Avid Technology MiniTracker 4 User manual

MiniTracker 4
User’s Manual
Congratulations on the purchase of your new AVID MiniTracker 4™with Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology. This reader is capable of reading AVID RFID microchips, as well as many other
brands of RFID microchips using the FECAVA, Trovan, and ISO (FDX-B) protocols. It can
also send microchip ID numbers to your tablet, smart phone or computer with Bluetooth
®
Low Energy support.
AVID Identification Systems, Inc.
3185 Hamner Ave.
Norco, CA 92860
May, 2023 http://www.avidid.com

Printed on recycled paper.
Produced and printed in California, USA.
Revision 20230510
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User’s Manual MiniTracker 4™
Contents
1 Getting Started 1
1.1 Batteries and Mode Switch ............................ 2
1.2 USB-C Interface and microSD Card Slot ..................... 3
2 Reading Microchips with Your MiniTracker 4™4
2.1 History Page .................................... 5
2.2 Search Page ..................................... 6
2.3 Microchip Protocol ................................. 7
2.4 Scanning Tips .................................... 7
2.5 Status Bar ...................................... 7
2.5.1 Status .................................... 7
2.5.2 Battery and Connection .......................... 8
2.5.3 Time ..................................... 8
3 Settings 9
4 Bluetooth®Interface 11
4.1 Using the Bluetooth®Interface .......................... 11
4.2 The MiniTracker 4 App .............................. 13
5 MiniTracker 4 Updates 13
5.1 Installing the Avid Reader Tools ......................... 13
5.2 Uninstalling the Avid®Reader Tools ....................... 16
5.3 Updating the MiniTracker 4™........................... 18
5.3.1 Preparing the MiniTracker 4™....................... 18
5.3.2 Running the Reader Tools ......................... 18
5.3.3 Troubleshooting .............................. 21
5.3.4 Selecting the Driver ............................ 21
6 Specifications 26
7 Regulatory Information 26
8 Warranty and Customer Service 27
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List of Figures
1MiniTracker 4™Buttons .............................. 1
2Changing Batteries ................................. 2
3USB Jack and microSD slot ............................ 3
4Details Page .................................... 4
5History Page .................................... 5
6Search Page ..................................... 6
7Scanning Pattern .................................. 7
8Settings Page .................................... 9
9Bluetooth Page ................................... 11
10 App ......................................... 12
11 iPad Bluetooth®Settings ............................. 12
12 Avid App ...................................... 13
13 Choosing the software installation location .................... 13
14 User access control window. ............................ 14
15 Installing drivers after software installation. ................... 15
16 Driver Installation ................................. 15
17 Driver Installation Completed ........................... 16
18 Opening windows settings ............................. 16
19 Opening windows Apps settings .......................... 17
20 Opening windows settings ............................. 17
21 MiniTracker 4™in ”Software Update” mode ................... 18
22 Selecting device to upgrade. ............................ 19
23 Selecting firmware upgrade DFU file. ...................... 19
24 DFU file selected loaded successfully. ....................... 20
25 Successfully upgraded the selected MiniTracker 4™˙............... 20
26 MiniTracker 4™in ”Scan” mode ......................... 21
27 Command and method to open Device Manager. ................. 22
28 Finding the device using the wrong driver. .................... 22
29 Driver options tab. ................................. 23
30 Manually look for the needed driver. ....................... 24
31 Choose the driver from a list. ........................... 24
32 Selecting the correct driver for the MiniTracker 4™˙............... 25
List of Tables
1Details Page Features ............................... 4
2Pet ID Record ................................... 5
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3Details Page Features ............................... 6
4Pet ID Display Formats .............................. 7
5MiniTracker 4™Statuses .............................. 8
6MiniTracker 4™Settings .............................. 10
7Bluetooth®Control ................................ 11
8MiniTracker 4™Specifications ........................... 26
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1 Getting Started
Figure 1: MiniTracker 4™Buttons
Power:
To turn on the device, press the blue button on the right side of the device above the
Avid logo. The screen should turn on with a display of the Avid logo against a white
background. To power off the device, press and hold the same button until the screen
turns off.
Read:
Press the blue button above the display screen. Hold the button down and move the
reader in a circular pattern while moving it toward the animal’s head, starting from
the middle of the animal’s back.
When the microchip is found, the device will beep, and the screen will show the
microchip number.
To stop reading, release the button. If you release the read button before the reader
finds a microchip, then a ”No ID found” message will be displayed in the status bar.
Enter:
If you press the enter button while the microchip number is displayed, it will provide
information of the time when you scanned the microchip.
Arrows:
If you scanned multiple chips, you can use the directional arrow buttons to go to
previously scanned microchip numbers to see the time and date of the scan.
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Settings:
To access the settings menu, press the blue button with the asterisk. You should see a
list of categories including Time, Date, Power, Auto-off, Bluetooth
®
, and USB. To
exit the menu, press the same button again.
This button also functions as a back button.
1.1 Batteries and Mode Switch
Figure 2: Changing Batteries
The MiniTracker 4™reader can be powered by either four internal AA alkaline cells, or by
a USB power source (typically, a computer). The readers USB connector is a reversible
USB Type-C jack, which means that the Type-C plug may be inserted in either of the two
orientations. The reader will be provided with a USB Type-C male to USB 2.0 Type-A male
cable for connection to a computer during USB-powered tests.
Always keep the mode switch inside the battery compartment in the normal operation
position.
To change the batteries, remove the two battery cover screws with a small Phillips screwdriver,
install four fresh AA alkaline cells, and replace the cover and screws. The MiniTracker 4™
has reverse polarity protection, so accidentally installing the batteries incorrectly will not
harm it.
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1.2 USB-C Interface and microSD Card Slot
Figure 3: USB Jack and microSD slot
When the MiniTracker 4™is connected to a computers USB port, it will present itself as a
USB CDC ACM device (in other words, a virtual COM port). Current Windows, Linux,
and macOS operation system releases come with the required devices pre-installed.
If a microSD card is inserted while using the FCC Test Mode, the MiniTracker 4™will
automatically perform accesses to the microSD card in order to generate the microSD bus
activity.
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2 Reading Microchips with Your MiniTracker 4™
Figure 4: Details Page
The Details Page shown in Figure 4is the main microchip scanning page. By default, it
shows the detailed information on the most recently scanned pet ID in memory.
Feature Description
Status Bar Current status of the MiniTracker 4™. See Section 2.5 for details.
Sleep Shuts off the display. Put the MiniTracker 4™in standby mode. The
MiniTracker 4™is still fully functional and will start scanning with
.
History Navigates to the scanning history page. See Section 2.1.
Record # The sequential record number of the scanned pet ID.
Pet ID The scanned pet ID.
Pet ID Record Together with the pet ID, the timestamp, the vendor/country, the
protocol, and the operator.
Notes Customized notes for the customer and/or the pets. MiniTracker 4™
user may customize the notes through the data file on the micro SD
card.
Image Display the image associatd with the pet.
Record Count The total record count. In Figure 4, the Record Count is showing
”2000000”, which means that a total of 2,000,000 pet IDs have been
scanned. You can use and to scroll through the scanned IDs.
Table 1: Details Page Features
The MiniTracker 4™records the pet ID, the timestamp, the vendor/country, the microchip
protocol, and the operator during scanning.
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