Tag, are employed. The following section describes creation and use of TagMate
®
Configuration Tags in further detail. Briefly, a TagMate
®
Configuration Tag is created
from a normal T-700 tag using
Session Manager
software. It may be re-used
indefinitely, and re-configured at any time in
Session Manager
. After processing this
tag on the TagMate USB
®
, the resulting stored configuration remains in effect until
another TagMate
®
Configuration Tag is processed. Power-down of the TagMate
USB
®
, which is automatic after a period of disuse, will not affect the stored
configuration.
The currently-stored configuration can be checked by consulting the power-up
message in the activity log whenever a USB drive is inserted (path:
TAGMATE\ACTIVITY.LOG).
Creating TagMate
®
Configuration Tags
Creating TagMate
®
Configuration Tags is an operation that involves specific steps in
Session Manager
or
Session ManagerDB
software.
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In this software, when in
Configure-Only mode, with a protocol active (i.e. not the “Open” protocol), an option
checkbox appears just below the protocol display to allow the user to activate the
creation of a TagMate™ Configuration Tag.
With this option selected, a tag presented to the reader will be specially marked as a
TagMate
®
Configuration Tag, and the protocol name (first 16 characters) will
automatically be placed in the Info field. The compelte set of configuration
parameters that appear in the Time and Temperature panels of the software screen
will be written to the TagMate
®
Configuration Tag and trsnferred to the TagMate
USB
®
.
In the above example, the Protocol which serves as the source of the configuration
parameters is “3 Day Refrigeration Test”. When the TagMate
®
Configuration Tag is
created, this Protocol name is stored on the tag as “3 Day Refrigerat” in the Info field
(clipped to 16 characters). This Info field is transferred, via TagMate USB
®
, to all T-
700 tags that are configured by it.
Notes:
1. Be sure to clearly label all TagMate® Configuration Tags. It is recommended that
the protocol name be used, and that it be as descriptive as possible.
2. The simplest way to be sure what configuration is stored on a TagMate USB
®
when
in a multi-configuration processing mode, is to re-scan the desired TagMate
®
Configuration Tag.
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A separate instruction manual is provided for this software. The software is a free download, available at
www.turbotagdownload.com
.
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