User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- SIMATIC RF300
- Legal information
- Table of contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Safety information
- 3 System overview
- 4 Planning the RF300 system
- 4.1 Fundamentals of application planning
- 4.1.1 Selection criteria for SIMATIC RF300 components
- 4.1.2 Transmission window and read/write distance
- 4.1.3 Width of the transmission window
- 4.1.4 Impact of secondary fields
- 4.1.5 Setup help of the readers of the second generation
- 4.1.6 Permissible directions of motion of the transponder
- 4.1.7 Operation in static and dynamic mode
- 4.1.8 Dwell time of the transponder
- 4.1.9 Communication between communications module, reader and transponder
- 4.2 Field data for transponders, readers and antennas
- 4.3 Installation guidelines
- 4.4 Chemical resistance of the transponders
- 4.5 Guidelines for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
- 4.1 Fundamentals of application planning
Introduction
1.2 Preface
SIMATIC RF300
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1.2
Preface
Purpose of this document
This system manual contains all the information needed to plan and configure the system.
It is intended both for programming and testing/debugging personnel who commission the
system themselves and connect it with other units (automation systems, further
programming devices), as well as for service and maintenance personnel who install
expansions or carry out fault/error analyses.
Scope of validity of this document
This documentation is valid for all variants of the SIMATIC RF300 system and describes the
devices shipped as of July 2016.
Additional information
You will find further information about the readers RF350M, RF310R Scanmode and
RF382R Scanmode in the relevant manuals.
Additional information (https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/ps/15033
)
Registered trademarks
SIMATIC ®, SIMATIC RF ®, MOBY ®, RF MANAGER ® and SIMATIC Sensors ® are
registered trademarks of Siemens AG.
History
Currently released versions of the SIMATIC RF300 system manual:
Edition
Remark
05/2005
First Edition
11/2005 Revised edition, components added: RF310R with RS-422 interface, RF350T and
RF360T; ASM 452, ASM 456, ASM 473 and ASM 475
04/2006 Revised edition,
components added: RF340R as well as RF350R with the antenna types ANT 1, ANT 18
and ANT 30
12/2006 Revised edition,
components added: RF370T, RF380T and RF170C
07/2007 Revised edition,
degrees of protection changed for the RF300 readers
09/2007 Revised edition,
components added: RF380R and RF180C
06/2008
Revised edition
01/2009 Revised edition,
expanded by the reader functionalities "RF300 transponder" and "ISO transponder" for
the SIMATIC RF310R and SIMATIC RF380R readers