User's Manual

USER MANUAL: T500 Tag Programming Station (TPS) Document A316000-699
©1999-2008 MARK IV INDUSTRIES CORP. I.V.H.S. DIVISION pg. 7 of 69
Abbreviations Used
Abbreviation Meaning
AU antenna unit
RF radio frequency
T500 an alternate name for the TPS
TPS tag programming station
TPU tag programming unit
UPS uninterrupted power supply
1.0 TPS Components and Interconnection - Overview
The system components are shown below.
1.1 Front view of TPS system components:
T-500
TPU
T-500
AU
TPS
Computer
mouse
drawer
MARK IV Antenna Unit
110 V AC
MARK IV TPU
RF cable
Host port RS-232 link
Customer supplied computer
Customer supplied components
(excluding the TPS program).
MARK IV supplied components
excluding the tag to be programmed.
Mouse
RS-232 link
Note: Some older model
TPUs are marked as
"Diagnostic" port here.
Host
RF control
TPS program is software
supplied by MARK IV
drawer
tag to be
programmed
RF
RF Control