01/01 Rev. 2.13-01 SERVICE MANUAL TTX x50/67x – Wildcats (plus) – TTX Laminator– TDI/STDI/XXtreme Schaltpläne / Circuit Diagrams, Page 1 – S 45/65/95/105 – TTK/Texxtile HowToRFID Schaltpläne / Circuit Diagrams, Page 1 Schaltpläne / Circuit Diagrams – 01/01 Rev. 2.13-01 SERVICE MANUAL TTX x50/67x – Wildcats (plus) – TTX Laminator– TDI/STDI/XXtreme Display-Platine Schaltplan / Display Board Diagram .................................
HowToRFID Revision history Revision Date Author Changes N/A Before 2007 M. Leiblich Changes have not been tracked in the past 7 2007-12-19 R. Boettcher Layout and document structure reworked Section RFID basics removed Section EasyPlug command description limited to commands not already described in the EasyPlug manual (part of the printer documentation) 8 2008-05-30 R. Boettcher 9 2008-06-26 R.
HowToRFID Revision Date Author Changes 12 2008-09-22 R. Boettcher Section 3.3.2.1: List of approved AWID Firmware versions updated Section 1.1: added “PEM” in the list of RFID enabled systems Section 2.3: added part numbers for PEM / HF RFID kits Section 2.4.4 “Using pre qualified supplies”: added a reference to the “RFID Label Design & Printer Setup Guide” and the RFID inlay qualification process Section 4.
HowToRFID Content 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.4.5 2.4.6 2.4.7 2.4.8 2.4.9 2.5 3 3.1 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.3 3.3.1 3.3.2 4 4.1 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.2 4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 5 5.1 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.2 5.2.1 5.2.2 5.3 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5 6 Summary of supported RFID features...................................................................................................6 RFID enabled systems (machines)...............................................
HowToRFID 6.1 6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2.3 6.2.4 Hot spot test (UHF Technology) .............................................................................................42 EPC class1 Gen2 features......................................................................................................42 Write / Read / Print EPC with 96bit (using variable data handling approach).....................42 Write / Read / Print EPC with 96bit (using legacy commands) ...........................................
HowToRFID 1 Summary of supported RFID features 1.1 RFID enabled systems (machines) System UHF Technology HF Technology Region AP 5.4 supported not supported EU / US / Korea 64-04 / 64-05 / 64-06 supported supported EU / US / Korea ALX 924 / ALX 926 supported not supported EU / US / Korea PEM not supported supported For details please see section 2.2 and 2.3. Limitations − 1.2 64-0x printers: the combination of dispenser option and RFID option is not supported.
HowToRFID Feature / Classification Operations Supported standards / variants / options Notes General R = read content of data field optional 2 pass verification of written W= write / change content of data field data Data field specific EPC: R / W / L / U User memory: R / W / L / U TID: R Access password: W / L / U Kill password: W / L / U AFI field (*1): R / W Tag data encoding standards L = lock (write protect) data field (requires a nonzero access password) U = unlock (remove write
HowToRFID 1.3 HF Technology Feature / Classification Supported standards / variants / options Regions / Frequencies global: 13.
HowToRFID Manufacturer Tag type Name ID I•CODE 1 (A) I•CODE SLI (A) I•CODE EPC (B) I•CODE UID (B) Tag-it HF Tag-it HF ISO (A) My-d (A) My-d V2 (A) 2 3 7 8 * 4 1 1 512 bit 1024 bit 96 bit EPC / no UID 192 bit / with UID 256 bit 2048 bit 10240 bit 10240 bit Impinj (1) EPC class 0 EPC class 1 U•CODE EPC 1.
HowToRFID Application Country Description Variant Part number LH/RH Korea (910~914MHz) Option for ALX/DPM 6" Option for 64-04/05 X1452 X1675 Option for 64-06 Option for AP 5.4 Option for ALX/DPM 4/5" Option for ALX/DPM 6" 64 bit series “High Performance” – RoHS compliant – Generation 3 Option for 64-04/05 HP HF WW (13.56 MHz) Option for 64-06 HP Option for PEM 4/5” UHF EU (869.
HowToRFID 2.4.
HowToRFID Printer 64-0X AP 5.4 ALX 92x / DPM PH-CT [mm] 17.13 17.00 n/a PH-TB [mm] 10.50 10.00 n/a PH-CA [mm] 62.00 46.50 50.00 PH-DE [mm] 24.20 (short dispensing edge) 39.80 (long dispensing edge) MBF [mm] 48.50 16 ca. 100 Table 3 –Paper path dimensions of printer relevant for RFID 2.4.3 Inlay position / Tag antenna coupling Smart labels with RFID functionality are treated by the printer in a two phase process.
HowToRFID Material Feed Direction Label X-1 Label X Label X+1 1 Label X-1 Label X Label X+1 2 Label X-1 Label X Label X+1 3 Label X+1 0123456789 4 Label X ABCD (1234) Label X-1 Figure 3: processing steps of RFID encoding and label printing: (1) resting position before start of RFID processing / printing (2) back-feeding of label to the RFID encoding position (move inlay antenna to best-match position with printer antenna) (3) forward-feeding to bring start of label to dot line again (af
HowToRFID 2.4.4 Using pre qualified supplies RFID starter kits Avery Dennison offers RFID starter kits for the RFID printers. The starter kit contains also RFID supplies (labels). For those supplies a pre qualification was made and the parameters for adjusting the printer to this supply are available on the supply data sheet. The supply is referenced by an Avery article number.
HowToRFID 2.4.6 Hotspot-/Profile test How to execute the hotspot-/profile test To find an optimized antenna position, execute a “Hotspot test”. To execute a hotspot test use the menu item “RFID Parameters / Hotspot test”. Repeat the Hotspot test with different power level settings to find a combination of power level and antenna offset which makes sure only the inlay in direct contact (located nearby) the antenna is processed and no adjacent read or writes occur.
HowToRFID AD 222 in 64-05 with AWID-EU reader module AD-222 in AP 5.4 AWID-EU reader module How to select the antenna offset Choose a region where at least 3 x 3 adjacent “dots” of the matrix show a successful writing. If there is more then one region like this, choose one which is located near the center-line of the antenna in the printer (see 2.4.4).
HowToRFID Limitations of this test The built-in hotspot-/profile test was designed to be a customer self-care instrument. It can not completely replace the advanced and more detailed tests made during the inlay qualification process done by Avery Dennison. If published printer settings are available for a specific inlay, it’s highly recommend to use that settings before making several trials with self determined settings.
HowToRFID For UHF technology the step “selecting the tag” is skipped (not necessary). The RFID processing starts immediately with the requested write or read operations. If one of the operations fails (is not successful) the label gets invalidated in the same way is described for HF technology. 2.4.8 Processing failures (errors) – Bad tag signaling As mentioned before if the RFID processing fails the label is invalidate.
HowToRFID 2.5 Using a cutter There is a limitation by moving not more than 48 mm backwards for 64-0x and 17 mm for AP 5.4. For relevant antenna positions in different machine/printer types see 2.4.4 This limitation must be considered if labels with a non-optimal inlay placement shall become processed. The inlay must be placed behind the optimal position (away from top of label) to prevent additional back feeding for reaching the RFID operation position.
HowToRFID 3 3.1 Prepare the printer Configuration 3.1.1 Activating the RFID-option The very first thing to do for using RFID in an AVERY printer is to activate the RFID option. To activate RFID set parameter „Interface Parameter / OPTIONS / RFID Option“ to the value of appropriate COM interface (internal serial RS232 interface). After confirming the entry the printer reboots itself with appropriate settings for internal use of COM. Printer type AP 5.4 (Marlin CPU board) AP 5.
HowToRFID The following table provides the correlation between the numerical setting and the physical value for the EU module (C1616, hardware Rev A 2.6HR1) and the US module (C1184, hardware Rev E). C1616 – EU Module (Rev A 2.6HR1) C1183 – US Module (Rev E) Please note: range 0..30 dBm Please note: range 18..
HowToRFID Power control by “dBm” scaled values Starting with printer firmware version Vx.34 the direct control of the “attenuation” parameter was removed and a new parameter “Power level in dBm” was introduced. The printer detects the built-in RFID reader module type + hardware revision and uses an internal mapping table from the value in dBm to the attenuation value to be send to the RFID reader module.
HowToRFID 3.1.4 Chip protection Another useful feature that can be activated on demand is “Chip protection”. Chips are part of the RFID inlay inside a smart label. Most often they are much thicker than label material. Printing means putting pressure and heat to foil and label. This might damage the chip. To prevent damage to the area where the chip resides, the print head can be lifted in this area. Any printed output within the protected area is prevented.
HowToRFID Adjusting the punch level The punch detection for RFID labels can be a little bit tricky due to the different “darkness” of the different zones of in RFID label: liner only, liner + paper, liner + paper + RFID inlay plastics, liner + paper + RFID inlay antenna. If it is not possible with the automatic punch detection mode to get reliable punch detection, the manual punch detection might help.
HowToRFID 3.3 AWID RFID module firmware update 3.3.1 Update procedure Note: firmware update for RFID reader module is handled like normal printer firmware update (compare printer service manual), especially “*.ihb” files are treated like “*.s3b” files 4) Update printer firmware to appropriate version named in column “printer firmware”. 5) Update main reader firmware to version in same row (e.g. 4.
HowToRFID 3.3.2 3.3.2.1 Dependencies Printer firmware / Reader module firmware Applicable for UHF printer only (with RFID module from AWID). Bold highlighted versions are the most current approved and recommended versions. Version Main Version I/Q Purpose 2.05M ?? original version Printer firmware 640x / ALX 92X / DPM AP5.4 < V3.40 none C1183 – US Versions (Rev E) 2.17M 2.10 split version US 915 MHz >= V3.40 >= V2.50 2.24M 4.03 adds EPC class 1 Gen2 US >= V4.00X1 >= V3.00X1 2.28M 4.
HowToRFID 3.3.2.2 Hardware compatibility list (AWID reader modules only) Region Frequency Article number US 902-928MHz C1183 Identifier on module Approved Firmware UHF (902-928 MHz) MPR 1510AE-RM REV: E and/or P/N: MPR1510AE-RM 2.33M + I/Q 4.11 EU 869.525MHz C1616 UHF (869.525 MHz) a) REV:H and/or P/N: MPR1580AH-RM b) MPR1580A-RM REV: A and HW: 2.6HR1 c) 251060-001, Rev: A and HW 2.6HR1 2.12Ra + I/Q 4.12 4.10B + I/Q 4.06 4.07B + I/Q 4.06 Korea 910-914 MHz C1674 UHF (902-928 MHz) MPR-1510AH.
HowToRFID 4 RFID Transponder / tags / inlays 4.1 Memory layout (data fields) of RFID Tags 4.1.1 HF Technology HF Technology is based on a flat memory model without separation into specialized memory areas. All data is organized as blocks of memory with equal size. Note: a block of memory can only be written as a whole. Write operations where the length of data provided is not a multiple of the size of a block are padded with 00 bytes.
HowToRFID Field [data type ID] User data [0] Contents / function − − − also called user memory is organized in blocks of 2 bytes size varies (depending from chip type) from 0 to X 0 224 (28): NXP G2 512 (64): NXP G2XM Kill password [3] − this password must be referenced when using “Kill tag” command must be 4 bytes is defined in [EPC3] 32 (4) Write only this password must be used to authorize certain access to tag memory e.g.
HowToRFID 4.2 Inlay qualification 4.2.1 The inlay qualification process Using only the built-in functionality of the RFID enabled printer it’s more or less difficult to find out the best settings for the RFID parameters to process a given RFID label in a safe manner. Furthermore some of the very important parameters are already fixed (unchangeable) if a converted RFID label is used.
HowToRFID 4.2.2 RFID Label Design & Printer Setup Guide + RFID Suppy Specifications Avery Dennison publishes documents called “RFID Label Design & Printer Setup Guide”. The content of this document is the essential extract of the inlay qualification process required for system setup. There are several “RFID Label Design & Printer Setup Guides”, one for each RFID enabled printer and RF regulatory region. So care must be taken to use the right document as reference.
HowToRFID Dim. LG Definition Horizontal inlay placement “x-pos” LF Minimum inlay pitch / distance “pitch” Minimum label length LD OPL RFID operation position relative to top of label OPA RFID operation position relative to start of inlay antenna Explanation Horizontal placement of inlay relative to the left edge of the liner – physically to the inside side of the paper path in the printer. Dimension is given with a +/- 5mm tolerance.
HowToRFID 5 Reading and writing RFID data using EasyPlug 5.1 Design an EASYPLUG job 5.1.1 The Basics There are several specialized RFID commands and some extended commands. Some of these commands are mandatory and some are optional depending on your application. (For example: the #IM command is extended with antenna offset. This is mandatory information, because a non-zero offset indicates a RFID job.
HowToRFID Technology / Tag type Data field UHF Technology EPC Code EPC Class 1 Gen 2 TID Read data field #RT//2 #RT//1 Write data field #SRF2 + #VR/T #RFW2 #SRF1 + #VR/T #RFW1 #SRF2 + #VW/T (*1) #RFL1/2 #RFR/2 + #RFH #SRF1 + #VW/T N/A #SRF2 + #VR/T + #SI8 + #VW/I #SRF2 + #VW/T + #SI8 + #VW/I Protect (Lock) data field Read data field and send data to host Write data field and send data to host HF echnology User memory Various UID EAS-Bit AFI / DSFID field User memory Access password Kill
HowToRFID 5.2.2 Other RFID operations Operation Command(s) Read data from tag and send to host #RFR + #RFH Lock / unlock fields (memory areas) #RFL There is no equivalent for this operation using the variable data handling approach. Measurement (Hotspot test) #RM Only supported up to version x33. 5.3 5.3.
HowToRFID Coding scheme Description Valid characters Length Bin (Binary) Each character in a variable presents one physical byte Any value a byte can have (0-255) 1 character = 1 byte of data Hex (HexASCII) HexAscii encoded binary data 0-9, A-F 2 characters = 1 byte of data Dual (BinaryASCII) Bitwise encoded binary data (MSB first orientation) 0/1 8 characters = 1 byte of data Dec (Decimal) Decimal presentation of numbers 0-9 Variable depending from value of the number Table 15 – Data co
HowToRFID 5.3.4 Read and Write operations Reading and/or writing data requires always the use of a variable + two explicit commands 1) Define a variable using #VDT (or #VDE / #VDD) 2) define target field (or data type) with #SRF command 3) read or write data with #VR/T or #VW/T command using the variable defined in 1) or an constant expression The source of data to be written to the tag can be any variable or any constant expression used as DATA parameter in the #VW/T/ command.
HowToRFID *2) “n” parameter required *3) “n” parameter optional - for limiting size of data returned for read operations #SRFt/bfs/n/r#G opt. b = = L Least significant byte of block first (default) : Bytes of data (provided with the #VW/T command) are written on transponder beginning with the LSB first. M Most significant byte of block first: Bytes of (provided with the #VW/T command) are written on transponder beginning with the MSB first. opt.
HowToRFID 5.3.4.2 #VR/T – Reading data from tag Use #VR/T/ command. For details see [A0164]. 5.3.4.3 #VW/T – Writing data to the tag Use the #VW/I/ command. For details see [A0164]. 5.3.
HowToRFID #SIr/n/h#G n = int number of bytes to respond = string header used as prefix of data to respond #SIr/n/h#G h For details see [A0164]. 5.3.5.2 #VW/I – Sending data to the host Use the #VW/I/ command. For details see [A0164]. 5.3.5.3 #RFC – Special RFID commands Definition Sends a command sequence to the RFID reader module to trigger special operations which are not mapped / part of the regular read/write/lock operations.
HowToRFID standard. It implements only the write protection which can be reversed any time by issuing a unlock command with the right access password.
HowToRFID 6 Applications / Examples 6.1 Hot spot test (UHF Technology) Please note: the activation of the hotspot test via #RM command only supported in firmware version <= x.33. Starting with X.34 version the test can be activated only via the menu. Preparing the printer / print-job: Set antenna offset to zero. Deactivate chip protection feature. Choose correct tag type (15) Note: this is an example: Modify #IMSR for your label/tag needs. Especially label size. sample job #!A1 #IMSR102.0/155.
HowToRFID #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#G Encode tag and print data #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#SRF2 #VW/T/HexToBin(EPCDataWrite)#G #VR/T/EPCDataVerify#G #SF103 #J21#T7#VW/L/"EPC (1: write to tag ): "+EPCDataWrite#G #J25#T7#VW/L/"EPC (2: verify): "+BinToHex(EPCDataVerify)#G #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#Q1/ 6.2.
HowToRFID #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#G Define variables #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#VDT/EPCDataVerify////#G #VDT/EPC_Header////00110001#G #G SSCC-96 (dual/bitwise encoded) #VDT/EPC_Filter////000#G #G Filter value (dual/bitwise encoded), modify this to your needs! #VDT/EPC_Partition////5#G #G (dual/bitwise encoded) #VDT/EPC_Company////4011661#G #G Company code (decimal number) modify this
HowToRFID #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#G Encode tag and print data #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#SRF2 #VW/T/EPCDataWrite#G #VR/T/EPCDataVerify#G #SF103 #J21#T7#VW/L/"EPC 1-to be written : "+BinToHex(EPCDataWrite)#G #J25#T7#VW/L/"EPC 2-verify after write: "+BinToHex(EPCDataVerify)#G #G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------#G each label is encoded with a
HowToRFID #T1.0#J10.0 #YT103////Block 0..3:#G #T20.0#J10.0 #RT103/0/0/B/0/4 #G read + print block starting at address 4 #T1.0#J14.0 #YT103////Block 4..7:#G #T20.0 #RT103/0/0/B/4/4 #G read + print block starting at address 8 #T1.0#J18.0 #YT103////Block 8..11:#G #T20.0 #RT103/0/0/B/8/4 #G read + print block starting at address 12 #T1.0#J22.0 #YT103////Block 12..13:#G #T20.0 #RT103/0/0/B/12/2 #G read + print EPC #T1.0#J30.0 #YT103////EPC:#G #RT103/0/2/B/0/2 #Q1#G 6.2.
HowToRFID #G --- Write EPC #RFW2/B/1///24/0102030405060708090A0B0C#G #G --- Lock EPC (see notes to lock access password above) #RFL1/2/B/F1D2C300#G #Q1#G 6.2.6 Writing a SSCC-96 to tag The following example it’s assumed there is SSCC given with a partition value of 5 (7 digits company prefix and 9 digits serial reference). The extension digit and check digit are required and shall not be cut off before encoding.
HowToRFID #G <<< syntax for FW-versions >= Vx.
HowToRFID Jobs and logos files as embedded objects (not extractable from the PDF version): EPC logo (203 DPI) Sample job EPC logos (300 DPI) U:\Project\E257 U:\Project\E257 U:\Project\E257 U:\Project\E257 U:\Project\E257 (RFID UHF)\Application\EPC-RFID (RFID UHF)\Application\EPC-RFID Shipping label\Raw\EPC Shipping Logo 203x203-bw.bmp label\Download_EPC_Logo_203_DPI.
HowToRFID #G --- read SSCC/NVE from barcode scanner (or keyboard) #VTS/NVE/Z/20///00340123451234567895#G #G VDT/NVE////00340123451234567895#G #G --- calculate check digit #VDE/NVE_Pruefziffer/Mod10(SubStr(NVE,2,17))#G #G --- convert NVE to EPC-96 (for partition value = 5) #G ATTENTION: due to a change of the syntax of the PadLeft / PadRigth functions the right #G expression/formula for the EPC96 variable depending from the FW-version must #G be selected #VDE/EPC_Company/DecToBin(SubStr(NVE,3,7))#G #VDE/E
HowToRFID #VR/T/EPC96_Read#G #G --- PRINTING --#G --- print EPC on label #T70 #J57 #FD/2/ #SF102#VW/L/"EPC (Hex) = "+BinToHex(EPC96_Read)#G #G --- print barcode #FD/1/ #T95 #J67 #SB15/MNXK/23/6 #VW/L/NVE#G #G --- print SSCC (NVE) #FD/1/ #T32 #J64 #SS101//119X80/0 #VW/L/SubStr(NVE,2,18) +" "+ NVE_Pruefziffer#G#G #G --- graphics #T61 #J60 #YG/1///C:\GRAPHICS\EPCLOGO.BMP#G #G --- fixed data #T0 #J60 #YL0/0/00.50/100 #T19 #J60 #YL0/1/00.50/90 #T64 #J60 #YL0/1/00.
HowToRFID Use the #RFC command (see 5.3.5.3) to modify the EAS bit. Please note: the “Lock EAS” command is irreversible. After executing this command the EAS can’t be modified any more.
HowToRFID 7 References [ISO15693] ISO 15693 Identification cards – Contactless integrated circuit(s) cards – Vicinity cards – Part 3: Anti-collision and transmission protocol [EPC1] EPC global – EPC tag data standards version 1.3, 8-March-2006 [EPC2] EPC global – Tag Data Translation (TDT) revision 1.0, January-21-2006 [EPC3] EPC global – EPC Radio-Frequency Identity Protocols Class-1 Generation2 UHF RFID – Protocol for Communications at 860 MHz – 960 MHz Version 1.2.
