# Manual Reader Control

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you wish to control the reader via the standard RFID settings, you can enable in the </span>[Application Settings](https://kb.simplerfid.com/books/mobile-app/page/application-settings)<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> menu</span>

****Manual Reader Control (Pro) Enabled****

These controls include;

****Power Slider****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> which is a single control to manage the reader power dynamically via a slider. Below this, a settings icon to manage the </span>****Scan Mode &amp; Session****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the Reader, and the current settings are displayed to the right of it. To the far right is the button to navigate to the </span>[Connected Reader](https://kb.simplerfid.com/books/mobile-app/page/connected-reader)

[![image.png](https://kb.simplerfid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/3Bkimage.png)](https://kb.simplerfid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/3Bkimage.png)

****Session &amp; Scan Mode****

Sessions are 0, 1, 2 &amp; 3

Scan Modes are Standard, Tag Focus, Many Tags, &amp; Tag Refresh

[![image.png](https://kb.simplerfid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/cTRimage.png)](https://kb.simplerfid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/cTRimage.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">After making selection, click the </span>****Apply****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> button to save changes</span>

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Click </span>****Close****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> to exit the settings window</span>