Programming Station Reader

The Programming Station Reader set up tags one at a time. A user placed a tag on top of the unit, and the host software read the tag's ID and settings.

After the user changed the ID or the settings and chose Configure, the station wrote them to the tag. Its datasheet lists the settings a user could change:

Tag ID

Tag Type

Auto-send Time

Time-in Field

Group Count

Tamper Reporting

Temperature Reporting

Temperature Limits

Random Delay

Random Delay Limits

Like the Standard Reader, it offered two contact inputs and two relay outputs, here as options. The TigeRFID repository's notes name the Programming Station software as the program that programs and re-programs tags.

Specifications

The datasheets are historical documents. Their phone numbers, addresses and e-mail are no longer ActiveWave's.

Functionality Programs tags

Multi-Tag Read Capability Yes

Transmit Frequency to Tag 433 MHz

Receive Frequency from Tag 916 MHz, 927 MHz, or 868 MHz

Range not applicable

Host Communications RS232 9600 - 115200 Baud
Ethernet 10/100 Mbps
WLAN (optional) 2.4 GHz, 5.2 GHz

Power DC: 12Vdc, 1.5A

Dimensions 150 mm x 85 mm x 27 mm (5.9 in x 3.3 in x 1.1 in)

Weight 680 grams (1.5 lbs)

Case Material Impact resistant polystyrene with UL94-HB flammability rating

Temperature Operating -35C to +50C (-31F to +122F)
Storage -40C to +85C (-40F to +185F)

Indicators RF LED On while receiving packet from tag.
HOST LED On while sending validated tag packet to Host.
ACCESS LED On while transmitting packet to tag.
POWER LED On when Reader is powered.

Connectors Power 12Vdc, 1.5A
Ethernet RJ-45 female to Host
Motion Detector RJ-11 male
Host Comm. Same RJ-11 male to Host (DB9 female to Host optional)
Input Two contact sense inputs
Output Two isolated dry contact relay outputs

Functionality	Programs tags
Multi-Tag Read Capability	Yes
Transmit Frequency to Tag	433 MHz
Receive Frequency from Tag	916 MHz, 927 MHz, or 868 MHz
Range	not applicable
Host Communications	RS232 9600 - 115200 Baud Ethernet 10/100 Mbps WLAN (optional) 2.4 GHz, 5.2 GHz
Power	DC: 12Vdc, 1.5A
Dimensions	150 mm x 85 mm x 27 mm (5.9 in x 3.3 in x 1.1 in)
Weight	680 grams (1.5 lbs)
Case Material	Impact resistant polystyrene with UL94-HB flammability rating
Temperature	Operating -35C to +50C (-31F to +122F) Storage -40C to +85C (-40F to +185F)
Indicators	RF LED On while receiving packet from tag. HOST LED On while sending validated tag packet to Host. ACCESS LED On while transmitting packet to tag. POWER LED On when Reader is powered.
Connectors	Power 12Vdc, 1.5A Ethernet RJ-45 female to Host Motion Detector RJ-11 male Host Comm. Same RJ-11 male to Host (DB9 female to Host optional) Input Two contact sense inputs Output Two isolated dry contact relay outputs

Quoted from page 2 of the Programming Station Reader datasheet (version 10).

These figures are the original units' claims, quoted as their source printed them. Where two ActiveWave datasheets disagree, this site quotes each and does not reconcile them. A rating or a test result belongs to the original units and does not carry over to a rebuild.

Nothing on this site says a rebuild may transmit on these frequencies as they are. Radio rules differ by country, and the TigeRFID project checks them before it chooses a rebuild's radios.

The datasheet

Programming Station Reader datasheet (version 10) (PDF). This page's description comes from its first page, and the figures above from its second.

Files in the TigeRFID repository

The Programming Station software, versions 190 and 191

These links open the repository as it stood at its activewave-2018 tag. Nobody has rebuilt the original hardware recently, so these files may not make a working unit as they stand.