iAnywhere Unveils RFID Anywhere 2.1
05/01/2006
iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), today announced the latest version of RFID Anywhere, the company’s software platform that provides an extensible environment for developing and managing robust, highly-distributed radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions.
ebizQ was provided with the following details:
RFID Anywhere 2.1 includes next-generation support for both fixed and handheld RFID devices. This new release gives developers complete access to the full set of features available in an RFID reader, and also provides additional capabilities such as dynamic support for new tag formats such as Gen 2, simplified general purpose input/output (GPIO) control, and reader synchronization for operation in dense-reader mode.
“More and more companies are starting to scale their RFID solutions to the point where they require multiple RFID readers and antennas in close proximity with one another, which often results in interference,” said Martyn Mallick, director of RFID and mobile solutions, iAnywhere. “The ideal way to address this is to coordinate the readers to work better in dense reader mode. RFID Anywhere now provides the ability to control the readers by time slicing and GPIO, enabling the most efficient network possible.”
For organizations using handheld RFID devices, RFID Anywhere 2.1 provides a complete on-device framework for the creation of mobile applications as well as tight integration with RFID Anywhere’s development framework and management tools. These capabilities simplify the development of mobile RFID applications and provide guaranteed delivery of data from the handheld device to the enterprise system.
Key new features in RFID Anywhere 2.1 include:
- Reader synchronization for improved operation in dense reader mode;
- An extensible architecture to support custom user data as available in new tag formats including Gen 2 and ISO protocols;
- Ability for RFID readers to operate in autonomous mode, allowing for the configuration and capture of reader operations and GPIO communication. GPIO devices include sensors that monitor temperature, proximity or motion, along with feedback mechanisms such as light stacks and LED message boards; and
- Integrated support for handheld RFID devices allowing them to be incorporated into the RFID Anywhere environment for application development and management, even in occasionally-connected environments.