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CSL EPC RFID

Intelligent Fixed Reader Family

User's Manual: CS463, CS203X

CS463 4 Port Reader

CS203X Integrated Reader

Version 2.0

2021 May 13

CSL: The One-Stop-Shop for RFID Solutions

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Page 1 CSL EPC RFID Intelligent Fixed Reader Family User’s Manual: CS463, CS203X CS463 4 Port Reader CS203X Integrated Reader Version 2.0 2021 May 13 CSL: The One-Stop-Shop for RFID Solutions...
Page 2: Release Notes
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Release Notes Dates Release Description 2021 05 14 Version 2.0 Expand to all CSL intelligent fixed reader Update based on Web Application 1.1.13 Update mounting design for wood structure Elaborate regulatory region compliance chapter Add chapter on historical...
Page 4: Table Of Contents
EADER .................. 22 OFTWARE EVELOPMENT READER BASICS ..................23 ....................23 ASIC ARDWARE 5.1.1 CS463 Basic Hardware ..................... 23 5.1.3 CS203X Basic Hardware ....................25 ....................28 ET UP ARDWARE 5.2.1 Set up CS463 ........................28 5.2.2 Set up CS203X ........................34 CSL I ............
Page 5 GPIO PORTS CONNECTION GUIDE ............111 (GPI)................112 ENERAL URPOSE NPUT (GPO) ................117 ENERAL URPOSE UTPUT QUICK START ..................123 CS463 Q ..................... 123 UICK TART CS203X Q ................... 127 UICK TART WEB BROWSER INTERFACE DETAILS ............131 ......................131 ......................
Page 6 ROUP AND ATABASE ISPLAY 5: R S3 T ............295 XAMPLE AGNUS EMPERATURE 10 READ TAG USING CSL UNIFIED API ............299 11 READ TAG USING LLRP V1.1 API ............. 305 Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 7 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 12 READ TAG USING CS461 HIGH LEVEL API (CSL HTTP/XML API) ....315 13 READ TAG USING CS461 LOW LEVEL API (MACH1 API) ......316 14 READ TAG USING CS108 BLUETOOTH API ..........321 15 READ TAG USING CUSTOM EMBEDDED RFID .......... 329 16 DEMO SOURCE CODES FOR DOWNLOAD ..........
Page 8: Regulatory Regions
Each regulatory region may apply to one or more countries. For example, CS463-2 covers the regulatory region of FCC, which includes USA, Canada, Mexico and other Latin America Countries that use the FCC frequency range.
Page 9: Fcc Statement And Ic Statement
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 FCC Statement and IC Statement FCC STATEMENT 1. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Page 10: European Ce
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 This device complies with industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
Page 11: Australia As
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Australia AS Australia Government requires the frequency of operation to be limited to within the frequency band allocated: 920-926 MHz. New Zealand NZ New Zealand Government requires the frequency of operation to be limited to within the frequency band allocated: 921.5-928 MHz.
Page 12: Introduction
Introduction CSL Intelligent Fixed Reader Family The CSL Intelligent Fixed Reader Family consists of many members, some with Wi Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and some without. Some are IP68 and MIL-STD-810F ruggedized, some are not. The following is a product matrix differentiating them:...
Page 13: Cs463 4 Port Intelligent Fixed Reader
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 CS463 4 Port Intelligent Fixed Reader The CS463 RFID 4-port fixed reader is an intelligent reader designed to work standalone in an autonomous manner. An intelligent Event Engine is embedded with configurable complex logic sequence, triggers and resultant actions that are automatically activated on power up.
Page 14 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The photo below shows a typical connection during operation of CS463 4-port fixed reader Note: Use only the Power Adaptor Unit included in the package. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 15 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 CS203X Intelligent Integrated Reader with 1 External Port The CS203X RFID Integrated fixed reader is an intelligent reader designed to work standalone in an autonomous manner. An intelligent Event Engine is embedded with configurable complex logic sequence, triggers and resultant actions that are automatically activated on power up.
Page 17: Product Package
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Product Package 4.4.1 Basic Package Content The reader package of CS463 contains: CS463: 4 Port Intelligent RFID Reader CS463WIFIANT: Dipole Antenna for Wi Fi and Bluetooth, Quantity=2 CS463ADAPTER: AC Adapter, 12 VDC, 5A, 60 Watt Energy Level VI...
Page 18: Product Specifications
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Product Specifications CS463 4 Port Reader CS203X Integrated Reader Features:  ISO 18000-6C and EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 UHF RFID protocol compliant including dense reader mode  Ultra-long read range – peak at more than 20 meters for Monza R6 Dogbone tag with CS771S antenna ...
Page 19 Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing External antenna with a RP-SMA Plug connector Antenna: RF Power: 32.5 dBm at antenna port for CS463 and CS203X. 30 dBm at antenna port for CS468XJ Various bands as designated by suffix. RFID Frequency Ranges:...
Page 20: Product Accessories
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Product Accessories CSL Intelligent Fixed Reader comes with a HD-15 to wiretap terminal adapter accessory. This enables you to connect wires to the HD-15 GPIO socket conveniently. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 21: How To Connect To And Control Csl Intelligent Fixed Reader
How to Connect to and Control CSL Intelligent Fixed Reader One can connect to CSL Intelligent Fixed reader via Ethernet, RS232, Wi Fi, USB and GPIO interface, depending on which particular model. One can control CSL Intelligent Fixed Reader in the following 7 ways: 1) Use the browser interface and the built-in event engine to configure CS463 to run autonomously based on certain logic sequence.
Page 22: Software Development Kits
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Software Development Kits Software development kits are available for the following on CSL website: 1) LLRP API 2) CSL Unified API 3) CS461 Low Level API (Mach1 API) 4) CS461 High Level API (HTTP/XML API) 5) CS108 Bluetooth API 6) Custom Embedded RFID: sample codes in /opt Copyright ©...
Page 23: Reader Basics
5.1.1 CS463 Basic Hardware The CS463 RFID Reader is an EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 4 Port reader product. Below is the top view of the CS463 4-port reader. There are LEDs to indicate the operating status Power Activity (programmable LED) Active antenna port currently selected (Port 1, 2, 3,4) Copyright ©...
Page 24 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Below is the front side, left side and back side views of the CS463 reader. USB Host USB Client Serial RS232 BT Antenna port GPIO Port Four RFID Antenna Ports Debug Port 15 pin Port 1, 2, 3,4...
Page 25: Cs203X Basic Hardware
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 5.1.3 CS203X Basic Hardware The CS203X RFID Reader is an EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 4 Port reader product. Below is the front and side view of the CS203X Integrated reader. There are LEDs to indicate the operating status Power Activity (programmable LED)
Page 26 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Below is the front, back, bottom and left side views of the CS203X reader . RJ45 ethernet External Antenna Ports Debug com port DC Adaptor Jack Port 3 General IO DC+12V, 5A Internal antenna in this side Copyright ©...
Page 28: Set Up Hardware
5.2.1 Set up CS463 1) AC Adaptor Unit CS463 4-port reader can be powered up with the AC adaptor unit included in the package. Below photo shows the typical connection to use the AC adaptor. The AC adapter connects to CS463 via a “Locking” plug DC power plug. Please screw tight the lock on the DC power plug to ensure reliable power connection.
Page 30 PoE+ as the power supply to the CS463 4-port reader. Note that it must be POE Plus (POE+) for it to give enough power to CS463. Make sure you use 30 Watt POE+ port to ensure CS463 receive enough power to operate.
Page 31 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 3) RFID Antenna Connection Connect RFID antenna with wrench (8mm torque with 100 N-cm) to reader (CS463 has 4 available RFID antenna ports from Port 1 to Port 4) Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 32 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 4) Wi Fi and Bluetooth Antenna (only for CS463 reader) Connect two Wi Fi/BT antennas to reader as below WiFi antenna antenna Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 34: Set Up Cs203X
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 5.2.2 Set up CS203X 1) AC Adaptor Unit CS203X reader can be powered up with the AC adaptor unit included in the package. Below photo shows the typical connection to use the AC adaptor. The AC adapter connects to CS203X via a plug DC power plug.
Page 37 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 2) PoE+ CS203X also supports the use of Power over Ethernet (PoE+) to give it power. Below shows the typical connection of using PoE+ as the power supply to the CS203X reader. Note that it must be POE Plus (POE+) for it to give enough power to CS203X. Make sure you use 30 Watt POE+ port to ensure CS203X receive enough power to operate.
Page 38 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 3) RFID Internal and External Antenna Connection There is one internal RFID antenna connected to antenna ports Port 4 internally. Connect RFID antenna with wrench (8mm torque with 100 N-cm) to reader (CS203X has one available RFID external antenna ports Port 3) Copyright ©...
Page 39: Mounting Of Csl Intelligent Fixed Readers
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Mounting of CSL Intelligent Fixed Readers Reader should be mounted in different ways depending on the surface on which the reader is installed: 1) Reader is installed on metal surface 2) Reader is installed on non-metal surface...
Page 40 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Installation method on non-metal surface, such as wood surface: The reader should be mounted leaving some space between the bottom of the reader and the surface. This will allow ventilation of air underneath the reader. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 41 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Installation method on metal poles: The standard C-Clamp for pole mounting will fit the screw holes at the back of CS203X: Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 42: Operating Systems And Versions On Csl Intelligent Fixed Readers
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Operating Systems and Versions on CSL Intelligent Fixed Readers There are 2 Linux OS versions: 3.0.35 or 4.x.x. For units shipped before September 2019, the OS is Linux 3.0.35. After September 2019, the OS is 4.xx.yy or beyond. Some of the firmware has different versions per the OS version.
Page 43: Connecting To Csl Intelligent Fixed Readers Using Browser
Connecting to CSL Intelligent Fixed Readers using Browser All CSL Intelligent Fixed Readers are set to Ethernet Static IP of 192.168.25.160 ex-factory. Wi Fi is disabled ex-factory. This is to simplify out-of-box experience. Set your PC to a static IP of 192.168.25.100 (or any other as long as the subnet is 25) Connect Ethernet cable from your PC to the reader directly, or via an Ethernet switch.
Page 44 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 You will then see a User Login page. Key in User Name: root, Password: then click Login to login to system Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 46 In order to read and show RFID tags in Web page, please change the Access Mode to “HTTP/XML “ as shown below in System page.  Please click “Set” to confirm the change. To control CS463 reader now using the browser interface, please go to Chapter 5. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 47: Connecting To Csl Intelligent Fixed Readers Via Debug Serial Port
If your PC does not have a serial port, you can use a USB to Serial adapter. Please use a USB-to-Serial cable to connect the CS463 debug port to the USB port of PC Laptop/PC Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 48 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (b) Check the COM port number that corresponds to the USB to Serial Adapter Check it out from the device manager of your PC Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 49 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (c) Setup a Baud Rate = 115,200 connection to the appropriate serial port Below show the set up page of the PuTTy . 3. Enter baud rate 115200 2. Enter the COM port no. 1. Select “Serial” 4.
Page 50 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After clicking “Serial” in step 4 in above diagram, the window will change to as below, please select “None” for the “Flow control” option. Then click “Open” to confirm the connection Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 51 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Now PuTTy is ready for CS463 to power up. Below diagram shows the display at the end of CS463 Linux boot up and embedded processes boot up. There is a prompt for login and password. The login should be...
Page 52 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (d) Linux commands examples  ifconfig The purpose of “ifconfig” command is to show the relevant network information Ethernet IP Address Ethernet MAC Address WIFI IP Address WIFI MAC Address Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 53 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  The key purpose of “top” command is to show user how many process being execute and the occupancy of CPU percentage. To escape, type Control C. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 54 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  lsmod The purpose of “lsmod” command is to list out how many modules in operation as shown below. Note that rtk_btusb is the Bluetooth driver. 8723du is the Wi Fi driver.  lsusb The purpose of “lsusb” command is to list out how many USB devices are connected to the system.
Page 55: Connecting To Csl Intelligent Fixed Readers Via Ssh
You can also use the application PuTTY, but choose SSH on the front page: Start Putty, select SSH on Connection Type and type in IP address of CS463, then click Open Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 56 Password = linaro For later versions, you should type in Login name = root Password = csl (if csl does not work, try cs463) Input login name “linaro” Input password “linaro” Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 58: Embedded Linux Applications Development
Using the Debug Serial Port or using SSH, one can now develop embedded Linux codes inside CS463 in the usual Linux development manner. The Linux OS inside CS463 is Yocto Linux. For popular open source software, one can use the command “dnf” to download popular...
Page 59: File Transfer To And From Cs463 Using Usb Memory Device
File Transfer to and from CS463 using USB Memory Device File Transfer to and from CS463 using USB Memory Device First of all, we need to connect to the Linux OS via the Debug Serial Port. Plug in “serial to USB” adapter to debug port Plug USB side of adapter to PC USB port Copyright ©...
Page 61 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Setup connection Below show the set up page of the PuTTy . 3. Enter baudrate 2. Enter the COM 115200 port no found on above. 2. Select “Serial” 4. Select “Serial” Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 62 After clicking “Serial” in step 4 in above diagram, the window will change to as below, please select “None” for the “Flow control” option. Then click “Open” to confirm the connection Now PuTTy is ready for CS463 Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 63 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Use Linux command lsusb to list all USB device in CS463 Plug in USB memory device to the CS463 USB Host port Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 64 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After plug in USB memory, “lsusb” command to show one more USB device appearing At this point, the way to get to the files in the USB memory finger is different for Linux 3.0.35 and Linux 4.xx.yy: Copyright ©...
Page 65 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For Linux 3.0.35 Go to “media” sub-directory to check volume label of USB memory as below Here, for example, it shows there is a USB with name USB_HKCHAN. To access files inside, just type “cd USB_HKCHAN” and you will see all the files inside. Copyright ©...
Page 67: Connecting To Host Pc Using Usb Client Port
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 5.10 Connecting to Host PC using USB Client Port First of all, we need to connect to the Linux OS via the debug serial port. Plug in “serial to USB” adapter to debug port Plug USB side of adapter to PC USB port Copyright ©...
Page 69 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Setup connection Below show the set up page of the PuTTy . 3. Enter baudrate 2. Enter the COM 115200 port no found on above. 3. Select “Serial” 4. Select “Serial” Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 70 After clicking “Serial” in above step the window will change to as below, please select “None” for the “Flow control” option. Then click “Open” to confirm the connection Now PuTTy is ready for CS463 Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 71 Use a mini-USB to USB Type A cable to connect between CS463 USB Console port and the PC USB port At this point, to connect to a PC and let the PC “sees” the CS463 as a hard disk is different for Linux 3.0.35 and Linux 4.xx.yy:...
Page 72 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For Linux 3.0.35 Type the following Linux commands on PuTTY window one by one d .. 2. cd opt 3. ./usb_client_store_start Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 74 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For Linux 4.xx.yy Type the following Linux commands on PuTTY window one by one d /opt 2. ./usbcdisk_start After that you can use the File Explorer on the Windows PC to check if it discovers a new hard disk.
Page 75: Connect From Usb Host Port Using Usb Com Driver To Ausb Client
Driver to a USB Client Arduino UNO board is used as an example to echo back the received message from USB Com driver Setup the reader as below 12V DC Adaptor Laptop CS463 Fixed LAN cable 192.168.25.102 Default fix IP : 192.168.25.160 Debug Port...
Page 76 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 1: Download the Arduino program into Arduino UNO board. Setup the Arduino environment. It can download the from below URL https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software (ii) After unzip, and then go into the directory to execute the Application (circled in below figure) (iii) Below is the default page of Arduino IDE...
Page 77 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (iv) Connect the Arduino UNO board to your laptop with USB cable Check the COM port number for the Arduino dongle from device manager (vi) Select the correct COM port in Arduino IDE Main menu : Tool  Port (vii) Select the correct Board type Main menu : Tool ...
Page 78 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (viii) Download the SerialEchoBack from CSL Web site and Read the Download program “SerialEchoBack.ino” into Arduino IDE Main menu: File  Open Program Code : (ix) Upload the program code to Arduino board Press the “Arrow” icon to start the upload, if successful, the left bottom corner...
Page 80 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 5: After boot up finished, plug in the Arduino dongle to CS463 host USB port Step 6: Input below command to check the connectivity of Arduino device on laptop command prompt for CS463 debug port.
Page 81 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 8 : Exit “minicom” program After the 2-way communication in step 4, follow below procedure to exit “minicom” Press CTRL-A , it will show up the command menu Press Q will pop up exit menu Return to root directory after pressing “Yes”...
Page 82: Connecting From Control Serial Port To Rs232 Client Devices
Following section show how to send and receive data from CS463 Control Serial port Set up the connection as below. Connect two USB-to-Serial cables between PC and the CS463. In below demonstration, the corresponding COM ports shown in device manager are 4 and 6 respectively.
Page 83 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 2: Open PuTTy window for debug port according to below settings Click Open to open the com port 4 which connected with CS463 debug port, below window will pop up Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 84 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 3 : Open PuTTY window for “Control Serial “ port according to below settings Click Open to open the com port 6 which connected with CS463 debug port, below window will pop up Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 85 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 4: Power up the CS463 Follow below procedure to start the “minicom” serial port communication in debug port, so all data going to or form Control Port can be monitored in Debug port command prompt Please select “Serial port...
Page 86 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 When you typing message, e.g. “ This message is typing from debug port” , it will be shown in COM6 (Control Serial window) When typing message, e.g. “This is another message typing from serial console Please select “No”, and then press “ESC”...
Page 87: Gpio Port And Accessories For Connection
5.13 GPIO Port and Accessories for Connection CS463 has 4 General Purpose Inputs and 4 General Purpose Outputs, all of them optically isolated, and also an isolated 12 Volt DC output power supply with a rating of 2 Watt. Below figure shows the pin definition for the GPIO port.
Page 88 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Of the 4 GPOs, two of them are fully isolated with independent (+) and (-) terminals: GPO1 and GPO2. Two of them share a common (-) terminal: GPO3 and GPO4. Of the 4 GPIs, GPI1 and GPI3 share the same (-) terminal, and GPI2 and GPI4 share the same (-) terminal.
Page 89 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 There are 2 accessories that come with the GPIO port operation: 1) HD15 to Wiretap Terminal Adapter 2) HD15 with pigtailed GPIO Cable When using the HD15 to Wiretap Terminal Adapter, the Pin #s are actually printed to the outside of the terminal, as shown in below photo.
Page 90 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 HD15 with pigtailed GPIO cable: Black Blue Pink Orange Brown White Gray Brown / White Green Violet Blue / White Green / White Yellow / White Yellow Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 91 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Following is the application table for system integrators (common pins are highlighted in specific colors for reminder): GPIO cable for CS463 (DE-15 plug) Pin Name Pigtail Wire Pin Number Color +12V Black GPO_1 (+) Yellow GPO_1 (-)
Page 92: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices: E.g. Speaker
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 5.14 Connecting to Bluetooth Devices: e.g. Speaker Below section show how Bluetooth speaker is used to connect to CS463. Please note the connection method with Linux 3.0.35 is different from Linux 4.x.x. For Linux 3.0.35 Bluetooth connection method with Linux 3.0.35...
Page 93 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 2: Using VNC Viewer to connect to CS463 through ethernet as shown below. Step 3: Within the Ubuntu main menu, click the setup icon to enter “System Settings” New Pop-up “ System Settings” menu Step 4: Click the “Bluetooth” icon to open the Bluetooth Activity...
Page 94 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 5: After clicking the “Bluetooth” icon, below window will pop up. Please click the “+” icon. By default, it is “ON” for normal shipment, it means that Bluetooth interface is enabled Step 6: After clicking the “+” icon, below window will pop up. Please press “Continue” to proceed.
Page 95 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 8: Please use the cursor to select (become highlighted after selection). Then press “Continue” to proceed This message indicates that the Bluetooth Speaker is successfully paired Step 9: After pairing the Bluetooth Speaker device, please go back to “System Settings” menu. Please select the “Sound”...
Page 96 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 11: After successfully generating the sound from Bluetooth Device. Please go back to the device menu as shown below. Please select (highlight) the Bluetooth device, by clicking the “-“ icon. Then the paired device Step 12: Remove the paired device record record will be empty as shown below.
Page 97 Debug Port Fig 14 Run Putty with SSH Bluetooth Antenna section Start PuTTY in PC, select SSH on Connection Type and type in IP address of CS463, then click Open as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 98 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Login to CS463 with below account User: root Password: csl Run the Bluetooth control application by command bluetoothctl as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 99 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Turn on CS463 Bluetooth feature by running command “power on” in Bluetooth control software shell as below Turn on testing Bluetooth speaker and enter to pairing mode. Start the CS463 Bluetooth scanning process by running command “scan on”...
Page 100 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Look for target Bluetooth device in scanning result as shown below, the Bluetooth speaker device called DOSS Pie was used in this example, the device name and its Mac address shown as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 101 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Run the command “scan off” to stop the Bluetooth scanning process once target device can be found Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 103 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Connect to the Bluetooth speaker by running command “connect <MAC address>”, e.g. connect 11:75:58:C8:8B:FD as shown below: Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 104 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After successful connection, where usually the Bluetooth speaker would sound some audio message saying pairing is successful, we should leave this Bluetooth controlling session for next step by command “quit” as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 105 The connected Bluetooth device is ready for use, so the Bluetooth functionality can be checked by playing any wav file. Some wav file was placed in shipped CS463 and can be search by command “find / -name *.wav as below...
Page 106 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The found wav file can be played by command paplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Side_Left.wav Some voice should be heard from the Bluetooth speaker Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 107 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After the testing finished, the connected device can be disconnected by below method. Go to Bluetooth control session by command “bluetoothctl” then run the command “disconnect 11:75:58:C8:88:FD” as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 108: Wireshark Logging On Pc Server Side
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 5.15 Wireshark Logging on PC Server Side The purpose of Wireshark is to capture the Ethernet protocol handshake package between reader and the PC and log them for analysis. (a) Run the “Wireshark application Please select “Capture” to enter “Option” page as shown below In the “Input”...
Page 109 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (b) In the “Output” tag,  Please select the “Browse” icon at the top right corner  A new window pop-up to allow the select of the directory to store the log data.  Select the path and then key in your preference filename (c) Select the output format and file size It is normal to use 10MByte for each log file as shown below Click “Start”...
Page 110 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 (d) Wireshark capturing To filter the IP 192.168.25.180, please enter Ip.addr == 192.168.25.180 and then click “Apply” icon Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 111: Gpio Ports Connection Guide
General Purpose Input and General Purpose Output operations. In addition to 4 optically isolated GPO and 4 optically isolated GPI, the CSL fixed intelligent reader family also supply an isolated 12 Volt DC supply at 2 Watt, i.e., a maximum of 160 mA current drive output.
Page 112: General Purpose Input (Gpi)
Therefore the highest voltage the GPI port of CSL Intelligent Fixed reader can “see” is 36 volts. If one uses the 12 Volt DC output from the CSL Intelligent Fixed Reader in the input sensing circuit (examples are in next few pages), then that voltage is well below the limit of 36 Volt.
Page 113 1.2 Volt, maximum 50 mA current. An internal series 1K Ohm 1.5 Watt resistor is also present for protection. I = 1.9 mA @ Push button off I = 5 mA @ Push button on Inside CS463 GPI_1 (Pin-2) GPI_1 become Low when the...
Page 114 Each GPI pin pair “looks” into an optical isolator with an operational forward voltage of 1.2 Volt, maximum 50 mA current. An internal series 1K Ohm 1.5 Watt resistor is also present for protection. I = 3.8mA @ Push button on Inside CS463 GPI_1 (Pin-2) GPI_1 Logic become High...
Page 115 1.2 Volt, maximum 50 mA current. An internal series 1K Ohm 1.5 Watt resistor is also present for protection. I=12 mA@ Push button on I=5.4 mA@ Push button off +12V (Pin-5) Inside CS463 GPI_1 (Pin-2) GPI_1 Logic becomes Low Sensor or Push...
Page 116 1.2 Volt, maximum 50 mA current. An internal series 1K Ohm 1.5 Watt resistor is also present for protection. I = 10.8 mA @ Push button on +12V (Pin-5) Sensor or push button Switch Inside CS463 GPI_1 GPI_1 Logic becomes High (Pin-2) when the Sensor or Push button switch is turned on...
Page 117: General Purpose Output (Gpo)
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 General Purpose Output (GPO) Maximum current that can pass through the GPO optically isolated switches of CSL Intelligent Fixed Readers is 2 Ampere. Therefore a protection resistor with very high power rating must be added in series to the external circuit to limit the current to 2 Ampere.
Page 118 (10 – 0.6) / (10 + 1000) 9.3 mA 10 Ohm 20 Watt GPO_1 (Pin-4) Resistor External Power Supply Inside CS463 The Load powers up when I = 9.3 mA @ GPO1=Close GPO_1 becomes Close LOAD 1K Ohm GPO_1 (Pin-14)
Page 119 Example 2: GPO using relay for full isolation and high coil current (with External Power Supply) 10 Ohm 20 Watt GPO_1 (Pin-4) Resistor External Power Supply 12V This is ground of Inside CS463 external circuit The Relay powers up when I < 2 A GPO_1 (Pin-14) GPO_1 Switch becomes 12V Relay Close...
Page 120 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Example 3: GPO for Load Current < 160 mA (using +12V, 2 Watt Internal Isolated Power Supply) I = 8.9 mA @ GPO_1=Close +12V(Pin-5) 1.2K Inside CS463 GPO_1 (Pin-4) LED lights up @ when GPO_1 Switch becomes Close...
Page 121 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Example 4: GPO for Load Current < 160 mA (with +12V, 2 Watt Internal Power Supply) +12V(Pin-5) I = 8.9 mA@ GPO_1 = Close Inside CS463 GPO_1 (Pin-4) LED lights up when GPO_1 switch becomes Close 1.2k...
Page 122 The example relay below is a 12 Volt relay with 90 Ohms resistance coil, which means current flowing through the coil is 133 mA. Since 133 < 160, therefore this setup would work. +12V(Pin-5) GPO_1(+) (Pin-4) Inside CS463 I < 160mA The Relay powers up GPO_1(-) (Pin-14) 12V Relay...
Page 123: Quick Start
Fixed Reader family. CS463 Quick Start This chapter explains how to quickly connect up and run CS463 OOB (Out Of Box) to read RFID tags and display them on a browser. CS463 comes with a Default Profile and a Default Event. The Default Event is not enabled at the point of delivery to customer.
Page 124 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Go to the Operation Profile in System page and select List Profile to ensure the Default Profile can be found as shown below  Go to the List Event of Event Management in Event page and click List Event to show the Default Event Click “Default Event”...
Page 125 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 In Default Event, reading of tag from antenna port 1 can be started after the default event is enabled (ticking the tick box) and the button “Modify” clicked to confirm the change Tick the “Enable Event” tick box to enable the tag reading Click “Modify”...
Page 127: Cs203X Quick Start
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 CS203X Quick Start This chapter explains how to quickly connect up and run CS203X OOB (Out Of Box) to read RFID tags and display them on a browser. CS203X comes with a Default Profile and a Default Event. The Default Event is not enabled at the point of delivery to customer.
Page 128 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Go to the Operation Profile in System page and select List Profile to ensure the Default Profile can be found as shown below  Go to the List Event of Event Management in Event page and click List Event to show the Default Event Click “Default Event”...
Page 129 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 In Default Event, reading of tag from antenna port 4 (internal) can be started after the default event is enabled (ticking the tick box) and the button “Modify” clicked to confirm the change Tick the “Enable Event” tick box to enable the tag reading Click “Modify”...
Page 130 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Now go to the page Events/Tag Inventory/Capture Tags Raw, you should be able to see tags being read: Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 131: Web Browser Interface Details
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Web Browser Interface Details This chapter describes in details the various pages of the web browser interface. With CS463, this web browser enables full control of the reader, including the event engine. Home Page The home page of the web-based administration interface can be entered by just entering the IP address of the reader (default IP address is printed on the label) on the web browser.
Page 132: Status
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Status The “Status” page gives a quick overview of the current status of the reader. The reader basic information such as serial number and access mode can be found on beginning of status page If any event was enabled and reading tag, the basic RFID related parameters will show on status page such as transmitting power, profile and session as below Copyright ©...
Page 133 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 All firmware versions are shown on status page. Network information can be found on status page such as IP and Mac address Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 134: Users Management
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Users Management The “Users Management” page contains sub-menu for adding, deleting and modifying password, set auto-logout time and login/logout. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 135: Add User
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.3.1 Add User To add user, input the user name, password, authorization level and description. Then click “Add”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 137: Modify Password
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.3.3 Modify Password To modify password, input the current password, new password and retype new password. Then click “Modify”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 139: Set Auto Logout Time
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.3.5 Set Auto Logout Time The “Set Auto Logout Time” page allows ones to set the time for automatic logout if the user is idle. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 140: Login/Logout
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.3.6 Login/Logout The “Login/Logout” page is for users to login or logout the web browser interface. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 141: System
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 System The “System” page contains many sub-menus to configure the reader for operation. Users are recommended to access these pages to determine the required settings before any operation. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 142: Reader Id
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.1 Reader ID Here is the “Reader ID” submenu: One can modify the reader ID here. Note that the ID cannot be too long if one plans to use Bluetooth to control the reader (using the CS108 Bluetooth API access mode) because Bluetooth standard does not allow too long a device name.
Page 143: Capture Point Name
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.2 Capture Point Name The name of each antenna port is the capture point name (Some readers call it read point name). This name can be configured. In other words, each antenna port (or capture point, or read point) can be uniquely identified and accessed or referred to.
Page 144: Access Mode
1. HTTP/XML 2. CSL Unified API/High Level 3. CSL Unified API/Low Level 4. CSL Unified API/High Level via RS232 Control Serial Port 5. CSL Unified API/Low Level via RS232 Control Serial Port 6. CS461 Low Level API (MACH1) 7. LLRP 8.
Page 145 For configuring the reader to be controlled by LLRP API, please set the Access Mode to LLRP. For configuring the reader to be controlled by CSL Unified API so that one can use the C# Demo App to control CS463, please set the Access Mode to CSL Unified API...
Page 147: Custom Embedded Rfid Application
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.4 Custom Embedded RFID application This page is used to input custom embedded RFID application path and its command. This command will be run on power on – provided Access Mode has been changed to “Custom HTTP”.
Page 148: Frequency Configuration
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.5 Frequency Configuration The “Frequency Configuration” page allows user to configure the country and frequency to be used by the reader. Please refer to the regulatory law of your region for the allowed frequency to be used. Here is the “Frequency Configuration” submenu: Copyright ©...
Page 149 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Set Regulatory Region One can set the different “Regulatory Region” for different operation frequency band in different country in this page for RW model and frequency band is fixed for all other model. Click “Modify” to confirm the change. Copyright ©...
Page 150: Operation Profile
Profile ID Each profile can be saved and recall for use in Event Engine, or be uploaded and redeployed to other CS463 readers in the field. Capture Point Which antenna port to enable (turn power on) and the output conducted power of each antenna port, in terms of 10 x Power (dBm) Dwell time of each antenna port –...
Page 151 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Parameter Description Reader Mode/Link Profile For CS463 there are different Reader Modes: 0 – Best Multipath Fading Resistance 1 – Longest Read Range, Dense Reader Mode 2 – Read Range and Throughput, Dense Reader Mode 3 – Maximum Throughput...
Page 152: Memory Information
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.7 Memory Information The “Memory Information” page shows the RAM and Flash memory used and free (available for use). It also displays the Clear Cache cycle time. This is the periodic time when the Linux OS cache is cleared.
Page 153: Configuration Backup/Restore
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.8 Configuration Backup/Restore The “Configuration Backup/Restore” page allows backup of configurations, restoring of configurations. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 154 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Configuration Backup To backup configuration, click “Download” in “Configuration Backup” page. The system would start to backup the configuration to file. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 155 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Configuration Restore To restore backup configuration, click “Choose File”. Then select the backup configuration file and click “Open”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 156: Power Up Notification
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.9 Power Up Notification System can send power up notification to server with particular format if it is enabled Add Power up Notification Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 157: 8.4.10 Heartbeat
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.10 Heartbeat The Heartbeat is used to monitor the system still running Add Heat Beat The Heartbeat sending interval, type and address sending should be set on Add Heart Beat as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 158 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 If the HTTP Post type server is selected, corresponding Server and Data Format should be selected as below. Server and Data Format was defined in Cloud Server page Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 159: 8.4.11 Log File Configuration
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.11 Log File Configuration There is different type of log files which can be enabled as shown below. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 160: 8.4.12 Download Log File
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.12 Download Log file All Log files can be download in this page, select Log files type going to download then click Download to start download Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 161: 8.4.13 Company Label
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.13 Company Label Company label can be shown on web page and was defined in this page Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 162: 8.4.15 Advanced Settings
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.15 Advanced Settings The reader sensitivity can be set on this page by changing below parameters Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 164: 8.4.17 Restart System
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.4.17 Restart System To restart the system, input “Y” and click “Process”. Y must be capital letter Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 165: Network Management
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Network Management “Network Management” page allows the user to set the network parameters. Here is the network management sub-menu: The connection can be static IP or DHCP Connection can be set to static IP as below Copyright ©...
Page 167: Ethernet Configuration
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.5.1 Ethernet Configuration In “Network Configuration” page, one can configure the network parameters such as the reader IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway and DNS server. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 168: Wi Fi Configuration
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.5.2 Wi Fi Configuration All basic setup for wifi can found in this page, you are able to enable/disable the wifi from here Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 169: Cloud Server Basic Settings
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.5.3 Cloud Server Basic Settings Trusted server for automatic data submission by the reader using the event engine is set in the “Cloud Server” page. Here is the “Cloud Server” submenu: Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 170 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Configuration One can enable network failure data backlog in the Configuration in Cloud Server page. It allows the reader to buffer the tags read during network failure in memory. Buffered tags are sent to trusted server when network is restored. A further selection is necessary in the way the data is backlogged: Either “Drop the Oldest reading or Ignore the new reading.
Page 171 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Add Cloud Server To add a trusted server for receiving tag events, input the web address path then click Add. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 173 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Modify Cloud Server To modify cloud server, select the server ID in List Cloud Server submenu, modify any fields and click “Modify”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 174 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 List Cloud Server Information of trusted server can be retrieved by the “List Cloud Server” page. This cloud server path is CSL provided server for demo testing only Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 175 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Log in Cloud Server from Web page, the path is democloud.convergence.com.hk/CSLRFIDCloudServer/ you may encounter a certificate warning, please press “details” and then “proceed to website” This is the web address to log in cloud server Input Reader Serial number as found on below status page You can find the Reader ID from the entry called Reader Serial # on Status page.
Page 176 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For the password, Password is the ethernet Mac address and wifi address added together as found on below reader status page 00057B84004100057B870041 So the password for this reader to log in server web page is Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 177 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 If any resultant action Send to cloud is set and was triggered as below The result can be found on Cloud Server Webpage as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 178: Cloud Server Data Formatter
Different fields can be added to the reporting format for Cloud Server as below If data is going to be sent to CSL provided Cloud Server, the fields RFIDReaderSerialNumber and RFIDReaderInternalSerialNumber must be added as below otherwise CSL Cloud Server would ignore the send data.
Page 179 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Once the TagDataList was added, more tag related parameter can be selected to send to cloud Server The TID bank reading should have defined on System Profile page, otherwise, no data will show on cloud Server as it is not available Copyright ©...
Page 180 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Delete Data Format Any unwanted Data format can be deleted as below List Data Format All created Data format can be found on this page List Data Format and can be modified as long as it is not Permalock click particular data format to modify Copyright ©...
Page 183: Date/Time
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.6.1 Date/Time The “Date/Time” page allows the user to set the real time clock inside the reader. Please note that you have to configure the UTC (GMT) time on the reader. The local time will then be calculated based on the time zone you set.
Page 185: Ntp Setup
8.6.3 NTP Setup This page allows one to setup the NTP server. The CS463 reader will update its time by connecting to the NTP server at a preset time and preset mode. Be sure to enter the gateway and DNS server in the network configuration page in order for the NTP server be reachable by the reader.
Page 186: Tag & Tag Filter
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Tag & Tag Filter The “Tag & Tag Filter” page allows you to create the Tag group or Tag database which will be used in Tigger page and define filter to be enabled on operation profile. In actual deployment, RFID reader is used to do security screening of incoming or outgoing vehicles/personnel/asset or logistic items.
Page 187: Tag Group
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.7.1 Tag Group Tags group can be created and download from CS463 reader as follow  Add tag group Go to Tag group in Tag & Tag Filter and click Add Tag Group Input the new tags group name as below Click Add to confirm the new group Copyright ©...
Page 188 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Add Tags to the group Click Add to add new tags to the group and below menu will pop up Click confirm the to confirm the addition of new tag to the tag group Click Save to save the new tag group Copyright ©...
Page 192: Tag Database
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.7.2 Tag Database Database can be created in reader for user to link tag with database record include basic information such as staff name, number and corresponding photo, then show the record on web page after proper even defined. The detail usage can be found on section 9.6 even Example 4: Example Event using Database Tag Group and Database Display The defined database can be shown on page List Database as below Copyright ©...
Page 201 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Tag Record on particular database can be modified on List Tag Record submenu after choosing right database as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 203 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The content of database on particular record can be modified in this page as below Then click Modify to confirm the modification Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 204 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Each Database can be backup on Database Backup/Restore submenu as below after choosing target database Click Backup to start the backup Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 206: Tag Filter
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.7.3 Tag Filter The tag filter was used to find particular tags from large population. There are two type of filter can be used include pre filter and post filter. If the pre filter is used, tags not matching filter will not transmit response while post filter reader will filter out all not matching tags after received all tags response.
Page 207 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Filters can be added in Add Filter as shown below Only tag with same character on memory bank beginning with will apply the action Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 208 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Once any filter was defined here, such filter can be enabled in operation profile then take effect as shown below Choose the filter to apply from here Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 210: I/O Management
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 I/O Management The “IO Port Testing” page allows users to test functionality of IO port Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 211: I/O Port Testing
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.8.1 I/O Port Testing Below is the “IO Port Testing” page, it allows one to look at sensor input (you MUST press the “Refresh” button to update the input state), and control the outputs for system testing. Copyright ©...
Page 212: Event Management
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Event Management Event is the most important part of the reader configuration. By setting it intelligently, one can handle many business applications autonomously with no interactive computation requirements needed from remote server. To create and enable an event, one needs to set up triggers, resultant actions, and then use that to assemble events.
Page 213: Event Management
(in the Enable column, it is False). Once you enable it, it will start reading RFID tags from Port 1 (assuming an antenna is connected to Port 1 for model CS463/CS468XJ and there are RFID tags in front of the antenna)
Page 214 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Add Event Below is the “Add Event” page: One has to input a name for each event. One should select the operation profile for the event. This operation profile is defined in the “System” page “Operation Profile” submenu. The Inventory Enabling Trigger is the initial trigger that turns on the RF power of the reader to start doing inventory.
Page 215 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Once the inventory enabling cycle is entered, then the event engine would look for actual event triggers, and these triggers can be Boolean operated together as defined in the entry “Trigger Logic”. The Trigger Logic is a Boolean combination of triggers that are defined in the “Trigger” page which will be described later.
Page 216 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Modify Event To modify event, go to “List Event” page and select the “Event ID”, modify the event and click “Modify”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 217 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Enable/Disable Event To enable/disable event, select/de-select the checkbox “Enable Event” and click “Modify”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 220: Trigger
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.9.2 Trigger A trigger is a stimulus that causes the reader to recognize it and do something about it. The trigger is used in Inventory Enabling, Inventory Disabling, and of course inside the actual Event Triggering Logic section. Below is the “Trigger” submenu: Add Trigger Below is the “Add Trigger”...
Page 221 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 There are many different types of trigger as follows: 1. “Read Any Tags (any ID, 1 trigger per tag)” would look at tags coming in to the four antenna ports (or capture points), the ones being ticked here would be selected, and will generate 1 trigger per tag (different ID) notification.
Page 222 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For “read any tags” trigger, the user also has to specify which antenna port or capture point it is collecting the tags from. To choose it, just tick the box on the left of each entry. Copyright ©...
Page 223 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For “Input Sensor State” trigger, the Port Number 1 shown on below, is mapped to physical GPI1 port which using pin 2 /pin12 of GPI1 terminal (GPI1 ports details see section 5.8). Level High was selected on below case so the trigger will be set if there is high voltage applied on pin2 (GPI1(+)) and pin 12 (GPI1(-)) is properly connected Copyright ©...
Page 224 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Modify Trigger To modify trigger, go to List Trigger and select the “Trigger ID”, modify the trigger and click “Modify”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 227: Resultant Action
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.9.3 Resultant Action The “Resultant Action” pages define the resultant action that will be enforced when an event logic is established. Below is the “Resultant Action” submenu: Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 228 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Add Resultant Action There are 8 types of possible action: 1. Do Nothing (Only Show on Screen) – here nothing is affected, except the tags collected can be shown on browser screen. Note that there are APIs that can collect the tag IDs or information on demand from the remote server.
Page 229 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 If one selects “Batch Alert to Server”, “Low Latency Alert to Server” or the “Instant Alert to Server”, then one has to also select the Server ID, which is defined in the Trusted Server page of the Network page. The user also has to select the Server ID and Data format ID are going to use.
Page 230 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Data Format ID was defined in Cloud Server page Different field can be added to reporting format as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 231 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 If one selects “Output Port” then one has to input few more fields. The user has to select the Port Number, 1 to 4. The Output Logic has to be selected, which can be either Open, Close or Pulse .
Page 232 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For Pulse, there are more parameters to be configured. The Pulse Logic, which can Open-Close-Open, or Close-Open-Close, and Pulse Mode, which can be One Shot Pulse or Pulse Train, the Pulse Width in msec., and for Pulse Train, the duty cycle and Pulse Duration. These are all self-explanatory.
Page 233 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Modify Resultant Action To modify resultant action, select the “Resultant Action ID” from list table, modify it and then click “Modify”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 234 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Delete Resultant Action To delete resultant action, select the “Resultant Action ID” and click “Delete”. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 236: Tag Inventory
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.9.4 Tag Inventory Capture Tags Raw If there is any Event was enabled to read tags, all raw tags data can be found in this page Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 237: Display Tag Group/Database Record
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.9.5 Display Tag Group/Database Record When tag record within particular database was read by reader, the database content can be shown in this page as below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 238 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Below is the Event called “Example Tag Database Display” (installed on shipped reader), once the Event was enabled and right tag was detected, the database content will be shown as previous diagram Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 239: Version Management
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 8.10 Version Management The “Version Management” page allows you to review the version upgrade history (in the Version Control Submenu), and to do firmware upgrade (in the Firmware Upgrade Submenu). Version Control In the “Version Control” sub-menu page, one can see the version number of the software. This is an important page to check if the versions are correct, especially after a firmware upgrade.
Page 240: Firmware Upgrade
In the “Firmware Upgrade” submenu, just press the “Choose File” button and find the upgrade file (which the user has already downloaded from CSL website before). Then press the “Firmware Upgrade” button. The upgrade takes a few minutes, depending on the size of that particular upgrade.
Page 241 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Upgrading Web Application Below is the page to upgrade Web application. Linux OS versions: 3.0.35 or 4.x.x use same Web application Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 242 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 In case of web application version 3.x or later, the upgrading can be done directly using the zipped file For existing web application 2.x or earlier, the zipped Web application file needs to be unzipped first before upgrading. The unzipped file should have the file extension of “war” as shown below.
Page 244 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Upgrading JNI Library Choose the JNI Library zipped file (no need to unzip) The JNI library are different on different Linux OS versions: 3.0.35 or 4.x.x. Please choose the corresponding version to upgrade. This file with file name associated with Linux 3.0.35 is used for Linux 3.0.35...
Page 245 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Upgrading CSL API library Choose zipped Daemon file corresponding to reader Linux version. This file with file name associated with Linux 3.0.35 is used for Linux 3.0.35 Then click upload Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 246 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Upgrading CS461 Low Level API library Choose zipped Mach1 Daemon file corresponding to reader Linux version This file with file name associated with Linux 3.0.35 is used for Linux 3.0.35 Then click Upload Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 247 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Upgrading LLRP Library Choose the zipped Daemon file corresponding to reader Linux version This file with file name associated with Linux 3.0.35 is used for Linux 3.0.35 Then click upload Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 248 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Applying Patch to System If there is any patch for system, it can be done on this page. Linux OS versions: 3.0.35 or 4.x.x can use same Patch file Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 250: Read Tag Using Browser Interface And Event Engine
Read Tag using Browser Interface and Event Engine One can use a browser to quickly configure the CS463 reader to autonomously read tags based on certain logic sequence defined in the event engine and operation profile. Read Tag using Default Profile and Default Event CS463 comes with a Default Profile and a Default Event.
Page 251 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Go to the Operation Profile in System page and select List Profile to ensure there is Default Profile can be found as below “Default Profile” Click “List Profile” to show all Profile Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 252 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Go to the List Event of Event Management in Event page and click List Event to show the Default Event Click “Default Event” to continue Click “List Event” to show default Event Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 253 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 In Default Event, the reading tag from antenna port 1 can be started after the default event was enable and click Modify to confirm the change Click “Enable Event” to enable the tag reading Click “Modify” to confirm the changing ...
Page 254 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Read Tag using Custom Profile and Custom Event To define your own profile and event, the following steps are needed: Add Profile:  Go to the Operation Profile in System page, then click Add Profile as below Click ports connected with antenna.
Page 255 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Change the session, Target, Algorithm and Tag population to optimize  Please click “Add” to confirm the change. reader performance Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 257 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Start inventory reading using Test Event 1  Make sure antenna Port 1 is connected to an antenna as stated on Default Profile of Operation Profile which mentioned on previous session Setup Reader.  Antenna Port 1 was connected to the antenna ...
Page 258 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Select Always Click Enable Event to enable it Click “Modify” to apply the change  Please click “Modify” to confirm the change and inventory will start.  Go to Tag inventory to check inventory result. Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 259 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Click “Tag Inventory” to check Inventory result The Inventory can be stopped by disabling the Event 1 on Event Management as below Unchecked Enable Event to disable it Click “Modify” to apply the change Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 260 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Below procedure to enable particular group of tag to be detected and used this group as trigger  Add tag group Go to Tag group in Tag & Tag Filter and click Add Tag Group Input the new tags group name as below Click Add to confirm the new group Copyright ©...
Page 261 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Add Tags to the group Click Add to add new tags to the group and below menu will pop up Click confirm to confirm the addition of new tag to the tag group Click Save to save the new tag group Copyright ©...
Page 262 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Import New tags Prepare tag record file, below is the example file and view by notepad Click Import then select the tags record file Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 264 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 In the Add trigger of Event menu, new tag group (TagGroup 3) is available as shown below Go to Event management, Group Tigger can be used in Tigger Logic on Event 1 Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 265: Example 1: Example Event Send To Csl Demo Cloud Server
Cloud server Step 1: Set up the Cloud Server Path (use CSL Demo Cloud Server in this example) List the Cloud Server and check CSL Cloud Server path is correct (this server is saved on reader when shipped) CSL cloud server path: https://democloud.convergence.com.hk:29090/WebServiceRESTs/1.0/req/create-up...
Page 267 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Select fields to be used as below. Note that in order to send data to CSL Demo Cloud Server, you MUST include RFIDReaderSerialNumber and RFIDReaderInternalSerialNumber. server will check the actual production CS463 units serial number and internal serial number as well as the MAC addresses to ensure it is a bona fide CSL product.
Page 268 Add Resultant Action with Low Latency Alert Server action mode as below and using the proper Server ID (the ID “Send to CSL Demo Cloud” is used in this example) and Data Format Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 269 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Step 3: Set up the Event Add “Example Event Send to CSL Demo Cloud Server” and using pervious defined Resultant Action “Send to CSL Demo Cloud” Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 270 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Enable the event “Example Event Send to CSL Demo Cloud Server” to start Inventory so that data will be sent to cloud server First, click here to enable the event then, click here to confirm the change...
Page 271 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Go to Tag Inventory page to check any tags was read from reader as below (show all tags read mean raw data) Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 272 Step 5: Verify tag data is indeed sent to the CSL Demo Cloud Server To verify the tag data has been sent to the remote server, in this case the CSL Demo Server, you need to log in to the CSL Demo Cloud Server.
Page 275: Example 2: Traffic Control - Management Of Traffic At Building Entrance
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Example 2: Traffic Control – Management of Traffic at Building Entrance Define two events to manage the Truck/Personnel In and Out, one event for incoming called “Example Event Entrance Boom Barrier Control”, while another event for outgoing called “Example Event Exit Boom Barrier Control”, also those two event is exclusive since the system should not handle the Entrance/Exit simultaneously.
Page 276 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Personnel Incoming case “Example Event Entrance Boom Barrier Control” even details One Input port is used to monitor the incoming Personnel/truck, If the level of input port changed from Low to High such as infrared detector, the inventory will be enabled. This trigger is defined as below Copyright ©...
Page 277 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 There is another trigger to control the detection of tag group as shown below and trigger mode is “Tigger in Tag Group” The Tag Group called Test Group 1 is used in this trigger and this tag group was defined in Tag group under Tag &Tag filter page as shown below Copyright ©...
Page 278 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 There are Resultant actions after particular tag was detected within the group and defined as below This resultant action will turn on the output port Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 279 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The inventory will be stopped by trigger called “Infrared Sensor GPI Port 2 High” Another Input port is used to monitor the incoming Personnel/truck leaving detection zone, If the state of input port level changed from Low to High such as infrared detector, the inventory will be stopped.
Page 280 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Personnel Outgoing case “Example Event Exit Boom Barrier Control” event details For leaving personnel case, the Tigger “Infrared Sensor GPI Port 2 High” is used to detect leaving personnel reaching detection zone then start inventory, this personnel going out is detected by “Infrared Sensor GPI Port 1 High”...
Page 281 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After the both “Example Event Entrance Boom Barrier Control”/ “Example Event Exit Boom Barrier Control” event was defined, each event should be enabled by clicking Even Enabled and click Modify to save the changed Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 282 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After both events was enabled and Enable field become true as shown below Please ensure both Antenna Port 1 and Antenna Port 2 was connected with antenna before enable mentioned Events Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 283: Example 3: Multiple Antenna Ports With Different Events For Each Port
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Example 3: Multiple Antenna Ports with Different Events for Each Port The event “Operate on Tags from Antenna 1” is used to handle tags from antenna port 1 while event “Tags from ant 2” work for tags from antenna port 2. If both even was enabled, different event can work for each port simultaneously.
Page 284 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The event “Operate on Tags from Antenna 1” details as below. It will turn on GPIO port1 if tag within tag group defined in Test Group 1, was detected coming from antenna port1. Corresponding trigger shown on below Copyright ©...
Page 285 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The event “Tags from ant 2” details as below. It will turn on GPIO port2 if tag within tag group defined in TagGroup 3, was detected coming from antenna port 2. Corresponding trigger shown on below Copyright ©...
Page 286: Example 4: Example Event Using Database Tag Group And Database Display
The event Example Tag Database Display can display content of database located in reader if tag within database tag group was detected from antenna port 1 on CS463 or antenna port 4 on CS203X. This database record can contain Picture/Photo and text such as equipment photo,...
Page 288 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The database is going to use in this event, was choose in Trigger page as shown below The way showing database content was defined in Display Format, so, you need choose right display format in Resultant Action page as shown below on Display Tag Database Record Action Mode Copyright ©...
Page 290 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Type of record on particular database can be listed in List Database as shown below. The content of each record on each database can be changed from List Tag Record as shown below click here to continue Copyright ©...
Page 291 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 click here to choose which record to be modified The content of record can be modified in this page Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 292 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 The new record can be added to particular database in Add Record as shown below click here to continue The content of each record on particular database can be added in this page as shown below Copyright ©...
Page 293 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After all necessary modification was done, the event can be run again by clicking Even Enabled as shown below You should see the event status changed to Enabled Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 294 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 If you go to Display Tag Group/Database Record, you can see the database record content linking to the detected tag(The tag with EPC 123456789012345678901234 was used in this event Example Tag Database Display shipped with reader ). Copyright ©...
Page 295: Example 5: Read Magnus S3 Tag Temperature
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Example 5: Read Magnus S3 Tag Temperature The event Read Temp is used to read temperature from Magnus S3 tag. This Event was shipped with latest version of reader. Once the event was enabled as below and the condition on temperature higher than 10C in trigger Read Temp tag was fulfilled, reader will send pulse to IO port.
Page 296 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Here is the trigger Read Temp tag used on Read Temp event Temperature requirement is set on here Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 297 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 You can find the temperature result on this page Display Magnus Tag Data page under Tag Inventory Temperature read The returned value of On Chip RSSI S3 tag should be within a range (details can be found on official Magnus S3 document) otherwise the temperature accuracy will be affected.
Page 298 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Here is the operation profile Read Temp Magnus S3 used on event Read Temp. The tag model Magus S3 was chosen in this operation profile, correct model of tag must match the using one otherwise you can’t read the temperature Copyright ©...
Page 299: Read Tag Using Csl Unified Api
Read Tag using CSL Unified API The CS463 can be controlled via the Ethernet. In this case user needs to connect the PC with CS463 with a Ethernet cable directly or via a router, or via the Wi Fi network.
Page 300 Below is the screen capture of a Demo application, which is also available for download from Convergence website (www.convergence.com.hk), on PC controlling CS463. Highlight the CS463 reader which are going to connect then click Connect Click Reader bar to highlight the reader PC Application Screen –...
Page 301 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Below shows the main menu of the PC Demo application. User can perform typical basic tag operations via this PC Demo application as mentioned below.  Inventory  Tag memory bank read and write  GPIO On/Off control ...
Page 302 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Go to Antenna Port Config to configure which port was connected with antenna Click here to change antenna port configuration Click corresponding antenna port which was connected with antenna, and change the state to Active state Click here to change the state to active also index # 0...
Page 303 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Go to Inventory Config page and change all inventory related parameter such as session, target and algorithm Click apply to confirm the changing After the configure the reader, inventory can be started to read tags Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 304 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Click the “Inventory” icon to go the corresponding sub-menu as below. Click here going to inventory sub-menu Click Run to start the inventory tags reading Inventory operation using PC Demo application Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 306 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Download the LLRP application from CSL website and unzip got follow files Files in Inventory Example directory Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 307 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Download XML editor (XML Notepad) from Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973 Edit the file setReaderConfig.xml by xml Notepad Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 308 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 There are 4 antenna port, so, there are 4 corresponding AntennaProperties and AntennaConfiguration need to be set Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 309 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Edit setReaderConfig.xml to specify which antenna port to be used Any using port with connected antenna need to set 1 Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 310 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Edit setReaderConfig.xml to change transmit power, session and tag population The transmit power, session and tag population need to be set for each antenna port Power index from 0 to 88. Real power = (power index * 2.5 + 100) / 10 dBm Copyright ©...
Page 311 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Edit setCustomInventoryMode.xml to change the target and inventory algorithm First byte Format: Mode: 0 = Toggle AB (default); 1 = Target A; 2 = Target B (Hex #, 1 bytes) Second byte Format: inventory algorithm: 0 = fixed Q; 1 = Dynamic Q (default) (Hex #, 1 bytes) For Example: Set Toggle AB and Dynamic, data should be “0001”...
Page 312 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Edit setCustomDwell.xml to change the dwell time Antenna port 2 and 3 dwell time (0x3E8)=1000ms, ports 0 and 1 dwell time set to 1s (0x2710)=10000ms Start dos command prompt by typing cmd on window Change the working directory to LLR software located Copyright ©...
Page 315: Read Tag Using Cs461 High Level Api (Csl Http/Xml Api)
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Read Tag using CS461 High Level API (CSL HTTP/XML API) To be added Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 316: Read Tag Using Cs461 Low Level Api (Mach1 Api)
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Read Tag using CS461 Low Level API (MACH1 API)  Change the access mode to CS461 Low Level API  Unzip package and start the Mach1 PC software by double click the CS463Mach1Samples Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 317 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Click Connect to connect to reader  Input correct IP address and operation Region of the connecting reader Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 318 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Go to Antenna Setting page  Select the corresponding antenna ports which connected with antenna, going to use this port to read tags, also set the correct RF transmitting power  Go to Gen2 Parameters page ...
Page 319 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0  Select Inventory on Commands tab then click “Start” Click “Start” to start the selected action Select “Inventory” for reading tags  Tags reading result shown on below Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 321: Read Tag Using Cs108 Bluetooth Api
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Read Tag using CS108 Bluetooth API Change the reader access mode to CS108 Bluetooth API as shown below Click “Set” to confirm the changing access mode Click Set to confirm the changing Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 322 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Using Android Phone with Play store and search application with keyword CS108 C# as below Select this one to install Select the CS108 C# Demo to install Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 323 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After the CS108 C# Demo application installation successful, the software icon can be found on phone main page as below Select this software to Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 324 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 After running CS108 C# Demo application, below screen should appear Press here to find available CS463 reader Select “Press to Scan/Connect Reader to find available CS463 reader Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 325 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 All available reader can be found in this page as below and select the right one to connect Press right reader to connect, also, the signal strength is stronger if the reader is close to you comparing all available reader.
Page 327 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 CS108 C# Demo main page is shown as below and detail operation can be found on CS108 operation manual available on CSL Web page You can select Inventory page to read tags Remark: Ensure Antenna was connected on Reader before starting to read Tags...
Page 328 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Available tags was shown below after you press the Start Inventory Press here to Start/Stop reading tags Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 329: Read Tag Using Custom Embedded Rfid
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Read Tag using Custom Embedded RFID Change the access mode to Custom Embedded RFID Click Set to confirm the change Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 330 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Input the Embedded RFID application path and its command in this page as shown below, the application will run once the access mode changed to “Custom Embedded RFID” Select this page to input command path and it command Copyright ©...
Page 331: Demo Source Codes For Download
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Demo Source Codes for Download The source codes are available on below link https://www.convergence.com.hk/downloads/cs463/ Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 332: Historical Firmware Versions
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Historical Firmware Versions The following are lists of historical firmware versions of each firmware: Web Application: Version Number Date Description JNI Library: Version Number Date Description Patch: Version Number Date Description Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 333 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 CSL Unified API Library (Daemon): Version Number Date Description CS461 Low Level API (MACH1) Library: Version Number Date Description LLRP Library: Version Number Date Description Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 334 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 CS108 Bluetooth API Library: Version Number Date Description CSL C# Demo App: Version Number Date Description Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...
Page 335: Appendix A: Federal Communications Commission Compliance
Appendix A: Federal Communications Commission Compliance The CS463 model has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Page 336: Appendix B: Reader Modes (Link Profiles)
Appendix B: Reader Modes (Link Profiles) There are 4 link profiles in the CSL Intelligent Fixed Readers: 0, 1, 2, 3. Only 1 profile is active at any time. The purpose of each link profile is explained below. These definitions correspond to different application or physical scenarios.
Page 337: Appendix C: Sessions
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix C: Sessions Session is a concept of the EPC Global Standard to allow a tag to respond to multiple readers inventorying it at the same time, each using a different session number. There are 4 possible sessions: S0, S1, S2, S3. The user however has to be careful because these 4 sessions have different behaviors, notably how the tag flag “persists”...
Page 338: Appendix D: Tag Population And Q
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix D: Tag Population and Q Tag Population is the RFID tag population that is to be inventoried. To be more precise, it is the population of tags that can be “seen” by the RFID reader. Q is an EPC Global Standard concept related to the way a group of tags is inventoried.
Page 339: Appendix E: Query Algorithm
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix E: Query Algorithm There are 2 types of Query Algorithm: Fixed Q and Dynamic Q. For Fixed Q, the Q value does not change. In other words, the expected Tag Population does not change. For Dynamic Q, the Q value changes adaptively: when there are a lot of inventory repeats where no tags respond, the reader will interpret that there are not that many RFID tags in the front environment, and hence it is more efficient to change the Q to a smaller value.
Page 340: Appendix F: Target
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix F: Target Target refers to the target flag that the reader wants to inventory. There are 2 possible flags of an RFID tag: State A and State B. When an RFID tag is first powered up, it has a flag of State A. After it is inventoried, the state of the flag becomes State B.
Page 341: Appendix G: Receiver Amplifier Gain Values
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix G: Receiver Amplifier Gain Values The receive path has many amplifiers and their gain can be configured also. There are 4 parameters: RF LNA High Compression Mode: 0 or 1 (default is 1) RF LNA Gain: 1 dB, 7 dB, or 13 dB (for 13 dB, RF LNA High Compression Mode must be 0) (default is 1 dB) IF LNA Gain:...
Page 342: Appendix H: Tagfocus
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix H: TagFocus TagFocus is a special Impinj extension to EPC protocol to enable longer persistence time when Session is S1, Target is Flag A only (no toggle). This combination setting is traditionally used to inventory a lot of tags. However, since the normal persistence time of this combination as defined by EPC is only 2 to 5 seconds, so when this time is up, the tag will still go back to Flag A.
Page 343: Appendix I: Fastid
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix I: FastID FastID is a special Impinj extension to EPC protocol. By setting this, an inventory of Bank 1 EPC will have both Bank 1 EPC and Bank 2 TID coming back together in a simple inventory. The PC value is automatically modified –...
Page 344: Appendix J: Security
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix J: Security There are 4 actions you can apply on the memory inside an RFID tag: Lock Unlock Permanent Lock Permanent Unlock You can obtain an EPC Global document which can be downloaded from the EPC Global website that explains this: https://www.gs1.org/epcrfid/epc-rfid-uhf-air-interface-protocol/2-0-1.
Page 345 USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 For the Access Password and Kill Password the security locking affects both reading and writing. For the EPC memory bank and the User memory bank, the security locking affects only writing. For the TID memory bank, since we are the user and not the manufacturing vendor, there is no security action that can be applied.
Page 346: Appendix K: Models & Regulatory Region
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix K: Models & Regulatory Region There are various models, denoted by the alphanumeric key to the right of the dash after the CSXYZ-N, here denoted by “N”. The applicable regulatory regions for each model are described below: 865-868 MHz for Europe ETSI, Russia, Mid-East countries –...
Page 347: Appendix L: Technical Support
USER'S MANUAL, VERSION 2.0 Appendix L: Technical Support All technical support should be sent to the following email: info@convergence.com.hk Copyright © Convergence Systems Limited 2021, All Rights Reserved...

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