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
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4.3.4 Impact of metal on the transmission window
In general, the following points should be considered when mounting RFID components:
● Direct mounting on metal is allowed only in the case of specially approved transponders.
● Flush-mounting of the components in metal reduces the field data; a test is recommended
in critical applications.
● When working inside the transmission window, make sure that no metal rail (or similar
part) intersects the transmission field.
The metal rail would affect the field data.
● With readers with a large antenna surface, for reasons of communication reliability, when
the transponders are flush-mounted in metal, a metal-free space around the transponders
is recommended. This metal-free space should match the size of the antenna surface.
● The reduction of field data is also based on the minimum distance between the reader
and transponder. The respective recommendations are listed in the following table.
The impact of metal on the field data (S
g
, S
a
, L) is shown in a table in this section. The
values in the tables describe field data reduction and show the reduced range as a
percentage. The range relates to use in a non-metallic environment. A value of 100% means
no influence on the range.
Note
Possible reader-transponder combinations
The tables of the following section show the possible reader-transponder combinations.