Table Of Contents - Siemens Simatic RF600 System Manual

Table of contents

1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 17
1.1 Preface ......................................................................................................................................... 17
1.2 Abbreviations and naming conventions ....................................................................................... 19
1.3 Navigating in the system manual ................................................................................................. 19
2 Safety Information ................................................................................................................................. 21
2.1 General safety instructions .......................................................................................................... 21
2.2 Safety instructions for third-party antennas as well as for modifications to the RF600
system .......................................................................................................................................... 23
2.3 Safety distance to transmitter antenna ........................................................................................ 24
2.3.1 Safety distance between transmitter antenna and personnel ...................................................... 24
2.3.2 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with ETSI .............................................................. 25
2.3.3 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with FCC (USA) .................................................... 27
3 System overview of SIMATIC RF600 .................................................................................................... 29
3.1 Application areas of RF600 .......................................................................................................... 31
3.2 System components (hardware/software) ................................................................................... 32
3.3 Features ....................................................................................................................................... 35
4 RF600 system planning......................................................................................................................... 37
4.1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 37
4.2 Possible system configurations .................................................................................................... 37
4.2.1 Scenario for material handling control ......................................................................................... 38
4.2.2 Scenario for workpiece identification ........................................................................................... 39
4.2.3 Scenario for Intra logistics ............................................................................................................ 40
4.2.4 Scenario incoming goods, distribution of goods and outgoing goods ......................................... 42
4.3 Antenna configurations ................................................................................................................ 43
4.3.1 Antenna configuration example ................................................................................................... 43
4.3.2 Possibilities and application areas for antenna configurations .................................................... 44
4.3.3 Transponder orientation in space ................................................................................................ 48
4.3.4 Specified minimum and maximum spacing of antennas ............................................................. 49
4.3.5 Mutual interference of readers (antennas) ................................................................................... 49
4.3.6 Read and write range ................................................................................................................... 52
4.3.7 Static/dynamic mode .................................................................................................................... 53
4.3.8 Operation of several readers within restricted space................................................................... 53
4.3.8.1 Dense Reader Mode .................................................................................................................... 53
4.3.8.2 Optimizing tag reading accuracy.................................................................................................. 54
4.3.8.3 Optimization of robustness of tag data accesses for readers that are operated
simultaneously ............................................................................................................................. 54
4.3.8.4 Frequency hopping ...................................................................................................................... 55
4.3.9 Guidelines for selecting RFID UHF antennas .............................................................................. 55
4.3.9.1 Note safety information ................................................................................................................ 55
SIMATIC RF600
System Manual, xx/2014, J31069-D0171-U001-A15-7618
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