User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Communication Regulation Information
- Chapter 1: Introducing the Mercury Embedded Reader
- Chapter 2: Setting Up the Reader
- Chapter 3: Using the Reader Assistant
- Appendix A: Hardware Details
- Appendix B: Error Messages
- Common Error Messages
- FAULT_MSG_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_DATA - (100h)
- FAULT_INVALID_OPCODE - (101h)
- FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_OPCODE - 102h
- FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_HIGH - 103h
- FAULT_MSG_INVALID_FREQ_RECEIVED (104h)
- FAULT_MSG_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE - (105h)
- FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_LOW - (106h)
- FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_FEATURE - (109h)
- FAULT_INVALID_BAUD_RATE - (10Ah)
- Bootloader Faults
- Flash Faults
- Protocol Faults
- FAULT_NO_TAGS_FOUND - (400h)
- FAULT_NO_PROTOCOL_DEFINED - 401h
- FAULT_INVALID_PROTOCOL_SPECIFIED - 402h
- FAULT_WRITE_PASSED_LOCK_FAILED - 403h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_NO_DATA_READ - 404h
- FAULT_AFE_NOT_ON - 405h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_WRITE_FAILED - 406h
- FAULT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_THIS_PROTOCOL - 407h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_WRITE_DATA - 408h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_ADDRESS - 409h
- FAULT_GENERAL_TAG_ERROR - 40Ah
- FAULT_DATA_TOO_LARGE - 40Bh
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_KILL_PASSWORD - 40Ch
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_KILL_FAILED - 40Eh
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_OTHER_ERROR - 420h
- FAULT_GEN2_PROTOCOL_MEMORY_OVERRUN_BAD_PC - 423h
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_MEMORY_LOCKED - 424h
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_INSUFFICIENT_POWER - 42Bh
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_NON_SPECIFIC_ERROR - 42Fh
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_UNKNOWN_ERROR - 430h
- Analog Hardware Abstraction Layer Faults
- Tag ID Buffer Faults
- System Errors
- Common Error Messages
- Appendix C: Antennas
- End User License and Warranty Agreement
Configuring the Reader
Chapter 3: Using the Reader Assistant 13
Configuring the Reader
The Config tab allows you to configure the reader settings. All the settings are displayed in the
Serial Log. For information about each setting, see the Config Tab Settings
.
Note
Be sure to set the antenna port before attempting to read tags. Otherwise, the
reader cannot read tags.
The following table explains the reader Config tab settings:
Config Tab Settings
Name Description
Antenna Port Select one of the following:
Monostatic
Bistatic
Read Power (dBm) Move the slider or click the up or down arrow to
change the read power. The default is 100% or
30dBm on the Mercury5e and 23dBm on the M5e-
Compact.
Write Power (dBm) Move the slider or click the up or down arrow to
change the write power. The default is 100% or
30dBm on the Mercury5e and 23dBm on the M5e-
Compact.
Protocol Select a protocol to use.
M4e: EPC0/EPC0+Matrics, EPC1, ISO18k-6B,
EPC0+Impinj, GEN2, UCODE
M5e: GEN2.
User Mode (M5e/M5e-Compact
only)
Select one of the following modes:
0x00. Default
0x01. Printer
0x03. Portal