Table Of Contents - Siemens SIMATIC RF300 System Manual

Table of contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 11
1.1 Navigating in the system manual .................................................................................................11
1.2 Preface.........................................................................................................................................12
2 Safety information.................................................................................................................................... 13
3 System overview...................................................................................................................................... 15
3.1 RFID systems...............................................................................................................................15
3.2 RF300 ..........................................................................................................................................16
3.2.1 RF300 system overview...............................................................................................................16
3.2.2 Application areas of RF300..........................................................................................................17
3.2.3 RFID components and their function ...........................................................................................18
3.2.4 Technical data..............................................................................................................................19
4 RF300 system planning ........................................................................................................................... 21
4.1 Fundamentals of application planning .........................................................................................21
4.1.1 Selection criteria for SIMATIC RF300 components .....................................................................21
4.1.2 Transmission window and read/write distance ............................................................................22
4.1.3 Width of the transmission window................................................................................................26
4.1.4 Impact of secondary fields ...........................................................................................................26
4.1.5 Permissible directions of motion of the transponder....................................................................27
4.1.6 Operation in static and dynamic mode ........................................................................................28
4.1.7 Dwell time of the transponder ......................................................................................................29
4.1.8 Communication between communication module, reader (with IQ-Sense interface) and
transponder ..................................................................................................................................30
4.1.9 Calculation example (IQ-Sense) ..................................................................................................31
4.1.10 Communication between communication module, reader (with RS422 interface) and
transponder ..................................................................................................................................33
4.1.11 Calculation example (RS422) ......................................................................................................35
4.2 Field data for transponders, readers and antennas.....................................................................37
4.3 Relationship between the volume of data and the transponder speed .......................................41
4.3.1 RF310R with IQ-Sense ................................................................................................................41
4.3.2 RF310R with RS422 ....................................................................................................................42
4.3.3 RF340R and RF350R ..................................................................................................................44
4.3.4 RF380R........................................................................................................................................49
4.4 Installation guidelines...................................................................................................................54
4.4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................54
4.4.2 Reduction of interference due to metal........................................................................................55
4.4.3 Effects of metal on different transponders and readers...............................................................58
4.4.4 Impact on the transmission window by metal ..............................................................................58
4.5 Chemical resistance of the transponders ....................................................................................65
SIMATIC RF300
System Manual, 09/2007, J31069 D0166-U001-A5-7618
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