RFID DAS 9200 Reader Installation and Operations Guide www.pervasid.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) / IC Canada Compliance Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B device under Part 15 of the FCC regulations.
Other PSU could be dangerous and failure to ensure this could make the product unsafe.
Check List The PervasID RFID DAS 9200 system is a 4-port UHF DAS RFID Reader (the Reader), capable of feeding eight antennas and allowing tag information to be uploaded over its Ethernet interface to a server for processing, analysis and display. The real-time information of assets is thereby logged. The reader consists of: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Table of Contents List of Acronyms……............................................................................................................ 4 Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................................ 5 1.1 RFID DAS 9200................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Requirements for Using RFID DAS 9200..............................................................
List of Acronyms CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check DAS Distributed Antennas System EIRP Effective Isotropically Radiated Power EPC Electronic Product Code ERP Effective Radiated Power ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute FCC Federal Communications Commission ISO International Organization for Standardization RF Radio Frequency RFID Radio Frequency Identification RSSI Received Signal Strength Rx Receiver Tx Transmitteer UHF Ultra High Frequency 6
1 Introduction This manual provides detailed instructions for installing, connecting, configuring and operating the RFID DAS 9200 Reader. The intended audience for this manual is the operator installing and operating the RFID DAS 9200 Reader. It is presumed that the operator has a good knowledge of RF propagation, exposure limits, radio interference, RFID, the EPC Gen2 spec, software, hardware systems integration and network connectivity. 1.
TCP/IP network equipment is required to connect to the Reader. The PervasID testing server is on IP address 93.93.128.16 and requires open ports in the range 9200-9200. NTP is also required for the reader internal clock. Power Requirements An external universal AC to DC power supply, a suitable +24 VDC power supply is provided with the Reader. This must be fed by an AC single phase supply of 100-240V. Antenna Requirements The RFID DAS 9200 is equipped with eight independent TX/RX antenna ports.
2 Installing the DAS RFID 9200 System The following figures (Figures 2 and 3) illustrate the I/O ports, including antenna ports, located on the RFID DAS 9200 Reader. Antenna ports and LED status indicators are located on the front panel of the Reader while power, Ethernet and USB interfaces are located on the back panel of the Reader. An illuminated Green light on Power indicates that the Reader is powered. An illuminated Green LED light on any RF port (ie. RF 1 – RF 8) means that that port is active.
2.1 Installing and Connecting the RFID DAS 9200 Reader The primary installation and connection steps for the RFID DAS 9200 system are: 1. Position the Reader appropriately and mount the Reader in a stable location Choose an appropriate location for the Reader. You should always keep the unit away from extreme temperatures and sources of electromagnetic interference as this may degrade performance and lifetime of the Reader.
Figure 4: Example antenna placements over an interrogation area Other read and antenna configurations are outlined in the PervasID installation guide. 3. Connect the Reader to the network You are now ready to connect the installed RFID DAS 9200 to your network. You should connect the Reader directly to your Ethernet network. Once the Reader is powered, it will communicate with a hosted server. Make sure that there is no firewall in place which might prevent the Reader communicating with the hosted server.
Once you have successfully connected, the Power and Status LEDs on the Reader should indicate that the Reader is on. The connection and activity LEDs on the Ethernet should indicate a network connection. 5. Connecting to the database Access the server by to the following location http://93.93.128.
e.g. 3039ECBC017BBE412A05F525 3039ECBC00BB9CC12A05F653 3039ECBC03AA39412A05F57C The TRUNCATE operation in the ‘Operations’ tab can be used to remove all the EPCs from this table. To start and stop the reader, the Reader_commands table is used. Each time a command is set, the ‘processed’ flag should be set to zero, this will be overwritten back to 1 when the command executes.
number of reference tags. The clock at the bottom displays the elapsed time since the reader was started. 2.
4 Troubleshooting If you experience a problem with RFID DAS 9200, this brief section presents a few suggestions to correct the issue. Error Cause Reader_status Network connection server_timestamp is not between the Reader and incrementing sever is not active Resolution (a) Reset power to the Reader and wait for few seconds (b) Check communication by pinging 93.93.168.16 (c) Ensure ports 9XXX and 123 are open by connecting 93.93.168.
References [2] EPCglobal Specification for RFID Air Interface, [Online].Available: http://www.epcglobalinc.org/standards/uhfc1g2/uhfc1g2_1_2_0-standard20080511.pdf [3] EPCglobal Class1 Gen2 RFID Specification, Alien, [Online].Available: http://www.rfidproductnews.com/whitepapers/files/AT_wp_EPCGlobal_WEB.
Appendix Recommended Antennas • Laird, model number S8658PCL/PCR Reader antenna 865-868MHz 8.5dBic LHCP and RHCP (ETSI region only) • Laird, model number S9028PCL/PCR Reader antenna 902-928MHz 8.5dBic LHCP and RHCP (FCC region only) • Laird, model number S8658WPL/WCR Reader antenna 865-956MHz 8dBic LHCP and RHCP • Pervasid ceiling tile antenna 7.
