AeroScout BS2035 1 Users Manual

AeroScout Exciter

Version 2.0

User Guide

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Table of Contents

Introduction................................................................................................5

Application and Industry Examples ..............................................................5

Features ....................................................................................................6

Exciter Hardware........................................................................................7

LED Indications ........................................................................................................................7

Connectors Panel.....................................................................................................................8

Installing the Exciter.................................................................................. 10

Preparing the Cables and Connectors ..............................................................................10

Configuring the Exciter.........................................................................................................10

Mounting the Exciter.............................................................................................................11

Exciter Specifications................................................................................ 12

Range......................................................................................................................................12

Physical and Mechanical.....................................................................................................12

Network Interface..................................................................................................................12

Power......................................................................................................................................12

Management..........................................................................................................................12

Environmental Specifications..............................................................................................12

LF Channel .............................................................................................................................12

Certification............................................................................................................................13

Introduction

The AeroScout Exciter is a component of the AeroScout suite of enterprise
visibility solutions that enables location-based applications. The Exciter
extends the AeroScout suite to provide robust and sophisticated RFID
detection capabilities, using the same AeroScout tags that can also be
accurately located in real time by the AeroScout system.

The Exciter triggers AeroScout’s T2 tags as they pass through a choke point,
and those transmit a message to AeroScout Location Receivers in range.

This provides instant acknowledgment that a tagged asset passed through a
gate, doorway or some other well-defined area. The detection capabilities of
the Exciter, combined with the location features of the AeroScout Location
System, make the AeroScout suite the most sophisticated enterprise visibility
solution for a wide variety of industries.

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Figure 1: Exciter positioned at choke point triggering a tag

Application and Industry Examples

High value asset tracking

Health care facilities and general enterprises can tag valuable assets that are
intended to stay within a certain area. The AeroScout system can track the
location of those assets, and if they leave through an exit or enter a restricted
area, the Exciter triggers a tag message.

Process control

Manufacturing and supply chain facilities can track the location and presence
of equipment and in-process inventory as it moves through the production
process. This gives an enterprise a real-time view of which (and how many)
assets have passed each step in the process, enabling better supply chain
management.