(a) Command Field (1)
Bit Use Setting Comment
0/1 Mode/Cmd 00 Perform single command (MSB,LSB) (for example: single read, program, lock)
01 Read in continuous Normal Mode
10 Read in continuous Line Mode
11 Send micro reader S/W version
2 FBCC calculation 1/0 If set, micro reader calculates FBCC of the MPT protocol
3 Power Burst I 1/0 If set, needs to be determined in Data Field
4 Power Pause Duration 1/0 If set, needs to be determined in Data Field
5 Power Burst II 1/0 If set, needs to be determined in Data Field
6 Data 1/0 If set, needs to be determined in Data Field
7 Cmd expansion Field 1/0 If set, Command Field (2) follows
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(b) Command Field (2)
Bit Use Setting Comment
0 Special Write Timing 1/0 If set, needs to be determined in Data Field
1 Wireless Synchronization 1/0 If set, wireless synchronization is used
2 DBCC calculation 1/0 If set, micro reader calculates DBCC of the R/W and MPT write data
3-7 Reserved - -
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(c) Data Field
Data Use Range Comment
Field Write Timing
1 Power Burst I 1..255 ms If bit 3 of Command Field (1) is set
2 Power Pause Duration 1..255 ms If bit 4 of Command Field (1) is set
3 Power Burst II 1..255 ms If bit 5 of Command Field (1) is set
4/5 toffLow (LSByte/MSByte) 28..2044 ms If bit 0 of Command Field (2) is set
6/7 tonLow (LSByte/MSByte) 28..2044 ms If bit 0 of Command Field (2) is set
8/9 28..2044 ms If bit 0 of Command Field (2) is set
10/11 28..2044 ms If bit 0 of Command Field (2) is set
12 # of Data Fields that follow Must not cause an infringement of the total number of bytes allowed If bit 6 of Command Field (1) is set
13 Data Fields LSByte first

Table 1: PC-to-micro reader communication protocol.

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