BlueBox IDTRONIC UHF Advant 5238U-PN-C, Manual

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1 Introduction
The 5238U-PN-C hereinafter named BLUEBOX is a read/write RFID device for
industrial application that communicates with a ‘host’ system (typically a PC or
a PLC) through a ProfiNet connection. The BLUEBOX acts as a joint through a
set of commands between the host system and the RFID tag/s (or
transponder/s) present near the antenna/s. The same 'master/slave' protocol is
used for the communication between the host system (
‘master’) and the
BLUEBOX (‘slave’), independently of the kind of connection (point to point,
multidrop net, Ethernet). An USB connection, working as Virtual COM, is also
available and used as service interface port to configure the functional
parameters a
nd to update the firmware of the device, the ‘BLUEBOX Show’
software of the SDK is foreseen to explicate these operations. Furthermore the
BLUEBOX is able to handle 2 channels of digital I/O; each channel can be used
as output to drive a low side load or a s input either driven by a ‘PNP’ output or
by a ‘clean’ contact. Warning, when the I/O is used as input, do not use it also
as output to avoid conflicts! The BLUEBOX is available with an external RF
antenna.