User's Manual

Power cycle the PC Shut up Windows and switch the PC off at the
wall and wait for 30 seconds before powering
the PC back up again. For laptops this means
removing the battery and waiting for 30 seconds.
This ensures that the USB host controller chips
on the motherboard have had a chance to be
fully reset.
Power cycle the
Reader
Turn off the power or unplug the power cable
(the power port on the Reader user interface).
Open the Network Connections window in
Windows. Wait for the Reader’ network
connection to be removed from the Network
Connections window. Plug the Reader back and
wait for the network connection to re-appear and
become Connected in the Network Connections
window. Connect to a Reader via the
ReaderManager’s Connection menu.
Reader/s Magellan’s RFID reader-writer/s
ReaderManager Graphical user application for Windows/Linux
which provides a platform for testing,
demonstrations and application development
ReaderServer Embedded application that provides the
standard Application Programmer Interface to
serve end-user applications. This application
runs on the Reader.
RFID Radio Frequency IDentification
RFID inlet A RFID device comprising a microchip and a
printed antenna (copper/aluminium/conductive
inks) on a flexible substrate (PET plastic film)
RFID label RFID inlet with adhesive backing (sticky label)
RFID tag 1. generic name for RFID inlet and label;
2. RFID inlet or label inserted into a
housing (glass, polycarbonate,
polyamid, epoxy, ABS, etc.)
RFID reader-writer Device for reading and writing to RFID tags
RMA Return Authorisation number
Setup axis Setup antenna. To setup an antenna means to
match the antenna with its corresponding
antenna port by choosing the antenna type from
list in the ReaderManager.
S/N Serial Number
ST StackTag (chips, inlets and labels)
StackTag tags
(ST tags)
Magellan’s labels and inlets for item tagging
(stacked, touched or overlapping items) that
work with Magellan’s family of reader-writers
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