e*Tag® has been
developed to meet international standards and supports interoperability
between RFID manufacturers. The e*Tag® communications
protocol is available free of charge at www.securakey.com. An e*Tag®
Development Kit is available to assist OEMs and System Integrators to
evaluate the products and to develop their own application specific
software. The kit includes e*Tag® Host demonstration software, as well
as a reader/writer, power supply, and sample transponders.
For easy hookup to
your PC, the RS-485 demo kit, ET4-DK1 is provided with an
RS-485-to-RS-232 converter, and the RS-232 demo kit, ET4-DK2 includes an
RS-232-to-USB converter.
e*Tag® Host
is a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows the reader/writer to be
placed in a variety of operating modes. Host commands to the reader/
writer permit data to be written to, read from and “locked” on tags. In
the “Debug” mode the actual messages passing between the host and the
reader/ writer can be viewed, which is a tremendous aid to programmers.
Additional engineering support for customized firmware, data encryption
and specialized antennas or housings is available on an NRE basis.
Includes ET4-WXS, RS485
Reader/Writer on stand, switchplate housing, 12 VDC international power
supply, DB9 connector, 3 ETST-03-2 Key Tags, 3 ETCI-04-2 cards, e*Tag®
Host software CD and NETCONV-P RS232-to-RS-485 converter
ET4-DK2:
Includes ET4-WRS, RS-232
Reader/Writer on stand, switchplate housing, 12 VDC international power
supply, DB9 connector, 3 ETST-03-2 Key Tags, 3 ETCI-04-2 cards, e*Tag®
Host software CD and SK-USB RS-232-to-USB converter
