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TCM4 / TCM4-BLE MultiFreq card reader 

 

JAN 2021 

 

Parameter 

name 

Description 

Default values 

 

General parameters 

 

comusb

 

 

USB Communication Type (CDC/HID Keyboard Azerty or Qwerty. 
1: HID keyboard QWERTY 
2: HID keyboard AZERTY 
3: CDC (serial port emulation) 
4: HP mode 

1: HID Keyboard Qwerty 

freq 

The TCM4 can scan all types of cards or be restricted to one or several 
types  of  card  technologies.  The  values  of  this  parameter  can  be 
summed (mask) to scan several types of cards. The following values 
are configured in hex format. 
Possible values are (minimum 4 digits entry): 
0000: Lock first (card type of the first card detected by TCM4 after 
power up will be applied as filter)  
0001: ISO 14443 13.56Mhz (Mifare) type A 
0002: ISO 14443 13.56Mhz (Mifare) type B 
0004: ISO 15693 ICODE 13.56Mhz 
0100: iCLASS 13.56Mhz 
0400: IZLY complete format 13.56Mhz (requires a TCM4-Izly)  
0800: FELICA 13.56Mhz 
1000: IZLY short format 13.56MHz (requires a TCM4-Izly) 
10000: IZLY long format 13.56MHz (requires a TCM4-Izly) 
40000: NFC for Smartphone with CartadisID application 
0010: EM (Electronic Marin) 125Khz 
0020: HID Prox 125Khz 
0040: HITAG 125Khz 
2000: Indala 125Khz 
8000: StartProx 
FFFF FFFF : All card types 

0000: Lock first 

nobuzz 

Disable/Enable buzzer. 
0: Buzzer is enabled (beeps at each card detection) 
1: Buzzer disabled 

0: Buzzer enabled 

 

UID reading mode parameters

 

 

niboffset 

Skip niboffset digits in the IUD card. This parameter allows to reduce 
the size of an UID when all the cards have the same prefix 

niblen 

When the size of IUD is greater than 

the “niblen”

, it is truncated and 

only the “niblen” digits from the right of the UID are kept

 

64 

swap 

Swap MSB/LSB of UID. 
0: No swap 
1: Swap MSB/LSB 

0: Disabled 

uidindec 

Converts the hex UID card in decimal format. 
0: Disabled 
1: Converts the UID card in decimal 

0: Disabled 

Summary of Contents for Katun TCM4

Page 1: ...JAN 2021 TCM4 TCM4 BLE MultiFreq card reader Technical Manual V1 3...

Page 2: ...ntation supplied with the product Do not carry out any maintenance on the product which is not described in the customer documentation Cleaning your product Before cleaning this product unplug the pro...

Page 3: ...______________________________ 7 2 4 3 LEDs and buzzer status specification ________________________________________________ 8 3 Configuration _________________________________________________________...

Page 4: ...se the prints with Print2me function available or making copies Option for the Cartadis cPad terminal integrated into the designed shape of the cPad the TCM4 enables the user to be identified by using...

Page 5: ...oth with mobile phones required for iOS phones Identification 2 2 1 Supported tags TCM4 reader supports a wide variety of high and low frequency tags the list is detailed in the TCM4 card compatibilit...

Page 6: ...ing diagram Bootloader 200 Kbytes Application 400 Kbytes Storage 400 Kbytes Bootloader The bootloader is the entry point for the firmware after a TCM4 power up or a reset Only the bootloader provides...

Page 7: ...2 4 2 Startup sequences The following diagram shows the sequences of how bootloader and application are started Valid firmware Valid firmware Available firmware in storage zone Available firmware in s...

Page 8: ...mal operation Blinks on steps A copy from host computer to storage zone of TCM4 on USB mass storage is in progress Blinks 2 3 times slowly and stays ON A firmware s update is done copy of firmware fro...

Page 9: ...e modified or displayed in three different ways from the TCMxManager mobile application only available on Android recommended method or from a serial terminal like Putty or from a configuration file T...

Page 10: ...Mhz 0400 IZLY complete format 13 56Mhz requires a TCM4 Izly 0800 FELICA 13 56Mhz 1000 IZLY short format 13 56MHz requires a TCM4 Izly 10000 IZLY long format 13 56MHz requires a TCM4 Izly 40000 NFC for...

Page 11: ...g 0 normal 26 26 bits mode 254 Mixed mode 26 bits Normal 0 Normal mode hidsite Site code 8 bits in hexadecimal using when hidmode is set to 26 bits mode 0 Miscellaneous debug Enable Disable debug mode...

Page 12: ...er is available on Android Play Store It is only compatible with Android devices and requires activating NFC on the device It is required to know the TCM4 reader password to be able to analyse or conf...

Page 13: ...s you to save the retrieved configuration on the phone s file system 3 2 1 2 Configure a reader Apply a configuration to TCM4 is done through the Apply configuration button select a configuration and...

Page 14: ...words remember to enter the smartphone password corresponding to the current fleet before using the app It is possible to change this reader password through the TCMxManager application requires knowi...

Page 15: ...switch from application mode to bootloader mode you need to enter the command gobootload in a serial terminal like Putty see above Once your TCM4 is in bootloader mode you can read write the parameter...

Page 16: ...config cmd it contains different commands to run After the execution of config cmd file you will find 2 files in the TCM4 BOOT directory config done and config log which are the results of all runned...

Page 17: ...unted TCM4 drive TCM4 BOOT o Delete config done file and config log file o Copy a new config cmd file to the TCM4 BOOT o TCM4 should automatically un mount and re mount itself o If the execution of co...

Page 18: ...grade a new TCM4 s firmware the following instructions have to be achieved Navigate to the newly mounted TCM4 TCM4 BOOT Delete TCM4_Firmware_vx x x ctd file Copy a new firmware file to TCM4 BOOT TCM4...

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