Zebra Technologies radio frequency identification (rfid) User Manual

Page of 162
105
ZPL II Commands for RFID
^RQ
11/14/2008
RFID Programming Guide
58978L-008 Rev. A
^RQ
Quick Write EPC Data and Passwords
Description   Use this command with an Alien Higgs RFID tag and appropriate firmware to 
write the EPC data, access password, and kill password with one command. Doing so reduces 
the encoding time.
Format   ^RQf,c,o[data]
The following table identifies the parameters for this format.
Important • 
This command is not supported by all RFID tags, printers, or firmware. See 
 for the list of printers and firmware with 
which you can use this command.
Note • 
The access password on the tag to be written to must be 00000000 prior to sending 
this command.
Parameters
Details
f
= format
Accepted Values: 
A = 
ASCII
H = 
Hexadecimal
E = 
EPC
Default Value: 
c
 = chip 
type
Accepted Values: 0 (Higgs IC tag)
Default Value: 
o
= option
Accepted Values: 0 (write 96-bit EPC)
Default Value: 
data
 = the EPC data, 
access password, and 
kill password
Use the ^FD command to specify the passwords in the 
following format:
^FD[EPC],[access],[kill]
where:
EPC
 = the EPC data in the format specified by the f 
parameter. The data should match what would be 
programmed with the ^RF command.
access
 = an optional access password in hexadecimal 
format. If this field is left blank, 0x00000000 is 
written as the access password.
kill
 = an optional kill password in hexadecimal format. 
If this field is left blank, 0x00000000 is written as 
the kill password.