User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Mercury4 & 5 Reader User Guide
- Appendix A: Mercury4 Antenna Information
- Appendix B: M5 Antenna Information
Controlling the Reader
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Controlling the Reader
The Reader uses RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to read and write data stored
on RFID Tag(s).
The reader provides three levels of access to RFID Tag(s):
Browser-Based Interface—A web browser controls high-level reader operations via a
Java applet.
See Using the Browser-Based Interface
of this manual.
RQL—An intermediate form of accessing the tags is available via the RQL (reader
query language) application, operating similarly to an SQL (structured query
language) database server.
See the Reader Query Protocol and RQL
manual or download it from ThingMagic at
http://www.thingmagic.com/html/support/manuals.htm
API—Finally, low-level APIs (application programming interface) provide fine control
over all aspects of the reader. The reader supports UHF antennas, which are
available separately. The reader supports multiple configurations of UHF antenna
ports and transfers data to a remote computer over a network connection.
See the Yagi 2.4 API Setup & Reference Guide
.