Chapter4Installing the Encompass 4 Reader
This chapter lists the materials needed and presents the procedures to pre-test and
install the Encompass 4 Reader.
Installation Process
In this section, unless specifically stated, “Encompass 4 Reader” applies both to the Encompass 4 Reader
with integrated antenna and Encompass 4 Reader with external antenna.
After you have developed the site plan and identified the location to install the Encompass 4 Reader and
antenna
1
, if required, you are ready to install the equipment. Installation involves the following tasks:
• Pre-installation testing of Encompass 4 Reader power and tag read capability
• Mounting the Encompass 4 Reader, and antenna if required, on a pole, ceiling, or wall
• Discharging voltage from an external antenna
• Connecting the antenna
• Connecting the Encompass 4 Reader power
• Marking the read zone
• Connecting the Encompass 4 host and sense input/sense output and communications
Materials Supplied by TransCore
You need the following materials to pre-test and install the Encompass 4 Reader. TransCore supplies some
of the materials; other materials must be obtained from other sources.
Contents of Shipping Carton
Ensure that you have received all parts before beginning your pre-installation Encompass 4 Reader tests.
Your Encompass 4 Reader is packaged with the following materials:
• One Encompass 4 Reader
• One mounting bracket and the mounting hardware
• One Encompass 4 Reader Quick Start Guide
• Any accessories ordered as options as listed in Table 7.
Required accessories
These may be ordered as accessories from TransCore or obtained from other sources.
• Power/communications cable harness
• 110V AC wall transformer or a 12V AC to 18V AC step-up transformer
1 The Encompass 4 Reader is designed with an integrated patch antenna or with a RF cable connector for use with an external antenna. Unless noted in
the text, “antenna” refers to an “external antenna.”
Encompass 4 Reader System Guide
TransCore Proprietary.
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