Reader Service; Using The Browser-Based Interface - Omron V740 Series Operation Manual

5. Click the Settings link in the navigation menu.
The Modify Settings page appears.
6. These setting apply to both the LAN interface
and the wireless interface. If you wish to use
DHCP select the DHCP? Yes radio button;
otherwise, enter the required network settings
in the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway
fields. The fields will turn red if the gateway is
not on the same subnet as the IP address.
Then, click the Save Changes button.
IMPORTANT: Do not disconnect power until
the save process is complete.
7. Set the Reader RF power per instructions on
page 4 to correspond to antenna and cable
types.
8. Verify that the settings shown are correct.
Then, restart the Reader by disconnecting the
power cable and then reconnecting it
(Restarting the Reader on page 10).
It may take several seconds for the Reader to
restart. If the IP address was changed, you
must type the new address into the browser
address field to communicate with the Reader.
9. Once the system restarts, click Save
Changes. You are taken to the Settings page.
Your changes will be saved and then applied.
After the Reader reconfigures its network
interfaces, it will automatically redirect you to
its status page. There is no need to restart the
Reader.
IMPORTANT: Do not disconnect power while
the Reader is saving its new configuration.
The Reader is now ready to receive
commands from the network.
10. Use the Query page of the browser-based
interface to verify antenna operation.
11. Close the browser window. Start the Reader
application on the network.

Reader Service

Using the Browser-Based
Interface
The V740 Reader browser-based interface
communicates directly with the RFID Reader. It
includes several tools that enable you to monitor
V740 RFID READER ANTENNA
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Reader performance, change Reader settings, and
upgrade Reader firmware.
A navigation menu provides access to the following
pages:
•
Status—Displays current operational settings.
•
Query—Allows the user to set frequency of
operation, set antennas, set RF air interface
protocols, and read tags.
•
Write—Allows the user to write tags; this is
only applicable to tags that are writeable.
•
Settings—Allows the user to modify network
settings.
•
Firmware—This page can be used to upgrade
the tag Reader with new firmware images
supplied by OMRON.
•
Restart—Allows the user to restart the
Reader.
•
Diagnostics—This page provides the current
operating settings of the Reader.
•
Help—This page provides information that is
helpful in operating the tag Reader.
The browser-based interface can be run from any
PC on the network. Care must be taken to
configure the PC with an IP address and subnet
mask compatible with the current operational
settings of the Reader.
To start the browser-based interface:
1. Exit all Reader applications on the network.
IMPORTANT: Running another Reader
application while using the browser-based
interface may cause a Reader error. If this
happens, reboot the Reader or restart it using
the browser-based interface.
2. Start a Java-enabled web browser from any
network-enabled PC.
3. Type the IP address of the Reader to which
you want to communicate in the Address field
of the browser or use Apple's Rendezvous™
protocol to browse to it.
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