Operations Guide

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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://93.93.128.16/phpmyadmin
When prompted for a username and password enter the username and password
supplied for your trial:
Username: trial7User
Password: pervasid528
The connection of the reader can be checked by looking at the reader_status table. This
should display the reader_id (mac address), ip address, connection time and status 0.
The connection can be confirmed by refreshing the table and ensuring that the
server_timestamp is incrementing.
6. Selecting and configuring the setting on the Reader
The output power of each port should be configured according to the desired output
power, cable length and antenna in-use. The PervasID cable calculator spreadsheet
tool can be used to determine the power setting which should be used. Other settings
as required by your application can also be configured.
Reader settings are configure through the server database.
Under the tables tab on the left hand side click reader_settings
All the readers which have been connected to your installation (including those
previously connected) will be displayed.
The switch_states entry should be set according to your antenna configuration. For
the standard Space Ranger configuration it should be set to 13.
7. Test the Reader installation by reading tags
You can confirm that connections and functionality are correct by reading tags. Using
the PervasID Dashboard software interface, you can quickly verify Reader operation
by running an inventory operation.
To allow verification of the performance, the reference_tags table is provided. This
should contain all the all of the tags which you expect the reader to detect for
comparison and benchmarking. Data can be imported by selecting the reference_tags
table, then clicking import along the top menu. We recommend that data is supplied
as a csv file with no headers. The file should be a single column of EPCs represented
as strings in hexideciamal format.