Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto GL 4xxe del fabbricante 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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Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il SATO GL 4xxe è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del SATO GL 4xxe - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso SATO GL 4xxe imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul SATO GL 4xxe ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il SATO GL 4xxe, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del SATO GL 4xxe.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il SATO GL 4xxe. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo SATO GL 4xxe insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
