RFID tracking, question by question.
The questions tracking businesses ask when a client first says the word RFID.
The technology.
What is RFID tracking?
Recording items by radio. Each item carries a label with a number of its own, and a reader records that number when the item comes within range. The result is a history of where and when each item was read.
Does an RFID label need a battery?
No. It is powered by the reader's signal for the moment of the read, so there is nothing in it to charge or replace.
Does somebody have to scan each label?
Not at a fixed reader: labels are read by radio as items pass, many of them together. A handheld scanner is carried to the items when a count is taken.
What happens when a label is not read?
Nothing changes by itself. In InSight RFID a missed read becomes an exception for a person to review; it never alters stock on its own.
Can RFID replace GPS tracking?
No, and it is not meant to. GPS follows vehicles and assets wherever they go. RFID records labelled items at the points they pass. A complete platform uses each for what it does well.
InSight RFID.
What can be labelled?
Stock, tools, returnable containers and equipment.
Where are labels read?
At fixed readers on doors and docks, with handheld scanners, and by readers on vehicles.
What is kept from each read?
The place and the time of the read, the reader that made it, and how confident the reading is. Each read is kept as evidence.
Is it finished?
Not yet: final testing is under way. Early access can be asked for through the enquiry form.
Offering it.
Who is this for?
Tracking, security and fleet businesses that run Trackerserver under their own brand and want to offer more than vehicle tracking to the clients they already have.
Must I be running Trackerserver already?
No. The platform and its modules can be discussed in one enquiry.
What about items that need a live position?
Those want a battery: an InSight Mesh tag indoors, an InSight BLE beacon with vehicles, or a GPS tracker. All of them are on the same platform.
How do I start?
Send an enquiry that says what your client wants recorded and where those items pass. We reply about early access and about the platform it runs on.
Ask about RFID for your clients.
Tell us what your client wants recorded item by item, and where those items pass. We answer with where InSight RFID stands, whether early access suits the job, and what the rest of the platform would add.