Active RFID: RF Code and InfoWave Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership ...

From Emediawire (press release) ... RF Code, Inc., a leading developer of Auto-ID data collection middleware and Active RFID technologies, today announced a Strategic Partnership with InfoWave ...

RF Code, Inc., founded in 1997, designs, develops and manufactures high-performance, low-cost Active RFID technology for long-range wireless data communications that accurately identify, manage and track physical assets, information and personnel. RF Code offers complete systems comprised of RF tags, readers, antennas and software. In addition, RF Code designs and develops TAVIS , the leading Auto-ID data collection middleware for the enterprise. TAVIS software provides real-time data collection of information from a variety of data collection devices including Active RFID readers, Passive RFID readers, EPC readers, Barcode readers and GPS receivers.

Mantis tags are attached to assets being tracked and can be programmed to emit two beacon signals. While the standard beacon continually takes inventory of the tagged assets, the motion activated beacon rate provides immediate notification of objects on the move, defining their identity and location. This unique combination of beacon rates provides an excellent fit for applications with a large number of tagged assets, which in the past might not have been feasible using earlier RF technology. When the tag is in motion 10% of the time, the battery life will exceed 5 years under temperate environmental conditions. Installations requiring sealed or embedded tags find this to be an added benefit where changing tag batteries would be time-consuming or virtually impossible. Spider readers determine a Spider tag's identification and location by receiving and interpreting the beacons emitted by the Spider tags. It can even inform the host computer whenever a tag's position changes. The Spider reader's small footprint enables the readers to be mounted just about anywhere for uninterrupted, continual operation.

TAVIS is the data capture infrastructure platform for the new age of Auto-ID. While providing a unique opportunity to have a "unified monitoring" backbone for data capture and processing, it is also capable of using independent and distinct information collection devices. The TAVIS platform supplies the first and second layers between devices and application specific software like Inventory Control, ERP and MRP as well as applications that need instant response like Access Control and Personnel Tracking. This proven, enterprise scale data collection platform has been in commercial use for over 2 ½ years in combination with RF Code's active RFID hardware offering.