User's Manual

Installing and Configuring the MPI 6000
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2. Run setup.exe and follow the commands to install the Host. The setup
procedure
installs an icon named MPI 6000 Host on your computer desktop.
The following sections tell you how to use the MPI 6000 Host software.
Connecting to the MPI 6000 Reader with the Host Software
1. Double-click on the MPI 6000 Host icon.
2. Select UDP on the main screen.
3. In the UDP Command Link Config field, enter
the IP address of the reader.
Write the IP address near
the Ethernet connector on the
MPI 6000 enclosure for
future reference.
4. Select Establish Command
Link.
5. Select E.xit.
Configuring the MPI 6000 Reader Operating Frequency
1. Select the Configuration tab.
2. Select the Transceiver Configuration sub-ta
b.
3. Set the frequencies to desire values. Nominal values are 918.75 for do
wnlink and
903 for uplink. Values must be between 902.25 and 903.75 or between 910 and
918.75 for the downlink. Values must be between 912.75 and 918.75 for the
uplink.
Operating the MPI 6000 Reader
1. Select Tags > FDOT.
2. Enter hex data into the IT2200 Write Data and SeGo Page Data fields. Us
e 32
hex characters for IT2200 (Allegro) and 16 hex characters for SeGo. This is the
data that is going to be written to the tag.
3. Select Read or Write in the SeGo Se
quence Field. This sets the Read or Write
parameters for both IT2200 and SeGo tags.
4. Press St
art to begin tag processing.
5. Tag
responses should appear in the IT2200 and SeGo fields.
6. To st
op the display or the response count, select the check boxes.
7. Press Sto
p to end tag processing.
8. Press Exit to
close the FDOT page.
MPI 60
00 Readers have been preconfigured for most needed operations. Parameters
such as attenuation, step-lock settings, and
tag command sequences are set when the
reader powers up.
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