APPLIED WIRELESS ID
Applied Wireless Identifications Group, Inc.
18300 Sutter Blvd., Morgan Hill, CA 95037
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Voice 408-825-1100
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UHF Long-Range Readers – Preparing for Install Support
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UHF Long-Range Readers
Support 2 – Preparing to Install
These notes are for AWID’s LR-2000, LR-2200 and LR-3000 reader models, and their “HiLo” variations.
CONTENTS
Section A. Purpose
Section B. Guidelines
Section C. Good Practices
Section D. Tools and Supplies
Section E. Documents for Reference
Section F. Testing the Site
Section G. Shop-Testing Products
Section H. Clues for Good Testing
Section I. Check List
Section J. Support People
Section K. Hook-Up Diagrams
A.
PURPOSE
While preparing to install AWID’s UHF long-range readers and credentials, the steps below will guide the installers.
To start a new project, see AWID’s “Support 1 – Getting Started”. It helps to assure that the correct products are ordered
and collected for the client’s application.
B.
GUIDELINES
1.
First thing – Know the client’s
goals and desires
. Know what will work, and what needs to be changed.
2.
Study the site’s
layout
. Make plan drawings. Get architect’s prints. Take photographs.
3.
Define the
roadway
so that all vehicles follow the same path – one lane wide. Mark the lane if necessary.
4.
A vehicle-length between the reader and the gate may allow the
gate to open
before vehicles roll up to the gate.
5.
Ideal
vehicle speed
may be 15 miles per hour. This should assure time for reliable reading of all tags.
6.
If possible, select a reader location where the vehicles travel in a
straight line
as the tags are read.
7.
Know
where to mount
the reader – at the side of the roadway, or above the roadway, or facing turning vehicles.
8.
Plan on
reader height
that relates to the physical structure, vehicle types, tag type and location on vehicles.
9.
Assure that there is
open space
between the reader and the tags – no fence, bushes, structure to block the UHF.
10.
If vehicles will have access to more than one gate, the arrangement of reader and tag locations must be
consistent
.
11.
Mount the reader using an
adjustable-head
bracket. The reader must be aimed at the location of tags for reading.
12.
At the reading distance, have the
reader and tags aligned
with each other – facing each other, in parallel planes.
13.
Watch for conditions that may require the
“HiLo”
dual-antenna reader set, or a protective
housing
for readers.
14.
Scan the site for
radiation
that might affect reading. Use the Installation Kit’s “ProHunter” RF Signal Detector.