
Contents
IDentity 5100 User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Reader Overview..................................................................................................................1
Reader Hardware...................................................................................................................................1
Reader Software....................................................................................................................................2
Chapter 2 – Reader Equipment Installation ..........................................................................................3
Mechanical Installation.........................................................................................................................3
Mounting the Reader.........................................................................................................................3
Electrical Installation.........................................................................................................................5
Connecting the Serial Port.................................................................................................................6
Connecting and Configuring the Ethernet Port.................................................................................6
Connecting the External Antenna .....................................................................................................7
Connecting Digital Inputs/Outputs....................................................................................................7
Connecting the Power .......................................................................................................................7
Chapter 3 – Reader Startup Tool (RST) Software Installation.............................................................8
Installing RST Software........................................................................................................................8
Reader Startup.....................................................................................................................................10
Initial Reader Setup.............................................................................................................................11
Chapter 4 – Reader Operation...............................................................................................................14
Basic Operation with RST...................................................................................................................14
Deployed Reader Operation with RCT...............................................................................................16
Chapter 5 – Reader Startup Tool (RST).................................................................................................18
View Readers on the Network ............................................................................................................18
Configure Reader with the Setup Wizard ...........................................................................................19
View or Change the Reader’s Network Settings.................................................................................20
Reader Test Tool (RTT)......................................................................................................................21
General Page ...................................................................................................................................21
Tag Performance Page ....................................................................................................................22
Tag Management Page....................................................................................................................24
Macros Page....................................................................................................................................25
Event Handling Page.......................................................................................................................27
Reader Diagnostics Tool (RDT) .........................................................................................................28
Channel Statistics............................................................................................................................28
Alarms.............................................................................................................................................29
Tag Report.......................................................................................................................................30
Spectrum Analyzer..........................................................................................................................31