User's Manual

COBALT UHF-SERIES CHAPTER 4: LED STATUS
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4.1.2 LED Behavior for Cobalt UHF-CNTL-485-02
The Cobalt UHF-485 RFID Controller has eight LED indicators conveniently located
on the front of the device, that convey visual information to the operator.
LED
FUNCTION
16
Node
(2
4)
8
Node
(2
3
)
4
Node
(2
2
)
2
Node
(2
1
)
1
Node
(2
0
)
PWR
Power
On
RF
Activity
COM
Activity
LED COLOR
Amber Amber Amber Amber Amber Green Red Green
LEDs Description
LED COLOR NAME LED DESCRIPTION
RED RF
The RF LED illuminates when RF power is being transmitted
by the antenna.
GREEN COM
The COM (communications) LED flashes ON and OFF
when data is being transmitted between the antenna and a
tag.
When in Continuous Read mode, the COM LED will remain
ON and will turn OFF briefly only while data is being read
from or written to a tag.
GREEN PWR
The PWR (power) LED is ON whenever power is applied to
the Cobalt.
AMBER 16,8,4,2,1
(Node
LEDs)
The five amber Node LEDs on the right side indicate the
current Subnet 16 address of the unit. In binary from bottom
to top, they indicate the current Node ID value assigned to
the controller.
For example, Node 9 will have: Led 16 OFF, Led 8 ON, Led
2 OFF, Led 1 ON
Table 4-2: UHF-CNTL-485-02 - LEDs Description