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Scope of Manual This manual will help you to get started with the Easy Controller, the new RFID Software User Interface for CAEN RFID Easy2read family. This Software allows you to control and configure all the CAEN RFID readers in a simple and easy way. Change Document Record Date 14 May 2012 Revision 01 Changes First release. CAEN RFID srl Via Vetraia, 11 55049 Viareggio (LU) - ITALY Tel. +39.0584.388.398 Fax +39.0584.388.959 info@caenrfid.it www.caenrfid.
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1 Getting Started This chapter provides simple steps to quickly start using the CAEN RFID Easy Controller Software.
Before starting: CAEN RFID reader system overview Before using this software it is useful to get introduced to the basic concepts of CAEN FID readers. A CAEN RFID reader can be seen, in a simplified model, as a box with one or more communication interfaces to the host side and one or more communication interfaces to the tag side.
CAEN RFID EASY CONTROLLER SOFTWARE Technical Information Manual
If you choose default value during setup, the files of the EasyController will be placed under Program files in a folder named CAEN RFID Easy Controller. This folder contains: Directory/file name Base BaseUtils.dll CAENRFIDLibrary.dll Unins000.dat Unins000.exe Easy Controller src Description This directory contains information on all supported readers and on general options. This library helps the EasyController to parse and save informations stored in Base folder. This is the CAEN RFID .
2 Using CAEN RFID Easy Controller This chapter provides information on the use of the CAEN RFID Easy Controller Software.
Launching CAEN RFID Easy Controller To launch CAEN RFID Easy Controller: Click on Start → All Programs → CAEN RFID Easy Controller → CAEN RFID Easy Controller. Or Click on CAEN RFID Easy Controller desktop icon (only in case Create desktop icon option was checked, during installation). Connect to the Reader Connect a CAEN RFID reader to your PC. Launch the CAEN RFID Easy controller application. On the main screen click on File → Connect. A Connection windows will open.
Main window To verify if the connection with the reader is established, check the green dot down on the left side of the sidebar (see fig. Fig. 2.2: CAEN RFID Easy Controller Side Bar pag.10). Once connected to the reader, on the READER INFORMATION box you can find information on reader model, serial number and Firmware release.
Finally at the bottom of the main window you can find a status bar displaying the connection status (green dot = connected, red dot = not connected) and the anti-collision algorithm (air protocol) in use. During the inventory cycle you can check the following parameters inside the Statistic box: Acquisitions per second (Acq/sec): the number of acquisition cycles per second.
3 Quick Start This chapter explains how to control your reader using the CAEN RFID Easy Controller Software.
Doing inventory Once ensured that the reader is connected to the host (check the connection status on the status bar), the CAEN RFID Easy Controller allows you to control your reader. To start an inventory, click on Start inventory button. By default the reader identifies tags using Source 0 (for further information on sources see Before starting: CAEN RFID reader system overview pag.5). If you want to add sources click on Settings → Source selection and check the desired sources.
ProgramID ProgramID allows you to modify the EPC code of the selected tag. Usually EPC codes are 12 bytes length (96 bit). In case the EPC bank has been previously locked you will need to input an access password. The figure below shows the ProgramID window: ID length is the number of bytes of the new ID to program: 12 bytes is the standard length ID is an hexadecimal string that represents the new ID Password is a hexadecimal string that represents access password; it must be exactly 4 byte long.
Commands are grouped in “Read Access” and “Write Access” areas: Read Access group contains: Memory Bank: a combobox permits to chooce the memory bank (RESERVED, EPC, TID, USER) where to perform the read operation Address (word): here you can specify the start address (word-oriented integer number) for the read operation Length (word): here you can specify the number of words (an integer number) you want to read starting from Address Password (Hex): here you can put the access password (hexade
pwd-write 0 permalock 0 0 1 1 0 1 pwd-read/write 1 permalock 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 Description Associated memory bank is writeable from either the open or secured states. Associated memeory bank is permanently writeable from either the open or secured states and may never be locked. Associated memeory bank is writeable from the secured state but not from the open state. Associated memory bank is not writeable from any state.
4 Easy Controller Options This chapter gives information on the CAEN RFID Easy Controller Options.
Options window On the main menu, clicking on Settings → Options, will open the Options window. This window has a tree-view on the left site with content in the right side. There are three main sections: General Reader Configuration Logical Source Configuration These sections will be explained below. General The General section deals with identification and logging options. Identification Identification box contains inventory mode and listview options: Inventory Mode.
- New file: at the end of the inventory session, new logged data will be stored in a new file. The name of the file will be created with an progressive number at the end (i.e. if the name for the log file is DumpTest.txt and it is stored in C drive, the first log file, with absolute path, will be 'C:\DumpTest00.txt'). Log Info: here you can select the parameters you want to store on the log file: - In the first box you can select EPC, SOURCE, ANTENNA, TID, RSSI, COUNT and TIMESTAMP.
Reader configuration CAEN RFID Readers have some basic configuration parameters. By clicking on Reader Configuration you can access to the Power settings and Reader Protocol area. Power Input. You can increase or decrease the output power of the reader moving the slider from 0% to 100%. Not all values can be accepted by the reader, therefore the reader approximates the chosen value to the nearest valid one when releasing the mouse button from the slider.
Logical source configuration Logical sources concepts are described in paragraph Before starting: CAEN RFID reader system overview pag. 5 This section is divided into two parts: Source Configuration Summary Source configuration To configure a logical source follow the steps below: Select a source from the Source Selection combobox. Check/uncheck the antenna to add/remove it from the selected source.
Note: if your reader has one antennna connector, only Ant0 (first Antenna) and Source 0 are available. Summary Here you can find the summary of all current sources settings.
5 GPIO Management This chapter gives information on the CAEN RFID Easy Controller GPIO Management.
GPIO Management Window Clicking on Tools → I/O Management, the GPIO settings window will appear: This window allows you to configure up to 16 GPIO (the number of enabled GPIO depends on the reader model). Direction and value are represented respectively by radiobutton and checkbox (if supported by the reader).
