RFID PERMALOCK - RFID Permanent Lock
Plain English
⚠️ **Irreversibly locks `<bank>` — the bank cannot be unlocked again.** Convenience wrapper for `RFID LOCK "<bank>", "<password>", 3` (Gen2 policy 3 = permanently-locked). `<password>` is the 8-hex-character (32-bit) access password. After successful execution, the bank's lock state cannot be changed — subsequent `RFID LOCK` or `RFID PERMALOCK` calls against that bank will fail.
When to use
Supply-chain workflows where the EPC must never be rewritten after the tag leaves the encoding station. Use sparingly — once permalocked, you cannot recover the bank for re-use.
Syntax
RFID PERMALOCK "<bank>", "<password>"
Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
bank | Quoted Gen2 memory bank or RESERVED partition.
|
password | Quoted 8-hex-character access password (32 bits). |
Example
RFID WRITE "EPC", 0, "E2801160600002054E5F8B41" RFID PERMALOCK "EPC", "12345678"
⚠️ Encode a 96-bit EPC then irreversibly lock the EPC bank