Chapter 2 — Configure the Reader
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Select Tries (Not supported by EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 tags) The number of
times a group select is attempted. A group select is the command
that starts the identity process. Valid range is 1 to 254. Default is 1.
This setting is equivalent to the SELTRIES BRI attribute.
Unselect Tries (Not supported by EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 tags) The number of
times a group unselect is attempted. Valid range is 1 to 254.
Default is 1.
This setting is equivalent to the UNSELTRIES BRI attribute.
Session The command session parameter to a corresponding EPCglobal
Class 1 Gen 2 air protocol command. Valid range is 0 to 3. Default
is 3.
This setting is equivalent to the SESSION BRI attribute.
Initial Q (EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 tags only) The initial Q parameter value
used by the Query command. Valid range is 1 to 254. Default is 4.
If you know there is only one tag in the field, set this attribute to 0
for best performance.
This setting is equivalent to the INITIALQ BRI attribute.
Initialization Tries The maximum number of times the reader attempts to initialize a
tag. Valid range is 1 to 254. Default is 1.
This setting is equivalent to the INITTRIES BRI attribute.
Schedule Option Determines how antennas are switched during the inventory
process:
• 0 - Legacy BRI operations
• 1 - Simplified BRI operations
• 2 - Simplified BRI operations with EPCC1G2 A/B toggling.
Default is 0.
This setting is equivalent to the SCHEDULEOPT BRI attribute.
ID Tries The maximum number of times the reader executes the identify
algorithm before a response is returned to a Read or Write
command. Valid range is 1 to 254. Default is 1.
In practice, this is the number of times a tag ID attempt is made for
the antenna.
This setting is equivalent to the IDTRIES BRI attribute.
Antenna Tries The number of times the antenna is used for a Read and Write
command. Valid range is 1 to 254. Default is 1.
This setting is equivalent to the ANTTRIES BRI attribute.
BRI Attribute Settings Descriptions (continued)
Setting Description