User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Health Limits
- Contents
- Before You Begin
- Developing the Installation Site Plan
- Installing and Configuring the MPI 6000
- Lane Tuning Guidelines
- Optimizing MPI 6000 Reader System Performance
- General Software Information
- Configuration Commands and Responses
- Configuring the MPI 6000
- Required Commands to Set Up MPI 6000 Reader
- System Interface Command Group Commands
- System Identify
- Set Communications Baud Rate
- Get Communications Baud Rate
- Set Time and Date
- Get Time and Date
- Firmware Download
- Reset Reader
- Get Stored Tag Response Message
- Get Number of Stored Tag Response Messages
- Delete All Stored Tag Response Messages
- Get System Startup Status
- Get Lane Controller Interface Status
- Get System Interface Status
- Get DigBrd Hdwr Remote Inventory
- Get DigBrd CPU Boot Fmwr Remote Inventory
- Get DigBrd CPU Appl Fmwr Remote Inventory
- Get DigBrd FPGA UDP/IP Core Fmwr Remote Inventory
- Get UDP/IP Core Lane Controller Parameters
- Set UDP/IP Core IP Address
- Get UDP/IP Core IP Address
- Get UDP/IP Core Port Number
- Configuring the MPI 6000
- Tag Command Processing
- System Diagnostics and Preventive Maintenance
- Acronyms and Glossary
- Block Diagrams
- System Technical Specifications
- Hardware Interfaces
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Appendix A
Acronyms and Glossary
A
AC alternating current
ACK acknowledge (data valid)
antenna passive device that converts RF energy into magnetic energy (RF signal)
ATA American Trucking Associations refers to a standard RF communications protocol
and data storage method. ATA-type tags are read only.
AVI automatic vehicle identification
B
backscatter portion of an RF signal that is modulated by a tag and radiated back to the reader
baud measure of number of bits per second of a digital signal; for example, 9600
baud = 9600 bits per second
bit The smallest unit of information, consisting of a 0 or 1, that is formed from a binary
digit
byte binary character; for example, one 8-bit ASCII character
C
cm centimeter(s)
command data set that is recognized by the receiving device as intending to elicit a specific
response
CRC cyclic redundancy check
CTRL control
CTS clear to send
D
data information that is processed by a computing device