No compromises: robust UHF evaluation system for harsh environments

• Antenna, evaluation unit and switch, all in one device, reducing installation time
• Reading up to 16 tags at a distance of up to 3 meters
• Installation in metallic or wet environments is possible
• Fieldbus interface, digital inputs / outputs and IO-Link for less wiring complexity

Now also with IO-Link

Digitalisation and the resulting requirements for industrial identification solutions are increasing steadily. This is why ifm offers the compact highperformance RFID UHF devices not only with the classic fieldbus interfaces and IoT, but now also with IO-Link.

Transferring data over the network, controlling actuators directly

RFID systems are an excellent solution when it comes to product tracking in intralogistics. With the IoT or IO-Link RFID UHF solutions, track-and-trace can be implemented in an even more streamlined fashion, for example, thanks to the simplified parameter setting and visualisation of ifm moneo Configure.

Advantages of ifm’s UHF RFID solution:

Variants DTE with fieldbus interface

The DTE evaluation systems have an integrated web server for device setup as well as monitoring and diagnostic data when integrated into the cloud. Thanks to their interfaces, the DTE variants are ideal for direct connection to PCs, industrial PCs or PLCs. Signals can also be looped through via an additional fieldbus interface, which reduces wiring complexity at field level.
In addition, the units have two digital inputs and outputs. Integrated logic functions can be used for data pre-processing, for example, to directly control a signal lamp in accordance with the situation.
The devices with IoT core provide advanced data, events and services via common protocols such as HTTP, MQTT and JSON.

Variants DTI with IO-Link

IO-Link allows particularly simple parameter setting and fast setup. For maximum flexibility, operating modes can be adjusted to the application at any time. Comprehensive antenna parameters and diagnostic data can be called up and visualised via the moneo software. This provides maximum transparency.

Applications

Thanks to ranges of up to 3 m, the systems are ideally suited for track and trace and traceability applications. For example, digital outputs can be used for vehicle identification and to open gates - without any programming effort or delay. In intralogistics, the system can be used for seamless product tracking.
Up to 16 tags can be read simultaneously.