Configure Reader

The reader settings can be configured using this page.

• Name - Allows setting the user configured name of the reader. Accepts alpha numeric characters with a maximum size of 32 characters.
• Description - User specified description of the reader. Accepts alpha numeric characters with a maximum size of 32 characters.
• Location - User specified information regarding the location of the reader. Accepts alpha numeric characters with a maximum size of 32 characters.
• Contact - Name of the contact who manages the reader. Accepts alpha numeric characters with a maximum size of 32 characters.
• Operation status - Displays the current operation status of the reader. Can be 'Enabled', 'Disabled' or 'Unknown'.
• Antenna check - Option to control the antenna sensing feature on the reader. If this feature is 'Disabled' the reader does not attempt to check if any antenna is connected on the ports. When 'Enabled' the reader will monitor the presence of antenna on the port and will transmit RF only if an antenna is connected.
• Idle Mode Timeout (secs) - Option to turn off radio when the reader is idle for the specified time interval. Timeout value 0 disables this feature. Enabling idle mode timeout will also turn off the antenna check feature when inventory is not going on. Idle mode values can be set between 10 to 60000 seconds when the feature is turned on.
• Radio Power State - Displays the current state ('ON' or 'OFF') of the radio. The radio can be turned off if idle mode timeout is set to non zero value and the radio is not doing RF operations for a time period greater than the time specified by idle mode timeout. The radio will be turned on automatically when starting RF operation if it is turned off.
• Power Negotiation - Option to control the power negotiation feature on the reader. If this feature is 'Disabled' the reader does not attempt to negotiate the power from the PoE source. When 'Enabled' the reader will check if it is powered by a LLDP enabled Switch and attempts to negotiate extra power so as to obtain power in the range of PoE+.
• Profinet Virtual DAP - Option to set the Virtual DAP to be used for FX9600 Profinet. Each virtual DAP allows the PLC to choose the type of EPC packet (Standard, Long, Standard Plus and Long Plus) to be used for operations. Please refer to the Profinet Data Model for more details.
• Allow Guest User - Option to control whether Guest User is allowed or not to access the reader using the web console. When Checked (default) this option is enabled and Guest user is allowed to login to view the reader settings. Disabling this option prevents Guest user login to the reader's web console.
• Set Properties - Clicking on 'Set Properties' button sends the user changes to the reader.