User's Manual

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
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CHAPTER 1:
GETTING STARTED
1.1 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Cobalt HF RFID Controllers - Operator’s Manual. This manual will
assist you in the installation, configuration and operation of the Cobalt HF RFID
Controllers.
The Cobalt HF family is a complete line of feature-rich, passive high frequency read/write
Radio-Frequency Identification devices that provide RFID data collection and control
solutions to shop floor, item-level tracking and material handling applications. They are
designed to be compact, rugged and reliable, in order to meet and exceed the
requirements of the industrial automation industry.
1.1.1 Company Background
Escort Memory Systems has long been an industry leader in providing Radio Frequency
Identification devices and has built a solid reputation by consistently delivering an
extended selection of quality, durable industrial grade RFID products.
1.1.2 About this Manual
This manual provides guidelines and instructions for installing and operating the Cobalt
HF RFID Controller. Included are descriptions of the RFID command set and examples
demonstrating how to issue commands to the Cobalt HF RFID Controller.
Numbers expressed in Hexadecimal notation, are prefaced with “
0x
”
.
For example, the
number
ten
in decimal is expressed as
0x0A
in hexadecimal. See
Appendix D
for a chart
containing Hex values up to 0x7F, their corresponding ASCII characters and decimal
integer equivalents.