User's Manual

PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION - CAEN UHF RFID Readers Communication Protocol 10
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Description
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UpgradeArgument: a value representing the argument for the requested upgrade. Attribute value
has a maximum length of 255 bytes.
For TFTP upgrade (code 0x01) the string
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has the form: ‘<tftpserverip> : <filename>’.
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MemoryBank: a value representing the memory bank of a EPC Class 1 Generation 2 tag. Attribute
value is 2 bytes long and can assume the following values:
0x00 = Reserved Memory Bank
0x01 = EPC Memory Bank
0x02 = TID Memory Bank
0x03 = User Memory Bank
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Payload: a value representing the payload parameter for the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 lock command
(see the EPC Gen2 specification for details). Attribute value is 4 bytes long.
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G2Password: a value representing the Acess / Kill password parameter for the EPC Class 1 Gen 2
commands (see the EPC Gen2 specification for details). Attribute value is 4 bytes long.
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G2NSI: a value representing the numbering system identifier for the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 tags’ id
(see the EPC Gen2 specification for details). Attribute value is 2 bytes long.
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QParameter: a value representing the initial value for the Q parameter involved in the EPC Class 1
Gen 2 anticollision algorithm (see the EPC Gen2 specification for details). Attribute value is 2 bytes
long.
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ReaderInfo: a string
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indicating the model and the serial number of the reader.
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RFRegulation: a value representing the RF regulation to use. Attribute value is 2 bytes long and
can assume the following values:
0x00 = ETSI EN 302 208
0x01 = ETSI EN 300 220
0x02 = FCC
0x03 = Malaysia
0x04 = Japan
0x05 = Korea
0x06 = Australia
0x07 = China
0x08 = Taiwan
0x09 = Singapore
0x0A = Brazil
0x0B = Japan_STD_T106
0x0C = Japan_STD_T107
Note: not all the values are supported by all the readers. For the list of RF regulation supported by
each reader please refer to the reader’s user manual.
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RFChannel: a value representing the RF channel to use. Attribute value is 2 bytes long and can
assume values in the range 0 … 9. Channels are referred to the ETSI EN 302 208 regulation.
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RSSI: a value representing the backscattered RF field strenght. Attribute value is 2 bytes long.
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AVP_OPTION
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AVP_XPC a value representing the XPC word. Attribute value is 4 bytes long.
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AVP_PC a value representing the PC word. Attribute value is 4 bytes long.
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PowerSet: a value (mW) representing the RF power emitted during the communication with tags.
Attribute value is 4 bytes long (used to set a new current value).
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SourceName: a string
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representing the name of the data source. Attribute value has a maximum
length of 30 bytes and can assume the following values:
“Source_0”, “Source_1”, “Source_2”, “Source_3”
Tab. 2.1: Attribute types
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Regarding the string format our convention is to use a NULL terminate string, i.e. all the string end with 0x00.
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The reader info string 's format is in the form <reader name> <space> <serial number>.Regarding the string format our convention is to use a
NULL terminate string, i.e. all the string end with 0x00.
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Regarding the string format our convention is to use a NULL terminate string, i.e. all the string end with 0x00.