Programming via OPC UA
10.1 Supported methods/functions
SIMATIC RF185C, RF186C, RF188C, RF186CI, RF188CI
120 Operating Instructions, 04/2020, C79000-G8976-C512-03
Additional functions
The integrated OPC UA servers of the communication modules offer additional functions and
diagnostic options as a supplement to the AutoID standard. The following table provides an
overview of the additional functions. The individual elements are described in greater detail
below the table.
Table 10- 3 Additional functions
Diagnostic events for the communication module
RfidLastAccessEvent Event for the last transponder access
Event for the last log entry
AutoIdPresenceEvent Event for the presence of transponders
Read point scans for transponders.
Version information of the supported SIMATIC Ident OPC UA model
CodeTypes Definition of the data type for all AutoID identifiers with methods or events.
• Variable "LastScanData"
• Diagnostics variable "Identifier"
• Union "ScanData"
Definition of the data type of the "RWData" diagnostics variable
Device clock of the communication module
MinRssi Lowest accepted RSSI value of the antenna
This function is only supported by UHF readers.
Radiated power of the antenna