CHAINWAY SR160 UHF Scanner User Manual

: June 3, 2024
: CHAINWAY

Table of Contents

SHENZHEN CHAINWAY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
SR160 UHF Scanner
Statement
1. Appearance
2. Device Connection
3. Operation
4. Functions
5. Parameter Setup
6. Others

SHENZHEN CHAINWAY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

SR160 UHF Scanner

CHAINWAY SR160 UHF Scanner

Statement

No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form, or by any electrical or mechanical means, without permission written from Chainway. This includes electronic or mechanical means, such as photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems. The material in this manual is subject to change without notice. The software is provided strictly on an “as is” basis. All software, including firmware, furnished to the user is on a licensed basis. Chainway grants to the user a non-transferable and nonexclusive license to use each software or firmware program delivered hereunder (licensed program). Except as noted below, such license may not be assigned, sublicensed, or otherwise transferred by the user without prior written consent of Chainway. No right to copy a licensed program in whole or in part is granted, except as permitted under copyright law. The user shall not modify, merge, or incorporate any form or portion of a licensed program with other program material, create a derivative work from a licensed program, or use a licensed program in a network without written permission from Chainway. Chainway reserves the right to make changes to any software or product to improve reliability, function, or design. Chainway does not assume any product liability arising out of, or in connection with, the application or use of any product, circuit, or application described herein.

No license is granted, either expressly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise under any Chainway intellectual property rights. An implied license only exists for equipment, circuits, and subsystems contained in Chainway products.

Chainway SR160 is a powerful UHF Scanner that supports both UHF RFID and 2D scanning. Adopting self-developed UHF RFID modules based on the latest Impinj E310 chip and offering excellent single-tag read/write performance, SR160 can read various electronic tags on the market fast and accurately with a maximum reading range of more than 30cm. The scanner also supports high-performance barcode scanning which can scan barcodes in all conditions, no matter whether they are scratched, dirty, damaged, poorly printed or displayed on the screen. SR160 can be widely used in retail chains, inventory management, warehouse logistics, manufacturing, and other application scenarios.

1. Appearance

2. Device Connection

(1) SR160 can be connected with PC through its cable.
(2) PC and software management, where UHFAPP.exe is an executable file, as shown in Pic 1.

CHAINWAY SR160 - Pic. 1

Pic.1

3. Operation

SR160 is a scanning gun device with RFID function. Its working principle is to directly output the scanned data to the cursor position. As long as the application is opened and the cursor position is located, the identified data can be output through the RFID scanning gun.

4. Functions

The SR160 scanning gun has three working modes:

1. RFID mode only enables RFID function, and the RFID reading data shall prevail. Switch the function to RFID mode through the yellow switch button on the back of the device. RFID mode light is on and the BARCODE mode light is off. The reading is successful, and the corresponding RFID top indicator is on.

CHAINWAY SR160 - Function 1a

2. Barcode mode
Only the barcode function is enabled, subject to the barcode reading data. Switch function to BARCODE mode through the yellow switch button on the back of the device, and the BARCODE mode light will be on and the RFID mode light will be off. The reading is successful, and the corresponding BARCODE top indicator is on.

CHAINWAY SR160 - Function 2b

3. Barcode RFID hybrid mode
Scan UHF tag and barcode at same time, take the data obtained first as the final data.
Switch the function to dual mode through the yellow switch button on the back of the device. BARCODE mode light On, RFID mode light.

5. Parameter Setup

Connect the SR160 scanner with computer through its cable, open the windows connection program UHFAPP, select USB as the communication mode, and click the “Open” button to connect.

CHAINWAY SR160 - Parameter Setup 1

Select 5-25 dBm power setting, and click the Set button to confirm the setting Get button to obtain the power set by the current module. If you select Save, it will be saved into the module and will take effect automatically next time.

Set the region

CHAINWAY SR160 - Parameter Setup 3

Set the buzzer, turn on the buzzer, and the device will emit a prompt tone when reading tags. Turn off the buzzer, and the device will not emit a prompt tone when reading the tag.

User Settings:
The special customization function is configured in user setting. The customization function is not described here.

6. Others

Click the “UHF information” button in the main menu to read the device hardware version and firmware version number, and click the “Temperature” button in the main menu to read the module temperature.