Reading Tags - Honeywell 5900 RFID User Manual

Test Mode

Reading Tags

Position to start reading/
writing
1. EPC Gen2 Tags have four kinds of Banks (Reserved, EPC, TID, USER). Select the Bank that you
want to read in the Bank field.
2. Input a memory starting position (in bytes) from where you want to read in the Start box and the
desired size (in bytes) from a starting position to the window.
3. Click the Read button.
4. The Reading status is displayed and the Read button changes to Stop once the tag is read. The
status is continuously maintained until reading is successful or until you stop the reading by
selecting Stop. If reading is complete, data read at Tag Memory is displayed (hexadecimal
number), and the Status displays Read OK. If no tag is in the vicinity of the terminal, the terminal
continues to read until you move the terminal or until you stop the reading process.
TEST MODE is necessary for various certifications. Its use is prohibited except by a
certification engineer. You select a necessary menu and click the [Set] button.
No Modulation ON causes only a carrier signal to be transmitted with no data modulated.
The frequency of the carrier is selected in the Start box and kept constant by selecting
FIX.
Modulation ON/OFF: Data are transmitted, namely, modulated output is transmitted. All of
FIX and FHSS are possible.
Fix Modulation ON/OFF: The continuously modulated output is transmitted. Only FIX is
possible.
Memory Bank
Data to be read
Size to be read/written
Data to be written
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