Page 1 of 2 Mark IV Industries Corp. RFM-S Transmitter Field Testing Guide With Warning Statements Confidential A. Set Up TTS Reader:
Serial Comms: RS-232 19200 baud No Parity etc. standard stuff. The cable (null modem) runs out the top of the reader; connect to any DB-9 port on your host computer. Use a Straight through cable (male-female) if you need to extend the length. B. Set up TTS with RFM-S Transmitter:
The RFM-S Transmitter must be inserted in Slot #1 (the left most) of the RF Rack. C. List of Commands: (power on default) IAGTEST Help Menu - NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE PT <2-28 hex #>
RT IP FP <2-28 hex #>
LP <2-28 hex #>
TP <6 hex #>
TL IC [<#>]
PW [<#>] us REPEAT [<#>]
DELAY [<#>|OFF] - Repeat Delay, repeat cycle delay, OFF for no screen updates DETAIL [ON |OFF] - Repeat Detail ON/OFF, show full data during repeat cycles
- Repeat Increment ON/OFF, increment last 4 bytes during PT INC [ON |OFF]
STAT [ON |OFF]
- Repeat Statistics ON/OFF, displays on last cycle VERIFY [ON |OFF] - IP/FP/LP/TP Verify ON/OFF (PT always verifies) PD [<#>]
ex. 250 (default) = ~ 660 us (nominal) CONFIG The above list can be obtained by typing ?<enter>.
- Program Tag, MASK data must match
- Read Tag
- Initialize Tag (FP ff's)
- Factory Program Tag, MSb must be 1
- Lock Program Tag, MSb must be 1
- Trim Program Tag, MSB (FF), IDLE(XX), ACTIVE(XX)
(with VERIFY ON, FP is performed with TP data)
- Lock Trim Values in Tag
- Iteration Count, # of triggers per RT/PT
- Pulse Width, either 20, 33 or 40 us
- Repeat Count, repeat PT/RT/FP/TP # times - ESC to stop
- Program Delay. TXDATA delay between TRIGGER and IP/FP/LP/TP data (NOT header): # us = ~ PD x 2.4 + 60
- Return Configuration Summary EEXXCCEEPPTT AASS MMAAYY BBEE OOTTHHEERRWWIISSEE PPRROOVVIIDDEEDD BBYY CCOONNTTRRAACCTT,, TTHHEESSEE DDRRAAWWIINNGGSS AANNDD SSPPEECCIIFFIICCAATTIIOONNSS CCOONNTTAAIINN PPRROOPPRRIIEETTAARRYY IINNFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN AANNDD AARREE TTHHEE PPRROOPPEERRTTYY OOFF MMAARRKK IIVV IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS LLTTDD.. AANNDD AARREE IISSSSUUEEDD IINN SSTTRRIICCTT CCOONNFFIIDDEENNCCEE AANNDD SSHHAALLLL NNOOTT BBEE TTRRAANNSSMMIITTTTEEDD OORR RREEPPRROODDUUCCEEDD OORR CCOOPPIIEEDD OORR UUSSEEDD AASS TTHHEE BBAASSIISS FFOORR MMAANNUUFFAACCTTUURREE OORR SSAALLEE OOFF AAPPPPAARRAATTUUSS WWIITTHHOOUUTT PPRRIIOORR WWRRIITTTTEENN PPEERRMMIISSSSIIOONN.. MMAARRKK IIVV IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS CCoorrpp.. Page 2 of 2 D. Procedure to test and activate RFM-S:
In idle mode the reader generates NO RF. (RFM-S transmitter light off). To turn on the RFM-S transmitter do the following:
1) Set the iteration count to a large number ( IC 1000 ) 2) Issue a read transponder command ( RT ) The iteration count is the number of 20 microsecond trigger pulses the reader will issue for every RT command. for ic=1000 the reader will transmit for about 6-7 seconds. for ic=2000 the time is around 13 seconds. Max is 32767 Ignore all other commands. E. Example:
ic 1000 IC=1000 rt READ ERROR
(The iteration count is persistent. It remains the same unless changed or the reader is reset). F. Warning Statement:
This device complies with Part 90 of the FCC Rules. Modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer may invalidate the users authority to operate the equipment
//user input
//after 1000 trigger pulses (about 6 secs later) reader
//responds with "READ ERROR" since (we assume) no transponder
//has been read.
//user input
//reader confirms EEXXCCEEPPTT AASS MMAAYY BBEE OOTTHHEERRWWIISSEE PPRROOVVIIDDEEDD BBYY CCOONNTTRRAACCTT,, TTHHEESSEE DDRRAAWWIINNGGSS AANNDD SSPPEECCIIFFIICCAATTIIOONNSS CCOONNTTAAIINN PPRROOPPRRIIEETTAARRYY IINNFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN AANNDD AARREE TTHHEE PPRROOPPEERRTTYY OOFF MMAARRKK IIVV IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS LLTTDD.. AANNDD AARREE IISSSSUUEEDD IINN SSTTRRIICCTT CCOONNFFIIDDEENNCCEE AANNDD SSHHAALLLL NNOOTT BBEE TTRRAANNSSMMIITTTTEEDD OORR RREEPPRROODDUUCCEEDD OORR CCOOPPIIEEDD OORR UUSSEEDD AASS TTHHEE BBAASSIISS FFOORR MMAANNUUFFAACCTTUURREE OORR SSAALLEE OOFF AAPPPPAARRAATTUUSS WWIITTHHOOUUTT PPRRIIOORR WWRRIITTTTEENN PPEERRMMIISSSSIIOONN.. MMAARRKK IIVV IINNDDUUSSTTRRIIEESS CCoorrpp..