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Dual Wiegand to RS232 converter.


WIE232-A
low cost wiegand to RS232 convertor

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Technical Data
   Datasheet RFID Reader Module data
Various industrial products output a code in wiegand format. Often this is an inconvenient
form for reading to a PC or other device having only a RS232 serial port. This Wiegand to
RS232 converter is designed with 2 ports for taking up to 2 Wiegand sources using
Wiegand 26 bit format and converting it to a RS232 data stream at 9600 Baud. 
Its features are:
  • Input connectors for 2 separate wiegand streams.
  • Two RS232 output ports.
  • DC operation from 6.0V - 24.0V dc.
  • Wiegand 26 bit format (*1)
  • Outputs 6 hexadecimal ascii characters at 9600 Baud.
  • Small unit size of 53 x 63mm
  • 4 mounting holes
(*1) Other formats available on request.
                                           

Wiegand input format description:

Wiegand protocol provides 2 lines for data transfer. A pulsed transition on the DATA1 line indicates a logic
1 bit, while a pulsed transition on the DATA0 line indicates a logic 0 bit. In their idle state both lines are
held high. During data transfer the appropriate logic line will pulse low for 50uS followed by a period of
2ms where both lines are held high. In this fashion each bit is transmitted in sequence until all bits are sent.
The end of the transmission is signaled by both lines being held high for more than 50mS. Figure 1
shows an example of the timing sequence for Wiegand protocol.

wiegand protocol description

Wiegand 26 input format description:

Wiegand 26 protocol is defined as a stream of 26 bits, consisting of 1 Even parity bit, 24 data bits, and 1 Odd parity bit.

wiegand 26 protocol

The WIE232-A will read a signal presented in Wiegand 26 format and after checking for parity and bit length
will convert the data stream to a serial RS232 output on the corresponding output connector. As only 24 bits
of the 26 bit stream is data the string is converted to 6 ascii coded characters representing 24bits in
hexadecimal coding.
The format for this is:
            XXYYZZ<crn>     where    XX are the hexadecimal representation of bits 1-8
                                                        YY are the hexadecimal representation of bits 9-16
                                                        ZZ are the hexadecimal representation of bits 17-24
                                                        <crn> is a carriage return character $0D
The serial output stream is sent at 9600 Baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.






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