User Manual

Working with Tags
Chapter 3: Using the Reader Assistant 26
The following table explains the Tag Operations tab settings:
Tag Operations Tab Settings
Grouping
Name Description
Universal
Time out (msec) Timeout for all commands that require it.
Select Criteria
Mem Bank Drop-down selection that controls both the Select operation
mode and the memory area that is the target of the Select cri-
teria:
• No Select (00): First tag to respond is acted on (Select
is not enabled)
• EPC (01): Select tag based on full or partial left-justified
EPC value, specified by Length and EPC/Data field
values.
• TID (02): Select tag based on any value within User
memory field, specified by Address, Length, Select and
ECP/Data field values
• User (03): Select tag based on any value within User
memory field, specified by Address, Length, Select and
ECP/Data field values
• EPC Mem (04): Select tag based on any value within
EPC memory field, specified by Address, Length and
EPC/Data field values.
Address Start address of Select criteria, in hex (maximum of 4 bytes).
Used for TID, User and EPC Mem Select modes. Leave at ‘0’
for No Select and EPC Select modes.
Length Length of the Select criteria, in bits (integer). Used for EPC,
TID, User and EPC Mem Select modes. Leave at ‘0’ for No
Select mode. Can be shorter but cannot be longer than the
value in EPC/Data field.
EPC/Data Value, in hex, of data to be compared with the value within tag
memory. Must be an even number of words (4 hex digits per
word) for EPC and EPC Mem Select modes. Leave blank for
No Select mode.
Write Tag ID
Tag ID EPC to write to a tag (hex). Must be in word (4 hex digits per
word) multiples.
Write button
Executes the EPC (Tag ID) Write to the first tag to respond.