Download CAEN RFID API User Manual

Index
Scope of Manual ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Change Document Record ................................................................................................................................. 2
Index............................................................................................................................................... 3
List of Tables ................................................................................................................................... 3
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Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 4
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
SDK Design Concepts ......................................................................................................................................... 5
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Getting Started ....................................................................................................................... 7
Basic Operations .................................................................................................................... 9
Importing the libraries ......................................................................................................................................10
Reader connection/disconnection.....................................................................................................................10
Getting information about the connected reader ..............................................................................................10
Setting the power level .....................................................................................................................................11
Inventorying RFID tags ......................................................................................................................................12
Optimizing the inventory process......................................................................................................................13
The Q parameter ................................................................................................................................................... 13
Sessions................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Reading and writing Gen2 tags..........................................................................................................................17
Locking Gen2 tags .............................................................................................................................................19
Killing Gen2 tags ...............................................................................................................................................20
Handling General purpose Inputs/Ouputs (GPIOs) .............................................................................................21
List of Tables
Tab. 3.1: Recommended Q values ...............................................................................................................13
Tab. 3.2: Persistence Time ..........................................................................................................................15
Tab. 3.3: Lock payload and usage ................................................................................................................19
Tab. 3.4: Lock Action-field functionality ......................................................................................................19