E710 UHF RFID Library

A Rust library for interacting with E710 UHF RFID modules. This crate provides a high-level API for configuring the reader and performing inventory operations (tag reading).

Features

• High-level API: Easy to use Connector for managing the reader and its parameters.
• TCP/IP Support: Built-in support for Ethernet-based readers using standard TCP streams.
• Comprehensive Command Set:
  • Firmware version retrieval.
  • Antenna management (Set/Get work antenna, connection detection).
  • Power and Frequency configuration (supports FCC, ETSI, CHN, and CUSTOM spectrums).
  • Real-time monitoring: Temperature and VSWR (Return Loss).
  • RF Link Profile selection.
• Performance Inventory:
  • Single antenna reading.
  • Fast switching antenna inventory for high-speed tag collection across multiple antennas.
• Iterator-based API: Efficiently process tags as they arrive with a clean iterator interface.

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
e710_uhf = { git = "https://github.com/marinomancini/e710_uhf" } # Replace with actual repository URL if different

Quick Start

The following example demonstrates how to connect to a reader, set it up, and start a fast switching inventory.

use e710_uhf::connector::Connector;
use e710_uhf::frame::command::Command;
use e710_uhf::frequency_references::Spectrum;
use std::net::TcpStream;
use std::time::Duration;

fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    // Reader IP and port (usually 4001 for TCP)
    let addr = "192.168.0.178:4001";
    let stream = TcpStream::connect_timeout(&addr.parse().unwrap(), Duration::from_secs(5))?;
    
    // Create connector: 
    // - stream: the TCP connection
    // - total_antennas: 8
    // - output_power: 25 dBm
    // - frequency: ETSI spectrum, from 865.0 to 868.0 MHz
    let mut connector = Connector::new(stream, 8, vec![25], (Spectrum::ETSI, 865.0, 868.0));
    
    // Initialize the reader with the provided settings
    connector.setup_reader().expect("Failed to setup reader");

    // Retrieve firmware version
    let version = connector.send_and_read_command(Command::GetFirmwareVersion).unwrap();
    println!("Firmware Version: {}", version);

    // Build configuration for fast switching between antennas
    // stay_time_multiplier: 1
    let cfgs = connector.build_fast_switching_antenna_cfg(1).unwrap();
    
    // Start inventory
    let mut iter_tag = connector.new_fast_switching_antenna_iterator(cfgs).unwrap();
    
    println!("Starting inventory...");
    while let Some(res) = iter_tag.next() {
        match res {
            Ok(tag) => println!("Read Tag: {}", tag),
            Err(e) => eprintln!("Error reading tag: {:?}", e),
        }
    }

    Ok(())
}

Ethernet Connection Configuration (Linux)

When connecting directly to the module via Ethernet, you may need to manually configure your network interface to match the module's expectations (often 10Mbps Half-Duplex).

# Configure interface speed and duplex
sudo ethtool -s enp8s0 speed 10 duplex half autoneg off
sudo ifconfig enp8s0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

# Restart the interface
sudo ip link set enp8s0 down
sudo ip link set enp8s0 up

# Verify state is UP
ip link show enp8s0
ip route show

ARP Table Population

If the reader is not responding, ensure your host has an ARP entry for it. Pinging the device usually resolves this:

# Check current ARP table
arp -n

# Ping the reader (default IP is often 192.168.0.178)
ping -c 1 192.168.0.178

# Verify the MAC address is now present
arp -n

Documentation

The project includes extensive documentation and SDKs in the docs/ directory:

• Serial Interface Protocol: Detailed documentation of the M70x-Module protocol.
• TCP-IP Configuration: Guides for network setup.
• SDKs: Android, C#, and Java SDK samples.
• PC Demo Software: C# based demo application for testing.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.