User's Manual

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User Manual

MSTRP Tunnel Readers

5. WORKING WITH TAGS

Do not stack Magellan ItemTags on top of each other or allow them to touch or overlap. Only Magellan StackTags can

be stacked, overlapped or allowed to touch each other.

Single-axis antennas are tag orientation sensitive. Refer to the Tag-to-Antenna section of this document.

Reading and writing speeds depend on reader-tag communication speeds, the number of receiver channels, the

amount of information to be read and/or written and the number of tags presented at a the same time. The number

of tags and the amount of information to be read and especially written, slows down the read-write communication

speed. Please consult Magellan regarding these issues for your specic application.

Be aware that tags and readers can be incompatible with each other. For example smaller tags require higher eld

strengths and as a result they may not operate with some reader/antenna combinations or have to be closer to a

reader antenna to operate. Refer to the Reader-Tag Compatibility section of this manual.

Magellan StackTags are congured to normal powered mode at manufacture. This mode is required for tag

manufacture.

To allow for stacking, tags must be congured to quarter power mode. This mode is essential for providing the correct

conditions required to reliably identify stacked tags. This conguration can be done as part of the tag issuing process

and if not done earlier in the delivery process must be done by the end-user.

Tags can be recongured individually (one by one) or en masse (many at once). Before reconguring tags make sure the

ReaderManager software has been installed and upgraded to the latest version, the reader is running and the reader is

Connected to the ReaderManager software.

5.1 HoW to ReConfiguRe tAgs individuAlly oR en mAsse

In the ReaderManager go to Tools -> System -> Console. Click with the right mouse button and tick Show

Tag Replies.

For ReaderManager version 2.38 or higher go to Reader Conguration and choose Cong_Normal_

Powered_Tag or Cong_Quarter_Powered_Tag . Alternatively and for earlier ReaderManager versions

copy the following in the lower Console window:

Actions(Command(command=CommandNormalReply,readAddress=6,readLength=1,writeAddress=6,

writeData=[0x3000,]))

and then press enter. With write data=[0x3000,] tags will be congured to quarter power mode and with

write data=[0x6000,] tags will be congured to normal powered mode.

Place a single tag or multiple tags into the reader antenna eld.

Remove the tag(s) from the eld.

Follow the step 3 to 4 for a new batch of tags.

Once completed go to Reader Conguration and click on Clear All.