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- Page 1 Agrident GmbH, Steinklippen Str. 11, D-30890 Barsinghausen Phone +49 5105 582573-10 - Fax +49 5105 582573-17 AWR 100 Stick Reader V08/10/07...
- Page 2 Agrident GmbH. Agrident GmbH reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of this documentation without obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
AWR100 Content Preparing for Use ....................5 Accessories ....................6 Stick Reader Interface and signalling ............7 Installing or changing the battery pack ............8 Trickle charging the battery pack............... 10 Battery pack fast charger .................. 11 Controlling the Stick Reader................12 Switching on the Stick Reader.............. - Page 4 AWR100 Reading the database ................28 Clearing the database ................29 Safety and care ....................30 Warranty......................30 FCC digital device limitations ................31 CE MARKING ....................31 Trouble shooting .................... 31 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential Page 4 of 31...
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Page 5: Preparing For Use
AWR100 1. Preparing for Use Red and green LED Battery pack RS232 cable Antenna Beeper Handle grip Blue LED Cable connector LCD Display Read button End cap with RS232 and power interface Figure 1: AWR100 Stick Reader The AWR100 Stick Reader is shipped with one rechargeable battery pack, one RS232 cable (1,5m), one power supply for trickle charging, two eartag transponders (one FDX-B and one HDX) and AWR100 demo software. -
Page 6: Accessories
AWR100 1.1 Accessories Bluetooth end cap Bluetooth USB dongle (CD with drivers included) External fast-charging station plus one battery pack Battery pack RS232 end cap RS232 cable (1.5m) RS232 cable (3m) Power supply for trickle charging Cigarette lighter charging cable (for trickle charging only, 12V with voltage limiter) End cap with RS232 and power interface Bluetooth end cap RS232 cable (1.5m or 3m) -
Page 7: Stick Reader Interface And Signalling
AWR100 1.2 Stick Reader Interface and signalling Parameter Setting Red LED The red LED is flashing during the Stick Reader tries to read transponders. This behaviour can be disabled or enabled by AWR100 demo software. Green LED The Green LED is flashing after a transponder was read. -
Page 8: Installing Or Changing The Battery Pack
AWR100 1.3 Installing or changing the battery pack If using the Stick Reader for the first time, the battery pack has to be installed first. Turn screw of end cap anti clockwise. Remove end cap. Remove old battery pack. 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential Page 8 of 31... - Page 9 AWR100 Install new battery pack. Mount end cap and turn screw of end cap clockwise. Important! The screw has to be fastened completely, otherwise contact problems can occur. 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential Page 9 of 31...
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Page 10: Trickle Charging The Battery Pack
AWR100 2. Trickle charging the battery pack Full charging takes at least 16 hours up to 20 hours (longer charge time is allowed). Connect RS232 cable to RS232 end cap. Figure 4: RS232 connection RS232 cable to end cap Plug in RS232 connector into RS232 jack of RS232 end cap and turn connector clockwise. 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential Page 10 of 31... -
Page 11: Battery Pack Fast Charger
AWR100 Connect the power jack of the RS232 cable to the power supply for trickle charging. Power supply for trickle charging RS232 cable Figure 5: Connections and accessories for trickle charging 3. Battery pack fast charger For faster battery charging an external charging station is available. Figure 6: Battery pack fast charger 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential... -
Page 12: Controlling The Stick Reader
AWR100 Figure 7: Battery pack fast charger with battery pack 4. Controlling the Stick Reader 4.1 Switching on the Stick Reader In the off state, the Stick Reader is separated from the battery. Only a few parts (e.g. the inter- nal real time clock) are supplied by the battery. -
Page 13: Reading Transponders
AWR100 If Bluetooth is activated, the internal Bluetooth adapter is initialised first. In this case the following dialog appears on the LCD display: Init Bluetooth After Stick Reader is ready to work, the following text appears on the top left side of the LCD display: Press key If Bluetooth is activated and connected, a Bluetooth symbol appears on the right side of the... -
Page 14: Reading Transponder Immediately
AWR100 On the first Line of the LCD display, the transponder number is displayed in decimal format. On the second Line of the LCD display, time and transponder type are displayed. 984 010900316360 12:41:26 If an event is assigned to the read transponder (at this time only 30 transponders can be as- signed to an event), the event and the time are displayed alternating in the second line of the LCD display. -
Page 15: Version
AWR100 4.3.1 Version On the first line of the LCD display the current software version of the Stick Reader appears: Agrident V1.04 4.3.2 Date/Time On the second line of the LCD display the current date and time is displayed first: Agrident V1.04... -
Page 16: Bluetooth
Reader. The status of the Bluetooth interface appears on the second line of the LCD interface (on or off): Agrident V1.04 ->Bluetooth on The arrow in front of the status is a hind, that this status can be changed by pressing the key. -
Page 17: Reset Config
If the pairing failed, the following information is displayed on the second line of the LCD display: Pairing failed 4.3.7 Reset Config The following text appears on the second line of the LCD display: Agrident V1.04 -> Reset config 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential... -
Page 18: Online / Offline
The configuration of the Stick Reader can be reset to the factory settings by pressing the read button. After a successful resetting of the configuration Agrident V1.04 Done appears on the second line of the LCD display for a certain time. -
Page 19: Permanent Read
AWR100 Otherwise the last read transponders are displayed in the same format described in chapter 4.2.1: 984 010900316360 12:41:26 4.4 Permanent Read If lots of transponders have to be read in a short distance or time, the Stick reader offers the permanent read mode. -
Page 20: Configuration
AWR100 5. Configuration For configure the Stick Reader, the program Stickreader.exe is available. 5.1 Comport settings After first start of the program a comport has to be set. Therefore chose Comport in the menu Settings: The following dialog appears: Chosen Comport Select Comport and press OK. - Page 21 AWR100 In order to configure the Stick Reader, the AWR100 demo software has to be activated first. The following start screen appears: Press Pushbutton Configuration: The following dialog appears: Activate Stick Reader and wait until message "Stick Reader connected" appears in the status line of the main dialog.
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Page 22: Synchronising The Real Time Clock
AWR100 5.1.1 Synchronising the real time clock Chose register RealTimeClock: Press pushbutton Sync. The current PC time is transmitted to the Stick Reader. The current time of the Stick Reader can be requested by pressing the pushbutton Get. 08/10/2007 Vertraulich / Confidential Page 22 of 31... -
Page 23: Configuring The Reading Time
AWR100 5.1.2 Configuring the reading time The amount off read cycles is configurable. Therefore choose the index Reader: Set Timeout in ms (only 100ms Steps possible), press pushbutton Set. In order to store new timeout value permanently press pushbutton Save. In this example a timeout value of 3000ms is set. -
Page 24: Configuring The Switch Off Time
AWR100 5.1.3 Configuring the switch off time The Stick Reader is switched off automatically a certain time after last action (e.g. transponder read or menu access). The switch off time is configurable between 5 and 600 seconds. Type in the number of seconds in the corresponding input field and press the Set pushbutton. Current switch off time can be read out by pressing the Get all pushbutton. -
Page 25: Configuring Io
AWR100 5.1.4 Configuring IO During the RF field is on, the red LED in front of the Stick Reader is flashing. After a successful reading the green LED in front of the Stick Reader is flashing and the beeper is beeping. Both can be enabled or disabled by marking or unmarking the corresponding checkboxes and pressing the corresponding Set pushbutton. -
Page 26: Configuring Permanent Read
AWR100 5.1.5 Configuring Permanent read If lots of transponders have to be read in a short time, permanent read mode is a useful tool. In this mode reading transponders takes place until timeout reached or read button is pressed. After successful read of a transponder, timeout will be reset. To prevent parts of the Stick Reader from overheating break time must be greater than 450 times number of reads. -
Page 27: Events
AWR100 5.2 Events In a second database up to 30 transponders can be assigned to one of three possible events. The text of an event can be set to any value, but the length of the text must not exceed 13 char- acters. -
Page 28: Reading The Database
AWR100 The following dialog appears: The amount of currently stored entries can be requested by pressing the pushbutton Get. A certain dataset can be read by setting the number of the dataset in field Number and pressing the pushbutton Read. A stored database file can be read by pressing the pushbutton Open. 6.1 Reading the database By pressing the pushbutton Get all, all stored datasets will be downloaded and displayed in the list box. -
Page 29: Clearing The Database
AWR100 In this example the database consists of 41 datasets: The first separator (Group 1) is automatically set by the PC. All other separators are part of the database of the Stick Reader. By pressing the pushbutton Open, stored datasets can be watched in the list box. 6.2 Clearing the database By pressing the pushbutton Clear, the complete contents of the database will be erased if the following dialog is answered with Yes. -
Page 30: Safety And Care
This exclusion of liability does not apply to claims made on the basis of the Product Liability Act. c. Warranty claims cannot be entertained unless the Agrident system was installed properly and used properly and for the purpose intended. -
Page 31: Fcc Digital Device Limitations
10. CE MARKING Hereby, Agrident BV declares that this equipment, if used according to the instructions, is in compli- ance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the RTTE Directive 1999/5/EC. For use in all countries of the EU.
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