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Inventory Utility
The Inventory utility allows you to scan all of the tags within range of the reader, and see each tag’s
EPC and read count in a scrollable list. You start and stop the inventory utility by either holding the
pistol-grip trigger button, or by clicking once on the green Start button. The reader continues to read
tags until you release the trigger or click the Stop button. Click the OK button at the bottom-right
corner to return to the main screen.
Clicking the yellow Mask button at the top
of the Inventory screen takes you to a
page where you can specify a subset of
tags to read (see the Tag Mask section).
This powerful feature causes the reader
to only read the tags you want it to read
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those selected by the mask.
Each tag that is read is added to the
scrolling list, along with the count for
each tag. The number of unique tags
and total number of reads is displayed.
Clicking on a tag in the list shows its full EPC
below the list, and if that tag has already been
associated to an Asset, its image and barcode
are displayed. Assets can be defined with the
Asset button, and used to select tags in the
Tag Mask screen.
The List menu at the bottom gives you
options to clear the list, and save the list
data to a file on the device.
