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InTouch Care User Manual

Introduction

InTouch Care is an Active RFID tracking system. The system is comprised of four basic

elements:

1. TAGS – The TAGs are battery operated and are comprised of an RF Transceiver

and a few peripheral components. The TAGs are small devices with about 1” X

2” foot print. They are typically attached to assets or people that need to be

tracked.

2. Spiders – The Spiders are also battery operated and are equipped with similar to

the TAG RF transceiver and other peripheral components. Unlike TAGs, Spiders

are not mobile. They are typically attached to either ceilings or walls. Their

function is to improve the localization capability of the system.

3. STARs – The STARs are operated either using an external power supply or a

POE power supply within the device. STARs are also equipped with essentially

identical RF section to both the TAGs and the Spiders. The STARs are also

equipped with a LAN chip for communication with the server.

4. Server – The servers can be either local or can be connected directly to any

Internet server. The Servers are in direct communication with the STARs.

InTouch RFID Network high level architecture looks as follows:

Server

TAG

STAR

Spider

Figure 1: InTouch Network Architecture

Summary of content (4 pages)

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InTouch Care User Manual Introduction InTouch Care is an Active RFID tracking system. The system is comprised of four basic elements: 1. TAGS – The TAGs are battery operated and are comprised of an RF Transceiver and a few peripheral components. The TAGs are small devices with about 1” X 2” foot print. They are typically attached to assets or people that need to be tracked. 2.
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STAR Installation and Operation Installation Stars should be installed as high as possible. It is preferred to attach them to the ceiling upside down such that the antennas point downward. The antennas should be positioned at 90 degrees to each other and perpendicular to each other. Stars can be fed through one of two methods: 1. Power Over Ethernet (POE) or 2. External 3.3 volts power supply. The STAR must be connected to the LOCAL AREA Network (LAN) which must be connected to InTouch Server.
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battery is inserted. Also enclose in a pack of 10 TAGs a special tool to open and close the battery door. Operation There are five buttons on the TAG: The three buttons on top are used to signal the server a push button. The meaning of each button is programmable by the user on the PC level. There are two buttons on the bottom. One is a theft detection button. When the TAG is affixed to an asset the button is pressed in.
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Operation The Spider communicates with other InTouch Components wirelessly. It also provides maintenance information to the server, such as low battery indicator and the “health” of its RF receiver signals from the STAR. Maintenance Once the low battery indicator sends the server the indication of low battery the batteries will have about 1-2 month operational time. The batteries should be replaced as soon as possible after such messages are generated.