Spec Sheet
Preliminary Specification 1166
 Bluetooth
®
 Rugged UHF RFID Reader V0.10© Technology Solutions (UK) Ltd 2016 1
1166 
BLUETOOTH
®
 RUGGED 
UHF RFID READER
A Tough-Enough UHF RFID Reader
TSL’s new 1166 
Bluetooth
®
 Rugged UHF RFID reader 
provides high performance UHF RFID reading in a 
tough and rugged form factor. The reader is highly 
resistant to water, dust and mechanical trauma. A 
high capacity battery enables non-stop operation 
of the reader over the full working day. Designed to 
read and write to EPC Class 1 Gen 2 (ISO18000-6C) 
tags, the 1166 can also be configured with class 
leading high performance 2D data scanning to bring 
unparalleled data collection capabilities to any host 
it is connected to. 
Platform Independence
Use existing 
Bluetooth
®
 wireless technology 
enabled
1
 host devices including Enterprise 
Handhelds, Consumer Phones, Touchscreen MP3 
players, Tablets and PC’s – the 1166 will bring high 
performance RFID and 2D scanning to all these 
devices running a wide range of Operating Systems.  
Extensive software support is available for a 
wide range of platforms including code samples, 
demonstration applications and source code.
Speedy integration - ASCII 2 Protocol
The new 1166 Rugged
 Bluetooth
®
 UHF RFID 
reader incorporates TSL’s unique ASCII protocol 
for faster and easier application development. This 
sophisticated parameterised ASCII protocol provides 
the developer a powerful set of commands that carry 
out multiple actions locally within the reader. This 
approach enables multiple tag operations executed 
using simple pre-configured ASCII commands 
which not only speeds integration of the reader into 
applications but also abstracts the developer from 
some of the complexities of the underlying Native 
API and ultimately results in un-paralleled levels of 
performance. 
Customise Your Solution
The choice of host device is yours - from low cost 
touchscreen MP3 players through to fully featured 
Enterprise Handheld Terminals. Devices can be 
mounted on top of the reader using an elegant 
push-lock adapter, enabling a one-piece solution.
EPC data can be stored on the on-board micro SD 
card (at least 25 million Transponder EPCs on a typical 
2GB card). This allows logging of all transponder 
EPC readings and provides the ability to collect data 
even if USB or 
Bluetooth
®
 communication channels 
are not available.
Features:
High Performance 
Bluetooth
®
Multi-modal Data Capture
UHF RFID and 2D barcode data 
capture in one integrated 
Bluetooth
®
device.
Hardware Platform Independence
Operates with wide variety of 
Bluetooth
®
 wireless technology 
enabled host devices including 
touchscreen MP3 players, phones, 
tablets, Enterprise Handhelds and 
PC’s.
OS Independence
Operates with iOS (pending), 
Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 8, 
WinCE, Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP and 
Android
™
.
Batch Mode Operation
Real time clock for extended batch 
data collection independent of host 
connection. Store millions of tags 
and barcodes with date and time 
stamping
High Performance barcode scanning
A range of optional barcode engines 
can be specified to provide 2D data 
capture up to 15m
PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATION
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