Installation Guide

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1 Introduction
This document will describe the components of the Compact Reader System ARE i2 / USB and the pro-
cedure how to do the first set up of the reader.
The main features of the reader are listed below:
• the antenna is placed inside of the housing
• there are algorithm available to read nearly all 125 kHz-transponders on market
• integrated USB Interface with tunable baud rate are up to 19200 Bit/s
• the allowed supply voltage is 9 to 30V DC
• low power consumption of reader < 1.2 Watt
• high reliability for reading and writing within an industrial environment
• compact housing of the reader with multiple ways for mounting
• the cabling concept of the reader is optimised to service demands
• the protection class of the housing is IP65
• there is a set of external antennas available to meet special application demands ( X-tended version,
follow the mounting instruction in the antenna documentation)
2 System overview
In the base version all electronic components of the reader are placed inside of a small plastic housing.
By means of the integrated antenna the reader generates an alternating magnetic field, which powers the
transponder. Coded signals sent back from the transponder are received and decoded by the reader. The
reader is fully controlled by a master with RS 232 data port, while using the integrated USB 2.0 inter-
face of the reader.
There is a version available without the integrated antenna. On this version it is possible to connect an
external antenna.