Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Overview
- Configuration
- Configuration Profiles
- General Profile Settings
- Configuring Devices
- Activating Tag Actions
- Validation Constraints
- Audible Alert Sound Events
- Data Collection and Validation
- Importing and Exporting
- Tools
- Tag Actions
- Tag Action Manager
- Tag Action Settings and Commands
- Tip: the Replace command will import tag codes much faster than the Import command. Use the Import command only when appending a relatively small number of tag codes (less than 25k) to a tag action.
- Tip: the Delete All and Replace commands will generate a lot of empty space in the P3 database. We recommend running the Compact and Repair utility after running any of these commands to optimize the database.
- Tag Actions and Data Entry
- Digitizer Maps
- Searching Data
- Replacing Data Values
- Merging Tag Sessions
- Dot-Out Wizard
- Remove Dot-Outs
- Duplicate Viewer
- Validation Codes
- Database Maintenance
- Tag Actions
- Appendix
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Hardware Support
- Troubleshooting Common Tag Reader Problems
- Troubleshooting Common Digitizer Tablets Problems
- Digitizer Tablet Doesn't Register Pen Clicks
- WinTab Digitizer Tablet Won't Communicate with a PC
- ASCII Digitizer Tablet Won't Communicate with a PC via Serial Port
- Digitizer Tablet doesn't Communicate with P3
- Digitizer Tablet is Sending the Wrong Commands
- Digitizer Tablet is Sending Wrong Lengths
- Digitizer Tablet Hangs P3 when Connected via Baytech Multiport
- Operating the Destron 400 kHz Benchtop Tag Reader
- Configuring Calcomp Drawing Board III
- Index
P3 Help
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8. When the display cycles back to “SET SERIAL PORT” you may turn the reader
off.
Testing the Destron 400 kHz Reader and Antenna Assembly
1. Connect the antenna to the reader, ensuring the connector pins are properly
aligned and fully inserted.
2. Turn the reader on.
3. Press the MENU button repeatedly, cycling through the options until “SCAN
ONLY” is displayed.
4. Press START/STOP button – the reader should change to “WORKING”. If the
reader displays “READY”, then either the antenna is not connected, or the
antenna contains a toggle or trigger switch that needs to be activated.
5. With the reader displaying “WORKING”, run a 400 kHz test tag through the
antenna, the reader should emit a beep and display the tag code.
Collecting Data on the Destron Reader
This reader can store scanned tag codes into an internal memory buffer. The buffer
is maintained even when the reader is turned off (memory is lost if the reader’s
internal batteries are disconnected or completely discharged). Follow these steps to
configure the reader to store scanned tag codes:
1. Cycle the reader power off and on.
2. Press MENU button twice, to cycle from "SCAN ONLY" to “SCAN/STORE”.
3. Press the START/STOP button - the reader should change to “WORKING”
4. Any PIT tags scanned from this point on will be stored to the reader’s internal
memory. Each scanned tag code will be displayed along with it’s internal
record number.
Downloading Data from the Destron Reader into P3
1. Create a device configuration
for this reader in P3.
2. Open the download device data wizard
and follow the steps up to initiating
the download on the reader listed in the online help.
3. To initiate a buffer download from a Destron 400kHz benchtop tag reader,
cycle the power off and on, as necessary, and press the MENU button
repeatedly until the reader displays "DUMP MEM TO PORT". Pressing the
START/STOP button at this point will initiate the buffer download process.
Erasing Stored Records from the Destron Reader
1. Cycle the reader power off and on.
2. Press the MENU button repeatedly until “SET UP SYSTEM” is displayed.
3. Press the START/STOP button once, then press the MENU button twice,
until “CLEAR MEMORY” is displayed.
4. Press the START/STOP button once, and then press and hold both buttons ,
as prompted, until the reader displays “FINISHED”.
5. When you release the keys, the reader will automatically return to “SCAN
ONLY” mode.