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Chapter 3. Possible Responses
3.1
Possible Reading Responses
This section illustrates the response formats sent out by transponders after an at-
tempt to read a RO or R/W or to access a certain page of an MPT by a command
represented by one of the characters X, L, Esc or O.
a. A complete transponder protocol could be detected by the TIRIS reader
Reader --> PC:
(a)(b)c (dd) eeee ffffffffffffffff<CR><LF>
Standard TIRIS output
format (decimal format)
(a)(b)c (dd) fffffffffffffff<CR><LF>
If the FORMAT command
(hexadecimal format) was
used
b. There was no transponder in the reading area of the TIRIS reader
Reader --> PC:
(a)(I)<CR><LF>
Element
Description
Range
a (K1 mode only)
antenna that has tried to read the transponder
1, 2
b (MPT only)
reading status
0, 1, 2, 4, 5
0:
reading of an unlocked page was correctly
executed
1:
reading of a locked page was correctly
executed
2:
the requested page and the received page were
not equal
3:
locking not reliable
4:
locking not correctly executed
5:
special data
c
transponder type
M (MPT), R (RO), W (R/W)
d (MPT only)
specifies the transponder page that was received
after an attempt to read a certain page
01 to 17
dec
respectively 01 to 11
hex
e
application number that was received after an
attempt to address a transponder
0 to 4095
dec
f
identification code that was received after an
attempt to address a transponder (e and f together)
0 to 4503599627370495
dec
Respectively 0 to FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
hex
Element
Description
Range
a (K1 mode only)
antenna that has attempted to read a transponder
1, 2
(I)
invalid command
I
I is present:
At least the transponder start byte was detected, the complete protocol could not be received
I is not present:
If the TIRIS reader could detect neither a complete transponder protocol nor a transponder start byte