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Using the TRF7970A EVM With PC GUI
In time sensitive applications in which the number of tags that are presented to the field should be one at
one time but could be from 1 to n, polling or looking for tags using the single slot method first might be
effective. If a collision is detected, the firmware could then change the tag request flags to sixteen slot
method and then proceed as described here.
To perform sixteen slot Inventory using the GUI:
1. Select the radio button for Inventory.
2. Select the Tag Flags accordingly (see Figure 5 for one example).
3. Click Set Protocol.
4. Place tags or transponders near enough to the TRF7970A EVM antenna to be read.
5. Click Execute.
See Figure 5 and Figure 6 for example results of multiple tags in the field without and with collisions,
respectively.
NOTE: For graphics brevity, only four tags are shown.
Figure 5. Sixteen Slot Inventory Command (Four Tags in Field With No Collision)
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SLOU321 August 2011 TRF7970A Evaluation Module (EVM)
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