FAAC ParkLite TR User manual

TR ParkLite rev. A
INSTALLATION MANUAL
Ticket Reader
ParkLite
Ticket Reader
ParkLite

2
ENGLISH ENGLISH
CE DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
Manufacturer: FAAC S.p.A.
Address: Via Benini, 1
40069 - Zola Predosa
BOLOGNA - ITALY
Declares that: the ParkLite Ticket Reader
•conforms to the essential safety requirements of the following EEC
directives:
73/23/EEC and subsequent amendment 93/68/EEC.
89/336/EEC and subsequent amendment 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC
•and also conforms to the following standards:
EN 50081 -1 EN 60555 - 2 IEC 801 - 2
EN 50082 -1 EN 60555 - 3 IEC 801 - 3
EN 60335 -1 EN 55022 IEC 801 - 4
EN 60204 -1 EN 55014
Additional notes:
This product underwent a test in a typical, uniform configuration (all
products of FAAC S.p.A.).
Bologna, 01 January 2006
The Managing Director
A. Bassi

3
ENGLISH ENGLISH
GENERAL SAFETY OBLIGATIONS
1) IMPORTANT! To ensure the safety of people, it is important that all the instructions be carefully read.
Incorrect installation or incorrect use of the product could cause serious harm to people.
2) Carefully read the instructions before beginning to install the product.
3) Packing materials (plastic, polystyrene, etc.) must not be left within the reach of children, because these materials are
potential danger sources.
4) Keep the instructions for future reference.
5) This product was designed and built exclusively for the use indicated in this documentation. Any other use not expressly
indicated could compromise the condition of the product and/or be a source of danger.
6) FAAC declines any responsibility due to improper use or use other than the use for which the product is intended.
7) Donotinstalltheequipmentinanexplosiveatmosphere.thepresenceofgasorinammablefumesisaseriousdangerto
safety.
8) FAAC is not responsible for failure to use Good Workmanship in installing the product.
9) The installation must be carried out by observing standards EN12453 and EN12445.
10) Before attempting any action on the system, cut out the electrical power supply.
11) Install an omnipolar switch upstream of the power supply line for the ParkLite Ticket Reader with contact opening
distance of 3 mm. or more. We advise you to use a 6A thermal breaker with omnipolar switching.
12) Make sure that a differential switch with a threshold of 0.03A is installed upstream of the system.
13) Make sure that the earthing system is expertly made and connect to it the Yellow/Green earth terminal of the Ticket
Reader.
14) FAACdeclinesallresponsibilityforthesafetyandefcientoperationoftheTicketReader,ifsystemcomponentsnot
produced by FAAC are used.
15) For maintenance, strictly use original FAAC parts.
16) Do not in any way modify the components of the ParkLite Ticket Reader.
17) The installer must supply all information on the operation of the system and hand over to the user, the “User’s Guide”
which accompanies the product.
18) Theusermustnotinanywayattempttorepairortotakedirectactionandmustcontactqualiedpersonnelonly.
19) Anythingnotexpresslyspeciedintheseinstructionsisnotpermitted.
WARNINGS FOR THE INSTALLER

4
ENGLISH ENGLISH
5
5
6
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
11
11
11
12
13
13
14
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
17
1. DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...............................................................
1.1 DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................................................
1.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................................
2. INSTALLATION OF COMPONENTS.............................................................................................
2.1 LANE CHARACTERISTICS.............................................................................................................
2.2 ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS........................................................................................................
2.3 CONSTRUCTION OF LOOPS..........................................................................................................
2.3.1 INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................
2.3.2 CONSTRUCTION...........................................................................................................................
2.3.3 NUMBER OF WINDINGS.............................................................................................................
2.4 MASONRY PREPARATIONS...........................................................................................................
2.4.1 LAYING THE FOUNDATION PLATES........................................................................................
2.4.2 FASTENING...................................................................................................................................
2.5 COMPONENT DIMENSIONS..........................................................................................................
2.6 PREPARATION OF CHANNELS.....................................................................................................
2.7 POSITION OF EQUIPMENT............................................................................................................
3. ELECTRICAL PREPARATIONS....................................................................................................
3.1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS...............................................................................................................
3.2 TYPES OF CABLES..........................................................................................................................
4. ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS.....................................................................................................
4.1 CONNECTIONS ON INTERFACE BOARD...................................................................................
4.2 DATA TRANSMISSION LINES.......................................................................................................
4.3 INTERCOM CONNECTION............................................................................................................
5. SETTING OF COMPONENTS........................................................................................................
5.1 DETECTOR CONFIGURATION......................................................................................................
5.2 THERMOSTAT ADJUSTMENTS.....................................................................................................
6. MANAGEMENT UNIT.....................................................................................................................
6.1 P.LITE COBRA BOARD...................................................................................................................
6.2 JUMPER FUNCTION.......................................................................................................................
6.3 RS485 LINE TERMINATION...........................................................................................................
6.4 ELECTRICAL CONTROL WIRING................................................................................................
Contents

5
ENGLISH ENGLISH
The ParkLite Ticket Dispenser was designed to manage the exit
lane of a parking area. This function can be carried out by the
equipment only subordinately with respect to the “ParkLite”
management software.
The unit which controls exit from the gate must be connected to
the data Controller PC, and to the relevant application program.
This type of connection makes it possible to exploit all the ser-
vices offered by the system, thanks to the support of the parking
area management program.
The ParkLite Ticket Reader is available in three versions:
• ParkLite TR
• ParkLite TR-TAG
• ParkLite TR-MAG
All models are provided with the ticket reading module, for
managing single-stay users.
Thermostat
Plastic box with control
board Cobra 5000 P.Lite
Metal protection for
Power Feeder and wire
terminal-boards.
Heater
The equipment was designed to read tickets with a 22-character
interleaved 2/5 barcode, issued by the ParkLite Ticket Dispensers
installed on the area entry lanes, or by the ParkLite Decentralised
Cash Desks, as substitute tickets.
The ParkLite Ticket Reader reads the ticket by means of a one-
way 16-line laser scanner, at a scanning speed of 1200 times a
second.
“ParkLite TR-TAG” has a reader of passive proximity cards,
which detects memory-stored codes at a frequency of 125 Khz.
“ParkLite TR-MAG” has a magnetic card reader, which reads
magnetic bands coded on a Standard 2 ISO track.
The equipment is operational only when it is on-line with the
management software.
TheTicketReadercanbeconnectedtoaspecicintercom
control unit (optional), which enables the operator to remotely
communicate with the user situated on the exit lane.
Connection with two magnetic loops, able to detect the pre-
sence and transit direction of the vehicle, is obligatory for all
models.
The engagement and disengagement of these sensors, allows
the Ticket Reader to enable the ticket/card reading modules,
control the car’s travelling direction, supply the closing com-
mand to the beam and do the counting.
The location of the loops, in common with the equipment for
controlling access in the exit lane, must observe to the letter
the instructions in the following chapters.
The Ticket Reader directly opens/closes the beam with an
impulsive logic, providing the open/closed command.
For this reason, when creating exit gates for vehicles, solely
beams which manage the car park logic must be used.
The vehicles-only lanes must be provided with appropriate
horizontal and vertical signs indicating “transit by pedestrians
forbidden”. Likewise, if there are any pedestrian crossings
on the lanes, all the beams must be made safe and suitable
warning signs must be installed. See the current legal regula-
tions on the matter (in particular standards: EN12453 and EN
12455).
To avoid damage to transiting vehicles, the barriers must be
equipped with a safety option, which makes it possible to
connect the “vehicle present” signal, received from the transit
loop, to avoid accidental closure. This characteristic must be
enabled also when photocells installed under the beam are
used.
Card reader
Intercom
1.1 DESCRIPTION
1. DESCRIPTION AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
g.1ParkLiteTicketReader
Ticket reading
location
Laser scanner

6
ENGLISH ENGLISH
DIMENSIONS 350x1050x170 (Width x Height x Depth in mm)
WEIGHT 30 Kg
CABINET PROTECTIVE TREATMENT Cataphoresis
CABINET PAINT Opaque grey and blue micalised polyester
POWER SUPPLY 230 Vac (+6% - 10%) 50 Hz
OPERATING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE -20°C / +50°C
ABSORBED POWER WITH HEATER 100 Watt
ABSORBED POWER WITHOUT HEATER 45 Watt
INPUT/OUTPUT CONNECTIONS Through pull out terminal-boards, on control board
METAL DETECTOR FOR LOOP CONNECTION Integrated,with two channels and doubled outputs
POWER SUPPLY Switching on 2 channels; 115Vac - 230Vac
HEATER Yes
TEMPERATURE MAINTENANCE THERMOSTAT Yes (value range from 0° to 30° Celsius)
DATA TRANSMISSION LINE RS485
CONTROL UNIT
COBRA 5000 P.Lite board
RAM CONTROL UNIT 512 KByte
USER CAPACITY 5000
EVENT CAPACITY 15000
BARCODE READER One-way laser scanner
SCANNING RESOLUTION 16 lines
SCANNING SPEED 1200 per second
READ TICKET DETECTION Barcode with 22 characters 2/5 interleaved
Tab. 1 Characteristics present on all ParkLite Ticket Reader models
Tab.2 Characteristics present only on ParkLite TR TAG
Tab. 3 Characteristics present only on ParkLite TR MAG
TYPE OF CARD READER Contact Less reader of Passive Transponders
CARD DETECTION FREQUENCY 125 KHz
TYPE OF READ CARDS CODING UNIQUE
CARD DETECTION DISTANCE Max. 10cm.
CARD FORMAT ISO (86x54x0,78mm)
TYPE OF CARD READER Magnetic card swipe reader (100% of track)
TYPE OF READ CARDS CODING Standard 2 ISO track (from 1 to 37 characters)
CODING CODE High coercitivity 4000 Oe
CARD FORMAT ISO (86x54x0,78mm)
1.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

7
ENGLISH ENGLISH
All the components of an exit lane of a ParkLite automated
parking system, are directly managed by the Ticket Dispenser.
The exit lane of a parking area consists of:
• Nr. 01 ParkLite Ticket Reader.
•Nr. 01 620 rapid barrier RH.
•Nr. 02 Magnetic loops.
•Nr. 01 Pair of photocells.*
•The exit lane from a parking area managed by the Ticket
Reader must be constructed so that the vehicles coming from
different directions can easily get close to the column, to
enable the user to read the ticket or a valid card without any
difculty.
• The equipment must be installed on an island 15 cm. above
road level. If this is not possible, protective structures must be
installed around the base of the two columns (TR and barrier
620) and the Ticket Reader must be raised 15 cm. above the
lane paving, so that the devices for reading and treating the
tickets for exit from the parking area are located at the right
height.
• The Ticket Reader operates only if the magnetic loops have
been correctly connected to it. In fact, the column was desi-
gned to manage all the user exit from lane stages, exploiting
thesetwoelements,whicharegenerallydenedas:presence
loop and transit loop.
g.2Exitlane
The construction and deployment of the loops is fundamentally
important to ensure that the system functions correctly. For this
reason, observe to the letter all the instructions described in the
following paragraphs:
2.3 Making the Magnetic Loops
2.7 Positioning the equipment.
• The power cables and the cables for connecting the equi-
pment in the parking system must have the characteristics
indicated in paragraph:
3.2 Type of cables.
Furthermore, all the instructions in paragraph “General safety
rules” on page 3 must be respected, and, with reference to the
specicelectricalpreparations,asdescribedinparagraph:
3.1 Safety rules.
• The Ticket Reader was designed to manage automatically
the exit of vehicles from a parking area. Therefore, transit by
pedestrians must be forbidden in the area reserved for transit
of vehicles. Moreover, appropriate signs prohibiting transit by
pedestrians must be installed. Where it is not possible to have
an entrance/exit gate reserved exclusively for pedestrians, the
current legal regulations on the subject must be absolutely
observed; (in particular standards: EN 12453 and EN 12445)
• The lane must not allow the exit by two or more vehicles
side by side. For this reason, the width of the lane must be
appropriately sized, according to the type of vehicle generally
used.
• Sufcientspacemustbeprovidedforeveryequipmentof
the parking system, so that all the necessary installation and
maintenance operations can be smoothly carried out.
• Position the Ticket Reader so that it (laser scanner) is not
directly exposed to luminous radiation, which could be source
of disturbance during reading.
• Appropriate signs (not supplied by FAAC), indicating the
tariffs and the car park rules must be visibly shown on the
entrance lane to the car park.
* optional
NB.: All the equipment which can be used in the ParkLite
parking system, were designed and tested by FAAC, in
observance of the points mentioned above. In order to avoid
any kind of unforeseen behaviour, all the rules shown in this
manual must be observed.
2.2 ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
620 rapid barrier RH
Photocells
Magnetic
Loops
Ticket Reader
2. INSTALLATION OF COMPONENTS
2.1 LANE CHARACTERISTICS

8
ENGLISH ENGLISH
The following instructions must be respected:
•Laytheloopsatleast15cm.fromxedmetalobjects.
•Laytheloopsatleast15cm.fromxedmetalgrilles.
•Lay the loops at least 50 cm. from moving metal objects.
•The loops must be laid at a depth of 30mm. to 50mm. from
the road surface.
•The loop must be made with a single cable, without making
any joints or shunts inside the pits.
•The two ends of the cable issuing from the loop perimeter
must be twisted or intertwined with each other at least 20 times
per meter, up to the connection inside the Ticket Reader.
•The twisted cable of the loop must be laid in pipes or cable
ducts separated from those used for other purposes (power
etc.).
2.3.2 CONSTRUCTION
The shape of the loops must be ‘rectangular’. The corners
must be cut at 45° to prevent the cable breaking, due to the
vibrations of transiting vehicles or possible settling of the road
paving.
There are two methods for making them:
• Lay a single single-pole cable with a cross section of
1.5 mm2, with double insulation, directly in a chase made in
the existing road paving.
• First construct a cable duct in PVC of the necessary shape,
insert a single-pole single-insulation cable with a cross-section
of 1.5 mm2inside it, and then lay the loop thus constructed
inside the chase.
NB.:inbothcases,respecttherequirementsspeciedinpoint
2.3.1.
described up to here, around the perimeter in which it must be
constructed.
Procedure for the above operation: insert the cable end from
the sharp edge providing access into the chosen seat, next run
it inside for a set of full ‘circuits’, to make a coil, and then
make the same cable come out from the point where it had
been inserted.
Fig. 3
The windings which must be made in order to construct the
loop correctly, depend on the dimension of the perimeter.
The dimensions of the loops to be laid on the lane managed by
the Ticket Reader, shown in the following chapters, call strictly
for the construction of 4 windings.
In fact, the system detects all the transit stages of the vehicles
on the entrance lane, making use of these devices. As a result,
fewerthanspeciedwindingswillnotmaketheequipment,
assigned to control the lane, operate correctly.
NB.: if there are metal nets under the paving (see the distance
of the metal grilles previously referred to), we advise you to
add 2 windings to the 4 obligatory windings.
Fig. 4
Loop consisting
of 4 windings
2.3 CONSTRUCTION OF LOOPS
2.3.1 INSTALLATION
2.3.3 NUMBER OF WINDINGS
The loop must consist of a precise set of windings of the cable

9
ENGLISH ENGLISH
2.4.2 FASTENING
Ticket Reader and/or 620 Barrier
• Using a level, check if the foundation plate is perfectly hori-
zontal before installing.
• Secure the upright to the plate with suitable nuts and
washers.
• Position the Ticket Reader so that it (laser scanner) is not
directly exposed to luminous radiation, which could be source
of disturbance during reading.
2.5 COMPONENT DIMENSIONS
The following pictures show the dimensions in millimetres of
the main lane equipment.
2.4 MASONRY PREPARATIONS
The foundation plate for securing the Ticket Reader is identical
to the one used for installing the 620 barrier. The drawing be-
low shows the dimensions and methods for laying them both.
2.4.1 LAYING THE FOUNDATION PLATES
Ticket Reader Dimensions
Fig. 6
Dimensions of 620 Barrier
Fig. 7
Dimensions in mm.
Fig. 5
The dimensions of the barrier rod obviously depend on many
different factors: lane width, gate height (in case of on-site
installations with cover), etc.
We advise you to determine the size of this element, so that it
can move freely.

10
ENGLISH ENGLISH
Before carrying out the masonry works required to make the
lane, prepare all the channels/ducts/raceways essential for
cable routing, for electrical connection of the system’s equip-
ment.
Lay the cable ducts, scrupulously observing the indications
shown in the lay-out below.
Separate ducts must be provided between: high voltage (230
Vac power cables) and low voltage (cables for: commands,
safety, intercom, serial data line, etc.).
Furthermore, appropriately size the diameter of the cable ducts
to be laid, in relation to the cross-section and number of cables
to be inserted. To this end please refer to section 3. Electrical
preparations of this manual.
Channel lay-out for Exit lane
Driving direction
1 Input of Ticket Reader power cables
2 Input and output of cables for data transmission line on RS 485
protocol
3 Input for intercom line cables
4 Vehicle Presence loop
5 Vehicle Transit loop
6 Open/Closed barrier commands + transit loop safety contact
7 Input of barrier power cables
2.6 PREPARATION OF CHANNELS
Fig. 8