Star systems Platino WF2014 User Manual
Platino Handheld Reader
User Guide
Platino User Manual
Revision 1.1
Last modified: 13 March, 2015
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Reader Overview
1. ENTER
2. READ
3. SETTING
4. POWER
5. DIRECTIONS (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT)
6. NUMBER PAD (1,2,3…0,*,#)
7. FUNCTION 1 (F1)
8. FUNCTION 2 (F2)
9. FUNCTION 3 (F3)
10. Hard Reset Button (Under the rubber grip)
Platino User Manual
Revision 1.1
Last modified: 13 March, 2015
STAR Systems International Limited
Unit A01, 24/F, Gold King Industrial Building
35-41 Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung
New Territories, Hong Kong SAR
Tel: +852-3691-9925
www.star-int.net
technical@star-int.net
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Basic Operations
Starting up Platino
Press the POWER button for a 2 seconds to power up the
device. A “beep” sound should be heard and the main screen
with the above information is shown when Platino is booted
up.
Reading tags
Press the READ button while Platino is ON. Put an ISOC tag
near the antenna area and you should be able to read the tags
EPC number.
Wireless Connectivity
Platino offers 2 types of wireless connectivity: WiFi and Bluetooth (BLE). User can
check the connection type by the icon displayed next to the battery sign.
Bluetooth (BLE)
WiFi
Shutting down Platino
Press the POWER button for 2 seconds while Platino is ON. The main screen will shut
down and a short been will be heard.
Platino User Manual
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Read/Write Mode Selection
Press ENTER in any of the read/write mode to enter the
read/write mode selection menu. Use the UP or DOWN
button to navigate through different mode options and press
ENTER to enter any of the available read/write mode.
Read Single Tag
Read data in different memory banks of a single tag. Data from
only 1 tag will be displayed at a time. The data will also be
automatically store in the reader memory and transmitted to
the mobile app if available.
Read Multiple Tag
Read EPC from multiple tags in the reader vicinity. User can manually save the tags
EPC to the reader memory with the function button. Up to 100 tags can be saved at a
time.
Write Tag
Write data to different memory banks of a tag.
Lock/Kill Tag
Change the lock state of different memory banks of a tag with access password or
disable a tag permanently with the kill password.
Block Read Lock
Custom command for Alien H3 chip which allows user to “read lock” different
memory blocks of the user memory bank in a tag. Read locked data can only be
viewed if the correct access password is provided.
Read Barcode
Read 1D barcode with the build-in barcode reader. User can manually save the
barcode data to the reader memory with the function button.
Platino User Manual
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Reading Different Memory Banks
Platino starts in Read Single Tag mode. In this mode user can read a single tag by
pressing the READ button. User can press LEFT and RIGHT button to select different
memory banks to read. The following options are available:
1. Read EPC
2. Read TID
3. Read User Data
4. Read EPC + TID
5. Read EPC + User Data
6. Read All Data
User can press UP or DOWN button to select the Access
Password field. The field will be highlighted in blue once it
is selected. Press F1 to switch between different input
methods (number/alphabet) for the Access Password
field. Access Password can be used to read memory bank
that is “read-locked”.
Tag data read in this mode will be automatically stored in
the file SINGLE.TXT in the reader memory. Please refer to
the Collecting Data section of this manual for more
information.
NOTE: Reading TID, User Memory and All Data may
require more energy than reading the EPC number only.
Please place the tag in close proximity to the antenna
while attempting to read the TID, User Memory and All
Data.
Platino User Manual
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Reading Multiple Tags
Read Multiple Tag mode allows user to read multiple tags EPC simultaneously.
Press and hold the READ button to start reading tags. Any
tag that is read will generate and new entry on the screen
with the tag’s EPC and read count shown. The total
number of distinct tags is shown at the bottom of the
screen.
Maximum of 9 tags can be displayed simultaneously on
the screen, user can press the UP or DOWN button to go
through the tag list and view the tags in the next page
(e.g. if a total number of 27 tags are read, there will be 3
pages of data available).
Press F1 to save the data into MULTIPLE.TXT in the reader
memory. Please refer to the Collecting Data section of this
manual for more information. The tag list on the screen will
be cleared afterwards.
If user selected one of the tag with UP or DOWN button,
pressing F2 will pass the selected EPC to the WRITE TAG
mode so user can write data to the tag with specific EPC.
Press F3 to clear the tag list on screen.
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Writing Data to Tag
Write Tag mode allow user to write data to different memory bank
of a specific tag.
Target EPC
User need to input a Target EPC through one of the following
methods:
1. Press F1 in Write Tag mode to read a new tag. The tag’s EPC will
be displayed in the Target EPC field.
2. Read a tag in Read Single Tag mode, then press F2 to pass the
EPC of that tag to Write Tag mode
3. Read tags in Read Multiple Tag mode, use UP or DOWN button
to select one of the tag, then press F2 to pass the EPC of that tag
to Write Tag mode
4. Manually input the Target EPC using the keyboard
Memory Bank
Once a target EPC is established, user can choose among the
following field to write
1. Kill Password
2. Access Password
3. EPC
4. TID (not available)
5. User
Start Pointer
The start position of memory bank to write. Each pointer represent 16 bit (4
hexadecimal word) of data. Please note that Point 0 of EPC (checksum) is not
available for writing.
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