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Smart Shelf Antenna
The SMSH antennas are ideal for use in shelving. This can be planned during installation, but can also be retrofitted for
existing shelves. The height of the antenna is < 20mm so that the available installation space is retained.
The SMSH antenna impresses with a selective reading zone. The range between reading and non-reading is maintained
with a high degree of separation and repeatability. The reading range is a cube with the groundplane of 30 cm x 30 cm
and covers the range 0 - 3m. Due to the ideal front-to-back ratio, reading also takes place exclusively in front of the
antenna. This also means that metal shelves have no negative effect on the reading performance.
The ideal use of these antennas is for eKanban shelves or in the retail sector. But also for applications where the height
of the antenna is limited. e.g. for laundry collection where the antenna can be mounted under the table.
Two options are available for the antenna. The standard SMSH antenna, which can be used as a single antenna, and
the KRAI version of the SMSH antennas, which, with a Kathrein reader, allows a unique RFID system in which the SMSH
antennas are cascaded. This makes it easy to equip a large area of a shelf with antennas that are all controlled by one
reader.
©KRAI SMSH (Smart Shelf) Antenna
The SMSH KRAI antennas, which have an input and an output port, are simply connected in a daisy chain arrangement.
The Kathrein reader initialises all antennas in the network and can thus control a maximum of 32 (=4 * 8 antennas). The
reader collects all the read results and assigns them to each individual SMSH antenna, so that a direct image of the
container placement of the shelf can be created.
