Smartspot Tile

A RAIN RFID reader with three dual linear antennas and BLE gateway. Includes PoE, high gain antennas and Bluetooth LE. Including the main intelligent Smartspot services: Item Presence & Proximity, Sense & Control engine for automated GPIO and Itemlists & Spotset services for black-listing and white-listing.

What's included

• 1x Intellifi Smartspot Tile
• 1x 12VDC Power supply with Euro/US/UK style plug
• 1x GPIO Pluggable terminal block

Hardware overview

From right to left:

• GPIO Ports
  For applications that require in- and outputs. In- and outputs are isolated using an optocoupler.
• 12 VDC Power supply
  Using the12 VDC power adapter. Power consumption is below 12Watt, typically around 8Watt.
• Ethernet port
  IEEE 802.3af compliant PoE Ethernet port. Used for connecting the Smartspot to internet and as power supply.
• Pinhole button
  The pinhole button can be used in two ways:
  • Resetting the device to it's factory defaults, see: How to reset the Smartspot to factory defaults.
  • Enabling the web-interface, see: How to enable and use the Smartspot web interface
• Status LED
  The status LED will blink when there are RFID tags present.
• RFID antenna ports (1-2)
  Female SMA antenna connectors for UHF RFID. Smartspot Tile offers 2 additional antenna ports to connect up to 2 external antennas.
  Important: Always remove power before disconnecting any antenna(s)!

Getting started

Refer to article Smartspot Initial Setup.

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