User Manual

Working with Tags
Chapter 3: Using the Reader Assistant 28
Note
Depending on the module you are using and the protocol setting in the Config
tab, you may see different fields in the Tag Operations tab.
Write Tag ID
The Tag Operations tab provides settings to write an EPC to a tag. The following procedure
explains how to write to a tag using the fields under Write Tag ID.
To write a tag EPC:
1. Type the EPC into the Tag ID field or select an EPC used previously.
2. Type a time in milliseconds in the Timeout(ms) field.
3. Click Write.
The tag EPC information is displayed in the Serial Log field.
Read Tag IDs
Read Single button
Press to display the EPC of the first tag that responds. If
the maximum EPC size is 496 bits and the tag has an
EPC longer than 96 bits the tag will be read, but only the
first 96 bits are displayed in the results field.
Read Multiple button
When pressed, information from all tags that respond
will be collected and displayed until the Timeout expires.
Metadata is also displayed if the ‘Retrieve Metadata’
checkbox is selected.
Retrieve Metadata checkbox If select tag metadata is displayed in the results field. Does
not apply to Read Single. Metadata fields are:
• Count: number of time tag was read during Read
Multiple operation.
• RSSI: indication of relative receive signal strength from
tag
• TX: antenna port from which signal was transmitted
when tag was read
• RX: antenna port from which signal was received when
tag was read.
• Freq: Channel frequency when tag was read.
• Time: time at which tag was read
Grouping
Name Description