Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product GL 4xxe SATO
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R FI D K IT U SE R GUIDE GL 4xx e Series For printer mode ls: Read this User Guide be fore and during the operation o f the above acce ssory. Keep this Guide h an dy for future refere nce.
2 1 General Important i nforma tion This quick guide provid es im portant inf orm ation on ho w to setup your new SAT O produc t. Be sur e to r ead th is quic k guide thor oughl y bef ore us ing this pri nter.
3 1.2 Explanation of s y mbols This instructi on m anual us es various warning icon s to help you understa nd the saf e oper ation of your printer. Expl anations of the icons are belo w. WARNING! Indicates neglec tful or er roneo us use m a y cause irrepara ble dam age to t he produc t, serious injur y to the operat or, or worse.
4 1.3 Contact and D ocument Information . Extensive c ontact infor mation of worl dwide SAT O oper atio ns can b e found on the Inter net at www.satoworldwide.com Version: SI-GL4 xxe-01r A-13-06-0 7-RFKUG © Cop yright 199 4 – 200 7 All rights reser ved.
5 Overview This User Manual describes the opera tion and programming procedures for RFID smart labels (with embedded RFID tags) on the SATO GL4xxe series printers fitted with the RFID Kit.
6 1. Introdu ction to the R FID con figuration o ptio ns RFID CONTROL Menu ( GL4xxe Series ) RFID C ONTROL Error Handling O verstrike* None Stop RFID Reade r Ena ble* Disable Label Retr y 10* 1 to 10 .
7 ...continued from previous page RFID CO NTRO L Custom Setting Non- RFI D Warn ing Dis abl e* Enable C ust om Tag D u pl i ca t e* Di s ab l e E nab l e Wr i t e P o w e r 6* 1 t o 20 Re a d Po wer 5.
8 I ntro d uct i on to t h e RFID con fi gurat i on op t i ons R FID Menu Items ( GL4xx e ) RFID Read e r This m enu item enables or disables the RFID enco der. The default is Enab le . Tag Type This m enu item select s the tag t ype for use . See T able 3 for supp orte d tag types listed in alphab etic al order.
9 Ta b l e 3. Su pp orted RF ID Ta g T yp es ( GL4x xe ) Ta g Name Bit s Protocol Ta g C lass Menu Se lect io n KSW Gen 2 Excali bur 96 Class 1, Gen 2 Gen 2 KSW Excal G2 KSW Gen 2 T emplar 96 Class 1,.
10 I ntro d uct i on to t h e RFID con fi gurat i on opt i ons Tag Write Cnt Displ ays th e num be r of tag s att em pted to be writt en si nce t he last Cle ar T ag Stat ope rat ion was in itiate d.
11 Admin Us e r Menu Item s (GL4 xxe) The se menu it em s are vis ible onl y when the A dmin User opt ion is set to Ena bl e in the Advanced menu . (See th e GL408/412 e Operato r’s Manua l.) IM PO RTA NT Admin Us er menu ite ms should only be used by authorized per sonnel.
12 Rea d Tag Reads t he tag in ra nge of the inter na l RFID c oupl er an d repor ts the tag dat a to the de bug port and momentar ily disp lays it on the con trol pane l’s L CD. It is mainly in tended fo r data veri ficati on pu rposes . IMPORTA NT This menu item does not posi tion the R FID tag over the coupler.
13 Ta b l e 4. Prin ted O verst r ike Erro r Mes sa g es Error Messa g e Ex p lanation T ag R/W Err x Check me dia Ta g C o m m Err x Chec k cab le The printer software attem pted to write to or rea d from the RFID tag, but the RFID encoder indicated that the tag could not be wr it te n to , or r ead f ro m .
14 Write P ower This me nu item selec ts the write powe r level to be use d in the R FID encod er. 1 is the lowe st power leve l sett ing, and 20 i s the highest. The defaul t is 6. Read Pow er This m enu it em selec ts t he read pow er le vel to be use d in th e RF ID e ncod er.
15 Tag Class Selec ts the c lass of the cust om tag. Cla ss 0+, C lass 1. 19, Ge n 2, and Cla ss Zum a tags are r ead/ write . Class 0 tags are re ad on ly. T he def ault is G en 2. Read T ri es Selec ts ho w man y tim es the R FID e ncod er will tr y each read c om ma nd.
16 Sca n S t a r t Pos Dete rmines wh ere o n the l abel t he RFID cali brati on w ill b egi n. By de fault , th e cal ibrat ion proc edure will start at the begi nn ing of the lab el (0.0 m m ). T o speed th is up cha nge t his valu e to f orce the calib rat ion to begin aft er th e b eg innin g o f th e la bel.
17 R e q uestin g A n R FI D R e p ort This proce dure pr ints a su mm arized RFI D rep ort. ( This repo rt als o include s valid ato r data if the pr inte r has a valid ator . ) GL4xxe 1. Take the prin ter off line and pres s ENTER to enter Men u m ode.
18 A d vanced RFID Calibration Tag P rofi le r Read and W rite po wer set tings can be op tim ized u sing t he T ag Profiler . Befor e ru nni ng th e Tag Profiler, it is imp ortant t o ensure that the proper Ga p Sensi ng pr ocedure has been follo wed.
19 • Cu stom (Cal) M ax Po wer. Sets th e upper level th at will be teste d durin g cal ibra tion . To speed up ca libr atio n, set C ust om (Cal) Max Power to t wo points hig her t han t he Cus tom W rite Power th at was s et pr ior to in itiat ing ca librat ion.
20 2 ． RFID Command Speci fication W ith the SAT O GL4X X e , it is possib le to r etur n RF ID inf orm ation b ef ore wr iting dat a. The print er su ppor ts C ont in uous, Tear -of f, Disp enser and Cu tter pr int m ode op tions . U suall y, writing information to the RFID supply takes about 3 seconds to complete.
21 ESC+ IP0 Com ma nd ESC IP0 Param eter Hex code <1B> 16 <49>1 6<50 >16<3 0 >16 e, d, k, a, u, m , f,p, s , t, c, n Initia l val ue Nil W hen power s witc h is OFF The set com m and is not mainta ined. V alid r a nge withi n item The set param eter becom es in valid.
22 c = total num ber of digits for compa ny pref ix (Shou ld be an y value wit h 6 to 12 ac cord ing to the num be r of digits of ‘s ’ or ‘t’ param eter s) n = ser ial Num ber (12 digit s) (Sh.
23 【 Example 5 】 Desc ription: This exa m ple il lustr ates t o write EAN 128 da ta to the tag. Data : ＜ A ＞ ＜ V ＞ 50 ＜ H ＞ 50 ＜ X22 ＞ ,3114F5 36CC CE4C30 970 00 000 ＜ IP0 ＞ e:.
24 5 ． The op tio na l par amet ers co uld be om itte d. Refer th e ta ble bellow t o fin d o pti onal p ar amet ers. para meters Gen2 e: EPC Type [F*** ] ａ (EA N12 8 S SCC96) [F***] ｃ (EA N13 S.
25 [Fu ncti on ] Th is is a contro l f unctio n f or readi ng dat a fr om the EPC code- com patib le RF ID tag. [Fo rma t] <IP1> ,b:X; W here , b = Blo ck Num ber Bl oc k Na me B l oc k No EPC Are a 1 TID Area 2 User 3 [Return Sta tus Format] [STX(02H)] + Data + [ETX(03H)] Return status list Item Contents (Binary ) No.
26 [Return Sta tus Example 1] W hen [8000 00 00 400 0 00 01] is save d in a n EPC-co m patible t ag. 02 Start co de 38 30 30 30 3 0 30 3 0 30 3 4 30 30 3 0 30 30 30 31 03 End code * In actu ality, all data is conti nuous. * Data is d isp layed in he xad ecim al code.
27 ESC+TM ESC T M Par am e te r Hexadecim al code <1B>16 <54>16< 4D >16 X Initia l val ue Nil W hen po wer switch is OFF The se t param eter is not ma intain ed. V alid range withi n item The se t param eter becom es inv alid. Valid r ang e and t erm of comm and V alid rang e betwe en item s The se t param eter becom es inv alid.
28 ESC +F ESC F Par am ete r Hexadecim al code <1B >16 <4 6>16 a a a a b c c c c, d d, e e, f Initia l val ue Nil W hen power s wit ch is OFF The set param ete r is not m aintain ed. V alid range withi n item The set parame ter beco m es inval id.
29 [Coding Exa mple 2] W rit e EP C and Us er m em or y Num ber of time s to repea t the sam e data : 1, inc rem entin g : +, step of seq uenc e:100, Nu mbe r of digit s f or Sequent ia l nu mb ering .
30 3. GL RFI D Coupler Desi gn The G L 4 xx e RF ID has a couple r design that suppor ts a gr eate r var i ety of t ag t ype s. Yo u can move the coupler horiz ontally by using the couple r hand le. See figures on foll owing pages . The c ou pl er has fo ur pos i tio ns on a fo ur inch pr inte r.
31 4. Adjusting t he Coupler p osition Remove the thumbs crew that secures the lower front cover to the printer. Slide the cover to the left (toward t he electric al half of the pri nter) to remove it .
32 Use the co upler h andle t o adjus t the coupl er so th at th e coupler posit ion in dicator points to the correc t color on the c olored pos ition stri p. Alignin g the ta bs, inst all th e lower front c over ( See RFID Kit Install ation Guide ) Step 2 .
33 Erro r M e ss ag e Explanation Solutio n NON-RFID DATA On Rfid Tag A job was pr inted that ha d no RFID commands on at least one for m of the job w hile RFID tags w ere installed i n the pri nter and the Non- RFID Warning menu item is set to Enable.
34 Sympto m Solutio n No commun ication b etween the printer and the reader 1. Make sure Reader = Enabl e in the RFID (o r RFID CONTROL) menu. 2. Use th e RFID Test option in th e RFID (or RF ID CONTROL) menu (Adm in User en abled ) to read and d ispla y the cu rrent RF ID tag content .
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