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
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Set User Mode (99h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Set Reader Configuration(9Ah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Set Protocol Configuration (9Bh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Set Gen2 Session 157
Set Q Value 158
FCC Test Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Set Operating Frequency (C1h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Transmit CW Signal (C3h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Appendix A: Hardware Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Mechanicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Antenna Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Communications Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Connectors 163
Appendix B: Using the ArbSer Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Reading a Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Get Version Command 167
Boot Firmware Command 168
Set Current Region Command 170
Set Current Tag Protocol Command 171
Set Read TX Power Command 171
Set Antenna Port Command 171
Unexpected Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Serial Communication Does Not Work 174
Commands Return a Non-Zero Status Code 174
No Tag ID is Returned 175
Appendix C: Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Common Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
FAULT_MSG_WRONG_NUMBER_OF_DATA – (100h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Cause 177
Solution 178
FAULT_INVALID_OPCODE – (101h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cause 178
Solution 178
FAULT_UNIMPLEMENTED_OPCODE – 102h. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cause 178
Solution 178
FAULT_MSG_POWER_TOO_HIGH – 103h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178