Zebra FX7500 Deployment Guide

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Overview
Introduction
Cloud Connect for RFID provides cloud-based management, control, and RFID tag data collection for the
FX Series RFID readers (FX7500, FX9600). The Cloud Connect for RFID feature enables connectivity to
the cloud platform to provide loT capabilities to the reader. Once connected to the cloud, the readers can
be managed and controlled using a REST API interface via the cloud. The reader tag data is also pushed
to the cloud to be consumed by the cloud service.
The Cloud Connect for RFID feature provides the three interfaces as listed below.
• Management interface: Used to perform management actions on the reader (for example, firmware
upgrade, getting reader configuration, and setting reader configuration).
• Control interface: Used to perform control actions on the reader (for example, configuring the radio
mode, starting/stopping the tag reads).
• Data interface: Used to consume the RFID tag data from the reader.
These interfaces can be configured independently to allow for access via cloud or locally within the private
network. Depending on how the Cloud Connect for RFID interfaces are configured, there are three
possible deployment modes as described in the chapter Deployment Modes.
System Overview
As illustrated in Figure 1, the Cloud Connect for RFID system has the following components.
• Cloud Service
• Cloud Agent
• Radio Control

Zebra FX7500 Specifications

General

Interface	USB
Product color	White
LED indicators	Activity, Power, Status
Housing material	Aluminium, Metal, Plastic
Battery type	-
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	-20 - 55 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Harmonized System (HS) code	84719000

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	43.2 mm
Width	149.9 mm
Height	195.6 mm
Weight	860 g