Gen2X enhanced inventory performance mode (Inventory Protocol) Tutorial

RFID SDK for Android 2.0.5.275

Applicable Devices : RFD40/90 Only

Overview

This Tutorial provides a walk-through of the steps to set Gen2X performace mode using RFID3 API

Create The Project

  • Start by creating a new project in Android Studio. For help, see the Android Studio tutorial.
  • Refer Hello RFID to prepare basic setup to work with RFID Reader and then follow this guide

Details

Available inventory protocol :

  • Gen2 : Inventory all the tags.
  • Gen2X : Inventory only Gen2X tags.
  • Hybrid : Inventory all tags with better read rate.

Note:This feature has firmware dependency, so user has to make sure right version of firmware is available.

Setting Up

Supported inventory protocols enum :

  • ENUM_INVENTORY_PROTOCOL.GEN2
  • ENUM_INVENTORY_PROTOCOL.GEN2X
  • ENUM_INVENTORY_PROTOCOL.HYBRID

Use below code snippet to set inventory protocol.


reader.Config.setInventoryProtocol(ENUM_INVENTORY_PROTOCOL.GEN2);

Use below code snippet to get inventory protocol.


ENUM_INVENTORY_PROTOCOL inventoryProtocol = reader.Config.getInventoryProtocol();