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Forklift Enabled by Employee Badge

Ensure safety and compliance for your company forklift operations so only properly trained and authorized forklift drivers can use equipment. Driving the forklift is enabled by an employee badge scan. One manufacturing company forklift report showed an operator drove the forklift for 56 hours straight. You can see obviously that’s not what was happening. First, this company’s prior solution was forklift operator use was enabled Bluetooth Beacons. Secondly, the beacon was detected and authenticated by their on-board Android application to register usage and task completion. Thirdly, the company failed to

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What’s the difference between active and passive RFID tags?

RFID tags are composed of several components—a micro-chip, a substrate (e.g., Mylar or plastic coating), and an antenna, which is attached to the micro-chip. The primary difference between active and passive RFID tags is that active tags incorporate a built-in power supply, while passive tags use the power from the electromagnetic wave from the RFID reader to send its data to the reader. Apart from this primary distinction, you’ll find more in-depth differences in the table below.   Active Tags Passive Tags Power Powered by internal source (e.g., battery or solar

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What are anti-metal RFID tags?

Anti-metal tags are specialized RFID tags that can be read from conductive surfaces, such as metal (something that regular tags can’t do). Learn more about anti-metal (aka on-metal) tags,  and contact serialio to speak with an RFID specialist.

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What is NFC?

NFC is an acronym for Near Field Communication. NFC is a fairly recent ‘labeling’ for a subset of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) for short-range, wireless protocols. It’s most commonly used for close-range applications (hence the “near field”). NFC has some features that distinguish it from other forms of RFID, such as the capacity for bidirectional peer-to-peer communication.  To learn more about NFC, click here.

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What is RFID?

RFID (Radio-frequency identification) is a term used to refer to technology that uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify people, livestock, assets, and more. To learn more about RFID, see our article on the topic here.

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Which scanners support which wireless modes?

The chart below shows which scanners support which wireless modes. An “x” indicates that the scanner has support for that mode.   BLEⓘ SPPⓘ HIDⓘ MFiⓘ Scanfob 2006ⓘ x x x   Scanfob 4000iⓘ   x x x Scanfob 4000nⓘ   x x   Scanfob 3002iⓘ   x x x KDC20ⓘ   x x   KDC20iⓘ   x x x KDC100ⓘ   x x x KDC200ⓘ   x x x KDC300ⓘ   x x x Scanfob qIDⓘ   x x   Scanfob qID (iAP model)ⓘ   x x x Scanfob

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No Tap Check-in with RFID

How No Tap Check-in Works with UHF-RFID Use Cloud-In-Hand® stratus-io Time & Attendance to do no tap check-in with RFID. You instantly see the person who’s checking in on iPad, iPhone, Android phone, tablet, or Windows 11 PC. Use your standard sized employee badge with UHF-RFID or get more distance with a larger badge or enhanced reader. You use the idChamp Ultra-5109 reader model shown in the video below, your people easily check-in from a distance from 6 feet (2 meters). You want closer check-in for security or other reasons? No problem,

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Apple Student ID NFC Reader

Apple Student ID NFC Reader – Mobile & Wireless idChamp® RS4x Apple Student ID NFC Reader posts credentials stored in Apple Wallet* and much more. Read all physical RFID Prox, iClass/Seos, and more. Read soft credentials with HID Global Mobile Access, and other supported apps. Read all these credentials/badges with idChamp RS4x up to 30 feet from your iPad or iPhone.   *Requires purchase of Mobile Credential  More than iPad and iPhone RS4x also connects to Android, MacOS, & Win10+. Read all types of student IDs – physical and soft –

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Best iPad Check-in Kiosk Fast, Easy, Flexible

Looking for the Best iPad Check-in Kiosk Are you looking for the best iPad check-in kiosk? With stratus-io Time & Attendance you have fast, easy-to-use and flexible check-in solutions. First, you can use your iPad (or iPhone). Second, if you prefer Android tablets or phones, this also works. Finally, you may have Windows tablets or PCs you want to use, no problem. Stratus-io Time & Attendance gives you kiosk and mobile modes. Use Current Employee Badges Use idChamp® and Scanfob® brand RFID-NFC readers with your organization’s current employee badges. No

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