
Mobile Readers
Function Manual, 12/2010, J31069-D0198-U001-A2-7618 5
Table of contents
1Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 7
2RFID Reader Interface User's Guide ......................................................................................................... 9
2.1 RFID Reader Interface...................................................................................................................9
2.2 How Do I Use the Reader Interface?...........................................................................................10
2.2.1 Tools Needed...............................................................................................................................10
2.2.2 Creating the Application...............................................................................................................11
2.2.3 Starting the RFID reader..............................................................................................................12
2.2.4 Compile and Run .........................................................................................................................15
2.2.5 I Want To See Tags… .................................................................................................................18
2.2.6 Know More about the Tags … .....................................................................................................19
2.2.7 Change the Tags' Data ................................................................................................................20
2.2.8 Summary......................................................................................................................................21
2.3 Extending the Reach....................................................................................................................22
2.3.1 Being Part of a Larger Family ......................................................................................................22
2.3.2 Entering the system .....................................................................................................................24
2.3.3 Wake me up before you go… ......................................................................................................25
2.3.4 We are started: What to make out of it? ......................................................................................29
2.3.5 Jerry’s tag monitoring scenario revisited .....................................................................................30
2.3.6 I’m all ears....................................................................................................................................31
2.3.7 Not without my approval ..............................................................................................................34
2.3.8 Make it fun: Working keys............................................................................................................36
2.3.9 Summary......................................................................................................................................39
3RFID Reader Interface Reference ........................................................................................................... 41
3.1 The Interface................................................................................................................................41
3.2 RfReaderApi.Current ...................................................................................................................42
3.3 RfReaderApiException.................................................................................................................42
3.4 IRfReaderApi................................................................................................................................43
3.4.1 Version.........................................................................................................................................43
3.4.2 StartReader..................................................................................................................................43
3.4.3 StopReader..................................................................................................................................44
3.4.4 ReaderStatus ...............................................................................................................................45
3.4.5 AirProtocol....................................................................................................................................46
3.4.6 SetAirProtocol ..............................................................................................................................47
3.4.7 SetAntennaPower ........................................................................................................................47
3.4.8 GetAntennaPower........................................................................................................................48
3.4.9 SetCommunicationScheme .........................................................................................................48
3.4.10 GetCommunicationScheme .........................................................................................................49
3.4.11 SetChannelList.............................................................................................................................50
3.4.12 GetChannelList ............................................................................................................................51
3.4.13 SetTagID......................................................................................................................................51
3.4.14 GetTagIDs....................................................................................................................................53
3.4.15 GetTagMemory ............................................................................................................................54
3.4.16 SetTagMemory.............................................................................................................................56