ALR-9900+ Enterprise RFID Reader Family

High Performance, Easy to Deploy, Easy to Manage
The Alien ALR-9900+ Enterprise Reader enables users to deploy manageable, robust, best-in-class EPC Gen 2 RFID solutions for supply chain, manufacturing and asset management applications. The result is highly reliable, automatic data capture.

Interoperable and Broadly Supported
Alien pioneered the network-ready EPC RFID reader with the widely-supported Alien Reader Protocol. The ALR-9900+ is supported by key RFID platforms including Microsoft BizTalk RFID, IBM WebSphere 6.2, Xterprise, Oat Systems, Oracle, GlobeRanger, BEA and many others. Proven support for SAP through 3rd-party middleware is also available. A well-documented SDK featuring .NET, Ruby and Java libraries enables easy, custom interfaces to control the reader if desired.

Backward Compatible for Easy Integration
The Alien Reader Protocol features Autonomous Mode, a programmable state machine that enables the reader to operate independently based on external I/O triggers, timing or software inputs. This flexible system leads to best-in-class read rates by enabling users to precisely control the parameters for timing, protocols, antenna usage and other critical variables without network latency.

The ALR-9900+ is backward compatible and interchangeable with previous Alien readers such as the previous generation ALR-9900, the ALR-9800 and ALR-9780, ensuring easy transition.

Monostatic Simplicity
The ALR-9900+ provides the added simplicity of a monostatic antenna topology, which provides a smaller footprint and easier integration for certain applications such as small item tagging. Only one antenna per read point is required, reducing system cost and complexity. A proprietary, active, noise cancellation mechanism ensures high read rates from the monostatic antenna system.

Power and LAN Failsafe Mechanisms Protect Data
The loss of power or LAN connectivity does not lead to the loss of critical tag data. The ALR-9900+ caches tag lists in non-volatile memory, preserving data even in the event of a power loss. When operating in Autonomous Mode, the reader will continue to collect tag data even if the LAN connection is interrupted.

Interference Management
The ALR-9900+ offers several methods for interference mitigation that provide a powerful solution to the challenge of noisy environments.

Good Citizen: EPC Gen 2 Dense Reader Mode
The ALR-9900+ is compliant with the EPC Gen 2 Dense Interrogator specification, which reduces interference impact on other readers.

Strong Filtering for Interference Rejection
The powerful, dynamically adjustable signal processing architecture of the ALR-9900+ ensures strong interference rejection in the presence of other readers or devices.

Event-triggered operation and Autonomous Mode
The Autonomous Mode functionality of the Alien Reader Protocol enables the reader to collect tag data when triggered by external events detected by electric eyes and other sensors. In this mode, readers are activated only when needed, thereby reducing the ambient signal level.

High Performance, Easy to Deploy, Easy to Manage
The Alien ALR-9900+ Enterprise RFID Reader enables users to deploy manageable, robust, best-in-class RFID thanks to:

• A flexible API with broad software support
• A high performance radio
• Data protection
• Robust dense reader interference management

 

This product is covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 7716208, 7716160, 7688206, 7671720, 7659822, 7619531, 7615479, 7598867, 7580378, 7576656, 7562083, 7561221, 7559486, 7559131, 7554451, 7411503, 7385284, 7377445, 7364084, 7353598, 7342490, 7324061, 7321159, 7301458, 7295114, 7288432, 7265675, 7262686, 7215249, 7214569, 7199527, 7193504, 7173528, 7172910, 7172789, 7141176, 7113250, 7101502, 7080444, 7070851, 7068224, 7046328, 6998644, 6988667, 6985361, 6980184, 6970219, 6952157. Other patents pending.