User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Communication Regulation Information
 - Chapter 1: Introducing the Mercury Embedded Reader
 - Chapter 2: Setting Up the Reader
 - Chapter 3: Using the Reader Assistant
 - Appendix A: Hardware Details
 - Appendix B: Error Messages
- Common Error Messages
- FAULT_MSG_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_DATA - (100h)
 - FAULT_INVALID_OPCODE - (101h)
 - FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_OPCODE - 102h
 - FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_HIGH - 103h
 - FAULT_MSG_INVALID_FREQ_RECEIVED (104h)
 - FAULT_MSG_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE - (105h)
 - FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_LOW - (106h)
 - FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_FEATURE - (109h)
 - FAULT_INVALID_BAUD_RATE - (10Ah)
 
 - Bootloader Faults
 - Flash Faults
 - Protocol Faults
- FAULT_NO_TAGS_FOUND - (400h)
 - FAULT_NO_PROTOCOL_DEFINED - 401h
 - FAULT_INVALID_PROTOCOL_SPECIFIED - 402h
 - FAULT_WRITE_PASSED_LOCK_FAILED - 403h
 - FAULT_PROTOCOL_NO_DATA_READ - 404h
 - FAULT_AFE_NOT_ON - 405h
 - FAULT_PROTOCOL_WRITE_FAILED - 406h
 - FAULT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_THIS_PROTOCOL - 407h
 - FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_WRITE_DATA - 408h
 - FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_ADDRESS - 409h
 - FAULT_GENERAL_TAG_ERROR - 40Ah
 - FAULT_DATA_TOO_LARGE - 40Bh
 - FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_KILL_PASSWORD - 40Ch
 - FAULT_PROTOCOL_KILL_FAILED - 40Eh
 - FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_OTHER_ERROR - 420h
 - FAULT_GEN2_PROTOCOL_MEMORY_OVERRUN_BAD_PC - 423h
 - FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_MEMORY_LOCKED - 424h
 - FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_INSUFFICIENT_POWER - 42Bh
 - FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_NON_SPECIFIC_ERROR - 42Fh
 - FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_UNKNOWN_ERROR - 430h
 
 - Analog Hardware Abstraction Layer Faults
 - Tag ID Buffer Faults
 - System Errors
 
 - Common Error Messages
 - Appendix C: Antennas
 - End User License and Warranty Agreement
 
Powering Up the Reader
Chapter 2: Setting Up the Reader 6
3. Attach a terminator to the open antenna port.
When using a monostatic antenna, terminate the unused port (on the M5e) before the 
reader is powered on. If no terminator is available, a 3 dB attenuator can be substituted.
Powering Up the Reader
After connecting the antenna and terminating the extra antenna, you can power up the reader.
To power up:
1. Connect a DB9 serial cable from a PC to the reader flex cable. 
The async settings for the serial cable are:
CAUTION!
!!
An unterminated antenna port can be dam-
aged, if it is powered on.










