User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 95 Series RFID System User’s Guide
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction
- Reader R95 Installation and Connections
- Exciter E95 Installation and Connections
- Power Supply TRM95 Installation and Connection
- Configuration and Operation
- Before You Begin
- General Procedure Rules
- Setting Up the Reader/PC Connection
- Reader’s Power-up Sequence
- Learning Procedure (Optional)
- Resetting the Reader
- Checking the Reader’s Basic Parameters
- Setting Up the Exciter’s Address
- LF Transmitter Output
- Configuring the Reader
- Setting Up the Carrier Threshold
- Setting Up the Exciter’s Test-Tag
- Setting Up the Real Time Clock
- Configuring the Reader’s Application Parameters
- Configuring the Reader’s Network Parameters
- Storing the Reader’s Configuration
- Reader - Final Setup
- 95 Series RFID System - Final Test
- Programming and Testing the Transponder T95
- Troubleshooting
- Specifications
- Transponder T95 Messages
- Excitation Modes
- Reader Software Upgrade Procedure
- Glossary
- Index
RFID Specific Terms
1-2 Introduction
RFID Specific Terms
Transponder Transponders are devices that receive an excitation signal, and respond by
transmitting back a message. Transponders that are used in identification systems
are sometimes referred to as electronic tags or tags.
Excitation Signal The excitation signal may be in the form of electromagnetic energy and can operate
anywhere in the RF spectrum from a low-radio frequency to infra-red light. It can also
have a special signature (pattern, coding, etc.) to avoid false or unwanted excitations.
When there is no excitation signal, the Transponder is dormant (in sleep mode).
Transponders do not transmit information involuntarily.
Response Signal The Transponder’s response can be a separate RF transmission or a supplementary
modulation of the excitation signal. The response signal contains information that
allows you to identify each Transponder and the object to which it is attached. Some
or all of this information may be stored in memory that can either be pre-coded and
unalterable, or reprogrammable.
Reading Points Reading Points are installed at strategic areas on the site where you want to identify
objects that are passing within a specified range. Reading Points generate the
excitation signal and receive signals transmitted by the Transponders. Data captured
from the Transponders is then transferred to the main computer. In so doing, the
Reading Point functions as a relay or an interface that transfers data from the
Transponders to the main computer and vice-versa.
Communication Links When using Transponders and Reading Points, two wireless communication links
exist. They are: Uplink - from the Reading Point to the Transponder, and Downlink -
from the Transponder to the Reading Point.
RFID System Automatic identification systems vary in their complexity. An example of a simple
system is a car-park barrier that provides automatic vehicular-access control. A more
complex example is a network of on-line Readers and Exciters that communicate with
a host computer that is managing an automated industrial facility.
Postal RFID System
The International Postal Corporation (IPC) required international end-to-end mail
performance monitoring to implement new management and financial control
systems. This monitoring and controlling is supported by an international agreement
known as REIMS (Remunerating Exchanges of International Mails).
The Postal RFID System was developed in response to the IPC’s requirements.
The main objective of the Postal RFID System is:
• To monitor the movement of the probe letters at key points in the system
• To supply evidence of mailing system performance
• To highlight problem areas.