Class RFIDReader

Provides the RFIDReader object.

Inheritance

System.Object

RFIDReader

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace: rfid.api

Assembly: rfid.netcore.dll

Syntax

public class RFIDReader

Constructors

RFIDReader(ReaderType)

The constructor

Declaration

public RFIDReader(ReaderType readerType = ReaderType.FX)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ReaderType	readerType

RFIDReader(String, SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE)

Constructor takes hostname or IP address, com port and timeout as parameter

Declaration

public RFIDReader(string comport, SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE baudrate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	comport	com port number eg com3.
SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE	baudrate	baudrate e.g. 5084

RFIDReader(String, Int32)

Constructor takes hostname or IP address, com port and timeout as parameter

Declaration

public RFIDReader(string comport, int baudrate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	comport	com port number eg com3.
System.Int32	baudrate	baudrate e.g. 5084

RFIDReader(String, UInt32, UInt32)

Constructor takes hostname or IP address, port and timeout as parameter

Declaration

public RFIDReader(string hostName, uint port, uint timeoutMilliseconds)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	hostName	host name or IP address
System.UInt32	port	port number e.g. 5084
System.UInt32	timeoutMilliseconds	timeout for the response from there reader specified in miliseconds

Properties

Actions

Gets the Actions object. This is the core object which exposes the core reader operations such as inventory and access operations of the reader.

Declaration

public Actions Actions { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Actions

BaudRate

Declaration

public SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE BaudRate { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE

Comport

Declaration

public string Comport { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Config

Gets the configuration object

Declaration

public Config Config { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Config

Events

Gets the event object

Declaration

public Events Events { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
Events

HostName

Gets or sets the host name or IP Address of the reader

Declaration

public string HostName { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

IsConnected

Returns the current reader connection status

Declaration

public bool IsConnected { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Boolean

Port

Gets or sets the port number which is used for establishing connection with the reader

Declaration

public uint Port { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.UInt32

ReaderCapabilities

Gets reader capabilities object

Declaration

public ReaderCapabilities ReaderCapabilities { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ReaderCapabilities

RfidApi4Abstract

Declaration

public RfidApi4Abstract RfidApi4Abstract { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
RfidApi4Abstract

SecureConnectionInfo

Gets or sets the secure connection information which would be used while making an llrp connection.

Declaration

public SecureConnectionInfo SecureConnectionInfo { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
SecureConnectionInfo

TimeoutMilliseconds

Gets or set the timeout of the reader connection

Declaration

public uint TimeoutMilliseconds { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.UInt32

VersionInfo

Gets the RFID class library version information

Declaration

public VersionInfo VersionInfo { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
VersionInfo

Methods

AcceptConnection(Socket)

This method accepts the socket to the Reader-Initiated Connection and initializes the RFIDReaderObject just like how Connect() method Initializes

Declaration

public void AcceptConnection(Socket readerSocket)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Net.Sockets.Socket	readerSocket	Socket Object to accept the connection

Connect()

Connects to the reader

Declaration

public void Connect()

Disconnect()

Disconnect from the reader

Declaration

public void Disconnect()

Dispose()

Disposes the RFIDReader

Declaration

public void Dispose()

Finalize()

The constructor

Declaration

protected void Finalize()

GetAvailableCOMPorts(SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE)

Get available COM ports

Declaration

public static List<string> GetAvailableCOMPorts(SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE baudrate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SUPPORTED_BAUDRATE	baudrate

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>	List of available COM ports

GetAvailableCOMPorts(Int32)

Get available COM ports

Declaration

public static List<string> GetAvailableCOMPorts(int baudrate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Int32	baudrate

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.List<System.String>	List of available COM ports

Reconnect()

Reconnects to the reader, if the connection is lost.

Declaration

public void Reconnect()