Sato S84ex User manual

First edition: Mar 2015 Q04652700

UHF RFID Configuration Guide

Thank you for choosing a SATO RFID Printer. This

guide will help configure the printer to encode your

inlays.

1Determine Printer Orientation.

2Examine Labels to determine printer

settings.

3Set up printer.

Menu Settings

4Set Labels and Carbon Ribbon.

5Confirm operation by printing/encoding a

label.

Five Easy Steps of RFID Configuration

Refer to the S84-ex Operator Manual for more

information.

You can access the S84-ex Operator Manual from the

website for your region linked from.

1 Determine Printer Orientation.

Americas: Standard/Right Hand

Europe/Asia: Left Hand

Americas: Opposite/Left Hand

Europe/Asia: Right Hand

Media feed direction Media feed direction

Refer to the S84-ex UHF Inlay Configuration Guide for what measurements you should take and

what they mean, as well as a list of inlays and their required configurations.

Menu Settings:

Adjust the Write Power and Read Power according to required levels on the list of the S84-ex UHF

Inlay Configuration Guide.

Refer to the sticker on the printer’s top cover and the Operator Manual for more information.

Be sure to read the data and check that it is correctly encoded.

2 Examine labels.

3 Set up printer.

4 Set Labels and Carbon Ribbon.

5 Confirm operation by printing/encoding a label.

Press the ENTER button to

enter RFID USER MODE

For details on the RFID menu

items, refer to next page.

1. Turn on Power 2. Printer Comes Online 3. Switch to Offline

(Line button on the

Operator Panel)

4. Enter Menu

(Enter button on the

Operator Panel)

5. Select “RFID USER

MODE”

(Arrow button on the

Operator Panel)

Explanation of RFID menu items

* BOLD items are default settings.

RFID LIFE COUNT RFID LIFE COUNT displays the number of encoding successes, failures, and total attempts. Value

persists when RFID count is cleared. (SUCCESSES, FAILURES, TOTAL)

RFID COUNT RFID COUNT displays the number of encoding successes, failures, and total attempts.

(SUCCESSES, FAILURES, TOTAL)

CLEAR RFID COUNT Clears RFID COUNT display screen. “YES”, “NO”

RFID LABEL DATA Determine whether to retry encoding of failed data after error recovery. “RETRY”, “RELEASE”

The “RELEASE” option deletes the current print job, allowing the printer to move on to the next print

job. When “RETRY” is selected, the printer will continue to attempt encoding the same data.

MAX ERR COUNT Number of failed encoding attempts before error warning/print pause. “0 - 1 - 9”

RFID ERR SLASH Determine whether to print a slash or “RFID TAG ERROR”. “YES”, “NO”

When “YES” is selected, a slash will be printed. When “NO” is selected, only “RFID TAG ERROR”

will be printed.

RFID ERR OUTPUT Allows the user to set the signal type for RFID errors. “PULSE”, “LEVEL”

LENGTH OF PULSE Allows the user to select the length of an RFID error pulse.

This menu is displayed when the RFID ERR OUTPUT is set in Pulse.

“100ms”, “200ms”, “300ms”, “400ms”, “500ms”

READER VERSION

M6e Micro

Display firmware version of installed RFID reader module.

VIEW When selected printer will attempt to read the tag currently set in the printer.

Select the memory bank from which to read information. “VIEW EPC DATA”, “VIEW TID DATA”,

“VIEW USER DATA”, “VIEW PC DATA”

ANTENNA PITCH Allows the user to select the “STANDARD” or “SHORT” pitch antenna settings.

See “Antenna Pitch” in the S84-ex Inlay Placement & Configuration Table.

RFID TAG OFFSET Distance to print on label BEFORE pausing to encode RFID. “0- 240” (mm in unit) This setting will be

used when labels are not compatible with the S84-ex’s antenna positions.

WRITE POWER Radio Power level used to write information to RFID tag. “0.0 - 10.0 - 24.0”(dBm)

See “Write” under “Power” in the S84-ex Inlay Placement & Configuration Table.

READ POWER Radio Power level used to read information from RFID tag. “0.0 - 10.0 - 24.0” (dBm)

See “Read” under “Power” in the S84-ex Inlay Placement & Configuration Table.

MCS Multi vendor Chip-based Serialization: use TID as base for SGTIN serial number. “ENABLE”,

“DISABLE”

Pre-Encoded Tag Enable for tags with pre-encoded EPC serial numbers. EPC GTIN data still required. “ENABLE”,

“DISABLE”

Chip Manufacture Manually select MCS manufacturer prefix. For use when MCS Prefix is “MANUAL”. “IMPINJ”,

“ALIEN”, “NXP”.

Value is ignored when Assign Prefix is “AUTO”.

MCS Prefix Automatically or manually assign MCS manufacturer prefix to serial number. “AUTO”, “MANUAL”

MCS Prefix Digit Determine length of manually assigned MCS prefix. For use when MCS Prefix is Manual.

“0DIGIT(S)”, “1DIGIT”, “2DIGITS”, “3DIGITS”

MCS Prefix Data Set the MCS prefix data. Number of digits to be input is according to the setting of the MCS Prefix

Digit. The default value is “000”.

LOG Record encoded tag information. “ENABLE”, “DISABLE”

LOG Data Used with Log mode: determine what information to record. “EPC and TID”, “EPC”, “TID”

RFID Printing Tips

Recommended no-print zone

Avoid printing barcodes or characters directly on top of an

RFID chip. The uneven surface will negatively affect print

quality.

Printing of RFID tag errors

The printer can be set to print an RFID tag error when there

is a problem with the recorded data, for example in a write

to a defective tag, in order to prevent accidental distribution

of a defective label. Depending on the error and the print

command paper size setting, a diagonal line or a cross will

be printed, together with a description of the error.

• List of errors printed

Message Cause and Countermeasure

TAG NOT FOUND Cause Tag cannot be found, or reading of tag failed.