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V8BT

ISO FDXB tag compatible with the possibility to write additional data

A name and a phone number

Application PetScan on iPhone and Android

In/out button (1)

ini USB

interface

LED blue Bluetooth activated
LED    red charging battery
LED    green battery charged

Display OLED

128

64 pixels

Scroll up button (2)

Mid button (4)

( Enter)

Scroll down button (3)

Battery charge level

Summary of Contents for RT 250BT

Page 1: ...e and a phone number Application PetScan on iPhone and Android In out button 1 Mini USB interface LED blue Bluetooth activated LED red charging battery LED green battery charged Display OLED 128 64 pixels Scroll up button 2 Mid button 4 Enter Scroll down button 3 Battery charge level ...

Page 2: ...enable the memory page 11 disable the memory page 12 erase the memory page 13 Datas transmissions with a PC pages 14 17 RealTrace Terminal pages 20 25 Customization of the V8BT Displaying and Time out pages 26 27 Android mobile phone software for RT250 V8BT and V8M pages 28 36 iOS mobile phone software for RT250 V8BT and V8M pages 37 51 Bootloader pages 52 54 Tools for development pages 54 System ...

Page 3: ...lack and white OLED Keys 4 buttons Indication Battery charge control and Bluetooth Buzzer USB port USB virtual comport bluetooth virtual com port Power supply Lithium battery 1500mAh 3 7V Dimension 155mm L 82 W 33 H Net weight 155g Charging mode Mini USB Accessories Mini USB cable Product instructions Battery Compliance certifications FCC CE certification Memory Up to 800 ID numbers The V8BT is de...

Page 4: ...4 Menu Settings Seven languages Max 800 ID numbers Enable and disable Displaying hexadecimal or decimal Settings Languages Memory Bluetooth HEX Enter menu settings ...

Page 5: ...Data transmission by Bluetooth or via the USB cable To be able to transmit the tag numbers read or the numbers recorded in the memory maximum 200 via Bluetooth or using the USB cable the user needs to have installed the appropriate driver on his PC This driver can be downloaded free of charge from http download realtrace com RTDriver zip Once the driver is installed on your PC you will need to hav...

Page 6: ...ptic Menu Scan Synoptic Menu SCAN SCAN After 25 seconds After 60 seconds Reading 20 seconds max No transonder Found FDXB 939 2784879521125 Charging indicator light Scan Button In Out Settings Continuous Scan ...

Page 7: ...7 Synoptics Menu Bluetooth Bluetooth Enable Bluetooth enabled Charging indicator light Scan Enable Bluetooth Bluetooth Button IN OUT 1 4 3 2 1 ...

Page 8: ...8 Bluetooth Disable Scan Disable Bluetooth Bluetooth Button IN OUT Scan 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 9: ...ptic Menu Scan Synoptic Menu SCAN SCAN After 25 seconds After 60 seconds Reading 20 seconds max No transonder Found FDXB 939 2784879521125 Charging indicator light Scan Button In Out Settings Continuous Scan ...

Page 10: ...g DUP on the right of the screen This number will not be stored a second time If the reader is switched off the memory function will still be activated when it is switched on again Deactivating the memory The memory can be deactivated via the Memory menu Two cases may arise First case Numbers are recorded in the reader s memory Block diagram Memory 3 In this case you must transmit the list of reco...

Page 11: ...11 Synoptic Menu Memory 1 Memory Enable Charging indicator light Scan Enable the memory M 0 Scan Button IN OUT 1 4 3 2 Press two times ...

Page 12: ...12 Synoptic Menu Memory 2 Memory Disable M 0 Scan Disable the memory No chip registered Scan Button IN OUT 1 2 3 4 Press two times ...

Page 13: ...y 3 M 15 Memory Send M 15 Scan Enable the memory 15 ID numbers registered M 0 Scan Button IN OUT 1 2 3 4 Press twices Sending Press OK to erase Press OK to confirm erase Without pressing after 8 seconds M 15 Scan Erasing 5 6 ...

Page 14: ...er or acknowledgement from the PC Hardware configuration The serial port for reading the data is configured as follows 9600 bauds 8 bits 1 start bit 1 stop bit non parity and no flow control You must authorize line feeds to visualize the frames using the hyperterminal click on properties in the file menu Go to the parameters and then click on ASCII Configuration The circled box above must be ticke...

Page 15: ...xE5CC or the 123456789 character string Function that calculates CRC CCITT 16 bits INPUT unsigned char inbuffer 8 bits input vector over which CRC checksum is calculated must termined by 0x00 OUTPUT unsigned int 16 bits return of crc_ccitt checksum OVERVIEW Width 16 bits Truncated polynomial 0x1021 Initial value 0xFFFF No XOR is performed on the output CRC DESCRIPTION Computing a POLY number from ...

Page 16: ...16 for i 0 i 16 i xor_flag crc_checksum 0x8000 1 0 crc_checksum crc_checksum 1 if xor_flag crc_checksum crc_checksum crc_poly return crc_checksum ...

Page 17: ...me cases with other information such as the communication speed the form of the data transmitted etc As regards the V8BT it is possible that the right port will be automatically assigned by the PC to the application software but it is also quite likely that you will have to choose it yourself from all the ports offered to you You can of course try them one after the other but in some cases the PC ...

Page 18: ...18 Then select Device Then Select Device Manager Then select Ports com et LPT Click Cliquez Click ...

Page 19: ...en enter the USB port or Bluetooth s communication port number as well as the following data bits per second 9600 data bits 8 stop bits 1 parity none flow control none Using the software Realtrace Terminal Menu Options Choose your language You can choose between French English Spanish and Chinese Select the data you want to appear if you select All data it will show the type of chip FDXB HDX FDXA ...

Page 20: ...der you must select Linked to an application You then have five seconds to open your application Word Excel etc After this period if no application is opened data will be sent to the Realtrace Terminal and appear on the initial screen Connection Menu In case of breakdown in communication between the PC and the reader simply select Connect to automatically reconnect Obviously for reconnection to be...

Page 21: ...21 Communication Port Selection Linking an application Selecting application after the 5 second delay ...

Page 22: ...22 Application open within 5 seconds Excel Connect Simple view only ISO number ...

Page 23: ...23 Showing all data ...

Page 24: ... be your company name customer name date of sale or other text of your choice given that you have two 16 character lines Upon starting the reader the V8BT displays the recorded message for 4 seconds 2 Setting the reader power timeout V8BT timeout The use of a lithium ion battery has provided a significant increase in the autonomy of the reader several thousand uses Therefore you can adjust the aut...

Page 25: ...he start of the guarantee period 4 Enter the fields on the screen and confirm Write The communication port is configured automatically The new settings will be implemented upon the next launch of the V8BT reader PS Customizing each reader takes a few seconds ...

Page 26: ... s chip can be read There are both short 65 cm and long 95 cm versions of the reader This version allows you to read either aggressive dogs or animals in cages through bars or livestock cattle goats pigs etc all at a safe distance The long version is also used in fish farms the front part being perfectly watertight The V8BT and V8M also allow the user to write additional data on the Chip at 7 8 cm...

Page 27: ...the phone and the reader 1 Enable the Bluetooth function on the reader and the phone The blue LED of the reader flashes 2 In the Settings of your iPhone Brightness and Illumination Auto Locking select 5 min 3 In display and wall paper of your Android Screen time out select 5 min Be aware that each time your phone goes into sleep mode communication with the reader will be cut off 3 If you have a Wi...

Page 28: ...e phone screen shows Disconnect 2 The blue led of the reader is flashing After ten seconds of searching the phone has not found a reader In this case two possibilities a the following message will appear Try again If a connection has not been established a reason may be Failure when turning on the reader Failure to charge the reader s battery Wrong setting of your phone s Bluetooth see the manual ...

Page 29: ...s the following message will appear Are displayed all the peripheral Bluetooth detected The reader found is a Bluetooth 2 model select V8 BT2 The phone is connected to the reader The blue led of the reader become fixed ...

Page 30: ... reader Scan function To search for and read a Chip select Scanner The reader then searches for a Chip near it 10 to 12 cm for about 25 seconds and Scanning is displayed Two things can happen 1 The reader has not found a Chip a beep is emitted and it is displayed again ...

Page 31: ...ata stored in the chip or in the database of the phone or the server Memory of the chip nothing Phone database nothing 3 The reader has found and read a chip with data written in the memory of the chip and or in the database of the phone or the server Memory of the chip Phone database ...

Page 32: ...32 Writing on the memory of the Chip with the reader Select MODIFY Enter the text and select WRITE Confirm writing Writing is in progress Writing is correct a beep is emitted ...

Page 33: ...from the reader one initially read a sound signal is emitted memory blocks not open Writing information to be saved on the phone or server database Enter one or more fields after selecting MODIFY and SAVE The datas will be saved into the Database of the phone or on the SERVER ...

Page 34: ...34 Saving a photo of the animal Click on the photo icon Two possibilities are available take a photo choose a photo already saved on the phone ...

Page 35: ... all Chip readings that have been made The number of the Chip tells you the date and time of the recording Clicking the PetScan icon displays the place where the recording was made if this information was provided by the phone when reading the chip Selective deletion ...

Page 36: ...36 Erase complete history or Files containing this information can be transferred ...

Page 37: ...n This is the database that is stored on the phone s memory The connection to an external database stored on a server is not included in the PetScan software It needs specific expansion that depends on many parameters but that we can encrypt and carry out in the form of a requirements specification Selective deletion ...

Page 38: ...38 Deleting the database completely Files containing this information can be transfered ...

Page 39: ... to search for a file by Chip number or by date by clicking on the Search field Apple mobile version iOS connection to reader After opening the PetScan program the following screen will appear Select Connect the reader ...

Page 40: ...found a reader In this case the following message will appear Try again If a connection has not been established a reason may be Failure when turning on the reader Failure to charge the reader s battery Wrong setting of your phone s Bluetooth see the manual of your phone Incompatibility of the Bluetooth version in the reader The iPhone only recognises the version Bluetooth 4 also called Bluetooth ...

Page 41: ...r chip with the reader Scan function To search for and read a Chip select Scanner The reader then searches for a Chip near it 10 to 12 cm for about 25 seconds and Scanning is displayed Two things can happen 1 The reader has not found a Chip and displays ...

Page 42: ...ata stored in the chip or in the database of the phone or the server Memory of the chip nothing Phone database nothing 3 The reader has found and read a chip with data written in the memory of the chip and or in the database of the phone or the server Memory of the chip Phone database ...

Page 43: ...43 Writing on the memory of the Chip with the reader Select MODIFY Enter the text and select WRITE Confirm writing Writing is in progress Writing is correct a beep is emitted ...

Page 44: ... a chip different from the chip too far from the reader one initially read a sound signal is emitted memory blocks not open Writing information to be saved on the phone or server database Enter one or more fields after selecting MODIFY ...

Page 45: ...ore fields select SAVE and the data will be saved on the phone database or on the server Saving a photo of the animal Click on the photo icon Two possibilities are available take a photo choose a photo already saved on the phone ...

Page 46: ... date and time of the recording Clicking the PetScan icon displays the place where the recording was made provided that this information was provided by the phone when reading the chip Selective deletion Files containing this information can be selectively deleted by selecting Edit or universally by clicking on the trash icon or transferred ...

Page 47: ...earch field The Database function This is the database that is stored on the phone s memory The connection to an external database stored on a server is not included in the PetScan software It needs specific expansion that depends on many parameters but that we can encrypt and carry out in the form of a requirements specification ...

Page 48: ...48 Selective deletion Deleting the database completely ...

Page 49: ...49 Send Carrying out a search in the database can be done by Chip ID or by name or by address ...

Page 50: ...which you will find at the following link http download realtrace com V8 Timeout exe The features described in the previous chapter are all compatible with the RT250BT but the writing distance for additional data on the chips is much shorter i e around 3 4 cm instead of 7 8 cm with the V8BT or V8M In order to leave one hand free a phone attachment accessory for the RT250BT has been provided Finall...

Page 51: ...ters are all compatible with the V8BT The writing distance for additional data on the chips is in the range of 7 8 cm Only the V8 BT4 or BT2 4 versions works with the iOS PetScan program Earlier V8BT2 versions can not work with iOS Versions V8BT2 V8BT4 and V8BT2 4 work with Android With Bluetooth 2 the blue LED of the reader flashes quickly The Realtrace Android application can be used with the VB...

Page 52: ... required PC with Windows 7 8 10 Drive with software V8 V18 8 or higher Cable for drive connection to PC Software required Firmwareloader version 1 02 exe Firmware to be loaded in the V8BT Procedure for the programming Install Firmwareloader version 1 02 exe on PC Connect the V8BT to the PC using the USB cable When the program opens the following screen appears After loading the selected program i...

Page 53: ...sing Power Release the keys The V8 screen should remain black and the Bluetooth led should flash informing that the drive has entered Bootloader mode ready to load a program Start the download procedure by selecting Send to Reader Automatic port searching Start of V8 reader programming ...

Page 54: ...s are available for free SDK for application development using the Bluetooth function of the V8BT https www hypertide com v8m V8MSDK Rev 1 0 zip SDK for application development using the V8BT with Windows 10 https www hypertide com v8m W10V8BTSDK zip Free application on mobile Phone On Play Store PetScan On AppStore PetScan ...

Page 55: ...of one or two telephone numbers of 16 digits each The vet and or the owner of the animal may choose these numbers This system is totally compliant with the ISO 11784 85 standard of 1996 in addition to the new 14223 standard May 2011 concerning the recording of data in advanced transponders It protects the asepsis of the chip as the writing of the data is carried out via the cap which protects the ...

Page 56: ...e phone number of 16 digits each The vet and or the owner of the animal may choose these numbers This system is totally compliant with the ISO 11784 85 standard of 1996 concerning the recording of data in advanced transponders It protects the asepsis of the chip as the writing of the data is carried out via the cap which protects the needle If the owner prefers this after the recording of one or t...

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