R4300P UHF Long Range Reader with GPRS Technical Information Manual Revision n.
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Index .. Scope of Manual............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Cha nge Document Record.............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Reference Document..............................................................................................................
11 12 13 SIM ca rd placement...................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Setti ng up the GSM module ......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Sending a SMS message .........................................................................................................
1 Introduction Thi s Chapter gives genera l i nforma ti on a bout the Ion R4300P Reader.
General Information The ION (Model R4300P) i s the top -of-the-ra nge porta l rea der of the ea s y2rea d © Fa mi l y. CAEN RFID has carefully designed the device ta king into account customer requests a nd on -fi el d experi ence on RFID i ns tallations. The result i s not only a n UHF reader, it's a unique combination of outstanding RFID reading performances, computi ng power a nd communi ca ti on ca pa bi l i ti es .
R4300P (Ion) RFID UHF Portal Reader Development Kit i s a va i l a bl e: Fig. 1.2: Ion R4300P - RFID UHF Portal Reader Development Kit The R4300P (Ion) reader development kit is a complete RFID set up, for a quick implementa ti on of RFID s ol uti ons . It i ncl udes : n. 1 R4300P (Ion) RFID UHF Porta l Rea der n. 1 Power Suppl y n. 1 Ci rcul a r pol a ri zed a ntenna (i n Mod. R4300PDK) n. 1 GPRS a ntenna (i n Mod. R4300PDKGPR) n. 1 Set of La bel s n. 1 A927Z Tempera ture Logger Ta g n.
Installation Notice The Ion R4300P reader could be mounted either hori zonta l l y or verti ca l l y. Loca te the four mounti ng s l ots on the rea der, a s i l l us tra ted bel ow. Al l mea s urements a re i n mi l l i metres . Fig. 1.
2 Getting Started Thi s chapter provi des simple s teps to quickly s tart using the Ion R4300P Reader.
Introduction Thi s gui de wi l l hel p you to get s ta rted wi th your new Ion R4300P rea der. For more detailed i nformation on reader confi gura ti on, connecti ons a nd s etup opti ons pl ea s e refer to the next cha pters . To begi n, you need first to download a nd install th e .NET fra mework 2.0 (only required if .NET is not alrea dy i ns ta l l ed on your PC). Connecting to the Ion R4300P Reader By default, the Ion R4300P i s configured with the s tatic IP a ddress 192.168.0.1.
3 Ion R4300P External Interfaces Description Thi s Chapter gives a description of the Ion R4300P Reader externa l i nterfa ces .
Connectors The Ion R4300P rea der i s equi pped wi th the fol l owi ng ports : Fig. 3.1: Ion R4300P Connectors View Power supply The power s upply connector shall be used to provide Ion R4300P wi th the DC s upply vol tage i n the ra nge 9V ÷ 36V. The pa rt number of the connector is KPJX-3S-S by KYCON a nd mates with KYCON P.N. KPPX-3P (to be us ed on the s uppl y vol ta ge ca bl e), s ee § Fig. 3.2: Ion R4300P Plug Cable Connector pa g. 13.
A s ta ndard power supply AC/DC a dapter 24Vdc output vol ta ge (mod. WALIM0000003) for the Ion R4300P rea der i s a va i l a bl e for purcha s e (s ee § Ordering Options pa g. 8). Ethernet port The Ethernet i nterface of Ion R4300P ca n be used to connect the reader to a 10/100/1000BaseT network us i ng a RJ45 ca bl e.
Fig. 3.3: Ion R4300P GPIO Output Configuration Equivalent Schematic In ca s e a GPIO l ine is configured a s an i nput line, the pin i s a logic port with Schmitt tri gger i nput with a vol ta ge ra nge from 0V to 5V. Fig. 3.
13 14 15 - GPIO9 GPIO11 DC_BYPASS Shel l Genera l -purpos e IO #9 Genera l -purpos e IO #11 Input supply vol tage bypass (500mA max) Externa l s hel l (connected to Ground) Tab. 3.4: Ion R4300P GPIO Connector Pinout Fig. 3.5: Ion R4300P DB15 Socket Connector Pins Position Warning: a voi d connecting the DC_BYPASS signa l to a ny of GPIO pi ns , otherwi s e the rea der ca n be perma nentl y da ma ged. USB host ports Ion R4300P rea der has 2 USB 2.
GSM/GPRS antenna port (only in Mod. WR4300PXGPRS) RF port for the externa l GSM/GPRS a ntenna i s a 50Ω SMA ja ck connector. The s ugge s ted a ntenna to be us ed wi th Ion R4300P/GPRS rea der i s Amphenol P.N. TAN015-1100104BS. Ion R4300P/GPRS i s a pproved to opera te wi th 3dBi ga i n ma x. a ntenna s connected to the GSM/GPRS p ort. Antenna VSWR shall be lower than 2:1 i n order to a chieve optimum performances: the use of a ntenna with VSWR > 10: 1 ca n da ma ge the modul e.
RS232 Ion R4300P RS232 port i s a va i l a bl e on a DB9 s ocket connector. The pi nout i s the fol l owi ng: Pin # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - Signal TX RX GND CTS RTS Shel l Description Not connected TX output RX i nput Not connected Ground Not connected CTS i nput RTS output Not connected Externa l s hel l (connected to Ground) Tab. 3.7: Ion R4300P RS232 Connector Pinout Fig. 3.
LEDs The Ion R4300P top cover pa nel hous es the fol l owi ng LED s (s ee § Fig. 3.9: Ion R4300P Top Cover LEDs pa g.19): LED POWER RF ACTIVE GSM/GPRS FAULT1 ANTENNA2 FUNCTION Power ON RFID Tra ns mi tti ng a cti vi ty GSM/GPRS modem power ON Communi ca ti on a cti vi ty Boot pha s e Rea dy to work Sel ected TX a ntenna TYPE Green LED Bl i nking Yellow LED Bl i nki ng Bl ue LED Bl i nki ng Bl ue LED Red LED OFF Yel l ow LED Tab. 3.8: Ion R4300P Top Cover LEDs Fig. 3.
4 Ion R4300P Reader Configuration Thi s Chapter gives i nformation a bout the Ion R4300P Reader confi guration.
Introduction The Ion R4300P Reader can be configured using either the configuration web interface or the standard linux bash s hel l a va ilable vi a the serial port. In the following paragraphs we will guide you through the reader configuration using both the methods . Reader Configuration using the Web Interface The Ion Web Interface is built around Webmin, a well-known web-based configuration tool for Li nux s ys tems .
Configure Ethernet settings To cha nge the network confi gura ti on of the Ion R4300P rea der us i ng the web i nterfa ce: 1. Sel ect the Network Configuration opti on i n the Networki ng menu : 2.
3. On the Acti va ted a t Boot ta b, e na bl e the eth0 s wi tch a nd cl i ck on the eth0 l a bel : 4. Fi l l the Boot Time Interface Parameters form a nd pres s the s a ve button: The new s etti ngs wi l l become effecti ve a t next rea der reboot. Set Date and Time To cha nge the rea der da te a nd ti me us i ng the web i nterfa ce: 1. Sel ect the System Time opti on i n the Ha rdwa re Menu. 2.
Reader Configuration using the serial port By default, a standard bash shell is a vailable on the Ion serial port; to a ccess the reader us i ng thi s method, you ha ve fi rs t to configure your preferred serial terminal monitor (Hyperterminal, minicom, etc...) with the fol l owi ng s etti ngs : Ba ud ra te: 115200 b/s Da ta bi t: 8 Stop Bi t: 1 Pa ri ty: None Fl ow Control : None To l ogi n, type root a t the Us erna me prompt a nd rootroot a t the Pa s s word prompt.
Set Date and Time To s et date a nd ti me on the Ion reader, you ca n use the linux date command; a s an exa mpl e, to s et the current ti me a nd da te to 29 Ma y 2012, 16:30:00 type: root@ion:~# date -s “29 May 2012 16:30:00” The a bove command s ets the s ystem ti me onl y.
For exa mpl e, to enter a ga i n the ba s h s hel l from the devel opment vi rtua l ma chi ne 4 you ca n type: develop@ion:~# ssh where i s the IP a ddres s of the Ion rea der. How to restore the R4300P default factory settings Fol l ow the i ns tructi ons bel ow for res etti ng the ION fi rmwa re to i ts fa ctory defa ul t. 1. Download the latest zipped I on R4300P i mage from Ion R4300P web page and unzip i t. 2.
8. Wa i t 15-20 mi nutes until a "System halted" message a ppears on the s creen: 9. Power off the rea der a nd remove the USB fl a s h dri ve. 10. Power on the rea der. 11.
12. When the i on l ogin prompt a ppears the restore procedure is completed a nd the ION i s rea dy to be us ed a ga i n.
5 Ion R4300P GPIO Thi s Chapter gives a description of the usage of Ion R4300P Reader GPIOs using the cons ol e ba s h s hel l .
Using Ion GPIO Interface The Ion has 13 general purpose input a nd output (GPIO) i nterfa ces . You ca n us e them to control externa l devi ces a nd/or get s peci fi c s i gna l s from the envi ronment. The GPIO l ines can be managed directly from the console Linux shell of the rea der.
6 Ion R4300P CAENRFIDD Daemon Thi s Chapter i ntroduces the caenrfidd daemon, the s erver s i de i mpl ementa ti on of the CAENRFID protocol .
Introduction The caenrfidd da emon represents the server side i mplementation of the CAEN RFID protocol , i t ha n dl es the reques t comi ng from the host computer and sends back the replies a fter havi ng executed the requested actions. The client side of the CAEN RFID protocol i s i mpl emented by the CAEN RFID API. Configuring the daemon The caenrfidd da emon can be configured by modifying its configurations files.
# Set the lock file name. # # Default: # lock_file = "/var/lock/caenrfidd" # PID file # # Set the PID file name. You can kill the program by using the command: # $ kill # # Default: # pid_file = "/var/run/caenrfidd.pid" # Run as user # # If executed as root the server will drop privileges to the specified # user. # # Note: the selected user shold be able to read/write USB devices! # # Default: # user = "daemon" user = "root" # # # # # # # # # # # # # Listening port Change the default listening port.
# # Default: # vendor = 21336 # CAEN # Reader Model # # Define custom reader model ID. # # Default: # model = "(null)" model = "R4300P" # Ion # Reader radios list # # Define which radios are connected to the reader and each per radio # configuration data. # # Note: # * antennae ID numbering starts fro m 0. # * invalid antenna IDs are simply discarted.
7 Developing Application for the Ion R4300P Reader Thi s Chapter explains how to use our developing vi rtual machines.
Introduction The Ion R4300P reader s upports C, Ja va and C# a pplications. Your a pplication communicates with the Ion through one of two RFID s ervi ces : The caenrfidd s erver, which controls the rea der by the CAEN RFID communi ca ti on protocol . For more i nformation on the caenrfidd s erver, s ee § Configuring the daemon pa g. 32. For more i nforma ti on on the CAEN RFID API, s ee the CAEN RFID API documenta ti on.
Using the development virtual machine Once you s tarted the development vi rtual machine, you can l ogin wi th us erna me user a nd pa s s word useruser. The s uperus er root pa s s word i s rootroot i ns tea d. You ca n use the development machine as the preferred development environment for the Ion R4300P reader s ince the i ns talled s ystem i s very s imilar to the system installed on the rea der i ts el f.
8 Ion R4300P Getting Started with C Thi s Chapter explains how to get s ta rted wi th C progra mmi ng on the Ion R4300P Reader.
Development code installation If you wa nt to develop C a pplications using our CAENRFID C l i brary you must first insta l l the libcaenrfid devel opment pa cka ge i nto your devel opment vi rtua l ma chi ne 5: develop@ion:~# sudo aptitude install lib caenrfid-dev New and standard API Pa cka ge libcaenrfid-dev containes the header files required for developing C a ppli ca ti ons us i ng the CAENRFID C API .
exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } /* Do the inventory */ ret = CAENRFID_InventoryTag(&handle, string, &tag, &size); if (ret != CAENRFID_StatusOK) { fprintf(stderr, "cannot get data (err=%d)\n", ret); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } /* Report results */ for (i = 0; i < size; i++) { str = bin2hex(tag[i].ID, tag[i].Length); if (!str) { fprintf(stderr, "cannot allocate memory!\n"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } printf("%.*s %.*s %.*s %d\n", tag[i].Length * 2, str, MAX_LOGICAL_SOURCE_NAME, tag[i].LogicalSource, MAX_READPOINT_NAME, tag[i].
New API usage example On the contra ry to the s tandard API, only three functions a re required to perform a basic i nventory cycl e using the new API: caenrfid_open(), caenrfid_inventory() caenrfid_close() The code bel ow s hows how to us e them. #include #include #include #include #include #include .......................
ret = caenrfid_close(&handle); if (ret < 0) fprintf(stderr, "improper caenrfidlib closure!\n"); return 0; } Note tha t thi s ti me the caenrfid_old.h fi l e i s no l onger needed. To compi l e the code, you ca n us e the make comma nd: develop@ion:~# make inv_test cc inv_test.c -lcaenrfid -o inv_test When the compi l e opera ti on i s fi ni s hed you ca n tes t the progra m from your vi rtua l ma chi ne: develop@ion:~# .
9 Ion R4300P Getting Started with JAVA Thi s Chapter explains how to get s tarted with JAVA programming on the Ion R4300P Reader.
Introduction Thi s quick guide will explain how to s tart developing i n Ja va wi th your CAEN RFID R4300P rea der. It s ta rts from the a s sumption that you have already i nstalled the Development Vi rtual Machine as described by the relevant chapter a nd 6 tha t you wi l l us e i t a s the devel opment pl a tform .
In the a bove command line the CAENRFIDLibrary.jar a nd the RXTXcomm.ja r fi l es a re s uppos ed to be i n the s a me di rectory of the source code. As a result you’ll obtain the CAENTest.class bytecode file that ca n be executed wi th the fol l owi ng comma nd l i ne: develop:~# java –cp “./:./CAENRFIDLibrary.jar:./RXTXcomm.jar” CAENTest 10.0.32.201 where 10.0.32.201 i s the IP a ddres s of your Ion rea der.
Optional: using the Eclipse IDE A s i mple project like the one we described in the previous paragraphs can be managed using a simpl e text edi tor a nd the command line but mana gi ng more compl ex projects ma y requi re the us a ge of a n Integra ted Devel opment Envi ronment. Here i s explained how to install a nd configure the Ecl ipse IDE in order to create a ppl i ca ti on for the Ion rea der.
10 Using the GSM Thi s Chapter describes how to us e the Ion R4300P Reader GSM.
SIM card placement In order to i nsert the SIM ca rd i nside the reader the cover s hall be opened by removing the 6 s crews (pl ea s e s ee the red ci rcl e i n the Fig. 10.2: SIM holder position pa g. 48 for the correct pos i ti on). Fig. 10.1: Bottom cover screws position The SIM ca rd s ha l l be i ns erted i n the GPRS modem SIM hol der. Fig. 10.
Setting up the GSM module The Ion R4300P has an (optional) i nternal GSM/GPRS module that ca n be us ed to s end/recei ve SMS or a s Internet ga teway. Here s ome ba s i c i ns tructi ons a bout how to s end SMS a nd how to connect to the Internet us i ng the GSM/GPRS modul e. The GSM/GPRS module is connected to the sys tem through the second s erial port (the fi rs t i s us ed for the cons ol e) ma pped to the ps eudo-fi l e /dev/ttyS1.
Surfing the Internet In order to connect to the Internet using the internal GSM/GPRS moduel, you ca n use the wvdial program. Just edi t i ts confi gura ti on fi l e na med /etc/wvdial.
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:109.114.117.107 P-t-P:109.114.126.226 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:64 (64.0 B) TX bytes:97 (97.0 B) The routing ta ble and the file /etc/resolv.conf should be modified accordingly i n order to es ta bl i s h the i nternet connecti on.
11 Ion R4300P Upgrade Procedure Thi s Cha pter des cri bes how to upgra de the Ion R4300P Reader s ys tem.
Upgrade the Ion packages The Ion R4300P reader operating s ystem is a s tandard Li nux Debian installation so the upgrade procedure is ba s ed, a s a ny Debian system, on the aptitude tool. Here we show the basic usage of this method i n order to upgra de or i ns ta l l new pa ckages on the system, for further details on the a ptitude tool please refer to the specific documentation (s ee § Debi a n Documenta ti on on l i ne res ource ).
12 Ion R4300P Technical Specifications Thi s Chapter illustrates the technical specifications of Ion R4300P Reader.
Technical Specifications Table 902÷928 MHz (FCC pa rt 15) 865.600÷867.600 (ETSI EN 302 208) Up to 32 dBm (1.6W) conducted (ETSI) Up to 30 dBm (1W) conducted (FCC) Intel Atom Z510 CPU @ 1.
RFID Antenna Ports Electrical Characteristics Parameter Min 0.05 17 0.05 17 RF output power – ETSI RF output power – FCC Output power vs . power setting a ccuracy Output power setting s tep RF port i mpedance Recommended antenna VSWR Typ. Max 1.6 32 1 30 ±1 0.1 50 1.5:1 Unit W dBm W dBm dB dB Ω - Tab. 12.4: Ion R4300P RFID Antenna Ports Electrical Characteristics GSM/GPRS Antenna Port Electrical Characteristics Parameter Min Typ.
USB Port Electrical Characteristics Pin name Pin # Vbus 1 D- 2 D+ 3 Parameter Vol ta ge l evel Output Current VOL VOH Input Impeda nce VOL VOH Input Impeda nce Min 4.75V Typ. 5.00V 0 2.8 Max 5.25V 500 0.3 3.6 27 0 2.8 0.3V 3.6 27 Unit V mA V V Ω V V Ω Tab. 12.
13 Ion R4300P Regulatory Compliance Thi s Chapter gives i nformation on the Ion R4300P Reader Regulatory Compliance.
FCC Compliance Thi s equi pment ha s been tes ted a nd found to compl y wi th Pa rt 15 of the FCC Rul es . NOTE: (a ) Any cha nges or modi fi ca ti on not a pproved by CAEN RFID coul d voi d the us er’s a uthori ty to o pera te the equi pment. (b) The Ion R4300P rea der i s a pproved for opera ti on wi th the fol l owi ng a ntenna s : RFID ports: CAENRFID a ntenna Mod. WANTENNAX005 (Ci rcular polarized a ntenna 8dBic ga i n ma x. 860-960 MHz) GSM/GPRS port: Amphenol Mod.
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