User Guide
Table Of 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
- FCC 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_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
Get Configuration Commands
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Get Configuration Commands
The Get commands listed in the following table are used to get settable parameters from
the Mercury Embedded module. All of the commands have a data length of zero, and
return data or a fault code. These commands cannot be run in the Bootloader.
Get Configuration Commands
OpCode Command Name Arguments Return
0x10
Get Hardware Version (10h)
Option, Mask Hardware Information
0x61
Get Antenna Configuration (61h)
Option Antenna configuration
0x62
Get Read TX Power (62h)
Return Option (1
byte)
Read TX Power Setting
(and optionally Min. and
Max power)
0x63
Get Current Tag Protocol (63h)
none Current Tag Protocol
0x64
Get Write TX Power (64h)
none Write TX Power Setting
0x65
Get Frequency Hop Table (65h)
none Current Frequency Hop
Ta ble
0x66
Get User GPIO Inputs (66h)
none GPIO Input Data
0x67
Get Current Region (67h)
none Current region being used
0x68
Get Power Mode (68h)
none Current power mode setting
0x69
Get User Mode (69h)
none Current user mode setting
0x6A
Get Reader Configuration(6Ah)
none Current reader configuration
options set
0x6B
Get Protocol Configuration (6Bh)
Protocol, Parame-
ter (2 bytes)
Parameter Value
0x6C
Get Reader Statistics (6Ch)
Option, Statistics Reader Statistics
0x70
Get Available Protocols (70h)
none Available Protocols
0x71
Get Available Regions (71h)
none Available regions.
0x72
Get Current Temperature (72h)
none Current module tempera-
ture