RFID Guidelines

^RF

^RF

Read or Write RFID Format

Description This command allows you to read or write to an RFID tag.

Note • To read into a field variable, you must have a ^FN command in the

Format ^RFo,t,b,n

The following table identifies the parameters for this format.

Parameters

Details

o

= operation

The action to be performed.

 

 

Accepted values:

 

 

• W = write to the tag

 

 

• L = write with LOCK (if supported by tag type)

 

 

• R = read the tag

 

 

Default value: W

 

 

 

t

= type

Accepted values:

 

 

A = ASCII

 

 

H = Hexadecimal

• E = EPC (ensure proper setup with the ^RB command) Default value: H

b= starting block number Accepted values: 0 to n, where n is the maximum number of blocks for the tag. Default value: 0

n= number of blocks to read*

This parameter is valid only for the read operation.

Accepted values: 1 to n, where n is the maximum number of blocks for the tag type minus the starting block number. For example, if the tag has 8 blocks (starting with block 0) and you start with block 6, n can be 2. This would return block 6 and block 7 information.

Default value: 1

*Not applicable for R110Xi/R170Xi

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