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UHF Reader System Series 7000

Reader Module RI-RU1-001A-XX

Reference Guide

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August 2001 Series 7000 Reader Reference Guide

First Edition - August 2001

This is the first ed ition of this manual. It describes the oper ation of the Series 7000 UHF Reader.

It contains a description of the following reader module: Reader Module: RI-RU1-001A-00

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About This Manual

This reference guide for the Series 7000 Ultra High-frequency (UHF) Reader is designed for use by TI customers who are engineers experienced with RFID Systems and Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID).

Regulatory, safety and warranty notices that must be followed are provided in Chapter 4.

Conventions

Preface

Read This First

Device Name Firmware Version

RI-RU1-001-00 TBD

The following pictograms and designations are used in the operating instructions:

WARNING:

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A WARNING IS USED WHERE CARE MUST BE TAKEN, OR A CERTAIN PROCEDURE MUST BE FOLLOWED, IN ORDER TO PREVENT INJURY OR HARM TO YOUR HEALTH.

CAUTION: This indicates information on conditions, which must be

met, or a procedure, which must be followed, which if not needed could cause permanent damage to the system.

Note:

Indicates conditions, which must be met, or procedures which must be followed, to ensure proper functioning.

Information:

Indicates conditions or procedures that should be followed to ensure proper functioning of the system.

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If You Need Assistance

Application Centers are locat ed in Europe, Nor th and South Am erica, the Far Eas t and Australia to provide direct engineering support.

For more information, p leas e c ontact your nearest T IRIS S ales an d A pp lic at ion Cen ter . The contact addresses can be found on our home page: http://www.tiris.com.

Numerical Representations

Unless otherwise noted, numbers are represented as decimal. Hexadecimal numbers are represented with the suffix Binary numbers are represented with the suffix 2, e.g. 1011 Byte representations: the leas t significant bit (lsb) is bit 0 a nd the most significant bit

(msb) is bit 7.

, e.g. A5F1

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Document Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................................................6

1.1 Description..........................................................................................................7

Programming Interface...........................................................................................7

1.2................................................................. Summary of Chapters and Appendixes

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Chapter 2: Frame Request/Response Protocol.......................................................................9

2.1 General Specification .......................................................................................10

Specification .........................................................................................................10

DB-25 Connector Function...................................................................................11

DB-25 Pin Assignments........................................................................................11

Pin Assignment Details.........................................................................................11

Chapter 3: Message Structure.................................................................................................14

3.1 Reader Panel Configurations ...........................................................................15

RI-RU1-001A-00 Front Panel Configuration.........................................................15

RI-RU1-001A-00 Rear Panel Configuration.........................................................15

Typical Reader Installation Steps............................................................................16

Connect External Antennas..................................................................................16

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Chapter 4: Service and Error Codes.......................................................................................21

Appendix A: RF Exposure Labeling Requirements................................................................25

Placing the Antennas ............................................................................................16

Connecting to a PC Serial Port or RS-232...........................................................17

Connecting to a DC Source..................................................................................17

Testing the Reader Set-up ...................................................................................17

Aligning the Antenna ............................................................................................19

Writing Information to Tag-it UHF inlay Inlays......................................................19

4.1 FCC Part 15 Compliance..................................................................................22

Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure..........................................................................22

4.2 ETSI Conformity...............................................................................................23

4.3 CE Conformity ..................................................................................................23

4.4 Environmental Requirements...........................................................................23

4.5 Warranty and Liability.......................................................................................24

RF Exposure "Caution" Label..................................................................................25

RF Exposure "Caution" Sign ................................................................................... 26

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Topic Page

1.1 Description..........................................................................................................7

Programming Interface...........................................................................................7

1.2 Summary of Chapters and Appendixes..............................................................8

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1.1 Description

This document descr ibes the features and operat ional characteristic s of the RI-RU1-001A-00 S eries 7000 Ultra-High Frequenc y Reader as shown in Figure 1. The Series 7000 Re ader operates at a frequency of 915MHZ and is compatible with Tag-it UHF inlays and tags.

The reader provides nine coaxial connectors for supporting up to nine external antennas. Each antenna plugs into its o wn connector on th e rear panel of th e reader. The re ader can be conf igured to read inlays in the following modes:

• Collective or selective data to be read from a single inlay.

• Collective or selective data to be read from multiple inlays without requiring sorting or unpacking.

• Classes of inlays to be filtered according to user-defined criteria.

This technology employs an interrogation feature that enables applications to uniquely identify all inlays in the scan field, witho ut misident ificatio n. It a lso uses a protocol t hat maintai ns a un iform per inlay scan time, regardless of the number of inl ays in the scan fie ld. The protocol pro vides a flexible software applicatio n interface that can be customi zed to the specific needs of particular indust ries or applications. T his reference guide provid es the details that are neces sary to properly interf ace and use the reader as a part of an integrated system.

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Programming Interface

The Series 7000 Reader is designed to operate as a part of a host-based reader system, which essentially relegates the rea der to be a slave to th e host. Host-to-Reader serial communic ations are accomplished within data packets, which occurs at RS-232 levels using 57,600. By definition, the host is always the primary station and initiates all communication sequences.

Figure 1: RI-RU1-001A-00 UHF Reader

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1.2 Summary of Chapters and Appendixes

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Hardware Description Chapter 3: Reader Operation Chapter 4: Regulatory and Warning Notices Appendix A: RF Exposure Labeling Requirements

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