Using Labview with an ALR-9800 RFID reader

[TylerHK]

I am a student at Cal Poly, SLO and I am currently working on a Labview program to characterize RFID tags using a positioner and an Alien Technology ALR-9800 RFID reader. This is my first time programming with Labview and also my first time interfacing with the ALR-9800 so I am more or less stumbling around in the dark.  I have been unable to find any drivers for the reader or any example code interfacing with a reader.  From my understanding of both Labview and the ALR-9800, it seems to me like the best approach is to find a way to issue textual commands to the reader to take advantage of the text-based command interface via TCP/IP.  The reader is supposed to function like a telnet server, so I can issue commands through a telnet interface to communicate. Is there a way to create such an interface in Labview? I would like to be able to send string constants as commands at various stages of the program in order to control the reader.  If anyone could offer me any help at all, I would be incredibly greatful.

[Susan155]

These people from your school have attended Alien Academy Training.  You may want to reach out to them.

Abolhassan Halati

Henry Co

Matt Uyboco

You can find more information about Alien Technology Solutions at www.alientechnology.com or rfidsolutionscenter.com

Good Luck

[Amanda_H]

Hi Subhash,

I would suggest contacting your colleagues who have used that technology before. Here are some resources on our website that might be helpful for you as well:

Troubleshooting NI VLM Client Connection Issues Using Telnet

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=217448&requireLogin=False


Hope this helps!

Regards,
Amanda H.
National Instruments
Applications Engineer

[bcorduts]

Hello Tyler,

I know this is 15 years later, but did you happen to find any success getting the Alien RFID Reader to communicate with LabView / get RFID signals noticed in LabView? We are currently working on our senior project at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and are also unfamiliar with RFID readers and communicating with them. We are using Alien ALR-9900 readers. Please let us know if you have any sort of information at all, it would be very helpful.

Thank you so much,

Bryan C.

bcorduts@calpoly.edu