TransCore 05531 User Manual

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Encompass 4/4800 Multiprotocol Reader System Guide
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30N  Append Time and Date Selection
This command selects the option of appending the time and date to transmitted IDs, 
error messages, presence without tag reports, and input status change reports. The 
factory default setting is time and date appended (command 302).
The reader returns an 
Error
 message if its tag buffer contains data. The reset reader 
command 63 may be transmitted to clear the buffer; however, tag ID data will be lost. 
If this is unacceptable, allow the buffer to empty before re-issuing append time and 
date command 30N. Append Time and Date commands are shown in 
 
The reader transmits messages with time and date appended as follows. One space 
separates the time from the date.
<string>&<HH:MM:SS.hh MM/DD/YY>
where:
string
 
is a tag ID, error message, or report.
&
 
separates <string> from the time and date.
HH:MM:SS
is the time delimiter.
MM/DD/YY
is the date delimiter.
Reader response:
Done
 
or Error
31N   Append Auxiliary Information Selection
The command #31N selects the option of appending auxiliary information to transmit-
ted IDs, presence-without-tag reports, and input status change reports. Auxiliary infor-
mation is not appended to error messages. The factory-default setting is no auxiliary 
information appended. The N variable specifies whether or not auxiliary information 
is to be appended. Append Auxiliary Information commands are shown in 
.
Table 7-4  Append Time and Date Commands
Command
Append Option
300
No time and date appended
302
Time and date appended (factory default)
Table 7-5  Append Auxiliary Information Commands
Command
Append Option
310
No auxiliary information appended (factory default)
311
Auxiliary information appended