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COBALT HF RFID CONTROLLERS OPERATOR’S MANUAL
P/N: 17-1320 REV 01 (03-06) PAGE 7 OF 116
5.4 RFID TAG E MBODIMENTS ................................................. 55
5.4.1 RFID Labels ............................................................................55
5.4.2 Printed Circuit Board RFID Tags ................................................56
5.4.3 Molded RFID Tags....................................................................56
5.5 TAG M EMORY ................................................................ 57
5.5.1 Mapping Tag Memory................................................................57
5.5.2 Tag Memory Optimization..........................................................58
CHAPTER 6: COMMAND PROTOCOLS........................................ 60
6.1 COMMAND P ROTOCOL OVERVIEW ....................................... 60
6.2 AB
X F AST C OMMAND PROTOCOL........................................ 60
6.2.1 ABx Fast - Command / Response Procedure ...............................60
6.2.2 ABx Fast - Command Packet Structure .......................................61
6.2.3 ABx Fast - Response Packet Structure .......................................62
6.2.4 ABx Fast - Command Packet Parameters ....................................63
6.3 CBX C OMMAND P ROTOCOL ............................................... 66
6.3.1 CBx – Command Procedure .......................................................66
6.3.2 CBx – Response Procedure .......................................................66
6.3.3 CBx - Command Packet Structure ..............................................67
6.3.4 CBx - Response Packet Structure ..............................................68
6.3.5 CBx - Command Example ..........................................................69
6.3.6 CBx - Response Example ..........................................................69
CHAPTER 7: RFID COMMANDS .................................................. 70
7.1 RFID COMMANDS T ABLE .................................................. 70
COMMAND 04: FILL TAG ....................................................................71
COMMAND 05: READ DATA ................................................................74
COMMAND 06: WRITE DATA ...............................................................77
COMMAND 07: READ TAG ID ..............................................................80
COMMAND 08: TAG SEARCH ..............................................................84
COMMAND 0D: START/STOP CONTINUOUS READ ...............................88
COMMAND 35: RESET CONTROLLER ..................................................95
COMMAND 38: GET CONTROLLER INFO..............................................97
CHAPTER 8: ERROR CODES.................................................... 101
8.1 ERROR C ODE T ABLE ......................................................101
8.2 AB
X F AST:ERROR R ESPONSE P ACKET S TRUCTURE ............. 103
8.3 CB
X P ROTOCOL:ERROR R ESPONSE P ACKET S TRUCTURE ....... 104
APPENDIX A: COBALT HF SPECIFICATIONS............................. 106
APPENDIX B: MODELS & ACCESSORIES .................................. 107