User's Manual

4.4Communication Test
Perform the tag reading test.
From the Tools menu, select System -> Grid of tags sight count.
Check some default settings in Tools -> System->
Reader Settings:
 Tag Type. Default is
IFX_STACK. If you use
ItemTags the default
should be changed to
IFX_ITEM. If you want to
read both IT and ST tags
the Tag Type should be
IFX_STACK.
 The Powering Field box
should be ticked.
 Tag Reply Mode:
For 8 channel Readers, the default is:
CommandReplyChannelHoppin7_8muted
CommandReplyChannelHoppingUnmuted
Using one of the test tag supplied with the Reader, place the tag on the
Reader antenna.
The first square in the grid should turn from white to blue and display the
tag’s ID number and the number of times the tag was sighted (should be
one). An example of this is shown below.
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