Operating the software   
5.4 The tabs of the RF620R/RF630R readers 
  SIMATIC RF-DIAG 
52  Operating Manual, 09/2012, C79000-G8976-C292-01 
Controlling recordings 
Using the "First Tag", "Start", "Stop" and "Clear View", you can control the recording of the 
transmit/radiated power: 
●  First Tag 
Cyclic reads are triggered on the selected antenna and the measured values obtained 
are displayed. The recording is stopped automatically when a transponder is identified 
the first time. 
●  Start 
Any existing values from a previous recording are deleted. A new recording is then 
started. Reads of the selected antenna are performed cyclically. 
●  Stop 
Stopping the recording 
●  Deleting the display 
Existing values from the last recording are deleted. 
A progress bar indicates that the recording is active. 
List of identified transponders 
After you have started recording the transmit/radiated power, all the transponders identified 
by the reader are listed in the table. 
Table 5- 7  Displayed properties of the recognized transponders 
Property  Description 
Tag ID  EPC ID of the detected transponder 
Antenna  Antenna with which the transponder was detected. Only one antenna is ever 
displayed here. With this display, you cannot recognize the antenna or antennas 
that detected the transponder or whether several antennas detected the 
transponder. 
RSSI  RSSI value with which the transponder was last read. 
Cycles  Number of inventories since this transponder was identified the first time 
Count   Number of successful inventories of this transponder. 
Time  Time stamp when the transponder was last read. 
Time since Start  The time in [ms] that has elapsed since the start of the test and the first successful 
read of the transponder. 
The color in the table row indicates whether or not the transponder was identified during the 
last inventories: 
 
Green  Transponder was identified during the last inventory 
Light green  Transponder was not identified only during the last inventory 
Red  Transponder was not identified during the last two inventories 
The sum of the identified transponders is displayed in the "Identified Tags" output box.