User's Manual

SIMATIC RF300
System Manual, 07/2016, C79000-G8976-C345-0x
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Table of contents
1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 13
1.1 Navigating in the system manual ............................................................................................ 13
1.2 Preface .................................................................................................................................... 14
2 Safety information ................................................................................................................................. 17
3 System overview ................................................................................................................................... 21
3.1 RFID systems ......................................................................................................................... 21
3.2 SIMATIC RF300 ...................................................................................................................... 22
3.2.1 System overview of SIMATIC RF300 ..................................................................................... 22
3.2.2 RFID components and their function ...................................................................................... 23
3.2.3 Application areas of RF300 .................................................................................................... 31
3.3 System configuration .............................................................................................................. 32
3.3.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 32
3.3.2 Assembly line example: Use of RF300 transponders ............................................................. 32
3.3.3 Example of container and cardboard container handling: Use of ISO transponders ............. 34
4 Planning the RF300 system .................................................................................................................. 37
4.1 Fundamentals of application planning .................................................................................... 37
4.1.1 Selection criteria for SIMATIC RF300 components ................................................................ 37
4.1.2 Transmission window and read/write distance ....................................................................... 37
4.1.3 Width of the transmission window .......................................................................................... 40
4.1.4 Impact of secondary fields ...................................................................................................... 41
4.1.5 Setup help of the readers of the second generation ............................................................... 43
4.1.6 Permissible directions of motion of the transponder ............................................................... 44
4.1.7 Operation in static and dynamic mode ................................................................................... 45
4.1.8 Dwell time of the transponder ................................................................................................. 46
4.1.9 Communication between communications module, reader and transponder ........................ 47
4.2 Field data for transponders, readers and antennas ................................................................ 48
4.2.1 Field data of RF300 transponders .......................................................................................... 49
4.2.2 Field data of ISO transponders (MDS D) ................................................................................ 52
4.2.3 Field data of ISO transponders (MDS E) ................................................................................ 57
4.2.4 Minimum clearances ............................................................................................................... 59
4.3 Installation guidelines.............................................................................................................. 62
4.3.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................. 62
4.3.2 Reduction of interference due to metal ................................................................................... 62
4.3.3 Effects of metal on different transponders and readers .......................................................... 64
4.3.4 Impact on the transmission window by metal ......................................................................... 65
4.3.4.1 Impact on the transmission window by metal ......................................................................... 65
4.3.4.2 RF340R ................................................................................................................................... 69
4.3.4.3 RF350R ................................................................................................................................... 73
4.3.4.4 RF380R ................................................................................................................................... 85
4.3.4.5 RF382R ...................................................................................................................................
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