Awid MPR
From RifidiWiki
Contents
Introduction
The Awid MPR 2010 is produced by Applied Wireless ID. It is a simple serial-based reader that can read Gen 1 and Gen 2 tags.
- Model Number
- MPR 2010
- Network Protocol
- Serial
- Communication
- RS-232
- Antennas
- 1 built-in Antenna, 1 extra port
- General Purpose I/O
- None
Basis of Virtual Reader
The virtual reader is based off of the PDF
Client Tools
The main client tools used for testing this program:
- Awid Tool
- The Awid Tool is a client program that ships with the reader. It is the easiest tool to connect with the reader,
- Others
- You can use other tools if you wish, such as the BEA tool, but for any tool that normally connects through TCP-IP, you will need to use a TCP to Serial bridge program. As of right now we have no support for any of these tools from Rifidi, although if you can configure them correctly they should work.
Getting Started
Serial Port Emulation
This guide was written assuming you are connecting on a Windows XP machine. It may work for other operating systems, but that is not guarunteed.
To get started with the AWID reader, first download and install Rifidi Emulator. Then download and install com0com, a serial-port emulation tool that will allow you to connect with and read tags from any readers you create. In the install options for com0com, uncheck the option where it automatically installs serial ports CNCA and CNCB. While not necessary, doing this will make the creation and maintenance of virtual serial ports less confusing.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/com0com/files/
For a more advanced use of com0com, type 'help' into the command prompt and/or check their documentation. However, for this example we will only create 2 serial ports and link them together.
To do this, open the command prompt with the "Setup command prompt" option in the start menu. Then create 2 linked serial ports by typing in
install PortName=COM6 PortName=COM7
You can chose any numbers you wish for your ports instead of 6 and 7, however if your computer already has serial ports some numbers may be taken. For instance, if your computer has 2 serial ports, COM1 and COM2 are probably physical ports in the system, and those ports will not be available.
After you create the ports, windows will let you know that new hardware has been found (twice, one for each port). Let it connect to the internet and automatically install any software it needs, then to back to the command prompt and type
list
into the prompt. The ports you created should show up in the list, in which case you are ready to create virtual AWID readers, You can now close the command prompt, unless you want to create more virtual ports.
You should only need to create the ports with com0com once, they will persist indefinitely.