Serial Port Configuration

The serial port can be configured using this page. The current serial port configuration is retrieved and displayed before the serial port configuration settings are changed. Also after changing the serial configuration, reader needs to reboot before the changes take effect.

• Serial Port can be configured as below:
  • Debug Port
  • Push Data Port
  • Free port
  
  
• Debug Port - This is the default out of the box configuration enabled on FX9600 readers. In this configuration RS232 port is configured as Debug port to get kernel and system debug messages. The port configuration is set by default and cannot be changed. The serial port is configured as below:
  • Baudrate: 115200
  • Data: 8 bits
  • Stop: 1 bit
  • Parity: None
  • Flow Control: None
  In this mode reader will not be able to push any tag data over serial port.

• Push Data Port - In this configuration serial port can be used as Push Data port. When reader is configured in push data mode then kernel and system debug messages will not appear over serial console. Once configured in this mode, it is enabled to run inventory operation and Tag report will be pushed over serial console. This mode enables configuration for serial port, inventory operations and data to be pushed over serial console. These parameters can be configured with below sections:
  • Configure Serial Port: The serial port can be customized with Baudrate, DataBits, Parity, FlowControl and Stopbits and these configuration will be applied over serial port.
  • Inventory Control Parameters: These are control options for some inventory parameters. This section has options for Inventory Start/Stop Triggers; Sessions to run inventory on; and Periodic Reporting time value. These parameters can be configured to run inventory as per the requirement.
  • Tag Data Selection: With this section; user can choose Tag Data Report fields to be sent over serial port. The fileds can be chosen from Antenna ID, EPC, RSSI, Seen Count etc. by selecting corresponding check-box. If none of the check-box is selected then it will take default fields to be sent over serial port. The report sent over serial port will be CSV format and will also append with CRC value for each line of report and will be enclosed in <> brackets.
  
  

• Connect/Disconnect - Click on this to connect with LLRP server to perform inventory operation over serial port as per the selected configurations. Once connected button text changes to 'Disconnect' and clicking on this button then disconnect from LLRP server whivh in-turn will stop inventory operation if running.


• Inventory(Start/Stop) - The image displays the running status of inventory as indicated below. This is applicable only when the serial port is configured as Push Data Port.




	Indicates Inventory is running
	Indicates Inventory is not running

• Free Port - This option frees the serial port from internal usage. In this mode serial port can be used by any user application to send/receive any data over serial port. In this mode it will be responsibility of user application to configure the serial port as per their requirement.


• Save - Click on this to save the configuration settings for selected serial port.