ActaView Software Operation Manual
(Preliminary) i FCC Notices The four components of the BullzI Asset Tracking System, as listed below, have been found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. The system may not cause harmful interference. 2. The system must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Collector, Model BICLA Note: 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 when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Shielded Cables: Connections between the Collector and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits. Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by PDM Corporation may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment. Serial Switch, Model BISSA Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Shielded Cables: Connections between the Serial Switch and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits. Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cables. Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by PDM Corporation may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment. Receiver Processor, Model BIRPA13 Note: 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 when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Shielded Cables: Connections between the Receiver Processor and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits. Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by PDM Corporation may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment. BullzI RFID Tag, Models BITGA-12, BITGA-25, BITGA-50 FCC ID: QFFLLIBCRAMDERF Note: BullzI tags have been certified in accordance with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. The system may not cause harmful interference. 2. The system must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by PDM Corporation may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment. ii Introduction ................................................. 1 ADMINISTRATIVE MODULE .................................... 2 Starting BullzI Administrator ............................ 2 Adding a Tagged Asset .................................. 3 Deleting a Tagged Asset ............................ 4 Modifying a Tagged Asset ................................. 6 LOCATION VIEWER MODULE ................................. 8 Starting BullzI Location Viewer ............................ 8 Asset Viewer .......................................... 9 Location Tree ............................................ 10 Major Category Viewer ........................................ 11 Search by Description, Model or Owner ...................... 12 Search by Asset Number or Tag ID .......................... 13 Level Two Search ............................................. 15 Major Category Viewer Window ................................. 16 2D Viewer ................................................. 17 2D Viewer Operation ........................................ 18 RFID Tag BITGA-XX ...................................... 21 Receiver Processor BIRPA13 ................................ 22 Serial Switch BISSA .......................................... 23 Collector BICLA ........................................ 24 1 ActaView Software Operation Manual
(Preliminary) Introduction BullzI ActaView is a Windows based software package designed to be extremely user friendly. This manual is divided into two parts, organized as follows:
Part 1 Administrative Module Part 2 Asset Locator Module 2 ADMINISTRATIVE MODULE Starting BullzI Administrator:
Click the start button on the Windows Task bar and then choose Programs BullzI Administrator. 1. After a short delay, youll see the opening screen shown in Figure 1.1 NOTE: If a shortcut has been added to your desktop you can skip step 1 and double click the BullzI Administrator icon. The Administrator Opening screen. Here you enter your User ID and password to gain access to the Administrator program. FIGURE 1.1 2. Enter your User ID and password. Click Execute. The program screen shown in Figure 1.2 will appear. 3 FIGURE 1.2 The System Administrator screen. Select the task you want to perform from the Administrator drop down menu. 3. From the Administrator menu, do any of the following:
Add an asset record to the database, choose Add Asset Delete an asset record from the database, choose Delete Asset Modify an asset record, choose Modify Asset Adding a Tagged Asset 1. Choose Add Asset from the drop down menu. (Refer to Figure 1.2). The Add Asset dialogue will be displayed as shown in Figure 1.3 4 The Add Asset dialogue. All information about the Asset is entered here. If your system is set up to do so, this information can be scanned into the database. FIGURE 1.3 2. Deleting a Tagged Asset At the prompt, type in the Asset Number. Tab over to the Tag ID Code and fill in the data. Repeat this process for the remaining blank fields. Click execute. The asset record has now been added to the database. 1. Choose Delete Asset from the drop down menu. (Refer to Figure 1.2). The Delete Asset dialogue will be displayed as shown in Figure 1.4. 5 At the prompt, type in the Asset Number. Click Execute. The remaining fields will be filled in from the database. A message box (Figure1.5) will ask you to confirm your action. The Delete Asset dialogue. Type in the asset number and click Execute. The remaining fields will be filled in from the database. FIGURE 1.4 2. FIGURE 1.5 The Confirm Delete message box. Click okay to permanently delete the Asset from the database. After you have verified that this is the correct asset and are sure you want to delete it, click okay. 6 3. Modifying a Tagged Asset 1. Choose Modify Asset from the drop down menu. (Refer to Figure 1.2). The Modify Asset dialogue box will be displayed as shown in Figure 1.6 2. Enter the asset number at the prompt and click the active Execute button. The record information fields will be filled in automatically. 3. Modify the information as required, click the Execute button. (refer to Figure 1.7). Modify Asset dialogue. Type the asset number in the Enter Asset Number dialogue box and click Execute. The other fields will be filled in from the database. FIGURE 1.6 7 The Modify Asset Dialogue. Edit the information by highlighting the text in the appropriate box and typing in the new information. FIGURE 1.7 This information has been modified in the database. To modify another record, select Administrator. 8 LOCATION VIEWER MODULE Starting BullzI Location Viewer:
1. Click the Start button on the Windows Task bar and then choose Programs BullzI Location Viewer. After a short delay, youll see the opening screen shown in Figure 2.1 NOTE: If a shortcut has been added to your desktop, you can skip Step 1 and double click the BullzI icon. Enter your User ID and password. Click Log On. The Tagged Asset Database window will appear. The BullzI Opening screen. Here you enter your User ID and to gain access to the Location Viewer. password FIGURE 2.1 2. Report Generator Connect (Log/On/Off) 9 FIGURE 2.2 The Location Viewer screen. Displays all of the facilities tagged assets. Search Asset Viewer Location Tree Location Viewer Screen Layout Asset Viewer Major Category Viewer The Asset Viewer displays information related to the tagged asset, including:
Asset Number The facilities ID number for each tagged asset sorted alpha-
numerically. Tag ID The identification number of the BullzI RF Tag. Model Number The tagged assets model number. Device Description The facilities description of the tagged asset. Location The current location of the tagged asset. Owner The departmental owner of the tagged asset. Time Stamp The date and time the asset was first seen at its current location. 10 The Location Tree provides the ability to quickly view all tagged assets at the specified location. NOTE: The layout of the Location Tree is determined by the deployment of the BullzI infrastructure and the resolution requirement of the customer. 1. To expand the tree, click on the plus (+) sign next to the top node of the tree (see Figure 2.2). Now all of the mapped locations are visible as shown in Figure 2.3. Location Tree 2. In the Location Tree, click on a location to get a listing of all tagged assets currently in that area. Figure 2.4 is the result of clicking on the 5th floor node in the Location Tree. Location Tree FIGURE 2.3 The Location Tree expanded. Click on the (-) sign to contract the tree. 11 All assets currently on 5th floor 5th Floor node highlighted FIGURE 2.4 The Location Viewer screen. Only the tagged assets on 5th floor are displayed. Major Category Viewer Major categories of equipment currently on 5th floor FIGURE 2.5 The Major Category Viewer. Only the tagged assets of 5th floor are displayed. The Major Category Viewer has two functions (Reference Figure 2.5):
Display a total count of all tagged assets relative to the selected node in the Location Tree. List tagged assets by major category, enabling quick viewing of all assets within a category (i.e. Wheelchairs). Total count Major Category 12 Search Functions The Search Function drop down menu provides a means to quickly search for a specific tagged asset or group of tagged assets. Two very important points to remember when doing a search are:
Asset number or Tag ID searches These searches locate the asset wherever it is in the facility no matter what is displayed in the Location Tree. All other searches will only find tagged assets located at the node selected in the Location Tree. FIGURE 2.6 Search drop down menu The Search Function. Start by clicking Search and then selecting the type of search from the drop down menu. All Search Functions begin by clicking Search and then selecting the type of search from the drop down menu. To Search by Description, Model or Owner 1. Select Description, Model, or Owner from the drop down menu. A drop down list box will appear as shown in Figure 2.7. This list box lists all of the descriptions/models/owners in the database. 13 Drop down list box Search type display Model Drop Down List. Searching by model gives us a Model drop down list box from which to select. FIGURE 2.7 2. Click on the asset Description, Model or Owner you are trying to locate. 3. Click Execute The Asset Viewer will display all items matching the criteria you selected. Remember, the search is relative to the node selected in the Location Tree. To Search by Asset Number or Tag ID 1. Click Search and then the type of search from the drop down menu. A dialog box will appear, as shown in Figure 2.8, allowing you to enter the Asset Number or Tag ID. 2. Type in the Asset Number or Tag ID. Click Execute. The Asset Viewer will display the item that you have requested. Remember Tag IDs and Asset Numbers are unique so unlike other types of searches, there is only one possible match. 14 Type Tag ID or Asset Number here To search by Tag ID or Asset Number. Type in the search criteria. Click Execute. FIGURE 2.8 FIGURE 2.9 Search Results. An Asset Number or Tag ID search will return one item. It will also display a 2D representation of the items current location. 15 Level Two Search Searches can also be done within the Asset Viewer and Major Category Viewer windows. The items displayed will be context specific to the node currently selected in the Location Tree. Asset Viewer Window 1. Select an item description under the Device Description column in the Asset Viewer Window. Double click. In this example we selected Ala IV Pump and get a complete listing of all 38 pumps with this Device Description as shown in Figure 2.10.
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Select and item description under the Model Number column in the Asset View window. Double click.
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Select an owner description under the Owner column in the Asset Viewer window. Double click. 2. 3. Asset Window Viewer. Results of double clicking on Ala IV Pump. FIGURE 2.10 Major Category Viewer shows total number of Ala IVPumps Asset Viewer window displays all 38 Ala IVPumps 16 Major Category Viewer Window 1. Select an item under the Major Category Viewer. Double Click. The items will be displayed in the Asset Viewer Window context specific to the node currently selected in the Location Tree. In this example we selected Pulse Oximeters and a complete listing of 41 pulse oximeters of all descriptions was displayed as shown in Figure 2.11. List of all Pulse Oximeters Major Category Viewer Window. Results of double clicking on pulse oximeters. FIGURE 2.11 Major Category window indicates 41 Pulse Oximeters located 17 The 2D viewer displays the approximate location of a tagged asset. It provides a detailed view of the tagged assets location and a complete floor view. The 2D viewer can be displayed in one of two ways. 1. 2. Select the Asset Number or Tag Number of the item to be located and then double click it.
-or From the Search drop down menu select Asset Number or Tag Number. Type in the desired item. Click on Execute. Either will display a screen similar to the one shown in Figure 2.12. Detail View Window Location Zone The tagged asset is located in the area bounded by the circle 2D Viewer Floor View window shows entire floor View Finder box 2D Viewer Display FIGURE 2.12 18 2D Viewer Operation To display the location 1. Place the mouse at any location in the Detail View Window. 2. Press and hold the left mouse button. To pan 1. The location will be displayed below the Detail View Window. Place the mouse at any location in the Detail View Window. 2. 3. Press and hold the left mouse button. Drag the display until the area of interest comes into view. Notice the View Finder Window moves as the mouse is moved and the area inside the viewfinder box is what is displayed in the Detail View Window. 19 Provides the ability to view and print reports. Report Generator FIGURE 2.12 Selecting Report Generator from the menu bar causes the Reports screen to be displayed. 20 APPENDIX 21 PN:BITGA
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FCC ID: QFFLLIBCRAMDERF Features MMore than 8 billion unique codes MLong battery life MLow cost MSealed plastic enclosure MCost effective tag exchange program Battery Life, BITGA-25:
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Physical Characteristics Technical Specifications 2.49 in (63.25 mm) 1.44 in (36.58 mm) 0.50 in (12.70 mm) 1.20 oz (34.0 g) ABS, Polylac 717C White Ultrasonic Weld 22 TM Receiver Processor BIRPA13 Specification Sheet Specification Sheet NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Physical Characteristics Length:
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4.6 in (11.7 cm) 4.6 in (11.7 cm) 2.4 in (6.1 cm) 8.5 oz (28.3 g) Stainless Steel Colors available Standard 2-gang electrical box Technical Specifications Frequency:
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303.825 MHz Spiral, 1.3 in (3.3 cm) 5V DC, 26 Ma. RS-485 300 ft (91.4 m)
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-20 C to 85 C 23 TM Serial Switch BISSA Specification Sheet NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Height:
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Physical Characteristics 10.0 in (25.4 cm) 17.2 in (43.7 cm) 2.6 in (6.6 cm) 10.0 lbs (4.5 kg) Stainless steel Ivory, matt finish Wall, four # 10 keyholes Technical Specifications 10Base-T (10 Mbps) Four (4), RS-422-485, DB-9 F 230.4 kps 100-240 Vac, 0.1 A 27.0 BTU / hour 8% - 80% (non-condensing) 20% - 80% (non-condensing) 0 C to 40 C
-20 C to 85 C 24 TM Collector BICLA Specification Sheet Specification Sheet NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Height:
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Physical Characteristics 10.0 in (25.4 cm) 17.2 in (43.7 cm) 2.6 in (6.6 cm) 10.0 lbs (4.5 kg) Stainless steel Ivory, matt finish Wall, four # 10 keyholes Technical Specifications Receiver Processor Ports:
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8 each RS-485 1 each RS-485, 1 each RS-232 2.4 GHz SSFH, IEEE 802.3 90 264 Vac, 0.6A 6.3 BTU / hour
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-20 C to 85 C 25 PDM Industries, LLC Cleveland, Ohio USA Phone: (440) 230-2839 Fax: (440) 230-5058 Email: sales@pdm-ind.com