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MOD-RFID1356 User Manual All boards produced by Olimex are ROHS compliant Rev.A, May 2008 Copyright(c) 2008, OLIMEX Ltd, All rights reserved Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
INTRODUCTION: MOD-RFID1356 is an RFID station, able to interact with ISO15693 compliant VICC transponders. All the complexity of RFID tag detection, verification and decoding are handled by MOD-RFID1356. Custom command requests can be initiated to facilitate VICC EEPROM read and write operations.
Drivers for the USB HID mode are integrated in Windows XP/Vista. The driver for USB CDC mode is available from our website. Windows installation steps are the following: 1. Download and unzip the file “MOD-RFID1356-drivers.zip” in a temporary directory. 2. Plug the programmer in the USB port.
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Linux distributions normally include drivers both for USB HID and USB CDC classes. Depending on which driver is loaded in the kernel, user should look either for /dev/ttyACMn /dev/ttyUSBn where "n" is a number, assigned by the kernel to the plugged device. USB HID MODE: When device is connected via USB to a host PC it will represent itself as USB HID keyboard.
The command line interface, available in USB CDC mode, allows device configuration and reading of successfully decoded TAG IDs. Just open the serial port assigned to MOD-RFID1356 using HyperTerminal or similar terminal program, and start typing commands. For the impatient: type '?' and press enter to see a short help for the supported commands.
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Command mcFR Set continuous read mode with frequency F (Hz). R is for compatibility with other Olimex products and is otherwise ignored if present. Both F and R must be single digit decimal numbers. If F is 0 then RF antenna is constantly switched on and the device scans continuously for tags.
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XX is a decimal number code of the occurred error. In general the VICC error code bytes are propagated, along with some additional MOD-RFID1356 specific error codes. See the table below for error code definitions. Error Description code Command code request not supported.
FIRMWARE UPGRADE: MOD-RFID1356 contains a built-in boot loader for easy firmware upgrade. Device enters boot loader mode if the application FLASH section is corrupted. To force the device to enter boot loader mode for manual firmware update do the following: 1.
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS: Symbol Description Condition Power Supply Voltage. Power Supply Current Idle (RF scanning not active) CC,NOLED with deactivated Continuous scanning LEDs. Scanning 2 times per second Power Supply Current Continuous scanning with activated LEDs. Scanning 2 times per second Downloaded from Elcodis.com electronic components distributor...
ORDER CODE: MOD-RFID1356 – assembled and tested (no kit, no soldering required) How to order? You can order to us directly or by any of our distributors. www.olimex.com/dev Check our web for more info. Revision history: REV.A - create May 2008 Downloaded from Elcodis.com...
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This document is intended only to assist the reader in the use of the product. OLIMEX Ltd. shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of any information in this document or any error or omission in such information or any incorrect use of the product.