RFID Optimized! (RFID-301) is a one-day, one-of-a-kind, hands-on technical workshop designed for professionals with a grounding in the basics of RFID who now need to stand-up, manage or troubleshoot a RFID implementation. Under the guidance of seasoned RFID experts, students are actively challenged to analyze business case factors, customer requirements, environmental factors, equipment configurations and workflow processes to determine their impact on ongoing RFID success.

Master the real-world challenges of RFID deployment

With an action plan in hand, students are tasked to:

• Conduct successful site surveys, detect interference sources using spectrum analyzers, and properly tag cases and pallets.
• Test solutions in a simulated distribution center beset with changing requirements, faulty equipment implementations and improperly programmed RFID components.
• Successfully interface to and validate hardware installation; program reader commands; manage light stacks, photo-eyes and horns; wire up reader I/O; and configure and debug programming/acquisition RFID implementations on a high speed conveyer.

Combining interactive classroom participation, role-play challenges, and simulated warehouse, manufacturing and retail environments, RFID Optimized! places particular emphasis on:

• Overcoming widely encountered real-world challenges using best practices, tools and techniques proven successful over numerous RFID implementations.
• Building an arsenal of practical knowledge that is leverageable across the entire RFID implementation lifecycle—from go-live to ongoing change management and troubleshooting.

Takeaways:

Topics:

Stand-up a RFID implementation Conduct a comprehensive site survey Leverage a RFID portal within your operations and incorporate RFID with a turntable Configure a roller or flat-bed conveyor reader array Program case tags on a conveyor Determine whether you can interface your reader directly to various inputs and outputs Configure a reader to automatically execute a series of events under predetermined conditions Optimize the use of particular tags in static and dynamic applications, and on various materials

Mastering the Autonomous Mode state machine Interfacing to the optically-isolated Digital Inputs and Outputs Auto evaluation & notification Optimizing the Gen 2 acquisition & programming workflow settings Site survey considerations Using the spectrum analyzer Configure, debug and resolve tag, antenna, reader, I/O and system issues Configuring conveyor acquisition reader arrays Configuring in-line conveyor programming arrays Interfacing to wet/dry/source/sink inputs and audible/visual indicators Optimizing reader parameters in a portal environment and debugging reader settings Observing static/dynamic tag performance characteristics on various materials performance

Instructors
Alien RFID Academy courses are taught by teams of experienced RFID Application experts, who have helped define and lead some of the industry’s most successful deployments. Actively on the forefront of RFID in the field, these instructors focus on delivering an intensive, hands-on educational experience addressing the real-life issues and challenges in implementing RFID.

Who should attend?
Alien RFID Academy courses are designed for technical management and staff responsible for RFID strategy or implementation, including:

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