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Hi guys, I am trying to implement an RFID system that will read a tag on a truck. I would need the reader to be about 1.5 to 2 meters away from the tag. I will be able to connect to a managed switch very close by to the reader. I looked up the Bradley stuff, but the tag readers seem to be very small distances, probably better for a production line. Any help would be most grateful Thanks, Conor

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Try www.rfideas.com. I don't know that they have anything that will read at that distance but they specialise in RFID -Charlie

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I have used a system made by RFID, Inc. Their system uses active tags which have an advertised battery life of 5-10 years depending on the severity of the environment. The readers are "tunable" meaning you can adjust their sensitivity. With the readers set to MAX range, they will read approximately 50' away. With all the specs out of the way, now come the caveats. The biggest issue I ran into with this system was if you have multiple trucks residing within the read range, there is no way to discren which truck is which. So, if you have some means of corralling the trucks such that only one truck will ever be in range at a time, then you are golden. Another issue can be interference from other steel objects. Make sure you do lots and lots of testing before rolling out a system like this. Using RFID in long distance reads can be very frustrating. Hope this helps.

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