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NotifyTime............................................................................................................................................. 17
NotifyTrigger ......................................................................................................................................... 18
NotifyAddress ....................................................................................................................................... 18
NotifyFormat ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Listening for Tags over the Network ........................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 3 TAG FUNDAMENTALS ........................................................................................................ 21
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 21
Alien RFID Tags.......................................................................................................................................... 21
Alien NanoBlock Tags .......................................................................................................................... 21
Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) Tags .................................................................................................. 21
Acquisition Modes ....................................................................................................................................... 22
Global Scroll ......................................................................................................................................... 22
Inventory ............................................................................................................................................... 22
Acquire Parameters.............................................................................................................................. 23
Masks and Tag Memory Structure.............................................................................................................. 23
Class I Tag Memory ............................................................................................................................. 24
Addressing a Subset of Tags ............................................................................................................... 24
Persistent Sleep and Wake......................................................................................................................... 25
Sleep, Wake, and Masks...................................................................................................................... 25
CHAPTER 4 ALIEN READER PROTOCOL .............................................................................................. 26
Reader Operation Overview........................................................................................................................ 26
Overview of Commands.............................................................................................................................. 27
Interactive Mode............................................................................................................................. 27
Autonomous Mode ......................................................................................................................... 27
Command Format................................................................................................................................. 27
Suppressing Command Prompts.......................................................................................................... 28
Interactive Command Format ........................................................................................................ 28
Non-Interactive Command Format.................................................................................................28
Get and Set Shortcuts .......................................................................................................................... 28
XML Messages..................................................................................................................................... 28
Command List ............................................................................................................................................. 29
General Commands ....................................................................................................................... 29
Network Configuration Commands ................................................................................................ 30
Time Commands............................................................................................................................ 30
External IO Commands.................................................................................................................. 31
TagList Commands ........................................................................................................................ 31
Acquisition Commands .................................................................................................................. 32
Autonomous Mode Commands ..................................................................................................... 33
Notify Mode Commands................................................................................................................. 34
General Commands .................................................................................................................................... 34
Help (h) ................................................................................................................................................. 34
Info (i).................................................................................................................................................... 35
!............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Save...................................................................................................................................................... 35
Q (Quit) ................................................................................................................................................. 35
Function ................................................................................................................................................ 35
ReaderName ........................................................................................................................................ 36
ReaderType .......................................................................................................................................... 36
ReaderVersion...................................................................................................................................... 36
ReaderNumber ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Uptime .................................................................................................................................................. 37
Username ............................................................................................................................................. 37
Password .............................................................................................................................................. 37
MaxAntenna.......................................................................................................................................... 38
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