Oregon RFID Help Desk

Long range HDX readers 6

• How big of antenna can be used with the ORSR and ORMR readers?
• Charge and listen time
• Optimizing the charge time for HDX tags
• How much power does a reader require?
• Expected HDX read range

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PIT tags 7

• What factors can affect read range?
• How long will a PIT tag operate?
• What size tag should I use?
• PIT tag display formats
• ISO Standards and ICAR Compliance

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Backpack HDX reader for mobile tracking 4

• How long will the reader operate from the battery?
• Synchronizing multiple mobile trackers
• Finding the location of a tag with the pole antenna
• Tuning the pole antenna

Datalogger 4

• Datalogger record format
• ISO date format
• Thousands of detections of the same tag per day
• What is a "bad type code"?

Inductance meter 4

• What is inductance?
• Why do I need an inductance meter?
• How is inductance measured?
• How should the inductance meter be configured?

Tuning capacitors for HDX 7

• Which tuning capacitor box do I have?
• How do tuning capacitors work?
• Quick tuning
• My tuning capacitors got wet and/or are very old. Are they still good?
• How can I test tuning capacitors?

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Marker tag for HDX 2

• Setting the period and duration
• Cold weather operation

How to get assistance 5

• New customers
• Contacting us for tech support
• Installation services
• Repairs and checkups
• Packing readers for shipment

Low frequency RFID basics 6

• PIT tags
• PIT tag readers
• Antennas
• Tag collision
• Tag speed and scans in zone

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HDX and FDX technology 7

• Magnetic communication
• HDX - Half Duplex
• FDX - Full Duplex
• Which tag type should I use for my project?
• How can I improve read range?

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Working with serial ports 6

• USB to serial adapters
• How do I find the COM port number?
• Connecting with Hyperterminal
• Hyperterminal capture file
• Using Putty for Windows

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System components 1

• What is needed to build a stationary PIT tag station?

Requirements 3

• Overview
• How much power does the reader need?
• Do I need a fuse on the power supply?

Battery 2

• Lead Acid
• Lithium Polymer

Power converters 3

• AC power supplies
• DC-DC converters
• 220 VAC power supply

Solar 3

• Overview
• Power controller
• Suppliers

Thermoelectric generator 2

• Overview
• Supplliers

Microhydro 2

• Information
• Suppliers

Overview 4

• How low frequency RFID antennas work
• Physical parameters
• Electrical parameters
• How big can an antenna be?

Antenna types 6

• Overview
• Passthrough
• Passthrough - Culvert
• Passby/Passover
• Hybrid

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Wire for antennas 8

• What wire should I use?
• Does it matter if I use stranded or solid gauge wire?
• Wire sizes, AWG and metric
• Wire sources
• How to coil wire

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Antenna construction 4

• Simple HDX streamwidth loops
• Plastic pipe antenna
• HDPE/UHMW plastic plate antennas
• Mounting antennas close together

Synchronization 2

• HDX synchronization
• FDX Synchronization

Saltwater antennas 1

• Antennas for Saltwater

DataTracer proximity reader 2

• Updating the DataTracer firmware
• Manuals and documents