ThingMagic Astra-EX, User Manual

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Controlling the Reader
M6 and Astra-EX User Guide
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The Query will be run on all connected antennas (checked antennas) in the default
configuration. If Reader Power Settings
| Antenna Detection = Off
then the antennas to
query on must be selected. The query can be run once or continuously.
4. Click ʻ
Stop Reading
ʼ to end the search.
Note
You must click
Stop Reading
and
Disconnect
before exiting. Otherwise, the Reader
will continue to transmit RF energy on its antennas and other clients maybe
blocked.
Query Results
As shown in
Figure 15
, the default displayed tag results shows the following columns of
data:
 
# - The order each tag was read.
 
EPC - The EPC ID of the tag, typically 96-bits of data shown in Hex.
 
ReadCount -
The number of times the tag was read on [Antenna].
 
Antenna -
The antenna on with the tag was read. If the same tag is read on more than
one antenna there will be a tag entry for each antenna on which the tag was read.
 
Protocol - The protocol of the tag.
Figure 15:
Query Results
In addition to the above fields, the following fields can be displayed by right-clicking on the
settings icon in the top-right corner of the display table, as shown in
Figure 16
.
 
RSSI -
The receive signal strength of the tag response, in dBm.
 
Frequency -
The frequency on which the tag was read, in kHz.
 
First Seen - The timestamp when the tag was first seen during this query.
 
Last Seen - The timestamp of the most recent reading during this query.