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Speedway Revolution Installation and Operations Guide Octane 4.8

Appendix A: Region Specific Information

LLRP Channel Number

FCC Channel Number

Center Frequency (MHz)

917.250

917.750

918.250

918.750

919.250

919.750

920.250

920.750

921.250

921.750

922.250

922.750

923.250

923.750

924.250

924.750

925.250

925.750

926.250

926.750

927.250

Table A.5 Hong Kong operating frequency band is 920 to 925 MHz with 500 kHz channel

spacing.

LLRP Channel Number

FCC Channel Number

Center Frequency (MHz)

920.25 MHz

920.75 MHz

921.25 MHz

921.75 MHz

922.25 MHz

922.75 MHz

923.25 MHz

Summary of Contents for Speedway Revolution

Page 1: ... 0 25 Apr 11 www impinj com Copyright 2011 Impinj Inc Impinj Speedway Octane and Powered by Impinj are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Impinj Inc UHF Gen 2 RFID Speedway Revolution Installation and Operations Guide ...

Page 2: ...se limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If not installed and used in accordance with the instructions the equipment may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installa...

Page 3: ...e than that permitted for successful communication The term IC before the radio certification number only signifies that Industry of Canada technical specifications were met CE Marking and European Economic Area EEA RFID devices designed for use throughout the EEA must have a maximum radiated transmit power of 2W ERP in the frequency range of 865 6 867 6 MHz For other EEA restrictions on RFID devi...

Page 4: ...hapter 2 Installing and Connecting Speedway Revolution 7 Speedway Revolution Ports and LEDs 7 Installing and Connecting the Reader 8 Detailed Installation Procedures 9 Step 1 Position the Speedway Revolution Reader and Mount the Reader 9 Step 2 Connect the Antenna s to the Speedway Revolution Reader 10 Step 3 Power the Reader 10 Step 4 Connect Speedway Revolution to the Network 11 Step 5 Test the ...

Page 5: ...vious image 28 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 29 Returning to the Factory Default Configuration 29 To use RShell to return the reader to its factory default configuration and leaving CAP intact 29 To use the FDR button on the reader to restore to its factory default configuration29 Submitting Diagnostic Data for Analysis by Impinj Technical Support 31 To capture data to a Reader Diagnostic Data file 31...

Page 6: ...instructions for obtaining additional documentation firmware upgrades and downloads and other support software Impinj LTK Programmer s Guide provides software engineers with guidelines and best practices for working with the Low Level Reader Protocol LLRP Toolkit Software engineers can also access language specific reference guides and sample applications illustrating the scenarios discussed in th...

Page 7: ...ter 1 Introduction 2 Copyright 2011 Impinj Inc Impinj Support Information Visit the Impinj Support Web site at support impinj com for information about technical assistance For guidelines on capturing data for analysis by Impinj technical support personnel seeon page 31 ...

Page 8: ...r is 32 5 dBm Speedway Revolution supports the IEEE standard 802 3af for PoE Compact Form Factor The compact size of Speedway Revolution 7 4 x 6 9 x 1 2 inches or 18 8 x 17 5 x 3 cm eases installation in tight spaces and embedded applications Two Models Available Impinj offers two Speedway Revolution models with different high performance monostatic antenna port configurations The transmitter and ...

Page 9: ...y and healthcare environments The configuring and using the xPortal is identical to the Speedway R220 or R420 readers The following sections also apply to the xPortal Appendix C provides the unique installation and cable hookup instructions for the xPortal on page 49 The xPortal is an integrated solution with the maximum reader transmit power set at the factory to comply with country of operation ...

Page 10: ... IPJ A2051 JPN for Japan IPJ A2051 RSA for South Africa IPJ A2051 UK1 for UK Singapore Malaysia Hong Kong Ordering the universal power supply and power cords from Impinj is simple and efficient Supported Operating Environments This section describes the environments in which you can access the Speedway Revolution RShell console used for configuring monitoring and maintaining the reader The tools y...

Page 11: ...model you are installing Speedway Revolution is equipped with two R220 or four R420 independent bidirectional and full duplex TX RX monostatic antenna ports Antenna requirements vary by regulatory region For details about the requirements in a specific region see the relevant antenna section in Appendix A Information Specific to Regions of Operation on page 33 ...

Page 12: ...ay R420 includes four antenna ports Figure 2 1 Speedway Revolution R420 Port Connections Note See Appendix B GPIO Details for functional and electrical specifications and details for each pin of the GPIO DE 15 connectors on page 47 Antenna ports and LED status indicators are located on the back panel of the reader The Speedway R420 graphic below illustrates their locations Figure 2 2 Speedway Revo...

Page 13: ...s Power Blinks twice red indicates a factory default restore will occur Resets reader configuration and removes CAP if present Startup failure Hardware problems detected unable to boot Power Continuous blinking red Status Off Upgrade activity Upgrading the firmware during boot process Status Alternates between red and green Detection of antenna activity Detects no activity on antenna port Antenna ...

Page 14: ...t Additionally you need to account for the bend radius of the coaxial cable at the antenna connection points if mounting close to another perpendicular object The Speedway Reader supports Power over Ethernet PoE and can obtain its electrical power with data via standard cable in an Ethernet network If you plan to power the reading using an external universal power supply confirm there is a standar...

Page 15: ... the reader Choose any port for any antenna Finger tighten each connection making sure the connection is secure The antenna cable is properly tightened when you are no longer able to twist the cable inside the connector Note A loose connection negatively impacts the performance of the antenna Caution Impinj designed the Speedway Revolution antenna ports to be self terminating It is important that ...

Page 16: ...t the reader to your Ethernet network Beginning with Octane 4 8 release WiFi is supported using an adapter connected to the USB port on SpeedwayR Only WiFi adpaters using the Realtek 8187 chipset driver are supported Contact Impinj to obtain a list of compatible WiFi USB adapters brands models and the RShell Reference Manual for details on how to configure Details for completing each connection op...

Page 17: ...our PC doesn t have Bonjour Print Services installed Refer to http support apple com kb dl999 for installation instructions To connect Speedway Revolution to your PC over a serial connection 1 Confirm you have the latest version of Putty a free and reliable SSH Telnet and serial client Version 0 60 or higher contains support for serial connections 2 Using a Cisco style Console cable RJ 45 to DB9 I...

Page 18: ...word impinj 10 When the RShell command line prompt displays begin configuring the network settings for the reader See Using RShell to Configure Network Settings for Speedway Revolutionon page 16 for details 11 When you have completed configuration of the appropriate network settings connect the reader to your Ethernet network as described on page 11 Note If you decide to connect to DHCP after conn...

Page 19: ...using the reader s http interface web browser or using RShell The procedure to set region via web interface is as follows 1 Connect to the reader using a web browser http reader name or IP address Examples http speedwayr 10 00 DD or http 10 0 10 44 2 Log in to the reader user name root password impinj 3 Select one of the available regions from the drop down list see figure 2 8 Note if you do not s...

Page 20: ...Test the Installed Reader Confirm connections and functionality is correct by reading tags Using the MultiReader a Windows PC test application from Impinj you can quickly verify reader operation by configuring various reader parameters and running simple inventory operations For details about how to access and use MultiReader see page 17 ...

Page 21: ...revious Speedway Revolution versions Existing inputs and outputs will never change When adding new commands new optional arguments will be added at the end Important The Speedway Revolution version of RShell is not 100 compatible with the original Speedway reader Using RShell to Configure Network Settings for Speedway Revolution You can often get up and running with little or no configuration usin...

Page 22: ...r LLRP controls the configuration of the antenna transmit power the receive sensitivity the operating reader and more For details about LLRP see one or more of the following documents LLRP Standard This document provides the specifics of the EPCglobal ratified LLRP standard http www epcglobalinc org standards llrp llrp_1_0_1 standard 20070813 pdf Octane LLRP Provides details of the LLRP capabiliti...

Page 23: ... To configure and test a reader from within MultiReader 1 Install and launch the MultiReader application The following screen displays Figure 3 1 MultiReader initial screen 2 Select Configure Settings The Reader Settings screen displays Figure 3 2 Multireader Reader Settings Connection Screen 3 Connect to the reader by typing the reader s IP address or hostname in the Name or IP Address field You ...

Page 24: ...re 3 3 Multireader Reader Settings Settings Screen 7 In Reader Mode select AutoSet Dense Reader The Reader Mode specifies the rules to use for communication between the reader and tag With AutoSet Dense enabled the reader automatically senses the environment and adjusts its mode accordingly 8 In Search Mode select Dual Target In Session select Session 1 Search Mode and Session work together to con...

Page 25: ...eceive sensitivity controls the tag signal threshold below which the tag is ignored by the reader This parameter is useful in mitigating stray reads Stray tags often have a weaker signal than the tags to be read The Max checkbox is selected by default and tells the reader to read all tags regardless of the tag s signal strength This is known as its Received Signal Strength Indicator or RSSI When c...

Page 26: ...d zone try moving the tags to a slightly different location or orientation 13 Select STOP Inventory Run to stop the tag inventory process Monitoring Speedway Revolution Use RShell to monitor the reader health and performance when Speedway Revolution is up and running This section presents the primary RShell commands for viewing the network and RFID statistics plus the reader logs For details about...

Page 27: ... UniqueInventory Count Indicates the number of unique tags seen at antenna n Antenna n TotalInventory Count Indicates the total inventory count for antenna n Antenna n ReadCount Indicates the number of tags read at antenna n that matched the configured filters Antenna n FailedReadCount Indicates the number of tags where a read was attempted at antenna n because the tag matched the configured filte...

Page 28: ...in an independent log Use the RShell config logging command to configure options for the storage and forwarding of logged events Use the show logging command to display the logging configuration as well as the actual logged information in text form For details about these commands see the RShell Reference Manual Viewing the State of the Speedway Revolution Device To display information about the c...

Page 29: ... within each firmware image that logically organize the system software Although you do not need a full understanding of this architecture to perform a simple manual upgrade it is a good idea to be familiar with its structure at a high level For a more in depth discussion of the firmware and how firmware is organized see the Embedded Developer s Guide The three partitions in firmware are 1 System ...

Page 30: ...play of the current upgrade status the last operation the status of the last operation and information about the primary and secondary images Reissue the show image summary command if you want to track the upgrade status Some status values you may see are WaitingForImageFileTransfer WaitingForCommitImage WaitingToActivateImmediate The upgrade is complete when the UpgradeStatus parameter value is R...

Page 31: ...eader likely cannot locate the images directory and upg file on the USB drive 3 The upgrade process completes in 20 60 seconds and then the Power LED will change to solid green 5 Remove the USB drive from the USB Host port and reboot the reader During the upgrade process the reader will attempt to append information to a status log file in the impinj revolution upgrade directory The status log fil...

Page 32: ...lation and Operations Guide Octane 4 8 Chapter 4 Upgrading Firmware Copyright 2011 Impinj Inc 27 Figure 4 1 Speedway Revolution Management Web Page Figure 4 2 Close up of Reader Upgrade and Reboot Section of Management Web Page ...

Page 33: ... pre upgrade image enter the following command from the RShell prompt config image fallback When the command completes successfully the reader automatically reboots and returns to the login prompt 2 Log in to the reader The pre upgrade image is now running Note If there is no valid previous image the response to the config image fallback command is Status 8 Permission Denied ...

Page 34: ...sue an RShell command 2 Push the Default Restore button on the device To use RShell to return the reader to its default configuration and leaving CAP intact 1 At the RShell prompt enter the following command config image default When the command completes successfully the reader automatically reboots and returns to the login prompt 2 Log in to the reader The reader is now running with the default ...

Page 35: ... where CAP removal is necessary The following table lists the default configuration values Table 5 1 Default Configuration Values Parameter Default Value User root Password impinj Upgrade Retrieve Mode Manual Logging No syslog servers Management Logging Level Error RFID Logging Level Error System Logging Level Error Network Mode Dynamic DHCP DHCP Send Hostname On Hostname speedwayr xx xx xx where ...

Page 36: ...the connection settings for Reader 1 If you are not select Reader 1 in the menu on the left 4 In Control Reader select No This setting value tells MultiReader that you do not want the MultiReader configuration controlling the reader Changing this value is important because you most likely want to capture data for a reader operation that is being controlled by your application If however you want t...

Page 37: ...tes the capture activity 10 Select Save Debug Data A browse window opens 11 Enter a file name and save the file in the desired location 12 Send the rdd file containing binary data to Impinj Technical Support Visit the Impinj support Web site support impinj com for submission details or talk with your Impinj representative Note Another option is to create a network trace using Wireshark a free prot...

Page 38: ...902 75 2 903 25 3 903 75 4 904 25 49 926 75 50 927 25 Antenna Requirements Positioning Position the antenna s surface at least 25 centimeters away from personnel working in the area This is an FCC positioning requirement For more details see the following FCC bulletins FCC OET Bulletin 65 Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields FCC OET ...

Page 39: ... connector 2 dBi composite gain Impinj model number IPJ A0401 USA or IPJ A0402 USA both Guardwall with 6 foot integrated pigtail to RP TNC male connector 6 dBi composite gain Impinj model number IPJ A0404 000 Matchbox antenna with 20cm integrated pigtall to SMA connector 20 dBi composite gain MA COM MAAN 000246 FL1 integrated RFID floor mounted stand multiple configurations available 2 or 4 antenn...

Page 40: ...on output power is determined by the following equation Maximum power setting in dBm 33 Antenna Gain in dBd Cable loss in dB For example for an application with an antenna gain of 6 dBd and cable loss of 2 dB the reader output power can be set no higher than 33 6 2 29 dBm The maximum transmit power of Speedway Revolution is 31 5dBm measured at the RF antenna port Note It is important to apply the ...

Page 41: ...n be set no higher than 33 6 2 29 dBm The maximum transmit power of Speedway Revolution is 32 5dBm measured at the RF antenna port Note It is important to apply the antenna gain expressed in dBd dB with respect to a dipole which is equivalent to the isotropic antenna gain in dBi minus 2 15 dB The antenna gain used to set the output power must be the maximum linear gain of the applicable antenna Ap...

Page 42: ...ennas left hand and right hand CP with 8 foot integrated pigtail to RP TNC male connector 6 dBi composite gain MTI MT 262006 TLH left hand CP or MT 262006 TRH right hand CP with RP TNC female connector antennas available in IP54 or IP67 ratings 6 dBi gain MTI MT 262013 NLH left hand CP or MT 262013 NRH right hand CP with N type female connector antennas available in IP54 or IP67 ratings 4 5 dBi ga...

Page 43: ...0 75 MHz 3 38 921 25 MHz 4 39 921 75 MHz 5 40 922 25 MHz 6 41 922 75 MHz 7 42 923 25 MHz 8 43 923 75 MHz 9 44 924 25 MHz 10 45 924 75 MHz 11 46 925 25 MHz 12 47 925 75 MHz Table A 4 Brazil operating frequency band is 902 907 5 and 915 928 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 1 902 750 2 2 903 250 3 3 903 750 4 4 904 250 5 5 904 750 6 6 905 ...

Page 44: ...50 21 36 920 250 22 37 920 750 23 38 921 250 24 39 921 750 25 40 922 250 26 41 922 750 27 42 923 250 28 43 923 750 29 44 924 250 30 45 924 750 31 46 925 250 32 47 925 750 33 48 926 250 34 49 926 750 35 50 927 250 Table A 5 Hong Kong operating frequency band is 920 to 925 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 36 920 25 MHz 2 37 920 75 MHz 3 3...

Page 45: ...nnel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 42 923 25 MHz 2 43 923 75 MHz 3 44 924 25 MHz 4 45 924 75 MHz Table A 7 Israel operating frequency band is 915 to 917 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing with a single channel LLRP Channel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 28 916 25 MHz Table A 8 Malaysia operating frequency band is 919 to 923 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number FCC C...

Page 46: ...24 25 MHz 6 45 924 75 MHz 7 46 925 25 MHz 8 47 925 75 MHz 9 48 926 25 MHz 10 49 926 75 MHz 11 50 927 25 MHz Table A 10 Philippines operating frequency band is 918 to 920 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 918 25 MHz 2 918 75 MHz 3 919 25 MHz 4 919 75 MHz Table A 11 Singapore operating frequency band is 920 to 925 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channe...

Page 47: ...annel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 40 922 25 MHz 2 41 922 75 MHz 3 42 923 25 MHz 4 43 923 75 MHz 5 44 924 25 MHz 6 45 924 75 MHz 7 46 925 25 MHz 8 47 925 75 MHz 9 48 926 25 MHz 10 49 926 75 MHz 11 50 927 25 MHz 12 927 75 MHz Table A 13 Thailand operating frequency band is 920 to 925 MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 3...

Page 48: ...z with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 28 916 25 MHz 2 29 916 75 MHz 3 30 917 25 MHz 4 31 917 75 MHz 5 32 918 25 MHz 6 33 918 75 MHz 7 34 919 25 MHz 8 35 919 75 MHz 9 36 920 25 MHz 10 37 920 75 MHz 11 38 921 25 MHz 12 39 921 75 MHz 13 40 922 25 MHz 14 41 922 75 MHz 15 42 923 25 MHz 16 43 923 75 MHz 17 44 924 25 MHz 18 45 924 75 MHz 19 46 925 25...

Page 49: ...011 Impinj Inc A 15 Vietnam operating frequency band is 920 to 925MHz with 500 kHz channel spacing LLRP Channel Number FCC Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 36 920 25 MHz 2 37 920 75 MHz 3 38 921 25 MHz 4 39 921 75 MHz 5 40 922 25 MHz 6 41 922 75 MHz 7 42 923 25 MHz 8 43 923 75 MHz 9 44 924 25 MHz 10 45 924 75 MHz ...

Page 50: ...spacing Frequency plan is compliant to the State Radio Regulatory Commission SRRC of China LLRP Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 920 625 MHz 2 920 875 MHz 3 921 125 MHz 4 921 375 MHz 5 921 625 MHz 6 921 875 MHz 7 922 125 MHz 8 922 375 MHz 9 922 625 MHz 10 922 875 MHz 11 923 125 MHz 12 923 375 MHz 13 923 625 MHz 14 923 875 MHz 15 924 125 MHz 16 924 375 MHz Table A 17 Korea operating frequency ...

Page 51: ...ublic of South Africa operating frequency band is 915 4 to 919MHz with 200kHz channel bandwidth LLRP Channel Number Center Frequency MHz 1 915 6 MHz 2 915 8 MHz 3 916 0 MHz 4 916 2 MHz 5 916 4 MHz 6 916 6 MHz 7 916 8 MHz 8 917 0 MHz 9 917 2 MHz 10 917 4 MHz 11 917 6 MHz 12 917 8 MHz 13 918 0 MHz 14 918 2 MHz 15 918 4 MHz 16 918 6 MHz 17 918 8 MHz ...

Page 52: ...een V and V The maximum voltage for this supply is 30V When the user configures a selected GPIO output via LLRP to output logic 0 an isolated FET switch within the reader effectively shorts that output to V with a current sink capability of up to 200mA When the user configures a selected GPIO output to logic 1 the selected output is pulled to V through a 10K resistor If GPIO isolation is not requi...

Page 53: ...ted output 1 active pull down to V 9 User OUT 2 Isolated output 1 active pull down to V 10 User OUT 3 Isolated output 3 active pull down to V 11 User OUT 4 Isolated output 4 active pull down to V 12 User IN 1 Isolated input 1 14 User IN 3 Isolated input 3 15 User IN 4 Isolated input 4 Table B 2 GPIO Interface Electrical Specification Pin Parameter Description Min Max Unit Conditions 5V Supply IO O...

Page 54: ...the total area covered by the portal The unit is intended to be mounted at waist height on the wall The lower beam covers the tag populations near the floor while the upper beam reads tags at the top of tall pallets Tags located at waist height are likely to be read by both beams Figure C 1 xPortal Simulated RF Beam Patterns Mounting the xPortal Referring to Figure C 3 the xPortal has many differe...

Page 55: ... on the figure 3 Keyhole slots and through holes Holes are sized to allow clearance for 20 screws These holes allow you to mount the unit flush to a wall Shown in the Blue ovals on the figure It is your responsibility to determine if the chosen screws can support the weight of the xPortal Since the xPortal weighs approximately 6 5 pounds 3kg it can be installed on drywall without needing to locate...

Page 56: ... conduit directly to the unit This allows Ethernet or power cables to be protected by standard EMT electrical metallic tubing The holes are sized for inch trade size conduit connectors or where metric conduit is used 16mm trade size Larger sizes of conduit such as inch can be used with the proper adapters See example Figure 3 below The following photos highlight the usage options Figure C 3 inch c...

Page 57: ...ion Installation and Operations Guide Octane 4 8 Appendix C Speedway xPortal Installation 52 Copyright 2011 Impinj Inc Figure C 4 Threaded inch conduit connector Figure C 5 inch conduit with a snap in flange connector ...

Page 58: ...ane 4 8 Appendix C Speedway xPortal Installation Copyright 2011 Impinj Inc 53 Figure C 6 Snap in inch conduit connector Figure C 7 A squeeze connector for the larger inch conduit tubing size The connector has a nut and threads sized for the inch conduit hole ...

Page 59: ...volution Installation and Operations Guide Octane 4 8 Appendix C Speedway xPortal Installation 54 Copyright 2011 Impinj Inc Figure C 8 inch conduit squeeze connector with a threaded interface to inch conduit hole ...

Page 60: ...t of Impinj and the authorized recipient hereof Impinj reserves the right to change its products and services at any time without notice Impinj assumes no responsibility for customer product design or for infringement of patents and or the rights of third parties which may result from assistance provided by Impinj No representation of warranty is given and no liability is assumed by Impinj with re...

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