UHF manager with BIS VU quick start guide

The purpose of this guide is to highlight the features and functions of the UHF Manager software used to configure and control actions of BIS V and BIS U RFID processors when used with UHF RFID antennas.

In this example we will be using following hardware:

1. BIS V processor p/n BIS0122
   1. BIS V-6106-034-C004
2. BIS VU UHF RFID antenna p/n BIS015Y
   1. BIS VU-320-C1-S4
3. Basic UHF RFID tag
4. USB adapter cable - PC to BIS V connection - p/n BCC0CR2
   1. BCC M415-U024-8F-696-VX04T8-018
   2. NOTE: For driver update please reference "Setup of virtual adapter for BIS V" technical application note found in PIA

Layout

Now that your PC is physically connected to the BIS V processor via adapter cable BCC0CR2, we can move to the UHS Manager sofware and establish the connection between the two.

1. Launch UHF Manager Software
2. Select "Program Settings"
3. Select "Interface"
4. 
5. Select "RS232" serial connection tab
   1. Note that there are other forms of connection depending of the RFID processor being used.
6. Select "Port" option
   1. Port selection options depend on what com port your PC assigned to the USB adapter cable
7. Click on "Connect" button
8. 
9. Now you should be connected to BIS V processor and you should see what antennas are available for you to use
10. 
11. Close "Interface" menu
12. Select antenna by clicking on connector icon
13. 

Before exploring the functions that are available in UHF Manager Software, we first must configure the UHF RFID antenna.

1. Select "Device settings" menu
2. Select "Parameters..." manu option
3. 
4. Here you have couple of option tabs to select from
   1. Basic UHF
   2. Transmit Power
   3. Read - Write
5.  We are going to focus on "Transmit Power" tab
   1. You can manually configure the antenna power for both reading and writting
      1. Note that writing function requires a bit more power so you have an option to select auto increase in power when writing to the UHF RFID tag
   2. Other option is to use the automatic setup option by clicking on "Start Automatic Setup" button
   3. 
   4. Note that you must have the antenna and tag positioned in the correct relationship for this to work, otherwise you will receive failed messge
      1. 
      2. Also, be sure to use a single (1) UHF RFID tag when performing the automatic setup

Now that we have established the connection with the processor, selected the antenna we want to use, and configured the antenna settings, we are now ready to explore the fuctions of UHF Manager software

1. Scanning
   1. Select "Scan" menu tab 
   2. What to read?
      1. EPC - Electronic Product Code - tag memory you can read and write
      2. TID - Tag ID - unique serial number of the tag - read only
   3. Scan type?
      1. Single scan
      2. Synchronous repeat scan - time based
         1. Note that you have to specify time interval
         2. Good rule of thumb is 500 ms
   4. 
   5. Using the "Synchronous repeated scan" option can help determine reliability of the system configuration, both hardware and software, by observing the ration of number of cycles vs counts detected (i.e. 100 cycles / 89 counds gives you 89% success rate). Anything above 80% success rate is considered sufficient enough.
   6. 
2. Reading and Writing to and from UHF RFID tags
   1. Select "Read / Write" menu tab
   2. 
   3. Specify memory area that identifies the data carrier (tag)
   4. 
      1. This ensures that data is read or written to appropriate UHF RFID tag in case there are multiple tags detected during the scan
   5. Select Data Carrier memory area to Read/Write from
      1. EPC - read and write
      2. TID - read only
      3. User memory - read and write
         1. You can select specific memory address you want to read from or write to
         2. Please check how much memory is available in the tag before reading and writing
      4. 
   6. Writing data to "User data" memory
      1. Select "User data" memory
      2. Specify memory starting address
      3. Specify lenght of bytes
      4. 
      5. Manipulate wirte data
      6. 
      7. Click "Write" button
      8. 
      9. You can use the "Read" function to confirm what data is written to "User data" memory