Summary of Contents for Reindeer MASTIFF
- Page 1 MASTIFF™ HTTP Ethernet Reader User Manual P a g e CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual...
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Page 2: Confidential And Proprietary Information
This document is intended only to assist the reader in the use of the product. Reindeer Technologies Private Limited shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of any information in this guide, any error or omission in such information, or any incorrect use of the product. -
Page 3: Document Revision History
Document Revision History Version No. Author Date Description/Changes V1.0 29/12/2015 Initial Release V1.1 25/02/2016 V1.2 26/05/2016 HTTP Format Change P a g e CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual... -
Page 4: Safety Instructions
Do not handle the boards with bare hands. WARNING: Do not operate the device without antenna. Antenna is mandatory and the device will be damaged when operated without connecting to an antenna. P a g e CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual... - Page 5 3.3. Ethernet Specifications ................................9 3.4. Relay Specifications ................................. 9 Mastiff Ethernet Reader – User Configuration ........................ 9 Mastiff Ethernet Reader to Server – Data Interface ....................12 5.1. Interface Description ................................12 5.2. HTTP Post Request Packet Format ..........................12 5.3.
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Page 6: Introduction
Figure 1: Picture of Mastiff Ethernet Reader To Power up the Mastiff Ethernet Reader, a Separate DC (12V) supply can be given through the DC Jack provided. The block diagram of Mastiff Ethernet Reader has been shown in Figure 2. - Page 7 Power to the processors and its peripherals on any Software failures. The power is switched ON which resembles the ‘Power On Reset’ for the processors. This device comes with a unity gain Omni directional 865 MHz Antenna. The Mastiff Ethernet Reader has a Low Noise P a g e CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™...
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Page 8: Device Specifications
A mini-USB Port from the main controller is used to feed the configuration data from the PC as well as to read the configuration data into the PC. The Configuration of Mastiff Ethernet Reader has been explained in detail in section 6. -
Page 9: Ethernet Specifications
Maximum Switching Current 4. Mastiff Ethernet Reader – User Configuration Mastiff Ethernet Reader comes with the option to configure few parameters by the user. This user configuration options gives the flexibility of usage to the user. Mastiff Ethernet Reader parameters can be configured by the user. Here in Ethernet... - Page 10 RF channel in both Ethernet Reader and the tag has to match for the RF communication to happen. RF baud rate and RF channel options are similar to that of Mastiff Tag. The Ethernet Reader’s RF Reception Sensitivity Level has to be kept as high to increase the read range. Relay ON Time parameter is used to fix the ON time for the relay.
- Page 11 Reader once the button is clicked and the application waits for the acknowledgement from the Mastiff Ethernet Reader. The application shows ‘Write to Device Successful’ message once the acknowledgement has been received. Otherwise the application shows ‘Write to Device Not Successful’...
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Page 12: Mastiff Ethernet Reader To Server – Data Interface
1300 tag records (tag ID along with the date and time at which it gets captured). Once the connection is re-established, then the tag data in NVM will be transmitted to the server. The device has an RTC battery so that the Mastiff Reader’s RTC keeps the time always even if the unit is powered off. - Page 13 Bytes) + &bs9= (5Bytes) + Tag9 Battery Status(1 Byte) + &rs9= (5Bytes) + Received Signal Strength Indicator(RSSI) for Tag9 (1 Byte) + dt9= (4 Bytes) + Tag9 Read date(6 Bytes) + P a g e | 13 CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual...
- Page 14 This is the content length in HTTP header. It is the total length of POST data and it is constant 469. Sequence Number It is the packet sequence number which gets 016 P a g e | 14 CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual...
- Page 15 These fields will repeat for the 10 tags (x = 0 to 9) S. No RSSI Field RSSI Range -20dBm to -29dBm -30dBm to -39dBm -40dBm to -49dBm -50dBm to -59dBm -60dBm to -69dBm -70dBm to -79dBm P a g e | 15 CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual...
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Page 16: Sample Web Application
$v_bs[3]=($_POST["bs3"]); $v_rs[3]=($_POST["rs3"]); $v_dt[3]=($_POST["dt3"]); //Fourth Tag Entry Date $v_tm[3]=($_POST["tm3"]); //Fourth Tag Entry Time $v_t[4]=($_POST["t4"]); //Fifth Tag $v_bs[4]=($_POST["bs4"]); $v_rs[4]=($_POST["rs4"]); $v_dt[4]=($_POST["dt4"]); //Fifth Tag Entry Date $v_tm[4]=($_POST["tm4"]); //Fifth Tag Entry Time P a g e | 16 CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual... - Page 17 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `tag_date_time` ( `server_Time` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, `reader_id` varchar(4) NOT NULL, `serial_no` varchar(3) NOT NULL, `packet_type` varchar(1) NOT NULL, `tagid` varchar(7) NOT NULL, `battery_stat` varchar(1) NOT NULL, P a g e | 17 CONFIDENTIAL MASTIFF™ Reader Module - User Manual...
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Page 18: Troubleshooting
This section gives some troubleshooting tips which help the users to diagnose and solve the problem by themselves. These problems may creep in when the user goes to install the system. This section gives the commonly encountered problems with Mastiff Tag and Mastiff Ethernet Reader and gives the possible solutions. - Page 19 3. Show the magnet near to the center of the Mastiff Tag as the reed switch is in the center. 4. Check the voltage for the battery and if it is less than 2.5V, then change the battery and try the configuration again.
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Page 20: Ordering Information
4. Check whether the Reader’s Ethernet LED is blinking for every 1 second. This indicates that the Ethernet stack is running in the Reader. P6. Mastiff Ethernet Reader misses out some tags while sending the data to the Reader. S6. Check Whether the Server Update Interval is at least three times the tag transmission time interval. -
Page 21: Technical Support
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