ZigBee helps zipper factories to realize fast search management in warehouse

I. Background

A famous zipper factory is mainly engaged in buttons, zippers, metal products, plastic products, webbing, rope and tags and other apparel and luggage accessories products, is a leading enterprise of China's apparel accessories industry for the world, vice president of China Daily-use Articles Industry Association Button Branch, China Hardware Products Association Zipper Branch, vice president of the unit, China's button, zipper, the main drafting unit of the industry standard of China's button, zipper, and China's button and zipper industry, the first listed company in China's button and zipper industry. It is also the first listed company in China's button and zipper industry.

II. Challenges and opportunities

The factory has several workshops and warehouses, among which the zipper branch warehouse faces asset management challenges. Currently, asset location and inventory mainly rely on manual operation, which is time-consuming and laborious with limited efficiency. In order to improve the effectiveness of asset management, the customer sought an intelligent positioning solution.

III. Solutions

Solution 1: 4G Android handheld + low power consumption active sound and light tags

✩ 4G Android Handheld Card Reader

When the warehouse personnel are not in the computer, not convenient to view the software information, you can choose 4G Android handheld card reader, in need of asset inventory location area within 50 meters of the inventory quantity and sound and light call to find.

• The long-distance range reads the electronic label, reads the card distance openness to be able to 100 meters
• Digital transmission channel can be established with tag module, wireless transmission distance up to 200 meters
• Autofocus Dual Camera, Rear 13 MP/Front 5.0 MP (Optional)
• 5.0-inch industrial-grade capacitive touch, Corning three-stage glass tempered screen, support multi-touch, screen drop-proof
• QR code hard decoding laser positioning scanning head, supports various barcode types
• Full Netcom support CMCC 4M: LTE B1,B3,B5,B7,B8,B20,B38,B39,B40,B41, WCDMA 1/2/5/8; GSM 2/3/5/8
• Support WIFI 802.11 b/g/n/a/ac Frequency 2.4G+5G Dual Band WIFI

• Support BT4.0(BLE)
• Support Beidou/GPS/Glonass positioning
• Adopt 3.7V 10000mAh high-capacity lithium battery, not less than 600 hours of ultra-long standby time
• Special structure and external cushioning design, with a 1.5m height drop reliability performance
• IP66 sealing standard, designed to meet the harsh working environment requirements of enterprise users

✩ Warehouse Crate Call Finder Labels

• Illuminated and audible with 3 high brightness LED beads and 1 piezo active buzzer
• 1 ER14505 lithium battery can transmit 200 million times, you can replace the battery yourself
• Total duration of sound and light reminders is not less than 80 hours (not considering the power consumption of wireless transmission)
• With undervoltage reminder and real-time power display, residual power can be fired 10 million times after undervoltage
• Wireless transmitting power 3mW, transmitting distance up to 100 meters, standby power consumption only 2uA
• The wireless band utilizes the 2.4GHz globally developed microwave band, no application and no fee required
• 4 magnetic pegs can be easily attached to the surface of ferrous objects, can also be mounted using screws and ties
• The shell uses PC engineering plastics, protection grade IP56, can be outdoors in the rain
• Rectangular 62mm40mm25mm (without lugs on both sides), weight 62 grams
• Operating temperature -40℃ ~ 70℃, can be used in outdoor extreme cold environment.

Solution 2: Location server + location reading base station + location reading antenna + low power consumption active acousto-optic tags

In the warehouse wall installs the world electricity reads the card base station and the antenna, in the turnover box binds the active electronic label card, reads the card base station reads the label to the base station distance value and the quantity information to report to the position server, the position server accounts for the label position data and the quantity, the software through and the position server to do the data docking, displays the label position and the search calls the label operation.

✬ Features of the World Wide Web Card Reader Base Station (Single Card Reader Antenna)

• Simultaneous detection of 500 electronic tags, antenna detection distance of up to 100 meters from the open air
• Wireless communication distance is not less than 2000 meters, simple networking and easy deployment
• It can measure the wireless signal field strength of the electronic tag and calculate the actual distance of the tag.
• Tags can be called for audible and visual alerts (audible and visual tags only)
• Read antenna can be extended 50 meters (9600bps), easy to install and deploy
• Wireless network interface can access 16 wireless card readers, good expansion performance
• Provides open protocols so that third-party systems can easily communicate with the card reader over the network
• Wide voltage supply from 10 to 26V, current consumption no more than 800mA (12V)

✬ Features of the World Telecom Wireless Card Reader Base Station (single reader antenna)

• It can simultaneously detect 200 electronic tags around, and the detection distance can reach 100 meters in the open.
• The wireless communication distance is not less than 2000 meters, and the network is simple and easy to deploy.
• Waterproof reader antenna extends up to 50 meters (9600bps) for easy field installation.
• The wireless signal field strength of the electronic tag can be measured and the actual distance of the tag can be calculated.
• Wide voltage supply from 10 to 26V, current consumption no more than 500mA (12V)
• Aluminum alloy shell, sturdy and durable. Fixed ears on both sides for easy wall mounting.

✬ Positioning Location Server Features

• Simultaneous access to no less than 500 positioning base stations
• Can simultaneously collect the location information of not less than 10,000 electronic tags
• Quad-core Cortex-A7 processor at 1.2GHz, 8G core storage
• Industrial-grade temperature width for all kinds of harsh environments
• Embedded Linux operating system, stable and reliable
• 9-30V wide voltage supply, effective filtering of power ripple
• Communication interfaces are isolated internally and externally, with EMC protection and electrostatic protection.
• All-aluminum Ice Spike cooling chassis, fully enclosed and fanless, suitable for all kinds of harsh environments
• Open management protocols to fully integrate positioning functionality into your own system platforms

✬ Warehouse Crate Call Finder Labels

• Illuminated and audible with 3 high brightness LED beads and 1 piezo active buzzer
• 1 ER14505 lithium battery can transmit 200 million times, you can replace the battery yourself
• Total duration of audible and visual reminders is not less than 80 hours (not taking into account the power consumption of wireless transmissions)
• With undervoltage reminder and real-time power display, residual power can be fired 10 million times after undervoltage
• Wireless transmitting power 3mW, transmitting distance up to 100 meters, standby power consumption only 2uA
• The wireless band utilizes the 2.4GHz globally developed microwave band, no application and no fee required
• 4 magnetic pegs can be easily attached to the surface of ferrous objects, can also be mounted using screws and ties
• The shell uses PC engineering plastics, protection grade IP56, can be outdoors in the rain
• Rectangular 62mm40mm25mm (without lugs on both sides), weight 62 grams
• Operating temperature -40℃ ~ 70℃, can be used in outdoor extreme cold environment.

Scheme three: wired network reads the card base station + positioning reads the card antenna + position server + low power consumption active electronic label

✫ Characteristics of the card-reading base station (single card-reading antenna) of the Seito wired network

• Simultaneous detection of 500 electronic tags, antenna detection distance of up to 100 meters from the open air
• It can measure the wireless signal field strength of the electronic tag and calculate the actual distance of the tag.
• Tags can be called for audible and visual alerts (audible and visual tags only)
• Read antenna can be extended up to 50 meters (9600bps), easy to install and deploy
• Through the RS485 interface can be accessed 32 485 card reader, good expansion performance
• Provides open protocols so that third-party systems can easily communicate with the card reader over the network
• Provide SDK development kit, convenient for users to develop their own label positioning management system
• Wide voltage supply from 10 to 26V, each card reader consumes no more than 500mA (12V)

✫ Positioning Location Server Features

✫ Liquid asset location tags

• Can be fired 32 million times with 300mAH lithium battery
• There are undervoltage reminder and real-time power display, and the residual power can be fired 2.5 million times after undervoltage.
• ABS engineering plastic shell, ultrasonic welding, can be outdoor rain
• Wireless transmitting power 3mW, transmitting distance up to 100 meters, standby power consumption only 2uA
• The wireless band utilizes the 2.4GHz globally developed microwave band, no application and no fee required
• Using adhesive backing, lanyard hanging installation method, can be customized label content style
• Ultra-thin design, case size 72mm33mm4.6mm and weighs only 13 grams
• Operating Temperature -20℃～60℃
• Inventory operations can be completed quickly with the use of inventory handhelds.
• Deployment of positioning system, you can view the real-time location, historical trajectory, access to the warehouse records and other information

Fourth, Shidian Technology ZigBee positioning principle

V. Results and outlook

With the introduction of World Power's Intelligent Positioning Solution, the customer's factory has successfully improved the efficiency of warehouse asset management. The inconvenience and time-consuming cost of manual inventory was effectively reduced, while the positioning accuracy and real-time performance were improved. In addition, the openness and easy scalability of the solution have laid a solid foundation for future informationization.

VI. Hainan Shidian

Hainan Shidian Technology Co., Ltd. to "make the standardization of industrial Internet of Things easier" as the vision, focusing on the direction of the Internet of Things industry chain, indoor positioning, sensing and control and data transmission products in the field of continuous research and development, Lego (Lego) production, precise to meet the small amount of industrial Internet of Things products and a variety of demand characteristics, to provide customer Complex environment and personalized needs to meet the real low inventory, high satisfaction of the new supply and demand relationship.

The company has four R&D centers in Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu and Taipei, adhering to the group's nearly 40 years of good business resources and reputation, firmly believe in the "be an expert in the industry" business philosophy, precise in the channel, sensitive to the market, focus on products, "research" is reliable, "production" is stable, "sales" is quality, always focusing on the industrial Internet of Things customers personalized scenarios to meet the ultimate needs. We believe in the business philosophy of "being an expert in the industry", we are precise in channels, sensitive to the market, and focus on products, "research" is reliable, "production" is stable, "sales" is quality, and we are always focusing on the ultimate satisfaction of personalized scenarios of industrial IoT customers.

In terms of products, we have both Zigbee positioning products, which have been cultivated by our self-research team for more than 10 years, and UWB positioning products, which are developed by our teams in Shanghai and Taipei, to meet the different needs of customers for positioning accuracy. At the same time, the company also introduces Bluetooth positioning products to supplement the self-developed solutions, in order to fully meet the needs of all kinds of customers.

Software support we integrate the overall program of various industries, actively open interfaces and source codes for system integrators to join, for related system software companies to do case demonstration based on our products to provide convenience, so that the Internet of Things indoor positioning applications broader.