URA should now populate with the tag EPCs being read.įor more information regarding the Universal Reader Assistant tool, please see Using Universal Reader Assistant. You do not need additional power adapters or extra cables. The transmission speed is 12 Mbps (USB 2.0).
Open the Universal Reader Assistant (URA) tool and select the Connect button at the top.View this device's Properties, and under the Hardware tab, the device's COM port should be listed. The USB reader should be listed as something similar to "FT232RUSB UART". This can be done by navigating to the Devices and Printers section in Control Panel (for Windows machine) and finding the reader there. Find the COM port assigned to the reader on your PC.If the Power led (PWR on the reader) does not light, plug the red auxillary power USB-A connector into another USB port on the PC. Be sure to plug the black USB-A connector into the PC.
Connect the USB reader to the PC via the provided USB cable.Alternatively, the latest version of the Universal Reader Assistant can be downloaded and installed on your PC, which will also install the necessary drivers for the reader. The drivers should be downloaded to a known directory on the computer in case they need to be accessed at a later time.
#Universal usb card reader driver how to#
This article will briefly show how to setup the ThingMagic USB Plus+ Reader This article can also be applied to similar ThingMagic USB devices.