BLUEBOX CX Industrial UHF
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Introduction
The
BLUEBOX CX INDUSTRIAL UHF
hereinafter named
BLUEBOX
is an UHF
read / write RFID device operating in the 840 MHz to 960 MHz frequency band
and suitable for industrial application, it
communicates with a ‘host’ system
(typically a PC or a PLC) through a RS232 / RS485 serial line and a 10-100M
Ethernet connection (items 53x5U-opt1-rrr and 53x6U-opt1-rrr). Versions with
data bus (items 53x7U-rrr), CAN bus (items 53x8U-opt1-rrr) or Bluetooth
connection (item 5346U-BL-rrr) are also available The
BLUEBOX
acts as a joint
through a set of commands between the host system and one or more RFID
transponders (or tags) present near the antennas. It is available with one
integrated antenna (items 532xU-opt1-rrr]) or up to two external antennas with
TNC connections (items 533xU-opt1-rrr and 534xU-opt1-rrr) allowing good read
range (up to 10 m) and directivity in function of the characteristics and
positioning of the antennas and tags. The same 'master/slave' protocol is used
for the communication between the host system
(‘master’) and the
BLUEBOX
(‘slave’), independently of the kind of connection (point to poi
nt, multipoint or
Ethernet). Through these communication channels, it is also possible to
configure the functional parameters and to upgrade the firmware,
the ‘BLUEBOX
Show’ software of the SDK is foreseen to explicate these operations
.
Furthermore the
BLUEBOX
is able to handle two digital outputs (relays) and two
optoisolated digital inputs.
BLUEBOX
is designed and developed to allow
installation and maintenance experts to perform all power supply,
communication and interfacing I/O connections without the need to open the
device.
