ClarIDy HF RFID Reader ClarIDy HF RFID USB Reader Users Manual Version: A.2 2008-08-15 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. 1/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Copyright Notice Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced without the prior written permission of ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. Disclaimer The information of this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on any part of ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. Trademarks Microsoft, Windows, Visual Studio, .NET Framework, and CSharp (C#) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. 2/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Change Log Revision Date Author Description A.1 2008.07.21. Andy Chen Create the ClarIDy HF RFID Demo Program Users Manual. A.2 2008.08.15. Horng-Ji Chen Change the control panel and add NFC file transfer functions. 3/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 5 2. Installation ................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Setup the USB Driver .................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Setup the Demo Program .............................................................................................................. 8 3. Demo Program Operation Guide ............................................................................... 12 3.1 Configuration Control ................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Inventory and Stop Controls ........................................................................................................ 14 3.3 Block Data Control ....................................................................................................................... 14 3.4 NFC Control ................................................................................................................................. 17 2.5 Disconnect Control ...................................................................................................................... 19 4/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader 1. Introduction This document describes the demo program (ClarIDy_HF_Demo.exe) for ClarIDy HF RFID Reader. The demo program provides configuration controls, Inventory, Block Data, and NFC functions. User can use this application to control the ClarIDy HF RFID Reader to communicate with ISO14443A, ISO14443B, ISO15693, and Sony FeliCa RFID tags. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader also provides NFC (Near Field Communication functions to have contactless file transfer capability. The operational procedures are described as the following chapters. 5/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader 2. Installation 2.1 Setup the USB Driver First time using the ClarIDys HF FRID Reader (USB Interface), you must install the driver
(RFIDUSBDriver.exe). Please directly connect the ClarIDy HF RFID Reader to the USB port of the computer, or use the UHF entension cable to connect both ClarIDy HF RFID Reader and the USB port of the computer. The Windows system will detect the ClarIDy HF RFID Reader as a new device and popup the device driver setup dialog. Please ignore and close it. Execute the RFIDUSBDriver.exe step by step as the following figures:
1. Click Next from the Installing RFID USB Driver dialog, as figure 1. 2. Click Next while the Destination Folder was specified, as figure 2. 3. Click Finish to finalize the installation of the RFID USB device driver, as figure 3. 4. The console window will show the installation information, as figure 4. Figure 1 6/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 2 Figure 3 7/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 4 2.2 Setup the Demo Program Execute the Setup.exe step by step as the following figures:
1. Click Next from the ClarIDy HF Setup dialog, as figure 5. 2. Click Next while the Select Installation Folder was specified, as figure 6. 3. Click Next on the Confirm Installation, as figure 7. 4. System will show the Installing ClarIDy HF Demo as figure 8. While the Installation Complete was shown, click Close to finish the installation, as figure 9. 8/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 5. 9/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 6. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 7. 10/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 8. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 9. 11/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader 3. Demo Program Operation Guide The following sections will describe the usage of the ClarIDy HF Demo application. 3.1 Configuration Control The main form on the left hand side is the configuration control of the ClarIDy HF RFID Reader, as figure 10. User can use this form to configure the operational environment of the Reader. Figure 10. Configuration Control The initial state of the Reader is Disconnected. You can select the USB type and a port number such as 0 to open the USB port by clicking the Connect button. If the USB port opened successfully, then the Status will be changed to Connected and the version number will be shown, see figure 11. Also, user can select tag protocols that will be used to run the program. The reading speed will be faster for only one protocol is selected. Here we will only select ISO 15693 type, we unchecked the ISO 14443A, ISO 14443B and FeLiCa check boxes, figure 12. 12/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 11. Connect to the reader Figure 12. Change Protocols. 13/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader 3.2 Inventory and Stop Controls Place the RFID tag in the RF field (less than 4 cm on top of the reader) of the ClarIDy HF RFID Reader. Click Inventory button to read the tag UID, see figure 13. The unique tag ID
(UID), number of reads (Count), and protocol will be shown on the table. Click Stop button to stop it. You can clear the result by clicking the Clear button. Figure 13. Inventory, Stop and Clear Controls 3.3 Block Data Control Block Data is used to read/write ISO15693 Tags block data. There are four options for ISO15693 Tag.
Normal: This is the default mode.
Option Flag Enabled: If this has checked, the Option Flag (Bit 7) of the ISO 15693 defined Request Flags will be set to 1. Some tags Write commands that Option Flag must be set to 1. Ex: TI Tag.
Secure: When password has been written into the tag, please checked the Secure and Input the Password to PWD.
Fujitsu_Fast Mode: For Fujitsu tag fast mode. 14/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 14. Block Data Control Note: To access tag data, you must get the tag UID first, figure 15. Figure 15. Block Data Control (Get UID) 15/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader
Read Block Data After the Tag UID is identified, you can click the Read All button to retrieve all block data in the tags memory, see figure 16. If the system pops up the dialog as figure 17, suppose the tag information could not be accessed properly, enter the Block Count such as 27, and Size
(Bytes) such as 4 for the ISO 15693 tag and click Read All again. If the error message still occurred, reduce the Block Count and try again. Figure 16. Block Data Control (Read All) Figure 17. Read all block data from the tags memory. 16/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader
Write Block Data After retrieving the data from the tags memory, user can change the contents with the Write function. You can change the block data values in the grid cells, input the From & To values (means: from block-3 to block-3) and click the Write button to write the new values into the tags memory, see figure 18. Figure 18. Update data of block-3 by Write function. 3.4 NFC Control To do the NFC control, there should have two ClarIDy HF RFID Readers. Execute two ClarIDy HF Demo programs. Connect both of them by Port 0 and Port 1 with USB Type respectively. Specify one ClarIDy HF RFID Reader to do the Send process as figure 19 and the other to do the Receive process as figure 20. Define the FilePath on the Receive side and click Receive button for receiving. Define the FileName on the Send side and click Send to start sending file data. 17/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader Figure 19. NFC Control on Send Side. Figure 20. NFC Control on Receive Side. If the file data was sent successfully, the transfer status will show Send Success on the Send 18/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. ClarIDy HF RFID Reader side. If the file type is jpg and receiving successfully, the transfer status will show Receive Success, and will display the received image on the Receive side, figure 21. Figure 21. NFC Control to display image file. 3.5 Disconnect Control Click Disconnect button to close the reader connection and USB communication, see figure 22. The Disconnect button will be disabled and the Connect button will be enabled after then. Figure 22. Disconnect control. 19/19 Copyright 2008 ClarIDy Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 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, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.