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RFID Utility for RS804 User's Manual Version 1.0...
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Revision History Release Revision Date Changes 2020/07/31 First release Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: + 886 2 89121122 Fax: +886 2 89121810 website: www.ute.com...
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About this Manual RFID Utility for RS804 Version 1.0 is a Windows application that is aimed to provide a preliminary aid for RS804 Site Planning. This manual is aimed to provide a step by step guide on how to use all the functions of this utility.
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Worldwide Support unitech’s professional support team is available to quickly answer questions or assist with technical-related issues. For complete contact information please visit the websites listed below: Taipei, Taiwan – Headquarters Europe Tel: +886-2-89121122 Tel: +31-13-4609292 E-mail: info@hq.ute.com E-mail: info@eu.ute.com Address: 5F, No.
Chapter 1 : User Interface Overview RFID Utility for RS804 Version 1.0 is a Windows-based utility that provides the Inventory tools and statistics for aiding you in the preliminary site planning of the placements of your RS804 readers. You can connect to your RS804 on the network and perform the following functions: ...
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Turn off ping when you are finished with it. User LED – change the User LED light color on the connected RS804. The default is Off. Side Bar There are three page options on the side bar panel for you to get to different pages of the application.
Chapter 2 : Connection Panel 2.1 Connect and Disconnect To connect to a RS804 device: Connect your RS804 to your local network and turn it on. Connect your PC to the same network as your RS804. Wait for RFID Utility to automatically discovery your RS804. The discovered RS804 devices will be listed in the drop down menu. Select your desired RS804 from the list, and then click the Connect button to make a connection to the device. To Disconnect from a RS804 device: Click the Disconnect button to disconnect from the device. 2.2 Check Antenna Click the Check Antenna button to start checking the antenna ports on the device.
Pinging will make the connected RS804 to blink its LED light in red color. 2.4 User LED Color To light up the User LED on the connected RS804, you can select one of the three color options from the list: Green, Red, and Orange.
You can also click the Clear button to clear the inventory list. Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) ...
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Number of reads, reads per second, and number of unique tags read. Inventory List This area shows a list of tags read by RS804 during an Inventory session. You can select the columns to show from the Application Settings area.
Here shows the logs of the operations of the connected RS804. You can save the logs into a file by clicking on the Save Log button. You can also save the data in the Inventory List to a file by clicking on the Save Inventory button.
Tag Operations Tag RSSI Stats Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: + 886 2 89121122 Fax: +886 2 89121810 website: www.ute.com...
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USER bank can be read in both HEX or ASCII formats of your choice (This example shows ASCII read) Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) ...
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Enter the EPC name to kill. If the tag has a Kill password, you need also to specify the correct password. Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) ...
GPIO Operations The GPIO Operation area shows the stats of each GPI and GPO pins on the connected RS804. Grey means low/off, and Green means high/on. You can click on one of the GPO dots to switch the stat of that pin. Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: + 886 2 89121122 Fax: +886 2 89121810 website: www.ute.com...
Specify the Server URL, the file path, and the FTP login username password, and then click on “Start Update” to begin the update process. When RFID Utility confirms that the firmware update is complete, it may take a few more minutes for the RS804 device to boot up and let you reconnect back to the RS804. Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: + 886 2 89121122 Fax: +886 2 89121810 website: www.ute.com...
State Aware Set the State Aware setting on your RS804. (Default: SL) Toggle Target Set whether you are to enable toggle target on your RS804. (Default: True) Filter Tags Matching When performing inventory, you can filter to include or exclude one tag you are interested or not interested in.
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Rounds If you wish to have RFID Utility automatically stops an Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) ...
(Default: 1) Time Synchronization Sync with Desktop You can synchronize the date time of your RS804 with your desktop computer where you run the RFID Utility. Sync with NTP Server You can configure the NTP server addresses (up to 4 candidates) for synchronizing the RS804 date time with.
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E2003412DC03011774331581, E2003412DC03011774331318, E200001B810902711620EFBB Auto Save Save Every N Seconds If you wish to automatically save the Inventory and/or the Logs every once in a while, you can check the “Save Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: + 886 2 89121122 Fax: +886 2 89121810 website: www.ute.com...
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Username / Password Specify the username and password of your RS804 devices. RFID Utility uses the web login to connect to your RS804 for all of its operations. If you have changed your RS804 login username or password, please enter your settings here. (Default: Username=root, and No Password) Unitech electronics co., ltd. 5F., No.135, Ln. 235, Baoqiao Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel: + 886 2 89121122 Fax: +886 2 89121810 website: www.ute.com...
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