Index
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Scope of Manual ...........................................................................................................................................................................2
Change Document Record ............................................................................................................................................................2
Reference Document ....................................................................................................................................................................2
Index… ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Product Description ......................................................................................................................................................................6
Installation Notice ........................................................................................................................................................................7
Development Kit ...........................................................................................................................................................................8
Ordering Options ..........................................................................................................................................................................9
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GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................10
Connecting to the Ion R4301P Reader........................................................................................................................................10
Connecting to the Ion using the Easy Controller Software ............................................................................................10
Connecting to the Ion using the serial port ...................................................................................................................10
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ION EXTERNAL INTERFACES DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 11
Connectors .................................................................................................................................................................................11
Power supply .................................................................................................................................................................11
Ethernet port .................................................................................................................................................................12
GPIO ports ......................................................................................................................................................................13
USB host ports ...............................................................................................................................................................14
GSM/GPRS antenna port (only in Mod. WR4301PXGPRS) .............................................................................................15
WIFI antenna port (only in Mod. WR4301PXWIFI) ........................................................................................................15
RS232 .............................................................................................................................................................................16
RFID antenna ports ........................................................................................................................................................16
LEDs ............................................................................................................................................................................................17
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ION READER CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................18
Reader Configuration using the Web Interface ..........................................................................................................................18
Configure Ethernet settings ...........................................................................................................................................19
Set Date and Time ..........................................................................................................................................................20
Reader Configuration using the serial port.................................................................................................................................21
Configure Ethernet settings ...........................................................................................................................................21
Set Date and Time ..........................................................................................................................................................22
Configure the serial port to communicate with the
caenrfidd
daemon ........................................................................22
How to restore the R4301P default factory settings ..................................................................................................................23
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ION GPIO ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Using Ion GPIO Interface ............................................................................................................................................................29
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ION
CAENRFIDD
DAEMON ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................30
Configuring the daemon .............................................................................................................................................................30
The system wide configuration file ................................................................................................................................30
The main configuration file ............................................................................................................................................30
The reader configuration file .........................................................................................................................................31
The CAENRFID Ion ..................................................................................................................................................32
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DEVELOPING APPLICATION FOR THE ION READER ............................................................................................................. 34
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................34
Downloading the development virtual machine image..............................................................................................................34
Installing the development virtual machine ...............................................................................................................................34
Using the development virtual machine ....................................................................................................................................35
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ION GETTING STARTED WITH C .......................................................................................................................................... 36
Development code installation...................................................................................................................................................36
New and standard API ................................................................................................................................................................36
Standard API example ....................................................................................................................................................36
New API usage example .................................................................................................................................................38
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ION GETTING STARTED WITH JAVA.................................................................................................................................... 40
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................40
Setup the development environment ........................................................................................................................................40
Testing the development environment ......................................................................................................................................40
Running Java applications on the Ion reader ..............................................................................................................................41
Optional: using the Eclipse IDE ...................................................................................................................................................42
