Location by RFID

If inventory RFID antennas are installed in your warehouse, the system "walks around" the warehouse on a schedule: it polls the antennas and remembers which tags are seen where. The "Location by RFID" page shows the result: where each unit was last seen, what is listed in the warehouse but is no longer read, and how units moved between zones.

Where to find it

In the top menu, open "Warehouse" → "Location by RFID".

The item appears when two conditions are met:

• the employee's access template has "show" for the "Location by RFID" row in the "Warehouse" block on the "Project" tab. This right is separate from "Gate monitoring": the location is usually needed by the warehouse staff;

• at least one receiver is marked as an inventory antenna: gear "Settings" → "System" → "RFID" → receiver settings, the "Inventory antenna" field.

Under the title you see how often the warehouse is polled and when the last poll was. The screen refreshes by itself.

Please note. If polling does not run, the page shows a line with the reason, for example that the reader is in continuous scanning mode. Follow the hint in this line.

Where things are stored

The first tab shows what the antennas see now. Columns:

• "Equipment": name and SKU number;

• "Zone": which antenna sees the unit and since when;

• "Signal";

• "Visible now": "visible" or "not visible" and how long ago the tag was last read;

• "Accounting": where the unit is listed in the system, for example in the warehouse or at a venue.

If there are several antennas, select one in the antenna list.

Not readable

Here are the units that are listed in the warehouse but that the antennas have not seen for longer than the set time: three polls in a row. At the top are those that were seen recently and suddenly stopped: these are the ones to go and check. Below are units that were never seen: they usually lie outside the antenna coverage.

Columns: "Equipment", "Last zone", when the unit was seen ("never" if it was not seen), "State".

Please note. "Not readable" does not mean "missing". A tag in a metal case, facing a wall or in the middle of a pallet may not be read even though the unit is in place.

Transfers

The history of events by unit: where from, where to, how long the unit stayed in the previous zone, and when. These events exist:

• moving from zone to zone;

• "saw for the first time": the tag was read for the first time;

• "Missing": the unit is no longer read;

• "returned": the unit is seen again after being missing;

• "The tag is not readable" and "The tag is readable again": when a unit has several tags and one of them is not read, while the unit itself is seen by the other tags.

The "Events" list filters: "All events", missing and returns, moves only, or "Tags are not readable".

Search

On any tab you can find a unit: type in the "SKU, tag or name" field and click "Show". Page navigation is at the bottom.

Until the first poll has taken place, the tabs show the message "There have been no inventory audits yet — there is nothing to compare. The report will appear after the first warehouse audit."