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Application tag commands, Tag singulation/select functionality, Select algorithm and parameters – ThingMagic M5e-Compact User Manual

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Application Tag Commands

Command Set

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Application Tag Commands

The application commands are used to interact with RFID tags in the field. These
commands can have slightly different behavior based upon the current protocol selected
in the system.

Applications Commands

Tag Singulation/Select Functionality

Many of the Gen2 tag commands now support the ability to singulate a specific tag or
inventory only tags matching a defined criteria, i.e. matching on values in the EPC, TID
and User Memory banks.

Select Algorithm and Parameters

The algorithm used to perform a Gen2 Select and its impact on subsequent Gen2 Query
operations on a population of tags is determined by several user defined settings which
either correspond directly to or are used to determine the various Gen2 Select and Query

OpCode

Command Name

Bootloader

App

Firmware

0x21

Read Tag Single (21h)

N

Y

0x22

Read Tag Multiple (22h)

N

Y

0x23

Write Tag EPC (23h)

N

Y

0x24

Write Tag Data (24h)

N

Y

0x25

Lock Tag (25h)

N

Y

0x26

Kill Tag (26h)

N

Y

0x28

Read Tag Data (28h)

N

Y

0x29

Get Tag Buffer (29h)

N

Y

0x2A

Clear Tag Buffer (2Ah)

N

Y

0x2D

Gen2 Tag Specific (2Dh)

N

Y

0x2E

BlockErase (2Eh)

N

Y

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