Iso14a.RequestATS

This command requests the Answer to Select (ATS) of the PICC according to the ISO 14443-3 (Type A) standard.

RequestATS has to be called by the PCD (reader) directly after a successful call of the Iso14a.Select command if

The selected PICC is ISO 14443-4 compliant (according to SAK byte) and
communication as specified by ISO 14443-4 shall be performed via the Iso14L4.ExchangeAPDU command.

Since it is possible to keep several PICCs in active state at the same time according to ISO 14443-4, a unique CID has to be assigned to each of them. However, if you only want to communicate with a single label at a given time, the value 0 should be assigned to the CID variable. In this case, it is possible to call the Iso14L4.ExchangeAPDU command without bothering about CIDs.

Please refer to the Iso14a.PerformPPS and Iso14L4.ExchangeAPDU command descriptions for more information about frame sizes and timing issues.

After successful execution of this command, the communication parameters can be tuned with the Iso14a.PerformPPS command.

Properties

Command code: 0x1305
Command timeout: 100 ms
Possible status codes: General status codes, Iso14a.ErrNoTag , Iso14a.ErrCollision , Iso14a.ErrHf, Iso14a.ErrFrame, Iso14a.ErrCom

Parameters (request frame)

Name	Type/Size	Description
-	Bit mask (8 bits)	-
	FSDI	Enumeration (bit mask area 0xF0)	Frame Size proximity coupling Device Integer (FSDI) value. This value is mapped to the Frame Size proximity coupling Device (FSD) value, which indicates the maximum frame size accepted by the PCD. The current Baltech reader supports FSD of at least up to 64 bytes (FSDI=0x05). It is not recommended to use a smaller FSDI. Future versions of the Baltech reader might support higher FSDI values. Values: Bytes16 (0x0) Bytes24 (0x1) Bytes32 (0x2) Bytes40 (0x3) Bytes48 (0x4) Bytes64 (0x5) Bytes96 (0x6) Bytes128 (0x7) Bytes256 (0x8)
	CID	Integer (bit mask area 0x0F)	Channel ID which shall be assigned to this PICC. Possible values: 0x00: PICC will also respond to ISO 14443-4 commands with CID disabled. 0x01-0x0E: valid CID value. 0x0F-0xFF: rfu.

Name

Type/Size

Description

Bit mask (8 bits)

FSDI

Enumeration (bit mask area 0xF0)

Frame Size proximity coupling Device Integer (FSDI) value. This value is mapped to the Frame Size proximity coupling Device (FSD) value, which indicates the maximum frame size accepted by the PCD.

The current Baltech reader supports FSD of at least up to 64 bytes (FSDI=0x05). It is not recommended to use a smaller FSDI. Future versions of the Baltech reader might support higher FSDI values.
Values:

Bytes16 (0x0)
Bytes24 (0x1)
Bytes32 (0x2)
Bytes40 (0x3)
Bytes48 (0x4)
Bytes64 (0x5)
Bytes96 (0x6)
Bytes128 (0x7)
Bytes256 (0x8)

CID

Integer (bit mask area 0x0F)

Channel ID which shall be assigned to this PICC. Possible values:

0x00: PICC will also respond to ISO 14443-4 commands with CID disabled.
0x01-0x0E: valid CID value.
0x0F-0xFF: rfu.

Returned values (response frame)

Name	Type/Size	Description
ATS	Raw data (until end of frame)	Answer To Selection (ATS) of the PICC. This field has a variable length up to 32 Bytes according to the ISO 14443-4 standard.