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Medio L400

User's Guide

Revision 1.8

June 2008

Summary of Contents for Medio L400

Page 1: ...Medio L400 User s Guide Revision 1 8 June 2008 ...

Page 2: ...PLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE AND NON INFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL TAGSYS BE LIABLE WHETHER IN CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA PROFITS REVENUES OR CUSTOMERS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMA...

Page 3: ... damage the hardware WARNING A note that advises users that a specific action may result in physical harm A note that provides additional information that helps the user performs a task or obtains the best performance from the product If you need assistance Please contact your nearest TAGSYS sales representative or the TAGSYS welcome desk at Telephone 33 0 4 91 27 57 00 Fax 33 0 4 91 27 57 01 E Ma...

Page 4: ...s stringent quality controls at all stages of its manufacturing process However should you find a defect with this product please notify your TAGSYS Quality Service representative using the dedicated Product Return Form Telephone 33 0 4 91 27 57 36 Fax 33 0 4 91 27 57 02 ...

Page 5: ... 9 2 2 2 FCC ID CROSS REFERENCE TABLE ________________________________________________ 10 2 2 3 IN USA FCC DIRECTIVE ________________________________________________________ 13 2 2 4 IN CANADA_____________________________________________________________________ 14 2 3 ROHS AND WEEE DIRECTIVES _____________________________________________________ 14 2 3 1 ROHS RESTRICTION OF THE USES OF CERTAIN HAZ...

Page 6: ...________________________________ 40 5 3 READER OPERATION PRINCIPLES ____________________________________________________ 40 5 3 1 NOTION OF READ MODES _________________________________________________________ 40 5 3 2 NOTION OF EVENTS ______________________________________________________________ 41 6 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ____________________________________________________ 43 6 1 TECHNICAL DA...

Page 7: ...of this device Keep the device and all parts and accessories out of the reach of small children Keep the device dry Precipitation humidity and liquids contain minerals that will corrode electronic circuits Do not use or store the device in dusty dirty areas Its moving parts can be damaged Do not store in hot areas High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices damage batteries and wa...

Page 8: ...ment When connecting the device or any accessory to another device read its user s guide for detailed safety instructions Do not connect incompatible products As with all RF equipment users are advised that the equipment should only be used in its normal operating mode described in this document ...

Page 9: ...tices An RFID system typically composed of an RF emission device such as the Medio L400 is subject to national regulations that may differ by country One important item to consider is the maximum permissible magnetic field intensity at a distance of 10 meters from the antenna that must not exceed 42 dBµA m in Europe and 38 dBµA m in US The Medio L400 meets these limits 2 2 1 In Europe CE and RTTE ...

Page 10: ...3 A QHKMEDIOL400CHAN2 TR SA1 Antenna 400X500 Single Channel No 2W FDF0453 A QHKMEDIOL400CHAN2 L SA3 Antenna 250X330 Single Channel No 1 5W FDF0453 A QHKMEDIOL400CHAN2 L SA4 Antenna 220X220 Single Channel No 1W FDF0453 A QHKMEDIOL400CHAN2 Aero LI Antenna 250X250 Single Channel No 1W FDF0453 A QHKMEDIOL400CHAN2 MAT Antenna 130X480 Single Channel No 4W FDF0453 A QHKMEDIOL400CHAN2 Aero R200 300 200X30...

Page 11: ...QHKMEDIOL400CHAN4 Tunnel antenna 500X500 Quad Channel Yes 2W ABL 7RM24025 QHKMEDIOL400CHAN4 In I Code 1 C270 parameters window set the uplink parameters as follow Bit Coding Standard 1 out of 256 pulse To comply with band edge regulation when used in vertical upright position the Aero LB antenna can read tags in the following RFID uplink protocols configurations To comply with band edge regulation...

Page 12: ...Medio L400 12 51 Revision 1 8 June 2008 In ISO15693 Parameters window set the uplink parameters as follow Command modulation depth 10 ASK EOF modulation depth 10 ASK Data coding mode 1 of 256 ...

Page 13: ... by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different to that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician fo...

Page 14: ... 1 RoHS Restriction of the uses of certain Hazardous Substances TAGSYS certifies that this product is compliant with the European Directive 2002 95 EC for the restriction in Electric and Electronic Equipments RoHS of the use of the following hazardous substances Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Chromium Polybrominated biphenyl flame retardants Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants This dec...

Page 15: ...for item level track and trace inventory management and security Designed as a network device the L400 conserves critical network bandwidth by filtering tag data to remove redundancies before transmitting to enterprise systems With breakthrough sensor technology and self diagnostic capability the L400 is the industry s first self correcting intelligent RFID reader The L400 can be remotely managed ...

Page 16: ...terfaces RS232 up to 115200 bauds USB 1 1 10 100 Ethernet Communication Protocols TAGSYS StxNG Telnet Serial Console Standalone Mode Heartbeat I O Ports GPIO 4 Inputs 4 Outputs User Interface LCD Screen With Backlight 2x16 Characters Keypad Up Down Select Remote Monitoring Many health indicators are remotely accessible such as System uptime Read Write count per channel RF power amplifiers consumpt...

Page 17: ...and sample codes Win32 Native DLL NET component JAVA archive 1 Welcome Letter Product Return Form 3 3 Physical Description 3 3 1 Front Panel The front panel is dedicated to RF I O connectors as well as a LCD Keypad Figure 1 Front panel RF connectors and status LEDs The medio L400 can handle up to 2 Medio L400 2 or 4 Medio L400 4 antennas The connectors provided are SMA SMA BNC adapters are supplie...

Page 18: ...Table 6 Table 6 Outputs State LEDs description Red Description OFF Corresponding output is OFF ON Corresponding output is ON and properly operating BLINKING Corresponding output was ON but was automatically turned OFF to protect the reader s hardware because an overload condition was detected Four green LEDs one for each input indicate current inputs state see Table 7 Table 7 Inputs State LEDs des...

Page 19: ...Overview June 2008 Revision 1 8 19 51 previous information page pressing the Down key jumps to next information page Holding the Select key displays more information if available ...

Page 20: ... currently connected to the reader using TAGSYS StxNG protocol on secondary TCP port Connected P S indicates 2 hosts are currently connected to the reader using TAGSYS StxNG protocol on both primary and secondary TCP ports Waiting indicates StxNG service is running and ready to accept incoming connections on either primary or secondary TCP ports Interface down indicates Ethernet interface is not a...

Page 21: ...standard A B cable to connect to the host RS 232 Connector Male DB 9 connector Use a standard crossed RS 232 cable NULL MODEM to connect to the host Please see Technical Specifications section for more details Service Connector For TAGSYS internal use only Do not connect any cables here 24VDC Connector A power supply bayonet connector Only connect the provided power supply here Fuse holder Fuse ho...

Page 22: ...C Part 15 regulation only use the Antenna and Power Supply Unit combination tested and specified in the cross reference table of the corresponding Medio L400 see section 2 2 2 The use of any other combination of reader version antenna type and Power Supply Unit is subject to obtaining a specific FCC ID either by TAGSYS or by its Qualified Partner under TAGSYS supervision For other countries only u...

Page 23: ...y a message indicating that the installation was successful Click Finish to complete the installation Repeat the procedure above when Windows asks for drivers again virtual com port To confirm that the installation has completed successfully open the Device Manager and select View Devices by type The TAGSYS Medio L400 reader now appears as an additional COM port 4 3 2 Using the USB interface Once ...

Page 24: ...ng operations In addition the L400 Explorer can be used to display additional information about the reader Firmware and hardware versions and revisions as well as to upgrade reader firmware This section describes how to start with L400 Explorer 4 7 1 Installing Tagsys Explorer Tagsys Explorer is based Microsoft s NET technology and requires the following minimum system configuration IBM PC compati...

Page 25: ...rer Installer msi in Tagsys Explorer folder Figure 3 Setup Welcome window 3 Click Next to view the license agreement then click Next again if you agree with the terms 4 The Destination Location window is displayed Select the folder where Tagsys Explorer will be installed Figure 4 Select Installation Folder window ...

Page 26: ...eated in the start menu 4 7 2 Connecting to a device using Tagsys Explorer Wizard This section describes how to get started using the Tagsys Explorer software and configure it Before running Tagsys Explorer connect your RFID reader to the serial USB port of the PC or to your TCP IP network Connect an antenna to the reader Channel 1 and turn reader on Once the reader is ready run the Tagsys Explore...

Page 27: ...ow The Tagsys Explorer Wizard opens automatically when Tagsys Explorer is started for the first time This wizard allows you to quickly set up the Tagsys Explorer to perform basic tasks such as configuring your RFID device and read or write tags Toolbar Menu bar Status bar ...

Page 28: ...08 Figure 7 Tagsys Explorer Wizard If the Tagsys Explorer Wizard does not open automatically click on the Wizard icon in the toolbar or choose Wizard in the Explorer menu Read the instructions given by the wizard and click Next to continue ...

Page 29: ...lable as it is the fastest communication interface You can restart a discovery at any time by clicking Discover Devices Devices that have been previously registered in Tagsys Explorer will appear under the Favorite Devices group Favorite Devices are shortcuts to devices you are working with often and can be managed using the Favorite Devices panel See Tagsys Explorer User s Guide for more informat...

Page 30: ... services If you want to read tags write their memory or send specific tag commands check I want to read or write tags on You can then choose the radio that should be used for emitting and receiving Medio L400 only supports one radio Radio 0 In the Radio Parameters section choose the settings you would like to use For demonstration purposes please select the same settings as shown in previous figu...

Page 31: ...e 10 Wizard Summary page Verify the summary of all selected parameters chosen and click Finish to confirm Tagsys Explorer will then automatically open the panels you need and apply the radio configuration you have chosen The following screen appears ...

Page 32: ...g the radio field on Turning on the radio field on a channel without an antenna reduces the lifetime of the reader 2 Click button in the tool bar to start reading tags If the radio field is not turned on Tagsys Explorer will request your permission to turn it on click OK to accept Again make sure an antenna is plugged in to the channel before accepting 3 Place ISO 15693 tags in the radio field of ...

Page 33: ...utton 4 7 4 Reading and Writing ISO 15693 tag memory If you have not configured your device using Tagsys Explorer wizard as explained in section 4 7 2 please do so before proceeding This section shows how to read and write ISO15693 tag memory 1 Radio field must be turned on Click the button in the toolbar to turn the radio field on 2 Click the Memory tab of the ISO15693 panel This tab contains all...

Page 34: ... single ISO15693 tag in the radio field of the channel 1 antenna 5 Click Write to write data to the block If writing is successful no error message appears To check block data clear the Data field and click Read to read data back from the block 4 7 5 Upgrading System or Radio Firmware If you have not configured your device using Tagsys Explorer wizard as explained in section 4 7 2 please do so bef...

Page 35: ...e 4 In the Firmware Upgrade dialog box select the firmware file enter its associated passphrase if necessary and click Upgrade Figure 15 System firmware upgrade CAUTION Do not turn off the device during the upgrade as this may permanently corrupt the system firmware 5 Once the upgrade is completed click Reboot to reboot the device immediately If you need to upgrade another set of firmware of the d...

Page 36: ...tively you may as also right click the radio and choose Upgrade Radio Firmware 4 In the Firmware Upgrade dialog select the firmware file enter its associated passphrase if necessary and click Upgrade Figure 17 Radio firmware upgrade 6 Once the upgrade is completed click Reboot to reboot the device immediately If you need to upgrade another set of firmware of the device first click Don t Reboot Fig...

Page 37: ...r providing 4 protected digital inputs and 4 protected digital outputs It is controlled by the Radio Subsystem and can be used as general purpose IOs directly accessed by the host system or to automatically trigger readings and signal reading activity by light stacks for example without intervention from the host system The Radio Subsystem is responsible for managing the RF and IO Front Ends encod...

Page 38: ...Medio L400 Command ID In a command frame the ID of the command that should be executed Command IDs are in the range 0000h 7FFFh Error Code In a response frame the error code if an error occurred during execution Error codes are in the range 8000h FFFFh If no error occurred the command ID is repeated Nb Data The Data field length in number of bytes Data In a command frame the parameters for the com...

Page 39: ...USB interfaces only A host can connect to the reader using any standard terminal application The serial console makes it possible to configure the microsystem only serial port configuration TCP IP stack configuration date time configuration version query The reader automatically detects if current data exchanges over its serial and USB ports are StxNG protocol frames or console frames and reacts a...

Page 40: ...commands reading the locking status of an ISO15693 tag memory block for example Synchronous commands that actually perform an operation on tags in the RF field such as a writing operation opposed to a configuration command can only use a single channel multiplexer can not be used The channel and RF power that should be used for any subsequent synchronous tag operation is called the default RF conf...

Page 41: ...l read modes at once depending on the application requirements 5 3 2 Notion of events During asynchronous read or default read the reader continuously tries to read all tags in the RF field When a tag is detected one or several events are pushed into an internal event buffer Those events contain information such as the kind of event see below a timestamp the channel on which the event occurred the...

Page 42: ...ins in the field Tag Out If the same tag re enters the RF field at a later time stays in the field for a period of time then leaves the field the sequence of events pushed into the event buffer will be Tag Read Tag In Tag Read repeated as long as the tag remains in the field Tag Out ...

Page 43: ...cy 13 56 MHz Chip Compatibility ISO15693 ISO18000 3 Mode 1 C370 I Code SLI C270 I Code 1 I Code ePC I Code UID Upgradable to EPCglobal HF Gen2 protocol Number of channels 2 Medio L400 2 4 Medio L400 4 RF Output Power 500mW to 5W 10 Communication Interfaces RS232 up to 115200 bauds USB 1 1 10 100 Ethernet Communication Protocols Tagsys StxNG Telnet Serial Console Standalone Mode Heartbeat I O Ports...

Page 44: ...moved to access the M4 screw cutting holes that can be used to mount the unit in various positions The figure below gives details about the screw cutting hole positioning Figure 20 Screw cutting hole Positioning The top and bottom ventilation grids must never be blocked and must be kept clean and free of dust Clean with a dry cloth if required Be advised of the thickness of the plastic front frame...

Page 45: ...o L400 6 3 RS232 Connector Figure 22 RS 232 Connector Male DB 9 Table 11 RS 232 Connector Pin Assignment Pin Description Pin Description 1 Not connected 6 Not connected 2 RXD 7 RTS internally connected to CTS 3 TXD 8 CTS internally connected to RTS 4 Not connected 9 Not connected 5 GND ...

Page 46: ...ltage 28 V Input Voltage Low 0 0 9 V Input Voltage High 1 5 28 V Maximum Output Current 2 8 A Maximum Output Voltage 28 V 6 4 3 Using Inputs Reader inputs can be driven by a voltage source from 0V up to 28V referring to the ground Voltages under 0 9V are considered as logical low state voltages above 1 5V are considered as logical high state Inputs are internally pulled up to 3 3V with 1KOhms resi...

Page 47: ...une 2008 Revision 1 8 47 51 Figure 24 Connecting a simple switch to input 1 Figure 25 Connecting a totem pole output sensor to input 1 External devices must be connected to GPIOs in compliance with Table 12 and SELV requirements ...

Page 48: ...p to 28V Outputs are internally pulled up to 3 3V with 1KOhms resistors and are protected against overload and overheat Applying negative voltage to outputs polarity inversion may destroy them Figure 26 below demonstrates how to connect an external load to an output Figure 26 Connecting an external load to output 1 External devices must be connected to GPIOs in compliance with Table 12 and SELV re...

Page 49: ...as defective by TAGSYS and returned according to the return procedure defined below in such case TAGSYS will at TAGSYS option either replace every defective Product by one new Product or refund the purchase price paid by Buyer to TAGSYS for the defective Product 7 2 Warranty Exclusions Defects or damages resulting from storage of the Product under conditions which do not comply with TAGSYS specifi...

Page 50: ...ranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose 7 2 2 How to Return Defective Products The Buyer shall notify TAGSYS of the defects within 15 working days after the defects are discovered Defective Products must be returned to TAGSYS after assignment by a TAGSYS Quality Department representative of an RMA Return Material Authorization number No Products shall be returned without th...

Page 51: ...aune France To inform TAGSYS of this return please also fax it to your Customer Service Representative 33 491 275 701 Return Procedure The product returned will go through stringent quality controls A final analysis report will be sent to you as soon as possible Please contact your Quality Service representative for further details 33 491 275 736 This product bears the selective sorting symbol for...

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