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1. J 2 D 2 SN gt Draw AutoShapes XOIOoE di Tao LASER Page 1 Sec 1 1 1 At o Ln Col 1 REC TRK EXT OVR English U S Copyright 2004 Cognitive PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS Creating a Label and Barcode Design the label as you would any Word document Use the following steps to design a barcode 1 Select the desired font ZHDocument1 Microsoft Word Bigs File Edit View Insert Format Tools Table FlashPaper Window Help Acrobat x al CO 2 B zu a CG Triumvirate 10 amp CG Triumvirate 16 a CG Triumvirate 24 8 CG Triumvirate 36 amp CG Triumvirate 48 Fp Chiller amp CODE 128 E 1284 a CODE 128B a CODE 128C a CODE 39 t Colonna MT Mo a sjam e B E A AA OD El Hl Mali 4 2 E OSH EH S6R kB AI o o 3 Normal CODE o CODE 126 Draw Iy AutoShapes N N oB4 2A SASSA Fage 1 Sec 1 11 AF 0 3 Ln Col 1 REC TRK EXT OVR English Us Gg 2 Enter the numbers for the barcode A barcode will not display on the screen but is printed on the label 3 Set the height of the barcode by adjusting the font size Use trial and error to adjust the size correctly Printing a Label Make sure that the printer is connected to the computer and powered on Ensure that the media is loaded correctly Use the following steps to print the2. 1254CU88 2666616 Accenture Adabas Backup bin CD_PROJ class cygwin DOGS NOTE The file name must be eight characters or less The name cannot contain spaces or symbols On the File menu click Exit This returns you to the At the prompt type mode com1 9600 N 8 1 Press ENTER At the prompt type copy filename com1 Replace filename with the file name that you used in step three Press ENTER 4 Command window 5 6 7 The label prints on the printer 8 Copyright 2004 Cognitive At the prompt type exit The Command window closes 21 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS Sample Label This is a sample label and the programming used to create it TEST LABEL DER N PITCH 200 MEDE DANIE Ee EER Gee MUHU TEXT 2 20 0 TEST LABEL 1254367654567 BARCODE CODE39 20 70 40 1234567894567 END Using Third Party and Proprietary Applications Labels are frequently printed from commercial software or proprietary applications Printing from Microsoft Word The instructions below describe how to create both simple and complex labels using Microsoft Word software The instructions assume the following conditions e You have a basic understanding of Microsoft software and the Windows operating system e Cognitive printer drivers are installed correctly e The printer is connected powered on and ready to print NOTE Examples shown here were created using Microsoft Windows XP and Micro
3. Cognitive RAN SOLUTIONS INC E Advantage RFID Thermal Printer HF 13 56 Mhz Advantage fie User Guide Copyright 2004 Cognitive Cognitive and Advantage are trademarks of Cognitive Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other product and corporate names used in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies and are used only for explanation and to their owner s benefit without intent to infringe All information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Cognitive No part of this document may be reproduced for any reason or in any form including electronic storage and retrieval without the express permission of Cognitive All program listings in this document are copyrighted and are the property of Cognitive and are provided without warranty To contact Cognitive Cognitive Solutions Inc 4403 Table Mountain Drive Suite A Golden CO 80403 E Mail info cognitive com Telephone 1 800 525 2785 Fax 1 303 273 1414 Table of Contents RFID and the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer ssssss ss EE EE EE 1 Ed EES SIB N OE EE EE NE ER Er OnE 1 Active Versus Passive RFID TaQSaccccccesccentcesecescpesceesteeseresceecceestecseoeste 2 REID Fr QuenmCle Sci ESE EE OE SE onan GE DS Er eum GE ERG Se N Gr gelieg 3 WSes Tor mir a EE E ee E E re 3 RFID Standards ss de dee ee de
4. 2 4 inch Printer LU UDUU Figure 3 2 Advantage RFID Thermal Printer Rear View Connections and Power Connector Use A Parallel port optional Parallel data communications port B Serial port RS232 Serial data communications port C Ethernet connector optional Ethernet communications port for network connectivity D POWER connector Connection for power adapter E Universal Serial Bus USB port USB communications port NOTE Printer port options are dependent upon printer model Connecting Power and Cables The following steps describe how to connect power and data cables 1 Connect a data cable parallel serial USB or Ethernet to the connector on the back of the printer NOTE A null modem cable is required for serial connections Do NOT use a Standard serial cable For parallel connections use a standard non bidirectional Centronix cable The parallel port must be configured as an LPT port not an ECP port 2 Connect the cable from the power supply to the power connector on the back of the printer IMPORTANT Use only the 19VAC power supply provided with the printer Copyright 2004 Cognitive 9 SETUP Releasing the Print Mechanism Refer to the figure below to release the print mechanism Figure 3 3 Releasing the Print Mechanism 1 Open the dust cover 2 Refer to Figure 3 3 Slide the black latches towards the rear of the unit t
5. Third line feed type will be GAP or BAR depending on the type of label used On the File menu choose Print to send this file to the printer The printer READY light will flash and a label may be ejected The printer will not print on the label Wait for the READY light to turn solid green Turn the printer OFF and then ON Copyright 2004 Cognitive 36 Programming The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer like other Cognitive printers is programmable using ASCII commands Additional commands have been added to support the RFID functionality This chapter provides an explanation of the new RFID commands used by the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer Programming Overview Most Cognitive printers use the same command language which has become an industry standard RFID commands are broken into three types e RFID Standard Commands Standard commands that are inserted into a label format e RFID Variable Commands Variables used with other commands and inserted into a label format The format for creating a printer variable is lt Delimiter gt RF_VAR lt Delimiter gt lt Delimiter gt is defined according to Cognitive s CPL command language NOTE In this document the dollar sign character is used as the delimiter character e RFID Setup Debug Commands Commands used with a serial interface to the printer and sent individually for setup or debug information Copyright 2004 Cognitive 37 PROGRAMM
6. left in hundredths of an inch SHIFT LEFT 0 LABEL PRESENTATION When ON Printer will advance and reverse the distance specified below for each label printed LABEL PRESENTATION ON FORWARD With PRESENTLABEL ON the distance that a label is advanced in hundredths of an inch FORWARD 1 100 inches 8 REVERSE With PRESENTLABEL ON the distance that a label is retracted in hundredths of an inch REVERSE 1 100 inches 8 PRINT SPEED Displays the current printing speed setting PRINT SPEED HIGH INDEX Displays index configuration including FEED_TYPE mode gain tx rx top of form filter and current index value INDEX GAP 3 2 36 01 0000 053 217 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 16 Setting Description SETUP Example RECALIBRATE If a label travels the No Media Timeout RECALIBRATE ON distance without seeing an index mark the printer will attempt to recalibrate the printer if RECALIBRATE ON If RECALIBRATE OFF the printer will error out with a red ready light PRINT MODE DT indicates direct thermal printing TT indicates thermal transfer printing and AUTO indicates automatic print mode switching In AUTO mode the printer will check for the presence of a ribbon when it is turned on or when you lower the printhead If it detects a ribbon it will set itself for TT mode otherwise it will automatically select DT mode PRINT MODE DT AUTO
7. 31 Microsoft Word 23 proprietary applications 28 RFID tags 29 third party applications 23 35 programming 38 R READY 8 Requirements 7 RFID Commands IRFID 55 RFID CONFIRM 56 RFID HOST 57 IRFID LEDFLSH 58 IRFID LEDTIME 59 RFID MARK 60 IRFID RDAFTWT 61 RFID RETRY 62 RFID SSONCMD 63 IRFID TAGTYPE 64 RFID TIMEOUT 65 IRFID TXAFTER 67 IRFID VOID 68 RF HOST 44 RF ID GET 43 RF LOCATION 54 RF TYPE 51 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 74 RF VAR CLEAR 45 RF BLKSZ 53 RF IDNUM 52 RT 46 WT 47 WTLOCK 49 RFID tag certified 77 printing 29 S sample label 23 RFID tag 35 self test 15 setup 7 specifications 75 T thermal transfer ribbon 11 troubleshooting 69 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 75 INDEX
8. Cognitive 34 Maintenance and Calibration The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer is designed to provide exceptional service with a minimum of preventive maintenance Maintenance Printer maintenance should be performed with each media roll Figure 6 1 Performing Printer Maintenance 1 Open the print mechanism 2 Clean the printhead A drive roller B and the index sensors C and D with a soft lint free cloth saturated with 99 percent isopropyl alcohol Copyright 2004 Cognitive 35 MAINTENANCE AND CALIBRATION 3 Press the FEED button to clean all sides of the roller CAUTION Incorrectly cleaning the printer will cause permanent damage and void the printer s warranty Cognitive recommends using a certified cleaning pen for all your printer s cleaning requirements P N 60 14 00 0002 Calibration Calibration is the process of configuring the printer with a specific set of parameters Calibrate the printer when the following occurs e Print media type changes e Printer skips labels e Printer feeds blank labels NOTE Do NOT calibrate Blazer model printers To calibrate the printer type the following commands in the DOS Editor or Notepad 10000 VARIABLE INDEX SETTING 0 VARIABLE FEED TYPE GAP VARIABLE INDEX SETTING CALIBRATE VARIABLE WRITE END Programming notes First line must use zeros with a space between each Second line for a Direct Thermal printer use index setting 0
9. box type command Run Type the name of a program Folder document or z Internet resource and Windows will open it For vou open Fonmand SSS 4 Click OK The Command window appears Copyright 2004 Cognitive 30 PRINTING RFID TAGS 5 In the Command window at the prompt type edit and press ENTER The DOS Editor window appears cx CA WINDOWS System32 command com Microsoft R Windows DOS CC Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990 2001 Cz gt edit 6 Inthe DOS Editor window type the commands and data to be sent to the printer tw C WINDOWS System32 command com File Edit Search Wiew Options Help UNTITLED1 t dia 1 1 PITCH 268 WIDTH 1668 TEXT 2 24 24 TESTING BARCODE GODE128A 24 158 75 123456789 NOTE If you are using a printer with a serial port COM port it may be necessary to save the file and print directly from the Command window Refer to Stored Formats 7 On the File menu choose Print 8 Inthe Print dialog verify that the Complete document option is selected Then click OK The label is sent to the printer Print Print to the printer on COM1 gt Selected Text Only C Complete Document Copyright 2004 Cognitive 31 PRINTING RFID TAGS 9 On the File menu click Exit 10 At the prompt type exit The Command window closes Stored Formats Stored formats are tag formats that are saved as a text file This file can be reused
10. characters Use the RF_BLKSZ variable or the specification sheet for the RFID tag to determine this number Refer to Figure 5 1 Data Blocks With a block size of 4 the RFID tag will store 4 characters in each block Therefore a data string that contains 18 characters occupies 5 blocks The WT command places a NULL character at the end of each stored data string In this example data is stored in blocks 0 through 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 28 PRINTING RFID TAGS BLOCK 0 1 2 3 4 5 CLOIGINI ITI VIE bal PIR TIN TIE R S uu Figure 5 1 Data Blocks The write tag WT command ASCII string is limited to 63 characters Each WT command ASCII string is limited to a maximum of 63 characters For a 256 byte RFID tag a maximum of four WT commands containing 63 characters of data may be used NOTE It is the user s responsibility to track the 63 character maximum If more than 63 characters are included in a WT command the command will fail The read tag RT command stores data in a user specified location The RT command retrieves data from an RFID tag and stores the data in a location that the user identifies The location is identified with a number between 1 and 99 The user may store the result of a maximum of 32 separate RT commands The RT command reads up to a specified ending block or until a null character is encountered The RT command reads data from the RFID chip beginning at the block specified
11. data from the tag currently positioned over RFID Reader Writer H W RT ss ee fmt vv ss Starting block to begin reading octets bytes ee Ending block Stop on this block after reading the contents fmt Format of the data being read Use A for ASCII vv Storage index number used for subsequent retrieval action 0 99 No specific response RFID Standard Command To Printer 0000 DELIMIT RF VAR_CLEAR RT 0 3 A 33 RF HOST SRF 33 END From Printer 123 1234 123 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 44 PROGRAMMING WT Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example Write Tag This command stores the quoted data to the RFID Tag currently positioned over RFID Reader Writer H W The data will begin storage at the ss Tag block and extend to and Zero pad any unused bytes within the ending block WT ss data ss Starting block to begin reading octets bytes data Collection of data octets to be written to the RFID tag The size of data must be in the range of 1 255 octets No specific response RFID Standard Command To Printer 0 100 800 0 DELIMIT WT 0 123 1234 123 WT 4 John Q Public WI 10 Cardiac Care Unit RT 0 3 A 33 RF HOST SRF 33 END From Printer 123 1234 123 NOTE In this initial Adv LX RFID Printer the Skyetek M1 Reader Writer Module limits individual Read or Write transfers to from the RFID Tags to 64
12. in the command parameter The command will continue to read up to the block specified in the command parameters OR until a null character is encountered The RT command will not read past the null character Again refer to Figure 5 1 Reading blocks 0 3 returns COGNITIVE PRINTE Reading blocks O through 4 returns COGNITIVE PRINTERS Finally reading blocks 0 through 5 returns the same string as reading blocks 0 through 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 29 PRINTING RFID TAGS Using Label Software A version of NiceLabel labeling software designed specially for Cognitive printers is included on the Companion CD This software provides label printing label design RFID write and RFID read capabilities Refer to the NiceLabel help files for information on how to use this product with your Cognitive printer Using CPL Programming RFID commands have been added to the CPL programming language These new commands allow you to read and write data as well as print information on the tag Commands and data are sent to the printer through a generic text printer driver The commands prepare the printer to receive the tag establish print position and characteristics and terminate printing operation Data is passed as ASCII text and may be printed on the label encoded in an RFID device or both Creating a Text File Use the following instructions with Windows based computers 1 Click Start 2 Choose Run 3 In the Open text
13. label 1 Press CTRL P or on the File menu choose Print The Print dialog appears 2 Verify that the Cognitive printer is selected 3 Click OK Copyright 2004 Cognitive 26 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS Printing from Proprietary Applications There are a variety of applications that are industry or function specific Some of these require a generic text printer driver Others have built in printer drivers Refer to your software documentation or contact the software vendor to determine the appropriate method for printing labels with proprietary software Copyright 2004 Cognitive 27 Printing RFID Tags Printing RFID tags may include printing information on the tag writing data to the tag reading data from the tag or a combination these actions While tags may differ in appearance and storage capacity programming the tag properly depends on understanding how the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer writes to and reads from the RFID tag NOTE Cognitive highly recommends the use of Cognitive certified RFID tags with the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer Refer to Appendix B Certified Tags RFID Tag Overview Each RFID tag contains a small microchip used to store data RFID programming commands are used to transfer data from a label format or other data source into the tag Several important concepts must be understood when writing data to an RFID tag Data is stored in blocks Each block stores a specific number of
14. need to create a text file in an editor then print or copy the file to the printer Copyright 2004 Cognitive 70 PROGRAMMING Technical Support Contact Information Hours 8AM 5PM Mountain Standard Time MST Telephone 1 720 221 9498 Toll Free 1 800 525 2785 ext 498 Fax 308 215 0385 E Mail support cognitive com Copyright 2004 Cognitive 71 Appendix A Specifications Printer Model LBT24 2043 Hxx LBT42 2043 Hxx Technology Direct Thermal or Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer Thermal Transfer Width max 2 2 66mm 4 1 104mm Length max 40 1016mm 203dpi 20 513mm 203dpi E 160 4064mm 100dpi 80 2032mm 100dpi Speed max 3 ips 3 ips Resolution 101 or 203 selectable 101 or 203 selectable 300 dpi option a Standard LBT24 2043 H11 Serial Serial and Parallel o LBT24 2043 H12 Parallel LBT24 2043 H13 8 USB Option Option to standard serial port Option to standard serial port F Ethernet Option LBT24 2043 H14 Ethernet Option LBT24 2043 H16 Ethernet Option includes serial includes serial and parallel Oo MT Width 5 127mm 6 8 173mm 8 Height 6 1 155mm 6 1 155mm E Depth 9 4 238mm 9 4 238mm Weight 3 9lbs 1 77kg 4 4lbs 2 0kg Frequency 13 56 MHz 13 56 MHz Functionality Read Write Verify Read Write Verify Standards Compliant ISO15693 ISO14443 ISO15693 ISO14443 EPC EPC Data
15. tags have practical ranges of tens of meters and a battery life of up to several years Copyright 2004 Cognitive 2 RFID AND THE ADVANTAGE RFID PRINTER RFID Frequencies RFID tags operate at a specific frequency and both the reader and the tag must be tuned to the same frequency to transfer information The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer is designed for RFID tags that operate at 13 56 Megahertz This frequency is referred to as High Frequency or HF Uses for HF RFID HF RFID tags are used in a variety of industries and situations including library book or bookstore tracking pallet tracking building access control baggage tracking and apparel item tracking High frequency tags are widely used in identification badges replacing earlier magnetic stripe cards These badges need only be held within a certain distance of the reader to authenticate the holder RFID tags are also used in payment systems that allow customers to pay for items without using cash Hospitals are using RFID tags for patient identification and pharmaceutical management RFID Standards RFID devices have been in use since World War II The United Kingdom used RFID devices to differentiate between English aircraft and German aircraft Widespread use of RFID technology has been hampered by a lack of international standards for RFID devices and technology that is not advanced enough for RFID to be cost effective A number of international standards have bee
16. to create tags without having to retype all of the required commands Use the following instructions with Windows based computers 1 Click Start 2 Choose Run 3 In the Open text box type command Run Type the name of a program Folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For vou open Ee 4 Click OK The Command window appears 5 Inthe Command window at the prompt type edit and press ENTER The DOS Editor window appears ex C WINDOWS System32 command com Microsoft R gt Windows DOS lt O gt Copyright Microsoft Corp 1996 2061 C Nedit Copyright 2004 Cognitive 32 PRINTING RFID TAGS 6 Inthe DOS Editor window type the commands and data to be sent to the printer w CAWINDOWS System32 command com File Edit Search Wiew Options Help UNTITLED1 t 166 1 1 PITCH 268 WIDTH 108 TEXT 2 24 2 TESTING HARCODE GODE128A 20 158 75 123456789 7 On the File menu choose Save 8 In the Save As dialog type a name for the file Then click OK Save As File Mame TESTFILE ttt rrr ttt rte 1 GEN Existing Files Directories Accenture2 zip 1254CU8A Backup_692963 bkf 26AAAU16 ss nh dat Accenture ss_udp dat Adabas ss_udp2 dat Backup bin CD_PROJ class cygwin NOTE The file name must be eight characters or less The name cannot contain spaces or symbols 9 On the File menu click Exit This returns you
17. to the Command window 10 At the prompt type mode com1 9600 N 8 1 Press ENTER 11 At the prompt type copy filename com1 Replace filename with the file name that you used in step three Press ENTER 12 The label prints on the printer Copyright 2004 Cognitive 33 PRINTING RFID TAGS 13 At the prompt type exit The Command window closes Sample RFID Tag This is a sample RFID tag and the programming used to create it 0 100 1200 1 PATIENT COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS ADM B B 2004 W 100 DOB 8 9 1973 SSN 523 43 8798 VARIABLE DARKNESS 100 DR vonn ew cognitive com DELIMIT RF VAR_CLEAR WT 0 Cognitive Solutions RFID 1 800 525 2785 WT 16 PAT ID 354647 RF ID GET RT 0 10 A 11 RT 16 31 A 21 T 2 0 90 1 1 150 280 PATIENT COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS T 1 0 90 1 1 120 280 ADM 8 8 2004 1 0 90 1 1 90 280 DOB 8 9 1973 CODE128 2 3 30 260 70 354647 1 0 90 1 1 60 280 SSN 523 43 8798 1 0 90 1 1 30 280 DR John Doe MD HHA 1 0 90 1 1 10 380 www cognitive com RF HOST RF_IDNUMS RF HOST SRF 11 RF HOST SRF 219 END Using Third Party and Proprietary Applications There are a variety of applications that are industry or function specific Some of these require a generic text printer driver Others have built in printer drivers Refer to your software documentation or contact the software vendor to determine the appropriate method for printing labels with proprietary software Copyright 2004
18. your computer 0 0 0 0 Must use zero space between each VARIABLE DARKNESS VARIABLE WRITE END Copyright 2004 Cognitive 69 PROGRAMMING The indicates the number you need to enter to increase the darkness For example you would type the line as VARIABLE DARKNESS 20 Start with 20 then gradually increase the number to 30 then 40 and so on The higher the number the hotter the printhead and the darker the print NOTE A darkness setting of 50 or more may decrease the life of the printhead Send this file to the printer by going to File gt Print The printer will not print anything but the ready light will blink off and on When you have a solid Green ready light cycle the power on the printer NOTE If using a UNIX Linux system create a text file in an editor then print or copy the file to the printer Upgrade From Blazer Printer Use the following to avoid reformatting existing Blazer label formats when upgrading to a newer model Cognitive printer Type in the following commands from a DOS Editor or from Notepad on your computer 0 0 0 0 Must use zero space between each character VARIABLE MODE 2 100 VARIABLE WRITE END Send this file to the printer by going to File gt Print The printer will not print anything but the ready light will blink off and on When you have a solid Green ready light cycle the power turn off on NOTE If using a UNIX Linux system you will
19. 6 byte RFID Tag Copyright 2004 Cognitive 47 PROGRAMMING RF TYPE Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type See also Example This is an RFID reserved and internal variable contains the last RFID Tag s Type This variable is often used in conjunction with the RF HOST command RF TYPES None The printer s parser will replace any Static or Derived Variables with valued string associated with variable and then attempt to execute the CPL or CPL RFID command RFID Standard Command RF HOST To Printer 10000 DELIMIT RF ID GET RF HOST Here the Variables RF HOST SRF _ TYPES RF HOST SRF IDNUMS RF HOST SRF BLKSZS END From Printer TAG ID E0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 Here the Variables IS015693 E0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 48 PROGRAMMING RF IDNUM Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type See also Example This command is defined as Reference Find ID Number This command returns the unique tag identification number and is often used in conjunction with the RF HOST command RF IDNUMS None The Printer s parser will replace any Static or Derived Variables with valued string associated with variable and then attempt to execute the CPL or CPL RFID command RFID Standard Command RF HOST To Printer 1 0 000 DELIMIT RF ID GET RF HOST Here the Variables RF HOST SRF TY
20. Assigned Tag Type IS015693 Mark OverRide State OFF VOID Stamp Message lt NoStampMsg gt LED Flash Control ON LED Flash Duration 250 MSecs SelecTag before Cmd ON NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 56 PROGRAMMING RFID MARK Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command sets whether or not to print a defined mark on a label that fails to write expected data to an RFID tag RFID MARK ON OFF ON When the setting is ON the printer will mark a label that fails a RT WT or WTLOCK command No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID MARK OFF NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 57 PROGRAMMING RFID RDAFTWT Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command initiates an integrity te
21. D z ES m RE 55 Jig WEE Ao EE ER e a e ea EE AE N 56 RAID MARK EE N EE ed 57 RFID FPR VN EES GE N ee EG Ge EN Ge dee 58 RFID RETRY sea sa ea es ee de ee ee ee 59 IRF ID SSONGMD EG EE aa GE Ke is 60 IREID TAGIYPE 4 ea ees n eg n eg eo ed eo ee 61 IREIDTIMEOLT ES SG EG EG er EG tre er eer Ge ei 62 IREID TXAR TER isdie ide ide ee ee ee ee ee 64 REID VOID ERG GE GE GE N N N N S AR 65 MOU DIG SO ofdie EER aar BESEER ESE SEER BREER EE REED Gee EER EE SR BOER EES ie 66 Isolating Problems cess cess EE EE EO Sesh Ee desea te EG ee EG oe Ee oe 66 Run a Printer Self Test ee ee ee ee ee 66 Print a Proven Label Format SERE EEKSG REKE ES GEE REEN RENS GESE EKSEGESE ER 66 Print a Label Format Written on Your System 66 Check the Label Format Header Line iese ee ese ee ee 67 Comment Out Portions of the Nonworking Label Format 67 COMMON ISSUES es EFESE NEG besos beacause cuneseaseunsaneecenecensaesannseeenteensees 67 Labels Skipping or Printer Feeding Blank Labels 67 READY ight IS RSA EER SONE RENEE ee OR GEE Ge OO DE Oe Dee ED Ee 68 Setting Up an Ethernet Printer sesse ee Ee eo e DEE Ee DS 68 PiinierDrVvers Ed EE SES SERE BEER K EE ESE GESKREE RES ER SEG ERREEN EEC En EER 69 serial GommMUNIGS HOE se sag BES SE DE ESE EN GES RENEE GES G GE DE 69 Parallel GommUnIGSUOM SEE EES TEER SEG SEE REG EEG Gee GER OS EE GREG SEE ER 69 Printing too LiG eg der ED OEEE KOERS GEGEE G SE GEGEE E GE GEGEE EERS 69 Up
22. DIF printers Standard Variable Setup Debug Commands Definitions Commands RF ID GET RF TYPE REID 2 RF HOST RF _ IDNUM IRFID CONFIRM RF VAR_CLEAR RF BLKSZ IRFID HOST RT RF LOCATION IRFID LEDFLSH WT IRFID LEDTIME WTLOCK IRFID MARK IRFID RDAFTWT RFID RETRY RFID SSONCMD RFID TAGTYPE RFID TIMEOUT RFID TXAFTER RFID VOID Copyright 2004 Cognitive 40 PROGRAMMING RF ID GET Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command is defined as RFID Function ID GET This command retrieves the current RFID tag s unique identification number and returns it to the host RF ID GET None This command will automatically transmit the detected Tag ID s numeric value to the Host Machine via the printer s serial port RFID Standard Command To Printer 10000 DELIMIT RF ID GET RF HOST Here the Variables RF HOST SRF_TYPES RF HOST SRF IDNUMS RF HOST SRF BLKSZS END From Printer TAG ID E0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 Here the Variables ISO15693 EO 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 41 PROGRAMMING RF HOST Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command instructs the Printer to transmit the specified ASCII string to the Host Machine using the serial port When used in conjunction with the printer Delimit command in a label format certain variable values can also be
23. DelSol 300 DPI Cognitive DelSol 4 inch Cognitive LX 2 inch Cognitive LX 300 DPI zi Change location Exit Help Previous 7 Click Next The Options window appears Copyright 2004 Cognitive 5 DRIVERS AND LABEL SOFTWARE Printer Options Please select port printer name and language Enter the name for your printer Also select the port your printer is connected to When you are done select lt Finish gt to install the printer and add an icon to the Printers folder Driver version 3 6 28 Printer name Cognitive Advantage RFID 2 inch Available ports Add TCP IP Pott i Delete Port zi T want to use this printer as the Windows default printer Select language English English h Exit Help lt Previous Finish 8 Choose the port that the printer is connected to from the Available ports list Keep the default LPT 1 if you are not sure how the printer is connected 9 Click Finish The proper files will be copied to your computer and the installation wizard will close This may take several minutes The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer driver is now installed and available for use Copyright 2004 Cognitive 6 Setup Setting up the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer is simple This chapter describes printer requirements printer controls loading thermal transfer ribbon and loading print media The printer self test is also descr
24. ERROR REPORT LEVEL Displays current setting for error reporting ERROR REPORT LEVEL 0 NO MEDIA TIMEOUT Distance in inches the label travels before the printer either attempts to recalibrate or errors out with a red ready light Gap indexing mode only NO MEDIA TIMEOUT 0 EMULATION MODE Displays status of Blazer Emulation Mode A value of 0 sets the default print pitch to its highest value EMULATION MODE 0 IMAGE BUFFER Available free space in the image IMAGE BUFFER 1903911 bytes free buffer MEM SLOT 3 Amount of space in Flash RAM for MEM SLOT 3 3670016 bytes installed stored objects MAC ADDRESS Hardware address of the printer 00 E0 70 00 00 00 IP ADDRESS Network address 255 255 0 0 GATEWAY Network gateway address 0 0 0 0 SNMP TRAP IP Address for the network SNMP trap 0 0 0 0 LPD Displays status of LDP protocol LPD ON Telnet Displays status of Telnet protocol Telnet ON BootP Displays status of BootP DHCP BootP OFF RTEL Displays status of RTEL protocol RTEL ON Ethernet TXTBFR Displays the size of the text and Ethernet TXTBFR Size 8192 Ovf 1514 overflow buffers Copyright 2004 Cognitive 17 Printing Standard Labels and Tags The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer prints both direct thermal and thermal transfer labels and tags in a host or network environment The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer also has the capability to program and read RFID tags placed w
25. FF NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 64 PROGRAMMING IRFID VOID Function Explicit Form Parameters Command Type Example This command instructs the printer to use this specified ASCII string to stamp or print on failing RFID Tags if and only if RFID MARK ONis selected RFID VOID ASCII String to Stamp Bad Tags ASCII Text string to stamp or print on String to failed tags String must be 0 240 Stamp Bad characters in length Tags gt RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID VOID lt lt lt BAD RFID TAG gt gt gt RFID MARK ON RFID From Printer Setup Config Parameters Assigned Tag Type 18015693 Mark OverRide State ON VOID Stamp Message lt lt lt BAD RFID TAG gt gt gt LED Flash Control ON LED Flash Duration 250 MSecs SelecTag before Cmd ON NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indic
26. Gee dee ee dee cee Ee es 3 Drivers and Label Software EER R RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RE 4 Installing Printer Drivers from the Companion CD 4 o aa T o ER ee Ge ee EE ee ee ee 7 Printer Requirements as ed ed ed ed Ed od Ee ek ik eds 7 ComMmmM NICatoNS ss is ee ee ee AI do eaa 7 Powers Ass Bars e is Dani Pos Sa Ps So Pl 7 EAVIONMEN ced Fat i iad ei a eet eller oder cad Ee ein 7 Controls Indicators ANd Connectors ees see ee ee ee ee ee ee 8 Connecting Power and Cables ee ee 9 Releasing the Print Mechanism 10 Loading a Ribbon Thermal Transfer Only RR RR RR RA 11 Loading Print Media iss es fo tod tod tod oto ee fe ed ene 13 Performing the Self Test Es ened 15 Printing Standard Labels and TagS sesse EER E EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE 18 Using Label Software w 25025205 Eg ee he eg he Re Re DE 18 Using GPLProgrammingss ss sessie se See ee fo lied fo ati toe 18 Creating a Text Elle IE IE RE N KA GE N 19 Sample kabel eina HE DA e Ed Ek DE Ee Ee 22 Using Third Party and Proprietary ApplicationS iese esse sesse sesse ee ee ee 22 Printing from Microsoft Words RE EE cadet EE Ge Ee 22 Printing from Proprietary ApplicationS sesse ee ee ee ee ee ee 27 Printing RFID Tags sd EE EE EE ee 28 REID Tag Overvie Wes se ed ed N ed 28 Using Label Software EE Ee EE ses RE esas GEE Re GEE RE ee 30 Using CPL Programming sees RR RR RE EE 30 Creating a TektEile ME EE ENE N EE eee EE Re de 30 St
27. ING Programming Rules Use blank spaces exactly as shown in the command descriptions examples and syntax Blank spaces are the delimiters between parameters Omitting a necessary space may result in incorrect programming or a failure to recognize commands In CPL RFID programming the RFID specific directives are case sensitive and must be fully spelled out Certain CPL RFID commands operate outside of the standard label formatting The commands that start with the RFID command verb need not be placed between a header line and an END command RFID Command Name Structure RFID commands described in this chapter will use the following conventions RFID Command Name Function Purpose of the command Explicit Form Proper sequence for using the command and its parameters Parameters Variables or conditions that may be required or used with the command Command Type Category of the RFID command Copyright 2004 Cognitive 38 PROGRAMMING RFID Command Structure Example The following listing is an example of RFID command usage 0 100 1200 1 DELIMIT RF VAR_CLEAR WT 0 COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS RFID xxxxxx WT 16 PATIENT ID xxxxxx RF HOST RFID TAG WRITTEN RF ID GET RT 0 10 A 11 RT 16 31 A 21 RF HOST RF IDNUMS RF HOST SRF 11 RF HOST SRF 218 END Copyright 2004 Cognitive 39 PROGRAMMING RFID Commands Use the following commands to program RFID features of the Advantage R
28. PES RF HOST RF_IDNUM RF HOST SRF BLKSZS END From Printer TAG ID E0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 Here the Variables ISO15693 EO 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 49 PROGRAMMING RF BLKSZ Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type See also Example This command is defined as Reference Find Block Size The command returns the block size for a specific tag type This variable is often used in conjunction with the RF HOST command to return the tag block size to the host SRF BLKSZS None The printer s parser will replace any Static or Derived Variables with valued string associated with variable and then attempt to execute the CPL or CPL RFID command RFID Variable Command RF HOST To Printer 0000 DELIMIT RF ID GET RF HOST Here the Variables RF HOST SRF_TYPES RF HOST SRF IDNUMS RF HOST RF_BLKSZ END From Printer TAG ID EO0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 Here the Variables IS015693 E0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 50 PROGRAMMING RF LOCATION Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command is defined as Reference Find Variable at Location The command returns the value that was stored in a printer variable with the RT command where nn is an argument to be specified SRF nns nn Range of 0 through 99 A maximum of 32 locations may b
29. Rate 26kbps ISO15693 26kbps ISO15693 106kbps ISO14443 106kbps ISO14443 Read Range 3 75mm 3 75mm 2 Antenna Location Integrated into paper path Integrated into paper path Compatible RFID Tags Tag It HF 1 2k Texas Instruments 1SO15693 CODE SLI 1k Philips ISO15693 my d 2k 10k Infineon ISO15693 LRI512 0 5k STMicroelectronics 15015693 Tag It HF 0 5k Texas Instruments Proprietary CODE 1k Philips Proprietary PicoTag 2k 16k Inside Contactless Proprietary GemWave id data only TagSys Proprietary MIFARE id data only Philips ISO14443A Copyright 2004 Cognitive 72 Appendix B Certified RFID Tags Part Number Description 114 001 01 Roll TT Labels HF 13 56Mhz RFID 2 25 x 2 25 label centered on 2 5 liner 100 labels 3 core wound in 1 GAP TI Taglt 114 003 01 Roll DT Wristbands HF 13 56Mhz RFID 1 1875 x 11 5 100 bands 1 5 core wound in 1 GAP TI Taglt Copyright 2004 Cognitive 73 C calibrate 37 calibration 37 cleaning 36 connectors 8 contact i controls 8 D drivers See printer drivers F FEED 8 H hex dump 15 70 I indicators 8 L loading print media 13 thermal transfer ribbon 13 M maintenance 36 Index N null modem 7 9 P print mechanism releasing 10 printer drivers installing 4 printing 18 CPL programming 18 31 label software 18
30. SL1 tag type No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID TAGTYPE ISO RFID From Printer Setup Config Parameters Assigned Tag Type IS015693 Mark OverRide State OFF VOID Stamp Message lt NoStampMsg gt LED Flash Control ON NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 61 PROGRAMMING IRFID TIMEOUT Function This command sets the time delay in milliseconds to wait before considering a command a failure NOTE The parameters are part of a calculation and do not translate into exact execution time differences Explicit Form RFID TIMEOUT bb ss rr ww 1l Parameters bb ss rr 11 Base Time Out Specifies the time delay in milliseconds The range of this parameter is 0 through 65535 Base Time Out Specifies the time delay in milliseconds The range of this parameter is 0 through 65535 Read Time Out Specifies the time delay in milliseconds The range of this parameter is 0 through 65535 Write Time Out Specifies the time delay in milliseconds The range of this parameter is 0 through 65535 Lock Time Out Specifies the time delay in milliseconds Th
31. and com Microsoft R Windows DOS lt C Copyright Microsoft Corp 1998 2881 C gt edit Copyright 2004 Cognitive 19 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS 6 Inthe DOS Editor window type the commands and data to be sent to the printer w CAWINDOWS System32 command com File Edit Search Wiew Options Help UNTIT t 166 1 1 PITCH 268 WIDT H 108 TEXT 2 24 24 TESTING HARCODE GODE128A 20 158 75 123456789 NOTE If you are using a printer with a serial port COM port it may be necessary to save the file and print directly from the Command window Refer to f using a printer with a serial port 7 On the File menu choose Print 8 Inthe Print dialog verify that the Complete document option is selected Then click OK The label is sent to the printer Print Print to the printer on COM1 gt Selected Text Only lt Complete Document 9 On the File menu click Exit 10 At the prompt type exit The Command window closes If using a printer with a serial port 1 Inthe Command window at the prompt type exit The Command window closes 2 On the File menu choose Save Copyright 2004 Cognitive 20 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS 3 In the Save As dialog type a name for the file Then click OK Save As File Mame TESTFILE ttt rrr ttre 1 CEN Existing Files Directories Accenture2 zi Backup H922983 ss nh dat ss udp dat ss udp2 dat P bkf E OK 4
32. ation Copyright 2004 Cognitive 65 Troubleshooting The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer is a dependable printer that requires little user maintenance When problems occur it is important to determine if hardware or programming is the cause Isolating Problems Programming issues can often make the problem appear hardware related Use the following steps to determine the source of the problem Run a Printer Self Test If the printer will not print a self test label the problem is most likely a hardware problem The printer will not respond to incoming data if it will not print a self test label Print a Proven Label Format If you have a known good label format try printing it before troubleshooting new label formats If the proven format will not print look for a communication problem If the proven format does print you will have eliminated most of the possible hardware related problems Print a Label Format Written on Your System Sometimes the host operating system or text editor produces data that is incompatible with the printer Creating a simple label format using the host system and sending the format to the printer helps isolate this problem Something like this will do CECECCCECCCE CECE CCE CECCECCCCECECECECEECE 0 100 20 1 STRING 8X8 10 10 HELLO END Copyright 2004 Cognitive 66 PROGRAMMING If the printer will not print this label but does print labels that were prepared on another system
33. bytes maximum CPL command lines are naturally limited to 256 bytes Therefore 4 separate 64 byte WT commands must be executed to fill a 256 byte RFID Tag Copyright 2004 Cognitive 45 PROGRAMMING WTLOCK Function Explicit Form Parameters Command Type Write and Lock Tag The command permanently writes data to a tag As with the WT command the user is responsible for maintaining the 63 byte requirement Approximately 15 seconds with no retries is required to write lock a full blank tag NOTE This command will overwrite any non locked portion of a tag Attempting to overwrite a locked portion of the tag will result in a failure WILOCK ss data ss Starting block to begin reading octets bytes data Collection of data octets to be written to the RFID tag The size of data must be in the range of 1 255 octets EXCEPTION data lt nul115 locks the specified starting block nn RFID Standard Command Copyright 2004 Cognitive 46 Example PROGRAMMING To Printer 0 100 800 0 DELIMIT WTLOCK 0 123 1234 123 WT 4 John Q Public WI 10 Medical Mumbo Jumbo RT 0 3 VA 33 RF HOST SRF 33 END From Printer 123 1234 123 NOTE Individual Read or Write transfers to from the RFID Tags are limited to 64 bytes maximum CPL command lines are naturally limited to 256 bytes Therefore 4 separate 64 byte WT commands must be executed to fill a 25
34. e in use at any one time Each location can store a maximum of 63 characters The printer s parser will replace any Static or Derived Variables with valued string associated with variable and then attempt to execute the CPL or CPL RFID command RFID Variable Command To Printer 0000 DELIMIT RF VAR_CLEAR RT 0 3 A 33 RF HOST SRF 33 END From Printer 123 1234 123 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 51 PROGRAMMING RFID Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command queries the printer for a summary of the existing printer settings for RFID functionality RFID None See example below RFID Setup Debug Command From Printer Setup Config Parameters Assigned Tag Type IS015693 Mark OverRide State OFF VOID Stamp Message lt NoStampMsg gt LED Flash Control ON LED Flash Duration 250 MSecs SelecTag before Cmd ON TxPowerRF after Cmd ON ReadTag after Write ON Confirm Commands OFF Retry Command 2 Times Base Cmd Timeout 10 MSecs Select Tag Timeout 70 MSecs Read Tag Timeout 16 MSecs Write Tag Timeout 32 MSecs Lock Tag Timeout 26 MSecs NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored withou
35. e range of this parameter is 0 through 65535 Command Type RFID Setup Debug Command Copyright 2004 Cognitive 62 PROGRAMMING Example To Printer RFID 20 50 RFID From Printer Setup Config Parameters Base Cmd Timeout 20 Msecs Select Tag Timeout 70 Msecs Read Tag Timeout 16 MSecs Write Tag Timeout 32 MSecs Lock Tag Timeout 50 Msecs NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 63 PROGRAMMING IRFID TXAFTER Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command controls the state of the hardware s RF carrier transmission after any Host Command to read write or write and lock an RFID Tag RFID TXAFTER ON OFF ON Causes hardware to keep RF carrier transmission ON after CPL RFID Tag Interface command completion OFF Causes hardware to turn RF carrier transmission OFF after CPL RFID Tag Interface command completion No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID TXAFTER OFF REID From Printer Setup Config Parameters Assigned Tag Type I1S015693 LED Flash Duration 250 MSecs SelecTag before Cmd ON TxPowerRF after Cmd O
36. e to the right of the media roll IMPORTANT The label surface must face UP as it passes under the print mechanism The label roll must be left justified on the label spindle Copyright 2004 Cognitive 13 SETUP Figure 3 7 Feeding Media Under the Print Mechanism 4 Place the loaded media spindle into the printer with the black guide to the right 5 Feed the media under the open print mechanism NOTE The media spindle should fit securely with the black guide pressed against the media roll The label roll must be left justified on the label spindle 6 Lower the print mechanism and press down firmly to secure the latches NOTE The latches click into place when properly closed The READY light turns green indicating that the printer is ready for use Copyright 2004 Cognitive 14 SETUP Performing the Self Test The self test checks the printer s overall operability Refer to the figures and instructions below to perform the printer self test Figure 3 8 Performing the Printer Self Test IMPORTANT The printer should be loaded with media connected to AC power and turned off 1 Press and hold the FEED button 2 Turn the printer ON while holding the FEED button 3 Release the FEED button when the self test starts to print 4 Turn the printer off and then on again to return to normal printing operation IMPORTANT After performing the self test the printer is in hexad
37. ecimal dump mode and cannot print normally until you cycle the power Copyright 2004 Cognitive 15 SETUP The output from the self test is described in the table below Setting Description Example S N Printer serial number S N A123456789 FAN Firmware version FMW 195 150 320 REVISION and BUILD Firmware revision and build number REVISION 3 20 BUILD 08 DATE Date and time of the self test DATE AUG 19 2004 11 05 40 INCHES PRINTED Total inches printed INCHES PRINTED 000000801 TEXT BUF Size and overflow value for the text TEXT BUF Size 64512 Ovf 256 buffer COMM Communications port configuration COMM 9600 N 8 1 values Baud Parity Data Bits Stop Bits XON XOFF Indicates the status of XON XOFF XON XOFF ON handshaking FEEDBACK Shows the status of VARIABLE FEEDBACK Off USER_FEEDBACK DARKNESS Darkness setting of printer FACTis DARKNESS FACT 34 VAR 0 Factory setting not user modifiable VAR is the variable user modifiable setting MEDIA ADJUSTMENT Adjusts print contrast on object leading MEDIA ADJUSTMENT 300 edges for optimum print quality P H TEMP P H VOLTS Printhead temperature and voltage P H TEMP 181 30 P H VOLTS 211 POWER UP PITCH Print density in dots per inch at power up POWER UP PITCH 200 DEFAULT WIDTH Default label width approximate in hundredths of an inch DEFAULT WIDTH 224 SHIFT LEFT Distance the image is shifted to the
38. ed for Failure after any CPL RFID command completion Does NOT flash any LED after CPL RFID command completions The LED normally remains OFF during a label format execution until the printer is ready for the next label or command where LED is set Green Does NOT flash any LED until after the entire label format has completed execution If all CPL RFID commands completed successfully the LED is flashed GREEN and OFF three times If any CPL RFID command failed the LED is flashed RED and OFF three times Response No specific response Command Type RFID Setup Debug Command Example To Printer RFID LEDFLSH OFF NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 55 PROGRAMMING IRFID LEDTIME Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example Regulates the interval of LED illumination and LED OFF time used in generation of an LED Flash on Success or Failure RFID LEDTIME nn nn Determines the LED illumination interval Range is 0 to 65535 No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID LEDTIME 100 RFID From Printer Setup Config Parameters
39. grade From Blazer Printer iese esse ee ee Ee ES ee EE ee Re Ee Ee Ee ee ee 70 Technical Support Contact Information esse ee RR RE EG 71 Appendix A Specifications ccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 72 Appendix B Certified RFID Tags ee ERGE EER RR RR RR RA RR GEE EER 73 RFID and the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer Cognitive s Advantage barcode label printers provide an integrated solution for traditional barcode labeling and writing a radio frequency identification RFID tag Using an RFID label the printer can simultaneously write RFID data and print a barcode label The printer will also perform either operation independently The Advantage prints both thermal and thermal transfer labels and tags in a host and network system or in a standalone keyboard or scanner input device system Today s businesses face increasing pressure to provide goods and services quickly accurately and at the lowest possible cost From the component level through manufacturing throughout the supply chain and onto the shelves managers attempt to control loss shortage spoilage and other factors that impact profitability RFID is a technology that allows real time tracking and inventory control What is RFID Simply put RFID is a method of remotely storing and retrieving information using devices called RFID tags An RFID tag is a small object such as an adhesive sticker that can be attached t
40. ibed Printer Requirements The Advantage RFID Thermal Printer has the following operational requirements Communications e Serial Standard RS 232 null modem e USB Option USB to serial cable e Ethernet option Standard 10Base T Ethernet cable Power US e Class 2 transformer e Input 120VAC 60Hz 107W e Output 19VAC 4 0A Environment e Operating mode 41 F to 104 F 5 C to 40 C e Storage 4 F to 122 F 20 C to 50 C 25 85 non condensing relative humidity Copyright 2004 Cognitive 7 SETUP Controls Indicators and Connectors Controls and indicators for the Advantage RFID Thermal Printer are conveniently located on the front panel and right side of the unit Figure 3 1 Advantage RFID Thermal Printer Front View Device Primary Function Use A POWER indicator Shows power status ON printer on and ready to print OFF no power applied B READY indicator Shows printer status GREEN printer ready to accept data RED printer error empty media roll or paused operation during batch mode processing OFF no power applied C FEED button Advances print media Press to advance media Press and hold while turning unit on to initiate self test and print current configuration D ON OFF switch Controls printer power Press to turn printer on and off Copyright 2004 Cognitive SETUP 4 2 inch Printer UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIUUUUU
41. inter Drivers button Copyright 2004 Cognitive 4 DRIVERS AND LABEL SOFTWARE 4 Click the hyperlink for your operating system The Welcome window appears 5 Click Next The Selecting the Printer window appears Select Printer Please select the manufacturer and printer you want to install Select the manufacturer and model of your printer If the driver is in a different folder or your printer came with a driver diskette click lt Change location gt If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers Cognitive Advantage RFID 2 inch Cognitive Advantage 300 DPI Cognitive Advantage 4 inch Cognitive Code Ranger Cognitive DelSol 2 inch Cognitive DelSol 300 DPI Cognitive DelSol 4 inch Cognitive LX 2 inch Cognitive LX 300 DPI zi Change location 6 Choose your printer from the Printers list Selecting the printer Select Printer Please select the manufacturer and printer you want to install Select the manufacturer and model of your printer If the driver is in a different folder or your printer came with a driver diskette click lt Change lacations If your printer is not listed consult your printer documentation for a compatible printer Manufacturers Printers Cognitive Advantage RFID 2 inch Cognitive Advantage 300 DPI Cognitive Advantage 4 inch Cognitive Code Ranger Cognitive DelSol 2 inch Cognitive
42. ithin special media as well as print on certain areas of that media Sources for printed label and tag data include the following e Label software e CPL programming e Third party applications or interfaces Using Label Software A version of NiceLabel labeling software designed specially for Cognitive printers is included on the Companion CD This software provides label printing and label design capabilities Refer to the NiceLabel help files for information on how to use this product with your Cognitive printer Using CPL Programming A common method of printing labels is CPL programming Commands and data are sent to the printer through a generic text printer driver The commands prepare the printer to receive the label establish print position and characteristics and terminate printing operation Data is passed as ASCII text and may be printed on the label encoded in an RFID device or both Copyright 2004 Cognitive 18 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS Creating a Text File Use the following instructions with Windows based computers 1 Click Start 2 Choose Run 3 In the Open text box type command EES Run Type the name of a program Folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For vou oen Ee 4 Click OK The Command window appears 5 In the Command window at the prompt type edit and press ENTER The DOS Editor window appears ex CA WINDOWS System32 comm
43. le to paper size No Scaling M Collate dee 4 Click Close to close the Print dialog Copyright 2004 Cognitive 23 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS Setting Label Size Set the printer driver for the label size 1 On the File menu click Page Setup The Page Setup dialog appears Page Setup E1 x Paper Layout Margins Top je Bottom 1 Left zz 4 Right 1 25 4 Gutter Jor Gutter position Left id Orientation Portrait Landscape Pages Multiple pages Normal Preview Apply to whole document gt Default Cancel 2 Set all margins to 0 3 Click the Paper tab Copyright 2004 Cognitive 24 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS 4 Set the correct width and height for your label The example shows a 2 4 wide by 1 tall label RES Page Setup Margins Paper Layout Paper size M width 2 4 Height fi i Paper source First page Default tray Manual feed B Preview Apply to Whole document 7 Print Options Default Cancel 5 Click OK and if necessary Fix to reset the margins The Word document should look similar to the figure below led GE Document1 Microsoft Word gt File Edit View Insert Format Tools Table DEAR SAY Normal 12 B 7 U E Be ES FlashPaper Window Help Acrobat eo oo BOs Be D 2 E 7 IT re St ala Z
44. n adopted for specific applications These include tracking animals and freight containers Other standards initiatives are under way The International Organization for Standardization ISO is working on standards for tracking goods in the supply chain using high frequency tags ISO 18000 3 and ultra high frequency tags ISO 18000 6 EPCglobal a joint venture set up to commercialize Electronic Product Code technologies has its own standards process that was used to create bar code standards EPCglobal intends to submit EPC protocols to ISO so that they can become international standards Copyright 2004 Cognitive 3 Drivers and Label Software Printer drivers are software tools that translate information from an external system into an acceptable format for the printer Older DOS based systems do not reguire special drivers Other systems may use a generic text driver to communicate with the printer The companion CD contains drivers for the Microsoft Windows operating system You can also download current drivers from the Cognitive website at http www cognitive com Installing Printer Drivers from the Companion CD 1 Insert the Companion CD into your CD drive If the CD does not start automatically do the following a Click the Start button b Click Run c Inthe Open text box type D autorun exe where D is the letter assigned to your CD drive 2 Click the Software button at the top of the screen 3 Click the Pr
45. o or incorporated into a product The stored information may consist of a serial number or other data that identifies a person or object Copyright 2004 Cognitive RFID AND THE ADVANTAGE RFID PRINTER Refer to Figure 1 1 RFID Overview The RFID tag contains an antenna A that allows the tag to receive and respond to radio frequency queries from an RFID reader The reader transmits radio waves B The radio waves are reflected back from the RFID tag C and converted into digital information This information is then passed on to computers D that can make use of the data 2 RFID Reader RFID Reader Figure 1 1 RFID Overview Active Versus Passive RFID Tags RFID tags can be either active or passive Passive RFID tags do not have their own power supply A small electrical current is induced in the antenna by the RFID reader This provides enough power for the tag to send a response The device lacking a power supply is quite small The smallest such devices commercially available measure 0 4 mm X 0 4 mm and are thinner than a sheet of paper Passive tags have practical read ranges that vary from about 10 mm up to about 5 meters Active RFID tags have a power source and can have longer ranges and larger memories than passive tags Active tags also often have the ability to store additional information sent by the transceiver Presently the smallest active tags are about the size of a coin Many active
46. o release the print mechanism 3 Raise the printhead mechanism in preparation for loading the print media and or ribbon This also provides access to the printhead for cleaning purposes Copyright 2004 Cognitive 10 SETUP Loading a Ribbon Thermal Transfer Only Refer to the figure below to load thermal transfer ribbon Figure 3 4 Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon 1 Release the print mechanism 2 Unwind a few inches of the new ribbon from the supply core 3 Pull gently on the supply core mount flexible arm and insert the ribbon supply roll Copyright 2004 Cognitive 11 SETUP Figure 3 5 Loading Thermal Transfer Ribbon continued 4 Refer to Figure 3 5 Turn the ribbon take up core to align the slotted end with the take up mount 5 Gently push the flexible arm out and snap the take up core into place NOTE The printer automatically takes up the slack in the ribbon 6 Lower the print mechanism and press down firmly to secure the latches NOTE The latches click into place when properly closed The READY light turns green indicating that the printer is ready for use Copyright 2004 Cognitive 12 SETUP Loading Print Media Refer to the figures and instructions below to load print media ad Figure 3 6 Loading Print Media onto the Spindle 1 Release the print mechanism 2 Lift out the media spindle 3 Load the media onto the spindle keeping the black media guid
47. ored Formats sesse ae RS ee ee Ee RE EE 32 Sample RFID Tag ss AA EE ARE as oe RE RE 34 Using Third Party and Proprietary ApplicationS iese esse sesse sesse ee ee ee 34 Maintenance and Calibration cc i RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR EER RR RR RR RE 35 Malinleriarioe ds EERS ERGE EEUE rere ESE UESE ED GEGe EE EEGE EE YES 35 de le sccezecesecerecenacesecensceneeenesesecenecenesenagesecesanencersnpeseeeseneneeestnesees 36 ee aaae EERS EE ER EER GE LES re ee Ee 37 Programming Overview s cs cex lt sccesccasacenevesacentcdeceseveseceseceseueseveseuescees 37 Programming RUES 0cccncerncwencermeouncereconedererneederecomederernestorecoeeeess 38 RFID Command Name Structur iese ese ese ee ee ee 38 RFID Command Structure Example sesse sesse see ee ee ee ee ee ee 39 RFID Command S x52 23ecescceseceseecaecetecesecenccesecenccescceseceseceseceseeesecesecesceee 40 PRE IID E A E E E A S GES KAEEESE n ese or genesis 41 REMOS F acces cree ereer ee eer E EEr EETA EEEE OK GEREG ESEG DEE ED ESTEEN ECEE 42 PR de RE AE e e E E N N 43 ESE RE Ee Ee re ee 44 WT icon EE EE IE EE IE ER N 45 WTLOGK EE RE enea e epre EE oeae ESE EEEN CESE E ES ESERE REGET 46 ER RE EE e E a e OS 48 EG Ie Id E E T 49 RF BLKSZ EEDEN OES Eere E EES OES EEEE EE GOED EOE ICEA GESE OSEERE OEE 50 RF EOCATON AE EE 51 REID eee EE OE OE EE 52 RAID CONF RM EE Oe ee 53 RAD HOS oere EE oee rere ree EO GL OESFEES GEOES OOG EES EGEE EE GM OESEOR SKREE ES 54 Joia DAE
48. pport records of user questions Labels Skipping or Printer Feeding Blank Labels Label skipping can frequently be corrected by performing a printer calibration Refer to Chapter 6 Maintenance and Calibration for the calibration procedure Copyright 2004 Cognitive 67 PROGRAMMING READY Light is Red Make sure that the printhead is latched down tightly on both sides If the printer feeds out multiple blank labels it will need to be calibrated Refer to Chapter 6 Maintenance and Calibration for calibration instructions Make sure that you have the correct power supply for your printer Blaster and Advantage model printers use a 19VAC output power supply Del Sol and Solus model printers have a 24VAC output power supply The output voltage is printed on the power supply Setting Up an Ethernet Printer First connect the printer to a PC via the parallel or serial port see parallel or serial port setup Do NOT connect the Ethernet cable at this time Type in the following commands from a Dos Editor or from Notepad on your computer 0 0 0 0 Must use zero space between each character VARIABLE ETHERNET IP xxx Xxx XXX XXX VARIABLE NETMASK xxx XXX XXX XXX VARIABLE GATEWAY Xxx XXX XXX XXX VARIABLE ETHERNET RESET END Send this file to the printer by going to File gt Print The printer will not print anything but the ready light will blink off and on When you have a solid Green ready light cycle the po
49. returned to the host RF HOST ASCII string to send to host The data placed inside the can be either a variable such as RF TYPE or other ASCII data The Static or Derived Variable valued string is transmitted to the Host Machine via the printer s serial port RFID Standard Command To Printer 10000 DELIMIT RF ID_GET RF HOST Here the Variables RF HOST SRF_TYPES RF HOST RF_IDNUM RF HOST SRF BLKSZS END From Printer TAG ID E0 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 Here the Variables ISO15693 EO 07 00 00 01 F3 06 10 4 Copyright 2004 Cognitive 42 PROGRAMMING RF VAR CLEAR Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command instructs the Printer to clear and reset all of the internal RFID Read Tag Data Handler Variables After executing this command no RF nn Variables are defined RF VAR CLEAR None None RFID Standard Command To Printer 0000 DELIMIT RF VAR_CLEAR RT 0 3 A 33 RF HOST SRF 33 END From Printer 123 1234 123 NOTE By using this command in the example above the result sent to the Host Machine is guaranteed to be that from the RT 33 command within the label and not from a previous RT 33 processed earlier Copyright 2004 Cognitive 43 PROGRAMMING RT Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example Read Tag This command retrieves RFID tag
50. soft Word 2002 Selecting a Printer To configure the software for a Cognitive printer 1 Open Microsoft Word Copyright 2004 Cognitive 22 PRINTING LABELS AND TAGS 2 Press CTRL P or on the File menu choose Print The Print dialog appears 7 Printer Name f as 100 PEL Properties Status Idle Find Printer Type HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 Where LPT1 Print to File Comment Manual duplex Page range rEopies of Number of copies i y s Current page Selection m M Collate Enter page numbers and or page ranges E separated by commas For example 1 3 5 12 ie Pages Print what Document poom Pages per sheet fi Print fai pages in range 7 ESE tsi x Scale to paper size Ivo Scaling 3 Select a Cognitive printer rPrinter Name Es Cognitive Advantage RFID 2 inch Properties Acrobat Distiller Status A EEN Cognitive Advantage RFID 2 inch Find Printer Type 8r Fax Where Generic Text Only Print to fie Comment HP LaserJet 2100 PCL6 T Manual duplex Macromedia FlashPaper MINOLTA OMS magicolor 2200 PS gt Page range all Current page Selection 9 Pages number of copies Enter page numbers and or page ranges E P separated by commas For example 1 3 5 12 1 Print what Document poom s Pages per sheet ire gl Print fal pages in range 7 gos bet n page h Sca
51. st following a WT command Data is read and undergoes a byte by byte comparison with the initial data The comparison occurs before the WT command is returned as successful or failed RFID RDAFTWT ON OFF ON Byte by byte comparison with initial data is performed OFF No comparison is performed No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID RDAFTWT OFF NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 58 PROGRAMMING RFID RETRY Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command sets the number of retries that the printer will perform on a RT WT or WTLOCK command To enter the retry loop the printer must fail a specific command after reading the tag identification and type RFID RETRY nn nn Number of retries allowed There are no range limitations No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer IRFID RETRY 1 RFID From Printer Setup Config Parameters Assigned Tag Type ISO15693 Confirm Commands OFF Retry Command 1 Times Base Cmd Timeout 10 MSecs Select Tag Timeout 70 MSecs Read Tag Timeout 16 MSecs Write Tag Timeo
52. t indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 52 PROGRAMMING IRFID CONFIRM Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example Controls the transmission of a Success or Failure indication at the very end of any CPL RFID command s execution RFID CONFIRM on off ON When the setting is ON the printer will return RFID SUCCESS or RFID FAILURE for every command issued to the printer OFF When set to OFF no messages are sent to the host In the case of transitioning to the CONFIRM ON state the Printer will response by transmitting a command Success to the Host Machine Conversely in the case of transitioning to the CONFIRM OFF state the Printer will have no specific response resulting from the execution of this command RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID CONFIRM ON From Printer RFID SUCCESS NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 53 PROGRAMMING IRFID HOST Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command instructs the Printer to transmit the specified ASCII string to the Host Machine using
53. the serial port When used in conjunction with the printer Delimit command in a label format certain variable values can also be returned to the host RF HOST ASCII string to send to host The data placed inside the must be ASCII data Data length must be between 0 and 240 characters The static string is transmitted to the Host Machine by way of the printer s serial port RFID Standard Command To Printer RFID HOST Setting RFID Power Up Defaults RFID CONFIRM OFF From Printer Setting RFID Power Up Defaults NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END So attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result in being completely and unabashedly ignored without indication Additionally only static valued strings will print with this command Delimited variable substitution is an intra label format function only For example variables such as RF_IDNUM may not be used Copyright 2004 Cognitive 54 PROGRAMMING IRFID LEDFLSH Function Controls the transmission of a Success or Failure indication to the LED display during and at the very end of any CPL RFID command s execution Explicit Form IRFID LEDFLSH ON OFF ACCUM Parameters ON OFF ACCUM Flashes LED Green for Success or R
54. ut 32 MSecs Lock Tag Timeout 26 MSecs Copyright 2004 Cognitive 59 PROGRAMMING IRFID SSONCMD Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command controls the automatic execution of a Select Tag command prior to the Host Command to RT WT or WTLOCK an RFID tag RFID SSONCMD ON OFF ON Causes automatic Select Tag command executions before any RT WT or WTLOCK command OFF No automatic Select Tag command occurs No specific response RFID Setup Debug Command To Printer RFID SSONCMD OFF RFID From Printer Setup Config Parameters Assigned Tag Type IS015693 LED Flash Duration 250 MSecs SelecTag before Cmd ON TxPowerRF after Cmd ON NOTE All CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands are processed outside the context of a standard CPL Label Format i e CPL beginning with a header line 0 100 nnn 1 and ending with END Attempts to use CPL RFID Configuration Setup Commands within a Label Format result are ignored without indication Copyright 2004 Cognitive 60 PROGRAMMING IRFID TAGTYPE Function Explicit Form Parameters Response Command Type Example This command verifies a tag type Enter the tag type and verify the change with the RFID command RFID TAGTYPE ISO TI PHILPS Iso Sets the industry standard ISO 15693 tag type TI Sets Texas Instrument s Tag it HF tag type PHILPS Sets Philips I Codel
55. wer on the printer NOTE If using a Unix Linux system you will need to create a text file in an editor then print or copy the file to the printer Next disconnect the parallel or serial cable and connect the Ethernet You should now be able to ping the printer NOTE The parallel or serial cable and the Ethernet cable should NOT be connected to the printer at the same time Copyright 2004 Cognitive 68 PROGRAMMING Printer Drivers Printer drivers are available for download from the Cognitive web site http www cognitive com For a Barcode Blaster or Code Courier model printer select the legacy model printer driver For the Advantage Solus and Del Sol model printers select the driver for your Windows operating system The Code Ranger printer model can use any 2 model printer driver for example the Advantage BT2 driver Serial Communication If you are using a serial port for printing on your Cognitive printer you will need to use a null modem cable Although it looks like a standard serial cable the pin configuration is different The default comm settings in the printers are 9600 N 8 1 Parallel Communication Use a standard Centronix parallel cable Do not use a bi directional cable The port must be set up as an LPT port not an ECP port If the port is configured as ECP printing may be sporadic Printing Too Light Type in the following commands from a DOS Editor or from Notepad on
56. your system may not be compatible with the printer The most common cause of this is improper end of line termination NOTE Hex dump mode allows you to see every character that reaches the printer Use of hex dump mode can help resolve some programming problems Check the Label Format Header Line When a particular label format will not print or is cut off at the bottom the trouble is frequently in the header line Check the header line before continuing Especially check that the header line begins with the proper mode character and specifies the correct number of dot rows When programming portable printers the header line should be preceded by the wake up string Comment Out Portions of the Nonworking Label Format You can usually isolate a bad printer command by placing a C before selected command lines Begin by commenting out the most complex lines then try printing the format again If the problem persists try commenting out every line between the header line and the END statement then add lines one at a time to see which lines are at fault After you have isolated the portion of the format that does not work examine the code for errors or test the code by itself in a simpler format When examining label formats look for instances where the letters O or I have been incorrectly entered for the numbers 0 and 1 These are very common typographical errors Common Issues The following issues are based on technical su
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