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Power Negotiation - When the Power Negotiation option is set as enabled, and committed, the FX7500
reader starts power negotiation. Power negotiation occurs only if the reader is powered from a switch
that is capable of LLDP based power negotiation. If the reader is powered from a source that does not
support LLDP, power negotiation can still be enabled and disabled, but the reader does not carry out any
power negotiation.
The moment the power source is switched to an LLDP enabled switch, power negotiation occurs at
startup if it was enabled from the UI previously.
After power negotiation is enabled, and committed, it takes approximately 2 to 5 minutes to reach the
PoE+ level. This is the time taken for LLDP packet exchange between the reader and the switch for
power negotiation.
These settings only affect the display. Use Commit/Discard on page 4-45 to save the changes.
Read Points
Click Read points in the selection menu to configure the read point settings and view the current read points
state.
Figure 4-14
Configure Read Points
Antenna Status
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Status buttons - indicate the status of the reader read points:
• Green: Connected - Read point is enabled and an antenna is connected to the port.
• Red: Not connected - Read point is enabled, but no antenna is connected to the port.
• Yellow: User disabled - The user disabled the read point.
Click a read point’s status button to view and/or change the selected antenna configuration.
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Refresh Interval - Sets the refresh interval (in seconds) to update the readpoint status. The minimum
value is 10 seconds and the maximum value allowed is 86,400 seconds. Input a new value and click
Change to set a new interval.
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Maintenance mode - Places the reader in maintenance mode which intermittently drives PWR, ACT,
and STAT LEDs to easily locate the reader. Also enables quick reporting of antenna status by setting the
refresh interval to 2 seconds. Note that you can not modify the refresh interval in this mode.