Datamars WALKBY Stationary RFID Reader User Manual F310
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USER MANUAL WALK BY Universal Scanning Station Contents: DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 FRONT OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 BACK OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................ 5 HOW TO SET UP THE SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 6 USER INTERFACE......................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 KEYPAD ........................................................................................................................................ 7 3.2 ON BUTTON .................................................................................................................................. 7 3.3 BATTERY LEVEL BAR ...................................................................................................................... 8 3.4 PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON ................................................................................................................. 8 3.5 READ MODE BUTTON .................................................................................................................. 8 3.5.1 Continuous mode .............................................................................................................. 9 3.5.2 Buffered mode ................................................................................................................... 9 3.5.3 Single mode ....................................................................................................................... 9 3.6 STATUS LEDS .............................................................................................................................. 9 3.6.1 Tag Read LED ................................................................................................................... 9 3.6.2 Charge LED ....................................................................................................................... 9 3.6.3 Tuning LED ........................................................................................................................ 9 3.7 AUTOTUNING ................................................................................................................................. 9 3.8 REC BUTTON .............................................................................................................................. 10 3.9 USB MODE BUTTON.................................................................................................................... 10 3.9.1 Mass Storage .................................................................................................................. 10 3.9.2 Virtual Com Port .............................................................................................................. 10 3.9.3 Keyboard Wedge ............................................................................................................. 11 3.10 BLUETOOTH BUTTON ............................................................................................................... 11 3.10.1 Configure the WALK BY for the Bluetooth connection .................................................... 11 3.11 REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION ........................................................................................................ 12 3.12 EXTERNAL DISPLAY...................................................................................................................... 12 CONNECTORS ............................................................................................................................ 13 4.1 POWER AC INPUT........................................................................................................................ 13 4.1.1 AC Fuse ........................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 POWER DC INPUT ....................................................................................................................... 14 4.2.1 DC Fuse .......................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 ANTENNA .................................................................................................................................... 14 4.4 I/O.............................................................................................................................................. 14 4.4.1 Input ................................................................................................................................. 14 4.4.2 Output .............................................................................................................................. 15 4.5 SERIAL COM INTERFACE ............................................................................................................. 15 COMMAND INTERFACE ............................................................................................................. 16 5.1 COMMAND OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 16 5.2 COMMAND DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 17 5.2.1 Command: .? ................................................................................................................... 17 5.2.2 Command: .v ................................................................................................................... 18 5.2.3 Command: .T ................................................................................................................... 18 5.2.4 Command: .GB ................................................................................................................ 18 5.2.5 Command: .r .................................................................................................................... 18 5.2.6 Command: .YE ................................................................................................................ 18 5.2.7 Command: .MO ............................................................................................................... 19 5.2.8 Command: .DA ................................................................................................................ 19 5.2.9 Command: .DF ................................................................................................................ 19 5.2.10 Command: ?DF ............................................................................................................... 19 5.2.11 Command: ?DT ............................................................................................................... 19 5.2.12 Command: .HO ................................................................................................................ 19 5.2.13 Command: .MI ................................................................................................................. 19 5.2.14 Command: .SE ................................................................................................................ 19 5.2.15 Command: ?TM ............................................................................................................... 19 Walk By Stationary Reader 5.2.16 5.2.17 5.2.18 5.2.19 5.2.20 5.2.21 5.2.22 5.2.23 5.2.24 5.2.25 5.2.26 5.2.27 5.2.28 5.2.29 5.2.30 5.2.31 5.2.32 5.2.33 5.2.34 5.2.35 5.2.36 5.2.37 5.2.38 5.2.39 5.2.40 5.2.41 Command: .DM ............................................................................................................... 20 Command: ?DM .............................................................................................................. 20 Command: .SM ................................................................................................................ 20 Command: ?SM ............................................................................................................... 20 Command: .RS ................................................................................................................ 20 Command: ?RS ............................................................................................................... 20 Command: .RS ................................................................................................................ 20 Command: ?RS ............................................................................................................... 20 Command: .PBx (from 1 to 6) .......................................................................................... 20 Command: .RC ................................................................................................................ 21 Command: .RB ................................................................................................................ 21 Command: .CB ................................................................................................................ 21 Command: .SB ................................................................................................................ 21 Command: .ATNG ........................................................................................................... 21 Command: .RIN ............................................................................................................... 22 Command: .SOUT ........................................................................................................... 22 Command: .PS ................................................................................................................ 22 Command: .RM ............................................................................................................... 22 Command: ?RM .............................................................................................................. 22 Command: .STAT ............................................................................................................ 22 Command: .DIAG ............................................................................................................ 22 Command: ?DIAG ........................................................................................................... 22 Command: ?TB ............................................................................................................... 23 Command: ?TA ............................................................................................................... 23 Command: ?TN ............................................................................................................... 23 Command: ?NFB ............................................................................................................. 23 DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM IDENTIFYING AN ANIMAL? ........................................................ 24 6.1 THE READING DISTANCE IS TOO SHORT ......................................................................................... 24 6.2 THE READER DOES NOT READ THE TRANSPONDER ......................................................................... 24 6.3 THE READER DOES NOT WORK ..................................................................................................... 24 CERTIFICATION .......................................................................................................................... 25 SPECIFICATION .......................................................................................................................... 26 Walk By Stationary Reader 1 Description This guide will help you get started using the WALK BY scanning station to identify your animals. Place it where animals routinely pass for hands-free, stress free, automated microchip readings. 1.1 Front overview Tag Read status LED Battery charge status LED Tuning status LED ON button and status LED Play/Pause button and status LED Battery level bar Mode button and status LED REC button and status LED USB mode button and status LED miniUSB connector Bluetooth button and status LED WALK BY Walk By Stationary Reader 1.2 Back overview RS232 connector DC connector DC fuse Inputs/Outputs connector AC fuse Power AC connector Sync connectors (not to be used) Antenna connector Walk By Stationary Reader 2 How to set up the system In order to correctly set-up the reader and have it ready for use, please follow the following instructions: Mount the WALK BY at intake, at the weigh station, at the entry to the main play area, wherever it makes the most sense in your facility. Connect the Gate antenna to the reader unit (plug the cable into the Antenna connector, shown in the back overview picture above). Connect the WALK BY reading unit to the electrical power supply (just plug one end of the cable into the Power AC Connector, and the other end to the wall socket). You can alternatively use the internal battery of the reader (in this case 4 hours of continuous reading are guaranteed). Connect the external display to the reader unit via the serial RS232 connector (see back overview picture). Push the Power On button to start operating the reader. The display automatically switches on together with the reader. At switching on, the reader always starts operating in continuous mode and working in Virtual Com Port. Walk By Stationary Reader 3 User interface 3.1 Keypad Tag Read status LED Battery charge status LED Tuning status LED ON button and status LED Play/Pause button and status LED Battery level bar Mode button and status LED Rec Button and status LED USB Mode Button Led Bluetooth button and status LED 3.2 ON button The Power ON button is used to switch on or switch off the reader. Press the ON button to power up the reader. Hold the ON button for more than two seconds to power off the reader. Through the configuration file, the WALK BY reader can be set up in order to automatically switch off after a predefined time of inactivity (1 min, 5 min, 10 min, no auto shutdown time), when in Pause mode. If it is in reading mode (Play/Pause button LED is green), the reader never automatically switches off. Walk By Stationary Reader 3.3 Battery level bar The battery status displays the battery level. When switching on, the reader shows the battery level for 3 seconds. In order to see the battery level while the reader is on, put first the reader in Pause mode (Pause button LED is off), and then click on the ON button briefly: 5 LEDs lit correspond to 80/100% charge level, no LED lit corresponds to 0/20% level. 3.4 PLAY/PAUSE button When switching on, the reader automatically goes in reading mode. The Play/Pause button allows starting and stopping a reading session: When the LED is on/green, the device is reading. When the LED is off the device is in Pause. If the LED is blinking the device is in Power Save mode. N.B. Play/Pause button is a critical button to allow the reader performing various actions. It is in fact necessary that the reader is always put first in Pause mode (LED is off) to be able to: Change reading mode Start/stop recording Change USB set-up Enable/Disable Bluetooth Trigger the autotuning Once one of the above selections has been made, push again the Play button to let the scanner reading again. 3.5 READ MODE button The READ MODE button allows selecting the reading mode. There are three different options: continuous (LED Green), buffered (LED Yellow) and single read mode (LED Off). Walk By Stationary Reader 3.5.1 Continuous mode LED Green: When continuous mode is selected, the device reads continuously and keeps displaying the ID codes of the microchips read. The unit will display the same microchip number repeatedly if the same microchip is scanned continuously. 3.5.2 Buffered mode LED Yellow: When buffered reading mode is selected, the reader reads continuously, but inhibits the duplicate display of the same microchip code. The reader will display the ID code only the first time the microchip is read. The device does not display (nor record, if recording is enabled) any new ID codes until another microchip is read. The buffer size is 16 elements. 3.5.3 Single mode LED off: When the single read mode is selected, the device reads for a default amount of configurable time (max 240s). If a microchip is found during the allotted time, the reader shows its ID code and stops reading. If no microchip is found during the allotted time, the reader stops the reading session and shows the message TAG NOT FOUND. 3.6 Status LEDS 3.6.1 Tag Read LED When the Tag Read LED is lit, the device is reading a transponder. 3.6.2 Charge LED The Charge LED is lit when the reader is charging the battery. If the LED blinks while the reader is running in battery mode, it means that the battery is low and need to be charged. If the LED blinks while the reader is connected to a power supply either AC or DC, a charge error occurred (temperature out of range or DC IN voltage is too low). 3.6.3 Tuning LED The Tuning LED shows the status of the tuning of the antenna connected to the device. If the LED is green: the antenna tuning is ok. If the LED is blinking green: a noise (FDX channel) is detected; once run the procedure for the autotuning, the antenna can be perfectly tuned but still, it might detect some external noise. If the LED is red (only in PAUSE mode): the antenna is not correctly tuned. 3.7 Autotuning This operation is useful to optimize the reading performance of the antenna, especially in presence of metals. The autotuning is automatically done at switching on of the reader. The autotuning of the antenna can be performed by holding down the Play/Pause button for 2 seconds. Once the autotuning is done (tuning LED becomes green), the reader makes two short beeps. It is recommended to do the autotuning of the antenna when moving the antenna to a different position and the tuning LED becomes red. This action is also recommended when passing from AC electrical supply to DC electrical supply. Walk By Stationary Reader 3.8 REC button By pressing the REC button, you enable or disable the recording on a file of the microchips read. When the LED is on/red the recording is enabled. When the LED is off the recording is disabled. When a file is created, its name is automatically generated by the reader and saved in the following folder: \data\\ \s< ddmmyyyy_hhmmss>.rfid th For example, S08052013183448 means that a reading session was run on the 8 of May 2013, at 18:34:48. Each file is saved with the following structure: DATE,TIME,TAG 20130508,183505,999000000015420 20130508,192211,999000000015421 20130508,195416,999000000015422 Empty files are automatically erased by the reader. 3.9 USB Mode Button The USB Mode button allows selecting how to use the Mini USB with a PC Host. There are three different options: Mass Storage (LED Off) Virtual Com Port (LED Green) Keyboard Wedge (LED Red) To change the USB mode, you need first to put the reader in Pause mode, by pushing the Pause mode button and then disconnect the USB cable from the PC. Once the new USB mode is selected, connect again the reader via the USB cable. 3.9.1 Mass Storage LED Off: When mass storage is selected, the reader behaves like a USB stick. You can review the contents of the internal reader SD card. You can download or upload files to the reader’s SD card. The reader cannot be used to scan microchip while files are being transferred. N. B. Do not delete the files already on the SD-Card of the reader. You can only work on/delete data in the “data” folder. 3.9.2 Virtual Com Port LED Green: When Virtual Com Port is selected, you can send and get data through the USB port as though it were a serial/RS232 port. When using it the first time, it is necessary to install the VCP driver on your Windows pc. You can find it in the SD card of the reader, accessible via Mass Storage. This operation is not needed if you are using a Mac pc. Walk By Stationary Reader 10 3.9.3 Keyboard Wedge LED Red: In this mode, data is transferred from the WALK BY software via USB port to your computer and data displayed as if entered by a keyboard. This might be helpful if you are using a rd 3 party software application. The more common applications that are used with such ‘keyboard wedges’ are Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and other database types of applications. They can be very helpful for filling in a list of animals read or for quickly retrieving the information associated to that microchip number in an animal database. You just put the cursor where you want the ID code to go, and then you read the microchip and automatically the microchip number pops in just as if you typed it on the keyboard (see below an example made with Microsoft Excel). 3.10 BLUETOOTH button Press the Bluetooth button to enable the wireless Bluetooth interface of the reader in order to connect it to a PC. The blue LED blinks until the connection to the PC is not established. When the connection between PC and WALK BY is active the blue LED is lit continuously. In order to disable the wireless Bluetooth interface press the Bluetooth button again. 3.10.1 Configure the WALK BY for the Bluetooth connection During the Bluetooth discovery process done by the PC, it is important that the WALK BY reader is ON and the Bluetooth LED blinks. To use the Bluetooth on your PC, you can refer to Windows or MAC instructions for a standard pairing Bluetooth configuration, depending on the operative system you have on your PC. Main steps: Be sure the computer is equipped with Bluetooth hardware too. Add the WALK BY Bluetooth device, once verified that the WALK BY reader is switched on and the Bluetooth is enabled. Don’t forget to use as passkey/pairing code the number zero (just one 0 character). Walk By Stationary Reader 11 Once the WALK BY reader has been recognized and installed on your PC as a Bluetooth device, a new port COM is added to your PC. Select this port COM from any program which is supposed to communicate to the reader. In order to test the port COM, a HyperTerminal session (in Windows) can be opened. Please verify on your WALK BY that the Bluetooth LED is lit continuously. 3.11 Real-time communication To open an RS232 terminal session (eg. Hyperterminal, TeraTerm or custom application), once connected via Bluetooth, you can refer to Windows or MAC instructions of the terminal session you are working with. Make sure to select the right COM port assigned to the Bluetooth. For example, on Hyperterminal, after having selected the assigned COM port, Hyperterminal is ready to start and just click on the calling icon or select Call under the Call menu. At this point you are ready to receive the codes read directly on your PC. Press Play/Pause button and read a transponder. The ID code will be shown on the HyperTerminal window like in the following picture: 3.12 External display The external display is automatically switched on when powering up the reader. If the display is not connected when switching on the reader, the connector can be used as a normal RS232 COM port to allow serial connection, once set it up this way through the configuration file. Walk By Stationary Reader 12 4 Connectors All the reader’s connectors are on the back as shown in the picture below: Power DC input Serial COM interface DC Fuse I/O AC Fuse Power AC input 4.1 Antenna Power AC input The F310 can be connected to the Power line AC either 110V/60Hz or 220V/50Hz. The cable is connected as follows: Pin GND 4.1.1 Cable color Brown Blue Yellow/green AC Fuse The AC fuse has the following specifications: Fusible 5 x 20 mm, 1 A, 250 VAC, Time-lag Walk By Stationary Reader 13 Description GND 4.2 Power DC input The reader can be powered also with DC from 12 to 14V. The DC connector is cabled ad follows (bottom view): Red wire Black wire Note: remember to insert the heatshrink on the wires before soldering 4.2.1 DC Fuse The DC fuse has the following specifications: Fusible 5 x 20 mm, 2.5 A, 250 VAC, Time-lag 4.3 Antenna The antenna is connected between pin2 and pin GND of the antenna connector. 4.4 I/O Signal + IN1 - IN1 + IN2 - IN2 + OUT1 - OUT1 + OUT2 - OUT2 Description Positive input 1 terminal Negative input 1 terminal Positive input 2 terminal Negative input 2 terminal Positive output 1 terminal Negative output 1 terminal Positive output 2 terminal Negative output 2 terminal DSUB pin The Input and Output 2 have to be set using the commands .RIN and .SOUT (see chapters 4.2.15 and 4.2.16). The Input 1 and Output 1 are ready to respond without any further command. 4.4.1 Input Example of connection for the Input: + IN 5...24VDC - IN MIN Uin MAX Uin MIN Iin MAX Iin 5V 24VDC 3mA 10mA Input functions: Walk By Stationary Reader 14 GPIO INPUT TRIGGER (1) Main function Seconadry function Start a single reading session. This input can weak up the The reading session time can be device when it is switched off. programmed by user. INPUT AUX (2) This auxiliary input can be read by the USER through a serial command. .RINA (read the input aux command) INA =1 (when the input is active) INA=0 (when the input is not active) 4.4.2 This input can weak up the device when it is switched off. Output Examples of connection for the Outputs: VCC + OUT 0...24V @ 1A 10KΩ + OUT to MCU VDC - OUT - OUT LAMP MAX Uout MIN Uout MAX Iout 24VDC 0VDC 1.0A Output functions: GPIO OUTPUT TAG READ (1) OUTPUT AUX (2) 4.5 Main function Seconadry function This output is activated when a none tag is read. This auxiliary output can be none written by the USER though a serial command .SETOUTA 10 (activate the output aux during 1.0 sec) Serial COM interface The Serial COM interface is connected as follows: Pin Walk By Stationary Reader Cable color Orange Red Brown 15 Description RX TX GND 5 Command interface 5.1 Command overview The user can send and get data from the XTEND MAX, either via VCP, Bluetooth connection. Three different kinds of commands are possible: Get Set Execute A Get command is used to read a parameter value from the reader and always starts with the question mark symbol “?”, e.g “? \r\n”. A Set command is used to change a parameter value into the reader and always starts with a dot “.”, followed by the command name and parameter value, e.g “.[CMD] \r\n”. An Execute command is sent to the reader to perform an action, these commands always start with “.”, and don’t not have any parameters, e.g. “. \r\n”. The following table summarizes the Walk By commands which were present in the old version of the reader: CMD .? .v .T .GB .r .YE .MO .DA .DF ?DF ?DT .HO .MI .SE ?TM .DM ?DM .SM ?SM .RS ?RS .RT ?RT .PB1 .PB2 .PB3 .PB4 .PB5 .PB6 .RC .RB .CB .SB .ANTG Description New commands Help, shows all commands Get the reader version Save acquired signal Get the battery level Start / Stop single read Set the date year Set the date month Set the date day Set the date format [ 0=EU; 1=US ] Get the date format Get the current date Set the time hour Set the time minutes Set the time second Get the current time Set output tag format [ 0=Long; 1=Short ] Get output tag format Store in session file [ 0=Disable; 1=Enable ] Get store in session file Set reading sound [ 0=Disable; 1=Enable ] Get reading sound status Set the reading timeout [ Second ] Get the reading timeout Press KEYON button Press PLAY button Press MODE button Press REC button Press USB button Press Bluetooth button Start / Stop continuous reading Start / Stop buffered continuous reading Clear reader buffer Show reading buffer Start autotuning Walk By Stationary Reader 16 Parameter Range .YExx .MOxx .DAxx .DFx 00 – 99 01 – 12 01 – 31 0–1 .HOxx .MIxx .SExx 00 – 23 00 – 59 00 – 59 .DMx 0–1 .SMx 0–1 .RS 0–1 .RTxxx 001 – 240 .RIN .SOUT .PS .RM ?RM .STAT .DIAG ?DIAG ?TB ?TA ?TN ?NFB 5.2 Read I/O input 2 Set I/O output 2 [ Time = xx * 100 ms ] Enable power save mode Set reading mode [ 0=Single; 1=Buffered; 2=Continuous ] Get reading mode Start statistic test Set diagnostic level [ 0=None; 1=Error; 2=Info; 3=Debug ] Get diagnostic level Get tuning level FDX-B Get tuning level FDX-A Get tuning level TVN Get noise floor NFB .SOUTxx 01 – 50 .RMx 0–2 .DIAGx 0–3 Command description All commands, available only on the Walk By scanning station, start with a ‘.’ (dot) or with a question mark followed by the command name, and eventually an integer parameter, and end with a carriage return character ([CR]=13 dec). .CMD or ?CMD 5.2.1 Command: .? It returns the list with all commands available: .? ------------------------ Command Line Help -----------------------00] .? -> Help 01] .v -> Get reader version 02] .T -> Save acquired signal 03] .GB -> Get Battery Level 04] .r -> Start/stop single read 05] .YE -> Set the date year (.YExx) 06] .MO -> Set the date month (.MOxx) 07] .DA -> Set the date day (.DAxx) 08] .DF -> Set date format: .DFx [0 EU] [1 US] ) 09] ?DF -> Get date format 10] ?DT -> Get current Date 11] .HO -> Set the time hour (.HOxx) 12] .MI -> Set the time minutes (.MIxx) 13] .SE -> Set the time seconds (.SExx) 14] ?TM -> GetCurrent Time 15] .DM -> Set output tag format: .DMx [0 Long], [1 Short] 16] ?DM -> Get output tag format 17] .SM -> Store in session file: .SMx [0 disable], [1 enable] 18] ?SM -> Get Store in session file 19] .RS -> Set Reading Sound: .RSx [0 disable], [1 enable] 20] ?RS -> Get Reading Sound Status 21] .RT -> Set the reading timeout[s]: (.RTxxx) 22] ?RT -> Get the reading timeout 23] .PB1 -> Press KEYON button 24] .PB2 -> Press PLAY button 25] .PB3 -> Press MODE button 26] .PB4 -> Press REC button 27] .PB5 -> Press USB button 28] .PB6 -> Press Bluetooth button 29] .RC -> Start/Stop Continuous Reading 30] .RB -> Start/Stop Buffered Continuous Reading 31] .CB -> Clear reader buffer Walk By Stationary Reader 17 32] .SB -> Show Reading buffer 33] .ATNG -> Start autotuning 34] .RIN -> Read I/O Input 2 35] .SOUT -> Set I/O Output 2, for
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