User's Manual

CHAPTER FOUR – DATA CAPTURE

PL3000 with the cross dipole antenna makes the

RFID operations more tolerant of polarization

misalignment effect. One of the purposes of the cross

dipole antenna structure is to deal with the

consequences of misalignment of the reader’s and tag’s

antennas during the RFID operations. The antenna

design has also an influence on the read/write range of

the reader, meaning that with the cross dipole antenna

the PL3000 can communicate tags at a greater

distance than it can do with the linear dipole antenna.

The PL3000 with the UHF RFID reader is furnished

with a utility sample to try out the reader’s performance.

The utility is called ‘TagRW’. When you open the

TagRW, it instructs you in its use by showing the

available options in its window as well as turning on the

backlights of the keys that are in use in the utility.

To open the TagRW:

1. Press the ’tab’ key so that the input

focus is set to the Start menu icon on

the far left of the taskbar, in the

bottom left-hand corner on the

screen.

2. Press the ‘ok’ key to bring up the

Start menu

3. Select ‘Programs’ menu item by the

‘up-arrow’ key

4. Press the ‘right-arrow’ key to bring

up the Programs submenu

5. Select ‘NordicID’ menu item, if not

selected, and press the ‘right-arrow’

key to bring up the submenu

6. Select ‘RFID’ menu item, if not selected, by the ‘arrow’ keys

7. Press the ‘right-arrow’ key to bring up the RFID submenu

8. Select ‘TagRW’ menu item and press the ‘ok’ key to open the utility

Cross Dipole

UHF RFID Unit

Trying out UHF

RFID Reader