User's Manual

TagExciterInstallationManual 07‐00051‐110
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InstallingtheTagExciter
TagExcitershavethreemainfunctions.Theyareusedtotriggeranalarmatanegresspoint,pin
pointatag’slocation,and/orprovideareferencepointforwhenthetagchangesfloorsviaa
stairwellorelevator.TheTagExcitertransmitsa125KHzlowfrequencysignal(field)thatis
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detectedbytheRFIDtag.Detectionrangeofthe TagExciterisadjustablefromtwoto18feet.
ThissectiondescribesthetwostepstoinstallingtheTagExciter:
 Determinethebestlocation
 Installdevice.
DetermineBestLocation
ThelocationoftheTagExciteriscriticaltotheproperoperationofthesystem.Anincorrectly
placedtagexcitermaycausenuisancealarmsfromnearbyareaswheretagsarenormallypresent,
orfailtodetectatagwhenexitingthroughadoorway.
NOTE:Only2TEsmaybeassociatedwith
aTRCintheArgussoftwareorwithan
AtGuardControllerwhenconfiguringagate.
TheTagExciterfieldcanbevisualizedasalargespherewiththetagexciterinthecentreofthe
sphere.AstheTagExciterlevelisincreased,sodoesthesizeofthesphere.
Thesphereranges
from2to19feetindiameteraccordingtothesetting.
Whenatagenterstheexciterfield,theTagExciterfieldisdetectedbythetagandeventsare
generatedbythisaction.Aneventmaybeanexitwarningoralarm.
FornetworkedapplicationsaTag
Excitermaybeusedfortransitioningatagfromtheprevious
floorplantothepresentfloorplanwhenmovingverticallythroughabuilding,ortriggeracustom
eventsuchasdirectionoftravel(using2ormoretagexciters).Itshouldbeplacedinalocation
wheretheexciterfieldis
onlygeneratedintheareaswhereyouwouldlikethetagtobedetected.