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Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Contents PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS GUIDE .................................................................................... 5 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance ...................................................... 5 Per FCC 15.19(a)(3) and (a)(4) ....................................................................................... 5 Per FCC 15.21 ....................................................................................
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations To Connect the Antenna(s) to the Reader ................................................................... 17 Step 3: Power the Reader ............................................................................................ 17 Step 4: Connect the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader to the Network ......................... 18 To Connect the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader to the Ethernet Network ..................
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................................................................... 38 Returning to the Default Configuration ................................................................................ 38 To Use RShell to Return the Reader to Its Default Configuration and Leave CAP Intact .........................................................................................................................
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations PRODUCTS COVERED BY THIS GUIDE This guide pertains to readers with the following part numbers and communication codes: Table: Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Part Numbers and Frequency Plan for North America Reader Communication Code Part Number Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader FCC IPJ-R700-410 Transmit Channel Number Center Frequency (MHz) 1 902.75 2 903.25 3 903.75 4 904.25 … … 49 926.75 50 927.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Per FCC 15.21 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Minimum Separation Distance This device has been evaluated for compliance with FCC and IC RF exposure limits in a mobile configuration.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Industry Canada (IC) Compliance Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause interference. 2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. This device has been designed to operate with the antenna(s) listed in section 9 that have a maximum gain of 6 dB.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Power Requirements The RF transmit power is limited to +30dBm when it is supplied from an IEEE802.3af (Power over Ethernet) compliant power source that is certified by the appropriate agencies. If it is supplied by the Impinj-approved Listed/Certified POE injector model number IPJ-A2010-000, the RF transmit power supports up to +33.5dBm. Operating above +30 dBm requires professional installation to comply with radio regulatory laws in many countries.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations INTRODUCTION About this Guide This guide provides detailed instructions for installing, connecting, configuring, operating, upgrading, and troubleshooting the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader. To shorten the length of this guide, the content focuses on the installation and operation of one Reader. Intended Audience The intended audience for this guide is anyone installing an Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations • RShell Reference Manual describes the syntax and command language for the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader RShell Console. • Octane SNMP Guide provides monitoring and reference information for working with the SNMP MIBs (Management Information Base), which is related to Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader (the standard TCP/IP networking MIB (MIB-II) and a subset of the standard EPCglobal RM MIB).
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Guide INTRODUCTION TO IMPINJ R700 RAIN RFID Reader Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader is a stationary, small form factor, UHF Gen2 RFID tag Reader. Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader The Reader provides network connectivity between tag data and enterprise system software.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Guide • Ease of Use Features Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader uses industry-standard application interfaces, which simplifies integration with RFID middleware or custom software solutions. The Reader also offers enterprise class management and monitoring capability. • Robust Reader Design Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader uses a single circuit board design that delivers field-proven, enterprise class quality and reliability.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Guide INSTALLING AND CONNECTING IMPINJ R700 RAIN RFID READER This section provides details about Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader I/O ports and status LEDs. It also explains how to install the Reader and connect it to your network. Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Ports and LEDs Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader LED Blink Patterns section describes the three primary LED categories and their blink patterns.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Guide One short GREEN blink Blinking ORANGE LLRP active, but no LLRP connection Inventory active, blinking rate increases with an increased number of tags in the Reader FOV Table: Antenna Status LED Patterns LED State Reader State OFF Antenna inactive Solid GREEN Antenna actively transmitting LED Behavior in Scenarios for Startup, Upgrade, Detection, Inventory, and LLRP The tables in this section describe the LED behavior for various reader
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Guide configuration and removes CAP (if present).
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations Guide The primary installation and connection steps for Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader are: 1. Position the Reader appropriately for your environment. This may or may not involve mounting the Reader. 2. Connect the antenna(s) to the appropriate ports on the Reader. 3. Connect power to the Reader. 4. Connect the Reader to the network. 5. Configure region setting on the Reader (not required if FCC, ETSI, Japan, or Australia). 6.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Step 2: Connect the Antenna(s) to the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Depending on the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader model you are installing, the Reader has either two antenna ports or four antenna ports. Each port is independent, bidirectional, and full duplex TX/RX (monostatic). Warning: You must use Impinj-approved antennas with Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader. Using any other antenna may adversely affect performance or damage the Reader.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id • Power over Ethernet (PoE)+ If your network switch is PoE-enabled, the Reader powers on when you connect it to the network. If you are using a listed/certified power supply, connect the AC power plug into a suitable 100–240 VAC, 50–60 Hz power outlet. Note, on Cisco Catalyst series switches the Ethernet POE port will automatically disable itself if the reader has a listed/certified power supply connected.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id address is already in use, the Reader will select a random fixed IP address in the 169.254.xxx.xxx link local address range. You can also connect to the Reader by using an RS-232 serial connection via the Console port. Use the Reader’s RShell command- line interface to configure a static IP address for the Reader. After that is completed, you can connect the Reader to your Ethernet network. Starting with the Octane 4.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id To Connect the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader to the Ethernet Network • Using a standard Ethernet cable, connect the RJ-45 connector on the Reader to a LAN drop or network switch. Note: If you need to connect a PC directly to the Ethernet port, you can use a standard Ethernet cable. A crossover cable is not necessary.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Putty Configuration Settings 8. On the RShell console window, press Enter. The RShell login prompt displays. COM1 Putty Login Prompt 9. At the RShell login prompt shown in the figure above, log in with the following default credentials, unless you have customized them: user name: root version 6.2.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id password: impinj 10. When the RShell command-line prompt displays, begin configuring the network settings for the Reader. For more information, see Using RShell to Configure Network Settings for Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader section. 11. When you have completed configuration of the appropriate network settings, connect the Reader to your Ethernet network.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id To Configure the Reader’s Network Settings 1. Open the RShell console. For more information, see the procedure “To connect a Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader to your PC over a serial connection” in section 5.3.4. 2.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id How you configure your Reader’s RF behavior depends entirely on your implementation approach. You might be using a custom software application, middleware running on a server, or some other approach. ItemTest, described in the next section, is an example of a PC client application. Regardless of the application you’re using, the underlying protocol is the same, Low-Level Reader Protocol (LLRP).
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id ItemTest Opening Screen Connect and Configure the Reader Now that ItemTest is running, the next step is to connect and configure your Reader device, using the following procedure. version 6.2.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id To Connect and Configure Your Reader 1) Select the Reader Settings menu, which opens the Reader Settings window, as shown in the figure below. ItemTest - Reader Settings Screen 2) On the Reader Settings page, click New to add a new Reader configuration. The Input reader name dialog opens, as shown in the figure below. version 6.2.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id ItemTest - Input Reader Name 3) In Reader name, type the Reader hostname or IP address. 4) Click OK. ItemTest establishes a TCP/IP connection to your Reader. 5) On the Reader Settings page, select ENABLED from the Status drop down menu to enable the Reader. 6) If required, continue to add additional Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Readers for operation and testing.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id To Configure the Reader for Inventory 1) On the Reader Settings page, click Configure. 2) Make sure that you open the Inventory tab (not Location or Utilities), as shown in the figure below. Configure Reader for Inventory 3) To allow the Reader to read from all available beams, on the Inventory tab, click All after the Antennas field. 4) For this initial test, set Mode to Mode 1000:Autopilot and Target to Dual Target.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Monitoring Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Use RShell to monitor the health and performance of the Reader when Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader is up and running. This section presents the primary RShell commands to use for viewing network and RFID statistics, in addition to the Reader logs. For more information about these commands, see the RShell Reference Manual.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Table: Description of "show rfid stat" Command Parameters Parameter ReaderOperationalStatus AntennaOperationalStatus AntennaEnergizedTime AntennaUniqueInventoryCount AntennaTotalInventoryCount AntennaReadCount AntennaFailedReadCount Description Indicates whether RFID applications are running on the Reader. Indicates if an antenna is physically connected to the Reader and operating properly.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id All logged events have an associated severity level. There are eight possible levels listed in decreasing order from most severe to least severe: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Emergency Alert Critical Error Warning Notice Info Debug Configure the log levels that you want to display. The Reader then retains only the events with a severity greater than or equal to the configured level.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id UPGRADING THE IMINJ R700 RAIN RFID READER FIRMWARE Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader contains firmware known as Octane. This section describes how to manually upgrade a single Reader. In addition to supporting upgrade procedures, Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader also provides methods for reverting firmware to a previous valid image and restoring firmware to factory default settings.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Upgrading the Firmware Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader provides three methods for upgrading: 1. Using RShell, the command line interface. 2. Copying the firmware to a USB memory drive and plugging it into the Reader’s host port. 3. Using the Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Management web page. Upgrading the Firmware by Using RShell Use this procedure to use RShell to upgrade the firmware: 1.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id The upgrade is complete when the UpgradeStatus parameter value is Ready The LastOperation parameter should be set to WaitingToActivateImmediate and the LastOperationStatus should be set to WaitingForManualReboot. 7. Reboot the Reader by issuing the following command: > reboot The Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader reboot process displays messages in the RShell console as it goes through each stage of the process.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id green. 4. Remove the USB drive from the “USB Host” port and reboot the Reader. During the upgrade process, the Reader will attempt to append information to a status.log file in the impinj/revolution/upgrade directory. The status.log file is intended to provide an audit trail for the upgrade of one or more Readers. If the firmware upgrade process fails, the Power LED will blink red. Remove the USB drive, reboot the Reader, and check the “status.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Reader Management Web Page version 6.2.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Close-up of Reader Upgrade and Reboot Section of Management Web Page Reverting to the Previous Image Use the following procedure if you need to revert to the pre-upgrade image. 1. To revert to the pre-upgrade image, enter the following command from the RShell prompt: > config image fallback When the command completes successfully, the Reader automatically reboots and returns to the login prompt. 2. Log in to the Reader.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id TROUBLESHOOTING If you experience a problem with Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader, this brief section presents a few suggestions to correct the issue. Returning to the Default Configuration If you are experiencing a problem with the Reader and are having difficulty pinpointing the cause, it is useful to return the Reader to a known state. We recommend resetting to the default configuration. Then try your Reader again.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Warning: Pressing the Default Restore button for 10 seconds or more will cause a factory default restore to occur. The factory default restore removes the Reader’s custom application partition (CAP) if one exists. The Reader returns to the original, factory shipped state. It is important to avoid accidentally removing the CAP. There may be situations where CAP removal is necessary. version 6.2.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Table: Default Configuration Values Parameter User Password Upgrade Retrieve Mode Logging Management Logging Level RFID Logging Level System Logging Level Network Mode DHCP Send Hostname Hostname Static DNS Servers Static NTP Servers LLRP Inbound Port LLRP Inbound Service LLRP Outbound Service LLRP Outbound Servers LLRP Outbound Retry Secs LLRP Outbound Timeout Secs Default Value root impinj Manual No syslog servers Error Error Error Dynamic (
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Table: Frequency Plan for North America Transmit Channel Number 1 2 3 4 … 49 50 Center Frequency (MHz) 902.75 903.25 903.75 904.25 … 926.75 927.25 Antenna Requirements Positioning FCC Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) guidelines require the antenna’s surface to be at least 25 centimeters away from personnel working in the area.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id where the composite antenna gain comprises, the maximum linear antenna gain in dBi minus any cable loss between the Reader and antenna in dB. Approved antenna vendors, model numbers, and associated gains are listed in the next section. Note: The composite antenna gain comprises the maximum linear antenna gain in dBi minus any cable loss between the Reader and antenna in dB.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id • • Impinj model number IPJ-A1100-USA (Times-7 model A5010, part # 60001 or 60003) with SMA female connector; 8.5 dBi composite gain Impinj model number IPJ-A1200-USA (Times-7 model A5020, part # 60010) with SMA female connector; 5.5 dBi composite gain Warning: The use of any antenna not listed above may damage the Reader or adversely affect performance.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Reader Settings, Tag History & Debug Data Capture 6. Select Stop RDD to stop the session. The rdd file will be saved in the rdd folder where you installed ItemTest. This completes the capture activity. 7. Send the .rdd file that contains binary data to Impinj Technical Support. Visit the Impinj support Web site, support.impinj.com., for submission details or talk with your Impinj representative.
Impinj R700 RAIN RFID Reader Installation and Operations G id Notices Copyright © 2019, Impinj, Inc. All rights reserved. Impinj gives no representation or warranty, express or implied, for accuracy or reliability of information in this document. Impinj reserves the right to change its products and services and this information at any time without notice.
