User's Manual

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TheIPSCollectionCart
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TheIPSCollectionCartisamobilecaddythatisusedbythecitymunicipalitiesbythe
parkingmeterdepartmentstocollectthecash(coins)fromtheindividualstreetsingle
spaceparkingmeters.Eachcollectioncartisequippedwithastainlesssteelportable
collectionbucketandthetopassemblyorupperheadassemblyhastheIPSsmart
electronics.
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HousedintheupperheadassemblyarethreeradioswhichareBLE(BluetoothLow
Energy)andoperatesat2.4GHzanRFIDoperatingat13.56MHzandaTelitcellular
CDMAmodule.BoththeBLEandCellularmodulehaveFCCID’s.TheRFIDisachipwe
usefromTexasInstrumentsTRF7960transceiver.
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Duringactualusecasetheradio’sdonotalloperateortransmitatthesametimethe
sequenceofoperationisasfollows:
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Themetercollectionpersonwithrollthecollectioncartdownthecitysidewalkstoeach
singlespaceparkingmeterandateachmeterstheywillunlocktheparkingmeterdoor
thenremovewhatwecallthecashcanisterwhichistheninstalledintothecollection
cartwhichthecanisteristhenrotated180degreesthatthenslidesbackadoororpanel
onthecanisteropeningitallowingthecoinstobedepositedintothecashcollection
cart.ThenhastobeCCWrotatedtoremoveitwhileclosingthecanisterdoorpanel.
Andthentheprocessrepeatsitselfatthenextmeter.