Table Of Contents - Siemens SIMATIC RF600 System Manual

Table of contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 13
1.1 Preface.........................................................................................................................................13
1.2 Navigating in the system manual .................................................................................................14
2 Safety Information.................................................................................................................................... 15
2.1 General safety instructions ..........................................................................................................15
2.2 Safety instructions for third-party antennas as well as for modifications to the RF600
system..........................................................................................................................................16
2.3 Safety distance to transmitter antenna ........................................................................................17
2.3.1 Safety distance between transmitter antenna and personnel......................................................17
2.3.2 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with ETSI..............................................................18
2.3.3 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with FCC (USA)....................................................19
3 System overview...................................................................................................................................... 21
3.1 RF System SIMATIC RF600........................................................................................................21
3.1.1 Application areas of RF600..........................................................................................................22
3.1.2 System components (hardware/software) ...................................................................................23
3.1.3 Features .......................................................................................................................................25
4 RF600 system planning ........................................................................................................................... 29
4.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................29
4.2 Possible system configurations....................................................................................................29
4.2.1 Scenario for incoming goods .......................................................................................................30
4.2.2 Scenario for material handling control .........................................................................................32
4.2.3 Scenario for workpiece identification ...........................................................................................34
4.2.4 Scenario for Intra logistics............................................................................................................36
4.2.5 Scenario for outgoing goods ........................................................................................................38
4.3 Antenna configurations ................................................................................................................40
4.3.1 Antenna configuration example ...................................................................................................41
4.3.2 Possibilities and application areas for antenna configurations ....................................................42
4.3.3 Tag orientation in space...............................................................................................................46
4.3.4 Specified minimum and maximum spacing of antennas .............................................................47
4.3.5 Mutual interference of readers (antennas)...................................................................................49
4.3.6 Reading range .............................................................................................................................50
4.3.7 Operation of several readers within restricted space ..................................................................51
4.3.7.1 Dense Reader Mode....................................................................................................................51
4.3.7.2 Optimizing tag reading accuracy .................................................................................................53
4.3.7.3 Optimization of robustness of tag data accesses for readers that are operated
simultaneously .............................................................................................................................53
4.3.7.4 Frequency hopping ......................................................................................................................55
4.3.7.5 Listen before talk..........................................................................................................................55
4.4 Environmental conditions for transponders/tags..........................................................................56
4.4.1 Basic rules....................................................................................................................................56
4.5 The response of electromagnetic waves in the UHF band..........................................................57
4.5.1 The effect of reflections and interference ....................................................................................57
SIMATIC RF600
System Manual, 10/2009, J31069-D0171-U001-A8-7618
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