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CHAPTER 1:
GETTING STARTED
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NTRODUCTION
Welcome to the C0405-Series RFID Controllers - Operator's Manual. This manual
will assist you in the installation, configuration and operation of Escort Memory
Systems' C0405-Series RFID Controllers.
The C0405-Series product family is a complete line of passive high frequency
read/write Radio-Frequency Identification solutions. These devices are designed to
be compact, reliable and rugged, in order to meet and exceed the requirements of
the industrial automation industry.
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Escort Memory Systems' C0405-Series RFID Controllers are the most compact in
our line of passive RFID controllers. Through inductive coupling, RFID enabled tags
are able to utilize the Radio Frequency (RF) field from the controller's integrated
antenna to acquire power. By being able to receive power from the RFID controller,
the tag, itself, does not require an internal power supply or battery - and is therefore
said to be "passive".
item-level tracking and material handling applications. They are compatible with all
LRP and HMS and T-Series RFID tags from Escort Memory Systems.
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Passive tags, however, must enter the antenna's
electromagnetic field to establish a link with the
controller, and must remain within RF range during the
entire data transfer process. The C0405 Controller
uses the internationally recognized ISM (Industrial,
Scientific and Medical) frequency of 13.56 MHz to
power the tag, while modulating side-band frequencies
for communicating data.
The entire RFID system works by attaching a tag to a
product or its carrier. The RFID tag acts as an
electronic identifier, portable job sheet, or real-time
tracking database. Tags are identified, read and written
to by issuing specific commands from a host computer.
RFID tags can be read and written to through any
nonconductive, non-metallic material, while moving or
standing still, in or out of the direct line of sight.
The C0405-Series controllers provide cost effective
RFID data collection and control solutions to shop floor,
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