RFID automation

The latest version of the Simatic RF-Manager software for integrating RFID systems in business processes features a number of innovations.

It now links RFID with automation data from Simatic S7 controllers and also collects data from mobile Simatic RF610M handheld terminals.

The software now links RFID data with automation data from Simatic S7 controllers.

For this reason control tasks, for example, will be triggered by read events eg, a switch is set depending on the position of a tag (storage medium).

Write/read tasks for a write/read device (reader) can also be triggered by the controller and RFID data which has already been read can be transmitted to the control system.

The engineering functions include an editor for the simultaneous parameterisation of all RFID devices.

With new simulation functions, signal processes and RFID read events can be tested in advance without installed RFID hardware.

Furthermore, there are new system functions for processing user data in RF-Manager.

The package is suitable for diverse scenarios in logistics and distribution — from labelling individual products to automatically recording entire commodity flows.

The software manages readers, collects the tag data produced by the readers, compresses the data and makes them available in the merchandise management system with the required accuracy and quantity.

Each individual tag can be accessed to read and write data or product identifiers which conform to EPCglobal (electronic product code).