User's Manual

PC-Card Transponder Reader – Release 1.0
HERMOS Informatik GmbH, 95490 Mistelgau, Germany
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2002-09-04
ID: ID020064
1 System Description
The HERMOS PC-Card Transponder Reader is a high frequency identification
system using the FM-transmission.
The basic item is a transponder working as a forgery-proof electronic identity disc.
The reading unit of the system sends an energy impulse via the antenna. The
capacitor of the passive, battery-less transponder is charged by this impulse. After
that, the transponder returns a signal with the stored data.
As a line of sight between transponder and reader is not absolutely necessary, the
transponder can also be identified through non-metallic material.
The HERMOS PC-Card Transponder Reader is a device to read and write to TIRIS
transponder. The card can be used in connection with a notebook or a PDA.