Owner's Manual

28 Mesa 3 Rugged Tablet Powered by Android
Data Format
On the Data Format screen, you can set up a prex and
sufx.
Reading a Tag
Once the RFID Connector utility is set up, you can start
reading tags.
1. Leave the RFID Connector utility running in the
background.
2. Open an application or document to receive the RFID
data and tap in the text eld where you want the data
to be placed.
3. For best read performance, hold the Mesa 3 with the
display facing you, and the tag directly away from
the back of the Mesa 3. The RFID reader is internal and
roughly 2” to the right of the camera when looking at
the back of the Mesa 3. The best orientation is portrait or
landscape with Mesa 3 orthogonal or normal to the tag.
The distance required between the tag and Mesa 3
varies depending on the tag. This is not a long range
reader, so you may need to be as close as a few inches
and may be as far as 3 feet from the tag.
4. Press the scan button ( by default any time the
application is opened). When the tag is successfully
scanned, the RFID information is placed in your
application or document.
Antenna for RFID Reader
The antenna is a circularly polarized antenna. This has
reduced range, but allows the Mesa 3 to be held in any
orientation (linear antennas can have longer range if held
in the right orientation).
RS-232 Port
An RS-232 9-Pin D-Sub connector is an option for the Mesa 3.
It provides either 5 VDC or 12 VDC on pin 9. The behavior of
the port can be congured in Settings > RS-232.
When you open the RS-232 Settings Screen, the default
conguration is shown. The options can be edited to suit
your application: