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QUICK START GUIDE BL IDENT® UHF SYSTEM Sense it! Connect it! Bus it! Solve it!
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Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG, Mülheim an der Ruhr. Subject to alterations without notice. D101925 0412 - BLident® UHF...
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Warning! Before beginning installation work Switch device off. Protect device from accidentally switching it on. Determine whether device is free of voltage. Grounding and short-circuiting Cover or enclose adjacent parts which remain under voltage. The instructions provided for mounting the device must be followed.
Safety ..............................1 1.3.1 Intended use ........................................2 1.3.2 Project engineering/installation instructions ..........................2 Overview of the TURCK BL ident® UHF system Support for BL ident® projects ........................ 1 Compatibility ............................1 Transmission frequency......................... 1 Approval of data carriers and read/write heads ..................2 General information on the UHF data carriers..................
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Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules.......... 11 3.2.1 Firmware versions....................................11 3.2.2 Start-up with the PIB and programmable gateways ........................11 3.2.3 Start-up with the PIB and Siemens PLCs ............................12 3.2.4 The PIB_001KB function block ................................12 – PLC_VISU visualization tab for PIB ..............................18 3.2.5 Multiple access (multitag detection, bulk reading)........................20 3.2.6...
BL ident® UHF system with regard to data carriers, read/write heads and RFID electronic modules. The two chapters give a brief overview of the BL ident® UHF system, the connection of the read/write heads and provide the information required for start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-S, BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules.
General information 1.3.1 Intended use Danger The devices described in this manual must only be used for the intended applications described herein and in the relevant technical description, and only in conjunction with certified systems and components of other suppliers. To ensure correct and safe operation of the devices, proper transportation, storage, assembly and installation, as well as careful operation and maintenance must be ensured.
The operating frequency of devices in the UHF band is, for example, 865...868 MHz in Europe and 902...928 MHz in the USA. BL ident® read/write heads for the UHF band can only be used in the specified countries and must not be put into operation outside of these regions. As BL ident® UHF data carriers are passive devices, they do not radiate any of their own radio waves and are therefore suitable for worldwide use.
(protocol control byte, from address 10 ). The actual data range of the UIIs starts at address 20 . The data carriers are identified within the BL ident® system via the first eight bytes of the data range, i.e. from address 04 to 0C ...
Alien Higgs 3 has all four banks. 2.5.1 Multiple access (multi-tag detection, bulk reading) With UHF-RFID the data carriers in the BL ident® system are identified by the first eight bytes of the UII, i.e. from address 04 to 0C .
Overview of the TURCK BL ident® UHF system 2.5.2 User data areas of the data carrier variants Overview of the UHF data carriers with Impinj Monza 3 chip The Impinj Monza 3 UHF data carriers have a UII memory area of 12 bytes.
General information on the UHF data carriers Overview of the UHF data carriers with Impinj Monza 4 QT chip – “private” mode This memory chip has two different states for the memory division; the “private” mode and the “public” mode. “private” mode is available in the factory setting, as well as in operation with the BLxx-2RFID-S, BLxx-2RFID-A electronic modules and BLcompact.
The following data on the Impinj Monza 4QT in “public” mode is for information purposes only since the “public” mode is not supported by the BL ident® system. The Impinj Monza 4 UHF data carriers in “public” mode have a UII memory area of 12 bytes.
General information on the UHF data carriers Overview of the UHF data carriers with Alien Higgs 3 chip The Alien Higgs 3 data carriers have a UII memory area of 12 bytes and a user memory area of 64 bytes that can be used as required.
Overview of the TURCK BL ident® UHF system Overview of the UHF data carriers with NXP Ucode G2XM/G2XL chip The NXP Ucode G2XM/G2XL data carriers have a UII memory area of 30 bytes. Table 6: “NXP Ucode G2XM/G2XL memory area” page 2-8 describes the data structure of the data carriers.
General information on the UHF data carriers Overview of the UHF data carriers with NXP Ucode G2IM chip The NXP Ucode G2IM UHF data carriers have a UII memory area of 16 bytes, a user memory area of 64 bytes that can be used as required, and a user TID of 14 bytes. Table 7: “NXP Ucode G2IM memory area”...
Overview of the TURCK BL ident® UHF system Overview of the UHF data carriers with NXP Ucode G2IL chip The NXP Ucode G2IL UHF data carriers have a UII memory area of 16 bytes. Table 8: “NXP Ucode G2IL memory area” page 2-10 describes the data structure of the data carriers.
The operating frequency in the UHF band is between 840 MHz and 960 MHz depending on the region of use. All TURCK UHF read/write heads are suitable for single and multiple access of the data carriers. 2.6.1 Connecting the read/write heads...
Overview of the TURCK BL ident® UHF system Attention Possible device damage with BL20! The power supply of the read/write heads must not be connected via the BL20 base modules, since the current via the RFID I/O modules is not sufficient. Whilst the wiring of the data cables is routed via the base modules, the power supply must be fed directly via the supply lines of the cables .../S2500, .../S2501 and .../S2503!
12 byte I/O process image (8 bytes user data) without having to use a standard function block (PIB). The programming required is easier and the user can link BL ident® to all controllers for which TURCK has an approved fieldbus gateway (see data sheet for the BLxx-2RDFID-S module, BLcompact) at www.turck.com).
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Overview of the TURCK BL ident® UHF system 2-14 D101925 0412 - BLident® UHF...
Gateway (fieldbus module), see data sheet for BLxx-2RFID-S SR23 RFID electronic module BLxx-2RFID-S V1.27 TN...-Q150L170-V1147 read/write head V1.27 TN...-Q240L280-H1147 read/write head V1.47 TN...-Q280L640-H1147 read/write head Note A firmware update of the RFID electronic modules is only possible through the TURCK customer service. D101925 0412 - BLident® UHF...
Start-up 3.1.2 I/O mapping of the BL20-2RFID-S and BL67-2RFID-S RFID electronic modules Note The I/O mapping of the BL20/BL67 station must match the station configuration, i.e. any other fitted I/O modules (not BLxx-2RFID-S) on left to the BLxx-2RFID-S modules must be taken into account.
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Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-S and BLcompact RFID electronic modules Table 10: (cont.) Designat Meaning Meaning of the status bits 1: A data carrier is in the sensing range of the read/write head and is detected by it. (Tag 0: There is no data carrier in the sensing range of the read/write head or the read/write present) head has not detected it.
The read/write head must first be activated before another command can be initiated with a subsequent process image. If XCVR = 0 while the BL ident® system is processing the execution of a command, the command is not executed until the end. The read/write head is then not deactivated until the status bit “DONE = 1”.
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"TN902/915-Q280L640-H1147#7030367" RESET 0 -> 1: The rising edge causes a “Reset” of the BL ident® system. If the status bit “BUSY” is set, the execution of the current command is aborted and the status bit “DONE” is set. The status bit “ERROR” and the two error message bytes (error code) of the process input data are deleted.
Start-up 3.1.3 Parameters for BLxx-2RFID-S Note The default values of the parameters are factory set as follows: Transmit power level = 1 Transmit frequency band = 1 These parameters must always be set to the relevant application. The following parameters can be set with the BLxx-2RFID-S modules: Bypass time Note With HF this parameter corresponds to the bypass time and with UHF to the number of...
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The software tool is only designed for users that wish to make more extensive settings to the read/write heads that are different to the parameter options of BL ident®. Of the wide range of setting options available in WebConfig the following are available for TN..Q150L170-V1147 and TN...Q240L280-H1147 –...
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Start-up List of parameter data bytes Table 13: Byte Parameter data bytes for BL.xx- 2RFID-S interface modules reserved Transmit power level channel 1 reserved Transmit power level channel 2 Operation mode Transmit frequency “0” channel 1 band channel 1 Operation mode Transmit frequency “0”...
BLxx-2RFID-S RFID electronic modules Parameters for channel 1 Operation mode 0 = Standard With BL ident® UHF this parameter must always access be set to 0 = Standard access. 1 = Fast access Transmit 0 = Band 1 TN865...
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BLxx-2RFID-S RFID electronic modules Parameters for channel 2 Operation mode 0 = Standard With BL ident® UHF this parameter must always access be set to “0 = Standard access”. 1 = Fast access Transmit 0 = Band 1 TN865...
TN...-Q240L280-H1147 read/write head V1.47 TN...-Q280L640-H1147 read/write head Note A firmware update of the RFID electronic modules is only possible via the TURCK customer service. 3.2.2 Start-up with the PIB and programmable gateways The following programmable gateways are suitable for start-up with the PIB using CoDeSys:...
Start-up With the BL ident® system, TURCK offers different PIB variants to suit the read and write requirements of different data volumes: PIB_001KB PIB_016KB PIB_032KB Note Refer to the manual D101639 - Start-up with CoDeSys for programmable gateways for a detailed description.
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Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules Figure 6: PIB function block PIB function block Additional functions 3-13 D101925 0412 - BLident® UHF...
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Meaning Configuration parameters This is the start address for the BL ident® process data of the first module. The ID (start address) for a second module must be “4”, for a third “8” and a fourth “12”. (the address area for the first channel is defined with the OFFSET=0 and with OFFSET=2 for the second channel.)
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Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules Table 18: (cont.) Variable Value here Meaning Configuration parameters TXSTART The send buffer for the 1st channel starts at position 1 of the memory area. This is the first byte of array CH_0_TXREF: CH_0_TXREF[1].
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Start-up Table 19: (cont.) Variable Meaning Control variables and command selection CMDSEL Command selection A value between 1 and 10 can be entered in order to execute one of 10 possible commands. The definition of all commands is in CoDeSys below the description of the PLC_PRG (PRG): PRG_PibCommands (PRG).
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The output value is FALSE (black) if all the data areas of the data carrier have still not been read completely by the BL ident® system, or if the data carrier is not in the sensing range of the read/write head.
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Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules The following example shows the display of UIIs for two UHF data carriers: Figure 8: PLC_VISU PIB visualization with the UIIs 3-19 D101925 0412 - BLident® UHF...
Start-up 3.2.5 Multiple access (multitag detection, bulk reading) The Inventory command is used to request all the currently accessible UIIs within the radio field (see manuals D101640 - Start-up with CoDeSys for programmable gateways", D101579 - Start-up with PROFIBUS-DP and D101648 - Start-up with PROFINET"). Note With the Inventory command, all UIIs of the accessible data carriers in the BLxx-2RFID-A electronic module are collected within an automatically self-adjusting time window (e.g.
Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules 3.2.6 Parameters for BLxx-2RFID-A Note The default values of the parameters are factory set as follows: Transmit power level = 1 Transmit frequency band = 1 These parameters must always be set to the relevant application. (the setting is only possible in offline mode).
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The software tool is only designed for users that wish to make more extensive settings to the read/write heads that are different to the parameter options of BL ident®. Of the wide range of setting options available in WebConfig the following are available for TN..Q150L170-V1147 and TN...Q240L280-H1147 –...
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Start-up with the BLxx-2RFID-A and BLcompact RFID electronic modules List of parameter data bytes Table 23: Byte Parameter data bytes for BLxx- 2RFID-A inter- face modules reserved Transmit power level channel 1 reserved Transmit power level channel 2 Operation mode Transmit frequency “0”...
Parameters for channel 1 Operation mode 0 = Standard With BL ident® UHF and single tag detection this access parameter must be set to “0 = Standard access”. With BL ident® UHF and multi tag detection this 1 = Fast parameter must be set to “2 = Anticollision”.
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Parameters for channel 2 Operation mode 0 = Standard With BL ident® UHF and single tag detection this access parameter must be set to “0 = Standard access”. With BL ident® UHF and multi tag detection this 1 = Fast parameter must be set to “2 = Anticollision”.
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