Balluff industrial RFID systems now support Ethernet, which offers higher communication speeds at lower network costs.

Balluff RFID systems have been designed to be compatible with all preferred communication bus formats such as Interbus, Profibus, DeviceNet, and Ethernet, including Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, and Ethernet TCP/IP protocols.

Ethernet/IP, certified by ODVA, is the premier network solution. It's the most common, has less connectivity issues, offers the fastest performance and flexibility, and is quickly becoming the predominant industrial network in North America. More to the point, it is the most compatible for supporting higher speed RFID data.

Key user benefits include:

• Multi-Vendor Support
  By using the open standard IEEE802.3 Ethernet hardware topology, users can install and connect Balluff RFID processors into control networks populated with products supported and provided by hundreds of other product vendors at costs lower than most other industrial control networks.

• Faster Data Communications/Less Cost
  By using 100 Mbps communication speeds, Balluff RFID Systems can transfer data faster and more reliably than ever before at an overall price point that beats most other industrial control networks. This eliminates network bottlenecks and limited network and control performance, while increasing production throughput and performance capability.

• Real-Time, Deterministic Control Support
  Open CIP control standards, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP protocols provide a deterministic and reliable control platform for using RFID for reliable data tracking and error proofing.
  

Ethernet RFID systems are finding multiple uses with automotive Tier One assembly, general automated assembly processes, inter-logistics, and material handling operations. Balluff RFID systems are well suited for reliable product identification at the source, station-based re-write and process step update at each station, on-part continuous data maintenance, recorded error proofing at each step of the process and database linkage of quality parameters.