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6.2 Console
The console dialog provides a command line interface to a reader. Reader commands are described in
the Application Programmers Guide (40-01-000-DOC). The Command Entry area also accepts Python
code. The console tool is shown in Figure 14. Table 8 describes the various elements of the Console
tool.
To access this tool select, Tools->System->Console.
Figure 13
Index Description
1 Message Log window shows all message received from the reader.
2 Window size adjustment bar. Use this to change the size of the Message Log and Command Entry windows.
3 Command Entry window provides an area to enter command to send to the reader.
Figure 14
Clicking the right mouse button in the Message Log brings up a menu. This is the means of controlling
the behaviour of the console.
• If text has been selected in the Message Log window, it can be copied into the clipboard for pasting
elsewhere.
• Clear will remove all the text in this window.
• Show Tag Replies enables the display of tag messages and tag expired message. By default, this is
turned off, because in applications where large numbers of tags are being processed, it will bring the
application to a halt updating this window with tag messages. Each time this option is selected, it will
turn this option on or off.
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