Voyantic Tagsurance 3 User manual

Tagsurance 3
Manual
July 14, 2023

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1Overview.....................................................................................................................................................6
2Terminology................................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Visualization of the lanes, stations, and stages................................................................................. 10
3System components................................................................................................................................11
3.1 Tagsurance controller........................................................................................................................ 11
3.1.1 Server ........................................................................................................................................ 12
3.1.2 Router........................................................................................................................................ 13
3.1.3 PoE switch................................................................................................................................. 14
3.1.4 USB hub..................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.5 USB-to-serial adapter ................................................................................................................ 14
3.1.6 Lane controller........................................................................................................................... 15
3.2 Trigger sensor.................................................................................................................................... 16
3.3 Rotary encoder .................................................................................................................................. 16
3.4 Station devices .................................................................................................................................. 17
3.4.1 Tagsurance UHF ....................................................................................................................... 17
3.4.2 Tagsurance SL UHF.................................................................................................................. 17
3.4.3 Tagsurance HF.......................................................................................................................... 18
3.4.4 Marker........................................................................................................................................ 18
3.4.5 Puncher...................................................................................................................................... 19
3.4.6 IO-only device............................................................................................................................ 19
3.5 IO Breakout........................................................................................................................................ 19
3.6 Strobe Light ....................................................................................................................................... 20
4Installation................................................................................................................................................21
4.1 Installing Snoop Pro coupling elements ............................................................................................ 22
4.1.1 Verifying Snoop Pro installation (verifying RF connections)...................................................... 22
4.2 Installing the rotary encoder .............................................................................................................. 24
4.3 Installing the trigger sensor ............................................................................................................... 25
4.3.1 Installing and training SICK contrast sensor.............................................................................. 25
4.3.2 Installing and training SICK color contrast sensor..................................................................... 27
4.4 Installing stations ............................................................................................................................... 29
4.4.1 Tagsurance SL UHF.................................................................................................................. 29
4.4.2 Tagsurance UHF ....................................................................................................................... 30
4.4.3 Tagsurance HF.......................................................................................................................... 30
4.4.4 Marker........................................................................................................................................ 31
4.4.5 Puncher...................................................................................................................................... 31
4.4.6 IO-only device............................................................................................................................ 32
4.4.7 IO cable for Voyantic devices.................................................................................................... 33
4.5 Connecting cables ............................................................................................................................. 34

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4.5.1 Rotary encoder and trigger sensor............................................................................................ 34
4.5.2 Stations...................................................................................................................................... 34
4.5.3 IO Breakout................................................................................................................................ 34
4.5.4 Strobe Light................................................................................................................................ 35
4.5.5 Machine IO................................................................................................................................. 36
4.5.6 Lane controllers ......................................................................................................................... 36
4.5.7 Tagsurance network .................................................................................................................. 36
4.6 Connecting to the Tagsurance system.............................................................................................. 37
4.6.1 Direct connection....................................................................................................................... 37
4.6.2 Network connection ................................................................................................................... 37
4.6.3 APIs ........................................................................................................................................... 39
5Building lane configuration ....................................................................................................................40
5.1 Lane controller................................................................................................................................... 41
5.1.1 Machine IO................................................................................................................................. 42
5.2 Stations.............................................................................................................................................. 43
5.2.1 Tagsurance UHF 1.x.................................................................................................................. 43
5.2.2 Tagsurance HF.......................................................................................................................... 44
5.2.3 Tagsurance SL UHF.................................................................................................................. 44
5.2.4 Marker........................................................................................................................................ 44
5.2.5 Puncher...................................................................................................................................... 44
5.2.6 IO-only device............................................................................................................................ 44
6Building a recipe......................................................................................................................................45
6.1 Recipe Builder overview.................................................................................................................... 45
6.1.1 Recipe Builder installation ......................................................................................................... 46
6.2 Add stations....................................................................................................................................... 46
6.3 Define task lists for stations............................................................................................................... 47
6.3.1 Task list for Tagsurance UHF & Tagsurance SL UHF .............................................................. 47
6.3.2 Task list for Tagsurance HF....................................................................................................... 51
6.4 Variables and mapping definitions..................................................................................................... 53
6.5 Example case of recipe building........................................................................................................ 53
7Running a job...........................................................................................................................................55
7.1 Updating a lane configuration............................................................................................................ 55
7.2 Selecting a recipe.............................................................................................................................. 56
7.3 Job configuration ............................................................................................................................... 56
7.3.1 Job type selection...................................................................................................................... 56
7.3.2 Trigger settings.......................................................................................................................... 60
7.3.3 Lot settings................................................................................................................................. 62
7.3.4 Cut mark .................................................................................................................................... 63

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7.3.5 Action trigger.............................................................................................................................. 65
7.4 Results............................................................................................................................................... 66
7.4.1 Results in operator UI................................................................................................................ 66
7.4.2 Result saving ............................................................................................................................. 68
7.4.3 Error codes ................................................................................................................................ 69
7.5 Metrics in operator UI ........................................................................................................................ 71
8Hardware maintenance............................................................................................................................72
9Updating the software .............................................................................................................................73
9.1 Tagsurance controller........................................................................................................................ 73
9.2 Lane controller firmware.................................................................................................................... 73
9.3 Updating Voyantic stations................................................................................................................ 73
9.3.1 Tagsurance UHF ....................................................................................................................... 73
9.3.2 Tagsurance HF.......................................................................................................................... 74
9.3.3 Tagsurance SL UHF.................................................................................................................. 74
10 Technical specifications .........................................................................................................................75
10.1 RF performance................................................................................................................................. 75
10.2 Digital IO of lane controller ................................................................................................................ 75
10.2.1 IO cables.................................................................................................................................... 75
10.2.2 Trigger connector....................................................................................................................... 75
10.2.3 Rotary encoder connector ......................................................................................................... 76
10.2.4 Station connector....................................................................................................................... 76
10.2.5 Machine IO connector................................................................................................................ 79
10.2.6 Output signal current limits........................................................................................................ 80
10.3 Standard Tagsurance 3 device IO port.............................................................................................. 81
10.4 Digital signals of IO Breakout ............................................................................................................ 82
10.5 APIs ................................................................................................................................................... 82
10.5.1 REST API................................................................................................................................... 82
10.5.2 AsyncAPI ................................................................................................................................... 82
11 Appendix: How to Configure the Pattern Trigger.................................................................................83
11.1 What is the Pattern Trigger................................................................................................................ 83
11.2 How Pattern Trigger Works ............................................................................................................... 84
11.3 Pattern Trigger Configuration ............................................................................................................ 85
11.3.1 Active and Passive Sections...................................................................................................... 85
11.3.2 Trigger Location Offset.............................................................................................................. 86
11.4 Simulated Triggers............................................................................................................................. 86
11.4.1 Simulated Trigger with Pattern Trigger...................................................................................... 86
11.5 Hold Off Distance............................................................................................................................... 88

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11.6 Summary of Pattern Trigger Configuration........................................................................................ 89

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1 Overview
The Tagsurance 3 system is a turnkey solution for testing UHF and HF RFID tags in tag
production machines. It is optimal but not limited to be used in chip attachment, label converting,
and final personalization stages.
Voyantic delivers the Tagsurance 3 system complete with stations that conduct the tag testing
and encoding. The trigger signal to the system can come either from the machine or from a
trigger sensor delivered by Voyantic. Depending on the use case, we strongly recommend to
connect the trigger sensor to Tagsurance 3, as trigger filtering features, such as pattern filtering,
are then available. Tagsurance 3 comes with its own rotary encoder for location sensing. All IO
signals necessary for operating the system are handled within the system itself and do not need
interfacing with the machine.
Tagsurance 3 uses its own configuration and recipe for a job and then initializes the stations
accordingly so that they know what to do when the lane controller triggers them. The lane
controller handles the triggering of all stations on the lane when tags travel past. Each station
sends its result as data (serial port or Ethernet) to the Tagsurance controller PC and the system
then gathers the job results from this data.
Tagsurance 3 is easy to integrate to a production line or machine, as it can work independently
and does not necessarily need to interface with the machine or logic controlling the production
line.
Tagsurance 3 is simple and quick to configure for the machine. This lane configuration contains
information on where and how trigger sensor, Snoop Pro coupling elements, marker and other
such stations are installed.
Tagsurance 3 is easy to operate with a browser-based operator UI that acts as a server in your
computer connected to Tagsurance 3 and browser pointed to Tagsurance 3’s IP address:
•Either via connecting Tagsurance 3 to your internal network from which it receives its IP
address via DHCP
•Or as a point-to point connection to a fixed IP in the system.
As your computer will receive an IP address in the same range via DHCP, in most cases there is
no need for changing the settings on it.
Tagsurance 3 also allows machine manufacturers or end users to build their own operator user
interface, as the system offers a complete REST API and AsyncAPI which have the same
functionality as is used by Tagsurance 3’s own operator UI. Voyantic reserves the right for some
limitations in special cases.
Tagsurance 3 can interface with the machine via a machine IO that can offer, for example, start
and stop signals to the machine that can be connected when you want to control such operations
by the Tagsurance 3 system.

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2 Terminology
Term
Meaning
Tagsurance 3
The whole system is called Tagsurance 3
Operator
Person that runs the machine in production.
Does not necessarily need to know anything about the recipe, except for
loading the correct one.
Does not need to know anything about machine configuration, but rather
needs to switch shielding plates and snoops according to the recipe in
use.
Production engineer
Plans the recipes needed for production.
Distributes recipes to operators.
Job
Contains the recipe and optional information about the job, such as job
label and lot size.
Recipe
Instructions for the system of what is to be done to each tag, e.g., “2 point
tests and TID read” and “mark failed tags”.
The recipe needed for a machine anywhere in the world to test and/or
encode labels in a certain job by an operator as required by a production
engineer.
Lot
The subset of a job. The lot number is automatically incremented after
predefined number of tags are processed. Lot number is included into the
tag result.
Lane
In the material under process: one lane of tags going through the process
one by one.
In the machine: stations that process the lane of tags going through the
machine.
Can be the only lane in a single-lane or one of the lanes in a multilane
setup.
Lane configuration
Defines which devices are on a given lane and in which order.
Contains the device configuration.
Device configuration
Each device has its device specific settings configured here. The idea is to
set it once for each device and these configurations are then just used as
building blocks for lane configurations.
Lane controller
Device for controlling stations on a single lane, either the only lane in a
single-lane setup or one of the lanes in a multilane setup.

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Station
Defines a physical device on the lane.
Includes 1-N stages one of which must be a physical device.
Any stage in a station before the first physical device stage is executed as
soon as possible and all stages after the first physical device stage are
executed as soon as possible after the triggered stage is executed.
There are two types of stations:
•Feedback stations such as Tagsurance UHF, that affect the tags’
pass/fail result
•Silent stations such as marker and puncher, that do not affect the
tags’ pass/fail result, yet may affect the tag itself
Stage
Defines any operation (related to HW device or SW process) that:
•takes in a tag data object
•modifies it
•outputs a tag data object
Is always included in a station.
When a stage is the first physical device within a station, it is the trigger
point within a station. The stages are always executed in the order they
are defined within a station, and the execution stops at each first physical
device within a station until that station is triggered.
Task list
Instructions for each stage.
Tagsurance controller
The whole rack with everything that is inside.
PoE
Power over Ethernet. This is how Lane controller and Tagsurance SL UHF
are powered to reduce number of cables and power bricks needed.
Trigger
Sensor that is used by Lane controller to sense when tags enter the
process.
Rotary encoder
Sensor that is used by Lane controller to sense accurately how material is
moving.

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2.1 Visualization of the lanes, stations, and stages