Intermec IF5 User manual

IF5 Fixed Reader
User’s Manual

ii IF5 Fixed Reader User’s Manual
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Document Change Record
This page records changes to this document. The document was
originally released as Revision 001.
Revision Date Description of Change
002 11/2005 Added information supporting Release 2.0
firmware:
• Configuring the IF5 using the web
browser interface
• Guidelines for developing and testing
RFID applications
• Configuring the SAP device controller
RFID edgeware
• Guidelines for using the IF5 general
purpose input/output (GPIO) interfaces
003 2/2006 Added information supporting Release 2.01
and 2.02 firmware:
• Descriptions of the IBM WRDI option
and WEDM settings
• Support for EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2
RFID tags
004 11/2006 Added information supporting Release 2.20
firmware:
• Minor changes to the IF5 web browser
interface
• Descriptions of data processors for the
SAP device controller RFID edgeware
• Description of the J2SE option
• Support for dense reader mode and Listen
Before Talk feature

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Contents
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Contents
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Global Services and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Web Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv
Telephone Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiv
Who Should Read This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Patent Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvi
1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What’s New? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Unpacking the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Learning About the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the Front Panel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Understanding the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About the Intermec Ready-To-Work Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Understanding the Rear Panel Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How the IF5 Fits in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring the IF5 (Setting the IP Address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using a Communications Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the IF5 for an Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configuring the IF5 for a Wireless Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Choosing a Mounting Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting the IF5 to Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Positioning 802.11g Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the IF5 Securely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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2 Configuring Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring Settings for Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Configuring Ethernet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Enabling IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring Network Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring SNTP Client Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring the 802.11g Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring Advanced Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Controlling Access to IF5 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Controlling Developer Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting Up Logins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Configuring the IF5 to Use a Password Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Changing the Default Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Static WEP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring Dynamic WEP/802.1x Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Configuring WPA-PSK Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Configuring WPA-802.1x Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Configuring WPA2-PSK Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring WPA2-802.1x Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configuring 802.1x Client Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
About Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Viewing Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Installing and Uninstalling Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rejecting Expired Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
3 Developing and Using RFID Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
RFID Applications and the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
About the IBM WRDI Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
About the J2SE Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Creating RFID Applications for the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using the RFID Resource Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
IF5 Java Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Executing Java Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Java Support for Microsoft SQL Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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IF5 JavaScript Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Running Applications at Boot Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Handling Command Line Arguments at Boot Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
About IF5 Edgeware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
About the IF5 RFID Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configuring RFID Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
About RFID Module Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Supported Tag Type (ISO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Supported Tag Type (Gen 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Supported Tag Type (Gen 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dense Reader Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
LBT Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
LBT Scan Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Field Separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ID Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
No Tag Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Timeout Configuration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
ID Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
ID Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Antenna Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Antenna Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Read Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Write Tries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Init Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lock Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Select Tries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Unselect Tries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Initial Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Field Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Enable Antenna Port n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configuring the Data Collection Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Viewing the DCE Events Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing DCE Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using the Diagnostics Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Testing the GPIO Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using the BRI Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Measuring Tag Read Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
About the Performance Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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Using the JavaScript Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using the JavaScript Workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring a JavaScript File to Auto-Run at Boot Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Editing Remote Startup Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Configuring WEDM Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
4 Managing, Troubleshooting, and Upgrading the IF5 . . . 97
Managing the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Using Wavelink Avalanche. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using the Intermec SmartSystems Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Configuring the IF5 with Intermec Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Importing and Exporting Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the Web Browser to Import and Export Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Browsing the IF5 and Importing Files to Your PC . . . . . . . . . . 104
Importing Files to the IF5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Using the FTP Server to Import and Export Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Maintaining the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Viewing Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Viewing Access Point Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Viewing Port Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Viewing the Events Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Viewing the About This IF5 RFID Reader Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Using the LEDs to Locate the IF5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Viewing the IF5 Configuration Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Restoring the IF5 to the Default Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Troubleshooting the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Problems While Working With RFID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Problems With Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Problems With Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Calling Intermec Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Upgrading Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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5 Using the IF5 GPIO Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
About the GPIO Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Accessing the Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Using the Input Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
IF5 Powered Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Isolated Input Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Open Collector Input Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using the Output Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Switching the High Side Using IF5 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Switching the Low Side Using IF5 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Switching the High Side Using External Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Driving a DC Relay to Control an AC Load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using the Power Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
A Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
IF5 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
802.11g Radio Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
RFID Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Port Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Control Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Serial Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
B Configuring and Using the SAP Device Controller. . . . . . 139
Enabling the SAP Device Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Running the Device Controller Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Opening a Telnet Session to the IF5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Starting and Stopping the Device Controller Manually . . . . . . . 141
Reconfiguring the Device Controller Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Stopping or Reconfiguring the Device Controller Over the Network . . . . 142
Using the Configuration File Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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About the SAP-DC Configuration Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Changing Settings in the Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
About the SDCConfiguration XML File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Controller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
ReceiverList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Reader List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
FieldMap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ExtensionCommandHandler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
ProcessorChainList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
About the RfidReader.properties File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Setting Parameters for Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using the Data Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Data Processor Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Standard Data Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
CheckReader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
DuplicateFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
SimpleDuplicateFilter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
EPCEnricher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
EqualizeTimeStamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
EventTypeFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
HierarchyBuilderSend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
SimplePackSend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
LowPassFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
SelectedFieldEnricher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
TagBitsFilter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
TimeFixedSizeAggregator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
About Transformers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
EPCPMLTransformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
MultiEPCPMLTransformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PMLTransformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PMLTransformer2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PMLTransformerAII4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ValidEPCPMLTransformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
About Data Processor Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Options for All Processor Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Options for Send Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Options for CheckReader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Options for EPCEnricher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Options for EventTypeFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Options for HierarchyBuilderSend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Options for SimplePackSend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Options for LowPassFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Options for SelectedFieldEnricher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Options for TagBitsFilter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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Options for TimeFixedSizeAggregator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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Before You Begin
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Before You Begin
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support information, and sources for additional product
information.
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in this document before handling and operating Intermec
equipment. Your equipment and data can be damaged if you do
not follow the safety cautions.
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and notes that are in this document.
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Intermec web site at www.intermec.com and click Service &
Support. The Intermec Global Sales & Service page appears.
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Support, and then click Warranty.
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and fitness for a particular purpose.
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prevent equipment damage or destruction, or corruption or
loss of data.
Note: Notes either provide extra information about a topic or
contain special instructions for handling a particular condition or
set of circumstances.

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Who Should Read This Manual
This user’s manual is for the person who is responsible for
installing, configuring, and maintaining the IF5 Fixed Reader.
This manual provides you with information about the features of
the IF5, and how to install, configure, operate, maintain, and
troubleshoot it.
Before you work with the IF5, you should be familiar with your
network and general networking terms, such as IP address. You
should also be familiar with your RFID system.
Related Documents
This table contains a list of related Intermec documents and their
part numbers.
The Intermec web site at www.intermec.com contains our
documents (as PDF files) that you can download for free.
To download documents
1Visit the Intermec web site at www.intermec.com.
2Click Service & Support > Manuals.
3In the Select a Product field, choose the product whose
documentation you want to download.
To order printed versions of the Intermec manuals, contact your
local Intermec representative or distributor.
Document Title Part Number
IF5 Fixed Reader Quick Start Guide 930-069-xxx
Basic Reader Interface Programmer’s Reference Manual 937-000-xxx
Important IF5 Information! 074934
IM5 Compliance Insert 075231

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Patent Information
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There may be other U.S. and foreign patents pending.

IF5 Fixed Reader User’s Manual 1
1Getting Started
This chapter introduces the IF5 Fixed Reader, explains the ports
and LEDs, and explains how the reader fits into your network. It
contains these topics:
•OverviewoftheIF5
•What’sNew?
• Unpacking the IF5
• Learning About the IF5
• How the IF5 Fits in Your Network
• Configuring the IF5 (Setting the IP Address)
• Saving Configuration Changes
• Installing the IF5
• Setting the Date and Time
• Using the IF5 Securely

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Overview of the IF5
The IF5 Fixed Reader is an RFID reader that provides wired or
wireless connectivity between tag data and an enterprise system.
What’s New?
This manual supports Release 2.20 of the IF5, which includes
these new features:
• RFID module support for Dense Reader Mode and Listen
Before Talk.
• You can order the IF5 with the Java J2SE option. For more
information, contact your Intermec sales representative.
Note: The IF5 does not ship with RFID or radio antennas. For
more information on these accessories, contact your Intermec
sales representative.

Chapter 1 — Getting Started
IF5 Fixed Reader User’s Manual 3
Unpacking the IF5
When you unpack the IF5, save the box and shipping material in
case you need to ship or store the IF5. The reader comes with a
documentation packet that includes a quick start guide and radio
safety compliance statements.
The IF5 with an IEEE 802.11g radio installed is Wi-Fi®certified
for interoperability with other 802.11g and 802.11b wireless
LAN devices.
The IF5 Fixed Reader uses an EPCglobal Gen 2-certified IM5
Module (86x MHz RFID frequency band).
The IF5 Fixed Reader uses an EPCglobal Gen 2-certified IM5
Module (915 MHz RFID frequency band).

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Learning About the IF5
This section explains the ports and LEDs on the IF5.
Understanding the Front Panel Ports
The IF5 front panel has four ports. To access three of the ports,
you need to remove the cable access door.
To remove the access door
• On the underside of the IF5, unscrew the two thumbscrews
on the cable access door and remove the door.
IF5 Front Panel Ports: This illustration shows how to remove the cable access
door and where the ports are located.
Cable access
door
AC power port Ethernet port Serial port
Control port