Intermec IF30 User manual

IF30 Fixed Reader
User’s Manual

ii IF30 Fixed Reader User’s Manual
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Contents
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Contents
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Global Services and Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Web Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Who Should Read This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Patent Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Unpacking the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Learning About the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the Front Panel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Learning About the Intermec Ready-To-Work Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Understanding the Rear Panel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How the IF30 Fits in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring the IF30 (Setting the IP Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using a Communications Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the IF30 for an Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Choosing a Mounting Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the IF30 to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using the IF30 Securely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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2 Configuring Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuration Settings For Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring Ethernet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Enabling IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring SNTP Client Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Configuring Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Controlling Access to IF30 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Up Logins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring the IF30 to Use a Password Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the Default Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Viewing Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing and Uninstalling Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rejecting Expired Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3 Creating and Using RFID Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
RFID Applications and the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Creating Applications for the IF30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring RFID Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About RFID Module Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Supported Tag Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Supported Tag Type (Gen 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dense Reader Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
LBT Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
LBT Scan Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Field Separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ID Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
No Tag Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Timeout Configuration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ID Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Antenna Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Read Tries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Write Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Initialization Tries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Lock Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Select Tries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unselect Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Initial Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Field Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Enable Antenna Port n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring the Data Collection Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Viewing the DCE Events Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing DCE Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4 Managing, Upgrading, and Troubleshooting the IF30 . . 53
Managing the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Intermec SmartSystems Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring the IF30 with Intermec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Wavelink Avalanche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Maintaining the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Viewing Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Viewing the Events Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Viewing the About This IF30 RFID Reader Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Viewing the IF30 Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Restoring the IF30 to the Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Upgrading Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Troubleshooting the IF30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Problems While Working With RFID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Problems With Network Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Calling Intermec Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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5 Using the IF30 GPIO Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
About the GPIO Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Accessing the GPIO Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the Input Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
IF30 Powered Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Isolated Input Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Open Collector Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the Output Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching the High Side Using IF30 Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching the Low Side Using IF30 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching the High Side Using External Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Driving a DC Relay to Control an AC Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Using the Power Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
IF30 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
RFID Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Port Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Control Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Serial Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Ethernet Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Who Should Read This Manual
This manual is for the person who is responsible for installing,
configuring, and maintaining the IF30.
This manual provides you with information about the features of
the IF30, and how to install, configure, operate, maintain, and
troubleshoot it.
Before you work with the IF30, you should be familiar with your
network and general networking terms, such as IP address. You
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Document Title Part Number
IF30 Fixed Reader Quick Start Guide 930-188-xxx
Basic Reader Interface Programmer’s Reference Manual 937-000-xxx
IF30 Compliance Insert 933-056-xxx
IM5 Compliance Insert 075231-xxx

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Patent Information
Product is covered by one or more of the following patents:
4,999,636; 5,030,807; 5,055,659; 5,070,536; 5,280,159;
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