# RFID Reader

> One UHF platform, ordered as Long Range for dock doors and gates or Short Range for point-of-sale and desks - the same read event either way.

- **Page** - https://iotready.com/hardware/rfid-fixed-gate
- **Family** - [RFID](https://iotready.com/hardware/family/rfid)
- **Form factor** - Fixed
- **Datasheet** - https://iotready.com/downloads/rfid-reader-datasheet.pdf

## At a glance

- **700 /s** Peak tag read rate
- **Gen2 X** EPC protocol
- **5** Uplinks - BLE/Wi-Fi/4G/Eth/USB
- **IP68** Optional outer enclosure

- ![IoTReady RFID Reader, Long Range variant, with an integrated panel antenna](https://iotready.com/images/hero/rfid-fixed-gate-long-range.png)\
  **Long Range · LR** - Impinj E710, 9 dBi panel - dock doors, gates, portals
- ![IoTReady RFID Reader, Short Range variant, with a character LCD and a power input cable](https://iotready.com/images/hero/rfid-fixed-gate-short-range.png)\
  **Short Range · SR** - Impinj E310, 3 dBi antenna, 16×2 LCD, relay - POS, doors, asset desks
- ![IoTReady RFID Reader, USB Desktop variant, a compact bus-powered enclosure](https://iotready.com/images/hero/rfid-fixed-gate-usb-desktop.png)\
  **USB Desktop** - The same inventory engine on the bench - 90×90×30 mm, bus-powered

One hardware and firmware platform, ordered in the configuration a site needs.
Long Range pairs the Impinj E710 module with a 9 dBi antenna for dock doors,
vehicle gates and portal choke points. Short Range pairs the E310 module with a
3 dBi antenna for point-of-sale and desk-level check-in. A Multi-Antenna variant
adds four switched ports with per-antenna signal comparison, for direction and
lane detection across a wide opening.

All three run the same inventory engine on the device. Tags are read, chunked
and timestamped on the reader itself, so a link outage stalls only the upload,
which resumes the moment the link returns. The event a host system receives is
identical whichever uplink the site ordered.

## Specifications

| Parameter | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Long Range module | Impinj E710, 9 dBi antenna, up to 15 m typical read range |
| Short Range module | Impinj E310, 3 dBi antenna, up to 5 m typical read range |
| Multi-Antenna variant | Same E710 module on 4 switched ports; direction and lane detection |
| RF output power | Up to 33 dBm, adjustable |
| Protocol | EPC Class 1 Gen 2 (ISO 18000-6C), Gen2X |
| Uplinks | Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, 4G/GSM, Ethernet or USB, specified per unit |
| Onboard status | Character LCD, multi-colour status LED and buzzer, dry relay output |
| Supply | 7 V to 24 V DC; PoE (802.3af) available on the Ethernet variant |
| Operating temperature | 0 °C to 45 °C, indoor / covered installation |
| Ingress protection | IP20 standard; IP68 outer enclosure optional |

## Used by

- [Asset Tracking](https://iotready.com/solutions/asset-tracking.md): Every asset tracking problem reduces to a reader and a tag. Which of the two is fixed is the main design decision.
- [Warehouse Management](https://iotready.com/solutions/warehouse-management.md): Warehouse, store, yard and shop-floor inventory, run as nine workflows that read identity and quantity off the item itself and validate it before the document posts.
- [People Tracking](https://iotready.com/solutions/wayfinding.md): Personnel tracking for factories, cleanrooms and campuses, and indoor wayfinding for the visitors walking the same building.
- [Heavy Manufacturing](https://iotready.com/industries/heavy-manufacturing.md): Large parts, long cycles and expensive tooling, where knowing where a thing is matters as much as knowing how many there are.
- [Raw material to finished goods at Vedanta](https://iotready.com/case-studies/vedanta-smelter-inventory.md): RFID across copper and aluminium smelters, with fixed readers tracking the yard-to-plant moves nobody has time to scan and handhelds covering everything else.