Long Range RFID Project

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   Hi Amal
I have finished my program and have gone to market. It comes in four flavours at the moment; Aquathon, Duathlon, Fun Run and Triathlon. I have been using short range RFID with great success. I am still keen to develop the system further utilizing long range. I have been experimenting with UHF and Wiegand with some success. I need to improve my programming so I can tackle serial port communications.

Kind Regards

Jason

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WhiteNite1971 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 October 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote WhiteNite1971 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 October 2011 at 4:01am
	Hi Amal I have finished my program and have gone to market. It comes in four flavours at the moment; Aquathon, Duathlon, Fun Run and Triathlon. I have been using short range RFID with great success. I am still keen to develop the system further utilizing long range. I have been experimenting with UHF and Wiegand with some success. I need to improve my programming so I can tackle serial port communications. Kind Regards Jason

Brad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 October 2011 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 October 2011 at 1:37am
	Hi Jason I'm starting on a similar project and have purchased a UHF reader and tags for use in mountain bike events. I have an existing MS Access based timing system which relies on manually capturing the riders' numbers as they cross the finish line. We would like to now integrate the RFID reader. I would be interested in seeing what software you have available - please share a link to your website.

WhiteNite1971 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 October 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 21	Post Options Post Reply Quote WhiteNite1971 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 October 2011 at 3:11am
	Hi Brad Sounds like you are following a similar path to me. I should have my website up in a few weeks. Will post the link as soon as it is up. Kind Regards Jason

amal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 November 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2062	Post Options Post Reply Quote amal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 October 2011 at 10:54am
	Nice work Jason. I think if you are going to plan on long range, it will have to be set up in such a way as to "point upward" from the ground, similar to how current shoe-tags work with the long loop antennas that stretch across the checkpoint path. I'm not sure what tech they use (LF, HF, UHF), but my bet is HF (13.56MHz).
	Amal ;) www.amal.net

Kaniman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 March 2011 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kaniman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 October 2011 at 3:08am
	Hi Jason, I'm in a similar position right now. I have developped a program for the time registration of a time trial. But now it needs a manual input of the numbers. Now I want to upgrade the program with the use of an rfid reader. Wich rfid reader are you currently using in your solution? My budget isn't extremely big and if I buy something I want to know that it's working. And apparently it does for you. What is the range that you can get? Thanks greetings

amal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 November 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2062	Post Options Post Reply Quote amal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 October 2011 at 3:31pm
	You guys see this post: http://www.rfidtoys.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=689&PID=4974#4974 WhiteNite1971, if you have a system put together you might want to post/share/whatever with those guys.
	Amal ;) www.amal.net

Kaniman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 March 2011 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kaniman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 October 2011 at 1:54am
	Thanks, In the meantime I orderd your book and the kit to complete my software package and test it out. Afterwards I can expand it with a better reader to get it up and running.

Brad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 October 2011 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 January 2012 at 1:10pm
	Hi Jason Have you made any more progress with your timing system? My UHF reader is working quite well but I am having difficulty integrating it into the Access app. I have zero coding knowledge or experience so have been fiddling around with some keyboard wedge software which converts the data from the reader into virtual keystrokes and then sends it to the app as if it was typed in manually. I'm certain there's a better way than this!! Please share a link to your website if its ready.