User's Manual

COBALT UHF-SERIES CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
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CHAPTER 1:
GETTING STARTED
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Cobalt UHF-Series RFID Controllers - Operator’s Manual. This
manual will assist you in the
installation, configuration and
operation of the Cobalt UHF RFID
controllers.
The Cobalt UHF-Series is a complete
line of feature-rich, passive, ultra high
frequency, read/write Radio-
Frequency Identification devices that
provide RFID data collection and
control solutions to shop floor, item-
level tracking and material handling
applications. Cobalt UHF controllers
are designed to be compact, rugged
and reliable, in order to meet and
exceed the requirements of the
industrial automation industry.
The Cobalt UHF is ideal for industrial
applications where single or multiple
tags must be read at long distance
and at high speed.
1.1.1 About this Manual
This manual provides guidelines and instructions for installing and operating the
Cobalt UHF-Series RFID Controllers. Included are descriptions of the RFID
command set and examples demonstrating how to issue commands to the Cobalt
RFID Controller.
Numbers expressed in Hexadecimal notation, are prefaced with “
0x
”
.
For example,
the number
ten
in decimal is expressed as
0x0A
in hexadecimal. In case of need, the
user should refer to a chart containing Hex values and their corresponding decimal
integers.