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CHAPTER 7: RFID COMMANDS
COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
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C OMMAND 38 (GET C ONTROLLER I NFO)–CBX C OMMAND E XAMPLE
Command from Host
DESCRIPTION MSB LSB
Overall Length of Command
0x00 0x06
AA
in MSB
Command ID
in LSB (0x38:Get Controller
Info)
0xAA
0x38
0x00
in MSB
Node ID in LSB
(Cobalt –IND = 01)
0x00 0x01
Not Used:
(default: 0x00, 0x00)
0x00 0x00
Not Used:
(default: 0x00, 0x00)
0x00 0x00
Not Used:
(default: 0x00, 0x00)
0x00 0x00
Response from Controller
DESCRIPTION MSB LSB
Overall Length of Response
(in words)
0x00 0x06 + number of
additional data
words retrieved
Command Echo
0xAA
0x38
Instance Counter
in MSB
Node ID Echo
in LSB
Instance
Counter
0x01
Month
and
Day
timestamp
Month Day
Hour
and
Minute
timestamp
Hour Min
Seconds
timestamp in MSB
Number of Additional Data Bytes
Retrieved
in LSB
Seconds N-bytes
Node Info:
(bytes 1 & 2)
Node Info -
byte 1
Node Info - byte 2
Node Info:
(bytes 3 & 4) (…etc.)
Node Info -
byte 3
Node Info - byte 4