User's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
P/N: 17-1320 REV 01 (03-06) PAGE 6 OF 116
2.2.1 Installation Guidelines ..............................................................31
2.2.2 Minimum Distance between Antennas .........................................31
2.3 INSTALLING THE HF-CNTL-232-01..................................... 32
2.3.1 HF-CNTL-232-01 Installation .....................................................32
2.3.2 HF-CNTL-232-01 Cabling Information .........................................32
2.4 INSTALLING THE HF-CNTL-422-01..................................... 35
2.4.1 HF-CNTL-422-01 Installation .....................................................35
2.4.2 HF-CNTL-422-01 Cabling Information .........................................35
2.5 INSTALLING THE HF-CNTL-485-01..................................... 38
2.5.1 HF-CNTL-485-01 Installation .....................................................38
2.5.2 HF-CNTL-485-01 Cabling Information .........................................39
2.6 INSTALLING THE HF-CNTL-USB-01.................................... 40
2.6.1 HF-CNTL-USB-01 Installation ....................................................40
2.6.2 HF-CNTL-USB-01 Cabling Information ........................................40
2.7 INSTALLING THE HF-CNTL-IND-01..................................... 42
2.7.1 HF-CNTL-IND-01 Installation .....................................................42
2.7.2 HF-CNTL-IND-01 Cabling Information.........................................43
CHAPTER 3: CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION ............................ 44
3.1 CONFIGURING THE C OBALT VIA RFID DASHBOARD ................. 44
3.2 C
ONFIGURING T HE C OBALT VIA C ONFIGURATION T AG ............. 45
3.2.1 Restoring Factory Default Settings.............................................46
3.2.2 Manually Assigning Node ID (-485 Only).....................................47
3.2.3 Automatic Node Assignment - Subnet16™ Gateway (-485 Only) ...48
3.2.4 Automatic Node Assignment - Subnet16™ Hub (-485 Only)..........48
CHAPTER 4: LED STATUS ......................................................... 49
4.1 LED DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................ 49
4.2 E
RROR C ONDITIONS ........................................................ 50
CHAPTER 5: RFID TAGS........................................................... 51
5.1 RFID STANDARDS .......................................................... 51
5.1.1 ISO 14443A/B ..........................................................................51
5.1.2 ISO 15693 ...............................................................................52
5.1.3 ISO 18000-3.1 .........................................................................52
5.2 RFID TAG C OMPATIBILITY ................................................ 53
5.2.1 HMS Series RFID Tags .............................................................53
5.2.2 LRP Series RFID Tags ..............................................................54
5.3 RFID TAG P ERFORMANCE ................................................ 55