TABLE OF CONTENTS
READER INTERFACE GUIDE
DOC. CONTROL # 8101938-000 REV 05
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NotifyTime............................................................................................................................................. 17
NotifyTrigger .........................................................................................................................................18
NotifyAddress .......................................................................................................................................18
NotifyFormat ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Listening for Tags over the Network ...........................................................................................................20
CHAPTER 3 TAG FUNDAMENTALS ........................................................................................................21
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................21
Alien RFID Tags..........................................................................................................................................21
Alien NanoBlock Tags .......................................................................................................................... 21
Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) Tags ..................................................................................................21
Acquisition Modes .......................................................................................................................................22
Global Scroll .........................................................................................................................................22
Inventory ...............................................................................................................................................22
Acquire Parameters.............................................................................................................................. 23
Masks and Tag Memory Structure.............................................................................................................. 23
Class I Tag Memory .............................................................................................................................24
Addressing a Subset of Tags ...............................................................................................................24
Persistent Sleep and Wake.........................................................................................................................25
Sleep, Wake, and Masks...................................................................................................................... 25
CHAPTER 4 ALIEN READER PROTOCOL .............................................................................................. 26
Reader Operation Overview........................................................................................................................26
Overview of Commands.............................................................................................................................. 27
Interactive Mode.............................................................................................................................27
Autonomous Mode .........................................................................................................................27
Command Format.................................................................................................................................27
Suppressing Command Prompts..........................................................................................................28
Interactive Command Format ........................................................................................................28
Non-Interactive Command Format................................................................................................. 28
Get and Set Shortcuts ..........................................................................................................................28
XML Messages ..................................................................................................................................... 28
Command List .............................................................................................................................................29
General Commands .......................................................................................................................29
Network Configuration Commands ................................................................................................ 30
Time Commands............................................................................................................................30
External IO Commands..................................................................................................................31
TagList Commands........................................................................................................................ 31
Acquisition Commands ..................................................................................................................32
Autonomous Mode Commands .....................................................................................................33
Notify Mode Commands.................................................................................................................34
General Commands .................................................................................................................................... 34
Help (h) .................................................................................................................................................34
Info (i)....................................................................................................................................................35
!.............................................................................................................................................................35
Save...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Q (Quit) .................................................................................................................................................35
Function ................................................................................................................................................35
ReaderName ........................................................................................................................................36
ReaderType .......................................................................................................................................... 36
ReaderVersion...................................................................................................................................... 36
ReaderNumber ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Uptime .................................................................................................................................................. 37
Username ............................................................................................................................................. 37
Password ..............................................................................................................................................37
MaxAntenna..........................................................................................................................................38