RFID Guidelines

Creating Basic RFID Label Formats

RFID Label Format 6—Write Tag, Read Tag, and Return Results to Host

Line

Type This ZPL Code

Function of ZPL Code

Number

 

 

1

^XA

Indicates start of label format.

2

^RS3

Sets tag type to EPC Class 1 64-bit.

3^FO50,50

^A0N,65

^FN3

^FS

When the label prints, the data read from the tag at field variable 3 (^FN3) will be printed at location 50,50.

4^RFW,H

^FD0102030405

^FS

W,H = write hex

Writes 8 bytes of data (64 bits) to the tag with 3 bytes of zeroes as padding. The data written is: 0102030405000000

5^FN3

^RFR,H

^FS

R,H = read hexadecimal

Reads the tag data into field variable 3 (^FN3). After this occurs, any fields in this label format that have ^FN3 will be replaced with this read data.

6

^HV3

Return the value in ^FN3 to the host computer. Data

 

 

is sent over whichever communication channel is

 

 

established with the host (such as parallel, serial,

 

 

USB, ethernet) In this example, 0102030405000000

 

 

would be returned to the host.

7

^XZ

Indicates end of label format.

Programmed to Transponder 0102030405000000

Read from Transponder 0102030405000000

Resulting Label

0102030405000000

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