Installation Manual

Configuring 3.x Reader Firmware

38 750.001.003

Revised June 1999

Inc.

Data Bits 8

Parity None

Stop Bits 1

Flow Control None

Step 7: Click the OK button. If you are connecting to a Serial

Reader, the HyperTerminal’s main window will display the

five-digit ID numbers for any Tags in the field. Wiegand

and FTT Readers will not output anything to the screen

unless they are placed in diagnostics mode (See the

section Toggling Between Default and Diagnostic Modes,

page 42.)

Reader Commands

The following is a list of commands that can be sent to the Reader

via the terminal application.

Code Action

* Changes the Tag version that the Reader reads.

This should be checked to ensure that the Reader is

reading the correct version of Tag. A Reader can only read

2.0 Tags or 3.x Tags; it cannot read both.

# Changes the Reader ID to eliminate the potential of cross

talk.

& Turns on/off diagnostic mode.

$ Allows the Reader to act on a 254 code in addition to its

own ID number. This is only available for Wiegand

Readers.