User's Guide
Rev. 1
HEXAPAD 10 BC USB
1 Products covered by this manual 6
1.1 Type-approval note 6
1.2 Disclaimer 6
1.3 About Acura 6
2 Introduction 7
2.1 About this guide 7
2.2 Conventions used in this manual 7
2.3 Terms of definitions 7
2.4 Target audience 7
3 Introduction to equipment 8
4 Revision table 9
4.1 User guide table 9
4.2 Reader firmware table 10
4.3 Reader’s hardware table 11
5 Installation notes and important warnings 12
Part 1 - Overview and installation 13
6 Equipment Overview 14
6.1 Hardware - HEXAPAD 14
6.2 General reader characteristics 15
6.2.1 General features of the integrated antenna 16
6.2.1.1 Integrated antenna 17
6.2.1.2 Radiation diagram (integrated antenna) 17
6.2.1.3 VSWR (integrated antenna) 18
6.2.1.4 Gain Far Field 18
7 Installation 19
7.1 Turning on the reader 19
7.1.1 Identifying serial port (Windows) 20
7.1.1.1 Installing driver for Windows 21
7.1.1.1.1 Step 1: Device Detection 21
7.1.1.1.2 Step 2: Load driver 22
7.1.2 Identifying serial port (Linux) 27
7.1.3 Identifying serial port (Mac OS) 27
Part 2 - Standalone Mode 28
8 Reader in Standalone mode 29
8.1 Turning RF on and off in standalone mode 29
8.2 General diagram of standalone mode 30
8.3 Reading result format 31
8.4 Setting the reader 32
8.4.1 How to set up the reader? 33