1. Resonate RFID Reader Management 2.1 User Guide
  2. Enabling Communication with the RFID Readers
  3. Selecting from Discovered Devices
  • Resonate RFID Reader Management 2.1 User Guide
Selecting from Discovered Devices
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Selecting from Discovered Devices

When you run the
Resonate Device Initializer
 utility in device-discovery mode, the
Infrastructure
Discovered Devices
 page in the
web interface
 displays the list of compatible RFID readers discovered on the same subnet as the utility, which are not yet managed by
Resonate RFID Reader Management
. From this list, you must select the readers that
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 should manage, allowing it to communicate with the readers.
  1. Navigate to
    Infrastructure
    Discovered Devices
    .
    Discovered RFID readers appear on the discovered-devices grid as
    Resonate Device Initializer
     discovers them. To force a refresh, click
    Refresh
     in the secondary top bar. Discovery stops when you stop the
    Resonate Device Initializer
     utility.
    Screenshot of discovered RFID readers on the Discovered Devices page.
  2. If necessary, filter the list of discovered RFID readers using the filter options on the left.
    You can filter the list by status, device model, site name, name, and serial number.
  3. Select Device Settings
    Device Settings
    Accept Device
     at the far right of an RFID reader's row to have
    Resonate RFID Reader Management
     manage it.
    When you click
    Accept Device
    ,
    Resonate RFID Reader Management
     upgrades the reader's firmware, if necessary, and configures the device. Therefore, it is critical that you select the correct device.
    Screenshot of the options presented when you click the reader's Device Settings button.
    If an RFID reader fails and you want to replace it with a discovered reader, select Device Settings
    Device Settings
    Replace Device
     instead. This allows you to maintain the original reader's configuration and use it for the new reader, without having to manually configure the new reader.
    If an RFID reader should not have been discovered (for example, a truly unknown device that someone has on the network), select Device Settings
    Device Settings
    Reject Device
    . The reader is removed from the list, will not be managed by
    Resonate RFID Reader Management
    , and will not be discovered on subsequent runs of
    Resonate Device Initializer
    .
When
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 can communicate with an RFID reader to manage it,
Resonate
 removes the reader from the
Infrastructure
Discovered Devices
 page, moves it to the
Infrastructure
Devices
 page, upgrades its firmware (if necessary), and configures it.