Tasks Of Rf-Manager - Siemens SIMATIC RF600 System Manual

8.1.3.1

Tasks of RF-MANAGER

Tasks of RF-MANAGER
At both the planning level (ERP) and production level (MES), systems are used that
generate a large volume of information that is relevant to production or that has commercial
relevance. To increase productivity and efficiency, the individual levels must communicate
with each other to use all the information that is available optimally. The RF-MANAGER
makes an important contribution to this and is located at the PLC/PC level. It manages the
connected RFID readers, collects the supplied data and reduces them to the accuracy and
quantity required by the MES/ERP level. The most important areas are device management,
data management and business integration. RF-MANAGER also acts as the interface
between RFID data and the MES/ERP level.
The current RF-MANAGER version supports the following readers of the SIMATIC RF600
system: RF610M, RF620R, RF630R, RF660R.
Global integration
Business planning
Production control
Control layer
SIMATIC S7
Acquisition area
RF380R
* Readers are connected via one COM port each on PC
Figure 8-2 System overview
SIMATIC RF600
System Manual, 10/2009, J31069-D0171-U001-A8-7618
SCM
(Supply Chain
Management)
Ethernet
MES
(Manufacturing
Execution System)
Industrial Ethernet
PROFIBUS
RS232
converter>
RS422
RF310R/ RF620R
RF340R/
RF350R
via ALE interface
SIMATIC
RF-MANAGER
COM1 - COMx * TCP/IP **
RS232 RS232
converter> converter>
RS422 RS422
RF630R RF610M/
RF310M
** Readers are connected individually via TCP/IP
Integration into networks
8.1 Integration in IT networks
ONS or EDI
(Object Name Service,
Electronic Data Interchange)
ERP
(Enterprise Resource
Planning)
ERP
(Enterprise Resource
Planning)
Access
Point
RF660R
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