RFID Readers
Our readers are built for the challenging environments that exist in the real world. They are robust, tough, and lead the industry in performance, even in the most challenging conditions. Our readers are different. They have advanced “filtering” and “intelligence” that competitors do not possess. They listen to the environment...and then REACT. This results in more reliable read rates, less network traffic, fewer additional pieces of network equipment, and lower setup and maintenance costs.
ALR-S350
Universal Mobile RFID without the Hassle
The ALR-S350 is a robust, simple to use UHF passive RFID sled designed for all day intensive use. The sled characteristics provides the flexibility to use your preferred operating system type/version while enabling access to the latest generation in communications infrastructure without being tied more slowly evolving monolithic device.
Feature | Enabled By | Benefit |
Long battery life | • Double-capacity single battery • Low power electronics | • Up to 24 hours of intensive use |
Robust Design | • Dust and water ingress protection (IP54) • Solid drop tested design (1.5m/4,9ft) • Quadlock® robust phone mounting | • Robust to normal knocks and drops despite being a sled form-factor |
Simple to use | • Effortless Bluetooth 4.2 (Low Energy) connectivity • Single battery operation - only one battery to manage | • Simple smart device pairing • No battery swapping required • Dual battery systems may not operate when one of the batteries is weak |
Operating System and Communications Technology Agnostic | • Sled design splits RFID from Comms and O/S • Apps dowloadable from the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store | • Use Android or iOS • Use LTE of next gen 5G services • Use latest WiFi 802.11ac, ad etc • Use a phone, tablet or media player (e.g. iPod Touch) |
Features
- Supports Apple iOS® and Google Android® via Smart Device
- Enables LTE and 802.11ac/ad via Smart Device
- ETSI 865.6–867.6 MHz or FCC/IC 902–928 MHz
- ERP 2W/EIRP 3.3W
- 2D imager supporting all major 1D / 2D barcodes • Ergonomic 320 g / 11.3 oz
- Robust Quadlock™ physical smart device connection
- Bluetooth Low Energy communications to Smart Device
Alien® ALR-H450
Android “Connected” Handheld
The Alien Technology® commercial class ALR-H450 “connected” Android handheld readers enables users to deploy manageable, robust, best-in-class EPC Gen 2 RFID solutions for supply chain, manufacturing, and asset management applications.
Benefit | Enabled By: | What does this mean to me? |
Ease of Use | Full QWERTY keyboard | Simplifies data input |
Dual high-power lithium-polymer batteries | All day usage without recharging | |
Open source Android software development | Easy to provide custom apps | |
High Performance | Unique high-performance, high gain antenna (unusual for a handheld) | Reads tags further than most handheld RFID solutions |
Quad-core 1.3GHz CPU’s | Reads and processes those tags faster | |
| Runs Android apps faster | |
A fully “connected” handheld | WiFi 802.11 b/g/n | Wireless simplicity |
3G cellular built in | Always connected | |
Bluetooth 4.0 | Allows connection to corporate networks |
Features
- QWERTY keyboard, rugged yet lightweight for ease of use
- Ergonomic design provides superior user comfort and use
- “Connected” via the full set of wireless networking
- IP64 sealing for dust and water resistance
- Prolonged usage capabilities provided by a 3,200 mAh main lithium polymer main battery pack and 5,200 mAh gun handle battery
- Android 4.4 (Kit Kat)
Alien® ALR-H460
Android “Connected” Handheld
The Alien ALR-H460 is the ultimate RFID handheld device, featuring unsurpassed read capability, processing power, memory, ergonomics, and affordability, in one compact package. It is featurerich, and combines best-in-class ease of use and integration tools with a powerful RFID read engine, enabling exceptional performance in the most demanding of scan environments and applications.
Benefit | Enabled By: | What does this mean to me? |
Ease of Use | Large 5.2” 1920x1080 resolution display | Simplifies data input |
High capacity lithium-polymer battery | All day usage without recharging | |
Open source Android software development | Easy to provide custom apps | |
High Performance | Unique high-performance, high gain antenna (unusual for a handheld) | Superior read range |
Quad-core 1.3GHz CPU’s Android 6.0 Operating System | Fast data collection & processing | |
| Proven Android speed & agility | |
A fully “connected” handheld | WiFi 802.11 b/g/n | Wireless simplicity |
4G cellular built in | Always connected | |
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE 13MP Auto-focus camera with flash GPS | Allows connection to corporate networks |
Features
- ETSI 865–868 MHz or FCC 902–928 MHz
- ERP 2W / EIRP 3.3W
- 2D imager supporting all major 1D / 2D barcodes
- 13 MP Auto-focus camera with flash
- Ergonomic design provides superior user comfort and use
- Supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 4G cellular connectivity
- Robust IP64 sealing for dust and water resistance
- Prolonged usage enabled by built-in 8,000 mAh Li-Po rechargeable battery
- Android 6.0 OS
Alien® ALR-F800
Self-Optimizing Enterprise RFID Reader
Alien® ALR-F800 is a best in class, self-optimizing Enterprise class reader that enables users to deploy best-in-class EPC Gen 2 RFID solutions for retail, supply chain, manufacturing, mobile asset tracking and asset management applications
Featuring a new fifth-generation reader architecture that intelligently adapts and configures based on its environment, the ALR-F800 provides the industry’s best Power over Ethernet (PoE) transmit power and performance. The ALR-F800 reader’s discrete architecture offers substantial improvements in function and performance over existing products in the market, enabling new levels of flexibility for system enhancements and future proofing. The improvements include industry standard MicroSD and USB slots for adding memory and additional capabilities such as cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Feature | Enabled By | Benefit |
Ease of Use | Alien Reader Protocol or LLRP | Easy to set up and deploy |
Smart reader/autonomous mode | No additional costly controllers | |
Alien Reader Control Architecture & Ruby | Less maintenance and overhead | |
Power over Ethernet |
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Industry leading PoE transmit power & power source agnostic | Under PoE power, outputs 31.5dBm – significantly more than other readers | No power supply expense or bulk |
Dynamically switches between power sources when power fails | Uses standard PoE | |
| Best read sensitivity when plenum/ceiling mounted | |
| Increased reliability | |
Dynamically self-optimizing for best possible real-world performance | Dynamic “Smart-throttling” in adverse RF environments | Robust against significant tag collisions |
e.g. noisy or multi-reader environments | Intelligent real-time Phase Cancellation | Maintains optimal sensitivity even in highly reflective environments |
| Maximizes the sensitivity and interference rejection in all environments | More likely than competitors to read tags in high interference environments (other readers and RF sources) |
| Other confidential techniques |
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Extensible and obsolescence proof | Reconfigurable RF subsystem – Enables RF performance upgrades | Firmware modernization |
MicroSDslot | Enables virtually any amount of memory to be added | |
USBHost | Add external peripherals including cellular, WiFi or BT |
Features
- Global EPC Gen 2 platform
- Automatic inventory optimization
- Feature-rich Alien Reader Protocol
- Dynamic Authentication of Higgs ICs
- Exceptional sensitivity and performance
- Automode, with on-board state machine
- High read rates for demanding applications
- Enhanced noise rejection for reliable data capture
- RSSI & speed filters
- Easy RFID software integration
- Easily configurable and upgradable
- Industrial, installation-friendly I/O connector
- Antenna reflection cancellation optimization
- Supports extended / custom Higgs™ IC features
- Auto “Seek” function for low duty cycle applications
- RoHS EU 2002/95/EC compliant
Alien® ALR-F800-X
Self-Optimizing Enterprise RFID Reader
Alien is Reinventing RFID with the ALR-F800-X, a Revolutionary Solution That Simplifies RFID Infrastructure Installation, Operations and Maintenance by Combining an Enterprise RFID Reader and Edge Service to Provide Multiple-Reader visualization and Management.
The ALR-F800-X is a truly transformational product created by the merging two core capabilities present in any solution. It is an ALR-F800 based 4-port Enterprise Class UHF Passive Reader and it is an Edge Service controller or manager that supports other readers in the network providing a complete Industry 4.0 solution.
By transforming the reader into both a middleware host AND an application host, multiple layers of complexity and cost are thereby eliminated.
By processing data elements at the source, the VALUE of the data is exponentially increased, because individual read points throughout a vast enterprise can be examined and evaluated in real time. This adds immeasurably to the richness and quality of the Big Data analytic scenarios now emerging in every area of business life.
Need | Feature | Feature |
Simplify multi-reader installation, configuration & maintenance |
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Simplify multi-reader workflow creation |
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Alien® ALR-9650
Cost Effective Smart Antenna
Alien® ALR-9650 combines reader and circular polarized antenna into a single, simple-to-use, inexpensive and low-profile solution. A second antenna port enables 2-antenna applications.
Benefit | Enabled By: | What does this mean to me? |
Ease of Use | Integrated antenna | Easy to set up and deploy |
Alien Reader Protocol | No additional costly controllers | |
Smart reader/autonomous mode | Less maintenance and overhead | |
Alien Reader Control Architecture & Ruby | Minimizes network infrastructure | |
Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) | Can be set up in areas with no power | |
Cost Savings |
| Small footprint for tidy implementation |
Industry Leading Intelligence & Security | Crisis recovery: LAN and power loss | Built to handle real-world situations |
UDP heartbeat | Uniquely customizable | |
Remote firmware management | Industry leading anti-cloning | |
Dynamic Authentication™ |
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Features
- Simple, low-profile solution for single antenna applications
- Integrated, high-performance circular antenna —only 9”x 9”
- POE eliminates cost of AC power drop
- EPC Gen 2 Dense Reader Interoperable
- Second antenna port enables 2-antenna applications
- Manageable and upgradable
Alien® ALR-9680
Low Profile, Low Overhead, 4-Port RFID Reader
Rapidly deploy RFID with the Alien® ALR-9680 commercial UHF reader with enterprise class 4-port flexibility and Alien reader “intelligence
Benefit | Enabled By: | What does this mean to me? |
Ease of Use | Four antenna port flexibility | Easy to set up and deploy |
Alien Reader Protocol | No additional costly controllers | |
Smart reader/autonomous mode | Less maintenance and overhead | |
Alien Reader Control Architecture & Ruby | Minimizes network infrastructure | |
Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) | Can be set up in areas with no power | |
Low set-up and low-running cost | Remote firmware management |
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Robust yet fits narrow vertical locations | Robust metal chassis | Usable in: |
1¼“ tall | Physically restricted locations | |
All cables on single side | Locations with limited cabling |
Features
- Feature-rich Alien Reader Protocol
- 4 mono-static reader ports
- POE eliminates cost of AC power drop
- EPC Gen 2 dense reader interoperable
- Slim form-factor for installation in height-restricted places
- Manageable and upgradable
Product Matrix:
Fixed Readers
| ALR-F800-X | ALR-F800 | ALR-9680 | ALR-9650 |
Type | Enterprise with multiple reader management | Enterprise (New) | Commercial | Commercial |
Self-Optimizing | Yes | Yes | No | No |
PoE Transmit Power | World’s Highest | World’s Highest | Good | Good |
Protocol | ARP/LLRP | ARP/LLRP | ARP | ARP |
Operating System | Linux | Linux | Linux | Linux |
Memory | 1GB RAM | 512 Mbytes RAM | 64 Mbytes RAM | 64 Mbytes RAM |
| 4 Gbytes Flash | 4 Gbytes Flash | 64 Mbytes Flash | 64 Mbytes Flash |
# of Antenna | Up to 4 | Up to 4 | Up to 4 | 1 internal smart-antenna + 1 optional external |
GPIOS | 4 in / 8 out (Isolated) | 4 in / 8 out (Isolated) | 2 in / 2 out (TTL) | 2 in / 2 out (TTL) |
LLRP | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Handhelds
| ALR-H450 | ALR-S350 |
Type | Handheld – WiFi b/g/n 2.4GHz, Bluetooth, Wireless, GPS | Sled Handheld – Bluetooth Low Energy connected to Smart Device |
Operating System | Android 4.4 (Kit Kat) | Supports Apple® iOS or the latest Android® operating systems |
CPU/Mem | Quad-Core 1.3GHz | Embedded in selected Smart Device, Supports phones and tablets |
| 1 GByte RAM | Embedded in selected Smart Device, Supports phones and tablets |
| 4 GBytes Flash | |
Antenna | min 4dBic | 5dBic with software switchable linear, circular or in proximity modes |
Scanner | 2-D Barcode | 1-D and 2-D Barcode |
Camera | N/A | N/A |
Contact Info
Business Account Management Team
Email: bamteam@bluestarinc.com
