Medio L400 User's Guide Revision 3.
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Medio L400 - User's Guide Read This First Welcome to the TAGSYS range of products operating at the 13.56 MHz frequency. This range of products is used to implement high-quality RFID systems for demanding applications. This document provides information about how to install and use the Medio L400 reader. Audience This document requires familiarity with RFID technology. It is intended for people in charge of installing and using the product.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Quality Issues TAGSYS implements stringent quality controls at all stages of its manufacturing process. However, should you find a defect with this product, please notify your TAGSYS Quality Service representative using the dedicated Product Return Form. 4/50 Telephone: +33 (0) 4 42 18 89 36 Fax: +33 (0) 4 42 18 89 01 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Table of Contents PUBLISHING INFORMATION __________________________________________________________ 2 DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY___________________________________________________ 2 READ THIS FIRST ____________________________________________________________________ 3 AUDIENCE _____________________________________________________________________________ 3 CONVENTIONS _________________________________________________________________________ 3 IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE ____
Medio L400 - User's Guide 4.6 RESTORING FACTORY CONFIGURATION _______________________________________________ 23 4.7 RUNNING TAGSYS EXPLORER FOR THE FIRST TIME _____________________________________ 23 4.7.1 INSTALLING TAGSYS EXPLORER ___________________________________________________ 23 4.7.2 CONNECTING TO A DEVICE USING TAGSYS EXPLORER WIZARD __________________________ 25 4.7.3 READING THE UID OF ISO 15693 TAGS _____________________________________________ 31 4.7.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 1 For Your Safety 1.1 General Use The Medio L400 reader is designed to be reliable and to provide continuous, trouble-free service. Please observe the following general tips: Take care not to scratch the device. Keep the device clean. When working with the device, use only TAGSYS-approved accessories. This device is not waterproof and should not be exposed to rain or moisture. Under extreme conditions, water may enter the circuitry.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 1.3 Important Safety Information 1.3.1 Operating Environment When connecting the device or any accessory to another device, read its user’s guide for detailed safety instructions. Do not connect incompatible products. As with all RF equipment, users are advised that the equipment should only be used in its normal operating mode described in this document. 8/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 2 Certification 2.1 Occupational Health and Safety Notices TAGSYS Products have been designed not to exceed the limits given in the European Standard EN 50364 “Limitation of human exposure to electromagnetic fields from devices used in Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and similar applications” in conjunction with the European Standard EN 50357 describing how to evaluate the exposure level.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 2.2.2 FCC ID Cross Reference Table It is the responsibility of the TAGSYS Partner to install the Medio L400 as described in the table below, taking care of only installing the right antenna configuration with the right power settings. Table 1: Medio L400-2 FCC ID Cross reference Table Antenna Aero LB Antenna Outside Dimension 250X250 Channel Setting Single Channel Multiplexer Max.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Table 2: Medio L400-4 FCC ID Cross reference Table Antenna TR-CAU Antenna Outside Dimension 170X900 Channel Setting QuadChannel Multiplexer Max. Output Power 2W Yes Power Supply FDF0453-A FRA045E-S24-4 FCC ID QHKMEDIOL400CHAN4 A2-50S18R-V 2W Aero LB Antenna 250X250 QuadChannel Yes Tunnel antenna 500X500 QuadChannel Yes SCH400 300x300 DualChannel Yes FDF0453-A FRA045E-S24-4 QHKMEDIOL400CHAN4 A2-50S18R-V 2W 2.
Medio L400 - User's Guide In ISO15693 Parameters window set the uplink parameters as follow: Command modulation depth: 10% (ASK) EOF modulation depth: 10% (ASK) Data coding mode: 1 of 256 12/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 2.2.3 In USA (FCC Directive) The Medio L400 has been designed to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Furthermore typical configurations listed in section 2.2.2 have been successfully tested with Part 15 of the FCC rules (FCC ID Numbers are listed on all system-mounted TAGSYS Antennas). Medio L400-2 and Medio L400-4 WARNING TO USERS IN THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COMMUNCIATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) RADIO INTERFERENCE STATEMENT 47 CFR Section 15.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 2.2.4 In Canada To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropic radiated power (e.i.r.p) is no more than that permitted for successful communication. The Medio L400-2 device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and having a maximum gain of -25 dBi. Antenna not included in this list or having a gain greater than 25 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 3 Overview The Medio L400 is a long-range 13.56MHz RFID reader intended for RFID applications requiring a high performance, long range RFID infrastructure. The L400 uses advances in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and RF Front End technology to achieve breakthrough performance in read range and read speed with industry leading signal to noise ratio.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 3.1 Key Features Table 3: Medio L400 Key Features Description Medio L400 Operating Frequency 13.56 MHz Chip Compatibility C210 C220 ISO15693 ISO18000-3 Mode 1 C370 (I-Code SLI) C370L (I-Code SLI-L) C370S (I-Code SLI-S) C270 (I-Code 1) I-Code ePC I-Code UID Upgradable to the anticipated EPCglobal HF Gen2 Standard Number of channels 2 (Medio L400-2) 4 (Medio L400-4) RF Output Power 500mW to 5W (+/- 10%) Communication Interfaces RS232 (up to 115200 bauds) USB 1.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Table 4: Package Contents Quantity Item 1 Medio L400-2 or Medio L400-4 reader 2 (Medio L400-2) 4 (Medio L400-4) SMA/BNC adapter 1 USB cable 1 24 V power supply 2 CD-ROMs : 1 • Medio L400 User’s Guide & Designer’s guide • USB Drivers for Windows® 2000, 2003, XP, Vista & Seven • Tagsys Explorer software (reader configuration and upgrade on Windows® 9x, NT®, 2000, XP, Vista & Seven platforms) • Software development kits (SDKs) including documentation and sample co
Medio L400 - User's Guide Table 5: RF Status LEDs Description Green Red Description OFF OFF RF field is OFF. ON OFF RF field is ON and channel antenna tuning and operating temperature are correct. ON BLINKING RF field is ON but channel is close to maximum operating temperature. ON ON RF field is ON but channel antenna tuning is incorrect. Check antenna.
Medio L400 - User's Guide previous information page, pressing the “Down” key jumps to next information page, Holding the “Select” key displays more information (if available).
Medio L400 - User's Guide Standalone mode status : . “Inactive” indicates standalone mode is not active . “Running…” indicates standalone mode is currently active and reader automatically reports tag reads through its serial port. 11 The total number of tag reading events since standalone mode activation. 3.3.2 Rear Panel The rear panel is dedicated to the power supply and communication connectors.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 4 Installation This section describes how to install the Medio L400 reader. 4.1 Mechanical Aspects The Medio L400 is delivered with four rubber pads on the bottom of the package for installation on a table or desktop. The rubber pads can be removed to access the screw cutting hole that can be used to mount the unit in various positions. Please see Technical Specifications section for more details. 4.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 4.3 Using USB Interface 4.3.1 Installing USB Drivers At first connection to the PC USB port, Windows® will detect the TAGSYS Medio L400 reader and will ask to install a driver. The USB drivers are located into the USB Drivers folder on the product CD-ROM. Two drivers will be installed: - The USB device driver. - The virtual COM port (VCP) driver. The VCP driver emulates a standard PC COM port.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Table 9: Default TCP/IP configuration Parameter Value DHCP Active (The reader will try to automatically configure using DHCP. If it fails, the reader will use the following fallback configuration) Fallback IP Address 169.254.0.100 Fallback Netmask 255.255.0.0 Fallback Gateway 169.254.0.1 4.6 Restoring Factory Configuration To restore factory configuration, please follow these steps: Turn reader off. Press and hold simultaneously the “Up”, “Down” and “Select”.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 2. In Windows Explorer, open the CD-ROM drive window and run “Tagsys Explorer Installer.msi” in “Tagsys Explorer” folder. Figure 3: Setup Welcome window 3. Click Next to view the license agreement, then click Next again if you agree with the terms. 4. The Destination Location window is displayed. Select the folder where Tagsys Explorer will be installed. Figure 4: Select Installation Folder window 24/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 5. Once the correct folder is selected, click Next. Figure 5: Confirm Installation window 6. Click Next to start the installation process. A shortcut will be created on your desktop and a program group will be created in the start menu. 4.7.2 Connecting to a device using Tagsys Explorer Wizard This section describes how to get started using the Tagsys Explorer software and configure it.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 6: Tagsys Explorer window Menu bar Toolbar Status bar The “Tagsys Explorer Wizard” opens automatically when Tagsys Explorer is started for the first time. This wizard allows you to quickly set up the Tagsys Explorer to perform basic tasks such as configuring your RFID device and read or write tags. 26/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 7: Tagsys Explorer Wizard If the “Tagsys Explorer Wizard” does not open automatically, click on the “Wizard” icon the toolbar or choose “Wizard…” in the “Explorer” menu. in Read the instructions given by the wizard and click “Next >” to continue. July 2010 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 8: Device Selection page The Tagsys Explorer Wizard can automatically discover and display RFID devices plugged into your computer’s serial or USB ports or connected on a TCP/IP network. Discovered devices are displayed under the “Discovered Devices” group. The same device can be displayed one or more times depending on the number of communication interfaces (Serial/USB, Ethernet) this device is connected to.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 9: Task Selection page If you want to set up your device parameters, such as changing its description or its interfaces settings, check “I want to configure device’s system, interfaces or services”. If you want to read tags, write their memory or send specific tag commands, check “I want to read or write tags on:” You can then choose the radio that should be used for emitting and receiving. Medio L400 only supports one radio (Radio #0).
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 10: Wizard Summary page Verify the summary of all selected parameters chosen and click “Finish” to confirm. Tagsys Explorer will then automatically open the panels you need and apply the radio configuration you have chosen. The following screen appears: 30/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 11: Tagsys Explorer workspace configured RF/Reading controls Read Events panel Read and RF Channels Configuration panels ISO15693 Parameters and Commands panel 4.7.3 Reading the UID of ISO 15693 tags If you have not configured your device using the Tagsys Explorer wizard as explained in section Installing Tagsys Explorer, please do so before proceeding. To start reading using the configuration the wizard has applied: 1.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 12: Tagsys Explorer reading ISO 15693 tags 4. Click the button in the tool bar when you are finished reading. You may want to turn the radio field off as well by clicking the button. 4.7.4 Reading and Writing ISO 15693 tag memory If you have not configured your device using Tagsys Explorer wizard as explained in section 4.7.2, please do so before proceeding. This section shows how to read and write ISO15693 tag memory. 1. Radio field must be turned on.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 13: Memory tab of ISO 15693 panel 3. In the “Single Block Operations” box, select the block and data you want to write (data is hexadecimal). You can pad bytes with whitespaces if you wish, but this is not required. Figure 14: Single Block Operations The length in bytes of a single block depends on the tag manufacturer, but most ISO 15693 tags use four bytes blocks. See Tagsys Explorer User’s Guide for more information. 4.
Medio L400 - User's Guide To upgrade system firmware: 1. Open “Favorite Devices” panel by clicking on the “Favorite Devices” in the “Device” menu. icon in the tool bar or by choosing 2. Connect to the device you want to upgrade by selecting it and clicking on the icon. 3. In the drop down menu, choose “Upgrade System Firmware…” Alternatively, you may also right-click the device and choose “Upgrade System Firmware…” 4.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 2. Connect to the device that you want to upgrade the radio on by selecting it and clicking on the icon. 3. Click on the radio to upgrade and in the drop down menu, choose “Upgrade Radio Firmware…” Alternatively, you may as also right-click the radio and choose “Upgrade Radio Firmware…” 4. In the “Firmware Upgrade” dialog, select the firmware file, enter its associated passphrase if necessary and click “Upgrade”. Figure 17: Radio firmware upgrade 6.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 5 Advanced Notions 5.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 5.2 Reader to Host Protocols 5.2.1 TAGSYS StxNG TAGSYS StxNG is the protocol used by the Medio L400 reader to communicate with the host system. Upon start up, the Medio L400 reader starts listening for incoming frames over all of its interfaces: USB (seen as a virtual COM port from the host side) RS-232 Primary and Secondary TCP ports (default ports are ports 4000 and 4001. Only one connection per port is accepted).
Medio L400 - User's Guide address and TCP ports on which reader is listening for incoming connections (see StxNG protocol). This heartbeat is useful to: • Show Medio L400 readers connected to the same physical network as the host. • Check that a Medio L400 reader is operating properly (in this case, the heartbeat acts as a watchdog). For more information about heartbeat please refer to Medio L400 Designer’s guide. 5.2.3 Telnet The telnet server applies to 10/100 Ethernet interface only.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 5.2.5 Standalone mode Standalone mode makes it possible to use the reader without the need for a host to control it. In this case, only the tag reading operation is available. When standalone mode is activated, the reader automatically loads its last saved configuration upon start-up and initiates a read session. Each time a read event occurs, the reader sends a frame over its serial port.
Medio L400 - User's Guide antennas, tag types and RF output powers that will be automatically used during the reading process. For example, a user can configure the multiplexer so that reader tries to read ISO15693 tags for 100ms on channel 1 at 1Watt, then ICode UID tags for 50ms on channel 1 at 2Watts, then ISO15693 tags for 100ms on channel 2 at 1Watt, then ICode UID tags for 50ms on channel 2 at 2Watts.
Medio L400 - User's Guide • “Tag Read” (repeated as long as the tag remains in the field) • “Tag Out” If the same tag re-enters the RF field at a later time, stays in the field for a period of time, then leaves the field, the sequence of events pushed into the event buffer will be : • “Tag Read” • “Tag In” • “Tag Read” (repeated as long as the tag remains in the field) • “Tag Out” July 2010 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 6 Technical Specifications 6.1 Technical Data Table 10: Medio L400 Technical Specifications Description Size (L x W x H) Medio L400 285 x 195 x 90 mm (11.3 x 7.7 x 3.6 in.) Weight DC power 3.4 kg (7.5 lbs.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Remote Monitoring System uptime // Current number of connections per interface // Date of last connection per interface // Total number of connections per interface since powerup // Total amount of bytes sent/received per interface since power-up // Internal operating temperature // Digital Output overload status // Read/Write count per channel // RF power amplifiers consumption // RF power amplifiers operating temperature // Antennas tuning status // Noise Level on I&Q receivers
Medio L400 - User's Guide Be advised of the thickness of the plastic front frame when mounting it. Please see Figure 21 Figure 21: Back view of the Medio L400 6.3 RS232 Connector Figure 22: RS-232 Connector (Male DB-9) Table 11: RS-232 Connector Pin Assignment Pin Description Pin Description 1 Not connected 6 Not connected 2 RXD 7 RTS (internally connected to CTS) 3 TXD 8 CTS (internally connected to RTS) 4 Not connected 9 Not connected 5 GND 44/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 6.4 GPIO Connector 6.4.1 Pin Assignment Figure 23: GPIO Connector (Female DB-9) Table 12: GPIO Connector - Pin Assignment Pin Description Pin Description 1 Input #1 6 Output #1 2 Input #2 7 Output #2 3 Input #3 8 Output #3 4 Input #4 9 Output #4 5 Gnd 6.4.2 Electrical Characteristics Table 13: GPIO Pins - Electrical Characteristics Parameters Min. Typ. Max. Unit Input Voltage Range 0 -- 28 V Input Voltage (Low Level) 0 -- 0.
Medio L400 - User's Guide Figure 24: Connecting a simple switch to input #1 Figure 25: Connecting a totem-pole output sensor to input #1 External devices must be connected to GPIOs in compliance with Table 12 and SELV requirements. 46/50 Revision 3.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 6.4.4 Using Outputs The reader outputs are Open Drain, N-Channel (when activated, an output is tied to the ground). They can drive a current up to 1.4A, and accept voltages up to 28V. Outputs are internally pulledup to 3.3V with 1KOhms resistors and are protected against overload and overheat. Applying negative voltage to outputs (polarity inversion) may destroy them. Figure 26 below demonstrates how to connect an external load to an output.
Medio L400 7 Warranty Conditions 7.1 Warranty TAGSYS warrants that this Product shall comply with the functional specifications set forth herein for a period of one year from the date of delivery to the Buyer. This warranty is valid for the original Buyer of the Product and is not assignable or transferable to any other party.
Medio L400 - User's Guide 7.2.1 General Provisions This warranty sets forth the full extent of TAGSYS responsibility regarding the Product. In any event, TAGSYS warranty is strictly limited to (at TAGSYS’ sole option) the replacement or refund of the Products purchase price to TAGSYS, of Products considered as defective by TAGSYS.
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