User's Manual

Chapter 1 Quick Start
Introduction
This chapter provides a Quick Start setup demonstration.
Quick Start Demonstration
The Quick Start demonstration offers a simple, temporary way to quickly set up the reader and read tags. The
demonstration includes:
• Step 1, Setup on page 1-1
• Step 2, Host Name Connect on page 1-2
• Step 3, First Time / Start-Up Login on page 1-3
• Step 4, Set Region on page 1-4
• Step 5, Read Tags on page 1-7
Step 1, Setup
1. Unpack the reader. See Unpack the Reader on page 3-1.
2. Set up the reader and tags on a desktop.
3. Connect the antenna to antenna Port 1. See Figure 1-1.
4. Connect the AC power supply to a power outlet and connect to the power port. See Figure 1-1.
5. Wait for the green power LED to stay lit. See System Start-up/Boot LED Sequence on page 3-5 for boot-up
details.
6. Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port. See Figure 1-1.
Connecting the reader to a subnet that supports DHCP is recommended. This Quick Start procedure is not
guaranteed to work if DHCP is disabled in the reader and if the reader is connected directly to a PC.