SIMATIC RF600
System Manual, 06/2019, J31069-D0171-U001-A22-7618
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1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 13
1.1 Preface....................................................................................................................................13
1.2 Abbreviations and naming conventions..................................................................................14
2 Safety Information................................................................................................................................. 15
2.1 General safety instructions .....................................................................................................15
2.2 Safety instructions for third-party antennas as well as for modifications to the RF600
system.....................................................................................................................................19
2.3 Safety distance to transmitter antenna...................................................................................20
2.3.1 Safety distance between transmitter antenna and personnel ................................................20
2.3.2 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with ETSI.........................................................21
2.3.3 Minimum distance to antenna in accordance with FCC .........................................................22
3 System overview of SIMATIC RF600 .................................................................................................... 25
3.1 Application areas of RF600 ....................................................................................................26
3.2 System components ...............................................................................................................27
3.3 Features..................................................................................................................................30
4 RF600 system planning......................................................................................................................... 33
4.1 Overview................................................................................................................................. 33
4.2 Possible system configurations ..............................................................................................33
4.2.1 Intralogistics scenario .............................................................................................................33
4.2.2 Scenario for workpiece identification......................................................................................36
4.2.3 Goods tracking scenario.........................................................................................................37
4.2.4 Scenario incoming goods, distribution of goods and outgoing goods ....................................38
4.3 Antenna configurations...........................................................................................................39
4.3.1 Antenna configuration example ..............................................................................................40
4.3.2 Possibilities and application areas for antenna configurations...............................................41
4.3.3 Transponder orientation in space ...........................................................................................45
4.3.4 Specified minimum and maximum spacing of antennas ........................................................46
4.3.5 Reciprocal influence of read points.........................................................................................47
4.3.6 Read and write range..............................................................................................................48
4.3.7 Static/dynamic mode...............................................................................................................49
4.3.8 Operation of several readers within restricted space .............................................................50
4.3.8.1 Using more than one reader...................................................................................................50
4.3.8.2 Optimization of robustness of tag data accesses for readers that are operated
simultaneously ........................................................................................................................50
4.3.8.3 Frequency hopping.................................................................................................................51
4.3.9 Guidelines for selecting RFID UHF antennas.........................................................................51
4.3.9.1 Note safety information...........................................................................................................51
4.3.9.2 Preconditions for selecting RFID UHF antennas....................................................................51
4.3.9.3 General application planning ..................................................................................................52
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