1. RFD4031 UHF RFID Premium/Premium+ Sled Product Reference Guide
  2. 123RFID Desktop Application
  3. Application Features
  4. Bluetooth Settings
  • RFD4031 UHF RFID Premium/Premium+ 
Bluetooth Settings

Bluetooth Settings

123RFID Desktop tool can discover, connect, and configure Bluetooth settings for online and offline readers. This section provides information about Bluetooth configuration changes for online and offline readers, including enabling and disabling discovery and configuring the discovery timeout.
There are three modes of Bluetooth discovery:
  1. Always discoverable
    : Enabling Bluetooth discovery and setting the discoverable timeout value to 0 changes the Bluetooth to always be discoverable and always available for pairing.
  2. Never discoverable
    : Disabling Bluetooth discovery changes the Bluetooth to never be discovered, and the device is unavailable for pairing.
  3. Limited discovery or Time Out
    : Enabling Bluetooth discovery and providing the Discoverable timeout value makes the device pairable for the specified time.
To configure online Bluetooth settings:
  1. Launch 123RFID Desktop
  2. Click
    Find Readers
    . Readers that are available to connect are listed under the Available Readers section.
  3. Click
    Connect
      next to the reader you intend to connect with. Once connected, the reader moves and is listed under Connected Readers.
  4. Click
    Configure
    , select the reader, then Edit the configuration on the reader, followed by General.
  5. Change the
    Bluetooth Discovery
     and
    Discoverable
     timeout values to the desired time range. These updated settings are directly applied to the readers.
To configure offline Bluetooth settings:
  1. Launch 123RFID Desktop
  2. On the
    Configure
     tab, click
    Offline Configuration
     and select
    Bluetooth
     as the
    Plugin Type
    .
  3. Configure the Bluetooth settings and save the configuration in either .rfdcfg or .DAT format.
To connect the reader and load the configuration file:
  1. Select the reader on the
    Configure
     tab and click
    Load a Saved config file to the reader
    .
  2. Browse to the saved configuration file. The load configuration window displays.
  3. Click
    Load Configuration to Readers
    .