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GS1100 Series
GuardScan Guard Tour Terminal
Manual Part Number : TM951199 REV : 02
Dev 2009
GIGA-TMS
REGISTERED TO ISO 9001:2000
8F, No.31, Lane 169, Kang-Ning St., Hsi-Chih Taipei Hsien, 221 Taiwan
Phone: (886) 2-2695-4214
FAX: (886) 2-2695-4213
www.gigatms.com.tw

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  • Page 1 GS1100 Series GuardScan Guard Tour Terminal Manual Part Number : TM951199 REV : 02 Dev 2009 GIGA-TMS REGISTERED TO ISO 9001:2000 8F, No.31, Lane 169, Kang-Ning St., Hsi-Chih Taipei Hsien, 221 Taiwan Phone: (886) 2-2695-4214 FAX: (886) 2-2695-4213 www.gigatms.com.tw...
  • Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of GIGA-TMS Inc. REVISIONS...
  • Page 3 Getting Started Important Notice before Getting Started: Update Date / Time of GS1100  For each new GS1100 terminal, the internal date / time value needs to be calibrated with your local time for the first time. After synchronizing the date / time of GS1100 with your PC (refer to point a.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Introduction The new GS1100 GuardScan Plus is a more convenient Guard Tour Data Collection Terminal, based on RFID technology, it helps you watch over your employees that have had difficulties to track those whose working duties require moving from place to place, such as security guard patrolling, policeman patrolling, remote equipment inspection / maintenance...etc.
  • Page 5: Overview On Gs1100 Handset

    Overview on GS1100 Handset 1. Power/Scanning button: continuously press this button and switch the power on to start the data reading. 2. Status indicating LED: served as the GS1100 handset status indication 3. Sensing field: the effective working area of RFID Tag scanning 4.
  • Page 6 REFERENCE OF INDICATION: STATUS SCAN BUTTON LED/BEEP SCAN VIBRATION Power off LED off Press and hold the SCAN Scanning SCAN LED on button Scan OK A beep and SCAN LED off Flash Memory Press and hold the SCAN SCAN LED lights for 10 seconds -> button for 20 seconds SCAN LED (1 blink every 2 seconds) SCAN LED (1 blink) ->...
  • Page 7: Overview On Gs1100 Accessories

    Overview on GS1100 Accessories USB Cable : RS232 Cable : Software and User Manual Battery Cover...
  • Page 8: Using Gs1100

    Using GS1100 Recording Data Shown as illustration 2, hold the GS1100 in the scanning distance at about 60 mm ( depending on the tags ), aim the GS1100 head at the RFID tag and press the Scan button till the GREEN SCAN LED turns ON to read the RFID tag . Meanwhile you will hear one beep which means a successful reading is achieved , then the GREEN SCAN LED will turns off and GS1100 body shakes .
  • Page 9 Uploading Data to a PC Shown as illustration 3, connect GS1100 terminal with the communication cable. The GS1100 itself will enter into the communication mode. Note: When the GS1100 is in communication mode, it is not able to scan the RFID tag even if you press the Scan button. We strongly recommend you to do the “...
  • Page 10 Memory Full Also shown as illustration 4, when you press the Power/Scanning button on the GS1100, the RED B/L LED flashes once and the Buzzer keeps three beep-beep-beep; then the GREEN SCAN LED blinks two times at every 2 seconds and stops 10 seconds later. The GS1100 is not able to read any RFID Tags.
  • Page 11: Guardscan Monitor Program

    CD-ROM auto-run function is disabled, double-click the setup.exe manually for the program installation.) Launch Program: 1. From [Start] / [Programs] / [GIGA-TMS], click [GuardScan Monitor]. 2. A [Password Required] window will pop up, enter correct password (default is 0000), and then go to GuardScan Monitor program main window.
  • Page 12 Configuration - [General Commands] tab: Set [Comm. Port] that the terminal is connected. Each command result will show in the Message box. a. Set Time: Update the specified date / time to GS1100. b. Sync. Time: Synchronize date / time of PC to GS1100. c.
  • Page 13 j. Clear Data: Clear all data in the memory of GS1100. k. Battery Voltage: Get battery voltage value of GS1100. l. Buzzer & Vibration: Buzzer means the terminal sounds when reading a tag. Vibration means the terminal vibrates when reading a tag. They can be set to On/Off.
  • Page 14 launch. Note: a. GS1100 will be automatically turned off if there is not any communication between PC and the terminal over 3 minutes. This is for power saving purpose. b. To prevent unwanted people from using GuardScan Monitor program, make sure the program is ended when leaving PC.
  • Page 15: Communication Protocol

    Communication Protocol GS1100 communications protocol has been extended to accommodate several new commands. At the same time, backward compatibility is maintained with earlier device version (GS1000A). Communications between the GS1100 and PC take place in the form of commands sent by PC side and replies from GS1100.
  • Page 16 Command code consists of a single character. See below for complete description of all available commands. Data packets start with the STX character and end with ETX character. ETX character is followed by the BCC byte. DATA FORMAT 1 ch. Data characters 1 ch.
  • Page 17 Set Date/Time („S‟, 53H) PC to GS1100 ENQ-M#-„S‟ GS1100 to PC ACK* PC to GS1100 STX-date/time-ETX-BCC GS1100 to PC ACK/(NAK)** PC to GS1100 Date/time field has the following format: YYYYMMDDhhmmss, where: YYYY- year, MM- month, DD- date, hh- hour, mm- minutes, ss- seconds. *The GS1100 will accept this command regardless of whether there is any data in the log database or not.
  • Page 18 Record data format: MM,II…I,YYYY/MM/DD,hh:mm:ss, where MM- machine number, II…I- RFID tag‟s ID-code, YYYY- year, MM- month, DD-date, hh- hour, mm- minutes, ss- seconds. Initialize (clear) database („D‟, 44H) PC to GS1100 ENQ-M#-„D‟ GS1100 to PC ACK* PC to GS1100 This command reinitializes the log database. All contents are logically deleted, which means that actual record data is not erased, just some database-related housekeeping is initialized.
  • Page 19 New machine number is a 2-byte Hex string. Therefore, machine number can have a value in the 00H…FFH range. Get machine number („Q‟, 51H) PC to GS1100 ENQ-M#-„Q‟ GS1100 to PC STX-current machine number-ETX-BCC PC to GS1100 ACK/(NAK) GS1100 to PC Current machine number is a 2-byte Hex string.
  • Page 20 Power down („O‟, 4FH) PC to GS1100 ENQ-M#-„O‟ GS1100 to PC This command puts the GS1100 into the low-power sleep mode. Following this command all communications are suspended. The User must press the Scan button to reawaken the device. Login EEPROM Test Mode („F‟, 46H) PC to GS1100 ENQ-M#-„F‟...
  • Page 21: Firmware Management Mode

    Firmware Management Mode GS1100 features the Firmware update function in quick and easy way to access. Please refer to following instructions : 1. Check it up with your local distributor for the latest version ROM-T0836 Connect GS1100 to PC comm. Port. Press the “Power/Scanning” button for 1 second to make GS1100 enter into communication mode.
  • Page 22 4. The complete of firmware updating window reads as follows Note: Once you found the firmware is not working well which may indicate that you are not able to follow above procedure to complete the firmware updating. By avoiding this, you may connect USB cable into PC comm.
  • Page 23: Hardware Test

    Hardware Test An additional feature of GS1100 is the ability to do the Hardware test. Please refer to “Communication section” to start. Command “ Z” is the said command. ( Also refer to page 17 command) Two steps are covered in the work of Hardware testing Flash memory testing When you are accessing the flash memory test, the GREEN SCAN LED will keep blinking in quick motion.
  • Page 24: Gs1100 Specification

    GS1100 Specification  Storage Capacity: 14320  RFID card format: 125KHz, ASK, 64 Bits Manchester Coding  Reading distance: around 60~70 mm depending on the tags  Operating time in active (scanning) mode: up to 50,000 reading ((brand new Duracell MN1500, LR6, DC 1.5V battery, on line 1 second, off line 1 second covering the time of data uploading to PC) ...