Operations and Maintenance Manual

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Multi-Protocol Reader 2.4 Operating Instructions

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The group panel is where the "Transponder Timeout" parameter is set. This is the period of time (in seconds)

after a given transponder’s last read, before the reader can generate a new passage (Vote) report for that same

transponder. . The default is 300 seconds. If you are doing a table top demo or a parking lot experiment, this

value will likely need to be adjusted downward, to perhaps 1 or 2 seconds.

Example reader dashboard with a RF module in slot 1 and 2 present, but none in slots 3, 4, and 5 would

indicate the following:

Frequency and Time Multiplexing

In any toll site involving multiple simultaneous transmitting antennas either frequency division or time division

between adjacent trasmitting antennas is required. The required spacing and re-use guidelines are discussed in

Installing a Lane Kit, page 156 and in Appendix B FCC Approved Channel Frequencies and Selection, page 243,

which provides detail on FCC permitted frequencies and ERP.

Green: RF

Module OK

Red: RF

Module failed

or removed

Grey:

No Module

configured