AXEM Technology S-8800 User manual

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User guide

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Table des matières
1Historique .......................................................................................Erreur ! Signet non défini.
2S-8600 view.............................................................................................................................5
1-1: Front View............................................................................................................................5
1-2: Back View ............................................................................................................................5
1-3: Side View .............................................................................................................................5
3Reader Configurations .............................................................................................................6
3.1 Initial Use..........................................................................................................................6
3.1.1 Step 1: Powering the Reader .....................................................................................6
3.1.2 Step 2: Connecting Antenna(s) to Reader.................................................................. 6
3.1.3 Step 3: Connecting Data Line to Reader....................................................................7
3.1.4 Step 4: Operating Reader via Demo ..........................................................................8
3.2 Setting RF Parameter ..................................................................................................... 10
3.2.1 Setting RF Output Power ......................................................................................... 10
3.2.2 Setting RF Spectrum ............................................................................................... 11
3.2.3 Antenna Connection Detector .................................................................................. 11
3.2.4Measure RF Port Return Loss ................................................................................. 12
3.3 ISO-18000-6C tag inventory ........................................................................................... 12
3.3.1 Real Time Mode & Buffer Mode............................................................................... 12
3.3.2 Fast Switching Antenna to Inventory Tags ............................................................... 15
3.4 Accessing ISO-18000-6C Tag ........................................................................................ 16
3.4.1 Read tags ................................................................................................................ 16
3.4.2 Write Tags ...............................................................................................................17
3.4.3 Lock Tags ................................................................................................................ 17
3.4.4 Kill Tags...................................................................................................................18
3.4.5 Tag Selection........................................................................................................... 18
3.4.6 Error Display Might Be Returned ............................................................................. 19
3.5 Accessing & Inventorying ISO-18000-6B Tag ................................................................. 20
3.5.1 ISO-18000-6B Tag Inventory ................................................................................... 20
3.5.2 Accessing to ISO-18000-6B Tag.............................................................................. 21
3.6Other Settings.................................................................................................................22
3.6.1 Set DRM Status....................................................................................................... 22
3.6.2 Operating Temperature Monitoring .......................................................................... 23

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3.6.3 Set GPIO Level........................................................................................................ 23
3.6.4 Setting Buzzer Status .............................................................................................. 25
3.6.5 Charging The Serial Communication Baud Rate...................................................... 26
4Develop your own RFID Application....................................................................................... 27

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1Background
Description
Date
Version
Author
Auditor
First parution
17/05/2019
V1.0
CLO
YDA, ACA

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2S-8600 view
1-1: Front View
1-2: Back View
1-3: Side View

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3Reader Configurations
3.1 Initial Use
3.1.1 Step 1: Powering the Reader
Plug the power cable in, with the indicator light on and sound of a short beep, reader is ready. As
illustrated below:
3.1.2 Step 2: Connecting Antenna(s) to Reader
Connect the antenna(s) with the antenna port as illustrated below:
Access up to 4 antennas, as illustrated below:

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3.1.3 Step 3: Connecting Data Line to Reader
Method NO.1: You can connect the reader to your PC via RS-232 serial port, as illustrated below:
Next, please switch the DIP to the position as illustrated below:
Method NO.2: You can also connect the reader to your PC via TCP/IP, as illustrated below:
Next, please switch the DIP to the position as illustrated below:

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DIP Switch：
①：EN, ON Status, EN is low level.
②：GPIO1, ON Status, GPIO1 is low level.
③④：TCP/IP, ON Status is TCP/IP communication.
⑤⑥：Blank.
⑦⑧：RS232, ON Status is RS232 communication.
3.1.4 Step 4: Operating Reader via Demo
Put the UHFDemo.exe, reader.dll, customControl.dll into the same folder, and double-click
UHFDemo.exe to run the software.
1. Open the software and it will shows as below:
2. Please select RS232 as Connection if the reader is connected via RS -232 port. Choose the
corresponding Serial Port and Baudrate(default baudrate is 115200). As illustrated below:

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3. Click Connect, if it succeeds, the Operation History will display as below:
If the reader is connected via TCP/IP, please follow those steps:
•Ensure that an Ethernet Card has been installed in the PC.
•Ensure that PC and reader in the same network segment.
1. Default settings when connected via TCP/IP as follows:
•IP addresses: 192.168.0.178
•Net mask: 255.255.255.0
•Port No.: 4001
For more TCP / IP configuration details, please defer to the document supplied:\ tcpip configuration
\ IPORT-1UM.PDF
2. Click Connect, if it is connected successfully, the Operation history will display as below:

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Text communication with the reader:
Click on Get in Firmware Version or in Reader Identifier, the following screen displays:
Now the reader has been connected to PC successfully.
3.2 Setting RF Parameter
After connecting the reader with PC, we need to set some basic RF parameters: RF Output Power
& RF Spectrum. Please select RF Setup as illustrated below:
3.2.1 Setting RF Output Power
RF Output Power is the strength of RF output signal from antenna port whose unit is dBm.
The output power range is 0 - 33dBm. When this setting completes, it will be saved in the reader
automatically even if the power is cut off. Our default output power is 30dBm (1W).

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3.2.2 Setting RF Spectrum
There are two methods to set RF spectrum.
Method 1: Use the default carrier frequency of the reader.
•Please defer to Frequency parameter tablet in Communication protocol for more information
about the carrier frequency.
•Frequency range the reader supports: 865MHz-868MHz(ETSI), 902MHz -928MHz(FCC).
You can set the reader in System Default Frequencies, as illustrate below:
Notes:
•The start frequency and the end frequency must not exceed the scope of RF spectrum
norm.
•Start frequency must be no more than end frequency.
•Set start frequency and end frequency to the same carrier frequency, the reader will work
under fixed-frequency.
•When the parameter setting completes, RF carrier frequency of reader will be randomly
hopping in the scope of limited range.
•The default RF spectrum norm is FCC (902MHz-928MHz).
Method 2: Set the RF spectrum manually.
Users can set RF spectrum via these three parameters: Start Frequency, Frequency Interval, The
number of Frequency points.
3.2.3 Antenna Connection Detector
Antenna Connection Detector is for checking if the port is connected to the antenna before the
reader work. Otherwise, users will be notified to connect the antenna. Please open this function
before you use it, as illustrated bellow:
Sensitivity of Antenna Connection Detector is set by users which is the Return Loss of antenna port,
the unit of which is dB. The larger this value is, the better impedance matching requirements between
antenna and port. For normal antennas, you can set the threshold to 3-6dB. Sensitivity of Ceramic
Antenna and Handset could be more lower.

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Notes:
•Reader detects antenna connection by measuring the Return Loss of RF ports.
•Reader stops tag operation if Return Loss is above the threshold.
•User can turn it off by setting the threshold to 0.
If antenna is not connected, Reader will stop to operate tags with the following screen display:
3.2.4 Measure RF Port Return Loss
3.3 ISO-18000-6C tag inventory
Connect the Reader correctly. Tag operation could be started when RF Setup is completed.
Tag inventory means reader identifying multiple tags’ EPC number at the same time. This is the
core funtion of UHF RFID Reader and one of the standards to judge a reader’s performance.
3.3.1 Real Time Mode & Buffer Mode
The most commonly used mode for tag inventory is Real-time mode. Data will be uploaded
meanwhile you can find the tags’ EPC number instantly. RSSI and Parameter of Frequency are
changed and recorded in real time. Due to its dual CPU architecture, performance of multi-tag
identification under Real-time mode is the best.
The other is Buffer mode, the data will be cached and uploaded together when you need them.
When there are tags with small volume, the data is uploaded filtered and with no repeat. But it will
take some time to filter duplicate data when reader identifies a large number of tags. Therefore, its
identification efficiency will be slightly lower than real-time mode. Note: Tags can’t be operated when
you extract data in the cache.
Users can choose the appropriate method based on actual situation as illustrated below:

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Method NO.1: Real-time Mode
1. Click Tag Inventory (Real Time Mode). Select the connected antenna(s) port. Set the number of
Repeat per command, which is the times of repeat inventory command. For example, inventory
command will execute anti-collision algorithm one time when you set the value to 1. It will execute
anti-collision algorithm two times when you set the value to 2...
2. Click Inventory, you will find that the EPC number is uploaded immediately and it is real-time
updating. The reader will keep inventory unless you click stop as shown below:
Inventoried Quantity
Total number of inventory tags since click on Inventory Tag.
Speed
Speed of identification Tag, unit: piece / sec
Total Tag Communication
Total return EPC data of tags (Including repeated data)
Command Duration
Time of each Inventory Command takes, unit: ms
Total Inventory Duration
Total elapsed time since click on Inventory Tag, unit: ms.
ID
The serial number of data.
EPC
EPC number of tag.
PC
Protocol Control word of tag.
Identification Count
Times of tag identified.
RSSI
The signal strength when tag was identified at the last time.
Carrier Frequency
Carrier Frequency of tag which is identified at the last time.

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Method NO.2: Buffer Mode
1. Click Inventory, the screen will display as below:
Note: the identified tags won’t be shown in the Tag list.
2. Click Stop first, then click Get Buffer. All the data in cache will be uploaded as illustrated below:

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Functions description under Buffer Mode:
Get and Clear: Read the data form cache and then clear the cache. It will be empty when you read
the cache again.
Query tag Quantity: If you just want to know there are how many tags in cache without details, click
on this button.
Clear Buffer: Clear the cache and refresh the screen.
3.3.2 Fast Switching Antenna to Inventory Tags
Under standard operation of tag inventory(Real Time Mode & Buffer Mode), the inventory period will
takes at least 500-800ms. Only when inventory is completed, reader can respond to the other new
command. Sometimes when 500-800ms is not accepted, we need to use Fast Switch Antenna
function.
There are two methods to achieve fast switching antenna.
Method NO.1: Set the value of Repeat Per Command to 255 (0xFF), as illustrated below:
Click Inventory, operating time of each round will be as short as possible; Generally speaking, if
there are only 1 or 2 tags in RF region, it will takes 50ms to finish the inventory before the reader
receive new command. The time-consuming will longer with the increasing tags.
Note: For specific format of command parameter, please defer to the reader's UHF RFID Reader
Serial Interface Protocol V3.1.
Method NO.2: Use cmd_name_fast_switch_ant_inventory command (see UHF RFID Reader
Serial Interface Protocol V3.1).
Difference between method NO.1 and NO.2 is: the process of sending switch antenna command is
omitted in method 2, so it is faster and more efficient, which takes 25ms to read one tag from one
antenna.
Select Fast switch Antenna Mode, the following screen displays:

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3.4 Accessing ISO-18000-6C Tag
Click Access Tag, and the screen will display as following:
3.4.1 Read tags
You can type the parameter(zones to be read, Start Address and Data Length) as illustrated below:
Note: the unit of Starting Address and Data Length is WORD which is 16 bit double-byte.
Click Inventory when the parameter setting is completed.

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Picture as below shows two tags have been identified successfully.
3.4.2 Write Tags
The area of Write Tag is the same as Read Tag, but you need to provide access password and
information of write data.
When the operation done successfully, the screen will display as follows:
Note: The maximum length of one-time write is 32 Word (64 bytes, 512bits).
3.4.3 Lock Tags
A password is necessary to be provided for locking tags. When the operation is completed
successfully, the screen will display as follows:

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Same as Write Tags, data of identified tags will be displayed in Tag List.
3.4.4 Kill Tags
Password is necessary which can’t be 00 00 00 00 before Kill Tags. Therefore, to kill a tag please
change the content of password via Write Tag Operation first.
When tag is killed successfully, the information will display as follows:
3.4.5 Tag Selection
No matter how many tags in RF region, we just want to access EPC tags which are already identified.
Now, we can use the function of Tag Selection (EPC matching).
1. Inventory Tags in Buffer Mode to get all tags’ EPC number.
2. Get tags in cache.
3. Access tags and choose the EPC NO. which is needed , as illustrated below:

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After choosing the tag, please click Select and the screen will display as follows:
We could see that the column on the left for Selected Tag has been selected. Next, all the operations
are based on the tag with this EPC NO.
If you want to cancel the match of EPC, just deselect the column for Selected Tag, as below:
3.4.6 Error Display Might Be Returned
Errors occur if wrong operations done:
◆Inventory success, access failure:
There are two steps to get access to tags: firstly, tag inventory; secondly, access tags. Picture above
shows the inventory is successful, but we can’t access to tags.
Two reasons why:
1. Parameters incorrect: for example, zones(password/ EPC/ TID/ User) to be read do not exist.
2. Tags beyond the area that the RF could cover: distance when accessing to tags is about 60%-
70% of tag inventory; in this case, please proceed the tag closer to antenna.

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◆Wrong password:
Reason why: wrong password is set.
◆No tags to be operated：
Reason why: Tags beyond the area that the RF could cover.
For more information about the operation history returned, please defer to the document: UHF RFID
Reader Serial Interface Protocol V3.1.
3.5 Accessing & Inventorying ISO-18000-6B Tag
3.5.1 ISO-18000-6B Tag Inventory
Operating ISO-18000-6B Tag is similar to ISO-18000-6C but it will be easier, since Real-time is the
only mode for ISO-18000-6B tags inventory, as illustrated below: