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Alien Technology
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Model: 9780
Street
Price: $2100 - $2400 (not including antennas)
Ports: 4
Supported Protocols: EPC Class 1 - Firmware upgrade to Gen 2
Reads and writes tags
Compatible Antennas: 9610 Circular Polarized, 9610 Linear Polarized
Product Brochure: (pdf, 3.8 mb) 
Alien's 9780 product page
Available From: buyrfid.com ($2700), RFIDsupplychain.com
($2400), ac-corporation.com ($4122 - not a typo), geminicomputer.com
($2177)
Description:
Replacing the venerable and much loved 9770
series, this is Alien's next-generation stationary reader system.
It supports up to 4 antennas, which can be either circular or linear in polarization.
Like all Alien readers, it comes with
an excellent development kit that includes, among other things,
sample source code with free Java and Visual Basic libraries.
It also inlcudes test software. Like nearly everyone else, Alien
claims high-speed reading and excellent fault tolerance in real-world
warehouse environments. In fairness, the 9780 is much faster
than the 9770's were, and they were quite good to begin with.
Includes: reader, power supply, power cord,
reference guide and serial cable. The developers kit also includes
an interface guide with API's, a hardware technical specification,
sample code, Java and Visual Basic libraries, antennas and tags.
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Model: 9640
Street
Price: $1100 - $1200
Ports: 1 (internal)
Supported Protocols: EPC Class 1
Product Brochure: (pdf, 3.8 mb)
Alien's 9640 product page
Description:
Perhaps the least expensive full-featured
EPC compatible reader on the market, the 9640 is one of the simplest
and most elegant pieces of equipment available for small and
medium sized RFID systems. The reader and antenna are contained
in one unit, so there are no antenna cables to thread, and it
performs all of the most important functions of its big brother,
the 4-port 9780, though without the ability to add antennas.
Also, the antenna is designed to provide the benefits of both
circular an linear polarization, though how they've accomplished
this hasn't been made public.
Finally, the reader is completely ethernet
ready. Hook it up to your LAN and your're ready to go. Binary
and C language API's are included. At 50 tags per second, the
read rate is less than impressive, but in the small operations
this unit was designed for, it shouldn't be an issue.
Includes: reader with integrated antenna,
power supply, power cord, reference guide and serial cable.
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Model: 9930,
9932
Street
Price: Not Available
Ports: 2 (1 useable)
Supported Protocols: EPC Class 1
Reads and writes tags
Product Brochure: (pdf, 1 mb)
Alien's 9930 product page
Description:
Designed to be integrated into devices such
as label printers, Alien's OEM module comes in two versions.
The 9930 has a TTL port for connecting to its host device, and
the 9332 has an RS-232 port. The unit is compact and well designed,
and the output power to the antenna can be controlled via software.
This is helpful in tag writing applications as it helps users
avoid inadvertently writing to distant tags.
A library of C language API's is included
with the unit, but there is no Visual Basic support in the base
package. A developer's kit is available, however, which includes
some sample code.
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Model: 2850
Street
Price: Not Available
Ports: 2 (1 transmit, 1 receive)
Supported Protocols: EPC Class 1
Reads and writes tags
Product Brochure: (pdf, 3.5 mb)
Alien's 9930 product page
Description:
Designed specifically for use with battery-assisted
semi-passive tags, the 2850 can reportedly read tags at up to
90 feet. The antennas are circular-polarized to eliminate tag-orientation
problems, and the unit is compatible with tag data formatted
as xml and ascii, and it can be configured to work with whatever
custom data format you may require.
Included: Reader, transmit and receive antannas,
antenna cables, AC power supply, a hardware setup guide, reader
interface guide, and technical specification.
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Intermec
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Model: IF5
Intellitag
Street
Price: Not Available
Ports: 4
Supported Protocols:Intellitag, EPC Class 1 (including gen 2),
ISO-1800-6b, Philips Ucode 1.19
Reads and writes tags
Embedded Linux
Product Brochure (pd, 108k)
Intermec IP5 Product Page
Description
The IF5 is a genuine "smart reader".
It can be configured via software to read virtually any 900 MHz
tag, and its internal linux server allows it to control a variety
of hardware devices such as light towers and conveyor belts without
the need for an attached PC. The IF5 includes RS-232 and LAN
ports as well as 4 high output I/O ports for directlty controlling
hardware.
Includes Device and Software Management Software,
NetSNMP, DHCP client, Telnet Server, IBM WebSphere Device Manager,
4 MB Flash, Linux OS.
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Model: IP3
Street
Price: Not Available
Ports: 1, Internal
Supported Protocols:ISO-1800-6, ISO-1800-4, etc. (Not EPC Class
1 compatible)
Reads and writes tags
Embedded Linux
Product Brochure (pd, 484k)
Intermec IP3 Product Page
Description
The IP3 is a handheld unit designed to work
with Intermec's Model 700 Color handheld computer. The IP3 has
a read range of nearly 5 feet, and its included lithium ion battery
provides up to 8 hours of continuous use. Tags can be read at
up to 6 per second, and the data from up to 100 tags can be stored
in the unit's onboard memory.
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SAMSys
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Model: MP9320
Street
Price: Not Available
Ports: 4
I/O Ports: 4 digital
Supported Protocols: All 900 MHz tags (yes, all, see brochure)
Reads and writes tags
Product Brochure (pd, 431k)
RF Command Suite (pdf, 432k)
MP9320 Product Page
Description
The SAMSys 9320 is a genuine multi-protocol
powerhouse. Able to read and write virtually all 900 MHz tags,
this reader also sports LAN connectivity, RS-232 and RS-485 support.
Plus, with its 4 digital inputs and 4 digital outputs, it is
capable of controlling hardware directly, without the need for
an attached PC.
A powerful RF command suite provides full
software control over all aspects of the reader's operation,
from RF output power, to tag protocol selection.
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