Bluetooth RFID Scanner is compact and lightweight.September 16, 2008 -
Weighing 132 g, TagRunners 13.56 MHz RFID scanner can be connected to range of mobile terminals such as PDAs, cellphones, Pocket PCs, or smartphones. It features no data loss mode where data are not lost if user is out of Bluetooth connection area or if battery of scanner is empty, while batch mode enables any reader to read RFID tags without any Bluetooth connection and then transmit data to terminal. Unit withstands several drops onto concrete when used with optional protective boot.
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Baracoda SA
30 Avenue de l'Amiral Lemonnier
Marly-Le-Roi, , 78160
France
Baracoda Takes a Step Forward with RFID Technology
Baracoda launches the TagRunners, a Bluetooth high-frequency RFID scanner
Paris, 8th September 2008 - Baracoda, the world's leading manufacturer of Bluetooth wireless barcode readers and RFID solutions, presents the TagRunners, an innovative combination of RFID technology and Baracoda's best-selling product RoadRunners.
Baracoda extends its Bluetooth expertise to RFID
Baracoda is an expert in automatic data capture solutions dedicated to mobile applications. Today, our company strengthens its high-frequency 13.56 MHz RFID product range.
Baracoda has been active on the RFID market since 2003, with ID-Blue, the first Bluetooth RFID contact scanner. Today the company launches the TagRunners to reach new markets (traceability in medical environments, outdoor asset tracking, quality control, work in progress...) where barcodes are not adapted because of fragility, lack of safety, or the code can not store enough information for the application.
A brand new innovative RFID scanner, which relies on Baracoda's best-selling assetsThanks to the success of the barcode scanners the RoadRunners (available today in 1D, 2D and Laser versions), Baracoda completes its product range with this RFID version, based on the RoadRunners' key-elements:
TagRunners Main features
o Easy to use: compact and lightweight, the TagRunners weighs only 132 grams
o Robustness: the TagRunners withstands several drops onto concrete when used with its protective boot (available in option)
o Extended Features
o No Data Loss mode: data are not lost if ths user is out of the Bluetooth connexion area or if the battery of the scanner is empty
o Timestamp
o Batch mode: enables a reader to read the RFID tags without any Bluetooth connexion, and then transmit the data to the terminal
o Compatibility: the TagRunners can be connected to a wide range of mobile terminals (PDAs, cellphones, rugged PDAs, Pocket PCs, smartphones)
Applications
The TagRunners is dedicated to the following mobile applications:
o Traceability for medical environments
o Asset tracking: vegetable, tanks, barrels, outdoor facilities
o Security applications
o Quality control, work in progress
About Baracoda
Baracoda is the world's leading manufacturer of Bluetooth wireless barcode readers and RFID solutions. The company promotes the development of data capture solutions for both mobile (field force automation, asset management) and on-site (inventory management, order preparation) applications in the retail, healthcare, transportation and logistics industries.
Cutting-edge technology is at the heart of Baracoda's products and solutions. The company makes powerful, Bluetooth, data communication solutions that facilitate the management of power consumption, security and system interoperability.
Baracoda's added value lies in the company's ability to provide customers and partners with appropriate, reliable, and extremely competitive solutions suitable for all wireless environments.
For more information, please visit http://baracoda.com
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