Rockwell Automation 57RF RFID ICODE Handheld Interface User Manual User Manual
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Rockwell Automation Publication 57RF-UM001A-EN-P - September 2011
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The Read button will turn blue, and the status bar will alternate between
“Scanning” and “Reading”. The handheld will continuously read tags in its field
until the blue “Read” button is pushed. After the continuous read operation is
complete, the “Read” button will return to its original grey color.
Continuous Tag Read to File
To enable the “Save read tags to file” setting, select Device > Settings on the
“Read” tab. Select whether continuously read tags should be saved into one file
for the entire continuous read operation or multiple files with one tag per file.
(See
Read Settings on page 87
for more information).
Select the check box marked Continuous for continuous read. Specify the start
byte and the length of data you want to read. Enter a length of “0” to read the
entire tag. Select the data mode (binary, decimal, hexadecimal, or ASCII) using
the drop-down menu. Push the Read button to start continuous read.
The Read button will turn blue, and the status bar will say “Reading”. The
handheld will continuously read tags until the blue Read button is pushed. After
the continuous read operation is complete, the Read button will return to its
original grey color.
Tag data will be saved in the following tab delimited format:
[CR] [LF]
*The individual data bytes in the data field are separated from one another by a tab, except in ASCII mode.
The time stamp corresponds with the date and time of read. The Tag UID and
Type are the same numbers displayed on the screen. The Start and Length
IMPORTANT
Start and Length values must be in increments of 4 or 8 bytes, depending
on block size.
IMPORTANT
Start and Length values must be in increments of 4 or 8 bytes, depending
on block size.