Installation Manual

Table of Contents
General Installation Information................................................7
Safety................................................................................................................................. 7
Information Flags...............................................................................................................7
Installation Tips.................................................................................................................. 8
Things to Consider.............................................................................................................9
Hand Tools, Equipment and Materials............................................................................. 10
NT132 System Overview...........................................................13
History.............................................................................................................................. 13
NT132 System Components............................................................................................ 13
Tags................................................................................................................................. 15
Reader .............................................................................................................................16
Antennas..........................................................................................................................17
Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU) .............................................................................................18
Reader Installation....................................................................19
Introduction ......................................................................................................................19
Required Materials........................................................................................................... 20
Mounting the Reader - All Types ..................................................................................... 21
Installation of a Serial Reader.......................................................................................... 22
Installation of a Wiegand Reader .................................................................................... 23
Installation of an FTT Reader System ............................................................................. 25
Connecting Power to the Reader – All Types.................................................................. 32
Configuring 3.x Reader Firmware............................................35
Required Materials........................................................................................................... 35
Connecting a Computer to the Reader............................................................................ 35
Communicating with the Reader via HyperTerminal ....................................................... 37
Reader Commands ......................................................................................................... 38
Entering a Command....................................................................................................... 39
Toggling between reading 3.x Tags and reading 2.0 Tags.............................................. 40
Changing the Reader ID Number ....................................................................................41
Toggling Between Default and Diagnostic Modes........................................................... 42
Bypass Mode - Enabling Action on 254 Code ................................................................. 44
Unilon Reset Buttons ....................................................................................................... 45
Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU) Installation...................................49
Introduction ......................................................................................................................49
Installation Considerations............................................................................................... 49
Required Materials........................................................................................................... 50
Prerequisite Tasks........................................................................................................... 50
Mounting the ATU............................................................................................................ 51
Cabling the ATU .............................................................................................................. 52
Connecting the ATU to the Reader.................................................................................. 53
Connecting the ATU to the Antennas .............................................................................. 53