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Contents
1Safety Instructions / Warning - Read before Start-Up !6
2Performance Features of the ID ISC.ANT1300/680 Antennas7
5.2.1 Europe (CE) ..................................................................................................................49
5.2.2 USA (FCC) and Canada (IC).........................................................................................50
5.2.3 USA (UL).......................................................................................................................51
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1 Safety Instructions / Warning - Read before Start-Up !
• The device may only be used for the intended purpose designed by for the manufacturer.
• The operation manual should be conveniently kept available at all times for each user.
• Unauthorized changes and the use of spare parts and additional devices which have not been
sold or recommended by the manufacturer may cause fire, electric shocks or injuries. Such
unauthorized measures shall exclude any liability by the manufacturer.
• The liability-prescriptions of the manufacturer in the issue valid at the time of purchase are valid
for the device. The manufacturer shall not be held legally responsible for inaccuracies, errors,
or omissions in the manual or automatically set parameters for a device or for an incorrect
application of a device.
• Repairs may only be executed by the manufacturer.
• Installation, operation, and maintenance procedures should only be carried out by qualified
personnel.
• Use of the device and its installation must be in accordance with national legal requirements
and local electrical codes .
• When working on devices the valid safety regulations must be observed.
• Please observe that some parts of the device may heat severely.
• Before touching the device, the power supply must always be interrupted. Make sure that the
device is without voltage by measuring. The fading of an operation control (LED) is no indicator
for an interrupted power supply or the device being out of voltage!
• For installation and dismantling you should wear suitable safety gloves, because parts of an-
tenna housing could be sharp-edged.
CAUTION! The Antenna-Tuner and the Antenna conductor carry voltages up to
1000V.
Special advice for wearers of cardiac pacemakers:
• Although this device doesn't exceed the valid limits for electromagnetic fields you should keep
a minimum distance of 25 cm between the device and your cardiac pacemaker and not stay in
an immediate proximity of the reader’s antennas for any length of time.
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2 Performance Features of the ID ISC.ANT1300/680 Antennas
The ID ISC.ANT1300/680 Type A antenna is the version with dynamicTuning Board ID ISC.DAT
mounted. The Reader and Power-Splitter or Multiplexer are not included and had to be ordered
separately and then to be mounted into the antenna
Up to
- two antennas Type A with reader and power splitter or multiplexer as a single gate,
- three antennas Type A with reader and multiplexer as a double gate, or
- 4 - 8 antennas with reader and multiplexer as a multiple gate
can be operated.
Depending on the antenna configuration, one, two or all three read orientations of the Smart Tags
and various antenna spacing (gate widths) are possible.
The ID ISC.ANT1300/680 Type A is „figure-of-eight“ antenna with tuner and have been optimized
as transmitting and receiving antennas for the ID ISC.LR2000 Reader. It is however also possible
to operate them with other Readers at a transmission frequency of 13.56 MHz and an output
impedance of 50 Ω. The read ranges indicated in this document and the tuning procedures may
however then vary.
The antennas comprise the electrical antenna conductor, the housing, the ID ISC.DAT DynamicAntenna Tuner and the connection cable. The antennas are factory tuned to an impedance of 50 Ω
in a magnetically neutral environment at a distance of 95 cm. When installing in different ambient
conditions the antenna can be retuned using the “DATuningTool“ PC software. After tuning the
antennas will retain their settings as long as the ambient conditions remain unchanged.
The antennas can be used for detecting both product and persons. It is suitable for installation
indoors or outdoors if weather-protected.
2.1 Available Antenna Types
The following Antennas are currently available:
Antenna TypeDescription
ID ISC.ANT1300/680-AAntenna with dynamic tuning board ID ISC.DAT
ID ISC.ANT-GIKMounting material and cables
for Reader, Power Splitter or Multiplexer
ID ISC.ANT-GAK Acoustic alarm signal with mounting material
Table 1: Available Antenna Types
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3 Installation and Wiring
3.1 Dimensions of antenna
The outside dimensions of the antenna are shown in Fig. 1
Fig. 1: Antenna outside dimensions
All dimensions are in mm with general tolerance to ISO 2768 m (mean).
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3.2 Mounting preparation
For assembly the antenna must be carefully unpacked. This is done as described in the following
steps:
1. Place the packed antenna on the floor with the top side facing up. Carefully open the box and
then remove the antenna.
Fig. 2: Antenna in its packaging
2. After that the antenna has to be placed carefully again on the floor. Now you must remove the
to fastening screws (hexagon socket width A/F2,5) of the antenna foot cover and remove it
upwards. Fig. 3
Step 1Step 2
Fig. 3: Opening the antenna foot
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3.3 Installing the antenna
Notes:
Before installing the antennas please read 4.1Project Notes . The spacing of the antennas
comprising a gate depends on the antenna configuration.
If multiple antennas or gates are connected to different Readers, a minimum separation of
8 m must be kept between the antennas or gates. For shorter distances (1 m – 8 m) the
Readers must be multiplexed. Below a distance of 1.5 m the antennas must also be shielded
from each other. Otherwise the Reader range will be significantly reduced. The antennas
must have a minimum distance of 20 cm from all larger metal parts! At a distance of less
than 50 cm between the antenna and metal parts the Reader range will be significantly
reduced.
3.3.1 Drilling the Mounting Holes
If the position of the antennas has been marked or determined, the antenna foot c, which is to be
used as a hole template, can be used to mark and drill the mounting holes and the holes for the
cable entry. The dimensions are shown in Fig. 4:
Fig. 4: Floor plate dimensions c
All dimensions are in mm with general tolerance to ISO 2768 m (middle).
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The size and type of the screw anchors depends considerably on the strength of the base or floor.
The anchors should be capable of withstanding a permissible load of at least 5 kN per anchor for
all load directions (e.g. for concrete floor Hilti HVA anchors with HAS-(E) M8 threaded rod or Hilti
HIS-N M8 (5/16”) threaded inserts). The size of the mounting holes in the antenna is 10 mm (.39”).
The length of the anchors or bolts should be selected such that they extend at least 50 mm (2.0”)
and a maximum of 65 mm (2.6”) from the floor.
Please follow the mounting instructions of the anchor manufacturer!
Two cable openings are provided for the necessary connection cable (see Fig. 4). The cable
openings are dimensioned such that up to 10 cables having a diameter of 6 mm can be passed
through each opening.
We recommend routing the antenna cables through the cable opening on the Power-Splitter or
Multiplexer side. All other cables such as the supply voltage and multiplexing cable should be
routed through the cable opening on the Reader side.
Alternatively the cables can be routed at the sides of the antenna bas like shown in Fig. 5
Fig. 5 Cable routing at the antenna sides
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3.3.2 Installing the Antenna Base and Antenna Body
The antenna will be screwed on the floor. Use the adjusting screws (Fig. 6) to align the antenna
vertically.
Adjusting screws (hexagon socket width A/F5)
Fig. 6: Attaching and aligning the antenna
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4 Typical Antenna Configuration (Gate Antenna with two Antennas)
The standard configuration of a gate with three-dimensional tag orientation consists of two
ID ISC.ANT1300/680 Type A with reader and power splitter or multiplexer. If a tag moves through
the gate horizontally, it can be read at lease once. This ensures high reliability of the antenna
system.
4.1 Project Notes
The antenna configuration described allows detection of a tag moving horizontally through the
capture area of the gate. The tag orientation is non-critical. The tags are detected along a
horizontal axis of motion in certain regions within the antennas. The area of detection depends on
the tag orientation.
The size of the three-dimensional capture area of the antennas is shown in the sketch below.
10
GD
cm
Fig. 7: Capture area and tag orientation
Notes:
Note that the entire capture area of the antenna is larger than the three-dimensional area
shown in the drawing. This means there are tag orientations in which the tag can be
detected outside the capture area.
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If multiple gates are arranged with short distances between each other, these will mutually
interfere with each other. The Readers for the respective gates must then be synchronized.
To achieve three-dimensional capture of the tag in the capture area drawn above, the following
conditions must be met:
- The gate distance GD depends on the antenna configuration (see Table 2: Design notes).
- The tags should be at least ISO card size (46 mm x 75 mm).
- The activation field strength of the tags should be less than or equal to 80 mA/m.
- The distance from tag to tag should be greater than 10 cm. If the tag to tag distance is reduced,
the gate distance GD must be reduced correspondingly. This applies in particular to distances
under 5 cm.
- The maximum number of tags (serial number or data) depends on the traverse speed with
which the tags are brought through the capture area of the gate (see Table 2: Design notes).
The number of tags may be increased in the gate distance GD is correspondingly reduced and
the maximum speed adjusted accordingly.
- The antenna should be at least 50 cm from metal parts.
- There should be no interference of the Reader from other electrical devices in the environment.
The Noise Level difference should be less than 30 mV.
- The ID ISC.LR2000 Reader should be set to an RF power of 8 watts.
- When using ISO 15693 transponders, the Readers should be set as described in 4.2.7Reader
Configuration with Power Splitter or 4.3.8 Reader Configuration with Multiplexer.
- If multiple gates are operated at the same time at a distance of less than 8 m, the Readers
must by synchronized. See Application Note Synchronizing RFID LongRange Readers usingthe digital in-/outputs (N11200-1e-ID-B.pdf).
Table 2: Design notes
Gate distance GD
Antenna Type A
With reader and
power splitter
≤ 90 cm≤ 95 cm
Antenna Type A
With reader and
multiplexer
Number of tags at traverse
speed 1 m/s
- Read serial number
- Read data
16
8
16
8
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4.2 Configuration and Setup using Antenna Type -A with power splitter
4.2.1 Required Components
To construct the gate you need the following components:
- Qty. 2 Antenna ID ISC.ANT1300/6800 Type A
- Qty. 1 Reader module ID ISC.LR2000-A-M
- Qty. 1 Power splitter module ID ISC.ANT-PS-BM
- Qty. 1 Gate integration kit ID ISC.ANT.GIK
- Qty. 1 power supply ID ISC.NET24-B
- Power cable, interface cable and connection cable for the DC power supplies (2-wire,
twisted)
- Mounting materials (screws, anchors)
Optional:
- Qty. 1 Alarm Kit ID ISC.ANT.GAK
To configure the Reader you will need the software
- ISOStart Version 7.01 or higher
and for tuning the antennas the service software
- DATuningTool Version 1.00 or higher
on a personal computer running under Microsoft
the OBID
i-scan® CD obtained from FEIG ELECTRONIC GmbH or can be downloaded on the
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Download Area of the Homepage www.feig.de.
Windows®. The service software is included on
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4.2.2 Contents of the Gate- Integration- Kit ID ISC.ANT.GIK
The following parts are contents of the Gate- Integration- Kit .