User's Manual

USER MANUAL: T500 Tag Programming Station (TPS) Document A316000-699

4.5 Reading and Programming Type 2 LCD Tags

4.5.1 Read a Type 2 LCD tag

• Place the Type 2 LCD tag into the foam insert in the AU drawer made that was for this type of tag (see tag

orientation photo in Appendix - Positions of tags in the AU drawer "cradle".).

• Close the AU drawer. Click on "Read" button, otherwise if the Read command has been set to automatic,

then the following screen is displayed (example: a Type 2 LCD Display tag was used).

Notes: The absence of a Template File name (at bottom left) indicates that the data displayed came from the

tag just read. "Not Changed" in the selection boxes is displayed until the Supervisor makes a new selection in

order to create a new template from this one. The Vehicle Reference field value (shown as "72" in the example

above) represents the cumulative total of the first 4 field values assigned as "vehicle" data.

• If the automatic Read is not set, click on the Read button. Within 1 second the tag contents are displayed

(See "Data displayed on 'Read a tag'" below).

Message "Read Failed"

The following message appears if the read command failed.

The reason for the failure detected is shown here.

Another typical reason displayed is "Drawer is open".

Click on "Details" to view the error

code for the failure. A typical error

code message is depicted below.

The code shown must be

revealed to Mark IV Service Dept.

The Program command button is

highlighted in bold after the tag is

read.

"Auto write enabled" is displayed if

it has been enabled. This is a

warning for the User that opening

and closing the AU drawer will

overwrite the tag inside the drawer

with the data currently displayed.

If the "Default View Page" was set to

"Factory/Agency" then the tag data

is displayed as shown. The

Supervisor may begin modifying the

displayed template or may create a

new one from it and then save it.

Users will then be able to obtain any

one of the saved templates for use in

programming other tags.