Appendix B: Getting Started - Development Kit And Carrier Board; Development Kit Hardware; Set Up The Development Kit; Connecting The Antenna - Jadac THINGMAGIC M6e User Manual

ThingMagic M6e User Guide
Appendix B: Getting Started – Development Kit and Carrier Board

Development Kit Hardware

Components Included in the development kit:
• The M6e module
• Power/interface developer's board
• One USB cable
• One antenna
• One coax cable
• One 9V power supply
• International power adapter kit
• Sample tags
• The Quick Start Guide that details which documents and software to download to get up and running
quickly, along with details on how to register for and contact support.

Set Up the Development Kit

Connecting the Antenna

JADAK supplies one antenna that can read tags from 20ʼ away with most of the provided tags. The antenna
is monostatic. Use the following procedure to connect the antenna to the Development Kit.
1. Connect one end of the coax cable to the antenna.
2. Connect the other end of the cable to the antenna port 1 connector on the Development Kit.

Powering Up and Connecting to a PC

After connecting the antenna you can power up the Development (Dev) Kit and establish a host connection.
1. Connect the USB cable (use only the black connector) from a PC to the developer's kit. There are two
Development Kit USB Interfaces
2. Plug the power supply into the Development Kit's DC power input connector.
3. The LED next to the DC input jack, labeled DS1, should light up. If it doesn't light up check jumper J17
to make sure the jumper is connecting pins 2 and 3
4. Follow the steps based on the
or /dev device file, as appropriate for your operating system the USB interface is assigned.
5. To start reading tags start the Demo Application
Caution: While the module is powered up, do not touch components. Doing so may damage
the Dev Kit and M6e module.
options.
Development Kit USB Interfaces
(Universal Reader
used and make note of the COM port
Assistant).
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