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1. sees ss sees ss see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 25 Figure 26 Post Singulation Criteria View Page sees see ee ee ee ee ee RE ee ee 26 RFID Explorer Tables MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 4 Figure 27 Post Singulation Criteria Edit Dialog c ooocccccncnnnonocononanonnonaconenarononos 27 Figure 23 GPIO PINP A A ee De 28 Eieture 29 About Reader Pages cantadas 29 Figure 30 Trotbleshootine Pais 29 Figure 31 MAC Registers Paren suteeed coast ee Manet Ge EG tenes 30 Figure 32 MAC Banked Registers Page esse ees see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 31 Figure 33 MAC Banked Register Read Status Example iss sees sees ee ee ee ee 31 Figure 34 MAC Banked Register Read and Write Status Example sesse sees sees 32 Figure 35 MAC Bypass Registers Preis 32 Figure 36 OEM Registers Pase SE SN DEE ee ee Oe Ge de Ge ee Oe be de ee Ee ee 33 Figure 7 RE West Select RE Test RE ca 34 Figure 38 RF Test Support full function in Single Channel issie ee ee 34 Figure 39 RF Test Tag information is showed in the main ViEWS sees sesse 35 Figure 40 RF Test Keep inventory after received error occcccocccnonoconcnnccnnonacononanononos 35 Figure 41 Return Loss Select Return LOSS cccoocccncnocononaconncnacononarononanonnonaronenanononos 36 Figure 42 Return Loss Multiple channels Broken Line Graph ccoocccccnoccnonaconnnos 36 Tabl 1 Live Data VIEWS 15 Table 2 Post Capture Packet V2. 21 RFID Explorer 3 7 1 Settings Page When the Reader Configuration dialog first opens it displays the Settings page shown in the figure above The settings displayed are the current settings on the reader From this page you can view and or configure the following items Communication Port Set the reader communication to USB or Serial If clicks Update Explorer will be closed Need to restart the reader Operating Region Link Profile Read only Inventory Algorithm Fixed Q or Dyanmic Q Note RU 824 Reader doesn t support UART function If connect RU 824 Explorer will disable Update UART function 3 7 2 Antenna Configuration Page From the Antenna Configuration page you can configure the reader s 16 logical antenna ports As the figure below shows this page displays the current antenna configuration within a grid Explorer Module Configuration da Antenna Configorehon rT D Power Level Inventory Physical Port 1 10 dEr Rounds 3 240 6197 MEE Import from Excel Rea Do a ok J _Cmei Figure 20 Antenna Configuration The Import and Export buttons allow the antenna data to be manipulated by Microsoft Excel and then imported back into the reader To change the setting for a logical antenna click 1ts associated Edit button in the first column of the grid This displays the dialog box shown in the figure below MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 22 RFID Explorer Edit Antenna Setting
3. las Access Access Type Memory Bank Off t hy Count Activate Select Rules Activate Post Singulation Rules Figure 6 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Read selected From the Tag Access dialog box the user can perform many different access operations against tags as follows The Activate Select Rules and Active Post Singulation Rules checkboxes control whether the select and post singulation criteria that have been configured should be utilized during read write and similar operations 3 3 2 1 Access Type Read Selecting the Read Access Type option displays the configuration dialog shown in the figure above From this dialog the user can perform a read operation against tags and can provide the following configurable parameters MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 10 RFID Explorer Memory Bank the target for the read operation has selectable values of either the EPC TID User or Reserved memory bank Offset the offset in hexadecimal of the first 16 bit word to read from the target memory bank Count the number of 16 bit words to read starting at Offset Access Pwd the previously applied access password for the target tag or no entry for tags with no access permissions Output from read operations is directed to the primary application window 3 3 2 2 Access Type Write Selecting the Write Access Type option displays the configuration dialog shown in the figure below Tag Access Access T
4. Export A dialog box opens from which you can select the views you wish to export You can export one or more views at a time The application saves exported files in the user s directory After the export completes Explorer invokes Microsoft Excel or the associated application for xml format worksheets to open the exported data file Each view selected for export becomes a separate sheet in an Excel workbook Note Microsoft Excel allows only the first 65536 rows in each view to be exported If a session is too big for Excel you can always view it in the Explorer application MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 18 RFID Explorer 3 6 Logging Data Explorer supports the logging to a text file of all packets received from readers See figure below To enable logging 1 From the Tools menu click Explorer Options This opens the Explorer Options dialog box 2 Inthe Explorer Options dialog box click the Data Logging tab Select the Enable Logging check box 4 If desired specify an alternative directory in which log files should be stored Explorer Options General Options Enable Logeing Log file directory i ad CADocuments and SettinesiM TIM wy Documents zal Do not save data to temporary file application restart required to take effect Selecting this option will prevent the application from storing any data on disk This can be helpful
5. Graph Note Customer region doesn t support this function Return Loss Figure 42 Return Loss Multiple channels Broken Line Graph MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 36 RFID Explorer 4 Known Issues The application does detect new readers that become active after the application has started You should power on and connect your readers prior to starting the Explorer application O The names of detected readers are displayed as ASCII Truncation is not supported in the Firmware Release v2 4 2 so selecting it in the Select criteria will render an error 5 Revision history Table 6 Revision history Version ee es Description Revision Date Number First release of document The revision is used on software version 1 0 4 Ed MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 37 RFID Explorer
6. changed Explorer will close With Serial operation only a single reader can be controlled MTI RFID Explorer 1 Reader Control Help a ei E od Run Inventory Inventory Lince score o lear StandarG VIEW RF Test Retum Los SO 18000 6C Inventor PC EPC CAL File Edit View Current L Read Ec set COM port Figure 1 Select COM port MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 7 RFID Explorer 3 Explorer Usage This section describes the features of the Explorer Application Explorer has been adapted with reader platform differences in mind Consequently Explorer supports the RU 861 based reader hereafter referred to as the reader 3 1 Explorer Appearance The Explorer consists of a main display window See figure below The main window contains a menu and a main display area used to show different views of the data received from the reader The control bar is used to start stop and pause inventory rounds and to perform other reader actions EA MTI REID Explorer Curent Cycle Read Count god 393 Antenna status Bar J A Retry Com Inventory Rules Device VAR T 000 Figure 2 Explorer User Interface Main Window MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 8 RFID Explorer 3 2 Detect a Device and Select a Mode 3 2 1 Detect a Device When the Explorer application starts it attempts to open one attached readers Explorer detects USB Interface first If no reader is found by USB Explore
7. install the Explorer tool 1 Double click the Explorer installer file MTI RFID Explorer Version msi to launch the installation wizard 2 When prompted designate the desired installation directory The default is Program Files MTI MTTI RFID Explorer version 3 Installation includes the C runtime libraries and adds a desktop shortcut to the Explorer application 4 To Start the Explorer application o Double click the desktop shortcut or Use the Start Menu For example if installed to the default directory Click Start Select All Programs MTI MTI RFID Explorer version Click Explorer o Open the Explorer installation folder and double click Explorer exe 2 2 2 Removal Procedure To uninstall the Explorer tool 1 Click Start Select All Programs MTI MTI RFID Explorer version Click Uninstall Explorer 2 When prompted to uninstall this product click Yes Alternatively 1 Open the Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs 2 Select the entry for the Explorer version to uninstall and click Change Remove 3 When prompted to remove this product click Yes MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 6 RFID Explorer 2 2 3 Configuring for Serial Operation 1 Open Explorer and select Tools et COM port option in the tool bar 2 Type COM port number 3 Click Set 4 Select Yes or No This window contains the COM port number Explorer will use this number to connect the device If this setting 1s
8. BBARHK 4A RA Al ae MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC MTI RFID Explorer User Manual Version 1 0 0 MTI Group Proprietary Information Any unauthorized use duplication reproduction or disclosure of this document may be considered as infringement of MTI Group s intellectual property rights the infringer may be accused and liable applicable legal penalties MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 1 RFID Explorer Table of Contents 1 2 3 MUOU IO ER te ere re erent eer emer EE OE dad 5 1 1 OVEN WN si EE RE c DE ee AE N tances 5 EXxplorerlasta lat A A 6 22 Installation REQUIFEMENtS csi een iene a 6 2 2 WS tell ACCOM A PPP T E RE apaeonaeees 6 2A instalation Procedure 6 2 2 2 Removal POCA Mrs 6 2 2 3 contisurine ier serial Opera ON a 7 Explorer U dE incor 8 3 1 Explorer A DDC Al INCE EE EE EG Ge A AAN 8 3 2 Detect a Device and Select a Mode issie EA AA EE ee ee 9 Fizal Detecta DEVICE dao 9 3 3 CoOntroline a Device danos 9 3 3 1 venter Rules ass 10 532 o SR N Ee DE Ee RD a EE Ge GE GE EA Ee ees 10 AA Access VPO Reddit 10 322 Acess We WIE EG OG GE GE Ge OE OE oe GE 11 PRAS Ba 1 ACCESS TYPE Ml 12 Ad MRC COS SEV O N 12 DILO Access Type BloekWrit css 13 3320 ACCESS TV PE BIOEKEFASE iia 14 3 4 REID Data Vie WS a ER a ek 15 3 4 1 SS EE EO AD gece dedos 15 3 4 2 Performing Post Capture Processing oomoconconoronnonociononacronconorocnonariononasronconaricnonariononas 16 3 5 Exporting Data ii ee
9. Firmware registers 3 7 9 1 Register Type Mac Selecting the Mac Register Access option displays the dialog shown in the figure below From this dialog the user can perform read and write access to MAC Registers Register Access x Close Read Address h lo Count d f Dump MAC Write Address h lo Data h fo Batch Batch Stop On Error Clear Status Save Status IM Keep History Register Type Figure 31 MAC Registers Page To read an individual MAC register value Enter the hexadecimal start address and the total number registers to read Click the Read button If a register cannot be read for example because of an invalid address entry or the register is write only a read fail result will be displayed in the status window To write an individual MAC register value Enter the hexadecimal start address and the hexadecimal value to write Click the Write button If a register cannot be written for example because of an invalid address entry or the register is read only a write fail result will be displayed in the status window The Batch button allows for batch processing of multiple registers Select the button for Register Access Batch Help and file format O The Dump MAC button reads all MAC registers and dumps the data in the status window 0 The Clear Status button clears the status window 0 The Save Status button allows the content of the status window to be saved to a file Check Ke
10. IEWS ese ee n GE ed idad 17 Table 3 Post Capture Diagnostic ViEWS sesse sees see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee RE ee ee ee 18 Table 4 PosteCapture Pertormance Vie Wii ia 18 Table 5 Log File Field Definitions 2 miii 20 Table 6 REVISION MISTO ii 37 RFID Explorer 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Explorer application is a NET based graphical user interface GUI tool It can exercise the functionality of the reader platform a platform that is based on the MTI R1000 chip and firmware respectively Explorer also support test functions to confirm the performance MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 5 RFID Explorer 2 Explorer Installation 2 1 Installation Requirements Explorer relies on release 2 0 of the Microsoft Net Framework The Explorer setup program checks to ensure that the correct version of the Net Framework is installed If the correct version is not installed the Explorer setup program offers to install it The user may also download and install a copy of the Net Framework from the Microsoft Windows Update Site http update microsoft com or the Microsoft Download Center http www microsoft com downloads To take advantage of the data import export feature Microsoft Excel 2003 is required 2 2 Installation It is possible for multiple versions of Explorer to co exist on a single system so long as a unique install path is used for each such as the default installation directory 2 2 1 Installation Procedure To
11. bout Reader Page The About Reader page is a static page that provides versioning information for the MTI components of the reader It provides a single place to find the version information for the MTI device MTI Firmware and MTI BootLoader The figure below shows a sample About Page Explorer Modele Configuration FIK About Module rat alten Model Hume puU 861 010 mad Region rn Munt Perskes hare lne O Termii Infoomahon Firmware DBA OEM Configuration Bootloader Ee DE Update Momber L Figure 29 About Reader Page 3 7 8 Troubleshooting Panel The Troubleshooting page provides access to the MTI Firmware error register as well as the ability to clear the error and reset the MTI Firmware See the figure below Explorer Module Confipuration PR MAC Enon Comat Ee GEES at oot Reset Powers OE Figure 30 Troubleshooting Page Note Performing a Reset Firmware operation causes a reset of the connection to the current reader The reader will no longer be accessible via the application until the application is restarted MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 29 RFID Explorer 3 7 9 Register Access Panel It is recommended that you have a very strong understanding of the behavior of the underlying MTI Firmware prior to modifying register values directly via this method For the purpose of controlling and configuring the reader the Explorer application allows the user to read and write the various MTI
12. cal view of the packet data for the current active command broken out by the packet fields The packets are logic packets Not physical packets Note that while a reader is actively executing a command such as Inventory only live data views are available Even if a user has selected a post capture view the view is automatically switched to a live data view when a command is issued to the reader While the command is running users can switch between any of the three live views Summary Standard and Protocol Trace However the user interface prevents users from switching to any of the post capture views See the figure below Gy MTI RFID Explorer Sunmar Vors Senda View Protocol Trace Summary Y sews Pac Dis gras Y gras Performance Tiwi Figure 12 View Menu Options During Reader Command Execution MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 15 RFID Explorer 3 4 2 Performing Post Capture Processing After reader functions has completed Explorer must perform the post capture processing to create the post capture views The post capture processing builds an index of the captured data which provides the data for the post capture views You can perform the post processing by initiating it yourself or by configuring the application to invoke it automatically The procedure for each approach is described below MTI RFID Explorer View Reader Control tay View standard View Tools Help nae When this o
13. ch Stop On Error Clear Status Save Status IV Keep History Figure 35 MAC Bypass Registers Page The configurable parameters for Bypass Register read and operations are identical to Mac Register read MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 32 RFID Explorer 3 7 9 4 Register Type OEM Selecting the OEM Register Access option displays the dialog shown in the figure below From this dialog the user can perform read and write access to the OEM Registers Regist er Access Figure 36 OEM Registers Page The configurable parameters for OEM Register read and operations are identical to those in section Mac Register write MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 33 RFID Explorer 3 8 RF Test MTI supports 3 functions which are Inventory RF On Off and Pulse to help user to perform the device Select Configure option Click RF Test The RF Test dialog will be show MTI REID Explorer 1 File Edit View Reader Control Help t et Explorer Options Run Inventory Inventory Once get COM port Standard View a Curre SU 18000 6C Inventory PC EPFC CH Fead Figure 37 RF Test Select RF Test In the Hopping Channel only support Inventory In the Single Channel support full function to perform the device Configuration Configuration Frequency Channel Frequency em O o ves E Frequency Single Channel Frequency 865 700 Pulse for ETSI Antenna Pulse for ETSI On T
14. die as 1H a Figure 15 View Menu Options Post capture Views Except for the Reader Protocol view all post capture views are divided into three groups under the submenus Summary Views Diagnostic Views Performance Views The Protocol Trace is the only view that supports the display of both live and post capture data When the reader is active the Reader Protocol view displays the last one thousand captured packets for the current command When the post capture process completes the Reader Protocol view displays all packets for the active session The following table lists the post capture packet views that are available Table 2 Post Capture Packet Views View Nam Contents Lists in chronological order all Inventory Response packets received from the reader The view includes the Tag ID time of packet arrival the Antenna number device time the access type and the tag data Tag Access Provides summary information about the commands executed by the reader in the current session Data items include elapsed time of the command execution mode tag count unique tag count and tag read rate Command Summary Provides summary information about the antenna cycles executed by the reader in the current session Data items include the number of antennas included the tag count unique tags and tag singulation rate Antenna Cycle Summary Provides a summary of all of the inventory cycles included in the current sessio
15. e 6 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Read selected ies sees see ee 10 Figure 7 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Write selected iss sees ee ee 11 Figure 8 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Kill selected iese see ee ee 12 Figure 9 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Lock selected ees sees ee ee 12 Figure 10 Tag Access dialog box Access Type BlockWrite selected o 13 Figure 11 Tag Access dialog box Access Type BlockErase selected iese sees 14 Figure 12 View Menu Options During Reader Command ExecutiON o ccooooo 15 Figure 13 View Menu Options Build Post Capture View ccccccssseeeeeseeeeeeseeeeees 16 Figure 14 Automatically Perform Post Capture Processing ccccccsseccesseceeeeseeeeees 16 Figure 15 View Menu Options Post capture Views cooccoocccncnconnnononononononaconannnnss 17 Figure 16 Data LON 19 Eieure dy Los FICE apie EN Ge Ge EG ie 19 Figure 18 Accessing the Reader Configuration Dialog sees sees ee ee RE ee 21 Figure 19 Reader Configuration Dialog BOX esse ees see ee Re ee ee ee ee ee 21 Figure 20 Antenna Configuration ss GE GE Dee 22 Figure 21 Antenna Logical Setters 23 FIPUhE2 2 Select CHING a VIC Waits s 24 Figure 23 Select Criteria Edit Diales N N Ee Ee 24 Figure 24 Algorithm Settings View Page esse sesse see ee ee ee ee ee ee RR ee ee 25 Figure 25 Inventory Algorithm Edit Page
16. ee 18 3 6 oia oo ae EE DE EE O Re GE ae ee eae ee 19 3 7 Accessing and Changing Reader Configuration ccccccccssecccceseccecesececeesecesseneceeeenes 21 3 7 1 Settnmes Pase airis 22 3 1 2 Antenna Configuration Pare dad Ai ai 22 3 7 3 Select Erit ria Paca oia ld cias 24 3 7 4 Inventory Alsoritam Paisano 25 33 Post Singulation Criteria Page sd be RS Se ee oa 26 3 7 6 GPIO Pin Contiedration Page ee ER SE ie ie oe ie EE Ee DR EG ee ER do EE eke 28 3 7 7 ABOUT Reader alce 29 MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 2 RFID Explorer MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 3 3 7 8 Troubleshootine Panel EE EG EE ee Re Ee De ie DE 29 3 7 9 Register Access Panel ii 30 SARL REGISTEF Tipe MaC Ra 30 3 1 9 2 Register Type MacBank ss redseatec ee GE OE Ee a ee ee 31 O REEI TEE boe BN PS SR EE Ge ee 32 3 1 94 Resistor Type DE Mita 33 3 8 RE TEO A ET EE EE ER RE OE OE HE ER EE ED 34 3 9 Return LOSS a sois 36 3 9 1 FORMULA RE AA AA ER HOL EE OR EE ON 36 3 9 2 Si Ie Chai EE ER OO EE EE N ORE EE HE EE TN 36 3 9 3 Mule Ena Sisa 36 A A ER ee N he cae EE EG AE OE EDE GREG RE be ee 37 S REVISION MSTO VEE SE GE GE GE tame DE GE EG ee ed 37 Figure Fietire 1 Select COM PO sra eN DE Ge EE ee ie 7 Figure 2 Explorer User Interface Main WIinNAOW ees esse ee ee ee ER Re ee RE 8 FISure 3 The status Da EE GE a 9 eure sd Reader Control Dal EE seit eae A 9 Figure 9 INVENTORY RUIE ais ne nea GE GE Ge ee te pan AG Ge Ge RS Ee 10 Figur
17. ep History to retain all access history in the status window Uncheck Keep History to retain only the last access record in the status window MIGROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY ING 30 RFID Explorer 3 7 9 2 Register Type MacBank Selecting the MacBank Register Access option displays the dialog shown in the figure below This dialog reduces the user input required to perform read and write access to MAC Banked Registers Register access j x Register Type ELEN gt Close Read Address tm f0 Countid 1 Dump MAC Wite Address th 0 Datath 0 Bank h OT Batch I Batch Stop On Enos Clear Status Save Status I Keep History Figure 32 MAC Banked Registers Page The configurable parameters for MAC Banked Register read operations are identical to Mac Register read The figure below shows the status window for a valid banked register read detailing the currently selected bank the applicable selector address and the content of all banks a Register Type MacBank Close Read Address th 303 Conai Dump MAC wie _ Addessthi 0 Data mi 0 Bamktmi 0 Batch air Batch Stop On Enon Clear Status Save Status 7 Keep History Read Register MacBank Read Mac 0903 01 000040F4 Banked Sel 0902 Read Mac Register Bank 0903 00 00000004 Read Mac Register Bank 0903 01 000040F4 Figure 33 MAC Banked Register Read Status Example MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 31 RFID Explorer The configurable para
18. er than one 1 in the Edit dialog result in an Invalid Parameter error This error 1s generated and displayed when the Save button 1s clicked MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 27 RFID Explorer 3 7 6 GPIO Pin Configuration Page Use the GPIO Pin Configuration page to set and retrieve the current values of General Purpose Input Output GPIO pins which are accessible to the user on the MTI Firmware microcontroller The figure below shows the GPIO panel Explorer Module Configuration id x Setti GPIO Pan Configuration Antenna Ports Name Sta Status Select Criteria APPLY PIN 0 SUCCESS Unsupported FIN Unsupported PIN 2 APPLY PIN 3 ZHI SUCCESS Figure 28 GPIO Pin Page To retrieve the current value for a specific GPIO pin 1 Set the Access value to GET 2 Click the associated Apply button The State column then indicates the retrieved value LOW for a binary value of zero or HI for a binary value of one If the operation fails the Status field indicates this and the displayed state changes to Unsupported To retrieve the current values of all GPIO pins Click the Read All button This operation sets all pins to GET mode and retrieves the current values from the system To set a value for a specific GPIO pin 1 Change the Access value to SET 2 Change the State field to the desired value 3 Click the associated Apply button MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 28 RFID Explorer 3 7 7 A
19. es Figure 10 Tag Access dialog box Access Type BlockWrite selected From this dialog the user can perform a block write operation against tags and can provide the following configurable parameters O Memory Bank the target for the read operation has selectable values of either the EPC TID User or Reserved memory bank Offset the offset in hexadecimal of the first 16 bit word to read from the target memory bank Count the number of 16 bit words to read starting at Offset Value 1 the hexadecimal value of the 16 bit word to write at Offset Value 2 the hexadecimal value of the 16 bit word to write at Offset 1 applicable if Count is 2 O Access Pwd the previously applied access password for the target tag or no entry for tags with no access permissions Output from block write operations is directed to the primary application window MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 13 RFID Explorer 3 3 2 6 Access Type BlockErase Selecting the BlockErase Access Type option displays the configuration dialog shown in the figure below Tag Access Access Type BlockEraze Memory Bank EFC w Offset hi o Count Access Pwd th a Activate Select Rules C Activate Post Singulstion Rules Figure 11 Tag Access dialog box Access Type BlockErase selected From this dialog the user can perform a read operation against tags and can provide the following configurable parameters Memor
20. for munine for extended periods of time however only minimal statistical information will be available Note Changing this option will not take effect until the application is GE a Figure 16 Data Logging The log files created by Explorer are named rfidxxxx log where xxxx 1s a four digit sequence number The figure below shows an example of log file content 1962797 1962797 1962797 1962797 1962797 1962797 1962798 1962798 1962798 1962798 1962798 Cmd Begin 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 0F 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 Cyc Begin 01 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 Ant Begin 01 00 03 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Inv Begin 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 Inventory 01 00 05 00 03 00 29 4 1 2D A8 09 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 EB 6B Inventory 01 00 05 00 03 00 29 41 2D A8 09 00 10 00 00 00 00 01 FB 4A Inventory 01 00 05 00 03 00 29 4 1 2D A8 09 00 10 00 00 00 00 02 CB 29 Inventory 01 00 05 00 03 00 29 4 1 2D A8 09 00 10 00 00 00 00 03 DB 08 Inventory 01 01 05 00 01 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 Inv End 01 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 Inv Begin 01 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 Figure 17 Log File Example MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 19 RFID Explorer The log file contains four fields separated by tab characters These fields are defined in the following table Table 5 Log File Field Definitions Fed Contents Radio Index A unique serial number for the reader Time stamp Elapsed time in milliseconds from the start of the session Symb
21. ime 20 Physical Port 0 On Time 30 Physical Port 0 Off Time 5 7 Power Level 300 a Off Time 5 Power Level 300 A v Y Tx Port 1 10 dBm Tx Port 1 10 dBm _ Keep inventory after received error _ Keep inventory after received error Function Function Figure 38 RF Test Support full function in Single Channel Start one test flow at one time Another buttons become disable status until stop the test flow In the test time Explorer doesn t allow user to exit the dialog Click RF On Off button start to CW On Off flow Click Pulse button start to transmit random data Click Inventory button start to inventory and you can watch the tag information in the main views MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 34 RFID Explorer MTI RFID Explorer File Edit View ReaderControl Tools Help a Run a Inventory Once ps Tag w F Standard View a a ause Abort Clear ISO 18000 6C Inventory PC EPC CRC EE EE se AD Alma 34 00 E 2 00 30 02 51 19 01 38 22 00 30 F5 E 2 00 RF Test Configuration Frequency Region EU Frequency Pulse for ETSI Antenna On Time Physical Port Off Time Power Level Tx Port 1 10 dBm Figure 39 RF Test Tag information is showed in the main views If you want Explorer to run continually after received error click the box Keep inventory after received error In normal mode after receive error message in the End Packet Inventory wil
22. l stop In this test mode Inventory stop soon then run again automatically EF Test Configuration Frequency Rion Frequency MHz Pulse for ETSI Antenna ortie TS ma me Tx Port 1 10 dBm Inventory Off lt Retry Count Inventory Rules Device USB 000000000 sesse Error Code 05009 Error Code 0309 Figure 40 RF Test Keep inventory after received error MT MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 35 RFID Explorer 3 9 Return Loss MTI supports Return Loss to help user to perform the device Select Configure option Click Return Loss The Return Loss dialog will be show MTI RFID Explorer 1 File Edit View Reader Control Help MEE we m Explorer Options a Em Inventory Inventory Once Set COM port Standard View RF Test ISO 18000 6C Inventory PE EPC CR Figure 41 Return Loss Select Return Loss 3 9 1 Formula Return Loss Reflected Power Level 0xB04 PA Power Level 0xB00 3 9 2 Single Channel Explorer has Frequency tables which is support region Choose one single in Frequency Box and click Run Button Explorer will show the channel information in the window Note If your region is Customer you should type the frequency by yourself Explorer doesn t know the frequency that you want 3 9 3 Multiple Channels Click CHANNEL_ALL in the frequency Box Click Run button Explorer will show all channels and paint Broken Line
23. meters for MAC Banked Register write operations are identical to MAC Register write except that an additional bank parameter is provided This alleviates the need to utilize the Mac Register Access dialog to select the desired bank via the bank selector register before performing banked register operations The figure below shows the status window for a valid banked register read detailing the currently selected bank the applicable selector address and the content of all banks This is followed by a write to each bank by simply changing the bank index x Register Type MacBark Close Read Address th 303 Count d i a4 Dump MAC Woe adress 903 Datath 000040F2 Bankihi fi Bach T Batch Stop On Enos Clear Status Save Status AS Read Register MacBank ad Mac 0903 01 000040F2 Banked Sel 0902 Read Mac Register Bank 0903 00 00000004 Read Mac Register Bank 0903 01 000040F2 Write Register MacBank Write Mac Register Bank 0903 00 00000002 Write Register MacBank Write Mac Reaister Bank 090311011 000040F2 Figure 34 MAC Banked Register Read and Write Status Example 3 7 9 3 Register Type Bypass Selecting the MacBypass Register Access option displays the dialog shown in the figure below From this dialog the user can perform read and write access to Registers x Register Type ETE gt Close Read Address th 0 Count d fi Dump MAC Wrte Address n lo Data fh lo Batch Ar Bat
24. n or since the last time the session was cleared The view includes the total and unique tag count logical antenna number and read rate Inventory Cycle Summary MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 17 RFID Explorer Lists data related to each inventory round including the Inventory Round Summary antenna used tag count and elapsed time in milliseconds Lists the parameter used in the session s inventory Inventory Parameters ounde The following table lists the post capture diagnostic views that are available Table 3 Post Capture Diagnostic Views All Packets Raw Format Lists in chronological order all packets received from the reader All Packets Raw F i Lists invalid or unrecognized packets the raw data and BENS O the parsing error Lists diagnostic information for each inventory cycle Inventory Cycle Diagnostics Note The extended data format must be selected to obtain this information Lists the diagnostic information for each inventory round Inventory Round Diagnostics Note The extended data format must be selected to obtain this information The following table lists the post capture performance view that is available Table 4 Post Capture Performance View Sinaulation Rate Data Provides data useful for calculating the read rate 9 achieved by the reader 3 5 Exporting Data The Explorer application allows you to export data to Microsoft Excel 2003 To export data From the File menu click
25. o E EEEEEEEEEEEREEERE EIE EIE EDE IE IE IEDE eee Figure 22 Select Criteria View The Display Criterion spin box allows you to select the criteria currently being viewed It has a range of one 1 up to the value displayed under Active Criteria The Load button causes the application to perform a direct query to the current reader and reload the page with the retrieved select criteria settings To change the select criteria parameters for the active reader click the Edit button This displays the dialog box shown in the figure below dEl Edit Select Criteria Settings a sl x Select Criteria Display Criterion 1 Active Criteria 1 Memory Bank EPC v Inventory Target 52 Memory Bank Offset lo Truncation a DISABLE Mask Bit Count 0 Action a las LINVA DSLINVE Mak Jo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo fo p p p p fo fo fo fo fo fo fo p fo p p fo Cancel Figure 23 Select Criteria Edit Dialog This panel allows configuration of individual select criterion parameters MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 24 RFID Explorer Note Truncation is not supported in the MTI firmware at this time The Truncation parameter should be set to DISABLE 3 7 4 Inventory Algorithm Panel The Inventory Algorithm panels are used to view and configure the reader s query settings The figure below shows an example of the Inventory Algorithm View panel MTI RFID Explorer Module Configuration Set
26. olic Name The symbolic name for the packet Packet Data The packet data in hexadecimal format MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 20 RFID Explorer 3 7 Accessing and Changing Reader Configuration The Explorer application allows the user to configure many of the settings of the attached readers To access the configuration panel From the Reader Control menu select Configure Reader Alternatively from the Tool Bar select Configure Reader See the figure below This opens the Explorer Reader Configuration dialog box dl MTI RFID Explorer E fx Access the Configure Reader Run Invento chalog from the Reader Control menu Register Access Get Inventory Once ISO 18000 6C Invento Run Inventory Tag Actes 1 fl Reto Count Inventory Rules Device TAR T 000 Ready UART 000 Activated Figure 18 Accessing the Reader Configuration Dialog The Explorer Reader Configuration dialog contains many function specific pages each of which is listed on the left hand side selection bar The current selection is always indicated by a visual highlight For example in the figure below the Settings page is active MTI RFID Explorer Module Configuration Antenna Ports lie Select Criteria EISE eta Algorithm Region Post Singulation EU v Set GPIO About Module Troubleshooting Link Profile Inventory Algorithm M Figure 19 Reader Configuration Dialog Box MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC
27. ption is selected the captured Protocol Trace Build PostCapture Views C packets are processed Duration 4 71 minutes 01 Retry Count r Inventory Rules Ready Figure 13 View Menu Options Build Post Capture View o To initiate the post processing 1 e to build the indexed data file select Build Post Capture Views as shown in the figure below This option is enabled after the reader functions have completed eo To configure the application to automatically invoke the post capture processing 1 From the Tools menu select Explorer Options The Explorer Option dialog box displays 2 Select Automatically perform post capture processing as shown in the figure below Explorer Options Data Logging Maximize main window on startup Confirm before closing application Default view Figure 14 Automatically Perform Post Capture Processing MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 16 RFID Explorer When the post capture processing completes all views become available from the View menu as shown in the figure below WHT STID Explorer Dj xj Fie E view Resis Conra Too Heb Summaryle mer vew Es commant After the raw packets have id SEE heen processed the past Capture views are enabled A E 5 Wipe A SEM y PA Performance Ves F interna Cycle Sunny 0 reentory ce Summary invento nos gt mentory rounds Enmentdory Round Summary rea oe Par Meet ers TT ane od sia ia ad da MS
28. r starts to detect the serial port If any reader is found it shows Device Interface USB or Serial and serial number Otherwise it shows No Device E r Inventory Rules device Ue B OD0000000 Figure 3 The status bar Reto Count Ready Ue B 000000000 Activated 3 3 Controlling a Device After detecting the reader you can control the reader from the Reader Control menu or from the Control Bar The figure below shows the Control Bar buttons and describes the actions they perform Reader configuration options Po Continuously inventory and display the tags within range of the reader w i Mm e u o a patea Inventory Once Access Tag Stop Pause Abort Clear all session data without closing the reader connection Abort the running function Pause i resume the running function Stop the running function command Figure 4 Reader Control bar MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 9 RFID Explorer 3 3 1 Inventory Rules The Activate Select Rules and Active Post Singulation Rules checkboxes control whether the select and post singulation criteria that have been configured should be utilized during inventory operations select Criteria Fost Singulation Inventory Rules Device USB OO0000000 Ready USB 000000000 Activated Figure 5 Inventory Rule 3 3 2 Tag Access Selecting the Tag Access option presents the user with the configuration dialog shown in the figure below
29. s Figure 8 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Kill selected Note Tags with a value of zero for their password are not expected to respond to the kill command 3 3 2 4 Access Type Lock The lock operation allows the user to specify the desired exposure of tag kill and access password permissions It also allows the user to specify write permission and condition levels for the EPC TID and User memory banks Selecting the Lock Access Type option displays the dialog box shown in the figure below Tag Access Access Type Fermion Kill Pwd ACCESSIBLE Access Fwd ACCESSIBLE EPC Bank WRITEABLE TID Bank WRITEABLE User Bank WEITEABLE Activate Select Rules Activate Post Singulation Rules Figure 9 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Lock selected MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 12 RFID Explorer Note that all permissions are set in a single operation In many circumstances it may be desirable to leave one or more of the target passwords or permissions in an unmodified state To do this select the NO_CHANGE option for those targets 3 3 2 5 Access Type BlockWrite Selecting the Block Write Access Type option displays the configuration dialog shown in the figure below Tag Access Losses Type Block Write ia Memory Bank Offset thy Count Value 1 th Value 2 th Accesss Fwd thi Activate Select Rules Activate Fost Singulation Rul
30. s Maximum Dwell Time Antenna Physical Part Millisecond ENABLED 3 Maximum Inventors Cycles 019z 4 Power 110 dBm 40 t J Figure 21 Antenna Logical Settings Configurable parameters for individual antennas are Physical Port indicating the physical connector 0 thru 3 to which the logical antenna is bound for transmission of data O Maximum Dwell Time indicating the maximum number of milliseconds that may be spent on the logical antenna during a single cycle Maximum Inventory Cycles specifying the maximum number of inventory cycles that will be spent on the logical antenna before a switch to the next one available Antenna transmission Power in 1 10 dBm increments Note The dwell time and inventory cycles may not both be set to a value of zero If the user attempts to perform such an operation Explorer will response error message MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 23 RFID Explorer 3 7 3 Select Criteria Page Use the Select Criteria page to view and configure the selection criteria query settings that can be used for any tag protocol operations As shown in the figure below this page displays the active selection criteria of the current reader HTI REID Explorer Module Confizuraton Settings Select Criteria Antenna Ports Display Criterion Active Criteria UI Algorithm Memory Bank ay Inventory Target Memory Bank Offset Trneation JISAELE Macot ten Post Singulation Ar
31. tings Algorithm Settings Antenna Ports ey Active Algorithm nelect State Select Criteria BESON sesion Target Post Singulation GPIO E Count About Module ia SE Troubleshooting Threshold Multiplier ma Toggle Target 4 lt gt B 1 Figure 24 Algorithm Settings View Page The Load button queries the current reader and refreshes the values displayed on the Algorithm Settings page To modify the algorithm settings for the current reader click the Edit button This opens a dialog box similar to the one shown in the figure below HE Edit Algorithm Settings Algonthen Settings Active Algonthm DYNAMICO Select Stala SELECT_ALL Stat O Vales f4 Retry Court m Min Q Value 0 4 Threshold Multiplier 4 Max value fis E Toggle Target ACB Enable Save Cancel Figure 25 Inventory Algorithm Edit Page MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 25 RFID Explorer In the Active Algorithm dropdown box you can select between the Fixed Q and Dyanmic Q algorithm When you select a new algorithm the configurable fields display in the center sub panel change to match those available with the selected algorithm 3 7 5 Post Singulation Criteria Page Use the Post Singulation page to view and configure reader settings that define the manner in which tags and post singulation are filtered based on all or part of the tag s EPC The figure below shows an example of the page displayed when the Post Singula
32. tion Criteria option is chosen Explorer Module Confipuratioon Hd Fod Singulation Crina Display Criterion 1 a Active Criteria Memory Bank Cito Mack EE GPIO Mask Bat Count About Modube Mask Match Troubleshooting Figure 26 Post Singulation Criteria View Page The Display Criterion spin box allows you to select the criteria currently being viewed It has a range of one 1 up to the value displayed under Active Criteria The Load button causes the application to perform a direct query to the current reader and reload the page with the retrieved post singulation criteria settings To change the post singulation criteria parameters for the active reader click the Edit button This displays the dialog box shown in the figure below MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 26 RFID Explorer AE ConfigurePostSingulation_Edit Post Singulation Criteria Display Criterion 1 101 x Active Criteria ho lt 3 Memory Bank Offset 0 Mask Bit Count lo Mask Match REGULAR a e A Te STI i i id AAA AAA Save did id HEHEH EI a ia i i i a i i ee HEREKE PCI Cancel Figure 27 Post Singulation Criteria Edit Dialog This page allows configuration of individual post singulation criterion parameters Note Only one active post singulation criteria is allowed at this time Attempts to set the Active Criteria count great
33. y Bank the target for the read operation has selectable values of either the EPC TID User or Reserved memory bank Offset the offset in hexadecimal of the first 16 bit word to erase in the target memory bank Count the number of 16 bit words to erase starting at Offset Access Pwd the previously applied access password for the target tag or no entry for tags with no access permissions Output from block erase operations is directed to the primary application window MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 14 RFID Explorer 3 4 RFID Data Views 3 4 1 Overview The Explorer provides several views that allow users to examine RFID data from different perspectives Use the View menu on the main window to select different views Explorer provides two types of data views Live data views which are captured in real time from the reader Post capture views which are generated after an operation is completed The live data views display data as the packets arrive from the reader The application applies minimal processing to this live data The following table describes the three live data views that are available Table 1 Live Data Views Summary View Overview statistics about the current session currently executing command and reporting time slice Standard View A list of unique tag singulations tag id inventoried in the session and a count of the number of times the id was read inventoried Protocol Trace A graphi
34. ype Write e Memory Bank Offset thy Comat Value 1 ihi Value 2 hj EE Access Fwd th po Activate Select Rules _ Activate Post Singulation Rules Figure 7 Tag Access dialog box Access Type Write selected From this dialog the user can perform a write operation against tags and can provide the following configurable parameters Memory Bank the target for the write operation has selectable values of either the EPC TID User or Reserved memory bank Offset the offset in hexadecimal of the first 16 bit word to write from the target memory bank Count the number of 16 bit words to read starting at Offset Value 1 the hexadecimal value of the 16 bit word to write at Offset Value 2 the hexadecimal value of the 16 bit word to write at Offset 1 applicable if Count is 2 Access Pwd the previously applied access password for the target tag or no entry for tags with no access permissions Output from write operations is directed to the primary application window MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INC 11 RFID Explorer 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3Access Type Kill The kill operation allows the user to render any tag with a matching access and kill password as permanently non functional Selecting the Kill Access Type option displays the configuration dialog shown in the figure below Tag Access Access Type Kill Accesss Fwd thi Kill Pwd th Activate Select Rules Activate Fost Singulation Rule
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