NSQWPT-3200Proximity Communications Device

__________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-1 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential WHEREPORT INSTALLATION __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-2 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential Table of Contents Page 8 WHEREPORT INSTALLATION 2 8.1 EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 3 8.2 SWITCH SETTINGS 3 8.3 POWER SUPPLIES 4 8.4 WIRING 5 8.5 MOUNTING 7 8.6 INDICATOR LIGHT 8 Table of Figures Page FIGURE 8-1 WHEREPORT SWITCH 4 FIGURE 8-2 POWER AND SIGNAL WIRING 7 __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-3 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential 8 WHEREPORT INSTALLATION Every WherePort installation should be accompanied by a worksheet from the responsible WhereNet Account Manager indicating required mounting location, orientation and switch settings. 8.1 Equipment required In addition to the WherePort(s) the following equipment is required: • AC power supply (see 8.3) • Interconnect power cable: Belden pn 9156 8.2 Switch settings Removing the black rubber plug on the side of the WherePort gives access to the switches. The one closest to the front is the power/phase switch; the one closest to the metal heat sink is the ID switch. Set the switches according to the worksheet by turning the arrowhead to point to the desired setting with a small straight screwdriver. Replace the plug by applying pressure to the center of it until it seats. __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-4 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential Power/ Phase switch Cover WherePort ID switch Figure 8-1 WherePort switch 8.3 Power Supplies The WherePort units require 24VAC at 250mA for operation. This is supplied by transformer from either a 120VAC (US and Canada) or 230VAC (Europe) line. Common wall mount transformers are recommended. Models available through WhereNet are: • 120 VAC for US/Canada: WhereNet P/N 20473 • 230 VAC for Europe: : WhereNet P/N 20474 __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-5 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential These are both rated at 833mA so they can supply up to three WherePorts. The WherePort can also be powered from DC. The DC is connected to the same power wires as the AC; polarity doesn’t matter, the WherePort sorts it out. Note: the metal heat sink will be common with the negative side of the DC supply. Do not use a DC supply rated at a higher voltage than 36VDC. 8.4 Wiring The cable pigtail from the WherePort contains three twisted pairs with functions as follows: • White and Black: Power • Green and Black: Sync lines, connect to previous WherePort • Red and Black: Sync Lines, connect to next WherePort The black wires in the twisted pairs all carry a unique signal or power, they are not common within the unit so a miss-connection of them results in a non- functional unit. In locations subject to rain or spray, never mount the unit so that the pigtail points upward and always dress the pigtail so it has a downward slope upon exiting the WherePort housing. ____________ Note ____________ ____________ __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-6 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential Junction boxes are used for all connections. If using the recommended power transformers outdoors, a NEMA rated box is recommended to house the transformer. Power and sync connections are made by wire nuts appropriate for the wire size. Belden Cable, part number 9156 or equivalent, is used to connect between WherePort units and to remote transformers. It has two twisted pairs, a white and black pair for connecting power and red and black pair for the sync connection between units. The Sync lines are connected in a serial fashion. The red and black twisted pair of one unit, connects to the red and black twisted pair in the cable running between the units. This in turn connects to the green and black twisted pair of the next unit, and so on. The sync lines can be used to connect up to nine WherePorts together so their function is coordinated. The power is feed in parallel using the white and black twisted pair. Care must be taken not to exceed the rating of the transformer used for power. For example the recommended transformers can support up to three WherePorts. Separate transformers must be used to supply each set of three WherePorts. The circuit distributing the power from one transformer is not permitted to connect to the circuit distributing power from another transformer. The sync lines are permitted to connect between WherePorts supplied by different transformers. The total length of the twisted pair cable from any transformer to a WherePort shall not exceed 100 feet. __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Installation Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 8-7 WherePort Installation D0060 rev C  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential Wiring to WherePort Power supply on white and black pair Transmit signals to n…

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__________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Placement Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 5-1 WherePort Placement D0116 rev A1  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential WHEREPORT PLACEMENT __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Placement Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 5-2 WherePort Placement D0116 rev A1  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential Table of Contents Page 5 WHEREPORT PLACEMENT 4 5.1 OVERVIEW 4 5.2 MAGNETIC COMMUNICATION 5 5.3 APPLICATION STRATEGIES 8 5.4 WHEREPORT INSTALLATION 13 Table of Figures Page FIGURE 5-1 BEST PERFORMANCE TAG- WHEREPORT ORIENTATION 6 FIGURE 5-2 WHEREPORT COVERAGE AREA 10 FIGURE 5-3 TYPICAL WHEREPORT PHASE SETTINGS 11 FIGURE 5-4 POWER AND PHASE SWITCHES 15 FIGURE 5-5 SIGNAL AND POWER WIRING 17 Table of Tables Page TABLE 5-1 TYPICAL WHEREPORT RANGE 12 TABLE 5-2 SWITCH SETTINGS 14 __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Placement Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 5-3 WherePort Placement D0116 rev A1  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential NOTICE This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, which may cause undesired operation. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Placement Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 5-4 WherePort Placement D0116 rev A1  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential 5 WHEREPORT PLACEMENT 5.1 Overview In most WhereNet location applications, the WhereTag ID (tag) is set to blink at a rate that is a compromise between battery life and the desire to know location expeditiously. In many cases higher blink rates are used so critical events are not missed by the location system. This adversely effects tag battery life. If the other side of the compromise is selected, critical events that the customer wants the system to track may be missed such as loading a tagged pallet into a departing truck. In this case the pallet would simply disappear from the system without the knowledge of what happened to it; is it a tag failure or is it gone? The WherePort offers a method to ease this compromise and in many applications, increase functionality of the system as a whole. To do this, it generates magnetic signaling that is received by WhereTag ID (tag). When the tag receives the WherePort signal, it blinks at a fast rate for a short period of time. The system receives the tag signal and decodes not only the tag ID but also the ID of the WherePort unit(s) that caused it to blink. Just as we call the tag transmission to the infrastructure a “blink”, for ease of discussion, the term “ping” will be used for the WherePort to tag communication. The WherePort ID can be used in many ways in installation design but it is not intended as the primarily location tool, that remains the location system. The WherePort is set by switch at installation to any of 8 IDs. __________________________________________________________________________ Infrastructure Placement Guide ___________________________________________________________________ 5-5 WherePort Placement D0116 rev A1  Copyright WhereNet Corp. 2001 WhereNet - Confidential Because magnetic signaling is used, the range is about 20 feet maximum and can be adjusted by switch at installation to shorter ranges. Magnetic signaling is used instead, of RF or IR, so the range and performance of the communication to the tag is very predictable. Rain and moisture does not effect it. Unlike RF, it will pass through thin metal film enclosures like anti-static bags. Sparse metal sheets and objects do not effectively block the magnetic signal, neither is it absorbed in a buildings structural material, as is RF. The tag can be shielded from the signal though, so reasonable tag mounting is required. The WherePort is for indoor and outdoor installation. It requires a 24VAC power source but may be powered from DC with certain performance limitations. 5.2 Magnetic Communication Signal Coverage It is very difficult to shield or stop the communication link to the tag as in trying to limit the coverage area of the WherePort to a specific spot. This limitation will become clearer as you begin to look at WherePort installations. Also impacting this is that the WherePort produces a signal that surrounds it. That is, the signal coverage behind it is about equal to that in front of it. With the rang…

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WherePort, WTP-3200 Lables FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC ID: NSQWPT-3200 Tested To Comply With FCC Standards WPT-3200 WherePort XXXX Canada XXXXXXXXXXXX This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules and RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operation is subject to the following conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference which may cause undesired operation.

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Page 1 of 34 Report No.: FC01-014 WHERENET CORPORATION TEST REPORT FOR THE PROXIMITY COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WHEREPORT WPT-3200 FCC PART 15 SUBPART C SECTIONS 15.207 & 15.209 COMPLIANCE DATE OF ISSUE: FEBRUARY 14, 2001 PREPARED FOR: WhereNet Corporation 2855 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 W.O. No: 76037 PREPARED BY: Helen Parrish CKC Laboratories, Inc. 5473A Clouds Rest Mariposa, CA 95338 Date of test: January 18-19, 2001 Report No: FC01-014 DOCUMENTATION CONTROL: _____________________________ Tracy Phillips Documentation Control Supervisor CKC Laboratories, Inc. APPROVED BY: _____________________________ Dennis Ward Director of Laboratories CKC Laboratories, Inc. This report contains a total of 34 pages and may be reproduced in full only. Partial reproduction may only be done with the written consent of CKC Laboratories, Inc. Page 2 of 34 Report No.: FC01-014 TABLE OF CONTENTS Administrative Information ............................................................................................. 3 Summary Of Results........................................................................................................ 4 Equipment Under Test (EUT) Description...................................................................... 4 Measurement Uncertainty................................................................................................ 4 Peripheral Devices ........................................................................................................... 4 Report Of Measurements................................................................................................. 5 Table 1: Fundamental Emission Levels............................................................... 5 Table 2: Six Highest Radiated Emission Levels - 9 kHz - 30 MHz .................... 6 Table 3: Six Highest Radiated Emission Levels - 30 MHz - 1000 MHz ............ 7 Table 4: Six Highest Conducted Emission Levels - AC Power .......................... 8 Table A: List Of Test Equipment .................................................................................... 9 EUT Setup .......................................................................................................................10 Radiated Emissions ............................................................................................. 10 Conducted Emissions .......................................................................................... 10 EUT Testing ....................................................................................................................11 Radiated Emissions ............................................................................................. 11 Conducted Emissions .......................................................................................... 11 Test Instrumentation And Analyzer Settings................................................................... 12 Table B: Analyzer Bandwidth Settings Per Frequency Range............................ 12 Spectrum Analyzer Detector Functions............................................................... 13 Peak ......................................................................................................... 13 Quasi-Peak............................................................................................... 13 Average.................................................................................................... 13 Test Methods ...................................................................................................................14 Sample Calculations ........................................................................................................ 14 Appendix A: Information About The Equipment Under Test......................................... 15 I/O Ports............................................................................................................... 16 Crystal Oscillators ............................................................................................... 16 Printed Circuit Boards ......................................................................................... 16 Required EUT Changes To Comply.................................................................... 16 Cable Information................................................................................................ 17 Photograph Showing Radiated Emissions ........................................................... 18 Photograph Showing Radiated Emissions ........................................................... 19 Photograph Showing Radiated Emissions ........................................................... 20 Photograph Showing Conducted Emissions........................................................ 21 Appendix B: Measurement Data Sheets .......................................................................... 22 Page 3 of 34 Report No.: FC01-014 CKC Laboratories, Inc. has Certificates of Accreditation from the following agencies: DATech (Germany); A2LA (USA); FCC (USA); VCCI (Japan); BSMI (Taiwan); HOKLAS (Hong Kong). CKC Laboratories, Inc. has Letters of Acceptance through an MRA for the following agencies: ACA/NATA (Australia); SABS (South Africa); SWEDAC (Sweden); TUV Rheinland-Germany; TUV Rheinland- Korea; TUV Rheinland-Russia; Radio Communications Agency (RA); NEMKO (Norway). ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION DATE OF TEST: January 18-19, 2001 DATE OF RECEIPT: January 18, 2001 PURPOSE OF TEST: To demonstrate the compliance of the Proximity Communication Device, WherePort WPT-3200, with the FCC Part 15 Subpart C Sections 15.209 & 15.207 devices. MANUFACTURER: WhereNet Corporation 2855 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 REPRESENTATIVE: Walt Johnson TEST LOCATION: CKC Laboratories, Inc. 5473A Clouds Rest Mariposa, CA 95338 TEST PERSONNEL: Randal Clark TEST METHOD: ANSI C63.4 1992 FREQUENCY RANGE TESTED: 9 kHz - 1000 MHz EQUIPMENT UNDER TEST:Proximity Communication Device Manuf: Wher…

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PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING RADIATED EMISSIONS Radiated Emissions - Front View PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING RADIATED EMISSIONS Radiated Emissions - Back View PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING RADIATED EMISSIONS Radiated Emissions - Back View (Mag Loop Antenna) PHOTOGRAPH SHO WING CONDUCTED EMISSIONS Conducted Emissions