ThingMagic Autonomous Configuration Tool - Manual (Page 17)

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Autonomous Configuration Tool v1.0 User Guide 17
Performance Tuning Options
This section provides a set of options, based on high-level usecase characteristics,
allowing the reader performance to be optimized.
Table 2: Performance Tuning Options
Display Options
This sections allows the content Read display to be configured. It contains the following
options:
Table 3: Display Options
Profile
Full settings and display options profiles can be saved to a file, and loaded from a file
using the Save and Load buttons of the Profile section. This can simplify loading the
same configuration to multiple readers. It uses the same settings format as the Universal
Reader Assistant tool and configuration can be shared across tools.
Setting Description
Read Power Control the amount of RF Power transmitted by the reader, to the antenna, when
reading. The RF power directly relates to the range at which the reader can “see”
tags, the higher the power, the longer the range.
Gen2 Settings See the MercuryAPI Programmers Guide | Performance Tuning section for more
details on these settings.
Setting Description
Tag Results
Column Additional Columns of tag read meta data can be selected (click check-box in
drop-down menu) to be displayed:
• Antenna - The antenna on which the tag was read. If the same tag is read on
more than one antenna there will be a tag entry for each antenna on which the
tag was read.
• Protocol - The protocol of the tag.
• Frequency - The frequency on which the tag was read, in kHz.
• Phase - Average phase of tag response in degrees (0°-180°)
Note: Changing the display options does NOT change the metadata that is
returned with each tag read nor the format of the data output from the
reader.