ACURA’sRX210 User Manual Page 7 of 352.1 New Generation reader PropertiesThe L-A202/L-A210 and L-A211 family are significantly different fromthere predecessor the L-A201.These differences are summarized here and explained in more detail throughout themanual.Front End FilteringThe L-A202 / L-A210 / L-A211 utilize front end RF filtering allowing them to workextremely effectively in noisy RF environments including in direct proximity to other433MHZ emitters including TETRA band.RSSI ResponseThe L-A202 / L-A210 / L-A211 have a linear calibrated response, whichincludes operation at both High and Low gain modes.The sensitivity of the new readers is vastly superior to the L-A201 and allows bothgreater read range at large distances and also RSSI granularity allowing readers touse for reading tags as close up as 10cm.This close reading ability has obsoleted the requirement for PROX readers in the newproduct range; instead the user may simply apply a suitable RSSI filter.Buffer SizeThe L-A202 / L-A210 and L-A211 have a larger buffer size of 9 tags compared to theL-A201, which was 5 Tags.RJ45 ConnectionIn the event that a user connected up an L-A201 incorrectly there was a high chancethat the damage could be caused to the reader.All of the RJ45 connections on the L-A202/L-A210 and L-A211 are protected byself resetting fuses. In the event that the user makes a mistake and miss connectsthe reader, these fuses will set and the reader will appear to be dead. Check theconnection then allow the reader 2 seconds to reset.USB ConnectionAll the new generation of readers support configuration over USB.Before you get excited and plug it in please install the FTDI drivers first as detailedlater in the manual. This connection can be used for standalone applications.No NullsOne of the criticisms of the L-A201 network configuration was that in auto poll thesystem always reported NULL TAG packets when a reader that had an empty tagbuffer was polled. There is now an option to turn this off in the Protocol setting.Please note this option is only available for autopoll, a manually polled reader willalways respond back with a full or empty tag packet as its ACK.TTLTTL is not supported by the L-A202 / L-A210 / L-A211 Readers