
Table of Contents
General Installation Information ................................................ 7
Safety................................................................................................................................. 7
Information Flags ............................................................................................................... 7
Installation Tips .................................................................................................................. 8
Things to Consider............................................................................................................. 9
Hand Tools, Equipment and Materials............................................................................. 10
NT132 System Overview........................................................... 13
History.............................................................................................................................. 13
NT132 System Components............................................................................................ 13
Tags................................................................................................................................. 15
Reader ............................................................................................................................. 16
Antennas.......................................................................................................................... 17
Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU) ............................................................................................. 18
Reader Installation.................................................................... 19
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 19
Required Materials........................................................................................................... 20
Mounting the Reader - All Types ..................................................................................... 21
Installation of a Serial Reader.......................................................................................... 22
Installation of a Wiegand Reader .................................................................................... 23
Installation of an FTT Reader System ............................................................................. 25
Connecting Power to the Reader – All Types .................................................................. 32
Configuring 3.x Reader Firmware............................................ 35
Required Materials........................................................................................................... 35
Connecting a Computer to the Reader ............................................................................ 35
Communicating with the Reader via HyperTerminal ....................................................... 37
Reader Commands ......................................................................................................... 38
Entering a Command....................................................................................................... 39
Toggling between reading 3.x Tags and reading 2.0 Tags.............................................. 40
Changing the Reader ID Number .................................................................................... 41
Toggling Between Default and Diagnostic Modes ........................................................... 42
Bypass Mode - Enabling Action on 254 Code ................................................................. 44
Unilon Reset Buttons ....................................................................................................... 45
Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU) Installation................................... 49
Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 49
Installation Considerations............................................................................................... 49
Required Materials........................................................................................................... 50
Prerequisite Tasks ........................................................................................................... 50
Mounting the ATU ............................................................................................................ 51
Cabling the ATU .............................................................................................................. 52
Connecting the ATU to the Reader.................................................................................. 53
Connecting the ATU to the Antennas .............................................................................. 53