Technical Manual

Technical Manual
ARGUS AM Floor System
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Table of contents
Technical Manual ARGUS AM Floor System ........................................................................... 1
1 Terms and abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 4
2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Restrictions and limitations ............................................................................................ 5
2.1.1 Software restrictions .......................................................................................... 5
2.1.2 Detection distances ........................................................................................... 5
3 General AM and EAS issues ................................................................................................ 6
3.1 Noise sources ................................................................................................................ 6
4 Installation requirements ..................................................................................................... 7
4.1 Installer/contractor ......................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Antenna placement and cabling .................................................................................... 7
4.3 Control Unit .................................................................................................................... 9
4.4 Power supply ................................................................................................................. 9
4.5 Post installation information .......................................................................................... 9
4.6 Implanted medical devices ............................................................................................ 9
5 Equipment and tools ........................................................................................................... 10
5.1 General installation tools ............................................................................................. 10
5.2 Laptop computer .......................................................................................................... 10
5.3 Software ...................................................................................................................... 10
6 AM operating principle ....................................................................................................... 11
6.1 Synchronization principle ............................................................................................ 12
7 Installing the antennas ....................................................................................................... 14
7.1 Excavation of the floor ................................................................................................. 14
7.2 Elevated antenna......................................................................................................... 14
7.3 Bed of shielding tiles.................................................................................................... 14
8 Connections......................................................................................................................... 17
8.1 How to access the electronic board ............................................................................ 17
8.2 Field Bus connections ................................................................................................. 17
8.2.1 Bus connections with laptop ............................................................................ 18
8.3 Field Bus termination ................................................................................................... 19
9 Power supply ....................................................................................................................... 20
9.1 Power supply specifications ........................................................................................ 21
9.2 Switching to a different mains voltage ......................................................................... 21
9.3 Power supply restrictions ............................................................................................ 21
10 Configurations ........................................................................................................... 23