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Version 0.5 

19 December 2012 

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Quick start:

 Tag Reader EU 

Technical specs 

Normal operating voltage 

2x AA 1,5V batteries  

Frequency range 

868.42 MHz 

Wireless Range 

min 150 meters in a mesh network 

Protocols supported 

ISO15693, ISO18000-3, Tag-it™, RFID 

Buzzer-sound 

Approx. 60dBa at 10 cm distance 

Basic Operations 

The 

TagReader

 can arm/disarm a security system. 

The 

TagReader

 can read RFID-tags. 

The 

TagReader

 has the possibility for the user to manually insert codes. 

The 

TagReader’s 

indicator light will react differently on each action. 

The 

TagReader

 has a buzzer, which can be used as walk-in/walk-out notification  

(alarm is being disabled/activated).

 

 

H

ow it operates 

After a successful inclusion the 

Tag

 

Reader

 can be mounted on the wall. 

When pressing the Home or Away button you have 1 second to start using the manual code buttons, if you do 
not press any manual code buttons the tag reader will be starting up and you have 6 seconds to show a RFID-
Tag in front of the reader. 
With a controller you can request the battery level. 

Mounting 

1.

 

Before mount, the 

Tag Reader should

 be included into a Z-Wave network and associated. 

2.

 

Use a flat screwdriver at the inlets on the sides to gently unlock the back cover. 

3.

 

 Use the supplied screws to mount the cover to the wall. 

4.

 

Place two AA 1,5V batteries into the device. 

5.

 

Mount the 

TagReader

 onto the back cover. 

6.

 

Make sure to close it well on all sides. 

7.

 

Mounting is completed when the led blinks for a full second.  

 

Include or exclude in Z-Wave network 

1

 

1.

 

Press and hold the 

Tamper

 

switch

 for 2 seconds and release to start the inclusion or exclude process. 

2.

 

When classic inclusion failed, the product will start Network Wide Inclusion automatically. 
 

 

 

 

                                                           

1

 Make sure your Z-Wave controller is in the correct operation mode (include or exclude). 

Home 
& Away 

Indicator LED 

Tag area 

Tamper switch 

Summary of Contents for BeNext

Page 1: ...e manual code buttons if you do not press any manual code buttons the tag reader will be starting up and you have 6 seconds to show a RFID Tag in front of the reader With a controller you can request the battery level Mounting 1 Before mount the Tag Reader should be included into a Z Wave network and associated 2 Use a flat screwdriver at the inlets on the sides to gently unlock the back cover 3 U...

Page 2: ...statuses of the device as follows 1 Ready for learn mode indicator light blinks every second 2 Learn in progress add indicator light 2 times every second 3 Learn in progress remove indicator light 3 times every 1 5 second 4 Learn mode success indicator light is on for one second 5 Tamper released indicator light blinks 6 times rapidly 6 Mounting successful indicator light is on for 1 second 7 RF m...

Page 3: ...eadable on the Tags the TagReader has some special procedures Some examples are given at the Typical operation diagrams chapter in the Technical Manual There are some situations 1 In case an unknown Manual Code entered or unknown Tag presented In this case the TagReader will send an unsolicited USER_CODE_REPORT with UserID 0 and UserID Status 0 A controller will receive this report and can initiat...

Page 4: ...ther manufacturers Hops Retries The Z Wave range has a range of up to 30 meters in line of sight This signal is not limited to the 30 meter range due to routing the Z Wave message to other nodes in the network This way the range of the Z Wave network can be expanded to 150 meters indoors limit of 4 hops class 0x63 COMMAND_CLASS_USER_CODE The purpose of the User Code Command Class is to configure t...

Page 5: ...l always be lower then the previous sent value The battery level in the report is maximum 2 lower then the previous sent value class 0x85 COMMAND_CLASS_ASSOCIATION The Association Command Class is used to associate the TagReader to other devices When a tag or code is read the TagReader will send a notification to the Z Wave devices in its association group It will also report the state of the tamp...

Page 6: ...ed Size 1 byte 3 Feedback timeout Description To configure the timeout to wait for a WAKEUP_NO_MORE_INFORMATION before the error beep is automatically sound The error beeps are fixed 8 beeps shortly after each other Default 0x00 Param1 0x00 means disabled Param2 3 4 not used Size 1 byte 4 Feedback beeps per second Description To configure the number of beeps per second Every beep is fixed about 10...

Page 7: ...COMMAND_CLASS_ALARM_V2 In the TagReader this Command Class has two purposes 1 Identify the state of the tamper alarm The device will send an unsolicited report to the devices in its association group if tempering is detected The state of the tamper alarm can also be requested by any other device 2 Report tags or codes that are entered The TagReader will send an unsolicited report to the devices in...

Page 8: ...Value 0xAA Configuration of the device is untouched Note that this value will not change to 0x55 upon modifying the wake up interval and that re setting the value to 0xAA will always reset the wake up interval Always awake mode The always awake mode is used to request different values from the device e g version and manufacturer specific Note in always awake mode the batteries will be drain very f...

Page 9: ...3 Notification sound and acknowledgement enabled configuration parameter 3 set to acknowledgement timeout In the first mode any Basic or Switch Binary commands that are received are ignored The second mode the default can be used to inform a user that the alarm system is armed or disarmed To use this you can send a Basic or Switch Binary set on 0xFF after receiving an Alarm Report and the Wake Up ...

Page 10: ...he user action that is required and the messages which are being sent from to the TagReader for several basic operations including optional functionality as the sound notification and UID acknowledgement Configure a new tag for configuring new codes you can skip directly to the WAKE_UP_NOTIFICATION ...

Page 11: ...Version 0 5 19 December 2012 www iHome eu Arm the alarm system ...

Page 12: ...Version 0 5 19 December 2012 www iHome eu Disarm the alarm system ...

Page 13: ...s not in Include or exclude mode the TagReader will not be included or excluded 2 The TagReader is already included in a Z Wave network Exclude the TagReader and Try to include it again Q I have configured a value but when I request it it is not changed A It is mandatory that the correct size is used while configure a parameter go to the documentation about the configuration command class to check...

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