GIGA-TMS MSR120 Series User Manual page 10

Operational Description
1. Powered by Battery
For normal use, the unit is powered by battery. Push the Power Switch Button
unit. Also push the Power Switch Button
turned on, the power would be turned off automatically if there is no swiping a card on the unit in 30 seconds (default) at
Auto Power Off Mode. This means the unit would be turned off if no swiping a card again in every 30 seconds (default)
after every card swiping. It would have Low Battery Detect/Warning indication when the unit is powered by battery.
2. Powered by Cable
When MSR120 is connected/disconnected to external power adapter by the WAS-T0017 RS232 cable or USB port by
the WAS-1571 USB cable,, it would be turned On/Off automatically. When the unit is connected with the PC through the
communication Cable (WAS-T0017 or WAS-1571) and the PC is running MSR120 software and then the unit will be
turned on. Then you can do the unit Setting, Configuration or data downloading. When powered by cable from PC, the
" "
Power Switch would have no function and the unit would have no Low Battery Detect/Warning function.
3. Real Time Clock Setting
Before start using the unit, you must set the Real Time Clock (RTC) inside the unit to your local time. If there is no
battery for quite a while or it is powered by cable for quite a while this would cause Real Time clock (RTC)
malfunctioned due to no power supply. When put on the battery to turn on the unit and the Red/Green LED take turns
blinking, this means the RTC is malfunctioning and you must do the RTC time setting before you use the unit.
4. Low Battery Detect
When powered by battery, it would have Low Battery Detect function. When the battery goes low, the LCD would
display " " and you must charge battery immediately, otherwise, the unit would shut down any time without pre-
warning.
5. Swipe Card
When MSR120 is showing the status of any function on the screen, after swiping magnetic card to MSR120 reader,
MSR120 is display magnetic card ID and record(s) information on the screen immediately. When MSR120 in not work
for next magnetic card swipe, MSR120 reader will back to default screen automatically.
6. Operate for Calendar
Before setting calendar function, please delete remaining records from MSR120 reader, if there are records in the
memory of MSR120, your operate setting for Calendar, MSR120 reader will display " Record no empty" on the screen.
7. Memory Full Warning
Log database memory is full. You not be able to add any new records. Free the log database memory by uploading the
data to the PC.
8. Communication by WAS-T0017
You must use external power when the PC connect to MSR120 by WAS-T0017 cable, or else the communication is not
action. You should be press any key on MSR120 until the communication is finished, if you don't use external power.
9. Firmware Management mode (FMM)
FMM allows you to quickly upgrade your MSR120's internal firmware via com port and also check validity of
currently loaded firmware. Contact your dealer for most recent firmware upgrade files.
10. Database in memory
The MSR120 allows you to manage database by software . The Logical Erase Database will logic clean the database.
The Physical Erase Database will physical clean the database and it's can't recover the database. The Recovery Database
will recover the previous erase and not yet covered database. The record pointer has retune to the top of the database
after any erase.
Technical And Operational Description
" "
for about 2 seconds to turn off the unit at Switch Mode. After the unit is
10
" "
for about 2 seconds to turn on the