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16.9.7 Lock
The EPC Gen2 standard provides security mechanisms for the tag data areas. This allows individual memory areas and
functionalities of the tags to be provided with a password to protect it against access and/or changes.
Under
Lock , it is possible to lock the memory banks.
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Fig.76: TestGen2: Lock
①
Kill password
species how the kill password is accessible
► Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:
No change the current setting for the kill password remains unchanged
Accessible
the kill password is readable and writeable from either the open or
secured state
Accessible with
permalock
the kill password is permanently readable and writeable from either the
open or secured states and may never be locked
Accessible with
password
the kill password is readable and writeable from the secured state but
not from the open state
Not accessible with
permalock
the kill password is not readable or writeable from any state
► For more details, see
EPCGlobal Gen2 Specication .
②
Access
password
species how the access password is accessible
► Select an option from the drop-down menu; see the options at ①.
► For more details, see
EPCGlobal Gen2 Specication .
③
EPC memory
bank
species how the EPC memory bank is accessible
► Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:
No change the EPC memory remains unchanged
Writeable the EPC memory bank is writeable from either the open or secured states
Writeable with
permalock
the EPC memory bank is writeable from either the open or secured states
and may never be locked
Writeable with
password
the EPC memory bank is writeable from the secured state but not from
the open state
Not writable with
permalock
the EPC memory bank is not writeable from any state
④
TID memory
bank
species how the TID memory bank is accessible
► Select an option from the drop-down menu; see the options at ③.
⑤
User memory
bank
species how the User memory bank is accessible
► Select an option from the drop-down menu; see the options at ③.
⑥
Lock selected
tag
locks the selected tag with the settings from ①−⑤