................................... 12

Assigning the ANT-RDR Device Address ................................................................ 13

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Page 1: ...Operation Reference Guide Control System Accessories Anterus RFID Solution ANT RDR Reader ANT BDG Badge ANT TAG Device Asset Tag Last Updated 10 22 2008 ...

Page 2: ...rked on the outside of each box The RMA is valid for a 30 day period After the 30 day period the RMA will be cancelled Any shipments received not consistent with the RMA or after the RMA is cancelled will be refused AMX is not responsible for products returned without a valid RMA number AMX is not liable for any damages caused by its products or for the failure of its products to perform This incl...

Page 3: ...uct Specifications 7 ANT BDG Mounting Installation 7 ANT BDG Antenna Orientation 7 Signal Strength Behavior of AMX RFID Tags and Readers 8 Environmental Factors 8 Non Ideal Antenna Gain 8 Antenna Elevation 8 People and Objects 9 Multipath Fading 9 Analysis 9 Measured Data 9 Conclusions 10 Installation 11 Overview 11 Connecting the ANT RDR To a NetLinx Master 11 Connecting Additional ANT RDRs 11 Wi...

Page 4: ...n Options 20 Adding a Tag to the System 21 Removing a Tag from the System 21 Anterus Tags Configuration Options 22 Viewing Tag Details 23 Reader Configuration Pages 24 Reader Configuration Options 25 Programming 27 Anterus Duet Module Overview 27 Implementing the Anterus Duet Module 27 Port Mapping 28 Channels 28 NetLinx Send Commands 28 AxLink Programming Overview 28 Send Commands 28 AXLink Chann...

Page 5: ...and Zigbee frequency spectrum used by other AMX products Anterus components include ANT RDR Reader FG5172 The ANT RDR connects to the NetLinx controller to initiate system events when an Anterus RF asset tag or ID badge passes into its zone See the ANT RDR RFID Reader section on page 2 for product details ANT TAG Device Asset Tag FG5172 01 The ANT TAG device asset tag attaches to devices to identi...

Page 6: ...Linx Master via AXLink which supports up to 255 devices on a single AXLink bus spanning for a total distance of 3000 feet 915 m The ANT RDR uses a 4 pin 3 5 mm mini Phoenix male connector to provide data and power to the ANT RDR via the AXLink bus FIG 1 Anterus RFID Group FIG 2 ANT RDR RFID Reader ANT RDR RFID Reader ANT TAG Device set Tag ANT BDG Badge Tag Front Rear 8 position DEVICE DIP Switch ...

Page 7: ...r is set by the total value of DIP switch positions that are ON down RF Specifications Transmission Frequency 433 92 MHz Transmission Range Up to 100 feet 30 meters adjustable Note Tag and Reader communication distances assume optimal orientation between Tag and Reader Read distances may also vary as a result of the pres ence of metal and environmental conditions System Limitations Up to 30 ANT RD...

Page 8: ...t a pre set time interval The Tag life is estimated at 5 years at a transmission time interval of approximately 10 seconds The life span of the Tag ends when the battery life is exhausted Battery status can be inferred by interrogating the internal Tag Age Counter Value Additional and replacement tags are available from AMX Contact your customer service representative for details FIG 3 Anterus RFI...

Page 9: ...n replaceable batteries which provide approximately five years of normal use Additional and replacement tags are available from AMX Contact your customer service representative for details Environmental Operational temperature 32º F to 140º F 0º C to 60º C Storage temperature 4º F to 158º F 20º C to 70º C Humidity 5 to 90 non condensing Enclosure ABS ultrasonically sealed IP 65 Charcoal Grey Dimen...

Page 10: ... mount all tags in the same orientation no matter if it matches the orientation of the antenna The tag s vertical orientation is with the antenna of the tag facing up or down The tag s horizontal orientation is with the antenna to the either side FIG 5 provides an Orientation Diagram for the ANT RDR and ANT TAG ANT BDG ID Badge Tag The ANT BDG badge tag FG5172 02 is worn by personnel to identify t...

Page 11: ...pproximately 5 years Note All of the Anterus RFID tags run on non replaceable batteries which provide approximately five years of normal use Additional and replacement tags are available from AMX Contact your customer service representative for details Environmental Operational temperature 32º F to 140º F 0º C to 60º C Storage temperature 4º F to 158º F 20º C to 70º C Humidity 5 to 90 non condensi...

Page 12: ...in their effects Non Ideal Antenna Gain The ideal antenna would be one that transmits or receives with equal efficiency in all directions In the real world such an antenna with a perfectly spherical gain pattern does not exist Commonly used antenna types generally fall miserably short with blind spot nulls in one or more directions Both the badge and asset tags employ a technique referred to as di...

Page 13: ...a to the receiving antenna When two or more copies of the signal from different paths arrive at the receiving antenna they can either add to each other or cancel each other The addition is quite limited in how much the signal can be boosted but the cancellation can in the worst case make the signal completely disappear Fortunately this complete cancellation rarely happens and is likely to be brief...

Page 14: ...m far away Second a tag with a weak signal is likely to be far away but can also be near due to reductions in strength that can come from one or more of the environmental factors described above For example for a reading of 150 the distance between reader and tag is almost certainly less than or equal to 20 feet A tag at 20 feet is likely to have a signal strength reading between 150 and 70 and po...

Page 15: ... a NetLinx Master and optionally to other ANT RDRs To connect the ANT RDR to the NetLinx Master via AxLink install the AXlink data power bus wiring as shown in FIG 11 Connecting Additional ANT RDRs To connect additional ANT RDRs to create a RFID Reader Network Group follow the standard AxLink bus wiring FIG 12 FIG 10 Basic Anterus System FIG 11 AXlink data power connections FIG 12 Connecting Addit...

Page 16: ...th no remote power Power Distribution The following table lists the maximum cable lengths by electrical current and wire gauges AWG These distances are based on a min of 13 5 volts available at the Central Controller s power supply Calculating AXlink wiring distances All AXlink devices require a minimum of 12 VDC power to operate properly The power can be supplied by the Central Controller s AXlin...

Page 17: ...nk bus from other devices Care should be taken by the system integrator not to assign duplicate AXLink addresses to multiple devices AXLink addresses must be in the range of 1 to 255 address 0 belongs to the Master As indicated on the device flip each switch down for the ON position For example the DIP switch shown in FIG 13 defines Device 96 switches 6 and 7 ON Gauge resistance factors Solid Copp...

Page 18: ...Installation 14 Anterus RFID Solution ...

Page 19: ...er to the documentation supplied with the Anterus Duet Module for more details Accessing the RFID Configuration Manager From any PC that has access to the LAN that the NetLinx Master to which the ANT RDR is connected 1 Open a web browser and type the IP Address of the target NetLinx Master in the browser s Address Bar 2 Press Enter to access the Configuration Manager for the specified NetLinx Mast...

Page 20: ... Solution 4 Click the System button to access the Manage System page The initial view is of the Manage System tab FIG 15 5 Open the Manage Devices tab FIG 16 FIG 15 Manage System page Manage System tab FIG 16 Manage System page Manage Devices tab ...

Page 21: ...ings as well as view and configure each ANT RDR Reader in the system individually Configuration options include naming each ANT RDR and managing each of the RFID Tags in the system FIG 17 Manage Devices tab Device Configuration Pages options FIG 18 RFID Configuration Manager Main Page initial view Global Settings indicates the entire Anterus System ANT RDRs and Tags Click to access the Global Regi...

Page 22: ...signed to each ANT RDR as it was specified on each ANT RDR via the 8 position DIP Switch on the rear panel see the Assigning the ANT RDR Device Address section on page 13 Note AxLink Device Address does not apply to Global Settings n a Model Displays the Model name assigned to each ANT RDR read only Errors This column indicates any errors detected by the NetLinx Master for each ANT RDR These error...

Page 23: ...on in the Global Settings row at the top of the RFID Configuration Manager page see FIG 18 to access the Global Register page shown in FIG 19 The options on the Global Register page allow you to view edit global RFID Reader settings and add delete RFID Tags in the system FIG 19 Global Register Page ...

Page 24: ...tify the Master that a Tag s signal has been lost when its RSSI signal is below the Lost Threshold value The allowed range is 0 min to 254 max Default 50 Sensitivity 1 255 The Sensitivity setting is used to reduce the message traffic between the ANT RDR and the Master The ANT RDR remembers the last RSSI value sent to the Master for each Tag it has acquired On the next poll only Tags whose current ...

Page 25: ...ter a Tag Name 4 Enter Tag Info 5 Enter the desired Acquired Threshold value for the new tag 6 Click on the Accept button to enter the newly defined tag into the Anterus system Removing a Tag from the System In either the Global Register Page or the Reader Configuration Page see below click on the Delete icon for any Tag see FIG 23 on page 22 Once deleted the Tag is permanently removed from the sy...

Page 26: ...The Tag s Acquired Threshold value works in conjunction with the Reader s Acquired Threshold setting and can be used to further filter active RFID Tag messages via the Reader s Filter Tag Levels option Note The Tag s Acquired Threshold value does not override filtering already configured on the Reader Click the Accept button to save your changes Status Acquired Offline Indicates the current status...

Page 27: ...elected Tag The title bar of the popup window indicates the Tag Name Tag ID and the Tag s current Battery Level The main area of the popup lists the addresses of each Reader that is currently detecting the selected tag followed by the current Tag level for each Reader for this Tag FIG 24 Tag Details Popup Click to close popup Tag ID Tag Name Battery Level Reader Addresses current level at each Rea...

Page 28: ... Page with Reader 205 selected The Reader configuration options on this page are identical to those presented on the Global Register page see FIG 19 on page 19 The difference between the two is that the options on the Reader Configuration page are specific to the ANT RDR selected on the RFID Configuration Manager Main page Settings made to a specific ANT RDR in the Reader Configuration page FIG 25...

Page 29: ... traffic between the ANT RDR and the Master The ANT RDR remembers the last RSSI value sent to the Master for each Tag it has acquired On the next poll only Tags whose current RSSI value is outside the range of the last sent RSSI value the Sensitivity value entered here will be sent to the Master The allowed range is 1 min to 255 max Default 30 Tag Lost Timeout 30 255 seconds Use this option to spe...

Page 30: ...Threshold setting and can be used to further filter active RFID Tag messages via the Reader s Filter Tag Levels option Note The Tag s Acquired Threshold value does not override filtering already configured on the Reader Status Acquired Offline Indicates the current status of the selected Tag display only Acquired indicates that the Tag has been detected by the Reader and is currently being tracked...

Page 31: ...r1_0_0 module must be included in the program with a DEFINE_MODULE command This command starts execution of the module and passes in the following key information the device ID of the UPS to be controlled and the virtual device ID for communicating to the main program An example is shown below DEFINE_DEVICE dvAnterus 96 1 0 AxLink Main RFID reader vdvAnterus 41001 1 0 Virtual Device dvTP 10001 1 0...

Page 32: ... all web configuration may be done with Send Commands Channels and Levels Send Commands The Anterus solution supports the AxLink Send Commands commands listed below Note command messages either do not have a response or are responded to with a COMMAND not a string Port Mapping Virtual Device Channels Control Feedback 41001 1 0 Main All All All Virtual Device Channel Events Channel Description 251 ...

Page 33: ... A AFLG B FUT Where TID The tag s unique Tag ID an 8 character string formatted such that a tag s type can be identified by the first character RSSI RSSI strength value of tag s transmission Range 0 255 where 0 no signal and 255 max RSSI signal possible LIFE The Percent of Battery Life left on the Tag 0 100 AFLG Activity Flag a single byte denoting if the tag has just crossed the Acquired Threshol...

Page 34: ...command does not care why there are invalid tag reads it just keeps count until it gets to a certain number and then it is cleared Response ER NUMERR Where NUMERR the number of invalid tags reads encountered by the ANT RDR since the last ER request Examples SEND_COMMAND ER Request number of invalid tags reads SEND_ COMMAND ER 5 Report 5 invalid tags reads since last ER request VER Request firmware...

Page 35: ...ignal is above the Upper Thresholds Range 0 255 with 0 denoting the maximum range where a tag can be acquired 2 CMD FDBK RSSI Lower Threshold The ANT RDR will notify the Master that a tag s signal has been lost when its RSSI signal is below the Lower Thresholds Range 0 255 with 0 denoting the maximum range where a tag can be active before its signal is lost 3 CMD FDBK RSSI Sensitivity Range The AN...

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