Star systems HRD1800F User Manual

Ranger USB Reader

Model No: HRD1800F

User Guide

V1.2

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Document History

Table of Content

Reader Overview ............................................................................................................................... 2

Package Content ............................................................................................................................... 3

Installing the reader .......................................................................................................................... 3

Mechanical installation......................................................................................................... 3

Software installation ............................................................................................................ 3

System requirement .................................................................................................................. 4

Driver installation ...................................................................................................................... 4

Ensure the reader is connected properly .................................................................................. 4

Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 5

Using the reader ............................................................................................................................... 5

Tag placement ............................................................................................................................... 5

Running the demo software ......................................................................................................... 5

Reading tags in Inventory Mode ............................................................................................... 7

Tag Memory Management ........................................................................................................ 7

Reader Settings ........................................................................................................................ 9

Communication setting ........................................................................................................... 10

Q-Value Setting ....................................................................................................................... 10

Frequency Power Setting ........................................................................................................ 10

Reader Specification ....................................................................................................................... 11

Warranty Terms ............................................................................................................................... 11

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability .............................................................................................. 12

Regulatory Compliance ............................................................................................................... 12

Date

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Description

Edit by

2015/09/20

V1.0

Draft

Jet

2015/09/29

V1.1

Minor amendment

Jet

2015/10/08

V1.2

Added Photos to package
content

Jet

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Reader Overview

The Ranger is a new compact, full-featured ISO18000-6C/EPC C1G2 reader which is perfect
for use in a variety of tag reading, writing and programming applications.

Ranger is powered by a standard USB connection (requires USB 2.0 or above), no additional
power supply is needed. Its small size allows it to easily be used on a desktop or where
space is limited.

The Ranger Reader is very user friendly and extremely easy to set up read and write tags
with its standard free software. It also comes with a SDK to allow you to create your own
custom programs to interface and drive the Ranger Reader.

The Ranger reader’s features provides a powerful, and very economical way to implement
UHF RFID technology in just about any application.

Possible Applications:

 Point of Sale RFID reading and writing
 Commissioning/Activation of RFID Tags
 Parking and Access Control
 Production / WIP checkpoints
 Document Tracking and Management
 Library Management
 Catering Management
 Healthcare/Pharmaceutical Applications

The reader has 2 LEDs as status indicators. The LEDs provide indication for the following:

Status \ LEDS

Blue

Red

Connected to Host

Off

On

Tag read/write operation

Flash

On

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Package Content

Ranger Reader x 1

USB Cable x 1

Installing the reader

The reader is intended to work on a desktop environment. We recommend to operate
the reader on a NON-Metal desktop surface. Since metal cause reflection of RF, and may
cause undesirable performance of the reader.

Mechanical installation

Connect the USB cable to the reader and to the host PC. The reader requires USB 2.0 or
above to operate on a PC.

The reader’s LED should turn on upon successful connection.

Software installation

The reader requires installation of driver to function properly.

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System requirement

64 MB Ram

200 MB of Harddisk space

Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8

Driver installation

The Ranger Reader use serial protocol to communicate with host PC. In order for the host PC to be
able to communicate with the reader, it may be necessary to install the USB to serial driver.

1. Unzip “CP210x_VCP_Windows.zip”

2. If your operating system is running 64bits, run“CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe” Otherwise if ，

your operating system is running 32bits, run“CP210xVCPInstaller_x86.exe”.

3. Follow the on screen instruction of the installer.

Ensure the reader is connected properly

1. Go to Control Panel > Device Manager

2. Open tab（COM 和 LPT）”，

3. You should see “CP201x USB to UTRA bridge(COM X)”where X is the port number

assigned by the PC