Table Of Contents - Siemens SIMATIC RF600 System Manual

Table of contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 13
1.1 Preface.........................................................................................................................................13
1.2 Abbreviations and naming conventions .......................................................................................14
1.3 Navigating in the system manual .................................................................................................15
2 Safety Information.................................................................................................................................... 17
2.1 General safety instructions ..........................................................................................................17
2.2 Safety instructions for third-party antennas as well as for modifications to the RF600
system..........................................................................................................................................18
2.3 Safety distance to transmitter antenna ........................................................................................19
2.3.1 Safety distance between transmitter antenna and personnel......................................................19
2.3.2 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with ETSI..............................................................20
2.3.3 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with FCC (USA)....................................................21
3 System overview...................................................................................................................................... 23
3.1 RF System SIMATIC RF600........................................................................................................23
3.1.1 Application areas of RF600..........................................................................................................25
3.1.2 System components (hardware/software) ...................................................................................26
3.1.3 Features .......................................................................................................................................29
4 RF600 system planning ........................................................................................................................... 31
4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................31
4.2 Possible system configurations....................................................................................................31
4.2.1 Scenario for material handling control .........................................................................................32
4.2.2 Scenario for workpiece identification ...........................................................................................34
4.2.3 Scenario for Intra logistics............................................................................................................36
4.2.4 Scenario incoming goods, distribution of goods and outgoing goods .........................................38
4.3 Antenna configurations ................................................................................................................39
4.3.1 Antenna configuration example ...................................................................................................39
4.3.2 Possibilities and application areas for antenna configurations ....................................................41
4.3.3 Tag orientation in space...............................................................................................................45
4.3.4 Specified minimum and maximum spacing of antennas .............................................................45
4.3.5 Mutual interference of readers (antennas)...................................................................................48
4.3.6 Read and write range...................................................................................................................51
4.3.7 Static/dynamic mode....................................................................................................................52
4.3.8 Operation of several readers within restricted space ..................................................................52
4.3.8.1 Dense Reader Mode....................................................................................................................52
4.3.8.2 Optimizing tag reading accuracy .................................................................................................52
4.3.8.3 Optimization of robustness of tag data accesses for readers that are operated
simultaneously .............................................................................................................................53
4.3.8.4 Frequency hopping ......................................................................................................................53
4.3.9 Guidelines for selecting RFID UHF antennas..............................................................................54
4.3.9.1 Note safety information ................................................................................................................54
SIMATIC RF600
System Manual, 05/2012, J31069-D0171-U001-A13-7618
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