Impinj Inc. XARRAY Manuel D’Utilisation
Speedway Revolution Installation and Operations Guide Octane 4.11
Chapter 1: Introduction
Revision 4.11 Copyright © 2014, Impinj, Inc.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
About this Guide
This guide provides detailed instructions for installing, connecting, configuring, operating,
upgrading, and troubleshooting the Speedway Revolution or xPortal Reader. To shorten the
length of this guide, the content focuses on the installation and operation of one Reader.
upgrading, and troubleshooting the Speedway Revolution or xPortal Reader. To shorten the
length of this guide, the content focuses on the installation and operation of one Reader.
Intended Audience
The intended audience for this guide is anyone installing a Speedway Revolution or xPortal
Reader. The assumed primary users of this guide are systems engineers and IT personnel
with experience and basic knowledge of:
Reader. The assumed primary users of this guide are systems engineers and IT personnel
with experience and basic knowledge of:
• Software development
• Hardware systems integration
• Network connectivity
• Hardware systems integration
• Network connectivity
This guide also assumes that the user has a high-level understanding of RFID, RFID systems
management, and a basic familiarity with the EPCglobal Gen 2 specification.
management, and a basic familiarity with the EPCglobal Gen 2 specification.
Other Documents of Interest
This guide is part of a larger documentation set that supports Speedway Revolution.
The document set includes the following seven documents:
The document set includes the following seven documents:
• Speedway Revolution Getting Started Guide is a one-page guide included with
the Speedway Revolution Reader. It provides basic information about the hardware
and instructions for obtaining additional documentation, firmware upgrades and
downloads, and other support software.
and instructions for obtaining additional documentation, firmware upgrades and
downloads, and other support software.
• Impinj LTK Programmer’s Guide provides software engineers with guidelines and
best practices for working with the Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) Toolkit.
Software engineers can also access language-specific reference guides and sample
applications illustrating the scenarios discussed in the Programmer‘s Guide.
Software engineers can also access language-specific reference guides and sample
applications illustrating the scenarios discussed in the Programmer‘s Guide.
• Octane LLRP is intended for software engineers and describes the LLRP capabilities
supported by Speedway Revolution, which includes Impinj‘s custom LLRP extensions.
Note
: Octane is the name for the Speedway Revolution firmware.
• RShell Reference Manual describes the syntax and command language for the
Speedway Revolution RShell Console.
• Octane SNMP Guide provides monitoring and reference information for working
with the SNMP MIBs related to Speedway Revolution (the standard TCP/IP
networking MIB (MIB-II) and a subset of the standard EPCglobal RM MIB).
networking MIB (MIB-II) and a subset of the standard EPCglobal RM MIB).
• Firmware Upgrade Reference Manual includes detailed procedures, reference
information for upgrading firmware installed on single Readers, and procedures for
creating a metafile to automate upgrading of multiple Readers.
creating a metafile to automate upgrading of multiple Readers.
• Speedway Revolution Embedded Developer’s Guide provides a high-level
description of the Speedway Revolution platform and a high-level view of its
architecture for software engineers designing custom application software for the
Reader.
architecture for software engineers designing custom application software for the
Reader.