ThingMagic Astra Integrated UHF Reader

ThingMagic’s Astra integrated UHF RFID reader & antenna offers an enterprise level, high performance, low cost EPCglobal Gen2 RFID solution. Astra is ideal for commercial and enterprise environments that require unobtrusive deployments with a minimum of cabling, readers and antennas.The Astra includes network management and security features, such as DHCP for configuration and firmware management, and SSL/SSH-based security. Astra supports power over Ethernet (POE), or when AC-powered is available with an option for Wi-Fi backhaul.

Features:

Frequencies: 865-868MHz (ETSI) or 902-928MHz (FCC)
Antenna Ports: 1 external plus integral antenna
Host interface: wired ethernet (10/100) or wifi (802.11 b/g)
S/W Development: Java, .Net (C#) or C
S/W Platforms: Windows(Java /.Net), Linux(Java), MacOSX(Java), Posix(C)
Max tag read rate: Over 190 tags/second
Max tag read distance: Over 30 feet (9M) with integrated 6 dBi antenna (36 dBm EIRP)~ parts.

Note for developers:

Applications to control the Astra reader, and all ThingMagic Reader products, can be written using the high level MercuryAPI. The MercuryAPI supports Java, .NET and C (for on-reader applications) programming environments. A fuller description can be found in this Developer's Guide.The MercuryAPI Software Development Kit (SDK) contains sample applications and source code to help developers.

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