Reltronics Technologies

Choosing the components for your RFID implementation should be done with utmost care as it may seem confounding. The implementation of RFID systems has proved to be exigent, without professional assistance, for even large organizations as this rapidly evolving technology continues to develop and progress. Vendors that manufacture readers have also been releasing novel versions of their products to address varying standards & new applications.

Reltronics Technologies’ hardware lab evaluates the best type of hardware and middleware that is suitable for your environment. This evaluation helps customers determine tags, readers, printers and applications that best fit their requirement. Reltronics Technologies is partnered with the premier providers of RFID hardware solutions and RFID hardware distributors worldwide.

Our RFID system design and physical architecture services define the customer's RFID computing infrastructure and develops a plan for site installation, network layout and deployment, keeping in mind their business objectives. We offer hardware services which include:

RFID hardware selection
RFID tagging analysis
Site layout assessment
RFID network design
RFID hardware installation
Testing

In addition, Reltronics Technologies provides a flexible RFID framework that is architected to support the tags that are most cost-effective and are most applicable in the customer’s environment. This implies that customers have an extensive range of hardware to choose from. Depending on the customer’s requisite, tags and antennas can be procured via Reltronics Technologies to support and implement the RFID architecture. Alternatively, RTI can recommend the best tag, antenna combination that would best suit for your application and requirement.

We support many RFID hardware manufacturers and have written many drivers in support of virtually all the RFID hardware vendors. The following is a representative list of manufacturers. There are others not on the list but information can be provided if you write to us at info@reltronicstech.com.

SmartInstrument

The middleware used by Reltronics Technologies is called the SmartInstrument . This facilitates the interpretation of various RFID protocols and readers and permits accord in the RFID infrastructure. SmartInstrument is the most versatile middleware available that resides between the end-user applications and the RFID hardware (readers). Received messages are interpreted from any RFID hardware providing a common data-file that can easily be interrogated by any end-user application to support key RFID protocols and standards. The SmartInstrument supports both active and passive tags. SmartInstrument is independent of any particular frequency range and universally communicates with RFID technology of any sort.

Intermec IF5

Joining an already broadened line of RFID readers, the Intermec IF5 is a fixed “smart” reader that filters information from tags, monitors external sensors and controls audible/visual indicators. This is performed without the expense and potential point of failure of having a separate server “box” required by other RFID scanning solutions. As with all Intermec reader products, the IF5 both reads and writes to RFID tags.

Thingmagic M4

As RFID moves from pilot to deployment, RFID readers take on new strategic importance. However, the challenge is not just reading tags anymore but also about integration , low total cost of ownership, no risk of obsolescence, manageability, scalability, security, mercury4, ThingMagics’ fourth generation fixed agile reader is built with all of these capabilities. It's intelligent. It's network ready. Best of all, it reads any tag , including ISO, EPC Class 0, EPC Class 1 and the new EPC Generation 2.

Motorola / Symbol XR400

The Symbol XR400 supports open-standards development platforms so investment in software specific to industry or business will pay off in extended life for technology assets and lower system administration costs.
The Symbol XR400 is optimized for multi-reader enterprise environments with a superior and proven dense reader mode and interference-reducing ‘listen before talk’ functionality.

The Symbol XR400 provides enterprise connectivity preferences such as general-purpose digital input/output and USB, making it seamless for you to use RFID to direct business processes through your asset-automation infrastructure.
To ensure high-performance reading of all EPC-compliant tags — now and in the future — with the Symbol XR400’s multi-protocol capability and standards-based platform. It facilitates the upgrade of Symbol XR400 through firmware to accommodate new tag protocols when they release in the market.

ALIEN ALR9800

The Alien ALR-9800 is compliant with EPC Class 1 Gen 2 .The Alien ALR-9800 sets new standards for RFID readers. The result is a new-generation reader perfect for proficient implementation of RFID on a small or large scale with best-in-class reader performance, lower initial and ongoing costs, and accelerated return-on-investment (ROI). Improved features and benefits in an enterprise-scalable architecture with superior performance reading capability and enhanced dense reader management.

MICROSOFT

RFID is an exciting technology that will boost the control of key business processes to amplify business performance and customer service for the entire supply chain.

Microsoft provides a platform on which partners can create RFID solutions, reduce human error from data collection, reduce inventories, and improve product availability. The Microsoft platform adds value to any RFID solution. Microsoft partners and customers utilize the SQL Server and BizTalk Server to manage and integrate RFID data along with Visual Studio and Web Services Enhancements (WSE) for Visual Studio tools to create Web services-enabled RFID solutions. Key hardware partners are powering their RFID Readers with Microsoft embedded operating systems such as Windows CE. Reltronics Technologies employs MS Embedded XP in our SmartInstrument.

WaveTrend

The WaveTrend Readers work at 433 MHz and are active readers. The tags come in many shapes and sizes and utilize the magnetic principles to work. Robust applications by Reltronics Technologies are available which track tamper-evidence, motion detection, etc. Reltronics Technologies’ applications have been utilized in many desparate applications including mobile systems, parking lot systems, etc.