User Manual

AK Tag Business Kit User's Guide
3 Overview
3.1 Introduction
Welcome to the TAGSYS RFID Adaptive Kernel (AK) family of tags.
The AK Tag Business Kit is a low-cost evaluation kit designed for people and companies that wish
to know more about TAGSYS’ The Package Is The Tag™, an integrated packaging approach
featuring world’s first adaptive EPC Gen 2 family of tags for item-level RFID, the AK Tag.
It provides a step-by-step guide for the following procedures:
 Installation of the AK Tag Business Kit
 Configuring and using the product within your system
This document does not assume any previous knowledge of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
technology.
3.2 Key Features
 AK Tag Business Kit includes a set of AK tag modules and a high-performance SIRIT/TAGSYS
table-top reading station, ideal for long and mid-range applications where reading distances
can exceed 4m (13feet).
 The AK Tag Business Kit also includes several item-level RFID-enabled packages where the
AK tags are affixed.
3.3 Main Benefits
 The AK tag module is low cost, universal and is the world smallest UHF tag converted into the
package. When placed near a secondary adaptive antenna also incorporated within the
package, it results in a completely customized, secure and highly cost-effective RFID solution,
fully adaptable to the customers’ packaging shapes, sizes and material.
 The AK Tag Business Kit with its AK Tag Explorer demonstration software gives you the
opportunity to test the capabilities of the TAGSYS RFID AK tag modules and adaptive antenna
Figure 1: The Adaptive Kernel Tag
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