Software installation 
  4.3 Starting the software 
SIMATIC RF-DIAG 
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4.3  Starting the software 
Once you have copied the diagnostics tool, you can start SIMATIC RF-DIAG by double-
clicking on the "SIMATIC_RF-DIAG.exe" file. After starting the software, the user interface of 
the diagnostics tool appears: 
 
The 3 areas of the software user interface 
①  Status area 
②  Reader-specific functionalities 
③  Protocol area 
Figure 4-1  User interface of the SIMATIC RF-DIAG software