User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Contents
- Introduction to the Mercury6e- Transcore Module
- Functionality of the Embedded Modules
- Overview of the Communication Protocol
- Command Set
- Boot Loader Commands
- Multi-Protocol Tag Commands
- Allegro/Title-21 Tag Commands
- eGo/SeGo Tag Command Set
- ATA Tag Command Set
- Gen2 Tag Commands
- Get Configuration Commands
- Get Hardware Version (10h)
- Get Antenna Configuration (61h)
- Get Read TX Power (62h)
- Get Current Tag Protocol (63h)
- Get Write TX Power (64h)
- Get Frequency Hop Table (65h)
- Get User GPIO Inputs (66h)
- Get Current Region (67h)
- Get Power Mode (68h)
- Get User Mode (69h)
- Get Reader Configuration(6Ah)
- Get Protocol Configuration (6Bh)
- Get Reader Statistics (6Ch)
- Get Available Protocols (70h)
- Get Available Regions (71h)
- Get Current Temperature (72h)
- Set Configuration Commands
- Regulatory Test Commands
- Appendix A: Hardware Details
- Appendix B: Using the ArbSer Application
- Appendix C: Error Messages
- Common Error Messages
- FAULT_MSG_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_DATA – (100h)
- FAULT_INVALID_OPCODE – (101h)
- FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_OPCODE – 102h
- FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_HIGH – 103h
- FAULT_MSG_INVALID_FREQ_RECEIVED (104h)
- FAULT_MSG_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE - (105h)
- FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_LOW - (106h)
- FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_FEATURE - (109h)
- FAULT_INVALID_BAUD_RATE - (10Ah)
- Bootloader Faults
- FPGA Faults
- Flash Faults
- Protocol Faults
- FAULT_NO_TAGS_FOUND – (400h)
- FAULT_NO_PROTOCOL_DEFINED – 401h
- FAULT_INVALID_PROTOCOL_SPECIFIED – 402h
- FAULT_WRITE_PASSED_LOCK_FAILED – 403h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_NO_DATA_READ – 404h
- FAULT_AFE_NOT_ON – 405h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_WRITE_FAILED – 406h
- FAULT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED_FOR_THIS_PROTOCOL – 407h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_WRITE_DATA – 408h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_ADDRESS – 409h
- FAULT_GENERAL_TAG_ERROR – 40Ah
- FAULT_DATA_TOO_LARGE – 40Bh
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_KILL_PASSWORD – 40Ch
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_KILL_FAILED - 40Eh
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_BIT_DECODING_FAILED - 40Fh
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_EPC – 410h
- FAULT_PROTOCOL_INVALID_NUM_DATA – 411h
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_OTHER_ERROR - 420h
- FAULT_GEN2_PROTOCOL_MEMORY_OVERRUN_BAD_PC - 423h
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_MEMORY_LOCKED - 424h
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_INSUFFICIENT_POWER - 42Bh
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_NON_SPECIFIC_ERROR - 42Fh
- FAULT_GEN2 PROTOCOL_UNKNOWN_ERROR - 430h
- Analog Hardware Abstraction Layer Faults
- Tag ID Buffer Faults
- System Errors
- Common Error Messages
- Appendix D: FPGA Support
Gen2 Tag Commands
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Bits) and the Alien Higgs PC Bits.
The format is extended as follows:
The Lock Bits correspond to the Higgs TID Bank configuration bits with the same name
and are shown in the following table:
Alien Higgs Lock Bits
Currently, only the first six bits of this field are used. A value of zero in each bit field keeps
the corresponding memory segment unlocked. To lock any of the Kill and Access
passwords or the EPC, temporarily or permanently, set the corresponding bit fields in the
Lock Bits word to 1. For additional information, refer to the Higgs Tags Application Notes
(Currently available at http://www.alientechnology.com/docs/
Load_Image_Application_Note_1.pdf - Contact Alien Technology for more details).
The PC Word field, in the table on the previous page, corresponds to the PC Word in the
Tag EPC memBank defined in the Gen2 Specification and is shown in the following table:
FF 1C 2D 03 E8 01 03 01 23 45 67 89 AB CD EF
SO
H
Length OpCode Timeout (ms) Chip Type Sub
Command
Kill Password Access Password
00 02 30 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 AA
B
B
C
C
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Lock Bits PC Word Tag ID CRC
Bit Number
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
Field Name>
XXXXXX X X X X
Default Values
XXXXXX X X X X
Lock Values
XXXXXX X X X X
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APW
Lock
APW
P-lock
KPW
Lock
KPW
P-lock
EPC
Lock
EPC
P-
lock
000000
111111