Siemens SIMATIC RF615R User Manual

SIMATIC RF600
System Manual, 11/2018, J31069-D0171-U001-A21-7618
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Table of contents
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 (USA) .............................................. 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 ............................................................................................................. 34
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

Siemens SIMATIC RF615R Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SIMATIC RF615R
Category	Rfid Systems
Language	English