Datamax I-Class, Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...abeth Way Pinnacles Harlow Essex CM19 5FE UK Phone 44 1279 772200 Fax 44 1279 424448 Asia Pacific 19 Loyang Way 01 01 Changi Logistics Centre Singapore 508724 Phone 65 542 2611 Fax 65 542 3611 Corpora...

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Page 3: ...oid the user s authority to operate the equipment Firmware Required This option requires Application Version 8 04 or greater to operate Preparing the Printer Start this installation by ensuring that t...

Page 4: ...e next section 1 Turn off the power switch and unplug the printer 2 Open the cover and remove the three Screws that secure the Front Cover Panel to the printer Screws Front Cover Panel 3 Position the...

Page 5: ...D Cable as shown 5 Connect the RFID Cable to the connector in the printer s Centerplate This completes the installation Load Smart labels and ribbon if necessary then close the printer s cover RFID Ca...

Page 6: ...ing data into Alien Class 1 EPC tags These contain 64 or 96 bits of user programmable data RFID Module Antenna This section provides details of the Datamax DPL commands necessary to enable configure r...

Page 7: ...resented position is used Subject to change HF SETTINGS AFI VALUE 2 Char Hex Value Industry Codes AFI LOCK ENABLE or DISABLE DFSID VALUE 2 Char Hex Value Industry Codes DFSID LOCK ENABLE or DISABLE EA...

Page 8: ...veillance EAS Set where hh is 2 Char Hex ID representing manufacturers code UHF Lhh Lock Code where hh is 2 Char Hex ID Rn Number of retries n 0 to 9 Wn Lock after write where n is E Enable D Disable...

Page 9: ...tag printed The specification for the RFID operation is contained in the data fields of a DPL label format The label format instructs the printer to write data read data and update selective fields p...

Page 10: ...ted that the tag transponder is within read write distance of the RFID programming device otherwise a fault will occur and a warning message will be displayed Syntax STX KaWAaaabbbbcddd Where Aaaa Opt...

Page 11: ...eserved Should be 0 d Command 2 Reserved Should be 0 ee Field number where to place data Must be 01 02 03 etc matching the order of label formatting command U Note a 00 value will send read data to ho...

Page 12: ...message will be displayed Syntax STX KtWBnnnaaabcdeeee Where Bnnn Optional Where nnn is the data byte count to allow non printable characters i e characters with hex values less than 0x20 to be encode...

Page 13: ...wice as long as if using ASCII data For example the character A would be returned as 41 aaa Starting block number 000 Max block number bbb Number of blocks to read 001 Max block number c Number of ret...

Page 14: ...er alphanumeric value so the replaceable field should be adequate in length STX KtA Write Application Family Identifier AFI to Tag This commands writes the AFI data to the tag Syntax STX KtAabcc Where...

Page 15: ...nting one byte Sample STX KtE9004 CR This example writes EAS bit for Philips 0x04 retrying 9 times if necessary STX KtH Read and Feedback Tag Information to Host This command returns the tag info to h...

Page 16: ...0 9 A F Sample STX KuW30ABCDEF0102030405 CR This example programs the data 0xAB 0xCD 0xEF 0x01 0x02 0x03 0x04 0x05 to the tag and will attempt to write three additional times if necessary STX KuR Read...

Page 17: ...re a Number of attempts to locate tag and lock Valid values 1 9 b Two character Lock Code value representing one byte Commands to Send Data back to Host STX KuT Send Tag ID STX KuV Send Tag ID with Ve...

Page 18: ...write yy Lock Code where yy is a 2 character hex value UHF only ffff Starting Block HF only Valid Entries 0000 9998 Starting block to write gggg Not Used jj j Valid Hexadecimal character string follow...

Page 19: ...ermine if lock is performed after write x 1 Perform lock after write yy Lock Code where yy is a 2 character hex value UHF only ffff Starting Block HF only Valid Entries 0000 9998 Starting block to wri...

Page 20: ...mber of good reads barcodes tags 2 characters E is the printer s internal JobId SubJobId 4 characters each F is the data read delimited with if multiple reads An example of a successful label would be...

Page 21: ...ction TAG DATA This acts as an RFID reader and will read and display data from block zero through ten for HF or the entire tag for UHF If the tag cannot be found after 10 tries a message Cannot Read R...

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