User's Manual

FSM Cable Installation & MEU Activation
Page 41 of 43 Rev. 1A, Rev. Date: 8/31/2006
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6. Running the Dot Animation process.
a) Once the MEU is properly configured for the specific location, the FSM must run a
“Dot Animation” sequence.
b) This sequence is basically a quick-cycle. It will send and receive a signal on each of the
52 channels utilizing each TX & Rx combination individually.
c) Each character that appears represents 1 of the 52 channels that the MEU scans with
each TX &Rx combination.
d) The asterisk indicates that no tags were read on that channel using a specific TX & Rx
combination.
e) A single-character number indicates the number of tags that were read on that channel
using a specific TX & Rx combination.
f) At the end of each line, the ‘34% T: 1 R: 1’ tells the user that a tag was read on 34% of
the 52 channels tested using the Tx-1 & Rx-1 antenna combination.
g) Any combination that displays 0% must be looked into. This could be a symptom of
incorrect antenna configuration, incorrect cabling, incorrect port usage, or defective