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CHAPTER 7: RFID COMMANDS
COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
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C OMMAND 07 (READ TAG ID) – ABX FAST C OMMAND E XAMPLE
This example instructs the controller to retrieve a tag’s ID. In this example, the 8-byte tag
ID number is E0040100002E16AD. A Timeout Value of two seconds is set for the
completion of this command.
Command from Host
PARAMETER FIELD CONTENT
Header
0x02, 0x02
Command Size
0x0003
Command ID
0x07
Timeout Value
0x07D0
Checksum
Optional
Terminator
0x03
Response from Controller
PARAMETER FIELD CONTENT
Header
0x02, 0x02
Response Size
0x0009
Command Echo
0x07
Tag ID
(bytes 1-8)
0xE0 0x04 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x2E 0x16 0xAD
Checksum
Optional
Terminator
0x03