Tyco Safety Products/Sensormatic IDRDR2 Manuel D’Utilisation

AGILE2 READER 

8200-0222-08, REV. A 

INSTALLATION AND SERVICE GUIDE 

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•  The reader is shipped with a certified limited 

power source with a cable length of 1.8m (6ft). 

•  Use only authorized antennas and cables to 

maintain FCC approval (see Product 
Configurations and Part Numbers on 
page 3). 

•  In order to comply with FCC requirements for 

RF exposure safety, a separation distance of 
at least 23cm (9in) needs to be maintained 
between the radiating elements of the antenna 
and the bodies of nearby persons. 

•  Antennas must be mounted within 7.6m (25ft) 

cable distance of the reader. 

•  Provide strain relief for all reader connections. 
•  A shielded Ethernet cable must be used to 

communicate with other devices. 

•  Multiple readers and antennas can be used in 

combination to enhance detection at specific 
locations provided the software application is 
able to synchronize antenna operation. 

•  Recommended minimum configuration for a 

computer running an application that interfaces 
with the Agile2 Reader: 
– Pentium® M 1.40GHz processor 
– 512MB memory 
– 20MB hard drive 
– Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Windows XP 

operating system 

– 10/100 Ethernet® port 
– CD-ROM drive 
– Internal 56K modem 

Reader performance may be affected by external 
factors including tag variables and environment. 

Performance tests conducted under typical 
operating conditions at your site are recommended 
to help you optimize system performance. 

There are several variables associated with tags 
that can affect reader performance: 

•  Application surface — Some materials interfere 

with tag performance including metal and 
moisture. Tags applied to items made from or 
containing these materials may not perform as 
expected. 

•  Tag orientation — Reader performance is 

affected by the orientation of the tag in the 
antenna field. 

•  Tag model — many tag models are available. 

Each model has its own performance 
characteristics. 

Reader performance may be affected by the 
following: 

•  Metal surfaces such as desks, filing cabinets, 

bookshelves, and wastebaskets may enhance 
or degrade reader performance. 

Mount antennas as far as possible from metal 
surfaces that are adversely affecting system 
performance. 

•  Devices that operate at 900MHz, such as 

cordless phones and wireless LANs, can 
interfere with reader performance. 

These devices may degrade performance of 
the reader. The reader may also adversely 
affect performance of 900MHz devices. 

•  Antennas operating in close proximity may 

interfere with each other, thus degrading 
reader performance. 

Interference from other antennas may be 
eliminated or reduced by using either one or 
both of the following strategies: 

– Affected antennas may be coordinated by a 

separate user application using a time-
multiplexing strategy. 

– Antenna power can be reduced by 

reconfiguring the RF Transmit Power setting 
for the reader.