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PLUS System Manual 7
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Table of Figures
Figure 1-1 : PLUS SDP, Readers, and Tags ......................................................................................... 10
Figure 1-2 : PLUS Interfaces ............................................................................................................... 10
Figure 2-1: Hardware Connections for a Four-Reader System ........................................................... 14
Figure 2-2: Hardware Placement for a Four-Reader System............................................................... 14
Figure 2-3: Equilateral Triangle Reader Geometry .............................................................................. 16
Figure 2-4: Right Triangle Reader Geometry....................................................................................... 16
Figure 2-5: One through Three Readers per Chain ............................................................................. 17
Figure 2-6: Four through Six Readers Per Chain ................................................................................ 17
Figure 2-7: Reader IP Address Configuration ..................................................................................... 20
Figure 2-8: Solver IP Address Configuration ...................................................................................... 20
Figure 2-9: Reader Connection ........................................................................................................... 21
Figure 2-10: Antenna Frame and Drop Panel ...................................................................................... 21
Figure 2-11: Frame Orientation ........................................................................................................... 21
Figure 2-12: Drop Panel Installation (shown with no Reader mounted) ............................................. 22
Figure 2-13: Closed Panel .................................................................................................................... 22
Figure 2-14: Unterminated Ethernet Cables ........................................................................................ 23
Figure 2-15: PLUS Reader Installation Worksheet .............................................................................. 23
Figure 2-16: TCP/IP Properties ........................................................................................................... 24
Figure 2-17: PLUS Configuration Workflow ....................................................................................... 26
Figure 2-18: Visualizer Application .................................................................................................... 27
Figure 2-19: Set Data Input .................................................................................................................. 28
Figure 2-20: Reader Communications .................................................................................................. 28
Figure 2-21: Setting English/Metric Units ........................................................................................... 29
Figure 2-22: Reader Configuration Window ........................................................................................ 29
Figure 2-23: Tracking Cell for a Four-Reader Group .......................................................................... 31
Figure 2-24: Group Tracking Cell with Boundary Margin .................................................................. 32
Figure 2-25: Tracking Cell Used to Filter Ambiguous Solutions......................................................... 32
Figure 2-26: Assigning Reader Groups ................................................................................................ 34
Figure 2-27: Group Configuration Window ......................................................................................... 35
Figure 2-28: Map Configuration Window ............................................................................................ 36
Figure 2-29: Enabling and Disabling Readers in Group 0 ................................................................... 37
Figure 2-30: Inadequate Calibration Tag Coverage ............................................................................. 40
Figure 2-31: Adequate Calibration Tag Coverage ............................................................................... 40