Symbol Technologies RDR001 Users manual

Stationary Reader

User’s Manual

Published: April 16, 2002

Document Control Number: MNI01H001

Matrics, Inc.

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http://www.matrics.com

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and other intellectual property (IP) rights owned by Matrics, Inc, and other rights owners. Use of these products
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Contents

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................1

Document Conventions ....................................................................................................1

Acronyms and Abbreviations............................................................................................1

Disclaimer........................................................................................................................1

SECTION 2. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION........................................................................................2

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

SECTION 3. SPECIFICATIONS AND DIAGRAMS ........................................................................3

Reader Specification........................................................................................................3

LEDs and Connectors......................................................................................................3

Reader Diagram...............................................................................................................4

Connections Diagram.......................................................................................................5

SECTION 4. GETTING STARTED..............................................................................................6

What’s Included?.............................................................................................................6

SECTION 5. INSTALLATION....................................................................................................7

Mount the Reader............................................................................................................7

Connect Antenna(s) to the Reader....................................................................................8

Connect the Reader to a Host Computer..........................................................................8

Power On (and Off) the Reader .......................................................................................8

Verify the Reader Installation............................................................................................9

Reader On?................................................................................................................. 9

Test Read Range.......................................................................................................... 9

SECTION 6. CAUTIONS, NOTES, AND APPROVALS ...............................................................10

SECTION 7. WARRANTIES AND RETURNS .............................................................................11

Limited Warranty...........................................................................................................11

Return Material Authorization (RMA).............................................................................11

SECTION 8. TROUBLESHOOTING..........................................................................................12

SECTION 9. CONTACT US ....................................................................................................13

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Section 1. Introduction

This Stationary Reader User’s Manual, designed for the Matrics RFID System end-user, describes the
Stationary Reader (PN: RDR-001) and how to install it.

Document Conventions

The following conventions are used in this User’s Manual:

CONVENTION DESCRIPTION

1. Numbered list Provides step-by-step procedures for performing an action

• Bulleted list Provides grouped information, not procedural steps

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in this User’s Manual:

ACRONYM DEFINITION

IC Integrated Circuit
MVM Matrics Visibility Manager
OOK On Off Keyed
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
TBD To Be Determined

Disclaimer

While Matrics has committed its best efforts to providing accurate information and timely updates to this
User’s Manual, we assume no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained herein, and we
reserve the right to make changes to this User’s Manual without notice.

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Section 2. System Description

Matrics develo ps and markets Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions that are effective and
affordable by offering a combination of low cost, long read range, and a very high read rate unmatched
by other RFID systems. A Matrics RFID System gives you real-time, end-to-end visibility of products
and assets in your factory, distribution center, retail outlet, or other facility. A typical Matrics RFID
system consists of three main components:

• Silicon-based RFID tags that can be attached to containers, pallets, boxes, trays, etc., to create a

“people-free” wireless environment for tracking objects as they travel through the supply chain,

• Reader network components (readers, antennas, cables, connectors, power supplies, etc.) that

power and communicate with the tags, and

• The Matrics Visibility Manager (MVM) software that runs on your choice of host computer and

collects tag data automatically.

Product Description

The Matrics Stationary Reader (PN: RDR-001) is an industrial strength fixed Reader targeted to indoor
applications, such as warehouses. The Reader offers superior and robust read range capabilities, anti­collision features, and very high data read rates unmatched by other systems. It can be easily mounted in
areas of ingress and egress where large numbers of tagged objects are inbound or outbound in a logistics
process. It is packaged ready to be interfaced to your host computer, and can easily be programmed to
perform specific tasks.

The Reader provides all of the RF and control functions required to power and communicate with
Matrics passive RFID tags (PN: SDR-001 and DDS-001.) It sends digital data to the tag (through one
antenna at any given time) on a pulse width modulated On Off Keyed (OOK) transmitter signal,
demodulates the identification signal received from the tag, and then sends the data to your host
computer.

The Matrics Reader network is structured to allow for flexibility in system configurations and in the
arrangement of read points to optimize coverage at a low overall cost. In its maximum configuration, a
single Reader can support a total of thirty-two (32) lower performance antennas [with eight (8) lower
performance antennas attached to each of up to four (4) multiplexers attached to a Reader], or four (4)
high performance antennas attached direc tly to a Reader. Any combination (up to the maximum) of high
performance antennas (directly attached to the Reader) and lower performance antennas (attached to the
Reader via multiplexers) can be implemented.

The system also employs a unique, patented reader-driven interrogation protocol that allows up to two
hundred (200) tags to be read each second. This powerful read rate supplies the muscle to overcome
interference in noisy environments, and to guarantee acceptable read rates at each read point when lar ge
numbers of antennas are multiplexed together.

Readers can be powered either locally or through the network cable in the event there is not a local power
source near by, and to minimize overall network infrastructure costs.

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