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Kathrein RRU4 Series Configuration Manual

Kathrein RRU4 Series Configuration Manual

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Englisch
Configuration manual for
Kathrein RFID UHF-Reader
RRU4
ARU4
M-ARU
ERU
RDR
This document is valid for all Kathrein RFID reader and describes the configurationspharameter that
are necessary to operate the reader.
Although reference is made in the text to RRU4 respect, with the same commands can be controlled
in any other reader.
version 1.01
date of creation: 01.06.2012
document no.: 936B061

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  • Page 1 RRU4 ARU4 M-ARU This document is valid for all Kathrein RFID reader and describes the configurationspharameter that are necessary to operate the reader. Although reference is made in the text to RRU4 respect, with the same commands can be controlled in any other reader.
  • Page 2 English Configuration manual Reader RFID-UHF Reader This manual applies to the following RRU4 types: Type: Order number: RRU4-RS4-E6 52010093 RRU4-ETG-E6 52010094 RRU4-ETL-E6 52010095 RRU4-RS4-U6 52010096 RRU4-ETG-U6 52010097 RRU4-ELC-E6 © KRAI 52010180 RRU4-ELC-U6 © KRAI 52010181 This manual applies to the following ARU4 types: Type: Order number: ARU4-RS4-E6...

  • Page 3: Foreword And General Information

    Kathrein provides this document to its customers in connection with contacts of sale for the products described therein. If the person in possession of this document, being a legal or natural person, is not a contractual sales partner of Kathrein, or Kathrein has not intended him by other means as the recipient of the document and the information contained therein, the person in possession is hereby informed that the use of this document is unlawful and a violation of the rights of Kathrein.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    English List of Contents Foreword and general information List of Contents - Reader configuration Introduction 1.1. Structure of the configuration IDs 1.2. The parameter sets Description of the configuration parameters of the RRU4 reader system 2.1. The “Global” configuration group 2.2.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    The RRU4 Kathrein UHF RFID reader system is characterised by great flexibility in addressing RFID applications. One reason for this is the wide variety of reading devices from the Kathrein product portfolio, which are compatible with each other and permit optimum configuration to the application. A further reason for the high flexibility is the wide range of parameters for configuring the reader firmware.

  • Page 6: Description Of The Configuration Parameters Of The Rru4 Reader System

    English Description of the configuration parameters Description of the configuration parameters of the RRU4 reader system 2.1. The “Global” configuration group 2.1.1. “DefaultParamset” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: Description: This parameter is the only one in its configuration group. In contrast to all the other parameters, this one is “independent”.
  • Page 7 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.2.2. “TimeToPowerOff” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Word (16-bit) Unit: Seconds Value range: 0-65535 Description: This parameter sets the duration for how long the transmission carrier remains switched on after the completion of an inventory, or a tag operation in general.
  • Page 8 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.2.4. “MultiplexingAntennaport1...8” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: Value range: 0; 1-8 Description: These eight parameters form the antenna multiplex list of the reader. Either an antenna port number (1 to 8) or a zero can be entered in each of the eight list slots.

  • Page 9: Multiplexingexposuretime1

    English Description of the configuration parameters 2.3. “MultiplexingExposureTime1...8” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Word (16-bit) Unit: milliseconds Value range: 0-65535 Description: The values of these configuration parameters are of interest only to reader commands that start with “ASync...”. Each parameter stands for an exposure time which specifies how long the reader maintains exposure for inventories the respective position –...
  • Page 10 English Description of the configuration parameters Important! Close field antennas have a negative gain, since they are designed not for electromagnetic coupling with the tag but for magnetic coupling. To configure close field antennas correctly, enter the antenna gain as 5.25 dBic (a parameter value of 21 dec) and the antenna radiated power (“RFPower1...8”) as the maximum input power stated in the antenna data sheet.

  • Page 11: The Configuration Group "Tag Communication" ("Tagcomm")

    English Description of the configuration parameters 2.3.6. “EnableRSSIThresholdAtSpecificCmds” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.46.00 Data type: Bool (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0; 255 Description: The RSSI threshold value set by the “RSSIThreshold1...8” parameter applies equally to non-specific (“...GetEPCs”, “...Any”) and specific (“...Specific”) tag reader commands. The effect on specific tag reader commands can however be switched on and off by these configuration parameters.
  • Page 12 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.4.2. “InitialQ” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0-15 Description: The value Q in the inventory process specifies how many tags there are in the reader antenna field and which must be detected.
  • Page 13 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.4.4. “MaxErrors” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0-255 Description: The “MaxErrors” configuration parameter indicates how often a command is issued by the reader to the tag when the response expected by the reader from the tag remains outstanding.
  • Page 14 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.4.7. “IntelligentWrite” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Bool (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0; 255 Description: Depending on the type of tag, it requires 10 to 20 milliseconds time to write 16 bits of data (one word). If for instance a 96-bit EPC should be written, then the time which a tag requires for saving the data is 120 milliseconds in the worst case.
  • Page 15 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.4.9. “QueryTarget” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Bool (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0; 255 Description: Tags to EPCGlobal Class 1 Gen 2 support four different “sessions”. At each session a tag can be given an inventoried flag to indicate whether or not it has already been detected by the reader during an inventory process.
  • Page 16 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.4.11. “ForcePowerOffAfterEPCWrite” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.40.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: milliseconds Value range: 0-255 Description: During the inventory process a tag transmits its EPC and a checksum to the reader. This checksum is formed when the tag is “Powered up”...
  • Page 17 Description: From firmware version v2.00.00, RRU4 RFID readers of the Kathrein reader system can read tags with an EPC length of 0 to 31 words (0 to 496-bit EPCs). This parameter allows deactivation of the automatic detection of the EPC length, thus forcing the reader to work with a fixed length.

  • Page 18: The Configuration Group "Observedlist

    This parameter should not be changed. It has no influence over the generation of a “coming” or “going” message. Kathrein reserves the right to remove this parameter from firmware versions at a future point in time. 2.5.2.

  • Page 19: The Configuration Group "Host Communication" ("Hostcomm")

    English Description of the configuration parameters 2.5.3. “ObservedTimeoutCnt” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0-255 Description: This configuration parameter applies only to asynchronous protocol commands (“ASync...”). For the duration of an asynchronous command, the reader compiles a list of all the tags found within the antenna range. If a tag is present in the antenna range for multiple inventories, a “coming”...
  • Page 20 English Description of the configuration parameters During antenna-dependent operation the antenna information is used in this process, as well as the EPC. That means that a tag which was detected by multiple antennas also generates multiple records in the reader. Each record then contains the same EPC but a different antenna port number.

  • Page 21: The Configuration Group "Etsi

    English Description of the configuration parameters 2.7. The configuration group “ETSI” 2.7.1. “PortChannelListGlobalValue1...16” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Byte (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0-15 Description: These configuration parameters are relevant only if “ETSI_EN302208” or “ETSI_EN302208_LBT” was selected as the communications standard.

  • Page 22: The Configuration Group "Communication Standard" ("Commstandard")

    English Description of the configuration parameters 2.7.4. “PowerCheckOverAllAllowedChannels” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.30.00 Data type: Bool (8-bit) Unit: – Value range: 0; 255 Description: These configuration parameters are relevant only if “ETSI_EN302208” or “ETSI_EN302208_LBT” was selected as the communications standard. Different maximum transmission powers are allowed per channel, depending on the communications standard: For EN 302208 these are: channel...
  • Page 23 English Description of the configuration parameters Important! Since there are frequencies which the hardware of the RFID reader cannot deliver, when using the “Special” communications standard, a spectrum analysis must be performed to check whether each channel frequency is available for the correct setting. 2.8.1.
  • Page 24 English Description of the configuration parameters 2.8.4. “MinChannelWaitTime” Characteristics: available from firmware: v1.32.00 Data type: Word (16-bit) Unit: milliseconds Value range: 0-65535 Description: This configuration parameter for the “Special” communications standard specifies how long the reader must wait before returning to a channel after its maximum exposure time (“MaxChannelTime”) has elapsed. 2.8.5.

  • Page 25: List Of References

    List of references English „communication protocol“ ((A)) for software developers „configurational manual reader“ ((B)) for commissioning „installation manual reader“ ((C)) Setup and installation "installation manual antenna“ ((D)) Setup and installation „EPCGlobal standard“ ((E)) for software developers Configuration manual Reader Modifications, misprints and errors excepted.

  • Page 26: Contact Address

    Contact address addresss: contact: Kathrein RFID E-Mail: rfid-sales@kathrein-sachsen.de Am Kroit 25 - 27 Internet: www.kathrein-rfid.de D-83123 Amerang Configuration manual Reader Modifications, misprints and errors excepted.

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