User Manual
Table Of Contents
- M6e-31.5dBm Hardware Guide
- Contents
- Mercury6e Introduction
- Hardware Overview
- Firmware Overview
- Communication Protocol
- Functionality of the Mercury6e
- Appendix A: 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_PROTOCOL_BIT_DECODING_FAILED - 40Fh
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_EPC – 410h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_NUM_DATA – 411h
- 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 B: Getting Started - Devkit
Protocol Support
40 Functionality of the Mercury6e
Protocol Support
The M6e has the ability to support many different tag protocols. Using the MercuryAPI
ReadPlan classes the M6e can be configured to single or multi-protocol Read operations.
The current protocols supported are (some may require a license to enable):
ISO 18000-6C (Gen2)
I-PX
ISO 18000-6B
ISO 18000-6C (Gen2)
Protocol Configuration Options
The M6e supports multiple ISO-18000-6C profiles including the ability to specify the Link
Frequency, encoding schemes, Tari value and modulation scheme. The protocol options
are set in the MercuryAPI Reader Configuration Parameters (/reader/gen2/*). The
following table shows the supported combinations:
ISO-18000-6C Protocol Options
Backscatter
Link Frequency
(kHz)
Encoding
Tari
(usec)
Modulation
Scheme
Notes
250 Miller (M=8) 12.5 PR-ASK
250 Miller (M=4) 12.5 PR-ASK
250 Miller (M=2) 12.5 PR-ASK
250 FM0 12.5 PR-ASK
250 Miller (M=8) 25 PR-ASK
250 Miller (M=4) 25 PR-ASK
250 Miller (M=2) 25 PR-ASK
250 FM0 25 PR-ASK
250 Miller (M=8) 25 PR-ASK
640 FM0 6.25 PR-ASK Not supported in PRC
Region