Scope of Document Firmware Release of Reader V 6.9 Version of Demo V 3.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual FCC Statement 1. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. 2. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Table of Contents 1. About S-8600 Reader........................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Front View .......................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Back View ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Side View ................................
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 1. About S-8600 Reader 1.1 Front View 1.2 Back View 1.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 2. Operating and Setting Reader 2.1 Initial Use 2.1.1 Step 1: Powering the Reader Connect the plug of supplied power adapter into the power outlet, as illustrated below: Startup normal completion after “Di” with Power and Status LED light, self-test completed successfully, reader is ready. 2.1.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Then, you need to switch the DIP switch to the position as illustrated below: You can also connect PC to the reader via TCP/IP, as illustrated below: Then, you need to switch the DIP switch to the position as illustrated below: About DIP Switch： 1、①：EN, ON Status, EN is low level. 2、②：GPIO1, ON Status, GPIO1 is low level. 3、③④：TCP/IP, ON Status is TCP/IP communication. 4、⑤⑥： Blank. 5、⑦⑧：RS232, ON Status is RS232 communication.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 2.1.4 Step 4: Operating Reader via Demo Launch the supplied Demo. This software don’t need to installation. Just put the UHFDemo.exe, reader.dll, customControl.dll into the same folder, and double-click UHFDemo.exe to run the software. Launch the UHF Demo application, the following screen displays: Please select RS232 in Connection if the reader is connected via RS -232 port. Selecting the corresponding Serial Port number and Baudrate, default baudrate is 115200.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual If the reader is connected via TCP/IP, you need to operate these following steps,： 1. Ensure that an Ethernet Card has been installed in the PC. 2. Ensure that PC and reader in the same network segment. Default settings of Reader as follows: 1. IP addresses: 192.168.0.178 2. Net mask: 255.255.255.0 3. Port No.: 4001 Detailed TCP / IP configuration, please refer to the document supplied:\ tcpip configuration \ IPORT-1UM.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Click on Get in Firmware Version or in Reader Identifier, the following screen displays: Now the reader has connected to PC successfully. 2.2 Setting RF Parameter After successfully connecting reader, we need to set some basic RF parameters: RF Output Power & RF Spectrum Setup. Select RF setup, as illustrated below: 2.2.1 Setting RF Output Power RF Output Power is the strength of RF output signal from antenna port. Unit is dBm. The range of output power is 0 - 33dBm.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Default value is 30dBm (1W). 2.2.2 Setting RF Spectrum Specific frequency and channel usage dictated by regulations of each country There are two methods to set RF spectrum. Method 1: Use the default carrier frequency of the reader. The default carrier frequency can refer to Frequency parameter tablet in Communication protocol. Frequency range which the reader supports is 865MHz-868MHz, 902MHz -928MHz.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 3. User can turn it off by setting the threshold to 0. If antenna is not connected, Reader will stop to operate tags with the following screen display: 2.2.4 Measure RF Port Return Loss 2.3 ISO-18000-6C tag inventory Connect the Reader correctly. Tag operation could be started when RF Setup completes. Tag inventory means identify multiple tags’ EPC number at the same time.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Click on Tag Inventory (Real Time Mode). Select the checkbox for the port with a connected antenna. Set the number of Repeat per command. This number is the times of repeat inventory command. For example, per inventory command will execute anti-collision algorithm one time when you set the value to 1. It will execute anti-collision algorithm two times when you set the value to 2, and so on.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual The same as Real Time Mode, click on Tag Inventory (Buffer Mode). Then, select the checkbox for the port with a connected antenna and set the number of Repeat Per Command. Then click on Inventory, the following screen displays: We find that the identified tags won’t be shown in the Tag list. Click on Stop first, then click on Get Buffer.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Functions of other three cache operation buttons described as follows: Get and Clear: Read the data form cache and then clear the cache. It will be empty when you read the cache again. Query tag Quantity: If you just want to know there are how many tags in cache without details, click on this button. Clear Buffer: Clear the cache and refresh the screen. Users could find the difference between Real Time Mode and Buffer Mode through the above operation. 2.3.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Then click on Inventory. At the moment, operating time of each round inventory will be as short as possible. Generally speaking, if only 1 or 2 tags in RF region, it will takes 50ms to finish the inventory before the reader receive new command. The time-consuming will be longer when the number of tags increasing. For specific format of command parameter, see the reader's serial interface protocol version V2.35.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual The following describes how to read or write the tags. 2.4.1 Read tag operation You can type the parameter in the interface as illustrated below: To read tags, you need to input three parameters: Area of Tag, Start Address and Data Length. Note, the unit of Starting Address and Data Length is WORD which is 16 bit double-byte. Click on Inventory, when the parameter setting completes.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual In the above image, it says two tags have been identified successfully. 2.4.2 Write Tag Operation The area of Write Tag is the same as Read Tag, but you need to provide access password and information of write data extra. When you operate successfully, the following screen displays: How many tags operated successfully, the equal of pieces data will be displayed in Tag List. It is blank in Data and this is the difference from Read Tag.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual When the operation completes successfully, the following information displays: The same as Write Tag Operation, data of identified tags will be displayed in Tag List. 2.4.4 Kill Tag Operation The interface of Kill Tag Operation as below: Kill Tag must provide a destruction password and the destruction password can’t be 00 00 00 00. Therefore, to kill a tag, you must change the content of password area via Write Tag Operation.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual In demo supplied, we could operate as below: ◆First, inventory tags in Buffer Mode to get all tags’ EPC NO. ◆Second, get buffer. ◆Third, back to the interface of Access tags and choose the EPC NO. which you want , as illustrated below: When the choose completes, click on Select and the following screen displays: We could see that the checkbox on the left for Selected Tag has been selected, the Selected EPC NO. displays in the text box on the left.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual move the tag closer to the antenna. ◆Wrong password: The reason causing this problem, as the prompt in the above image, is set wrong access password. ◆There is no tag to be operated： The above warning means there is no tag to be operated in RF region. The significance of other information returned, users can see the document: UHF_RFID serial interface protocol _V2.38.pdf. 2.5 Accessing & Inventorying ISO-18000-6B Tag 2.5.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual Each time when the reader identifies a Tag’s UID, the buzzer will sound a short beep. If the buzzer sounds a long beep, it means the reader start the anti-collision function and identifies multiple tags at the same time. 2.5.2 Accessing ISO-18000-6B Tag Access operation could only for a single ISO-18000-6B tag.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual The next operation are simple, you can do it yourself. Note the following: ◆Access operation just only for the selected tag. ◆It can read multi-byte data of tag at the same time, length of the data is not limited. ◆Multi-byte data could be witten. If an error occurs, the reader will stop writing, but has been written data will not be changed, while the reader returns the number of bytes written successfully. ◆Only one Byte data of tag can be locked at one time.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 2.6 Other Settings 2.6.1 Set DRM Status DRM is Dense Reader Mode. When multiple readers work at the same time, the RF signal transmission will interfere with each other, you can open the DRM mode to reduce the interference between them. Operation interface as below (Reader Setup->RF Setup): Note: If DRM was opened, the sensitivity of the reader will reduce significantly. So users could start this function according to the actual situation. 2.6.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual PIN definitions as follows: PIN ID Function PIN 1 GPIO 1 Input + PIN 2 GPIO 1 Input - PIN 3 GPIO 2 Input + PIN 4 GPIO 2 Input - PIN 5 GPIO 4 Output PIN 6 GPIO 4 Output PIN 7 GPIO 3 Output PIN 8 GPIO 3 Output Equivalent Circuit Instructions ◆Voltage between PIN 1,2 (PIN 3,4) <=12V ◆Heteropolarity ◆LED equivalent resistance 470Ω ◆Response time<= 150uS ◆Voltage between PIN 5,6 (PIN 7,8)<=12V ◆Nonpolarity ◆On resistance110Ω ◆Response time <= 6mS Operation
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 2.6.4 Setting Buzzer Status Sound of the reader’s working status provided to users through the Buzzer. Users can turn off the buzzer or set it “beep” after each time reader inventory tag. You can also set it “beep” afer each time reader identifies a tag. But this will reduce the efficiency of multi-tag identification. Operation interface as below: Note: The Buzzer will ring when Power On Self Test successfully and it is not controlled by this setting.
S-8600 UHF RFID Reader User Manual 3. Develop your own RFID Application You can operate most functions of reader through the demo. But in actual situation, may be you need to develop your own applications. Supplied document: UHF RFID serial interface protocol_V2.38.pdf provides a complete interface to operate reader. This port is based on serial communication, so both RS - 232 and TCP / IP, the reader follows the definition of the interface.
