Host Software
5-2
RFID Application Kit ATAK2270 User Manual
4871E–RFID–04/08
5.2
Start Window
The host software menu bar has five menus: Setup, Option, Application, Exit, and Info.
5.2.1
Setup
Select the appropriate transponder in the Setup -> Transponder menu (
). The user interface
displayed depends on the transponder chosen.
Figure 5-2.
Transponder Menu
In the submenu COM-Port, select the RS232 serial port used to communicate with the RFID application
kit (COM-Port). (To check that communication is established between the PC and the application board,
press F12 on the PC keyboard. If the correct COM port is selected, all the LEDs will light up; if the LEDs
do not light, change the COM port.)
Figure 5-3.
COM-Port Menu
5.2.2
Options
The submenu Tuning offers two different tuning modes: manual tuning (High to Low Frequency) or Auto-
tuning (
). To enable the autotuning feature, set jumper J3 on the antenna interface to en (see
).
In manual tuning mode, the user can choose from four frequency stages – Low, Semi Low, Semi High,
and High – typically between 121 kHz to 134.2 kHz. In autotuning mode, the software scans through the
four frequency steps until a transponder is read out; if no response is received, a failure message is dis-
played. The currently selected frequency stage is indicated on the application board, binary encoded by
the Tune1 and Tune2 LEDs (for interpretation, see
).
