SIMATIC RF300
System Manual, Release 04/2006, J31069 D0166-U001-A2-7618
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Table of contents
1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.1 Navigating in the system manual............................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Preface....................................................................................................................................... 1-2
2 Safety information................................................................................................................................... 2-1
3 System overview..................................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 RFID systems............................................................................................................................. 3-1
3.2 RF300 ........................................................................................................................................ 3-2
3.2.1 RF300 system overview............................................................................................................. 3-2
3.2.2 Application areas of RF300........................................................................................................ 3-3
3.2.3 RFID components and their function ......................................................................................... 3-4
3.2.4 Technical data............................................................................................................................ 3-5
4 RF300 system planning.......................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1 Fundamentals of application planning .......................................................................................4-1
4.1.1 Selection criteria for SIMATIC RF300 components................................................................... 4-1
4.1.2 Transmission window and read/write distance .......................................................................... 4-2
4.1.3 Width of the transmission window.............................................................................................. 4-5
4.1.4 Impact of secondary fields ......................................................................................................... 4-5
4.1.5 Permissible directions of motion of the transponder.................................................................. 4-6
4.1.6 Operation in static and dynamic mode ...................................................................................... 4-7
4.1.7 Dwell time of the transponder .................................................................................................... 4-8
4.1.8 Communication between communication module, reader (with IQ-Sense interface) and
transponder................................................................................................................................ 4-9
4.1.9 Calculation example (IQ-Sense).............................................................................................. 4-10
4.1.10 Communication between communication module, reader (with RS 422 interface) and
transponder.............................................................................................................................. 4-12
4.1.11 Calculation example (RS 422) ................................................................................................. 4-14
4.2 Field data for transponders, readers and antennas................................................................. 4-16
4.3 Relationship between the volume of data and the transponder speed ................................... 4-19
4.3.1 RF310R with IQ-Sense ............................................................................................................ 4-19
4.3.2 RF310R with RS 422 ............................................................................................................... 4-20
4.3.3 RF340R.................................................................................................................................... 4-23
4.3.4 RF350R.................................................................................................................................... 4-26
4.4 Installation guidelines............................................................................................................... 4-29
4.4.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 4-29
4.4.2 Reduction of interference due to metal.................................................................................... 4-29
4.4.3 Effects of metal on different transponders and readers........................................................... 4-32
4.4.4 Impact on the transmission window by metal .......................................................................... 4-33