i-CARD CF User’s Guide Version 1.2 IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG Millenniumspark 2 A-6890 Lustenau Austria Tel: +43 (0) 5577 87387 - 0 Fax: +43 (0) 5577 87387 - 15 info@identecsolutions.at www.identecsolutions.
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i-CARD CF – User’s Guide Radio Frequency Compliance Statement IDENTEC SOLUTIONS AG.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide European Notification according R&TTE Directive (i-CARD CF / EU) This equipment complies to Art. 6.4 of R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC) and can be used in the following European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands , Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovenia. Version 1.2 26.07.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide Table of Contents 1.0 Overview __________________________________________________ 6 1.1 Functionality ________________________________________________________ 6 1.2 Components ________________________________________________________ 6 2.0 Installation ________________________________________________ 7 2.1 Hardware ___________________________________________________________ 7 2.2 Software _________________________________________________ 7 2.2.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide 1.0 Overview This guide explains how to install and operate the i-CARD CF when using a laptop or desktop computer. 1.1 Functionality The i-CARD CF is IDENTEC SOLUTIONS’ Intelligent Long Range (ILR®) radio frequency mobile interrogator in a type II CF Card format. The i-CARD CF is easily integrated into portable or laptop computers and is used in conjunction with i-LINKS (or other ILR® software) to read and write data to tags.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide 2.0 Installation The i-CARD CF is easy to install—simply attach the antenna, insert the i-CARD CF into the desired computer (if necessary use a standard PCMCIA – CF adapter) and install the necessary hardware driver for the specific operating system. The following sections describe each of these steps in detail. Note: The hardware driver only needs to be installed the first time an i-CARD CF is inserted into a computer or when performing an upgrade to the driver. 2.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide 2.2.1 Windows 98/2000/Windows XP The following section describes how to install the device driver on Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. When the i-CARD CF is inserted into the CF slot, an installation wizard begins automatically. Select the Search for a suitable driver for my device option and click Next. Selecting a search location depends on the type of ILR® Technical CD you received. For a search location, select the Floppy Disk Drives option, and click Next.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide According to ERC/REC70-03 a maximum duty cycle of 1% (i-Q- tags) is allowed in Europe. Due to the protocol used on the RF link this means no restrictions for interactive operation. However in continuously running applications the application programmer must ensure observance of these rules. For details please see the documentation which comes with the development package. To minimize spurious radiation consecutive scans must be separated by pauses with a length of at least 0.
i-CARD CF – User’s Guide Appendix A: Technical Specifications Type II i-CARD CF Compatibility ILR® tags Performance Read range (adjustable) Write range (adjustable) Read rate (ID only) *1 Read rate *1 Multiple tag handling *1 i-Q xx /EU i-Q xx /NA i-B xx /EU i-B xx /NA *1 Communication Frequency Downlink Frequency Uplink (i-CARD (i-CARD (i-CARD (i-CARD CF CF CF CF Q/EU) Q/NA) B/EU) B/NA) 10 m (33 ft) 10 m (33 ft) 100 tags/s 35 tags/s @ 128 bit data reading Up to 2,000 tags in the read zone 868.
