User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Mercury4 & 5 Reader User Guide
- Appendix A: Mercury4 Antenna Information
- Appendix B: M5 Antenna Information
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Using the Browser-Based Interface
The Mercury4 or Mercury5 Reader browser-based interface communicates directly with the
RFID reader. It includes several tools that enable you to monitor reader performance, change
reader settings, and upgrade reader firmware.
The browser-based interface can be run from any PC on the network.
Care must be taken to configure the PC with an IP address and subnet mask compatible with
the current operational settings of the reader.
A navigation menu provides access to the following pages:
Status Page on page 26—Displays current operational settings.
Query Page on page 27—Allows the user to perform Anti-Collision RFID tag
searches and to specify the constraints used in the search.
Write Page on page 37—Allows the user to write tags; this is only applicable to tags
that are writeable.
Settings Page on page 39—Allows the user to modify reader network settings.
Firmware Update Page on page 47—This page can be used to upgrade the tag
reader with new firmware images supplied by ThingMagic.
Restart Page on page 49—Allows the user to restart the reader via a “warm boot.”
Diagnostics Page on page 51—This page provides the current operating settings of
the reader.