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CHAPTER 5

ReaderÙHost Protocol

The Reader <–> Host protocol is a text-based communications protocol for

configuring and operating the Alien Nanoscanner RFID reader for enterprise host

systems connectivity.

Introduction

This chapter describes the programming interface that links the Alien

Nanoscanner RFID reader to the outside world.

For a overview of the reader system, see Chapter 3: Nanoscanner System

Overview.

For instructions on setting up reader operation via a host computer, see Chapter

4: Reader-Host Communications Installation.

Reader Operation Overview

As detailed in Chapter 4, you may interact with the reader and configure its

operation using either of two methods:

• Text-based command line operation (via direct serial or Telnet connection)

• Web-based HTML operation

For the purposes of these instructions, the serial and Telnet operations will be

considered essentially identical. Where any significant differences exist in the

command line operation methods or the Web-based HTML operation, the

instructions will note those exceptions.