PalletView RFID simulator
Drive a tagged pallet into the PalletView on a pallet jack, leave it a few seconds and bring it back out. See how often every box is read, and whether the pallets waiting outside are read through the steel walls and the curtain.
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What this simulator calculates
It estimates how many RAIN RFID tags the PalletView reads on a pallet that goes in on a pallet jack, stays a few seconds and comes back out the same side, check after check. The painted steel walls and the metallized curtain are modelled as conservative losses, with the reflections of the steel box inside, so it also shows how often the pallets waiting outside are read.
What you can set
- Reader: EZ700, EZ500 or EM300, with Impinj Gen2X on or off.
- Four antennas on the side walls (85C7070, 65C6095, 90C4090 or 85DL4090), their height, power, cable loss and RSSI filter.
- How long the pallet stays inside, the walking speed and the curtain down or up.
- The load: boxes on a pallet with box tags or item-level tags and the product inside, or a roll container.
- A pallet standing beside the structure and the next pallet waiting at the entry (stray reads).
What you see
- The tags a typical pass reads, and the read failures as a count of tags over the simulated passes.
- The same setup with Impinj Gen2X on and off, side by side.
- A 3D view of the pass: the lobe of each antenna, the zone where a tag is read in at least 90% of the tries, and the chance of a read per tag.
- Notes on the setup, such as the EIRP of each antenna against the local limit you type in.
- Stray reads: how often goods that must not be read (beside the reader, the next load, a neighbour) are read, with an alert and how to reduce them.
Questions about the simulator
Is the simulator free? Do I need to install anything?
It is free and runs in the browser, with no sign-up and nothing to install. It needs JavaScript and a browser with WebGL for the 3D view.
Does the result replace a test on site?
No. It is an estimate from a propagation model, the antenna patterns and premises from the literature. Use it to compare setups and prepare the project, then confirm with a pilot on site, with the real tags and products. Identix can help you plan that test.
Who is it for?
For system integrators, meaning any company that builds its own solution, in full or in part: software companies that use Identix readers, makers of their own portals or reading cabinets who buy only antennas or readers, and also installers and end users who are planning a project.
What does the curtain change?
The metallized fabric curtain closes the entry while the pallet is inside. In the simulator it takes a conservative 10 dB on each leg of a link that leaves through it, against 20 dB through the steel walls; untick it to see how much more of the waiting pallet is read. The figures are premises to confirm in a pilot.
What is a stray read and how do I reduce it?
A read of a tag that is not on the pallet inside: a pallet standing beside the structure or the next pallet waiting at the entry. Turn them on in the simulator to see how often they are read, with the curtain down and up. Keeping the curtain down, leaving waiting pallets beside the lane, recording only while a presence sensor sees the pallet inside, the RSSI filter and a lower power reduce it.