System Manual
Table Of Contents
- SIMATIC RF200
- Legal information
- Table of contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Safety notes
- 3 System overview
- 4 Planning the RF200 system
- 4.1 Fundamentals of application planning
- 4.1.1 Selection criteria for SIMATIC RF200 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 Permissible directions of motion of the transponder
- 4.1.6 Operation in static and dynamic mode
- 4.1.7 Dwell time of the transponder
- 4.1.8 Communication between communication module, reader and transponder
- 4.2 Field data of transponders and readers
- 4.3 Installation guidelines
- 4.4 Chemical resistance of the reader and transponders
- 4.5 Further information
- 4.1 Fundamentals of application planning
- 5 Readers
- 5.1 SIMATIC RF210R
- 5.2 SIMATIC RF210M
- 5.3 SIMATIC RF220R
- 5.4 SIMATIC RF240R
- 5.5 SIMATIC RF250R
- 5.6 SIMATIC RF260R
- 5.7 SIMATIC RF280R
- 5.8 SIMATIC RF285R
- 5.9 SIMATIC RF290R
- 6 Antennas
- 7 Transponder
- 7.1 Memory configuration of ISO the transponders
- 7.2 MDS D100
- 7.3 MDS D117
- 7.4 MDS D124
- 7.5 MDS D126
- 7.6 MDS D127
- 7.7 MDS D139
- 7.8 MDS D160
- 7.9 MDS D165
- 7.10 MDS D200
- 7.11 MDS D261
- 7.12 MDS D324
- 7.13 MDS D339
- 7.14 MDS D400
- 7.15 MDS D421
- 7.16 MDS D422
- 7.17 MDS D423
- 7.18 MDS D424
- 7.19 MDS D425
- 7.20 MDS D426
- 7.21 MDS D428
- 7.22 MDS D460
- 7.23 MDS D521
- 7.24 MDS D522
- 7.25 MDS D522 special variant
- 7.26 MDS D524
- 7.27 MDS D525
- 7.28 MDS D526
- 7.29 MDS D528
- 7.30 MDS D560
- 8 System integration
- 9 System diagnostics
- A Appendix
Planning the RF200 system
4.3 Installation guidelines
SIMATIC RF200
104 System Manual, 03/2019, J31069-D0227-U001-A11-7619
a
approx. half antenna length
b
min. 100 mm
c
max. 600 mm
Metal-free space
Figure 4-21 Metal-free space, view from above (based on the example of a tunnel arrangement on a
conveyor belt)
Metal in the vicinity of the antennas
If metal in the vicinity of the antennas cannot be avoided, the following must be noted:
● There must be a minimum allround gap of 100 mm between the antenna and metal.
Serious loss of sensing range must be expected above 50 mm. There is no discernible
influence at distances greater than 150 mm from the metal.
● The influence of the metal depends heavily on its size and shape. Thin metal rods have
less influence on the magnetic field than large surfaces.
● Larger metal surfaces (edge length > 50 mm) in parallel with the antennas or labels result
in a short-circuit of the magnetic lines of force. As a result, the labels cannot be read.
● Metal parts under the conveyor belt change the direction of the magnetic lines of force.
Serious loss of sensing range must be expected as a result. Horizontally aligned labels
cannot be read in such cases.
●
The metal parts must not form closed loops or circuits. If necessary, these must be
electrically interrupted at one point.
● The metal parts in the immediate vicinity of the antenna must be grounded in a mesh with
a good HF connection.
● Since the write/read device is installed in a metal housing, and the antennas can couple
into the cables to the write/read device, it must be installed at a distance of at least 500
mm from the antennas.