User's Manual

CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
NANOSCANNER READER USER GUIDE • DOC # 8101029-000 REV A 8
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Nanoscanner Reader Features
The Nanoscanner reader contains only two types of external user interface:
connector ports and LEDs. One panel contains I/O connectors and LEDs. The
side panel contains the antenna ports
I/O P
ANEL
The I/O panel (shown below) contains the following features:
• Network LEDs (2)
• LAN TCP/IP port
• 9-pin D male I/O port
• Reader LEDs (6)
• 9-pin D female RS-232 serial port
• Power connector
LED D
ESIGNATIONS
Reader LEDs provide external indication of six conditions as shown in both the
illustration below and the table that follows it:
Reader I/O panel
Power connect
I/O
(male)
LEDs
RS-232
(female)
LAN
TCP/IP
Network LEDs
Link Active
A
ntenna
ports
(Tx, Rx)
RF Powe
r
Snif
f
Lock
TX
RX
Processor Running
Reader LED designations on I/O panel