NextPoint Presents A New RFID Experience With EPC Hotspot
NextPoint Solutions now offers the tool that RFID system integrators and users were expecting: EPC Hotspot, powerful software which is able to show the best location to affix RFID tags at a given product and define the highest performance configuration of the RFID reader, using real tags and real readers. It is not a simulation, it is a real experience.
The procedure of pilots and tests is usually based on trial-and-error measurements which do not take into account all the parameters for placing the tags, product material and configuration of readers. Moreover, these tests are performed with software applications developed by the reader's manufacturers, so that comparison among the obtained results is really impossible. With EPC Hotspot, the RFID performance measurements are real and reliable. The new NextPoint's tool lets you perform full tag location analysis in a matter of minutes on each and every SKU (items, cases and pallets), through a few simple steps, resulting in easy-to-understand color-coded pictures of your products.
But is it possible to reach 100% read-rates at the pallet and container level? This new tool lets you get it quickly and interactively, using a 3D graphical visualization of the readability of tags in real-time as they pass through read-zones, indicating the quality and reliability of the readings and detecting hotspots and dead-zones in virtual pallets mirroring your real-world pallets.
EPC Hotspot introduces a unique, powerful and easy-to-use graphical interface which allows the performance of RFID systems to be optimized for maximum readability at item, case and pallet level, from the configuration of the readers to the location of the tags. It works with most Gen2 readers and Gen2 tags in the market, so it does not require programming knowledge for being used. Brands such as Alien, Intermec, Motorola, Impinj, Omron, ThingMagic, Caen or RF Code are fully supported by this software, which also allows using any other brand such as Deister Electronic or Skyetek by using a set of APIs and libraries.
NextPoint provides all its customers and partners with a full evaluation copy of EPC Hotspot, so that everyone can evaluate its wide range of possibilities before buying it. With a very competitive price, EPC Hotspot is available for every user and system integrator. It also includes the must-have tools for every company that uses RFID "RFID Power Tools" - Portal Reader, Tag Programmer and Read-o-meter - designed for knowing instantly if any products are missing at a portal reader, quickly programming sequential tags or measuring the performance of the tags.
Using common tools and a well defined methodology is the key for getting solid arguments about the performance of a whole RFID system, better than empiric tests without any ordered procedure. Now, NextPoint Solutions introduce a simple but powerful tool for reaching it in the market, essential for every RFID user.
About NextPoint Solutions
NextPoint is a technological reseller specialized in RFID products, with headquarters in Spain and providing its services all around Europe. NextPoint Solutions has a network of more than 80 system integrators who deploy RFID solutions. This network is permanently growing and it consists of companies focused on IT services, ERP solutions and RFID projects. NextPoint's services offer a unique specialization in the reselling business, a wide range of products covering more than 40 brands and a technical support which provides a full service in every integrator's project. For more information about NextPoint, visit www.nextpoints.com.
SOURCE: NextPoint Solutions