Rfid Reader Interface Reference; The Interface - Siemens SIMATIC RF310M Function Manual

RFID Reader Interface Reference

The RFID Reader Interface provides a way to access the RFID features that the handheld
device provides. End users can utilize these features by using the DLL interface which is
provided as a .Net assembly within own client applications.
This chapter provides a detailed description of all available functions and their parameters.
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The Interface

The programming interface is contained in a .Net assembly with the name
Siemens.Simatic.RfReaderApi.dll. Whenever clients want to use the interface, they must
reference this assembly in their applications.
This assembly contains the defining and implementing classes in a namespace
Siemens.Simatic.RfReader.
There are a few helper classes, the interface itself and a static function to instantiate an
instance of the RFID Reader Interface.
Starting with RFID Reader Interface V1.1 notifications and alarms are supported which led to
some new helper classes
Supported in RFID reader interface: since v1.0
RfReaderApiException
RfReaderInitData
IRfReaderApi
RfReaderApi
Supported in RFID reader interface: since V1.1
RfNotificationArgs
RfTagEvent
RfAlarmArgs
RfAlarm
RfInfoItem
RF310M device is supported with reader interface V1.2
RF680M device is supported with reader interface V1.3
The following chapters describe each member of the interface in detail including its
parameters and return.
Mobile Readers
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Helper class to wrap exception information
Helper class for initialization purposes
The interface class
Creation of an RFID Reader Interface instance
Helper class that wraps arguments for notification events
Helper class that contains all data of a single tag event
Helper class that wraps argument for alarm events
Helper class that contains all data of a single alarm
Helper class that contains information about configuration or state
changes
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