User guide

Speedway Reader IPJ-R1000 for Gen 2 UHF RFID

1.2. Speedway Reader I/O Ports & Status

Refer to Figure 1-2 for the Speedway reader's major ports, connectors, and status indicators, which are clearly indicated on the

unit. The Speedway reader is equipped with the following ports:

• RJ-45 Ethernet jack (labeled 10/100 BASE-T)

• Four female RP-TNC RF antenna connectors (ANT1 – ANT4)

• Female DB-9 connector for serial communication (SERIAL)

• Female DB-25 connector with user I/O capability (GPIO: RS-232 serial, four 3.3/5V logic inputs, eight 3.3V logic outputs)

See Table 1-2 for the pin-out. Note: pins listed in Table 1-2 as “No connect” must be left unconnected.

Table 1-2 DB-25 Connector Pin-Out

Pin I/O Pin I/O Pin I/O

1 No connect 10 GPIN3 19 GPOUT5

2 RS-232 RXD 11 GPIN2 20 No connect

3 RS-232 TXD 12 GPIN1 21 GPOUT6

4 RS-232 CTS 13 GPIN0 22 No connect

5 RS-232 RTS 14 GPOUT0 23 GPOUT7

6 No connect 15 GPOUT1 24 No connect

7 Signal

Ground

16 GPOUT2 25 No connect

8 No connect 17 GPOUT3

9 No connect 18 GPOUT4

Figure 1-1 DB-25 Female Connector

The LEDs indicate Power, Status, and antenna activity. Note: the LEDs that correspond to the connected antenna(s), marked

1,2,3, and 4, only light green when active (transmitting). A description of the Status LED states appears in Table 1-3.

Table 1-3 LED Status Indicators

Reader Operation LED Action

Startup Continuous Red

Power-on Start Test (POST) Failure Flashing Red (~2 Hz)

Bootloader Running Off

File System Mounting Operation

(May also occur in certain upgrade scenarios to indicate the

unit is functional but in a file system operation that will take

some time to complete.)

Alternately Flashing Red/Green (1 Hz)

Speedway Reader able to Accept Mach1™ Connection Continuous Green

Speedway Reader in Active Mach1™ Connection Flashing Green (1 Hz)

Inventory in Progress with Tags in Field Flashing Orange (1 Hz)

Inventory in Progress with no Tags in Field (for 3 sec) Flashing Orange (1/3 Hz)

Note: Mach1™ denotes the Speedway RFID Command Interface, used by the reader to communicate with EPCglobal™

Generation 2 (Gen 2) RFID tags.