User's Manual

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MSTRP-5050 (MC 5/6)

User Manual

5. WORKING WITH TAGS

Do not stack Magellan ItemTags on top of each other or allow them to touch or overlap. Only Magellan StackTags

can be stacked, overlapped or allowed to touch each other.

Single-axis antennas are tag orientation sensitive. Refer to the Tag-to-Reader/Tag-to-Antenna section of this

document.

Reading and writing speeds depend on reader-tag communication speeds, the number of receiver channels,

the amount of information to be read and/or written and the number of tags presented at a the same time. The

number of tags and the amount of information to be read and especially written, slows down the read-write

communication speed. Please consult Magellan regarding these issues for your specic application.

Be aware that tags and readers can be incompatible with each other. Larger tags can work with all types

of readers and antennas. Smaller tags require higher eld strengths and as a result they may not operate

with some reader/antenna combinations or have to be closer to a reader antenna to operate. Refer to the

Reader-Tag Compatibility section of this manual.

Magellan StackTags delivered on a roll are always fully powered (ST normal power mode or 6000 mode). Fully

or normal powered tags are ON all the time and reply to each reader command providing they are in the eld of

the reader antenna.

To reduce the risk of tag replies clashing and to increase anti-collision and stackability for some applications the

tags can be recongured by end-users to a ¼ low power mode (ST ¼ normal power mode or 2000 mode). This

means that tags in the ¼ low power mode are muted ¾ of the time and do not reply to the reader commands

instantly.

Tags can be recongured individually (one by one) or en masse (many at once). Before reconguring tags makeBefore reconguring tags make

sure the ReaderManager software has been installed and upgraded to the latest version, the reader is running

and the reader is Connected to the ReaderManager software.

5.1 HoW to ReConfiguRe tAgs individuAlly oR en mAsse

In the ReaderManager go to Tools -> System -> Console. Click with the right mouse button and tick

Show Tag Replies.

Then go to Reader Conguration and choose Cong_Normal_Powered_Tag or Cong_Quarter_

Powered_Tag (for the ReaderManager version 2.12 or higher).

Place a single tag or multiple tags into the reader antenna eld.

Remove the tag(s) from the eld.

Follow the step 3 to 4 for a new batch of tags.

Once completed go to Reader Conguration and click on Clear All.