Configuring with the WBM
7.3 The menu items of the WBM
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Transponder memory configuration
The "Transponder memory configuration" area contains a graphic to illustrate the memory
configuration and the memory areas of a UHF transponder.
The production date of a product is stored on a transponder in the USER memory area
(memory bank 3). The production date is located at address 10 and is 8 bytes long. The
corresponding tag field is created and assigned to a read point. Following this, with each
object/transponder identification (TagEvent "Observed", the production date of the object is
read out automatically and sent to the XML user application with the EPC-ID of the
transponder.
Explanation of the memory structure
The transponder memory is divided into four different memory banks.
Figure 7-9 Transponder memory configuration
Table 7- 11 Description of the memory banks
Freely writable "USER" memory area
TID Specified by the manufacturer. The TID contains the class identifier and
depending on the transponder type also the serial number of the tran-
EPC Contains the EPC-ID data, the protocol information (Protocol Control
Word) and the CRC data of the transponder. You can write to the EPC
Contains the access and kill password.