Smart Field Generator

The Smart Field Generator did the Standard Field Generator's work and added a radio link to its reader. It sent wake-up commands to tags at 433 MHz.

It talked with its reader at 916 MHz, 927 MHz or 868 MHz. Through that link it reported to the host when it powered up, and the host could change its address.

A user could set its address, its assigned reader, its mode, the tags it called and its field strength. It adjusted its field strength over the radio link.

It had three modes: on a timer, on a motion sensor, or on the host's command. The third let the system search for a tag ID, a tag type or all tags at any time.

Specifications

The datasheets are historical documents. Their phone numbers, addresses and e-mail are no longer ActiveWave's.

Functionality Wakes up tags

Multi-Tag Read Capability Yes

Transmit Frequency to Tag 433 MHz

Communications Frequency with Reader 916 MHz, 927 MHz, or 868 MHz

Range 30m (100 feet) to tag
30m (100 feet) to/from Reader

Host Communications RF link through Reader

Power 12Vdc, 1.5A

Dimensions without antennas 122 mm x 69 mm x 27 mm (4.8 in x 2.7 in x 1.1 in)
with antennas 122 mm x 69 mm x 167 mm (4.8 in x 2.7 in x 6.6 in)

Weight 122 grams (4.3 oz)

Case Material ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)

Temperature Operating -35C to +50C (-31F to +122F)
Storage -40C to +85C (-40F to +185F)

Indicators Red LED On while transmitting/receiving packet to/from Reader.
Green LED On while transmitting packet to tag.

Connectors Power 12Vdc, 1.5A
Input Optional motion detector (RJ-11 female)

Functionality	Wakes up tags
Multi-Tag Read Capability	Yes
Transmit Frequency to Tag	433 MHz
Communications Frequency with Reader	916 MHz, 927 MHz, or 868 MHz
Range	30m (100 feet) to tag 30m (100 feet) to/from Reader
Host Communications	RF link through Reader
Power	12Vdc, 1.5A
Dimensions	without antennas 122 mm x 69 mm x 27 mm (4.8 in x 2.7 in x 1.1 in) with antennas 122 mm x 69 mm x 167 mm (4.8 in x 2.7 in x 6.6 in)
Weight	122 grams (4.3 oz)
Case Material	ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
Temperature	Operating -35C to +50C (-31F to +122F) Storage -40C to +85C (-40F to +185F)
Indicators	Red LED On while transmitting/receiving packet to/from Reader. Green LED On while transmitting packet to tag.
Connectors	Power 12Vdc, 1.5A Input Optional motion detector (RJ-11 female)

Quoted from page 2 of the Smart Field Generator datasheet (version 10).

These figures are the original units' claims, quoted as their source printed them. Where two ActiveWave datasheets disagree, this site quotes each and does not reconcile them. A rating or a test result belongs to the original units and does not carry over to a rebuild.

Nothing on this site says a rebuild may transmit on these frequencies as they are. Radio rules differ by country, and the TigeRFID project checks them before it chooses a rebuild's radios.

The datasheet

Smart Field Generator datasheet (version 10) (PDF). This page's description comes from its first page, and the figures above from its second.

Files in the TigeRFID repository

These links open the repository as it stood at its activewave-2018 tag. Nobody has rebuilt the original hardware recently, so these files may not make a working unit as they stand.