Avery Dennison 9850 RFID Multi-Protocol User Manual
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Single Protocol Encoding A-5
D e f i n i n g t h e R F I D D a t a F i e l d
The Monarch
Printer Control Language II (MPCLII) RFID Data Field
contains the information you want programmed into the RFID tag. The
syntax of the RFID Data Field is similar to the standard non-printable text
field format.
Note: The RFID Data Field must contain exactly 12 characters (Hex or
ASCII), 24 characters in ASCII Hex format, or 96 characters in
ASCII Binary format. You must enter the exact amount of
characters in the specified format or the data is not properly
encoded.
Syntax
X,field#,#ofchar,data_type¦
X1. X
RFID Data Field.
X2. field#
Unique number from 0-999 assigned to this field.
X3. #ofchar
Number of characters in RFID Data Field. The exact
number of characters depends on data type below.
Number of Characters per Data Type
RFID Tag Type
Hex or ASCII
ASCII Hex
ASCII Binary
Class1 64-bit (8 bytes)
8
16
64
Class1 96-bit (12 bytes)
12
24
96
Note:
You can pad data to make sure you have the correct amount
of bits. See “Using Option 30,” for more information. The
only valid characters in ASCII Hex format are numbers 0 to 9
and letters A to F; in ASCII Binary format, use only 0 and 1.
X4. data_type
Data type. Options:
0
ASCII Hex - default (ASCII representation
of
Hex)
1
ASCII
2
ASCII Binary (ASCII representation of
Binary)
3
Hex
Multiple data types are offered, which allows
flexibility and compatibility with your host system.
You should know the data type your host provides.
See the examples on the following pages.