Settings overview

RF options

EPCGen2 settings

General read mode settings

Alarm mode settings

use Antenna port / unique antenna port

These parameters define how the system behaves when connected to one or more Secondary units.

In order to trigger an alarm, the AdvanSafe-200 expects at least reads in N (4 by default) different ports/beams (antennas). How combinations of ports and beams increase to N is controlled by use-antenna-port and unique-antenna-port.

use-antenna-port: when enabled the reader RF port is used in the calculation of different antennas.

When enabled example:

• • antenna 1:1 and antenna 2:1 are considered different

When disabled:

• • antenna 1:1 and antenna 2:1 are considered equals

  • antenna 1:1 and antenna 2:2 are considered different

unique-antenna-port: when enabled, in the calculation of the N antennas it is required to have N different antennas sharing the same RF port.

When enabled:

• • antennas (1:1,1:2,1:3,1:4) define a valid alarm

  • antennas (1:1,1:2,1:3,2:4)  do not define a valid alarm

When disabled:

• • antennas (1:1,1:2,1:3,1:4) define a valid alarm

  • antennas (1:1,1:2,1:3,2:4)  define a valid alarm

Antenna options

Default Primary antenna configuration can be seen here

The 4 beams in the Primary unit are:

• • 1:1: beam number 1 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 1:2: beam number 2 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 1:3: beam number 3 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 1:4: beam number 4 attached to Primary internal port 1

When a Secondary is connected

The 8 beams in the Primary + Secondary units are:

• • 1:1: beam number 1 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 1:2: beam number 2 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 1:3: beam number 3 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 1:4: beam number 4 attached to Primary internal port 1

  • 2:1: beam number 1 attached to Primary internal port 2 (Secondary RF cable)

  • 2:2: beam number 2 attached to Primary internal port 2 (Secondary RF cable)

  • 2:3: beam number 3 attached to Primary internal port 2 (Secondary RF cable)

  • 2:4: beam number 4 attached to Primary internal port 2 (Secondary RF cable)