Collis SMARTWAVEBOX User Manual

SmartWave Box

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Date

04-28-2011

Status

Final draft

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Project Manager

Project Code

COLLIS_2006_133 (SmartWave Box)

Document Title

SmartWave Box. User Manual

File Name

SmartWave_user_manual_CE_FCC_1 2.doc

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Key Words

User Manual

Document data

SmartWave Box

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1

1.1 Scope of document ............................................................................................................. 1

1.2 Intended audience .............................................................................................................. 1

1.3 Terminology ....................................................................................................................... 1

2 Product Description ........................................................................................................... 2

2.1 Shipping group ................................................................................................................... 2

3 System Requirement .......................................................................................................... 3

3.1 Hardware requirements ...................................................................................................... 3

3.2 Software requirements ....................................................................................................... 3

4 Installation.......................................................................................................................... 4

5 Functional Description ....................................................................................................... 5

5.1 Housing .............................................................................................................................. 5

5.2 LEDs .................................................................................................................................. 5

5.3 Connectors ......................................................................................................................... 5

5.4 Terminal / Card side ........................................................................................................... 6

5.5 Modes of operation ............................................................................................................ 6

5.5.1 Analyzer mode ...................................................................................................... 7

5.5.2 Interceptor mode ................................................................................................... 7

5.5.3 Terminal emulation/Card reader mode ................................................................. 7

5.5.4 Card simulator mode ............................................................................................. 8

5.5.5 Passive spy mode .................................................................................................. 8

6 Communicating with the SmartWave Box ........................................................................ 9

6.1 Host interface protocol ....................................................................................................... 9

6.2 Tag types .......................................................................................................................... 10

7 Appendix .......................................................................................................................... 12

7.1 Technical Information ...................................................................................................... 12

7.2 CE/FCC Statement ........................................................................................................... 14

8 Support ............................................................................................................................. 15

References .................................................................................................................................. 16

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1 INTRODUCTION

The SmartWave Box, a hardware device, is the perfect solution for testing contactless cards. It
can read and simulate contactless smart cards; and also can analyze or spy the communication
between a contactless card and terminal.
With its various modes of operation, the SmartWave Box is the most versatile tool available
today for contactless testing.

1.1 Scope of document

This the user manual describes how to setup and use the SmartWave Box.

1.2 Intended audience

This document is intended for the user of the SmartWave Box. Audiences are assumed to have
a fair understanding of the standards related to smart cards and CL cards and related tests.

1.3 Terminology

To avoid confusion the term ‘internal terminal’ is used to refer to the internal active antenna of
the terminal side of the SmartWave Box, the internal terminal communicates with the Card­under-test (CUT). The external passive antenna is referred as the ‘(CL) probe’ and
communicates with the Terminal-under-test (TUT).

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2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

2.1 Shipping group

SmartWave Box One (1) unit (Different hardware versions, see 7.1 for details)
SmartWave Probe One (1) unit
Firewire cable One (1) unit
USB cable One (1) unit
AC/DC power adapter One (1) unit
Suckers Two (2) units

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3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

3.1 Hardware requirements

 A free USB port in your PC, support up to USB v2.0.
 No special requirement for memory size, please check the software application user

manual for corresponding information.

3.2 Software requirements

 Collis test tools may need to be installed in order to use the full functionality of the

SmartWave Box.

Please contact Collis for software applications information.

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4 INSTALLATION

Please use the installation procedure below to setup the SmartWave Box:

 STEP1

Carefully unpack the contents of the shipping group.

 STEP2

Use Fireware cable to connect the SmartWave box with the SmartWave probe.

 STEP3

Connect the SmartWave Box to PC with provided USB cable.

 STEP4

Connect power adapter to the SmartWave Box.
Now the box is powered up. The power LED on the box will be turned on. And a beep
sound will be generated by the box after initialization.

 STEP5

Install the driver for the SmartWave box by following the driver installation wizard on
your system.

Note: The SmartWave Box driver will be installed automatically when installing related
Collis Test Tools.

Then the SmartWave box is ready to use, you may need to install other software from Collis to
work together with the SmartWave box. Please check the application user manual for further
information.