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433.92 MHz Operations Manual This document is made available to ActiveRFID product owners and users for integration purposes. Proprietary and confidential information is contained within; therefore this document is protected by all applicable international intellectual property laws. The information contained in this document is constantly subject to revision (see Rev. number...
Summary ActiveRFID is the brand name for a new line of 433 MHz RFID Readers and Tags. Due to a number of changes in the 433 MHz RFID marketplace, the time is right for the introduction of this exciting new product line.
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473-0085-00 AT-CS/BH Badge Holder for CS Tag Hand Held Reader 800-0240-30 ATR-3036E Hand Held Reader, battery included, add PS12PJ as batt chgr supply and charger 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Reader. Reader The Reader provides RF to digital translation of the signal produced by the ActiveRFID RF Electronic Transponders, referred to herein as "Tags", when placed in the proximity of a Reader. The Reader detects and filters data bits emitted from compatible RF Tags then converts bits into the associated computer format of ASCII RS232/RS485, Wiegand, or Ethernet communications protocols.
It is important to not feed both the power and communications lines through a single cable gland as the gland will not tighten down well enough to maintain watertight integrity. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Reader depicted in the photo above and follow the directions on how to bypass the internal Antenna on page 22. Go to Appendix A on page 35. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
There are two options available, HyperTerminal or our own RFID, Inc. Terminal Program, a program provided free of charge by RFID, Inc. Both a HyperTerminal link and our RFID, Inc. Terminal Program should have been provided to you either on a CD ROM or via email.
Once installed, there should be a new icon on your desktop named RFID Terminal.exe. Double click on it to begin the program. Pull down and select your COM port, then choose “Connect.” If the Reader is powered and connected to your PC, you should begin seeing Tag reads appear.
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Scroll down and click the OK button. While there is still a “Done!” label next to the OK button select Connection on the left to change pages. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
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Change local port to 2000 and click OK, while the “Done!” is still present by the OK button click on the Apply settings link on the left. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Tags reads reporting to your screen but should be able to issue commands to the Reader as well. Test this by entering open square bracket and close square bracket which should result in a question mark being returned. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Ethernet connections. Once you plug in the USB cable to both the computer and the ActiveRFID Reader, you now power up the computer. Once the computer is fully powered and connected to the Reader via the USB port, power up the ActiveRFID Reader. Your computer will then display that new hardware is found and Figure 1 below will be displayed.
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“Install from a list or specified location”, choose the location you saved the USB Drivers we supplied to you, and continue. Figure 3 Figure 4 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Switch positions 4 through 8 are used to set communications settings and should be self explanatory given the tables below. 3. Not used. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
The Reader can be powered from regulated, linear, or switching power sources having the characteristics defined in the Specifications section of this document (7 to 24 volts). RFID, Inc. can provide a power supply suitable for use with the Reader. The Reader should be operated from a grounded supply that has the same ground reference as the host computer.
These settings are held in non-volatile memory. See the Programming Section of this document for modifying these settings. For wiring the Data 0 and Data 1 Wiegand wire to the Reader, see picture above. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Thus placing the top block’s center arrow to 3 and the bottom block’s arrow to 1 designates an address 31. Valid addresses range from 00 to FF. 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
DeviceInstaller (included on the CD) in order to setup your preferred properties. Please see page 11 for instructions on how to load that program. Figure 11 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
All three operating modes [S], [D], and [P] will perform normally however command [TA] is disabled. See pages 28, 28, and 30 for these commands. Figure 15 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
Field programming to special OEM Partners Future optional parts for mini controller for gate control, timestamp and card data storage and way to retrieve the data 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
CC – Customer Codes are assigned uniquely to each client as a security measure thereby eliminating the ability for another person or entity to order Tags from RFID, Inc. or through any distribution channel in the attempts of gaining access to your secure facility. RFID, Inc. keeps records of which Customer Codes are assigned to which clients and only RFID, Inc.
<LF> = Line Feed = command D = Status of Flag output, 1 = ON, 0 = OFF = Reader generated checksum <CR> = Carriage Return 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
To escape this Mode, issue the [S] or [D] command. Host: [CBBBB] Where: = command BBBB = Tag Facility Code you are specifying 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
:: (repeated for all Tags stored) Where: <LF> = Line Feed = command DDDDDDDDDDDDDD = Tag data = Reader generated checksum <CR> = Carriage Return 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
DD = two digit decimal number representing the AGC setting AA = one or two digit decimal number representing the dBs of attenuation set = Reader generated checksum <CR> = Carriage Return 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
DD = two digit decimal number representing the Flag Data = Reader generated checksum <CR> = Carriage Return [71] – Enable Relay This command enables the relay, closes the contacts. Host: [71] 14190 E. Jewell Avenue Suite 4 Aurora CO 80012 TEL: 303-366-1234 www.rfidinc.com/activeRFID ActiveRFID Operations Manual...
RFID, Inc. products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for one (1) year from date of shipment. RFID, Inc. shall, at its option, either repair or replace products that prove to be defective and are returned with freight prepaid to RFID, Inc.’s plant within the warranty period. The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from abuse, misuse, accident, alteration, neglect or unauthorized repair or installation.
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