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
Upgrading the Firmware
Reader Software Upgrade Procedure D-1
Appendix D
Reader Software Upgrade Procedure
This appendix describes the procedures for upgrading the Reader R95 (P/N 600405)
main software using the serial interface RS232 or RS485. This software controls the
functionality of the Microcontroller placed on the Receiver assembly CRM95
(P/N 500056). This procedure refers particularly to the upgrading process for software
version 1.68.02.
Upgrading the Firmware
Upgrading the firmware involve the following steps:
1. Setting the Reader’s Address to 0
2. Saving parameters: HV0, HV1, ISC, ISN
3. Upgrading the firmware itself by using:
a) The RS232 interface
or
b) The RS485 interface: 4-wire communication line or 2-wire communication line
3. Restoring parameters: HV0, HV1, ISC, ISN
4. Setting the Reader’s Network Configuration
5. Final instructions
Setting the Reader’s
Address
To set the Reader’s address, do the following:
1. If the Reader already has an address, for example r, then set this address to 0 by
typing the following commands:
@r IAD=0<Enter>
@r :CONFIG:STORE<Enter>
@r :RESET<Enter>
For more information, refer to Storing the Reader’s Configuration on page 5-13.
2. Check whether the Reader’s address is 0, by typing the following command:
IVN<Enter>
The Reader must respond with its software version number. If not, repeat Step 1.