User's Manual

Content
1. INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
1.1 REGULATION AND STANDARDS .......................................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 WARRANTY ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.4 CHANGES IN PRODUCT FAMILY, SPECIFICATIONS AND USER MANUALS/GUIDES ....................................................................... 3
1.5 COPYRIGHTS AND COPY PERMISSION .................................................................................................................................. 3
1.6 MEANING OF ALERT SYMBOLS AND SIGNAL WORDS ........................................................................................................... 3
1.7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 5
2. PRODUCT OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
2.1 MARS-24 .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. BEFORE YOU BEGIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8
3.1 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION ............................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 10
3.4 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 11
3.5 ANTENNA MAINTENANCE (TUNING) ................................................................................................................................ 14
3.6 WORKING WITH TAGS ................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.7 TAG-TO-ANTENNA ORIENTATION .................................................................................................................................... 18
4. INSTALLATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19
4.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................. 20
4.1.1 Connecting to a power supply ........................................................................................................................... 22
4.1.2 Connecting a Reader to a Computer using USB ............................................................................................... 24
4.1.3 Connecting a Reader to a Computer using Ethernet ........................................................................................ 24
4.1.4 Connecting Multiple Readers to a local network .............................................................................................. 25
4.1.5 Connecting External Antennas .......................................................................................................................... 25
4.1.6 Antenna Matching, Tuning and Testing ............................................................................................................ 26
4.2 READERMANAGER SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................... 27
4.2.1 Installation and Functionality Test ................................................................................................................... 27
4.2.2 Upgrading software ........................................................................................................................................... 28
4.3 CONNECTING TO A READER USING READERMANAGER ........................................................................................................ 29
4.3.1 Getting an IP address using Ethernet ............................................................................................................... 31
4.3.2 Getting an IP address using USB ...................................................................................................................... 33
4.3.3 Getting a Reader connected using the ReaderManager ................................................................................... 35
4.4 COMMUNICATION TEST .................................................................................................................................................. 37
5. REPORTING A PROBLEM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38
5.1 TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................................................................................ 40
5.2 SERVICE FORM ............................................................................................................................................................. 42
6. CONTACT US ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43
7. REVISION HISTORY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44
8. APPENDIX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45
8.1 SPECIFICATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 45
8.2 EXTERNAL ANTENNA TYPES ........................................................................................................................................... 46
8.3 READER-TAG COMPATIBILITY ......................................................................................................................................... 48
8.4 MAXIMUM READ-WRITE DISTANCE ................................................................................................................................ 49