MD 5850
Installation Manual
The PC must have a terminal program e.q. HyperTerminal. Set the communication settings to:
9600,N,8,1.
When connecting the 0-modem cable, the TPC login prompt appears on the screen. Type the login name
and password. The MultiReader can now be reached by using i.e.FTP commands.
6.3 Testmode
This document describes the format of the printout on the console after a Tag transaction. Typing the
following command on the console enables the functionality:
Testmode 1
To disable this testmode:
Testmode 0
The printout from the MR is provided after the transaction, so it doesn’t use resources that delay the
DSRC transaction.
6.4 Format
Below the sequence of the parameters:
<START> <UNIX time> <Trans status> <Trans time> <Country> <Issuer> <CS1-serialNo> <ManufId>
<CS2-serialNo> <Status> <Freetext> <STOP>
Table 1 Parameter explanation
START: *S
STOP:
endline, corresponds to \n\r
UNIX time:
Time since 01.01.1970 (nS)
Trans status
DSRC; OK/ NOT OK
Trans time
How long to finish transaction (uS)
Country: ITA2
representation
Issuer:
Also called contract provider
CS1-serialNo:
Serial number belonging to CS1
ManufId:
Defined in ISO 14816
CS2-serialNo:
Serial number belonging to CS2
Status:
Status fields read from Tag
Freetext
Contains message whose length and
content is chosen by the programmer of
the MR application.
Each parameter is separated by white space. An example of a printout after communication with a
MD5888 Tag, is shown below (no leading zeroes):
*S 935503232920068000 ok 32000000 245 8 230018 - - 102103 ‘Purse =
34000. LicensePlate = XV22334, Hello world’
Notice that the Tag has country Malaysia = 245 and issuerId = 8.
CS2 is usually not read from the Tag unless the housekeeping application (EID0) is read. Below we see
the CS1 field is unknown and therefore the ContractSerialNumber is missing. The Country and Issuer
parameters are however read from the VST.
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