RFID devices provide an I/O interface for processing RFID data.
RFID devices can send the tag information to the Data Capture and Delivery controller and receive information from the controller. Each device has its own protocol. The device adapters hide the protocol differences from the application software on the Data Capture and Delivery controller.
Tag readers are one kind of device that uses radio frequency antennas to scan for tags and read information from the tags and then sends the data to the Data Capture and Delivery controller.
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