What is the Apex RFID approach to inventory maintenance?
The lightweight, ergonomically designed PowerReader reads items as the wands antenna is waved along the base of shelves. For optimal performance, the wand should be connected to a laptop computer (a PDA may be used but it is not recommended) that interfaces with the librarys database in either a batch or real time wireless mode. The wands antenna is designed to allow the user to easily access upper, middle and lower shelves. The librarys database may be imported to the laptop in shelf list order so as to detect items that have been shelved outside of a predetermined range. Specific items may be uploaded into the laptop from the database so that, when operating in tag search mode, an alarm will sound when a designated item is detected. When not being used for inventory or item searching, the inventory reader becomes an invaluable everyday tool used to scan reference books before they are returned to the shelves, thereby collecting usage information.
