Session 1, Session 2, 3 and sl flags, Operations supporting tag singulation/select – ThingMagic M5e-Compact User Manual

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Application Tag Commands

Command Set

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Session 1

Keeps its state between 0.5 and 5 seconds, regardless of whether the tag is

energized or not.

The intent is that when the session is set to 1 the tag will respond to an appropriate Query
immediately, and then respond periodically if the Query is repeated by the reader. This
allows a larger population of tags to be reliable read. Session 1 is typically used in
applications where a large population of tags is being continuously inventoried allowing
for it to be determined when tags enter and leave the field.

Session 2, 3 and SL Flags

Keeps state as long as the tag is energized.

Keeps its state for at least 2 seconds after the tag is no longer energized and will

refresh its state if the tag is re-energized during that period.

The intent is that when the session is set to ‘2’ or ‘3’ a tag will only respond once to an
appropriate Query, then remain silent as the Query is repeated by the reader to elicit
responses from other tags. Typically used in operations when you are performing an
action on tag or population of tags which you do not want/need repeated.

Operations supporting Tag Singulation/Select

The commands currently supporting tag singulation through Select are:

Read Tag Single (21h)

Read Tag Multiple (22h)

Write Tag EPC (23h)

Write Tag Data (24h)

Lock Tag (25h)

Kill Tag (26h)

Read Tag Data (28h)

Gen2 Tag Specific (2Dh)

BlockWrite (2Dh)

BlockPermaLock (2Eh)

BlockErase (2Eh)

The addition of this functionality has added several (some conditional) fields to these
commands. The deprecated version of these commands are listed in Appendix D:

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