User's Manual

UM00xxxx _LAB MAX III_ User Manual – v. 0.0 March 2012 _Draft
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6.2 Command description
The back compatibility commands are identical for the LabMaxII and the LAB MAX III readers. They
don’t need any other special character to be executed.
All commands available starts always with a ‘.’ (DOT) followed by the command name (CMD), and
end with a carriage return ([CR] = 13 dec).
.CMD [CR]
6.2.1 Command: .v
It returns the firmware version from LAB MAX III, as shown in the following example:
User: .v
LAB MAX III answer: FW Vx.x.x (Vx.x)
6.2.2 Command: .n
It returns the measured noise level. Values of 10 are a bad level end values of 0 are good level, as
shown in the following example:
User: .n
LAB MAX III answer: 1
6.2.3 Command: .i
It returns the 4 character of the unit Serial Number. If the unit is not equipped with the feature, the
message is: "noID", as shown in the following example:
User: .i
LAB MAX III answer: noID
6.2.4 Command: .isNNNN
It sets up the unit Serial Number, in order to set this SN enter a 4 digit number after typing the
command. If the code entered is not valid it will be changed to "noID", as shown in following example.
User: .is4A58
LAB MAX III answer: noID
Else
User: .is1234
LAB MAX III answer: 1234
Note that the number will be accepted also if the feature is not installed but the number will be
lost at the next power off.
6.3 New commands
6.3.1 Command: .T (only for debug mode)
Only for debug mode: it saves FDXB and HDX acquired signal, as shown in following example:
User: .T
LAB MAX III answer: DC Level: 2051
FDX Noise Floor: 1929740 (2500000)
fdxbDC: 2056
fdxbSynch: 17
fdxbHeader: 224
FDXB Done: decoderTAGFOUND
Decoding total time: 30