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4.1.3 Tools Menu
From the main ReaderManager menu click Tools.
If ReaderManager is not connected to a reader only the Console tool is shown in this menu. When
ReaderManager is connected to a reader there will be two sub menu items, Demonstrations and System.
This document will only describe the System menu options. A detailed description of all System tools is
given in section 6 Tools. The System tools menu is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5
Sub Menu Description
Configuration System
Allows the user to view reader module part numbers, versions and serial
numbers. Also provides an interface to change the readers networks
setup.
Console
Use this tool to send commands to the reader and view all reader
messages.
Grid of tag sight counts
Use this tool to graphically view all tags sighted by the reader.
Immediate Command
Use this tool to construct an Immediate command.
Interrogate Command
Use this tool to construct an Interrogate command.
Memory Map
Use this tool to show and change tag memory.
Reader Settings
Use this tool to view and change various reader operating parameters.
Reader Setup
Use this tool to configure the reader to work with various antennas and
to tune and test each antenna.
Simple Tag Test
Provides a tool used to read and write to various memory locations and
verifies the data is written correctly.
Table of Tag messages
This tool displays a table of tag related messages received from the
reader sorted by a timestamp.
Tag Test
More advanced tags test. Used mainly by tag and chip manufactures.
Table 3