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Reader Overview 

The Ranger is a new compact, full-featured ISO18000-6C/EPC C1G2 reader which is perfect 
for use in a variety of tag reading, writing and programming applications. 

Ranger is powered by a standard USB connection (requires USB 2.0 or above), no additional 
power supply is needed.  Its small size allows it to easily be used on a desktop or where 
space is limited.  

 

The Ranger Reader is very user friendly and extremely easy to set up read and write tags 
with its standard free software.   It also comes with a SDK to allow you to create your own 
custom programs to interface and drive the Ranger Reader. 

 

The Ranger reader’s features provides a powerful, and very economical way to implement 
UHF RFID technology in just about any application. 

Possible Applications: 

 

Point of Sale RFID reading and writing 

 

Commissioning/Activation of RFID Tags 

 

Parking and Access Control 

 

Production / WIP checkpoints 

 

Document Tracking and Management 

 

Library Management 

 

Catering Management 

 

Healthcare/Pharmaceutical Applications 

 

The reader has 2 LEDs as status indicators. The LEDs provide indication for the following: 

Status \ LEDS 

Blue 

Red 

Connected to Host 

Off 

On 

Tag read/write operation 

Flash 

On 

 

Summary of Contents for HRD1800F

Page 1: ...Ranger USB Reader Model No HRD1800F User Guide V1 2...

Page 2: ...the reader 5 Tag placement 5 Running the demo software 5 Reading tags in Inventory Mode 7 Tag Memory Management 7 Reader Settings 9 Communication setting 10 Q Value Setting 10 Frequency Power Setting...

Page 3: ...are It also comes with a SDK to allow you to create your own custom programs to interface and drive the Ranger Reader The Ranger reader s features provides a powerful and very economical way to implem...

Page 4: ...sktop surface Since metal cause reflection of RF and may cause undesirable performance of the reader Mechanical installation Connect the USB cable to the reader and to the host PC The reader requires...

Page 5: ...sary to install the USB to serial driver 1 Unzip CP210x_VCP_Windows zip 2 If your operating system is running 64bits run CP210xVCPInstaller_x64 exe Otherwise if your operating system is running 32bits...

Page 6: ...ll the driver as it may be corrupted 2 Connect to another USB port of the PC Using the reader Tag placement To ensure the tag read and write operations can be perform with a consistent performance ple...

Page 7: ...ed to automatically connect the correct com port you can manually input the com port to connect to 1 Go to Settings 2 Go to the Com tab 3 Change the value of the Serial Ports You can go to Window Cont...

Page 8: ...een as a list If multiple tags are being read multiple records will be shown To stop the reader from reading tags click Stop Inventory Run Button To clear the tag data read click Clear Inventory butto...

Page 9: ...C click on the Change EPC option and a window will pop up Input the new EPC and access password if necessary Finally click ok to confirm the change the reader will write the new EPC to the tag Tag mem...

Page 10: ...op up Select different memory banks to read write Tag locking operation can also be performed in this window Reader Settings To change settings of the reader click on the setting buttons on the right...

Page 11: ...tting Serial port communication setting can be configured in this tab Q Value Setting Q Value setting of the reader can be configured Frequency Power Setting This tab allow user to change the output p...

Page 12: ...ng such products Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty The warranty is valid if and only if the user of the product operate it as instructed by this document or oth...

Page 13: ...herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Regulatory Compliance Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s...

Page 14: ...for help This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any inte...

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