USER MANUAL WALK BY Universal Scanning Station 1
Contents: 1 DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 FRONT OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 BACK OVERVIEW............................................................................................................................ 5 2 HOW TO SET UP THE SYSTEM .........................................
5.2.16 5.2.17 5.2.18 5.2.19 5.2.20 5.2.21 5.2.22 5.2.23 5.2.24 5.2.25 5.2.26 5.2.27 5.2.28 5.2.29 5.2.30 5.2.31 5.2.32 5.2.33 5.2.34 5.2.35 5.2.36 5.2.37 5.2.38 5.2.39 5.2.40 5.2.41 6 Command: .DM ............................................................................................................... 20 Command: ?DM .............................................................................................................. 20 Command: .SM ...........................................................
1 Description This guide will help you get started using the WALK BY scanning station to identify your animals. Place it where animals routinely pass for hands-free, stress free, automated microchip readings. 1.
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2 How to set up the system In order to correctly set-up the reader and have it ready for use, please follow the following instructions: Mount the WALK BY at intake, at the weigh station, at the entry to the main play area, wherever it makes the most sense in your facility. Connect the Gate antenna to the reader unit (plug the cable into the Antenna connector, shown in the back overview picture above).
3 User interface 3.1 Keypad Tag Read status LED Battery charge status LED Tuning status LED ON button and status LED Play/Pause button and status LED Battery level bar Mode button and status LED Rec Button and status LED USB Mode Button Led Bluetooth button and status LED 3.2 ON button The Power ON button is used to switch on or switch off the reader. Press the ON button to power up the reader. Hold the ON button for more than two seconds to power off the reader.
3.3 Battery level bar The battery status displays the battery level. When switching on, the reader shows the battery level for 3 seconds. In order to see the battery level while the reader is on, put first the reader in Pause mode (Pause button LED is off), and then click on the ON button briefly: 5 LEDs lit correspond to 80/100% charge level, no LED lit corresponds to 0/20% level. 3.4 PLAY/PAUSE button When switching on, the reader automatically goes in reading mode.
3.5.1 Continuous mode LED Green: When continuous mode is selected, the device reads continuously and keeps displaying the ID codes of the microchips read. The unit will display the same microchip number repeatedly if the same microchip is scanned continuously. 3.5.2 Buffered mode LED Yellow: When buffered reading mode is selected, the reader reads continuously, but inhibits the duplicate display of the same microchip code. The reader will display the ID code only the first time the microchip is read.
3.8 REC button By pressing the REC button, you enable or disable the recording on a file of the microchips read. When the LED is on/red the recording is enabled. When the LED is off the recording is disabled. When a file is created, its name is automatically generated by the reader and saved in the following folder: \data\\\s< ddmmyyyy_hhmmss>.rfid th For example, S08052013183448 means that a reading session was run on the 8 of May 2013, at 18:34:48.
3.9.3 Keyboard Wedge LED Red: In this mode, data is transferred from the WALK BY software via USB port to your computer and data displayed as if entered by a keyboard. This might be helpful if you are using a rd 3 party software application. The more common applications that are used with such ‘keyboard wedges’ are Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and other database types of applications.
Once the WALK BY reader has been recognized and installed on your PC as a Bluetooth device, a new port COM is added to your PC. Select this port COM from any program which is supposed to communicate to the reader. In order to test the port COM, a HyperTerminal session (in Windows) can be opened. Please verify on your WALK BY that the Bluetooth LED is lit continuously. 3.11 Real-time communication To open an RS232 terminal session (eg.
4 Connectors All the reader’s connectors are on the back as shown in the picture below: Power DC input Serial COM interface DC Fuse I/O AC Fuse Power AC input 4.1 Antenna Power AC input The F310 can be connected to the Power line AC either 110V/60Hz or 220V/50Hz. The cable is connected as follows: Pin 1 3 GND 4.1.
4.2 Power DC input The reader can be powered also with DC from 12 to 14V. The DC connector is cabled ad follows (bottom view): Red wire Black wire Note: remember to insert the heatshrink on the wires before soldering 4.2.1 DC Fuse The DC fuse has the following specifications: Fusible 5 x 20 mm, 2.5 A, 250 VAC, Time-lag 4.3 Antenna The antenna is connected between pin2 and pin GND of the antenna connector. 4.
GPIO INPUT TRIGGER (1) Main function Seconadry function Start a single reading session. This input can weak up the The reading session time can be device when it is switched off. programmed by user. INPUT AUX (2) This auxiliary input can be read by the USER through a serial command. .RINA (read the input aux command) INA =1 (when the input is active) INA=0 (when the input is not active) 4.4.2 This input can weak up the device when it is switched off.
5 Command interface 5.1 Command overview The user can send and get data from the XTEND MAX, either via VCP, Bluetooth connection. Three different kinds of commands are possible: o o o Get Set Execute A Get command is used to read a parameter value from the reader and always starts with the question mark symbol “?”, e.g “?\r\n”. A Set command is used to change a parameter value into the reader and always starts with a dot “.”, followed by the command name and parameter value, e.g “.[CMD]\r\n”.
.RIN .SOUT .PS .RM ?RM .STAT .DIAG ?DIAG ?TB ?TA ?TN ?NFB 5.2 Read I/O input 2 Set I/O output 2 [ Time = xx * 100 ms ] Enable power save mode Set reading mode [ 0=Single; 1=Buffered; 2=Continuous ] Get reading mode Start statistic test Set diagnostic level [ 0=None; 1=Error; 2=Info; 3=Debug ] Get diagnostic level Get tuning level FDX-B Get tuning level FDX-A Get tuning level TVN Get noise floor NFB .SOUTxx 01 – 50 .RMx 0–2 .
32] .SB -> Show Reading buffer 33] .ATNG -> Start autotuning 34] .RIN -> Read I/O Input 2 35] .SOUT -> Set I/O Output 2, for
5.2.7 Command: .MO It sets the date month, after the command you have to write the two digit of the current month. You do not receive an answer: .MO07 5.2.8 Command: .DA It sets the date day, after the command you have to write the two digit of the current day. You do not receive an answer: .DA29 5.2.9 Command: .DF It sets the date format, after the command you have to write the 0 “zero” for the EU format (dd.mm.yyyy) or the 1 ”one” for the US format (mm.dd.yyyy). You do not receive an answer: .DF0 5.
5.2.16 Command: .DM It sets the output format of the tag, after the command you have to write the 0 “zero” for the long format (A00000999000000000001) or the 1 ”one” for the short format (999000000000000001). You do not receive an answer: .DM1 5.2.17 Command: ?DM It gets the output format of the tag: ?DM DM=1 [0 Long] [1 Short] 5.2.18 Command: .
.PB3: Press MODE button .PB4: Press REC button .PB5: Press USB button .PB6: Press Bluetooth button 5.2.25 Command: .RC It starts or stops a continuous reading session, when a tag is in to the read range of the antenna you can see the UID as response, and the visualization of a tag that stay in the read range is every successful read: .RC 999000000000001 999000000000001 999000000000001 999000000000001 5.2.26 Command: .
5.2.30 Command: .RIN It reads I/O Input 2 value. Active low: .RIN 1 5.2.31 Command: .SOUT It sets the I/O Output 2 value, after the command you have to write two digits from 01 to 50 (active high = xx * 100 ms). You do not receive an answer: .SOUT10 5.2.32 Command: .PS It sets if the power save mode has to be on or off, after the command you have to write the 0 “zero” for disable or the 1 ”one” for enable the power save mode. You do not receive an answer: .PS0 5.2.33 Command: .
5.2.38 Command: ?TB It gets the tuning level of the FDX-B channel: ?TB 28B 5.2.39 Command: ?TA It gets the tuning level of the FDX-B channel: ?TA 29A 5.2.40 Command: ?TN It gets the tuning level of the FDX-B channel: ?TN 30N 5.2.
6 Do You Have A Problem Identifying An Animal? 6.1 The reading distance is too short The maximum reading distance is obtained with the transponder (tag) perpendicular to the antenna and aimed at the center of the antenna coil. If the tag is implanted into an animal, its orientation may not be optimal and therefore the reading distance may be reduced. You might be close to a source of electromagnetic disturbances like video or TV. Move a few meters away and try again.
7 Certification Datamars SA, Via ai Prati, CH-6930 Bedano declares, under its own responsibility, that the product WALK BY scanning station is in accordance with the following standards: FCC Part 15B Part 15 Class B Computing Device Peripheral FCC Part 15C Part 15 Low Power Transmitter Below 1705 kHz This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
8 Specification 1. Storage temperature: -20°C to +65°C, 85% RH, non-condensing 2. Normal operating temperature: -5°C to +55°C, 85% RH, non-condensing 3. Charging temperature: +5°C to +40°C, 85% RH, non-condensing 4. Housing material: PC/ABS 5. Protection Level: Water resistant 6. Power supply: Li-Ion integrated battery pack 7. Battery life: >500 cycles. 8. Battery charging time: 3h 9. Continuous reading time: 4h. Up to 6h in Power Save mode (60 sec timeout) 10.
R 660.0 670.0 780.0 Material: HMWPE (High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) blue Dimension: 380mm (L) x 780mm (H) x 20mm (P) Weight: 3.5kg Cable length: 2.50m Walk By Stationary Reader 27 14 380.0 270.0 260.0 40.0 4x Ø8.0 M16 x 1.
