various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of controlling a near field communications system , including : reading a number of low power iterations n from a memory ; performing n low power polls ; performing a normal power poll . further , various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of controlling a near field communications system , including : performing a low power poll of a tag ; detecting a tag ; initiating a first activation of the detected tag ; receiving an indication that the first activation fails ; reading a number of retries n from a memory ; performing a second activation .