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Appendix D: Deprecated and Modified Commands
Read Tag Data (28h)
The Read Tag Data command reads data from the tag. Because each protocol has
different formats for reading / writing data, the address field may have different meanings.
The general format for the Read Tag Data
command is shown in the following example.
The tag ID field can be either 8 or 12 bytes, depending on whether it is a 64-bit or 96-bit
tag.
GEN2 Command and Response
The Read Tag Data command for the GEN2 protocol has the following format. This
example reads the first 16-bit word of the EPC stored in a tag using the GEN2 protocol
Read
command.
Read Tag Data Command
The MemBank, Address, and WordCount fields correspond to the
MemBank
,
WordPtr
,
and
WordCount
arguments to the GEN2 protocol Read command, respectively. The
MemBank options are listed in the
Refer to the EPC Global GEN2 protocol specification for more details about the tag
memory map.
FF
M + 6
28
03 E8
00
00
00
10
M bytes
??
??
SOH
Length
OpCode
Timeout (ms)
Address
Tag ID (M bytes)
CRC
FF
08
28
03
E8
01
00
00
00
02
01
??
??
SOH
Length
OpCode
Timeout (ms)
MemBank
Address
WordCount
CRC