User's Manual

CHAPTER 3:
CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION
COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
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3.2.2 Manually Assigning Node ID (-485 Only)
1.
Place the Configuration Tag in the antenna’s RF field and cycle power to the HF-
CNTL-485-01controller or issue the reset command (Command 0x35). The
controller’s Node ID number will be reset to the default value of
00
(all yellow
Node ID LEDs should be off).
2.
After power returns to the unit, remove the Configuration Tag from the RF field
and then immediately place it back into the RF field once again to increment the
Node ID number from
00
to
01
. The Node ID 1 LED should now be lit.
Note that the Node ID number is incremented by one each time the Configuration
Tag is withdrawn from and re-introduced to the controller’s RF field. This procedure
can be used to cycle through all 16 available Node ID numbers. After reaching Node
ID 16, incrementing the Node ID value once more returns the controller to Node ID
00.
3.
Repeat step 2 until the desired Node ID number is set.
4.
Reset power to the unit with the Configuration Tag OUT of RF range. Allow the
unit to reset and resume operation under its new Node ID number.
For the -485 model, the lit Node ID LEDs display (in binary) the controller’s currently
assigned Node ID number. For example, if the Node ID 1, 2 and 4 LEDs are lit, the
controller has been assigned Node ID 07. See
Chapter 4: LED Status
for more
information regarding the Cobalt’s LEDs.
Figure 3-2: Cobalt Controller Set to Node ID 01