Impinj R2000 User Manual

Quick Start Guide

INDY

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READER DEVELOPM ENT PL ATF O RM

T his guide prov ides steps and ti ps to help y ou quic kl y begin opera ti ng your Indy
the com ponents necessa ry to begin inventorying RFID tags are included in the kit.

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Reader Development Platform. All

Box Content s

 Indy R 2000 or R 1000 Development Platform
 Quick Start Guide
 Software tools and documentation CD-ROM
 DC power adap te r
 US AC power cord
 EU AC power cord
 USB-to-ser ial ad apte r
 Serial cable
 USB cable
 RF cable
 Impinj Mini-Guardrail near-field antenna
 Lai r d f ar -field antenna
 10 Indy R2000 or R1000 c hip sampl es
 ETSI SAW filter kit
 Tag samples from Impinj inlay partners featuring Monza

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Reading Tags w it h the Indy Development Platform

1) Setup connections

a) Connect the A NT 0 RF port on the Indy Development Platform to the Mini-G uardrai l antenna using the RF

cable.

b) Connect the seri al cable to the USB -to-seria l adapt er and pl ug the USB end int o a host com puter . Attach the

serial end to the Indy Development Platform console serial port.
c) Apply power usi ng the DC power adap ter and powe r c ord.
d) Windows 7 computers will automatically discover the Indy hardware and install the device driver. If the

com puter i s usi ng Windows XP or the driver installation fails, install the dri ver i ncl uded on the CD-ROM. A

demonstration of the installation process can be viewed at

http://learn.impinj.com/articles/en_US/RFID/Setting-up-Indy-Software-Tools

2) Install IndyTool application

a) Insert the CD-R OM and navigate to the Tools\IndyTool directory.
b) Double click the IndyTool installer file to launch the installation wizard.
c) When prom pte d, assign the installation directory to:

[Program Files]\IMPINJ\IndyTool

A desktop shortcut to the application is generated.
d) Run IndyT ool f rom the Start M enu or by double clicking the IndyTool icon.

NOTE: There is a possibility that the COM port assigned by the driver will not m atch the port assum ed by the

application. “No Readers Available” will display in the upper right if this is the case (see example below).

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e) If the COM ports are mi smatched, then navigate to the Device Manager in Windows by right clicking on

Computer or M y Com pu ter , sel ec t D ev i c e M ana ge r , ex pan d P or t s ( COM & LPT ) , and note the COM assign m ent

for the USB Seri al Port. Go back to IndyT ool and change the COM sele cti on next t o the Enumera te butto n.
f) Close IndyTool and restart i t for the new COM port assig nment to take effect. The application pane should

appear as below .

g) Cli ck the Connec t button and Indy Too l wil l c onnect to the Indy Development Platform.

3) Inventory tags

a) Pl ac e one or m or e tags on the pl ast i c c over of the Mini-G uardrail antenna.
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c) Click the Start button. The inventory results, including the EPC of the tag(s), will be displayed.
d) See the IndyT ool PDF on the CD-R OM to learn more about confi guri ng the Indy reader and controlling Gen2

inv entory and access oper at ion s using I ndyT ool.

Documentati on and H elp

 Indy software and hardwa re docum e ntati on is available on the CD-R OM i n the Docum ents dir ectory.
 For help, visit or contact us at:

o www.impinj.com
o support.impinj.com
o [e-mail]

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