User's Manual

CHAPTER 6 READER-HOST PROTOCOL
NANOSCANNER READER USER GUIDE DOC # 8101029-000 REV A 46
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Most of the pages served up by the Web server are simple HTML pages.
However there also a number of simple Java Applets that are used to provide an
interactive environment for reading tags in the field. These Java Applets are all
Java 1.1 compliant applets and will work in standard Netscape and Internet
Explorer browsers.
Once access with the reader has been established through the Web, you may
execute any of the reader commands discussed in this chapter. The presentation
of these commands differs from command-line operation only in the simplicity
and convenience of the HTML screens and prompts.
Web-based
HTML screen
showing general
commands tab
with username
and password
fields.