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PSC Falcon 5500 Series RFID Mobile Computer

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The PSC Falcon® 5500 provides a flexible tool that quickly and accurately inventories RFID tagged merchandise at the item level. The device is targeted at specialty retailers implementing new ways of improving the consumer experience through inventory management. Process innovation allows this device to aid in reducing of out-of-stocks, increasing inventory turns, and improving order-fill rates. The PSC Falcon 5500 is a Mobile Hybrid Computer combining bar code and multi protocol UHF RFID data capture capabilities in a flexible wireless device.

Industry mandates have highlighted RFID as a technology that will enable process change. Retailers and Supply Chain facilities expect RFID to reduce of out-of-stocks, increase inventory turns, improve order-fill rates, reduce warehouse operation costs and improve the consumer experience. The PSC Falcon 5500 is the solution to accomplish these goals.

The PSC Falcon 5500 provides a flexible tool that quickly and accurately inventories RFID tagged product at the item, case and pallet level. Read rates of EPC Class 0 tags have been clocked at over 400 tags in 90 seconds or less with better than 99% accuracy. In comparison, this same inventory with bar code would take between 10 and 25 minutes. Performing an inventory at this speed enables frequent and regular inventory collection, increased efficiency at receiving and shipping, and the ability to find misplaced items rapidly.

The PSC Falcon 5500 Mobile Hybrid Computer combines bar code and UHF RFID data capture capabilities in a single device. Co-locating these technologies gives the developer a technology choice dependent on the process, application or environmental needs. The bar code scanner also serves as a back up to dysfunctional RFID tags. The PSC Falcon 5500 uses a multi protocol RFID interrogator. This allows receiving docks with a wide variety of product sources to accept a diverse set of tags customized for the product material or packaging.

As a mobile solution, the PSC Falcon 5500 leverages distributed intelligence to minimize infrastructure costs. The PSC Falcon 5500 encourages innovation and experimentation by providing a tool the user can easily manipulate. The Falcon Software Developers Kit delivers the ability to tailor make applications to new processes.

PSC Falcon 5500 Features

Mobile hybrid computer combines bar code and UHF RFID automated data capture technologies
Bar code and RFID in the same package serve as mutual back ups
Minimizes infrastructure costs while encouraging experimentation

UHF RFID supports multiple EPC protocols
Allows customer flexibility in tag purchase decisions
Provides a usable tool in a mixed tag environment

Tag read rates provide a flexible solution item level inventories or pallet verification

High read rate and accuracy
Increased efficiency at receiving and shipping
Frequent and regular inventory collection
Ability to find misplaced items rapidly

Design accommodates future RFID and antenna for tailored applications

Standard, Long Range, Advanced Long Range integrated laser scanner and imager options

Supports Cisco Aironet (802.11b)

PSC Falcon 5500 Specifications

RFID Specs

Tag & Protocol Support
Class 0, Class 1

Software Upgrade
Class 1 Generation 2

RFID Tag Read Rate
100 in 7 seconds; 400 in 90 seconds

RFID Tag Write Rate
1 tag per 0.5 second

Antenna
3dB width, 180° forward

Operating Frequency RFID
902MHz to 928MHz

Polarization
Linear vertical

Read Range
5'

Write Range
6"

Mechanical

Length
9.2" (23.3cm)

Width at Display
3.4" (8.6cm)

Width at Grip
2.5" (6.4cm)

Height at Grip
1.7" (4.3cm)

Weight
43oz (1.22kg)

Display
3.5" active matrix TFT QVGA display
320x240, pixels
64K colors

Indicators
Good read LED
Scan LED

Keypads
26-key standard alphanumeric, 5 dedicated function keys, 5 shifted, navigation rocker
52-key full alphanumeric, 5 dedicated function keys, 15 shifted, navigation rocker, 5250

Construction
Industrial, polycarbonate/ABS-blend plastic

Environmental

Operating Temperature
14° to 122°F (-10° to 50°C)

Storage Temperature
-13° to 158°F (-25° to 70°C)

Humidity
5 to 95% non condensing

Shock
Multiple 4.0' (1.2m drops to concrete)

Dust and Particulate
IEC 529

Water
IEC 60529

Optical

Light Source
Laser scan engine: 650nm
Linear Imager: 645nm

Scan Rate
Laser Scan Engine: 35 + 5 scans/sec.
Linear Imager: 36 + 5 scans/sec

Ambient Light Immunity

Artificial Light
Laser Scan Engine: 450ft candles / 4,844 lux
Linear Imager: 9,290 ft candles / 100,000 lux

Sunlight
Laser scan Engine: 8,000 ft candles / 86,112 lux
Linear Imager: 9,290 candles / 100,000 lux

Decoding Capability (autodiscrimination)
Codabar
Code 39
Code 93
Code 128
EAN 8, 13
UPC A, E
MSI
Trioptic
Matrix 2 of 5
RSS-14
RSS Expanded
RSS Limited
Interleaved 2 of 5
Pharmacode 39
Standard 2 of 5
UPC/EAN Extensions

System

Operating System
Windows® CE .NET

Microprocessor
Intel XScale PXA255, 400MHz

Memory
RAM: 64MB
Flash: 64MB

Communications Port
USB 1.1 (ActiveSync) & RS232 (ActiveSync and other RS232 protocols)

Dock Communications
USB 1.1 (ActiveSync) & RS232 (ActiveSync and other RS232 protocols)

PC Card
Internal PC Card Type I/II slot

Beep Tone
86dBA (at 24" / 61cm) / 100dBA (at 10cm) (typical)
Programmable for pitch and duration

Power Options

RFID Rechargeable Captive Lithium Ion battery pack (2200mAh)

Rechargeable Li-Ion battery pack (2000mAh)

Advanced Power Management: (without PC card & backlight)

Sleep/off mode with programmable timeout: 5mA

Idle Mode: 60mA (typical)

Operating Mode: 155mA (typical)

Rechargeable Lithium Backup Battery

Low Battery Indicator (display icon)

Radio Support
Cisco Aironet (802.11b)

System Support
VT100/220, HP700/92, IBM 3270/5250 terminal emulators
Browser support via Microsoft Internet Explorer
TCP/IP communications

Management Tools
Falcon Desktop Utility (FDU) for security & configuration
Falcon Management Utility (FMU) or Wavelink Avalanche for remote device management and software distribution

Development Environments

Many standard Windows CE development tools, (Embedded Visual C++, Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic .NET, Personal Java 1.1)

Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

Falcon® CE Developers Toolkit

Wavelink® Studio

Safety and Regulatory

Electrical
EN60950
UL60950
CSA60950

Battery
IATA/UN

Emissions
FCC Part 15C and 15B

Radio
FCC Part 15: 247

RFID
FCC Part 15C rules and IC

Laser Classification
CDRH Class II; (CAUTION: laser radiation - do not stare into beam)
IEC 60825-1, Class 2

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