Introduction¶
This section guides user to setup Portal Directionality.
Important
Portal Directionality mode is only applicable to ATR7000 Readers. For full set of supported commands refer to the Portal Directionality Deployment Guide section.
The web interface does not allow the usage of the start and stop directionality app. The task can only be accomplished by utilizing local_rest or Mqtt.
Portal Directionality Web Interface¶
Portal Directionality can be configured using the reader web UI.
Click Portal Directionality on the navigation menu.
The Portal Directionality webpage opens up in a new tab.
Note
Note: Navigating to the portal directionality page will change the operating mode configuration to Directionality and add an endpoint named “PDWC” to the list of configured endpoints.
You may be prompted with a login window. Use the same credentials as the ones used to login to the reader.
Important
Launching Portal Directionality for the first time on a reader may take several minutes to load up
Layout¶
Once the Portal Directionality page is up, it will load up the Directionality Events Table and Zone Plan sections as shown below
The directionality dashboard has three main sections:
Directionality Events Table: The left side, Directionality Events, displays the ongoing directionality tag events.
Zone Plan: The right side is a spatial graph that displays the number of tags present in various zones with respect to the reader.
Settings: The menu button on the top-left corner of the page opens the settings and advanced settings menus.
Directionality Events Table¶
The Directionality Events Table displays information on current tags and transitions. The table consists of the following columns
Tag: A list of unique tags in the field of view
Timestamp: Indicates when a tag event was reported
- Previous Zone -> Current Zone: This column reports the tag transition events. There are three possible events.
NEW: Indicates that the tag has just entered a zone. In such a scenario, the zone the tag was detected in is reported. In case of a new event, the previous zone of the tag will not be reported.
TRANSITION: 1=>3 indicates a transition event where the tag in question has moved from zone 1 to zone 3. If the tag has not moved from it’s zone, this field will report the zone the tag is found in.
TIMED_OUT: Indicates a tag has timed out. Occurs when the tag in question has not reported to the reader within a set interval.
Zone Plan¶
The Zone Plan graph displays the spatial arrangement of the zones with respect to the ATR.
The orientation of the ATR is displayed on the graph with a tiny arrow pointing upwards. The arrow corresponds to the North of the ATR. If the orientation of the ATR does not align with the default positions of the zones, It can be configured in the orientation configuration section in the settings menu.
- The user can switch between a 4 Zone and a 6 Zone plan.
- The names of the zones can also be changed. In case a name is changed, the names of all other zones should also be updated as needed.
Note
Hit Apply in the directionality settings menu to apply Zone Name changes.
START: Start reading and reporting tags
STOP: Stop reading but tags will report the TIMED_OUT events.
Clear: Clear the events and zones graph of reported tags.
Export: Exports the output in the form of a csv file.
Directionality Settings¶
Reader Height: Defines the height at which the reader is placed. It can be fixed at any height within the range of 10 and 20 feet.
Tag Height: Height of tag (in feet).
Zones: Defines the number of zones the atr classifies the tags into. The ATR can switch between a 4 zone and a 6 zone setup. The zones can be renamed on the spatial graph.
Orientation: Defines the Orientation of the tag (in degrees). The values are within the range of 0 and 360 degrees.
Zone Inner Width: Defines the inner zone width in feet.
Zone Extension: The extension of the main zone into one another (in feet).
Beam Configuration: Density of Beams. Can be switched between Default, Dense and Sparse
Filter tags with Prefix: Defines a mask to filter reported tags with.
Report Updates: Duration to report tag updates even if no transition (value in seconds) (-1 is never report).
Tag Timeout: Minimum duration until a tag is deemed “gone” (in seconds).
Hysteresis Distance: Set the distance (in feet) a tag must travel into a zone to be able to move back into previous zone.
Apply: Applies the set configuration to the reader
Reset: Resets the UI to display the current configuration on the reader.
Export: Exports the json configuration as a text file.
Import: Imports a local configuration onto the reader. Refer to Operating Mode Schemas on how to create a raw configuration
For full set of supported commands refer to the Portal Directionality Deployment Guide section.