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Alien Technology ALR-9770 Interface Manual

Alien Technology ALR-9770 Interface Manual (104 pages)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
Chapter 1 Introduction and Reader Setup

9
- Audience
  9
- Type Conventions
  9
- Requirements
  10
- Communicating with the Reader
  11
- Serial Communication
  11
  - Serial Configuration
    11
- Network Communication
  14
  - Determine the Reader's Network Settings
    14
    
    ALR-9800 and ALR-9770
    14
    
    All Other Readers
    14
  - Connecting Via TCP/IP
    14
  - TCP/IP Configuration
    15
Chapter 2 Reader Fundamentals

17
- Introduction
  17
- Reader Discovery and the Reader Heartbeat
  17
  - DHCP and Automatic Discovery
    17
  - Serial Interrogation
    18
  - Network Heartbeats
    18
    
    Heartbeat XML Tags
    19
    
    Heartbeats and Software
    19
- Taglist Concepts
  19
  - Persisttime
    20
  - Tag Details
    20
  - Taglist Size
    20
- Reading Tags over the Network
  20
- Interactive Mode
  21
- Autonomous Mode
  21
  - A Note about Automode on the ALR-9770
    22
  - Defining the Autonomous Read Operation
    22
    
    Enter Autonomous Mode (Not Shown on the State Diagram.)
    23
    
    Waiting State
    23
    
    Start Working Trigger
    23
    
    Working State
    23
    
    Stop Working Trigger/Timer
    24
    
    Evaluation
    24
    
    True/False Pause
    24
    
    Notification
    24
  - Autonomous Mode Examples
    24
    
    Example 1 - Background Reading
    24
    
    Example 2 - Triggered Reading
    25
    
    Example 3 - Triggered Reading with Notification
    25
- Notification Mode
  25
  - Notifytime
    25
  - Notifytrigger
    26
  - Notifyaddress
    26
  - Notifyformat
    26
- Listening for Tags over the Network
  28
Chapter 3 Tag Fundamentals

29
- Introduction
  29
- Alien RFID Tags
  29
  - Alien Nanoblock Tags
    29
  - Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) Tags
    29
- Acquisition Modes
  30
  - Global Scroll
    30
  - Inventory
    30
  - Acquire Parameters
    31
- Masks and Tag Memory Structure
  31
  - Class I Tag Memory
    32
  - Addressing a Subset of Tags
    32
- Persistent Sleep and Wake
  33
  - Sleep, Wake, and Masks
    33
Chapter 4 Alien Reader Protocol

34
- Reader Operation Overview
  34
- Overview of Commands
  35
  - Interactive Mode
    35
  - Autonomous Mode
    35
  - Command Format
    35
  - Suppressing Command Prompts
    36
    
    Interactive Command Format
    36
    
    Non-Interactive Command Format
    36
  - Get and Set Shortcuts
    36
  - XML Messages
    36
- Command List
  37
  - General Commands
    37
  - Network Configuration Commands
    38
  - Time Commands
    38
  - External IO Commands
    39
  - Taglist Commands
    39
  - Acquisition Commands
    40
  - Info (I)
    43
  - Readername
    44
  - Readernumber
    45
  - Antennasequence
    46
  - Maxantenna
    46
  - Rfattenuation
    47
  - Factorysettings
    48
  - Reboot
    48
- Network Configuration Commands
  49
  - Macaddress
    49
  - Dhcp
    49
  - Ipaddress
    49
  - Gateway
    50
  - Netmask
    50
  - Dns
    51
  - Networktimeout
    51
  - Commandport
    52
  - Heartbeatport
    52
  - Heartbeattime
    53
  - Heartbeataddress
    53
  - Heartbeatcount
    54
- Time Commands
  54
  - Timeserver
    54
  - Timezone
    55
  - Time
    56
- External I/O Commands
  56
  - Externalinput
    56
  - Externaloutput
    57
  - Initexternaloutput
    57
  - Invertexternalinput
    58
  - Invertexternaloutput
    58
- Taglist Commands
  59
  - Get Taglist (T)
    59
  - Persisttime
    60
  - Taglistformat
    60
  - Taglistcustomformat
    62
  - Taglistantennacombine
    63
  - Clear Taglist
    64
- Acquisition Commands
  64
  - Acquiremode
    64
    
    Inventory
    64
    
    Global Scroll
    65
  - Tagtype
    65
  - Acqcycles
    66
  - Acqc1Cycles
    67
  - Acqenterwakecount
    67
  - Acqc1Enterwakecount
    67
  - Acqcount
    68
  - Acqc1Count
    68
  - Acqsleepcount
    68
  - Acqc1Sleepcount
    69
  - Acqexitwakecount
    69
  - Acqc1Exitwakecount
    69
  - Acqg2Cycles
    69
  - Acqg2Count
    70
  - Acqg2Q
    70
  - Acqc0Cycles
    71
  - Acqc0Count
    71
  - Wake
    72
  - Sleep
    72
  - Mask
    72
- Autonomous Mode Commands
  73
  - Automode
    73
  - Autowaitoutput
    74
  - Autostarttrigger
    74
  - Autostartpause
    74
  - Autoworkoutput
    75
  - Autoaction
    75
  - Autostoptrigger
    76
  - Autostoptimer
    76
    
    Autostoptimer and the ALR-9770
    77
  - Autotrueoutput
    78
  - Autotruepause
    79
  - Autofalseoutput
    79
  - Autofalsepause
    79
  - Automodestatus
    80
  - Automodereset
    80
  - Automodetriggernow
    80
- Notify Mode Commands
  81
  - Notifymode
    81
  - Notifyaddress
    81
  - Notifytime
    82
  - Notifytrigger
    82
  - Notifyformat
    83
  - Notifyheader
    84
  - Notifykeepalivetime
    84
  - Mailserver
    85
  - Mailfrom
    85
  - Notifyretrycount
    85
  - Notifyretrypause
    86
  - Notifynow
    86
Chapter 5 Tag Programming

87
- Enabling the Programmer
  87
- Tag Memory Structure
  87
  - Class I Tags (96-Bit)
    88
  - Class I Tags (128-Bit)
    88
  - Class BPT Tags
    89
- Programming Distance & Power Levels
  89
  - Programming Power
    89
  - Programming Range
    90
  - Programming Problems
    90
  - Programming Slept Tags
    90
- Programming Commands Summary
  91
- Program and Erase Functions
  91
  - Program Tag
    91
    
    Classi Tags
    92
    
    Class BPT Tags
    92
  - Erase Tag
    92
  - Progantenna
    93
  - Progreadattempts
    93
  - Progeraseattempts
    93
  - Progattempts
    94
- Lock and Kill Functions (Class I Only)
  94
  - Lock Tag
    94
  - Kill Tag
    95
- Acquire Vs. Verify
  96
  - Verify Tag
    96
- Programming Tags in Automode
  97
  - Programid
    97
  - Programpasscode
    98
  - Progincrementonfail
    98
  - Autonomous Mode Program
    99
  - Autonomous Mode Program and Lock
    99
  - Autonomous Mode Erase
    99
  - Autonomous Mode Kill
    100
Appendix A Dtds for Xml Data Structures

101
- Heartbeat DTD
  101
- Taglist DTD
  101
- Notification DTD
  101
Appendix B Upgrading Reader Firmware

102
- Alr-9780, Alr-8780, Alr-9640
  102
- Alr-9800
  102
- Alr-9770
  102

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