User's Manual
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1800 Series Handheld RFID Reader Reference Manual
RFID Reader scan modes are divided into Single, Test and Multi-Tag mode described below.   
Scan Mode 
Description 
Single Mode  Read Tag by pressing <Trigger> key. 
1. Condition to start the operation: Press and hold the <Trigger> key. 
2. Condition to stop the operation: 
(1) A tag is read 
(2) <Trigger> key is released. 
(3) “Scan Session Timeout” expires while no Tag data is received 
(4) New scan mode is set. 
3. Release <Trigger> key and press it again to start a new operation cycle. Scanning 
Timeout will be refreshed. 
Multi-Tag 
Mode 
Multi-Tag 
counter=0
Press and hold the <Trigger> key to read Tag continuously. Repeated 
Tags will be accepted. 
1. Conditions to start the operation: Press and hold the <Trigger> key.
2. Conditions to stop the operation: 
(1) <Trigger> key is released. 
(2) New scan mode is set. 
3. Scanning speed is controlled by Scanning Delay. 
Multi-Tag 
counter≠0
Press and hold the <Trigger> key to read Tag continuously. Repeated 
Tags will be ignored and new tag’s EPC will be taken down, then counter 
is increased. 
1. Conditions to start/continue the operation: Press and hold the 
<Trigger> key. 
2. Conditions to suspend the operation: 
(1) Release <Trigger> key. 
3. Conditions to stop the operation: 
(1) The amount of new Tag is equal to Multi-Tag counter. 
(2) New Multi-Tag Counter is set. 
(3) New scan mode is set. 
4. The counter of read tag can be reset by command and function key. 
5. Scanning speed is controlled by Scanning Delay. 
Test Mode  Read Tag continuously without pressing the <Trigger> when the RFID Reader is in a 
limited range. Capable of decoding the same tag repeatedly for testing purpose. 
1. Conditions to start the operation: Scan mode is set to “Test mode” 
2. Conditions to stop the operation: New scan mode is set. 
3. Scan Session Timeout, Scanning Delay, Multi-Tag Counter and EPC filter 
parameters are no effect in this mode. 
4. If RFID Function=Write Tag Memory, the RFID Reader can not be set to Test Mode.
Command: 
#@rf_scan?\r 
Purpose  Get Scan Mode 










