Katun TCM4 User Manual & Technical Manual

Multifrequency card reader

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TCM4
MultiFrequency
Card reader
User Guide
&Technical Manual
V1.2

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  • Page 1 TCM4 MultiFrequency Card reader User Guide &Technical Manual V1.2...
  • Page 2 SAFETY   Operator accessible areas This CARTADIS product and supplies are manufactured and certified strict safety This product has been designed regulations, electromagnetic to restrict operator access to regulations established safe areas only. Operator access environmental standards. to hazardous areas is restricted with covers or guards which would have to be removed using a tool.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USB interface Operation 2.3.1 Memory view 2.3.2 Startup sequences 2.3.3 LEDs and buzzer status specification Configuration TCM4 parameters Modification 3.2.1 By command lines in application mode 3.2.2 By a configuration file in bootloader mode Firmware Upgrading TCM4 firmware OCT 2020...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    (with Print2me function available) or making copies. • Option for the Cartadis cPad terminal: integrated into the designed shape of the cPad, the TCM4 enables the user to be identified by using a card with a solution like Gespage, PaperCut, etc …...
  • Page 5: Overview

    2.Overview 2.1 Supported tags TCM4 reader supports a wide variety of high and low frequency tags, the list is detailed in the “TCM4 card compatibilities” leaflet. 2.2 USB interface TCM4 connects to the host device by different types of USB protocols depending on the configuration: •...
  • Page 6: Startup Sequences

    2.3.2 Startup sequences The diagram on the next page shows the sequences of how bootloader and application are started: Valid Available firmware firmware? in storage zone? OCT 2020...
  • Page 7: Leds And Buzzer Status Specification

    Normal operation Blinks A copy from host computer to storage zone of TCM4 in on steps TCM4 on USB mass storage is in progress bootloader Blinks 2, 3 A firmware’s update is done (copy of firmware mode times slowly...
  • Page 8: Configuration

    3.Configuration TCM4 has a built-in command line interpreter which allows a set of predefined parameters to be displayed or modified. These parameters can be modified or displayed in two different ways: • from a serial terminal (like Putty) or •...
  • Page 9: Tcm4 Parameters

    2: HID keyboard AZERTY 3: CDC (serial port emulation) freq The TCM4 can scan all types of cards or be restricted to one or 0000: Lock first several types of card technologies. The values of this parameter can be summed (mask) to scan several types of cards. The following values are configured in hex format.
  • Page 10: Modification

    Application mode means the TCM4 reader is running the application (as opposite to the bootloader mode). It is only possible to communicate with the TCM4 over a virtual PC serial port when the TCM4 is in application mode, that is to say when the blue LED is blinking.
  • Page 11 All TCM4 parameters can be modified or displayed by using a serial terminal (like Putty on Windows). No matter how your TCM4 is configured, as soon as it is connected to a PC, it declares itself as a USB composite device CDC and HID.
  • Page 12: By A Configuration File In Bootloader Mode

    3.2.2 By a configuration file in bootloader mode You can identify your TCM4 is in bootloader mode when the blue LED is on and not blinking. If you wish to switch from “application mode” to “bootloader mode”, you need to enter the command "gobootload"...
  • Page 13 • Configuration file’s name is config.cmd, it contains different commands to run. After the execution of config.cmd file, you will find 2 files in the TCM4 BOOT directory: config.done and config.log which are the results of all runned commands. Hereafter is an example of a configuration file and result file:...
  • Page 14 • To execute commands in a configuration file from TCM4, the following instructions have to be followed: o Navigate to the newly mounted TCM4 drive (TCM4 BOOT). o Delete config.done file and config.log file. o Copy a new config.cmd file to the TCM4 BOOT.
  • Page 15: Firmware

    4.Firmware 4.1 Upgrading TCM4 firmware TCM4 firmware can be updated via USB interface by switching to bootloader mode. As you know, in this mode, TCM4 is mounted as a USB stick. To remind you, the bootloader mode is entered by doing the command “gobootload” in a serial terminal in application mode.

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