Rfid Components; Tags; Antennas; Readers - Motorola XR450 - RFID Reader - Contactless Integration Manual

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RFID Components

Motorola RFID solutions offer low cost, long read range and a high read rate. These features can be used to
provide real time, end-to-end visibility of products and assets in the factory, distribution center, retail outlet, or other
facility. A typical Motorola RFID system consists of the following components:
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Silicon based RFID tags that can be attached to vehicles, trailers, containers, pallets, boxes, etc.
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Different antennas types can be used to support applications such as dock door (area antennas), conveyor.
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Readers that power and communicate with the tags for data capture and provide host connectivity for data
migration.

Tags

The tags contain embedded chips that store unique information. Available in various shapes and sizes, tags, often
called transponders, receive and respond to data requests. Tags require power to send data, and are available with
two power options:
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Active Tags: are typically powered by light weight batteries and have limited life.
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Passive Tags: are powered by the RF field generated by the RFID reader. Passive tags are much lighter, less
expensive, and have a much longer life than active tags.

Antennas

Antennas are used to transmit and receive radio frequency signals. A read point is the RF range of an antenna.

Readers

Readers communicate with the tags and transfer the data to a host computer. Readers also provide features such
as filtering, CRC check and tag writing. The XR Series readers are capable of reading class 0, class 1 and Gen2
(dense reader mode only) RFID tags. However, some of the models have restricted read capabilities.
The XR Series read capability settings:
XR Series RFID Readers, Read/Write Settings
Table 1-1
Model
XR400 RFID Reader
XR440 RFID Reader
XR450 RFID Reader
XR480-EU RFID Reader
XR480-JP RFID Reader
* Write function is for write enabled tags only.
Read/Write* Capability
Class 0 Class 1 Gen2
Yes Yes Yes
No No Yes
No No Yes
No No Yes
No No Yes