ACR3901U-S1 – Reference Manual
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6.1.6. Mutual Authentication and Encryption Protocol
In Bluetooth mode, the communication protocol will be encrypted and transmitted after a successful
mutual authentication.
Command
Mode supported
Sender
Description
70h
Connected
Paired device
71h
Connected
Paired device
72h
Authenticated
Paired device
20h
Connected
Reader
21h
Connected
Reader
22h
Authenticated
Reader
Table 11
: Summary of Mutual Authentication Commands
6.1.6.1.
SPH_to_RDR_ReqAuth
This command will request ACR3901U-S1 to perform authentication with the paired key-generating
device.
For more information on the authentication process, please refer to
Offset
Field
Size
Value
Description
Encrypted
0
bMessageType
1
70h
-
No
1
LEN1 LEN2 (wLength)
2
0100h
Number of extra bytes starting
from the next field for this
message. It is expressed in
two bytes long. LEN1 is LSB
while LEN2 is MSB.
3
wChecksum
1
71h
CSUM means the XOR values
of all bytes in the command
The response to this message is
RDR_to_SPH_AuthRsp1
if the received command message is error
free.