User's Guide
Table Of Contents
RFID tag
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags can be useful for asset tracking, allowing you to
automate audit tracking of pool radios, tracking radios in/out of service centres and stock tracking. It
is also useful for pairing pool radios with resources (persons and vehicles) and facilitating the rights
of access to secure areas.
These tags allow devices to be tracked through a communications network - when the tag with a
unique ID is moved within the proximity of a RFID read/write unit, it reads the stored data or writes
data to the tag.
Your radio has an integrated 'passive' RFID tag fitted, it is able to operate in the presence of a RFID
read/write unit, even when the radio is powered down or has its battery removed. RFID tags operate
at various frequencies—the tag in your radio is preprogrammed to operate at a frequency of 125
kHz. The range of operation is dependent on the RFID read/write unit.
Read the Sepura document RFID in STP9000 Series Information Sheet (Document no. MOD-
12-1459) for more information and technical specifications of the tag and read/write unit
requirements.
How the RFID tag works in your radio
The RFID tag fitted into the back of the radio, its exact position is marked by the embossed RFID
logo. Hold the radio with the embossed RFIDtag within range of the RFID read/write unit. The RFID
tag operates in the presence of the RFID read/write unit even when the radio is powered off or has
the battery removed.
The distance between the RFID tag and read/write unit may differ depending on the type of
read/write unit being used. Always read the instructions supplied with the RFIDReader on how to
operate it.
Customising your radio
Your radio has a large number of parameters that can be customised using the programming
software tool, Radio Manager 2. These parameters are grouped into a series of templates that can
be easily modified to suit the end user's preferences. A complete set of parameters for your radio is
called a customisation.
Radios can be customised either in bulk, by fitting them into a Sepura programming pod which can
accommodate 4 or 8 radios at a time, or individually by directly connecting them to a computer
running Radio Manager 2 software using a Sepura Data/Programming Cable.
Your radio must be powered on and have sufficient battery charge for the duration of the
customisation process.
Your radio cannot be programmed when Connector Protector on page93 is enabled.
116 SC21 Series hand-portable radio