Barcode (upc/ean formats) – Comtrol UP DeviceMaster Quick Start User Manual

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26 - Filtering/Data Extraction Configuration

DeviceMaster UP EtherNet/IP Quick Start: 2000478 Rev. D

Filtering/Data Extraction Configuration

4.

Set the RFID Reader Interface Type to that of your RFID Reader configuration.

If your RFID Reader is not listed, refer to the

DeviceMaster UP Filtering and Data Extraction Reference

Guide

for the supported RFID reader interfaces. If your RFID reader format matches one of the listed

formats, then set the RFID Reader Interface Type to that format.

5.

Set the Filter Age Time to how long after the last read you want an entry to be filtered.

6.

If you want the DeviceMaster UP to discard any non-RFID tag messages, set the Discard Unrecognized
Data
to either To-PLC or To-PLC/Application.

Refer to the

DeviceMaster UP Filtering and Data Extraction Reference Guide

for more information.

To PLC RFID Data Format: When the PLC interface is operating in RFID filtering mode, all data sent
to the PLC will be in the following format:

Barcode (UPC/EAN Formats)

1.

Set any or all of the To PLC filter options (RFID/Barcode) filtering options.

Note: You must select at least one for the filtering/data extraction to function.

2.

If you are using standard twelve to fourteen digit UPC/EAN barcodes, set the Barcode UPC/EAN 12-14
Digit Format
to match that of your barcodes.

The Company-5/Product-5 is the most popular format.

3.

If you are using eight digit UPC/EAN barcodes, set the Barcode UPC/EAN 8 Digit Format to match that of
your barcodes.

4.

If you want the DeviceMaster UP to discard any non-RFID tag messages, set the Discard Unrecognized
Data
to either To-PLC or To-PLC/Application.

Refer to the

DeviceMaster UP Filtering and Data Extraction Reference Guide

for more information:

Field

Data Type

Description

Produced data
sequence number

UINT

Values = 0-65535 (FFFF Hex)

Sequence number that is incremented with each
new message.

Length of RFID
message

UINT

Values = 20-148

Length in bytes of following data.

Company Code

UDINT[2]

Company Code extracted from tag data.
Depending on encoding scheme, this field may
include Company Prefixes, Company Prefix
Indexes, or Government Managed Identifier.

Product/Location
Code

UDINT[2]

Product Code extracted from tag data

Depending on encoding scheme, this field may
include the Item Reference, Location Reference,
Asset Reference, Object Class, or be set to zero.

Serial Number

UDINT[2]

Serial Number extracted from tag data.
Depending on the encoding scheme, this field
may include the Serial Number or Individual
Asset Reference.

Encoding Scheme UINT

Encoding Scheme from tag data.

Filtering Value

UINT

Filtering value from tag data.

Antenna Number UINT

Antenna number on RFID reader/scanner.

Tag Data Length UINT

Length of RFID tag string in bytes

Tag Data

BYTE[128]

Tag data string (variable length field). May also
include non-tag messages, which can optionally
be sent to the PLC and/or application

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