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  • Page 1 User Manual Version 1.00...
  • Page 2 Version 1.00 © 2012 Dialoc ID. All rights reserved. Dialoc ID makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Dialoc ID shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Table of Contents Publishing Note ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Important to know--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 If you need assistance ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Contact for Comments ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Quality Issues ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9...
  • Page 4 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 8.2.2 Reference List ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 8.2.3 Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 8.2.4 Read Mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 Radio Event Panels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 8.3.1 Tag Read Events --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 8.3.2 New Tag Events ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 8.3.3...
  • Page 5 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 12.2.2 Capture and Display settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 89 Page 5 of 89...

  • Page 6: Publishing Note

    All information herein is either public information or is the property of and owned solely by DIALOC ID who shall have and keep the sole right to file patent applications or any other kind of intellectual property protection in connection with such information.
  • Page 7 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 functioning could result in damage to persons or property, denial of service, or loss of privacy. © Copyright DIALOC ID 2012 MS-DOS© and Windows© are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 8: Important To Know

    Welcome to the DIALOC ID RFID System. This is designed to help you get up and running quickly using this high-quality Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. It describes all you need to know about how to install and use the DIALOC ID system and its associated applications.

  • Page 9: Quality Issues

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Quality Issues DIALOC ID implements stringent quality controls at all stages of its manufacturing process. However, should you find a defect with this product, please notify us using the RMA form on our website www.dialocid.com.

  • Page 10: Overview

    1 Overview DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro software is a Windows application that demonstrates all the features of the new MCQ-Pro reader. It also permits you to easily setup the reader, test it and perform RFID reading and writing operations. This document provides a step-by-step guide for the following procedures: ...

  • Page 11: Installation

    To install the DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro software on your PC: 1. Insert the product CD-ROM into the disk drive on your PC. 2. In Windows, open the CD-ROM drive window and run “Dialoc ID MCQ-Pro vX.X.X Installer.msi” in “Dialoc ID MCQ-Pro” folder.
  • Page 12 Figure 2: Select Installation Folder window 2. Select the folder where MCQ-Pro software will be installed then click “Next >”. Figure 3: Confirm Installation window 3. Click “Next >” to start the installation process. A shortcut will be created on your desktop and a program group will be created in the start menu.

  • Page 13: Getting Started

    Before running DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro, connect your RFID reader to the serial/USB port of the PC or to your TCP/IP network. Connect one or more antennas to the reader. Once the reader is ready, run DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro program and the main window will be displayed.

  • Page 14: Using Dialoc Id Mcq-Pro Wizard

    Version 1.00 3.1 Using DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro Wizard This wizard allows you to quickly set up DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro to perform basic tasks such as configuring your RFID device and read/write operations. If the “DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro Wizard” did not automatically open, click on the “Wizard”...

  • Page 15: Selecting A Device

    You can refresh the “Discovered devices” at any time by clicking on “Discover Devices”. Devices that have been already registered in MCQ-Pro software will appear under “Favorite Devices” group. Favorite Devices are shortcuts to devices you are working often with and can be managed using “Favorite Devices”...

  • Page 16: Setting Up The Device

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 If a device with same interface details appears both in “Favorite Devices” and in “Discovered Devices” groups, it does not matters in which group you select this device. 3.1.2 Setting up the Device To change device’s description or communication settings, check “I want to configure...
  • Page 17 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 8: Wizard Summary page Check Wizard settings and click on “Finish” to confirm DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro software will automatically open panels you need and set the radio configuration. Page 17 of 89...

  • Page 18: Examples Of Read/Write Operations

    3.2 Examples of Read/Write Operations This following sections show two examples of read/write operations. For each of them, make sure you have configured your device using DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro wizard as explained in section 3.1. 3.2.1 Reading UID of ISO 15693 Tags...

  • Page 19: Reading Or Writing Iso 15693 Tag Memory

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 If the radio field is turned off, DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro will ask you to turn it on; click “OK” to accept. Again, make sure an antenna is connected to the channel before accepting.
  • Page 20 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 3. In the “Single Block Operations” box, select the block you want to write and enter its data as hexadecimal bytes. You can pad bytes with whitespaces if you wish, but this is not mandatory.
  • Page 21 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 5. Click “Write” to write data into the memory block. If writing is successful, no error message appears. To check block data, clear the “Data” field and click “Read” to read data back from the block.

  • Page 22: Dialoc Id Mcq-Pro's Workspace

    4 DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro’s Workspace 4.1 Workspace Panel Arrangement DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro’s workspace consists of several regions where you can drag and drop panels in your preferred layout. You have many options for arranging panels within the workspace, including the following: ...

  • Page 23: Minimizing Panels

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 To dock a floating panel, left-click on the title bar of its window and drag it to the location where you want to dock it. A floating panel can be fastened to one edge of a frame within the workspace. A guide diamond appears when you drag panels from their current location to another location in the workspace.

  • Page 24: Restoring Default Panel Layout

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 4.1.4 Restoring default panel layout You can return the workspace to the original panel layout by choosing “Restore Default Panel Layout…” in the “View” menu. 4.1.5 Switching workspace to full screen You can switch the workspace to full screen by clicking on the “Full screen”...

  • Page 25: Managing Your Rfid Devices

    5 Managing your RFID devices 5.1 How to Manage your Favorite Devices RFID devices you are working often with are called favorite devices in DIALOC ID MCQ- Pro software. You can manage favorite devices using “Favorite Devices” panel. To open “Favorite Devices” panel, click on the icon in the toolbar or select “Favorite...
  • Page 26 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 15: Device Discovery panel Discover local and remote devices Add selected device to favorites To discover devices: 1. Open “Device Discovery” panel by clicking on the icon in the toolbar or by choosing “Device Discovery”...
  • Page 27 With Windows Firewall, this can be performed on control panel’s “Exceptions” tab. To ensure discovered TCP/IP devices can be connected to, Dialoc ID MCQ-Pro automatically pings them. If “[Unreachable]” is displayed next to a device in “Device Discovery” panel, this means that pinging this device has failed and you may not be able to connect to it using its Ethernet interface.

  • Page 28: Manually Adding Or Editing A Favorite Device

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 3. If device’s access control is enabled, enter private password in “Private password” field, else leave the field blank. If a wrong password is entered, request for configuration change is ignored 4.

  • Page 29: Getting Device Information

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 To disconnect from a device, perform the same steps but click on the icon or right-click the device and select “Disconnect from Device”. To reboot a device, perform the same steps but click on the icon or right-click the device and select “Reboot Device”.
  • Page 30 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 19: Radio Information Hardware and Firmware: give hardware and firmware version. Channels and IO Sets: indicates number of RF channel and IO sets. Getting Channel Information You can point a channel icon to get information about it.

  • Page 31: Upgrading Firmwares

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 21: Information about an IO set Hardware and Firmware: gives version information about IO set’s hardware and firmware. Digital Inputs, Digital Outputs, Analog Inputs and Analog Outputs: indicates the number of digital/analog inputs and outputs of the IO sets.
  • Page 32 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 22: System firmware upgrade CAUTION: Do not turn off the device during the upgrade as this may permanently corrupt the firmware data. 5. Once the upgrade is completed, click “Reboot”.

  • Page 33: Managing Default Radio Configuration

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 24: Radio firmware upgrade 6. Once the upgrade is completed, click “Reboot”. If you need to upgrade additional firmware to the device first then click “Don’t Reboot”. Figure 25: Radio firmware upgrade completed 5.1.6 Managing Default Radio Configuration...

  • Page 34: Saving/Loading Device Configuration To/From Disk

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Loading Radio Configuration from NVRAM To load radio configuration from NVRAM: 1. Open “Favorite Devices” panel by clicking on the icon in the toolbar or by choosing “Favorite Devices” in the “Device” menu.
  • Page 35 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 26: Save Device Configuration dialog 4. Click “Select…” button to choose location of configuration file. 5. Check device settings to save and click “Save” to save the configuration file.
  • Page 36 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 27: Load Device Configuration dialog 4. Click “Select…” button to choose location of configuration file. 5. Check device settings to load and click “Load” to save the configuration file.

  • Page 37: Core Configuration

    Device Information: You can view and modify device’s description, location and contact information in this box. Click “Apply” to apply your changes. Date and Time: You can set device’s clock by clicking “Synchronize with this computer” button. The date/time configuration is not battery-backed on the MCQ-Pro Reader. Page 37 of 89...

  • Page 38: Tests Tab

    When logged into a protected device using public password no settings can be changed. If logged into the device using private password then changes are permitted. DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro requires to log into protected devices using private password. Default public password is “public” and default private password is “private”...

  • Page 39: Communication Interfaces Configuration

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Both Display & Keypad is not available on MCQ-Pro Reader. Speed Benchmark: You can benchmark communication speed with device by clicking “Run test” button. Direct Command: You can send any command directly to a device by entering its identifier in “Command”...

  • Page 40: Ethernet Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 31: Interface Configuration panel (USB tab) 6.2.3 Ethernet Tab You configure device’s Ethernet communication interface and view its status on “Ethernet” tab. Figure 32: Interface Configuration panel (Ethernet tab)

  • Page 41: Services Configuration

    Figure 33: Service Configuration panel (Heartbeat tab) 6.3.2 StxNG Tab The StxNG protocol is the native protocol of latest DIALOC ID RFID readers. You can configure on which TCP port of the Ethernet communication interface the device should listen for StxNG commands.

  • Page 42: Rf Channels Configuration

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 7 RF Channels Configuration The radio field (RF) is the electromagnetic field emitted by antennas when channels of a RFID device are powered on. 7.1 RF Channels Configuration To define RF channels configuration, open “RF Channels Configuration” panel by clicking on in the toolbar or by choosing “RF Channels Configuration”...

  • Page 43: Multiplexer Configuration

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Select the power to emit in milliwatts. Channel Status: Select the channel whose status should be displayed. This allows monitoring physical parameters of the channel and detecting potential issues. If a critical issue happens, a warning icon will appear beside the parameter.
  • Page 44 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 36: RF Channels Configuration panel (Multiplexer tab) Patterns: A pattern describes the channels that emit, their RF field phase shift, the channels that receive, the power used, the tag type to read and a set of conditions that will cause switching to the next pattern in the sequence.
  • Page 45 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 a. Maximum time during which this pattern remains active (in milliseconds). When this time elapses, the multiplexer switches to the next pattern (or the first pattern if this pattern was the last one). A value of zero disables this limit.

  • Page 46: Default Read

    5. Click button in the toolbar. If the radio field is turned off, DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro will ask you to turn it on; click “OK” to accept. Again, make sure an antenna is connected to the channel before accepting.
  • Page 47 Reset timer when the first tag is detected: requests DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro to reset timer displayed in Radio Events/Statistics panels when the first tag is detected. Beep each time a tag is detected: requests DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro to play system bell each time a tag is detected.

  • Page 48: Reference List

    Highlight detected reference tags: requests DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro to highlight detected reference tags in tag event panels. Beep differently for non-reference tags: requests DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro to play a special system bell each time a non-reference tag is detected in RF.

  • Page 49: Events

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 8.2.3 Events A radio event happens during default read when an interesting action concerning tags has occurred. Before starting a default read, you must select radio events you need in drop down menu of toolbar.

  • Page 50: Read Mode

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 39: Read Configuration panel (Events tab) New Tag: Ignore antenna: indicates that tag data detected by multiple antennas should be reported only once. Ignore tag type: indicates that tags of different types with same tag data should be reported only once.
  • Page 51 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00  With a MCQ-Pro Reader, if this mode is active, the reader uses GPIO Output #2 to report reading activity. GPIO Output #2 is activated when the reader “sees” tags in the RF field. The time an output remains active after the corresponding event has occurred is software configurable.

  • Page 52: Radio Event Panels

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 8.3 Radio Event Panels Radio event panels display events received from device’s radio during default read. Radio event panels are automatically opened when you start reading depending on enabled radio events (see 8.2.3 for more information). You can manually open radio event panels from “Radio >...

  • Page 53: New Tag Events

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 8.3.2 New Tag Events You can open “ New Tag Events” panel from “Radio > Default Read” menu. A “New Tag” event occurs the first time a tag is detected in radio field. Each “New Tag”...

  • Page 54: Raw Events

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 8.3.4 Raw Events You can open “ Raw Events” panel from “Radio > Default Read” menu. “Raw Events” panel shows all events having occurred on device’s radio. It permits in particular to watch “...

  • Page 55: Statistics Panel

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 8.4 Statistics panel You can open “Statistics” panel by clicking on button on radio events panels or by choosing “ Statistics” in “Radio > Default Read” menu. “Statistics” panel shows read statistics such as the number of tags detected, the number of event frames received by channel or globally, the event frame rate and elapsed time since reading started.

  • Page 56: Tag Parameters And Commands

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9 Tag Parameters and Commands Tag parameters are specific to tag type and define:  Communication link characteristics between such tags and device  Options to apply when reading asynchronously (default read) such tags Tag commands are special commands.

  • Page 57: Parameters Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.2 C220 Open “C220” panel by choosing “C220” in the “Radio > Tag Parameters and Commands” menu. 9.2.1 Parameters tab Figure 47: C220 panel (Parameters tab) Default Read Read lockable memory only: specifies if only lockable memory should be read during asynchronous read process, even if tags are in long reply mode.

  • Page 58: Eas And State Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.2.2 EAS and State tab Figure 48: C220 panel (Parameters tab) Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Click “Enable”/“Disable” to enable/disable EAS state of all C220 tags in the RF field. Tags must be locked for this operation to function properly. To change EAS state of unlocked tags, use memory writing operation instead.

  • Page 59: Memory Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.2.3 Memory tab Figure 49: C220 panel (Parameters tab) Write Operation To write memory and status bytes of all C220 tags in radio field, enter lockable and non- lockable data (in hexadecimal) to write, choose status bytes to set and click “Write All”.

  • Page 60: I-Code 1 (C270)

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.3 I-Code 1 (C270) Open “I-Code 1” panel by choosing “I-Code 1” in the “Radio > Tag Parameters and Commands” menu. 9.3.1 Parameters tab Figure 50: I-Code 1 panel (Parameters tab) Communication Bit Coding: to define bit rate used for uplink communication.

  • Page 61: Memory And State Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 If Application Identifier (in hexadecimal) is not null, only tags with the same identifier will reply. A null value disables the family code or the application identifier. 9.3.2 Memory and State tab...
  • Page 62 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Tag State Halted I-Code tags remain quiet as long as they stay in radio field. To perform selected halt, choose one or several tags from “Tag Selection” list and click “Selected Halt”.

  • Page 63: Iso 15693

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.4 ISO 15693 Open “ISO 15693” panel by choosing “ISO 15693” in the “Radio > Tag Parameters and Commands” menu. 9.4.1 Parameters Tab Figure 52: ISO 15693 panel (Parameters tab)
  • Page 64 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Table 1: Data Coding Modes Mode Description 1 of 4 The value is represented by the position of one pause determined two bits at a time. Four successive pairs of bits form a byte, where the least significant pair of bits is transmitted first.

  • Page 65: Information And State Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Setting the number of time slots to 1 disables anti-collision capability (i.e. tags must be read one at a time) “Signal level threshold” permits to report a tag only if its signal level is greater or equal to this threshold during asynchronous read.
  • Page 66 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Addressed Command If you want to perform addressed commands, you can choose in “Mode” the type of addressing to use. Table 3: Addressing Modes Mode Description No Addressing Commands are executed by all tags.

  • Page 67: Memory Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.4.3 Memory tab Figure 54: ISO 15693 panel (Memory tab) Memory operations are dependant on the memory organization supported by your ISO 15693 tags and require that you configure device’s radio as explained in section 9.2.1.

  • Page 68: Custom Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Single Block Operation To perform a single block operation, place ISO 15693 tags in radio field, choose an addressing mode, enter the block to use (decimal), enter optionally the data to write (hexadecimal) and click the operation to perform.

  • Page 69: I-Code Epc

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.5 I-Code ePC Open “I-Code ePC” panel by choosing “I-Code ePC” in the “Radio > Tag Parameters and Commands” menu. 9.5.1 Parameters tab Figure 56: I-Code ePC panel (Parameters tab) Communication “Number of time slots”...

  • Page 70: Memory Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.5.2 Memory tab Figure 57: I-Code ePC panel (Memory tab) Write All Operation To write ePC of all tags currently in radio field, enter the code as 12 hexadecimal bytes in “ePC”...

  • Page 71: Destruction Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.5.3 Destruction tab Figure 58: I-Code ePC panel (Destruction tab) Destroy Code Setting To write destroy code of all tags currently in radio field, enter the code as 3 hexadecimal bytes in “Code”...

  • Page 72: I-Code Uid

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.6 I-Code UID Open “I-Code UID” panel by choosing “I-Code UID” in the “Radio > Tag Parameters and Commands” menu. 9.6.1 Parameters Tab Figure 59: I-Code UID panel (Parameters tab) Communication “Number of time slots”...

  • Page 73: Memory Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.6.2 Memory Tab Figure 60: I-Code UID panel (Memory tab) Write All Operation To write ePC of all tags currently in radio field, enter the code as 12 hexadecimal bytes in “ePC”...
  • Page 74 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Destroy Tag Setting To destroy tag currently in radio field, enter its ePC/UID in “ePC”/”UID” fields and its destroy code in “Code” field and click “Destroy”. Page 74 of 89...

  • Page 75: I-Code Sli (C370)

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.7 I-Code SLI (C370) Open “I-Code SLI” panel by choosing “I-Code SLI” in the “Radio > Tag Parameters and Commands” menu. As I-Code SLI (C370) tags are ISO 15693 compliant, they support as well ISO 15693 parameters and commands (see section 9.4).

  • Page 76: Eas Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.7.2 EAS tab Figure 63: I-Code SLI panel (EAS tab) Addressed Command See section 9.2.2 for more information. Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) Click “Enable”/“Disable” to enable/disable EAS state. Click “Lock” to prevent any future state change of EAS.

  • Page 77: Password Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Default Read During an I-Code SLI-L/S default read, tags memory and optionally UID can be read. To read tags UID, check “Read UID”. The UID and then memory blocks will be reported sequentially.
  • Page 78 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Addressed Command See section 9.2.2 for more information. Some password commands can be executed in addressed or selected modes only. See I-Code SLI-L/S specifications for more information. Password Authentication Some I-Code SLI-L/S tag commands may require authenticating with a password.

  • Page 79: Eas Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 9.8.3 EAS tab Figure 66: I-Code SLI-L/S panel (EAS tab) Addressed Command See section 9.2.2 for more information. Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) You can manage other EAS features of I-Code SLI-L/S tags in “EAS” tab in “I- Code SLI”...

  • Page 80: Security Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 CAUTION: EAS password protection can not be disabled. 9.8.4 Security tab Figure 67: I-Code SLI-L/S panel (Security tab) Addressed Command See section 9.2.2 for more information. Destroy operation must be performed in selected or addressed mode.

  • Page 81: Epc Tab

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 To check the password-protection state of a page, click “Check”. CAUTION: Once locked, password-protection cannot be unlocked. Privacy To enable privacy mode, you must authenticate with privacy password as explained in section 9.8.2 and click “Enable privacy”.
  • Page 82 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 You can write ePCs of I-Code SLI-L/S tags in “Memory” tab of “I-Code ePC” panel (see section 0). Page 82 of 89...

  • Page 83: Using Io Sets

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 10 Using IO Sets 10.1 IO Sets Configuration An IO Set is a group of inputs/outputs that you can use with your application. 10.1.1 ISO Set Status Open “IO Sets Configuration” panel by clicking on the icon in the toolbar or by choosing “IO Sets Configuration”...

  • Page 84: Standalone Mode

    MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 11 Standalone Mode Standalone mode makes it possible to use the device without the need for a host to control it. In this case, only the tag reading operation is available.
  • Page 85 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 You can configure format of the message frame sent on serial port when a tag is read on “Message Format” tab. Figure 70: Standalone Mode panel (Message Format tab) Page 85 of 89...

  • Page 86: Miscellaneous Parameters

    (NVRAM) when it is turned on. Consequently, you should save current radio configuration to NVRAM before enabling standalone mode. Dialoc ID MCQ-Pro proposes you to do so when enabling standalone mode. See section to perform this operation manually. Page 86 of 89...

  • Page 87: Other Topics

    Check “Show wizard on startup” to show wizard when DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro starts up. Communication Before attempting to connect to a TCP/IP device, DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro tries to ping it. If pinging timeouts, connecting will not be attempted. You can define in “Ping timeout” field the time in milliseconds to wait before aborting the connection attempt.

  • Page 88: Analog Signal Capture

    3. Choose a sample rate and define capture and display settings (see next section). 4. Click to begin signal capture. If the radio field is turned off, DIALOC ID MCQ-Pro will ask you to turn it on; click “OK” to accept. Again, make sure an antenna is connected to the channel before accepting.
  • Page 89 MCQ-PRO RFID Reader — Installation and Tuning Manual Version 1.00 Figure 73: Analog Signal Capture The left part of the panel displays signal on time domain; the right part displays signal on frequency domain. You can move and zoom in time graph using scrollbars and buttons.

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