User's Manual
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1800 Series Handheld RFID Reader Reference Manual
186XCONFIGURATION 
You can configure the RFID Reader by issuing commands or 186xConfiguration Utility. 
For HyperTerminal: 
You may run HyperTerminal.exe on the host computer to send commands to RFID Reader 
via USB Cable. The commands are not case sensitive. The example command common 
format is showed as below: 
Example: 
#@sys_time?<CR> 
 Get the system time → information. 
#@sys_time=[Y],[M],[D],[h],[m],[s]<CR> 
 Set the system time. → [Y],[M],[D],[h],[m],[s] are the parameters of system time. 
Note:  A serial command consists of Prefix, Text and Suffix. The prefix consists of “#” and 
“@”. “?” or “=” is specified to suffix. \r or <CR> is specified for the “Enter” of your 
keyboard. 
For 186xConfiguration Utility: 
CipherLab supports a Windows
®
-based Software Utility to allow you to configure RFID 
Reader easily. For more information, refer to 186xConfiguration User Guide.   










