User's Manual

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7.5 glossAry of terms And AbbreviAtions
Antenna A reader antenna that emits radio waves and receives reply signals from tags.
The reader antenna can be internal where it is integrated into the reader or
external where it is connected to the reader via a cable.
Antenna axis The antenna port on the reader which the antenna is plugged into.
Antenna tuning Trimming a reader antenna to its highest possible field strength which
corresponds to the highest operating voltage.
Create axis group Create an antenna group. This means combining antennas or antenna ports
into one group that serves the same purpose or application.
Configure axis group Configure group antenna behaviour. This means to set up all
antennas in the group to the same behavioural parameters
which will be the default parameters for this group.
D/C Date Code (month/year): Date of device manufacturing
DSB Digital Support Board: Embedded processor board running the
embedded operating system (OS) and the ReaderServer
HF High Frequency (13.56 MHz)
GUI Graphical Use Interface
IT ItemTag (chips, inlets and labels)
ItemTags (IT tags) Magellan’s labels and inlets for item tagging (separated items)
that work with Magellan’s family of reader-writers
LAN Local Area Network
LED Light Emitting Diode
MLC Machine Level Control (System Configuration Control): Reader
version number
MRD Maximum Read-Write Distance