Brooks Automation SAR Inductive Tag System User Manual 1 1

Brooks Automation (Germany) GmbH RFID Division Inductive Tag System 1 1

Users Manual

Page 1 of 15 2003-03-21 Release 1.1 ID: ID030017 Software Reticle Read-Write Station Stand Alone Technical Reports
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 2 of 15 1 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION.................................................................. 3 2 SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION............................................................. 4 3 HARDWARE........................................................................................... 6 3.1 BAR CODE READER ............................................................................. 6 3.2 RETICLE READ / WRITE STATION ......................................................... 6 4 SOFTWARE............................................................................................ 7 4.1 FUNCTIONALITY OF BUTTONS.............................................................. 7 4.2 MENU MODE....................................................................................... 8 4.3 DOWNLOAD ........................................................................................ 9 5 FLOWCHARTS.................................................................................... 10 5.1 NORMAL MODE..................................................................................10 5.2 17 PAGE MODE ..................................................................................11 5.3 MENU MODE.....................................................................................12 5.4 BRIGHTNESS MODE ............................................................................13 6 ASCII TABLE ....................................................................................... 14 IMPORTANT NOTE.................................................................................. 3
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 3 of 15 1 Hardware Description At the back side of the Reticle Read/Write Station is one RS232 Sub-D male connector labeled with Barcode Reader. The barcode reader P302FZY has to be connected there. The power supply for this unit has to be connected to the female connector at the back. Connect the external power supply (24V) to the connector which is labeled with power supply, and the reader starts working. The RF Tag reader needs about 3 seconds for initialization. The antenna is justified and the display will be initiated. After this the reader shows the current software version and it is in operation mode. Important Note This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to thefollowing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference thatmay cause undesired operation.CAUTION:Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible forcompliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 4 of 15 2 Software Specification The Reticle Read/Write Station is used to write the RSP data, which will be read from the barcode labels on the top of the RSP, to the RF tag of the RSP. Barcode Data: All bar codes are code 69 labels. Label one is the product name, the second is the layer / version and the third is the CID. The information on the labels have to be written to the tag as follows: Page1: lower CID right justified Page2: upper CID right justified Page3: first characters of product names left justified Page4: remaining characters of product names left justified Page5: layer / version left justified Example: BC data: Product Name: 1X30SA Layer / Version: MT52MB2 CID: 900630 RF tag data: Byte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Page1 0 0 9 0 0 6 3 0 Page2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Page3 1 X 3 0 S A 0x00 0x00 Page4 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 Page5 M T 5 2 M B 2 0x00 Pages 6 .. 17 are filled with the blank byte filler character (see section 4.2). The product name can be 1-16 characters long. The layer/version can be 1-8 characters long. Any unused bytes on the RF tag are filled with user configurable filler characters (see section 4.2).
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 5 of 15 Logistical layout of functionality: 1. RSP will be placed on Reticle Read / Write Station. 2. The RF tag will be read automatically and the result will be shown on the display. 3. The operator writes the label data to the tag. Therefore he reads the labels with the bar code reader. If the bar codes were read correctly the operator verifies the data. If everything was OK the operator presses the ‘Write’ button to transmit the data to the RF tag. Not used bytes will be filled with values which are stored as parameters in the software. 4. After a successful writing the pod could be removed from the unit. 5. It is possible to verify the tag data against the bar code labels. Therefore the operator presses the ‘Verify’ button and reads the labels ones more. After that the tag reader gets the information from the RF tag. The software checks the data of both the tag and the bar code and reports any error. 6. If the operator reads a wrong label it is possible to clear the data / memory by pressing the ‘Reset’ button.
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 6 of 15 3 Hardware 3.1 Bar Code Reader The barcode works with an ASCII protocol which uses the following settings, COM settings: 38.400,N,8,1 (baud rate, parity, data bits, stop bits). The bar code reader is configured as follows: 1.Set all defaults: 2. Fujitsu RS-232C 3. Baud rate 38.400 Note: If the BCR is not configured you have to read these labels in the right order. 3.2 Reticle Read / Write Station The tag reader includes an RF module which is working on the frequency of 134.2 kHz. To display the data, the device has a dot character display module with four lines and 40 signs per line. Additional the unit includes a membrane keyboard with four buttons. The equipment is designed to handle any SEMI-E111 compliant carrier.
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 7 of 15 4 Software After the equipment was connected to the power supply, the tag reader tune the antenna automatically. If no RSP is placed on the station, the software version is displayed on the display. 4.1 Functionality of Buttons The ‘Read’ button starts reading all 17 pages of the tag and displays the main contents (product name, version/layer, CID) on the display. During the reading the first line of the display shows “RF Tag is reading …”. The ‘Write’ button initiate the data transfer of the read bar codes to the tag. At first the barcode labels have to be read with the BCR gun. The first line of the display shows which label has to be read. When all labels are read, the operator has to verify the bar codes on the display. The message “to write RFID press WRITE button” is shown on the display. Press the ‘Write’ button ones more to write the bar code data to the tag. If the data were written to the tag, the reader reads the data again from the tag to verify a successful writing. After pressing the ‘Write’ button the following messages are displayed on the first line of the display: § “writing tag …” § “RF Tag is verifying …” § “RFID data written – remove pod” Otherwise an error message is displayed on the screen. To verify the written tag data, press the ‘Verify’ button. Then the operator has to read the bar codes in the same way as on write procedure. The RF reader starts with the tag reading automatically after the last label was read. An appropriate message will be displayed. The verification is successful if Product Name, Layer/Version and the CID of the POD is exactly the same (depend on length of the barcode labels!) as the data on the tag. If a label includes a string of 8 signs, that string will be checked against the first 8 bytes of the tag area. Read Write Verify
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 8 of 15 The ‘Reset’ button is used to clear the data in the reader memory or to clear the whole tag. To clear the memory of the reader, only press the ‘Reset’ button. The display shows “Buffer cleared” and blank data. To clear the whole tag, press the ‘Reset’ button for more than 3 seconds and confirm the following question with the ‘Verify’ button. Page 1 to page 17 will be filled with the value 0x00. While writing to the tag the message “Clearing RF tag …” is displayed on the screen. After successful clearing the message “Buffer and RF tag cleared” will be displayed on the screen. 17 page mode A pod must be placed on the equipment, otherwise you cannot switch to this mode. Press the ‘Verify’ button for more then 3 seconds to enter the ‘17 page mode’. Confirm the following question with the ‘Verify’ button. Then the software asks for the output format of the tag data. The available formats are ASCII or hexadecimal. In the ASCII mode all not presentable characters will be converted to inverse blanks (out of 0x20 .. 0x7F). In Hex mode the value is shown as two ASCII hex digits from 00 to FF. This mode can be leaved either by pressing the ‘Reset’ button or removing the pod. An ‘L’ is displayed in the right column if the RF tag page is locked. 4.2 Menu Mode To enter the menu mode, ensure that no pod is placed on the station otherwise the menu mode is not available. Press both the ‘Verify’ button and the ‘Reset’ button at the same time for more than 3 seconds to enter the menu mode. For menu structure and navigation see the menu flow chart. The filler of product data and layer data are shown as hex value from ‘00’ to ‘FF’. The filler bytes will be cut before the data is displayed on the screen. e.g.: current Product Name filler is 0x21 = ‘!’ Product Name: X!34SA!!!!!!!!!! is displayed as X!34SA (change filler to 0x23 = ‘#’) Product Name: X!34SA!!!!!!!!!! displayed as X!34SA!!!!!!!!!! Product Name: YSY#5023######## displayed as YSY#5023 Same behavior is valid for Layer/Version data. Reset
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 9 of 15 The CID is defined as an ASCII value. Lowest value is <space> (0x20), up to <DEL> (0x7F). The CID is displayed without of characters which are less than 0x31 hex = ASCII ‘1’ as leading digit. e.g.: CID: 0000000000120034 displayed as 120034 (leading ASCII ‘0’) CID: 0x00..0x00 120034 displayed as 120034 (leading 0x00 hex) CID: 5555555555120034 displayed as 5555555555120034 (leading ASCII ‘5’) The sensor delay is the time between the moment the pod is placed on the station and the sensor is switched. The sensor delay time is only valid for placing the pod on the station, not for removing the pod. Sensor delay is a two digit value for 01 to 99. (01 = 100ms, 02 = 200ms, … , 99 = 9,9 seconds) Blank byte is defined to fill not used pages of the tag. It is stored like product and layer filler with identically range. The blank bytes will not checked by verification! Follow the button description which is shown on the right side of the display. 4.3 Download This option is needed to update the software of the equipment. For this you need a software update tool which you can get from HERMOS. For detailed information read the documentation of this tool.
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 10 of 15 5 Flowcharts 5.1 Normal Mode Read button Write button Verify button Reset button Reticle SMIF Pod Read/Write Station by HERMOS Informatik GmbH Software Version: 1.3 update display No Yes Power up Event: Remove pod Event: Place pod barcode read? press long? Verify button? verify button? No Yesread 1. label / read 2. label / read 3. label No Yes verify data (BC labels / RF tag) clear buffers clear buffer and RF tag Yes No write data to RF tag read data from RF tag
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 11 of 15 5.2 17 Page Mode Press the ‘Reset’ button or remove pod to leave this state. Use the ‘Read’ and ‘Write’ button to scroll the pages (step: 3 pages) Do you want to enter 17 page state? READ = Yes | WRITE = No choose display format READ = ASCII | WRITE = HEX B:1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|L P01:0|0|9|0|0|6|3|0| P02:0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0| P03:1|X|3|0|S|A| | | B:1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |L P01:30|30|39|30|30|36|33|30| P02:30|30|30|30|30|30|30|30| P03:31|58|33|30|53|41|00|00| Enter 17 page mode with Verify button long back to normal operation / reading POD HEX ASCII No Yes
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 12 of 15 5.3 Menu Mode Press the ‘Verify’ button for more than 3 seconds to save the parameters! Press the ‘Reset’ button to leave the current menu level and return to the parent menu level or to leave the menu. Main menu Display Parameter Download Download Display Menu ------------------- DSP bright up DSP bright down Parameter Menu Filler Reader Parameter Not used Display select Download select Parameter select Menu Parameter Sensor delay : 05 Blank byte : 00 Menu Filler Product : 00 Layer : 00 CID : 0 Filler selectReader Parameter select Enter menu with Verify and Reset button long (no pod present)
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 13 of 15 5.4 Brightness Mode Display Menu | Read = up ----------------- | Write = down DSP bright up | Reset = ESC DSP bright down | Verify button DSP changed? select DSP bright up DSP brightness + 1 step select DSP bright down DSP brightness - 1 step switch button: READ WRITE VERIFY RESET yes no key pressed? no yes Read button Write button Reset button exit display menu Verify button to enter Display menu
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 14 of 15 6 ASCII table Dec Hex Ctrl Code Dec Hex Char 0 00 ^@ NUL 32 20 1 01 ^Â SOH 33 21 ! 2 02 ^B STX 34 22 “ 3 03 ^C ETX 35 23 # 4 04 ^D EOT 36 24 $ 5 05 ^E ENQ 37 25 % 6 06 ^F ACK 38 26 & 7 07 ^G BEL 39 27 ‘ 8 08 ^H BS 40 28 ( 9 09 ^I HT 41 29 ) 10 0A ^J LF 42 2A * 11 0B ^K VT 43 2B + 12 0C ^L FF 44 2C , 13 0D ^M CR 45 2D - 14 0E ^N SO 46 2E . 15 0F ^O SI 47 2F / 16 10 ^P DLE 48 30 0 17 11 ^Q DC1 49 31 1 18 12 ^R DC2 50 32 2 19 13 ^S DC3 51 33 3 20 14 ^T DC4 52 34 4 21 15 ^U NAK 53 35 5 22 16 ^V SYN 54 36 6 23 17 ^W ETB 55 37 7 24 18 ^X CAN 56 38 8 25 19 ^Y EM 57 39 9 26 1A ^Z SUB 58 3A : 27 1B ^[ ESC 59 3B ; 28 1C ^\ FS 60 3C < 29 1D ^] GS 61 3D = 30 1E ^^ RS 62 3E > 31 1F ^_ US 63 3F ?
Software Reticle Read – Write Station – Stand Alone Technical Reports, Release 1.1 Page 15 of 15 Dec Hex Char Dec Hex Char 64 40 @ 96 60 ` 65 41 A 97 61 a 66 42 B 98 62 b 67 43 C 99 63 c 68 44 D 100 64 d 69 45 E 101 65 e 70 46 F 102 66 f 71 47 G 103 67 g 72 48 H 104 68 h 73 49 I 105 69 I 74 4A J 106 6A j 75 4B K 107 6B k 76 4C L 108 6C l 77 4D M 109 6D m 78 4E N 110 6E n 79 4F O 111 6F o 80 50 P 112 70 p 81 51 Q 113 71 q 82 52 R 114 72 r 83 53 S 115 73 s 84 54 T 116 74 t 85 55 U 117 75 u 86 56 V 118 76 v 87 57 W 119 77 w 88 58 X 120 78 x 89 59 Y 121 79 y 90 5A Z 122 7A z 91 5B [ 123 7B { 92 5C \ 124 7C | 93 5D ] 125 7D } 94 5E ^ 126 7E ~ 95 5F _ 127 7F DEL HERMOS Informatik GmbH Tel. +49-9279/991-910 Gartenstrasse 19, D-95490 Mistelgau Fax +49-9279/991-900

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