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3.3.9RSSIWindow
3.3.10SpecialFunctionsWindow
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TheRSSIfielddisplaystheslotnumber,UIDandtheRSSIvaluesofthecorrespondingtag.Iftherewasa
collisionandthereaderperformedasecondanticollisionprocedure,theslotnumbersareindicatedwith
anadditionalcharacter:
A=secondprocedure
B=thirdprocedure
andsoon
Themainchannel,whichisAM,isusedastheprimaryone,andPMistheauxiliarychannel.TheRSSI
maximumvalueis7andminimumvalueis0.ThecorrespondingRSSIvaluesdependonthesystem
design(antenna+reader),andthelevelscanvarybasedonthequalityofthereception.Thespecificsof
thecorrespondinginputvoltagelevelstoRSSIlevelsaredefinedintheproductdatasheet.
Intheprecedingexample,onecanseethatthetagsinslots#6and#12haveamain-channelRSSIvalue
of6,withauxiliary-channelRSSIvaluesof2and1,respectively.
Specialfunctions,suchasAGCon/off,mainchannelAM,andenable/disabletheTRF7960.TheAGCis
turnedoffafterthepower-onreset(POR)andcanbeenabledwhendesired(especiallyinnoisy
environments).Bydefault,theinputchannelisAMandcanbeswitchedtoPMiftheRSSIvalueforthe
PMchannelishigherthantheAM.
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