All of the SIMATIC RF200 readers are suitable for reliable reading and writing tasks in the HF range of 13.56 MHz. The SIMATIC RF200 IO-Link readers are designed for simple identification tasks.

The readers are connected (via an RS422 interface) to the automation level (e.g. SIMATIC S7) by means of communication modules over standard fieldbuses (e.g. PROFIBUS or PROFINET).

User-friendly function blocks are available for the S7 programming.

In the event of an error, the S7 application receives a detailed error message from the communication module via the function block.

In addition, there are the SIMATIC RF240R, RF250R and RF260R readers with an RS232 interface for connection to to the PC or to SIMATIC S7-1200.

The SIMATIC RF210R, RF220R, RF240R, RF250R and RF260R readers are available as versions with IO-Link interface.