MOD-RFID1356 User Manual
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1. loader mode indicated by the LED light sequence a RED on GREEN off b RED off GREEN on c RED off GREEN off Button can now be released The device will stay in boot loader mode until it is power cycled eS Boot loader implements the standard protocol XMODEM with CRC16 for firmware update User is free to use his favorite terminal client HyperTerminal minicom etc to upload the firmware images taken from our website Boot loader uses an USB virtual serial port that is baudrate agnostic As an alternative we provide a simple Windows GUI application for users who don t want to or cannot use terminal software After the firmware image is uploaded the target will blink the GREEN LED if update was successful otherwise it will blink the RED LED if firmware image was invalid or update was unsuccessful Device stays in this state until it is power cycled ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Symbol Description Condition Min Typ Max Uni ts Vcc Power Supply Voltage V Icc noren Power Supply Current Idle RF scanning not active mA Wi deacuvated Continuous scannin mA LEDs 8 Scanning 2 times per second mA Icc Power Supply Current Continuous scanning mA with activated LEDs Scanning 2 times per second mA ORDER CODE MOD RFID1356 assembled and tested no kit no soldering required How to order You can order to us directly or by any of our distributors Check our web w2. 10416E0 c100 100 20237B8C0016010416E00204 Example read four 32 bit EEPROM words starting from word number 2 non addressed version c100 100 00230204 Example write EEPROM word at address OxA with value 0x11223344 addressed version addressing VICC UID with 7B8C0016010416E0 c100 100 202 17B8C0016010416E00A1 1223344 Example write EEPROM word at address OxA with value 0x11223344 non addressed version c100 100 00210A11223344 Below is a screen shot of command line session using HyperTerminal COM_MOD_RFID1356 HyperTerminal DER File Edit View Call Transfer Help Dw 6 2 amp gt gt gt i MOD RFID1356 Hardware revision A Firmware revision 01 00 Read mode mso ml1 http www olimex com gt mso gt r 0000000000000000 gt r 7B8C0016010416E0 gt gt c100 100 0023020B lt OOOOOOAOOOABCDEEEFOOOAOAAAAAOQOOOOOOOOOOAQAOQQOOOOOOOOOOQOQOOOOOOO112233440000A 000 7B8C0016010416E8 gt gt c100 100 0023020B te256 gt Connected 0 01 00 Auto detect 115200 8 N 1 NUM FIRMWARE UPGRADE MOD RFID1356 contains a built in boot loader for easy firmware upgrade Device enters boot loader mode if the application FLASH section is corrupted To force the device to enter boot loader mode for manual firmware update do the following Disconnect the device from USB Press and hold the button Power up the device by connecting it to USB Device now must be in boot
3. OUPIEX MOD RFID1356 User Manual Pees Geen Al boards produced by Olimex are ROHS compliant Rev A May 2008 Copyright c 2008 OLIMEX Ltd All rights reserved INTRODUCTION FEATURES MOD RFID1356 is an RFID station able to interact with ISO15693 compliant VICC transponders All the complexity of RFID tag detection verification and decoding are handled by MOD RFID1356 Custom command requests can be initiated to facilitate VICC EEPROM read and write operations MOD RFID1356 supports two distinctive modes of operation easily switched by a single button press It can emulate USB HID keyboard and input the read TAG ID directly to any Windows application including the venerable Notepad Or it can emulate USB CDC serial port for easy access from custom user applications using standard code for COM port access Supports IS015693 compliant VICC transponders like EM4034 Base RFID frequency 13 56MHz USB port connection to PC Two modes of operation easily changed by pressing the button USB HID keyboard emulation mode USB CDC serial port emulation mode Simple command line interface in USB CDC mode for configuration data acquisition and initiation of custom command requests Two LEDs indicating device status and tag presence Support for continuous and periodic RF scanning to better suit user power requirements Ships with default mode USB HID and default configuration continuous read scan always LED
4. ands SWITCHING OPERATING MODES The current mode of operation can be selected by pressing and holding the button of the device After two seconds the LEDs will start to blink and will show the code for the next selected mode When button is released the device will reboot and enter the selected mode Selected mode is remembered between power downs The assigned codes are LED Status Description Red Green Previous State State After Button Is Released blinks off USB CDC USB HID off blinks USB HID USB CDC COMMAND LINE INTERFACE USB CDC mode The command line interface available in USB CDC mode allows device configuration and reading of successfully decoded TAG IDs Just open the serial port assigned to MOD RFID1356 using HyperTerminal or similar terminal program and start typing commands For the impatient type and press enter to see a short help for the supported commands Any typed character will be echoed back enter will force the module to process the input command line 1 Command This command prints a short help message describing the available commands and their arguments 2 Command i This command prints a short information about firmware version hardware board revision and currently selected configuration 3 Command b This command forces the device to enter boot loader mode After executing this command the device will disconnect itself from USB switch to boot loader mo
5. asses Depending on which driver is loaded in the kernel user should look either for dev ttyACMn or dev ttyUSBn where n is a number assigned by the kernel to the plugged device USB HID MODE When device is connected via USB to a host PC it will represent itself as USB HID keyboard When an RFID transponder is detected in the vicinity the module will type the HEX representation of the transponder ID To use the device in this mode 1 Open Notepad 2 Plugin the device in the USB port of the PC 3 Put an RFID tag in front of the device The TAG ID will be entered in the currently opened text file There is no need for OS driver because all major operating systems include USB HID drivers NOTE This mode does not allow configuration of device parameters MOD RFID1356 is shipped with default configuration for continuous read If this must be changed then device must be switched to USB CDC mode and configured using the serial command line interface USB CDC MODE In this mode the device represents itself as USB CDC virtual serial port It provides a simple shell like command line interface for configuring and interacting with the module The device echoes back the typed characters and waits for Carriage Return Enter before processing the line input See Command Line Interface for more information on the supported commands Any terminal software can be used to open the COM port assigned by the OS and type in comm
6. de and reconnect itself in anticipation of receiving a firmware upgrade image See the section Firmware Upgrade for more information Command r This command is only valid if device is in single read mode see below It will trigger a single TAG read If TAG ID is successfully read it will be printed Otherwise if operation timeouts zeros will be printed Command msXX Set single read mode The XX parameter must be a decimal value indicating the TAG read timeout in seconds Example setting single read mode with 15 seconds timeout ms15 Command mcFR Set continuous read mode with frequency F Hz R is for compatibility with other Olimex products and is otherwise ignored if present Both F and R must be single digit decimal numbers If F is O then RF antenna is constantly switched on and the device scans continuously for tags Otherwise if F is 1 5 the device will switch the antenna on F times per second Example continuous scanning mcO Example scan once per second mel Command mlE Set LED mode If E is 0 LEDs will be disabled Otherwise if E is 1 LEDs will be enabled Example enabling LEDs mll Example disabling LEDs to conserve power mlO Command cT1 T2 FFCCDD DD Issue custom command request T1 and T2 are timeouts in milliseconds T1 shows how much to wait in RF silence before issuing timeout T2 defines the total reception timeout no matter what is decoded from the RF field T
7. izard Please choose your search and installation options Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed C Search removable media floppy CD ROM Include this location in the search CAMY_TEMPORARY_FOLDER v Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware Hardware Installation A The software you are installing for this hardware Olimex Virtual COM MOD RFID1356 has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for F Olimex Virtual COM MOD RFID1356 Click Finish to close the wizard Linux distributions normally include drivers both for USB HID and USB CDC cl
8. n See the Command Line Interface section for more information In boot loader mode the LEDs have other meaning See the Firmware Upgrade section for more information PC DRIVER INSTALLATION Drivers for the USB HID mode are integrated in Windows XP Vista The driver for USB CDC mode is available from our website Windows installation steps are the following 1 Download and unzip the file MOD RFID1356 drivers zip in a temporary directory Plug the programmer in the USB port Point the Device Wizard to the temporary directory Windows will complain that drivers are not signed Click Continue Click finish Screen shots of the steps are shown below a he Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software O Yes this time only O Yes now and every time connect a device Click Next to continue Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Olimex MOD RFID13 56 9 If your hardware came with an installation CD or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do O Install the software automatically Recommended x d Click Next to continue Found New Hardware W
9. s activated ELECTROSTATIC WARNING The MOD RFID1356 board is shipped in protective anti static packaging The board must not be subject to high electrostatic potentials General practice for working with static sensitive devices should be applied when working with this board REQUIREMENTS Cables 1 8 meter USB A B cable Software Software needed for USB HID keyboard mode Notepad or other text editor Software needed for USB CDC mode HyperTerminal or other terminal program SUPPORTED RFID TAGS VICC MOD RFID1356 supports RFID transponder tags with the following characteristics 18015693 compliant transponders 13 56MHz carrier frequency 1 out of 4 transmission encoding VCD to VICC High data rate 26 48kbit s reception encoding using one sub carrier frequency CAVEAT MOD RFID1356 does not support reliably the anticollision algorithm as defined in the IS015693 standard It will work reliably only if there is a single VICC in the vicinity or if there is no RF collision If there is an RF collision supposedly because of two VICCs with almost identical UIDs it might not detect both of them POWER SUPPLY LEDS Normally the device is supplied from USB In normal mode the GREEN LED is on whenever the RF antenna circuit is active and scanning for RFID tags The RED LED switches on whenever a valid RF TAG ID is being scanned and decoded successfully The LEDs can be switched off to save power consumptio
10. ww olimex com dev for more info Revision history REV A create May 2008 Disclaimer 2008 Olimex Ltd All rights reserved Olimex logo and combinations thereof are registered trademarks of Olimex Ltd Other terms and product names may be trademarks of others The information in this document is provided in connection with Olimex products No license express or implied or otherwise to any intellectual property right is granted by this document or in connection with the sale of Olimex products Neither the whole nor any part of the information contained in or the product described in this document may be adapted or reproduced in any material from except with the prior written permission of the copyright holder The product described in this document is subject to continuous development and improvements All particulars of the product and its use contained in this document are given by OLIMEX in good faith However all warranties implied or expressed including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for purpose are excluded This document is intended only to assist the reader in the use of the product OLIMEX Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of any information in this document or any error or omission in such information or any incorrect use of the product
11. ypical values for both are 50 to 100ms After them is the hexadecimal representation of the request which will be issued FF is the request flags byte CC is the comand code followed by zero or more data bytes CRC is automatically handled by MOD RFID1356 If answer was correctly received and decoded the response format would be lt FFAA where FF is the response flags byte followed by one or more response data bytes On error the following is returned leXxX where XX is a decimal number code of the occurred error In general the VICC error code bytes are propagated along with some additional MOD RFID1356 specific error codes See the table below for error code definitions Error Description code 1 Command code request not supported 2 Request format not recognized 3 Command option is not supported 14 Generic error 16 Specified block does not exist 18 Specified block is locked 19 Block write error 20 Block lock error 160 Power check failed 256 VICC response timeout 257 MOD RFID1356 does not posses enough memory to complete the requested operation 258 VICC response has incorrect CRC Please consult the ISO015693 standard and your VICC datasheet for more information about request and answer formats Example read four 32 bit EEPROM words starting from word number 2 addressed version both timeouts set to 100ms addressing VICC UID with 7B8C00160
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