Read with a handheld
With the Zebra RFD40 sled connected by USB-C to a TC27, the app reads EPC tags and links them to product, lot, serial number, pallet and location. It is used to look up items, confirm a pick and count.
Professional and Enterprise
Warehouse RFID: inventories, portals and encoded labels
Available in Professional and Enterprise. Works with handheld readers, fixed readers and RFID printers.
RFID in detail
Each use of RFID in Chainlink, and what to know before buying tags and equipment.
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RFID inventory
One read session per section of the count; on closing, found, missing, misplaced and unknown tags.
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RFID portals
A fixed reader compares what passes through the dock with what the shipment, receipt or transfer expects.
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RFID labels
The printer writes the EPC as it prints and Chainlink links it to the product, pallet or location.
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What it does
Four ways to use RFID in your warehouse
RFID inventory
The count is created by zone with the RFID method. Each section is counted in a read session, and on closing Chainlink separates what was found, what is missing, what is in another location and unknown tags.
Validate with a portal
When goods pass a fixed reader, Chainlink compares what was read with what the shipment, receipt or transfer expects: expected, read, missing and foreign.
Print and encode
The printer writes the EPC as it prints the label and Chainlink records it. Products, pallets and locations can carry an EPC.
Connection
How the equipment connects
Chainlink Wizard sets up fixed readers from a computer on the same network. On a Zebra FX9600, the Wizard configures the region, password, delivery of reads to your instance and read mode, and can update the firmware with Zebra’s official package once you accept its license. On an STid SPECTRE, the Wizard prepares the network module, puts the reader in autonomous mode and sends its reads to your instance. A portal shows «Online» only when the reader responds.
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Equipment
Field-verified equipment
Zebra ZT610R
Zebra TC27 with RFD40 sled
Zebra FX9600
STid SPECTRE
Licenses
Each fixed reader registered as a portal uses one RFID portal license: US$45 per month in Professional and US$75 in Enterprise, plus VAT. A portal registered without a license stores its reads flagged and does not reconcile them. RFID handhelds do not require a device license.
Before you start
Goods must arrive tagged or be tagged at receiving. Read range depends on the tag type, the product and the antenna installation; a test at your facility, with your product, is recommended before tagging everything.
Is RFID included in Essentials? +
No. RFID is in Professional and Enterprise. If an RFID reader is connected to an Essentials account, the app keeps reading barcodes.
Which EPC does Chainlink write? +
A 96-bit identifier that Chainlink generates and records, unique in your account, for products, pallets and locations.
What happens if a portal loses its connection? +
The portal shows as offline when the reader stops reporting: an STid, as soon as the Wizard detects that it does not respond; a Zebra FX, when its periodic reports stop arriving. A Zebra FX stores the reads it could not deliver and sends them when it reconnects.
Can existing readers be used? +
Check the hardware list. If your model is not listed, send the brand and model to sales before purchasing.
Subscribe to Chainlink online
Your instance is created when sign-up is complete, ready to set up your warehouse.
Essentials and Professional are purchased online by card: the first month and the implementation are charged at subscription. 30-day trial by invitation: request it from sales.